Dan Seifert / The Verge: Samsung unveils the $800+ Galaxy Tab S9, $1,000+ S9 Plus, $1,200+ and S9 Ultra, offering a similar design, new CPUs, and new OLED displays, shipping August 11  —  Samsung has announced its latest high-end Android tablets: the new Galaxy Tab S9, S9 Plus, and S9 Ultra. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung announces the $300+ Galaxy Watch6 and $400+ Galaxy Watch6 Classic, powered by Wear OS 4, reviving the Classic’s rotating bezel, and more  —  The Classic’s rotating bezel is back — and the display bezels are a lot thinner all around.  Oh, and here comes Wear OS 4. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 hands-on: essentially the same displays and some nice upgrades, but Samsung seems to be wasting its advantage and $1,800 is ludicrous  —  Even with a new hinge, a brighter display and improved multitasking, the Z Fold’s rivals are catching up. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anto Antony / Bloomberg: A profile of Indian edtech giant Byju’s CEO Byju Raveendran, who has been in crisis mode for months but hopes to raise a $1B equity investment as soon as August  —  – Indian firm has struggled to overcome issues with liquidity  — US investors accused Byju’s of hiding half a billion dollars Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emilia David / The Verge: GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others write a paper for EU policymakers encouraging support for open-source AI models ahead of the final EU AI Act  —  In a paper sent to EU policymakers, a group of companies, including GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter changes its handle from @twitter to @X, Twitter Blue to @XBlue, @TwitterSupport to @Support, and more; the previous @X owner now uses @x12345678998765  —  Twitter has changed its official handle to @X as part of the ongoing rebranding.  As a result, the original @Twitter handle is now inactive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 13% YoY to $4.53B, beating estimates of $4.35B, and forecasts lukewarm Q3 revenue as the global chip slump continues  —  – Shares slip after chipmaker delivers quarterly report  — Automotive field is bright spot for company suffering slowdown Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: After a massive privacy backlash in 2011, Google’s Street View cameras returned to Germany in June, taking new photos of its 20 largest cities  —  – Street View will start updating Germany’s 20 largest cities  —  Google Street View’s cameras have returned to Germany more than a decade … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority: Evan Blass leaks over a dozen images ahead of Samsung Unpacked, showing the Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, new Galaxy Watch 6, Galaxy Tab S9 tablets, and more  —  All we need to know at this stage is pricing and availability details.  —  •  —  TL;DR  — A long-time leaker has posted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

George Hammond / Financial Times: Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI launch the Frontier Model Forum, aiming to ensure “the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models”  —  Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI team up to establish best practices but critics argue they want to avoid regulation Lees verder op Tech Meme