|
July 30, 2024, 8:20 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Meta releases Segment Anything Model 2 with support for object segmentation in videos and images; the code and weights are available under an Apache 2.0 license — Meta had a palpable hit last year with Segment Anything, a machine learning model that could quickly and reliably identify and outline just about anything in an image.
More: Meta, GitHub, Meta, Meta, MarketWatch, Business Insider, NVIDIA, Business Insider, Meta, WinBuzzer, Investing.com, CNET on YouTube, The Decoder, Neowin, Hindustan Times, SiliconANGLE, Maginative, and Simon Willison's Weblog
Threads: @chriscox. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. X: @benjamindekr, @benjamindekr, @benjamindekr, @iscienceluvr, @willdepue, @luke_metro, @fintechexplor, @swyx, @benjamindekr, @minimaxir, @josephofiowa, and @mouthofmorrison
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta rolls out AI Studio in the US, letting users create and share AI chatbots, and Instagram creators set up chatbots to answer DM questions and story replies — Meta is rolling out its AI Studio tools for custom chatbots. — The next time you DM a creator on Instagram, you might get a reply from their AI.
More: Meta, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Dexerto, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, Nairametrics, Silicon Republic, UKTN, Android Headlines, Wired, TechIssuesToday.com, Social Media Today, TIME, The Hollywood Reporter, and NewsBytes
Threads: @kanekallaway, @chriscox, and @timothybucksf
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple debuts Apple Intelligence in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 developer betas, with text generation and Siri updates, but missing some features — - Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, … Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence …
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Wall Street Journal, Apple Machine Learning …, The Register, Financial Express, Silicon Republic, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, BGR, Cybernews.com, O'Grady's PowerPage, Daring Fireball, Six Colors, New York Post, Gizchina.com, Benzinga, Moneycontrol, Newser, The Indian Express, Cult of Mac, MySmartPrice, iDrop News, Business Standard, MacRumors, The Information, Cryptopolitan, Brandon Butch on YouTube, The Apple Post, zollotech on YouTube, Stephen Robles on YouTube, Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, PhoneArena, Patently Apple, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, Supercharged, The Verge, mjtsai.com, Neowin, Redmond Pie, MobileSyrup, ZDNET, Macworld, iDownloadBlog.com, Quartz, Thurrott, The Verge, Mashable, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, Mashable, CNET, CNET, AppleInsider, BGR, BGR, ExtremeTech, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, Engadget, The Independent, iMore, WinBuzzer, Android Headlines, Lifewire, HotHardware, PYMNTS.com, The Week, NewsBytes, Bloomberg, and XDA Developers
Threads: @parkerortolani, @markgurman, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @dmitriid@mastodon.nu, @stroughtonsmith …, and @viticci@mastodon …
X: @vadimyuryev, @maxwinebach, @simonw, @sambhavgupta6, @simonw, @betaprofiles, @maxwinebach, @benbajarin, @iupdate, @maxwinebach, @mkbhd, @dylanmcd8, @atiorh, @benbajarin, @leakerapple, @simonw, @panzer, @basedbeffjezos, @stevemoser, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @simonw, @stevesi, @rudrankriyam, @betaprofiles, @leakerapple, @brandonbutch, @noelrock, @brandonbutch, @maxjmb, @dylanmcd8, @kylebrussell, @minimaxir, and @markgurman
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Capital Brief: |
Canva acquires AI image generation service Leonardo.ai for an undisclosed amount; Leonardo.ai launched in December 2022 and has more than 19M registered users — Founded in December 2022, Leonardo.Ai has over 19 million users and its very own foundation AI model.
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Canva, Australian Financial Review, TechRadar, Neowin, SmartCompany, Leonardo.AI, AIM, and The Information
X: @leonardoai_, @hc_dsn, @angrypenguinpng, and @canva
| Tekendra Parmar / Bloomberg: |
Scammers are using Meta's copyright protection tools to target influencers in the Middle East; creators see their content removed from Instagram unless they pay — Victims see their content removed from Instagram unless they pay steep ransoms. — In May 2023, Esaa Ahmed-Adnan … | Manya Saini / Reuters: |
PayPal reports Q2 revenue up 8% YoY to $7.89B, total payment volume up 11% to $416.81B, transaction margin dollars up 8%, and raises its FY 2024 profit forecast — PayPal (PYPL.O) on Tuesday raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit for the second time, betting on resilient consumer spending …
More: Benzinga, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, and PayPal
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Qualcomm debuts the 4nm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2, a feature-limited version of the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, to make 5G accessible to smartphones in the sub-$100 category — Qualcomm Tuesday announced the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2. The entry-level chip aims to make 5G accessible to 2.8 billion smartphone users … | Hadley Beeman / W3C: |
After Google said it wouldn't deprecate third-party cookies, W3C says third-party cookies must be removed as the invisible tracking “hurts everyone's privacy” — Author(s) and publish date — After reading Google's announcement that they no longer plan to deprecate third-party cookies …
More: W3C, Pixel Envy, Pixel Envy, and WebProNews
Mastodon: @mconley@mozilla.social and @wilander@mastodon.social
X: @hadleybeeman, @lukolejnik, and @anderagakura
Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| William J. Broad / New York Times: |
Experts say AI forecasting models are predicting weather patterns with new speed and precision and are likely to complement supercomputer forecasting models — The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
The US NTIA issues a report in support of “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta's Llama 3.1, but recommends the government to monitor for potential risks — The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday issued a report in support of “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta's Llama 3.1 …
More: FedScoop, National Telecommunications …, and National Telecommunications …. Forums: r/artificial
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung is narrowing the gap with rival SK Hynix in high-bandwidth memory chips and anticipates Nvidia's approval for its HBM3E chips by November 2024 — - 'We've never seen Samsung in this position,' one analyst said — Head of semiconductor unit was replaced after several setbacks
More: Benzinga, SamMobile, and KED Global
| Financial Times: |
Temu faces backlash from its Chinese suppliers over its aggressive effort to recruit Amazon merchants who hold goods in warehouses in the US and the EU — Internet marketplace taking on Amazon and Shein aims to cut delivery times by storing goods closer to shoppers
More: South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, KrASIA, and Proactive
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
3 smarter updates for your staffing pipeline — Staffing recruiters manage multiple client requirements, large candidate databases, and tight submission deadlines. Finding suitable candidates is only the first step.
3 smarter updates for your staffing pipeline — Staffing recruiters manage multiple client requirements, large candidate databases, and tight submission deadlines. Finding suitable candidates is only the first step.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
Grit:
The Difference Between 1% Improvements and 10x Growth | Immad Akhund
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
How a 19-year-old intern built the growth engine behind this $2B AI company | Hector Serrano
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Big Technology Podcast:
Big Tech's Ugly Week, Getting Rich At Anthropic, AI Costs Plunge
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Machine Gods:
OpenAI's Latest Discoveries Spark a Backlash + Help! My Kid Hates AI
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
The Upstarts Podcast:
The Accidental YC Founder Solving AI's GPU Crisis | SF Compute's Evan Conrad
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.
Cheeky Pint:
Why Sam Altman is against a single superintelligence
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:20 AM ET, July 30, 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
Jasper Ward / Reuters:Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Twitch, PhoneArena, and Gizchina.com
X: @jearldster3, @zackreese, @raidermomcat, @twitchsupport, @keyzmi, @fxynate, and @twitch. Forums: r/Twitch
Earlier Picks
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
More: The Register, Sherwood News, Pivot to AI, and Moz
Mastodon: @dreid@wandering.shop and @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social
| Sahil Patel / The Information: |
More: Seeking Alpha, AdExchanger, Search Engine Land, PYMNTS.com, TechRadar, and The Media Leader. LinkedIn: Jeremy Jankowski
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
More: 9to5Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, The Register, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, The Verge, and Fast Company
Mastodon: @knightcolumbia@mastodon … and @Obdurodon@hachyderm.io
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/technews, r/law, r/privacy, r/UpliftingNews, and r/technology