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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

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

Gabriel Sanchez / Bloomberg: Bumble, Match, Hinge, and Grindr explore more expensive subscriptions for users seeking a curated experience; Bumble says $40 to $50 feels “low” to some users  —  – New weekly subscriptions are driving Gen Z subscription growth  — Premium tiers are also planned as paying user growth stalls Lees verder op Tech Meme

Makena Kelly / The Verge: A look at the wave of child safety legislation in the US to age gate 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 to access Pornhub … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Huawei quietly launches the ~$960 Mate 60 Pro, giving no advance notice and releasing no ads; some investors speculate that Huawei used its own 5G chip  —  Chinese chip stocks rallied on Wednesday following Huawei Technologies’ (HWT.UL) launch of its new Mate 60 Pro phone … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amir Efrati / The Information: Source: OpenAI is on pace to generate more than $1B in revenue over the next 12 months by selling software and computing capacity, up from just $28M in 2022  —  OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to ~$9.25B and a ~$504M net profit, beating analyst estimates of ~$440.9M and more than doubling from a year earlier  —  The Chinese maker of smartphones and other electronics products said revenue declined 4.0%  —  Xiaomi said Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Critics say India’s new privacy safeguards do little to prevent mass government surveillance via tracking equipment installed 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

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

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: In July 2023, the NHTSA ordered Tesla to provide data on Autopilot’s “Elon mode”, which eliminates prompts for drivers to their keep hands on the wheel  —  – Tesla received a special order from the National Highway Transportation Administration in late July requiring … Lees verder op Tech Meme