Tech Meme

9to5Google: Code repository suggests Google is working on a separate “Chromebook X” brand for premium devices, a source says with first models expected by the end of 2023  —  When does a Chromebook become more than “just a Chromebook?”  That’s the question that Google has set out to answer with its upcoming … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: NYC-based newsletter platform beehiiv raised a $12.5M Series A led by Lightspeed and says it has 7,500 active newsletters with 350M monthly impressions  —  The world took a double take at the potential of newsletters after Substack started to blow up a few years ago. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Apple patches three zero-days in its operating systems, including Operation Triangulation iMessage exploit described by Kaspersky earlier in June  —  Apple addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks installing Triangulation spyware on iPhones via iMessage zero-click exploits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple releases visionOS SDK, and says the company will open developer labs and applications for Apple Vision Pro developer kits next month  —  When Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC, the company promised to make a robust set of tools available for developers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julia Love / Bloomberg: Sources: Twitter resumed paying Google Cloud for its services; the companies are negotiating a partnership that could include ads and Google using Twitter’s API  —  Twitter has resumed paying Google Cloud for its services, patching up a relationship that became strained after Elon Musk acquired … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft increases the prices in most markets for its Xbox Series X and, for the first time, Xbox Game Pass; Xbox Series X pricing remains the same in the US  —  Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August apart from the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nate Bek / GeekWire: Seattle-based DexCare, whose tools help health systems manage capacity and patient appointments, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $146M  —  Seattle health-tech startup DexCare announced Wednesday that it raised $75 million in fresh cash to boost the development of its healthcare patient demand and access platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft increases the prices of Xbox Series X and, for the first time, Xbox Game Pass in most markets; Xbox Series X pricing will remain the same in the US  —  Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August apart from the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Wong / NBC News: US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveils an AI regulatory framework and says that “Congress must join the AI revolution” before it’s too late to regulate  —  The Senate majority leader released his long-awaited framework for regulating artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Google files a US FTC complaint alleging Microsoft used Office 365 licensing terms to lock clients into Azure contracts; Microsoft changed its EU terms in 2022  —  After years of publicly alleging that Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers toward … Lees verder op Tech Meme