|
April 29, 2024, 1:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tesla to clear a key hurdle to introduce its advanced assisted driving features in China by partnering with Baidu for mapping and navigation functions — The US automaker will then be able to deploy its autonomous driving services on the basis of lane-level navigation and mapping provided … | Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
China removes restrictions on Tesla cars after its China-made vehicles passed the country's data security requirements; five other local brands also got cleared — Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated … | Reuters: |
Elon Musk visits China, a source says to discuss with senior officials the rollout of FSD in the country and permission to transfer data overseas — Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday on an unannounced visit, where he is expected to meet senior officials to discuss … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback — Apple's top rivals are revamping their strategies for smartphones and headsets in a sign they smell an opportunity.
More: Disconnect, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Business Today, Benzinga, Lowyat.NET, MacRumors, Supercharged, The Apple Post, Appleosophy, Digital Trends, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Cult of Mac, iThinkDifferent, Wccftech, Android Authority, MacRumors, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Gizchina, iPhone in Canada Blog, nextpit, Neowin, AppleInsider, The Verge, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Engadget, iMore, and iClarified
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @parismarx, @lukemiani, @tgod34748, @bzamayo, @markgurman, @dylanmcd8, @tailosivetech, @maxwinebach, @markgurman, @icave_dave, @tgod34748, @ishanagarwal24, @parkerortolani, @parkerortolani, @markgurman, @saranbyte, and @stephenrobles
Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Wall Street Journal: |
Lawmakers, TikTok staff, and others detail how TikTok lost the war in Washington, including due to CEO Shou Zi Chew's failure to build support on Capitol Hill — Combination of coordinated efforts by its critics and missteps by the company led to the law forcing a sale or ban of the popular app| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020 — ‘Two years ago, this would have been devastating’ — President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok — for real this time.| Washington Post: |
More: CBS News, Business Times, The Verge, TalkAndroid.com, Digital Trends, and Android Authority. Mastodon: @[email protected]
| Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg: |
More: Wired, masslive.com, and Techdirt
Threads: @carnage4life and @xzed87
Mastodon: @[email protected] and @[email protected]
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Akamai: US Post Office phishing sites got significantly more DNS queries, cumulatively, than the legitimate website during some weeks of the 2023 holiday season — Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service (USPS) saw that the traffic … | Scott Nover / Fast Company: |
AI is making Meta's apps basically unusable, as the company adds Meta AI everywhere and viral user-generated AI images proliferate on Facebook and Instagram — The intended and unintended generative AI flooding Facebook and Instagram. — Meta has flooded its social media platforms with artificial intelligence.
More: Forbes, MakeUseOf, BGR, and TMZ.com
Threads: @paul_rietschka, @quillmatiq, @hunterwalk, @egodeathiez, @renee.diresta, @paul_rietschka, @ridsdalek, @richardlawler, @jbillinson, @katienotopoulos, @mikeuptonphoto, @bermudahillsco, and @emmaknitty. Bluesky: @mhwilliams.bsky.social
X: @scottnover and @_alialkhatib
| Martin Coulter / Reuters: |
The second AI summit, a primarily virtual event in Seoul on May 21 and May 22, faces challenges, as sources say far few leaders and ministers are set to attend — Last year, a who's who of world leaders, corporate executives and academic experts gathered at Britain's Bletchley Park … | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
An interview with MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria on leading the company for a decade, the evolution of databases, AI hype, transitioning to a SaaS model, and more — A decade is a long time in tech — A lot has happened since Dev Ittycheria took the reins at MongoDB, the $26 billion database company he's led … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Ethan Mollick, a University of Pennsylvania professor whose early embrace of AI made him a go-to expert for policymakers and corporate leaders — Ethan Mollick at the University of Pennsylvania has become the go-to authority on the new technology
More: Business Insider. Threads: @richardlawler, @richardlawler, and @technicallymims
X: @shantharmohan, @abhishekn, @gregoates, @wsj, @emollick, @emollick, and @emollick. LinkedIn: Will Healy III
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users' photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days — EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users' photos to train AI models.| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending — The spending that the industry's giants expect artificial intelligence to require is starting to come into focus — and it is jarringly large.
More: The Indian Express, Cryptopolitan, Bisnow, Fortune, Livemint, and Fierce Network
Threads: @shiraovide, @paul_rietschka, and @carnage4life
| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
More: Reuters, Financial Times, Financial Times, Gulf News, BNN Bloomberg, and Irish Independent
Sponsor Posts
ElevenLabs:
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
Intel:
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
Zoho:
App Spotlight: 360 SMS for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: 360 SMS for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Hard Fork:
The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Great Chat:
Bubble talk
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Access:
AI takes over meetings, the SF vs London tech scene, and ethics in media
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Harvey's Winston Weinberg: From Law Associate To $11 Billion Legal AI Startup CEO
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Red Dye 40
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Everybody Goes Home: How technology is helping prevent wildfires from spreading
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:40 AM ET, April 29, 2024.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post: |
More: U.S. Department …, MarketWatch, CNBC, Associated Press, Internal Revenue Service, and Nextgov/FCW
X: @ustreasury, @senwarren, @mattyglesias, @rbreich, @andrewsolender, @bharatramamurti, @jason, and @jessebenisrael
Forums: Hacker News and r/news
| Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog: |
More: Neowin and We Distribute
Mastodon: @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @vmbrasseur@social …, @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected]
Forums: Hacker News, r/Mastodon, and r/technology
Earlier Picks
| Reggie Ugwu / New York Times: |
More: Daily Star, Android Central, Redmond Pie, and The Independent
| William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log: |
Threads: @marcslove, @elysecara1, @stop, and @marcslove
Mastodon: @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @lauren@mastodon …, @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected]
Bluesky: @farzdusa.bsky.social, @durumcrustulum.com, and @jeremydstanley.com
X: @carnage4life, @0xmachos, @gregmolnar, @jaredhanson, @jpohhhh, @moo9000, @chainfirexda, and @bradgessler. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Jonathan Ford / Financial Times: |
More: GeekWire, Vanity Fair, The Logic on Crowdcast, The Bulwark, MSNBC, The Lever, WBUR, KPCW, Marketplace, Axios, Bloomberg, and Page Six
Threads: @davidsirota. X: @pronoydsarkar, @realrobcopeland, @squawkcnbc, @cleonardnews, @carohewitt, @jasonrdean, @danamattioli, @emilyglazer, @cararlombardo, @vanityfair, @danamattioli, @benfritz, @danamattioli, @katielmcinnis, @timodc, @davidsirota, @laurenthomas, @danamattioli, @realrobcopeland, and @brianstelter
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
More: The Seattle Times, Mashable, PCMag, The Verge, Business Today, Washington Post, and Engadget