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Canalys: after three quarters of decline, smartphone shipments in India have stabilized with 36.1M units in Q2 2023, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share (Charmaine Jacob/CNBC) 21-07-2023

Charmaine Jacob / CNBC: Canalys: after three quarters of decline, smartphone shipments in India have stabilized with 36.1M units in Q2 2023, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share  —  – India’s smartphone market stabilized in the second quarter with 36.1 million units shipped, according to a report by Canalys. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team, formed in 2021, into the department investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes more resources (Dylan Tokar/Wall Street Journal) 21-07-2023

Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team, formed in 2021, into the department investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes more resources  —  The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team will become a permanent fixture of a section of the agency that investigates computer-related crimes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the US SEC subpoenaed Bolt and sent a notice to former CEO Ryan Breslow last year over past misleading statements to current and potential investors (Erin Woo/The Information) 21-07-2023

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: the US SEC subpoenaed Bolt and sent a notice to former CEO Ryan Breslow last year over past misleading statements to current and potential investors  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed e-commerce software startup Bolt and sent a notice to co-founder and former CEO Ryan Breslow … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks Overwatch League teams to vote on an updated operating agreement, and to decide the league's future (Ash Parrish/The Verge) 21-07-2023

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks Overwatch League teams to vote on an updated operating agreement, and to decide the league’s future  —  Amid layoffs in the Activision Blizzard esports department, Overwatch League franchise owners will vote on whether to continue the league in its current format. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation raised $600M in a private placement of its stock, at $2.70/share, and plans a ~$220M public offering, at $3/share (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) 21-07-2023

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation raised $600M in a private placement of its stock, at $2.70/share, and plans a ~$220M public offering, at $3/share  —  Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Troy Hunt: sensitive info of ~4,000 people who attended Roblox Developer Conference between 2017-2020 was leaked in 2021; Roblox disclosed the leak just now (Rich Stanton/PC Gamer) 21-07-2023

Rich Stanton / PC Gamer: Troy Hunt: sensitive info of ~4,000 people who attended Roblox Developer Conference between 2017-2020 was leaked in 2021; Roblox disclosed the leak just now  —  This may cost the company a few Robux.  —  The major gaming platform Roblox has suffered a major data breach … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta rolls out Quest v56, featuring Hand Tracking 2.2, which the company claims reduces latency by up to 40% in typical usage and up to 75% during fast movement (David Heaney/UploadVR) 21-07-2023

David Heaney / UploadVR: Meta rolls out Quest v56, featuring Hand Tracking 2.2, which the company claims reduces latency by up to 40% in typical usage and up to 75% during fast movement  —  The Meta Quest v56 update brings a range of improvements and new features to Quest 2 and Quest Pro. Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner leaves OpenAI citing the pressures of the job on his family life and says he would be available for advisory work (Reuters) 21-07-2023

Reuters: OpenAI’s head of trust and safety Dave Willner leaves OpenAI citing the pressures of the job on his family life and says he would be available for advisory work  —  OpenAI’s head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Telegram launches Stories for its Premium users, letting users control who can see their stories and how long they last before disappearing (Steve Dent/Engadget) 21-07-2023

Steve Dent / Engadget: Telegram launches Stories for its Premium users, letting users control who can see their stories and how long they last before disappearing  —  You can display them forever or make them disappear at various times up to 48 hours.  —  Telegram’s new Stories feature is here as promised … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sensor Tower: Threads' DAUs declined to 13M, down 70% from the July 7 peak; Similarweb: average time spend on Threads' app declined to four mins, down from 19 (Lindsey Choo/Wall Street Journal) 21-07-2023

Lindsey Choo / Wall Street Journal: Sensor Tower: Threads’ DAUs declined to 13M, down 70% from the July 7 peak; Similarweb: average time spend on Threads’ app declined to four mins, down from 19  —  Data show user engagement has fallen 70% as executives focus on options such as a chronological feed Lees verder op Tech Meme