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Makena Kelly / The Verge: A look at the wave of child safety legislation in the US aimed at age-gating minors’ access to the internet, backed by Republicans and Democrats alike  —  By the end of this month, porn will get a lot harder to watch in Texas.  Instead of clicking a button or entering a date of birth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Critics say India’s personal data protection bill passed earlier in August gives authorities the power to surveil via equipment at subsea cable landing stations  —  Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blassy Boben / Reuters: India says at least 32 international electronics makers, including HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, and Lenovo, applied to its incentive program as part of “Make in India”  —  At least 32 international electronics companies have applied to India’s incentive programme to make laptops … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: JBL announces the $330 Authentics 200, $700 Authentics 500, and portable $430 Authentics 300 speakers, the first smart speakers to have both Alexa and Assistant  —  Three new JBL smart speakers from Harman will be the first to offer simultaneous voice assistants, so you can ask Alexa to start the music and then ask Google to stop it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: UAE-linked G42, MBZUAI, and Cerebras launch Jais, an open-source, English and Arabic bilingual LLM; the UAE once trained an LLM, Falcon, using 300+ Nvidia GPUs  —  Jais software part of regional powers’ effort to take world-leading role in technology’s development Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Fairphone announces the €699 Fairphone 5, offering a 6.46-inch 90Hz OLED display, dual 50 megapixel cameras, and 30W fast charging, shipping on September 14  —  The Fairphone 5 is the latest sustainably produced and repairable handset from Dutch smartphone company Fairphone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: Chinese sextortion scammers have flooded X, harassing political dissidents and influential opinion leaders since the site added paid blue checks in April 2023  —  Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Seattle-based Hyperproof, which offers SaaS risk and compliance management tools, raised $40M led by Riverwood Capital, taking its total funding to $66.5M  —  Hyperproof, a software-as-a-service risk and compliance management company, today announced that it raised $40 million in a funding round led … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Fairphone announces the €699 Fairphone 5, offering a 6.46-inch 90Hz OLED display, dual 50 megapixel cameras, and 30W fast charging, shipping on September 14  —  The Fairphone 5 is the latest sustainably produced and repairable handset from Dutch smartphone company Fairphone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Fragen / VentureBeat: Data.ai and IDC expect consumers to spend $108B on mobile games in 2023, or 55% of global spending on games, followed by $43B on consoles and $40B on PC/Mac  —  While the games industry isn’t growing according to Data.ai and IDC’s latest report, spending declines are leveling off faster than expected. Lees verder op Tech Meme