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JBL unveils the Tour Pro 2 wireless earbuds: customizable ANC and a charging case with a 1.45" touchscreen, available for €249 outside the US in January 2023
Lenovo’s Glasses T1 let you bring a private big screen display with you
Sources detail how Twitter's health team, tasked with fostering civil conversations, went from 15 full-time staffers down to two amid the Musk acquisition chaos
The Humiliating History of the TSA
Google announces $20M in new commitments to expand computer science education in the US and expects the funds to improve educational access for 11M+ students
Twitter is testing an edit button, giving some Twitter Blue subscribers 30 minutes to make edits later in September 2022; edit labels include a complete history
The USB Promoter Group: USB 4 version 2 will offer speeds up to 80Gbps, using existing 40Gbps USB Type-C passive cables and new 80Gbps USB Type-C active cables
Internal memo: Meta is setting up a New Monetization Experiences division to identify and build "possible paid features" for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
Techmeme · 3 months ago
Asus Zenbook 17 Fold review: foldable OLED display with a comfortable keyboard and professional look, but $3,500 is expensive and the software has glitches
Memo: on top of cutting ~20% of its staff, Snap cancels its original shows, in-app games, and Zenly and Voisey apps; the layoffs could save $500M annually
Microsoft reveals a now-patched "high severity vulnerability" in TikTok for Android that could let attackers take over accounts that clicked on a malicious link
Snap lays off 20% of employees
Q&A with Facebook app head Tom Alison on the needs of young adults, changes to the Feed, TikTok's influence, recommendation systems, political content, and more
Techmeme · 3 months ago
Netflix hires two Snap executives to lead its ad-supported tier plan: Snap's Chief Business Officer Jeremi Gorman and VP of Sales for the Americas Peter Naylor
Sources: Snap is planning to lay off ~20% of its 6,400+ employees; the layoffs are set to begin on Wednesday
Truth Social is strapped for cash and struggling to find new users
Starlink users in the US, the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, and elsewhere complained of a multi-hour outage; the Starlink app reported "Degraded Service"
Sources: Twitter was working to monetize its adult content with OnlyFans-style subscriptions until a "red team" noted the prevalence of CSAM on the platform
FTC sues app analytics and data broker company Kochava, saying it sells data revealing "people's visits to reproductive health clinics, places of worship", more
T-Mobile and SpaceX partner to let customers in areas lacking T-Mobile service use Starlink for SMS, MMS, and "select messaging apps" in some markets in 2023
Sony raises the PS5's price in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada by as much as 10%, citing rising inflation; the US price is unchanged
Google's Waze will shut down its carpooling service, available in the US, Brazil, and Israel, in September, citing shifting commuting patterns due to COVID-19
Facebook fixes a bizarre bug that filled user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts for over three hours
Report: Snap settles an Illinois class action lawsuit for $35M, which accused Snapchat's filters and lenses of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act
Amazon unveils Alexa Game Control, a natural language voice tool for gamers to perform in-game actions, launching Feb. 2023 on Xbox and PC with Dead Island 2
Techmeme · 3 months ago