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Mark Zuckerberg argues that “open source AI” is the path forward, closed models are vulnerable to vendor lock-in and state-backed espionage, and more — In the early days of high-performance computing, the major tech companies of the day each invested heavily in developing their own closed source versions of Unix.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it's working on Llama 4 — The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
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Threads: @zuck, @timothybucksf, @crumbler, @brandonlive, @benedictevans, and @yannlecun. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
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X: @gabrielmbmb_, @kevinsxu, @gfodor, @cocktailpeanut, @simonw, and @ralphbrooks. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet Q2: revenue of $84.7B, up 14% YoY, net income of $23.6B, up 29% YoY, Search revenue of $48.5B, up from $42.6B YoY, and headcount down 1% to 179,582 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 23, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
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Threads: @crumbler. X: @thetranscript_, @martyswant, @swiftstories, @munster_gene, and @munster_gene. Forums: Hacker News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google Cloud Q2 revenue grew 29% YoY to $10.35B, vs. $10.2B est.; Cloud exceeded $10B in quarterly revenues and $1B in operating profit for the first time — Google parent company Alphabet reported earnings after the bell Tuesday. — Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Alphabet reports Other Bets Q2 revenue of $365M, up from $285M in Q2 2023, a $1.13B loss, up from $813M, and announces a “multiyear” investment of $5B in Waymo — Alphabet is again investing in its self-driving car unit Waymo — this time with $5 billion.
More: TechCrunch, Shacknews, The National, The Robot Report, and Business Insider
| The Information: |
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell-design iPhone that could debut as soon as 2026, and reached out to Asian component suppliers in recent months — Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
dYdX says v3, an older version of its DeFi crypto exchange that is reportedly for sale and averages ~$1.5B/week in derivatives trading, “has been compromised” — News of the problem emerged just as Bloomberg reported dYdX v3 is for sale. — Decentralized crypto-exchange giant dYdX …
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| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
The US FTC seeks info from Mastercard, Accenture, and six other companies related to their “surveillance pricing products” that use personal data, AI, and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has launched an inquiry into how companies surveil consumers …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Google-Wiz deal failed, in part, due to antitrust fears and CrowdStrike's outage, which increased the potential value of cloud security companies — - $23 billion offer for Wiz collapsed weeks after HubSpot deal — Regulatory concerns have cratered high-profile tech purchases| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Leaked images show the upcoming “Google TV Streamer”, a set-top box with a pill-shaped design, to replace the dongle form factor, and an updated, longer remote — Back in April, we revealed that Google is working on a sequel to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) …
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Forums: r/Stadia, r/GeForceNOW, r/nvidiashield, r/AndroidTV, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and r/googlehome
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above est., and €266M operating income; SPOT jumps 12%+ — Spotify Technology SA shares surged to their highest in more than three years on Tuesday after the Swedish audio …
More: The Hollywood Reporter, The Information, Spotify, Android Headlines, PYMNTS.com, Variety, Neowin, Thurrott, Dexerto, and Reuters
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @sarafischer, @alexweprin, @thetranscript_, and @eldsjal. LinkedIn: Julia Levander
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
| Eva Roytburg / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says “I am not donating $45M a month to Trump”, but states he created American PAC to support Trump, without revealing how much he will donate — Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created …
More: Fortune and New York Times
Threads: @martinsfp and @kbode
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, powered by its latest Firefly Vector model now in beta, and new and updated Photoshop tools — Adobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop design software that aim to help speed up creative workflows.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Mytra, a startup building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, launches from stealth with $78M in total funding — Mytra has been quietly operating behind the scenes since its May 2022 founding in a bid to rethink warehouse automation.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Meta plans to roll out its AI assistant to the Quest in August, limited to US and Canada users in experimental mode, after debuting on the Ray-Ban smart glasses — The experimental version of the AI assistant will make its way to Quest headsets in August. — Meta's AI-powered assistant …
More: Meta, PhoneArena, UploadVR, MIXED Reality News, Road to VR, and Pocket-lint
Forums: r/OculusQuest, r/OculusQuest, and r/oculus
| Keith Broni / Emojipedia: |
X reverts its water pistol emoji back to a firearm on the web, after Twitter originally switched the pistol emoji from a realistic-looking handgun in 2018 — X (fka Twitter) has quietly redesigned its 🔫 Water Pistol emoji to display as a firearm. This diverges from the cross-platform conversion …
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, Android Police, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Chris Morris / Fortune: |
Netflix last week reported it is developing 80 games, most “interactive narrative games” based on its IP, and will debut one a month; Netflix offers 100+ games — Netflix could be on its way to becoming one of the most prolific video game publishers in the industry.
More: Variety, VentureBeat, TheGamer, Mobilegamer.biz, CNET, Tom's Guide, and iMore
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Amazon begins rolling out a new UI for Prime Video to help distinguish content included with Prime, update its navigation bar, manage subscriptions, and more — And the new UI specifically addresses something that's annoyed Prime Video users for years: Now, according to Amazon …
More: About Amazon, The Verge, MobileSyrup, 9to5Google, Thurrott, IGN, The Streamable, Android Authority, How-To Geek, Gizmodo, PCMag, Kotaku, Engadget, and Deadline
| Bloomberg: |
US spot ether ETFs hit over $1B in trading volume across nine funds, a strong debut, but far from the $4.6B traded during the spot bitcoin ETFs debut in January — - Trading volume still trailed amount posted by Bitcoin ETFs — Debuts for two of the funds rank among some of the best ever| Brian Merchant / Wired: |
A staffer at Activision Blizzard, which had layoffs in 2024 affecting many 2D artists, says some remaining artists were “forced to use AI to aid in their work” — A WIRED investigation finds that major players like Activision Blizzard, which recently laid off scores of workers, are using generative AI for game development.
More: Dexerto. Mastodon: @antonyjohnston@mastodon …. Forums: r/gaming, r/technews, r/Games, r/singularity, and r/technology
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Level AI, maker of AI-powered tools to automate customer service tasks, raised a $39.4M Series C led by Adams Street Partners, taking its total raised to $73.1M — Ashish Nagar, an engineer by trade, was working at Amazon's Alexa org on the conversational AI team when he realized that AI …
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