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SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS IS HOT RIGHT NOW! Meta facing fines. DoorDash overcharging iPhone users. Grownups are walking away from Twitter.
Also, Right to Repair is heating up in France, and what should we expect from Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset?
Let’s get our tech week started right!
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Stories This Week:
- OnePlus Pad vs Razer Edge https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/19/tablet-fight-gaming-vs-work-oneplus-pad-vs-razer-edge/
- XPERIA 1 V Camera Tour https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/17/sony-xperia-1-v-camera-tour-three-apps-are-better-than-one/
- New Benchmarks for Xiaomi, Poco, Sony, and OnePlus! https://www.patreon.com/posts/massive-chart-13-82858192
- First look at the XPERIA 1 V https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/10/sony-xperia-1-v-first-look-sonys-back-with-a-monster-smartphone/
- XPERIA 1 v vs 1 IV https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/12/sony-xperia-1-v-vs-xperia-1-iv-a-worthy-one-year-upgrade/
- Poco F5 Review! https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/09/poco-f5-snapdragon-7-gen-2-performance-is-really-good/
- The Xiaomi 13 Ultra cameras are something special https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/04/xiaomi-13-ultra-why-these-cameras-are-so-fresh/
- Can the Pixel 7 Pro be a Vlogging monster? https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/05/03/can-we-make-the-pixel-7-pro-a-vlogging-monster/
- Doordash charges iPhone users more? https://www.businessinsider.com/lawsuit-iphone-users-pay-more-doordash-orders-than-android-users-2023-5
- Are people still using Twitter? https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/17/how-us-adults-on-twitter-use-the-site-in-the-elon-musk-era/
- Meta Fined ONE BILLION https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/meta-fined-record-1-3-billion-in-eu-over-us-data-transfers?leadSource=uverify%20wall
- France fighting ewaste https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/france-is-fighting-to-save-your-iphone-from-an-early-death/
- Australian stock exchange bails on blockchain https://www.reuters.com/markets/australian-stock-exchange-says-software-overhaul-wont-involve-blockchain-2023-05-19/
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- TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week
- Apple execs cautious on mixed reality https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/18/report-apple-executives-cautious-of-headset/
- Samsung backs down from Bing on Android phones https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/05/samsung-backs-down-from-its-threat-to-switch-its-android-phones-to-bing/
- Pixel 8 might have a thermometer? https://www.engadget.com/googles-pixel-8-pro-could-have-a-built-in-thermometer-114808668.html
- Juan Rambles on about the fun tech…
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