Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Andy Jassy asked Amazon’s Hollywood studio for detailed budgets to scrutinize ballooning costs; Amazon spent $7B on originals and other shows in 2022  —  Good afternoon from Orient, New York, wherever you may be.  I am spending the next month on the East Coast, so please reach out if you are around. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Fairphone and Murena partner to launch the modular Fairphone 4 in the US for $599+, running the Google-free /e/ OS instead of Android OS, available unlocked  —  Well, sort of anyway. … There are two configurations available: one with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for $599 and another with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for $679. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: Source: Meta has not prepared Threads for a European launch outside the UK, which is not fully governed by GDPR and EU privacy rules  —  Meta’s new Twitter rival wants to suck Instagram users’ data, including health, location, search history and sensitive information, into the new Threads service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by Lakestar  —  Neko Health, the medical diagnostics company co-founded by Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Lyon-based Dougs, an online accounting startup for SMBs that is profitable with ~€15M in ARR, raised €25M in its first VC round since being founded in 2015  —  Dougs, a French accounting startup, has been around since 2015.  It already generates $16.4 million (€15 million) in annual recurring revenue. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Blanchard / Reuters: Foxconn reports Q2 revenue down 13.8% YoY to $41.76B and June revenue down 19.7% YoY to $13.6B due to weak consumer demand, but forecasts a brighter Q3 outlook  —  Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for Apple Inc (AAPL.O), said on Wednesday that second quarter revenue dropped 13.8% year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest and busiest port, plans to resume operations on July 6 after a July 4 ransomware attack; no group has claimed the hack yet  —  The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals. Lees verder op Tech Meme