Washington Post: Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans’ escalating campaign  —  An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abhirup Roy / Reuters: California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that would have required a human safety operator in heavy-duty self-driving trucks on public roads in the state  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom late on Friday vetoed a bill to prevent heavy-duty driverless trucks from operating in the state … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India’s UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission  —  PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sanket Vijayasarathy / 91mobiles: A leaked Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro promo video reveals new camera features: an Audio Eraser, the ability to swap faces, full manual controls like ISO, and more  —  – A new promo video focuses on the many camera features of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.  — Both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will get a 50MP primary camera. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Knibbs / Wired: A look at the flood of near-identical YouTube obituary videos, in which men read obituaries scraped from authorized publishers like funeral homes and newspapers  —  If you Google someone who recently died, you might see a flood of near-identical videos of men reading obits.  Here’s why. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: Three major US voting equipment makers let some researchers stress-test their software and hardware, to take on conspiracy theories with greater transparency  —  Major US voting equipment manufacturers are enlisting cybersecurity experts to provide additional stress-tests of their systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: In a countersuit, chip startup Rivos and six ex-Apple staff claim Apple intimidates those who “dare to leave”; Apple sued Rivos over trade secrets theft in 2022  —  – Rivos contests Apple’s tech theft claims with countersuit  — Apple accuses the startup of stealing proprietary information Lees verder op Tech Meme

Becky Peterson / The Information: Sources: due to technical kinks, SpaceX won’t roll out its direct to cell service in late 2023 as announced, and plans to start testing with T-Mobile in 2024  —  When SpaceX’s new Starship rocket exploded during a test flight in April, the company largely painted it as a success to have even gotten … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at the antitrust activists attending the DOJ’s Google antitrust trial every day and documenting their observations via social media and daily newsletters  —  A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search.  A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using “misleading” and “selective” facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court  —  US online travel site says Brussels has not shown €1.63bn acquisition of Swedish group will force rivals to close Lees verder op Tech Meme