Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Stability AI debuts Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool that uses the Stable Diffusion model to generate “visually pleasing” artistic renditions, on ClipDrop  —  Stability AI, the startup behind the image-generating model Stable Diffusion, is launching a new service that turns sketches into images. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yu Nakamura / Nikkei Asia: Analysis: the total sales of Foxconn, TSMC, and 17 more major IT companies in Taiwan fell 19.8% YoY to ~$35B in June 2023, the largest drop since at least 2013  —  Industry’s sales fall 20% in June on weak global demand for electronic devices  —  Demand for Apple and other electronic devices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: Twitter asks a US federal court to terminate an FTC order that puts restrictions on its data security practices and to stay a deposition of Elon Musk  —  The company asked the federal court to terminate an order with the agency hours before Chair Lina Khan testified on Capitol Hill Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Nothing Phone (2) review: neat light strips, useful always-on display, and four-year software support, but only splash resistant and not certified on Verizon  —  Form, function, and a good midrange phone. … The Nothing Phone 2 is better than the Phone 1 in a lot of small ways. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Hals / Reuters: A US judge says Ripple’s institutional XRP sales constituted the unregistered sale of investment contracts and sends the case to trial to decide SEC claims  —  U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said Ripple Labs Inc’s institutional sales of its XRP digital token violated federal law … Lees verder op Tech Meme