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Sean Hollister / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 for XR devices, with 2.5x GPU and 8x AI performance compared to Gen 1, and the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 for smart glasses  —  The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 puts head and hand tracking on the chip — and the AR1 has ‘on-glass AI.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: Mark Zuckerberg says that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the Quest 3 in December, letting users play hundreds of titles on “a massive screen, anywhere you go”  —  Get ready to play Xbox games in yet another place.  —  Xbox Cloud Gaming is already available on Xbox consoles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Kraken plans to offer US-listed stocks and ETFs trading, a source says through a new division called Kraken Securities in the US and UK, targeting a 2024 launch  —  – Kraken targeting 2024 launch for stock trading: person  — Move comes almost two years after Bitcoin’s $69,000 peak Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: US v. Google: Microsoft says it’s been trying for years to displace Google as the iPhone’s default search engine, but Apple never seriously considered switching  —  – Executive testifies Microsoft sought browser switch for years  — ‘Apple is making more money on Bing existing than Bing does’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: DOJ sues eBay, saying it broke environmental laws by allowing the sale of harmful products including 343K+ “defeat” devices that skirt vehicle emission controls  —  The U.S. government on Wednesday sued eBay (EBAY.O), accusing the online platform of violating the Clean Air Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Stokel-Walker / Fast Company: Bard conversations turn up in Google search results; Google says Bard lets users share chats, but they shouldn’t be indexed, and the company is working on a fix  —  Conversations with the Google chatbot turned up in search results for common queries—an issue the company says was an error. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Hands-on with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: classic look, better camera makes a big difference, some audio leakage, and a promising tool for content creators  —  Unlike the original, I kind of see where Meta’s going with its second-gen smart glasses. … Smart glasses that can discreetly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Meta VP of Infrastructure Alexis Black Bjorlin, who oversees the company’s efforts to develop AI chips, plans to step down at the end of September 2023  —  A Meta Platforms (META.O) executive overseeing the company’s efforts to develop its own chips for artificial intelligence work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Hands-on with Meta Quest 3: an iterative update, but its mixed reality pass through video is less grainy than the Quest Pro and offers color, unlike the Quest 2  —  An upgraded VR game console with an extra feature. … I can’t tell if Meta is trying too hard to make me look at the world through … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers  —  – New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase  — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year Lees verder op Tech Meme