|
November 2, 2024, 3:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024, that let users log in under specific circumstances with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters — The vulnerability is fixed now, but Okta said that for three months it could've been used to access accounts with usernames stretching at least 52 characters long.
More: Okta Trust, Engadget, Mashable, Forbes, and The Information
Mastodon: @SecureOwl@infosec.exchange, @deadparrot@mastodon.social, @sitnik_en@mastodon.social, @dcuthbert@defcon.social, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @vicvijayakumar, @bcrypt, @martin_heinz_, @lucasarruda, @sitnikcode, @kmcquade3, @davideborall, @andrewmohawk, @gergelyorosz, @mcstempel, @gergelyorosz, @ahmadalfy, and @eastdakota. LinkedIn: Gianluca Varisco
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Amazon's plan to rearchitect Alexa around LLMs could finally help Alexa understand what users actually want and reduce the awkward syntax needed to use Skills — Ten years ago, Amazon imagined a future beyond apps — and it had the idea basically right. But the perfect ambient computer remains frustratingly far away.
More: The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, and The Ambient
| Stephen Groves / Associated Press: |
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation …
More: Oregonian, Politico, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, CNBC, NBC News, The Hill, CNN, Bloomberg, Associated Press, The Verge, HuffPost, Axios, Alternet.org, Raw Story, Forbes, Washington Examiner, Democrats, Daily Journal, and Letters from an American
X: @lukeradel, @costellojoseph_, @levie, @brandonlbradfor, @daveweigel, @petereharrell, @nicoleperlroth, @ylecun, @del_corcoran, @petebuttigieg, @elissaslotkin, @briantylercohen, @armanddoma, @tristansnell, @mattcorridoni, @rubengallego, @adamkinzinger, @andykimnj, @vicvijayakumar, @captmarkkelly, @acyn, @kamalahq, and @gretchenwhitmer
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Intel's CEO scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI chips in 2024, blaming slower uptake on Gaudi 2 to Gaudi 3 transition and software ease of use — Intel's (INTC.O) upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted …
More: The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Constellation Research, Intel, Benzinga, and TrendForce News
| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, a budget hawk who has been in the position for 11 years and is at the center of the company's AI spending spree — Amy Hood is at the center of Microsoft's bet-the-company dive into AI
Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @marceloplima, @modestproposal1, and @modestproposal1
LinkedIn: Khwaja Shaik and Jon Cherian
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, after Amazon replaced Walgreens in February 2024; Intel joined the index in 1999 — - Intel, Dow Inc. are set to leave the 30-member index — Nvidia up 3.2% in post-market trading, while Intel is down 2%
More: CNBC, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, HotHardware, Reuters, WinBuzzer, TipRanks Financial, Oman Observer, Associated Press, Finbold, Benzinga, Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, The Motley Fool, Variety, CRN, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Livemint, Wccftech, New York Times, Shacknews, Wall Street Pit, Oregonian, ZeroHedge News, and RTHK
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @yampeleg, @iterintellectus, @alifarhat79, @newsynick, @sarbjeetjohal, @kobeissiletter, @gurgavin, @lessin, @bearlyai, @tcrawford, @gurgavin, @hpc_guru, @tcrawford, and @sullycnbc
Forums: r/stocks, r/technology, r/AMD_Stock, and r/wallstreetbets
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and consumer spending, drove strong Q3 revenue growth for Alphabet, Meta, Snap, Reddit, and Roku — - Google's advertising revenue jumped more than 10% year-over-year, thanks in part to election-related ad spend, especially on YouTube … | Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis study based on first-time use of digital wallets from January 1 to October 8, 2024: Tether's USDT has gained traction in EMEA time zones — - Some data signal USDT activity moved toward EMEA time zones — US officials are reportedly stepping up probes into the token
More: Cryptopolitan
| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
A US judge rules Parag Agrawal and other former Twitter executives can proceed with claims that Elon Musk terminated them to cheat them out of severance pay — A judge ruled late Friday that former chief executive officer Parag Agrawal and other high-ranking officers can proceed with claims … | Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google researchers detail Project Big Sleep, formerly Project Naptime, which used an AI agent to discover a previously unknown and exploitable bug in SQLite — The company's experimental AI agent finds a previously unknown and exploitable software bug in SQLite, an open-source database engine.
More: Project Zero, WinBuzzer, and Simon Willison's Weblog
Mastodon: @acdha@code4lib.social, @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social, @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social, and @ifsecure@infosec.exchange
X: @gzilgalvis, @googlepubpolicy, @xennygrimmato_, @charley_snyder_, @randomlywalking, @ifsecure, and @domenuk
LinkedIn: Dave Kleidermacher, Evan Kotsovinos, Gianluca Varisco, John Mueller, and Amanda Walker
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/programming, and lobste.rs
| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Denmark's AI supercomputer Gefion, which has 1,528 H100 GPUs and was built using $100M from Novo Nordisk and state-owned Export and Investment Fund — The world's latest AI machine is powered by the success of two products: Nvidia's chips and Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drugs
More: NVIDIA, Novo Nordisk Fonden, and PharmTech
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval, “to reach an even wider audience” — Apple is acquiring the popular photo editing company Pixelmator. The Pixelmator Team announced the news in a blog post …
More: Pixelmator Blog, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Shortcut, The Verge, Hindustan Times, Moneycontrol, Redmond Pie, SchwarzTech, Neowin, mjtsai.com, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Six Colors, Pixel Envy, Cult of Mac, Daring Fireball, PetaPixel, Tech Startups, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, TechRadar, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, BGR, Bloomberg, Thurrott, Engadget, TidBITS, and BNN Bloomberg
Threads: @imhassan, @crumbler, and @eshumarneedi
Mastodon: @craiggrannell@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @veedems@mastodon.social, @nicklockwood@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @marioguzman@mastodon.social, @viticci@mastodon …, @stroughtonsmith …, @garry@mstdn.social, @invalidname@mastodon.social, @matthewcassinelli …, @Gte@mastodon.social, @davidbisset@phpc.social, and @stroughtonsmith …. Bluesky: @juliawritescode.bsky.social
X: @ailon, @waitbutwhy, @rjonesy, @alxhnt, @theo, @thejoshmeister, @parkerortolani, @wongmjane, @dylanmcd8, @geerlingguy, @markgurman, @rsgnl, @stephenrobles, @parkerortolani, @aaronp613, @sdw, @yiningkarlli, @raywongy, @dylanmcd8, @raywongy, @andrewpprice, @minimaxir, @christianselig, @michalmalewicz, @jdalrymple, @maxwinebach, @markgurman, @markgurman, @kylebrussell, @minimaxir, and @markgurman
Forums: Hacker News, r/MacOS, r/macapps, r/photography, r/pixelmator, and Ars OpenForum
Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Cheap code, precious trust: Code modernization at scale — The promise—and challenges—of agentic software engineering, from large-scale code migration to language modernization.
Cheap code, precious trust: Code modernization at scale — The promise—and challenges—of agentic software engineering, from large-scale code migration to language modernization.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Pro Tips: 5 ways to keep your OKR rollout on track past the three-month mark — Three months into an OKR rollout is when the cracks appear. Manual tracking stalls, CRM data and strategic goals drift apart, and missed targets catch leaders by surprise.
Pro Tips: 5 ways to keep your OKR rollout on track past the three-month mark — Three months into an OKR rollout is when the cracks appear. Manual tracking stalls, CRM data and strategic goals drift apart, and missed targets catch leaders by surprise.
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
Sources:
Tobi Lütke on the AI agent revolution and future of Shopify
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Big Technology Podcast:
This AI Expert Argues We're Underestimating AI's Productivity Impact — With Ethan Mollick
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:
Inside Anthropic's IPO + How AI Agents Spy on Your Messages
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
You Can't Escape AI. Here's How to Live With It.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Training Data:
European Defense Sovereignty Starts in the Factory: Stark's Uwe Horstmann and Johannes Schaback
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Cheeky Pint:
The airline CEO putting Starlink on every plane
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 3:05 PM ET, November 2, 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
Katie Robertson / New York Times:Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
| Microsoft: |
More: TechCrunch and Neowin
X: @0xcryptodypto, @basedbeffjezos, @ednewtonrex, @martin_casado, @pmarca, and @pmarca. LinkedIn: Rob Ferguson
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
More: Cryptopolitan, Fortune, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, RedState, Cointelegraph, and Benzinga
Mastodon: @kc@social.coop and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @ajcarrillo, @andreamatranga, @ajcarrillo, @silvermanjacob, @ajcarrillo, @jwherrman, @conorsen, @conorsen, @briankgolden, and @mikesimonsen. Forums: r/politics
Earlier Picks
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Meta, MIXED Reality News, UploadVR, How-To Geek, and Neowin
Threads: @crumbler. X: @lunayian, @pvncher, @haulik, @lunayian, @lunayian, @dylanmcd8, @theadrianm_, and @lunayian
Forums: r/virtualreality and r/oculus
| Reuters: |
More: Forbes, Engadget, Maginative, Notebookcheck, Deadline, Variety, and The Wrap
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
More: Seeking Alpha, The Verge, TechSpot, VideoCardz.com, TweakTown, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, TipRanks Financial, Benzinga, ExtremeTech, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, and DigiTimes
Forums: r/ICGA, r/pcgaming, and r/intel
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
More: Android Police, nextpit, RM Update News, OSnews, ExtremeTech, AndroidGuys, Thurrott, TalkAndroid.com, SammyGuru, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, T3, Android Developers Blog, Business Standard, Tech Advisor, Sammy Fans, TechIssuesToday.com, Gizchina.com, SamMobile, Livemint, NewsBytes, Phandroid, Wccftech, Gizmochina, GSMArena.com, MakeUseOf, The Shortcut, and MobileSyrup