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Hands-on with Windows-powered $699 Lenovo Legion Go, with an 8.8" QHD+ screen, AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, and detachable controllers, available in October — Every company and its mother seems to be putting out handheld gaming PCs these days, and Lenovo is next to the plate.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Ahead of child safety group's campaign to pressure Apple to scan iCloud for CSAM, Apple says such sans may lead to a “slippery slope of unintended consequences” — Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting.
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| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Samsung reveals the world's first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die, allowing the company to lower costs of high-capacity memory modules and build 1 TB RDIMMs for servers — Samsung early on Friday revealed the world's first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die. The new memory die is made on the company's 12 nm-class …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Lenovo unveils $4,400 Legion 9i, a gaming laptop with liquid-cooling, 16" Mini LED display, 13th Gen Intel Core i9, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, available in Oct. — Lenovo has announced a new Legion 9i, and it might just be the wildest thing I've ever seen from the Legion line.| Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide: |
Lenovo unveils $329 Legion Glasses with 60Hz displays, equivalent to a 27" monitor, that works with Legion Go, Android phones, iPhones, Macs, and Windows PCs — Finally, a gaming face peripheral that doesn't give me a headache — Gaming on the go is easier than ever …
More: PCWorld, Techaeris, T3, Phandroid, Windows Central, Digital Trends, Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, SlashGear, Gizmodo, and IGN
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Robinhood says it paid nearly $606M to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of Sam Bankman-Fried, via an agreement with the US Marshal Service — Stock-trading app Robinhood on Friday said it paid nearly $606 million to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of jailed crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried.
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Benitago, an Amazon e-commerce business acquirer that has raised $380M in equity and debt in the past two years, files for bankruptcy — Benitago Group, an Amazon e-commerce business acquirer, filed for bankruptcy this week. The move comes after the New York-based company raised $380 million …
More: Wall Street Journal, FinTech Global, PYMNTS.com, and The Information
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google removes controversial live streaming app Chamet, which let users video call hosts, from the Play Store for violating its user-generated content policy — Google has removed a popular but controversial live video chat app Chamet from the Play Store. The company confirmed the move … | Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle / New York Times: |
Paris becomes the first European capital to outlaw rented electric scooters, following a vote in April; e-scooter rental companies shift focus to electric bikes — But the city is adding bike lanes, and scooter companies are shifting their focus to electric bikes.
More: TNW, Tech Xplore, Intelligent Transport, and Forbes
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Sources: Meta is considering paid, ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for users in the EU, to fend off privacy concerns and scrutiny from EU regulators — The subscription plan is a response to European Union policies and court rulings to restrict Meta's data-collection practices.| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Magic Leap tells customers the Magic Leap 1 AR headset, which launched in August 2018, and its apps will “cease to function” from December 31, 2024 — Magic Leap 1 AR headsets will “cease to function” from 31 December 2024, the company announced. — Magic Leap sent an email to all customers containing the following:
More: TechCrunch, Care | Magic Leap, 9to5Mac, Road to VR, and The Verge
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
University of Zürich and Intel researchers reveal Swift, an autonomous drone trained via deep reinforcement learning to beat human champions in FPV drone racing — University creates the first autonomous system capable of beating humans at drone racing.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Sony unveils Xperia 5 V, with a 120Hz, 6.1" display, Snapdragon 8 Gen2 chip, a 52MP sensor, and a heat diffusion shield, available in late September for €999 — It also has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor and heat diffusion shield for gamers. — Sony has unveiled the Xperia 5 V smartphone …
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