USB Promoter Group says USB 4 version 2 will enable speeds up to 80Gbps, using existing 40Gbps USB Type-C passive cables and new 80Gbps USB Type-C active cables (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4 v2, with up to 80Gbps both ways, or 120Gbps one way and 40Gbps the other for “video-intensive usages”  —  Intel is showing off a preview of the next generation of Thunderbolt, which it says can “deliver up to three times the capability of Thunderbolt 4.”

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Egypt is one of the internet’s most prominent choke points thanks to 16 subsea cables carrying ~17% of the world’s internet traffic touching land in the country  —  Underwater cables keep the internet online.  When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.

Michael Kan / PCMag:
Ookla says download and upload speeds for SpaceX’s Starlink have seen a sharp drop from Q1 to Q2 globally, amid network congestion due to soaring popularity  —  Median download speeds for Starlink users in the US reached only 62.53Mbps during the second quarter, a significant decrease from 90.55Mbps in Q1, according to Ookla.

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Anker’s security cameras brand Eufy quietly removed 10 commitments from its privacy page, including encryption, after questions about keeping those promises  —  It’s been two weeks since we reported that Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras, and we’ve been pushing the company for answers ever since.

Yousef Saba / Reuters:
Chainalysis: MENA was the fastest-growing crypto market between July 2021 and June 2022, with transaction volume up 48% YoY to $566B; North America grew 36%  —  The Middle East and North Africa are the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency markets, with the volume of crypto received …

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory  —  Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory.