|
August 6, 2024, 1:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google unveils the $100 Google TV Streamer, with better performance than Chromecast with Google TV, Thread and Matter support, and more, shipping September 24 — Google isn't waiting for its upcoming hardware event to announce the Chromecast's successor. Alongside the new, sleeker Nest Thermostat …
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, How-To Geek, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Thurrott, Neowin, PhoneArena, Trusted Reviews, The Desk, TechPowerUp, Android Authority, CNET, PCMag, AFTVnews, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, TechHive, ZDNET, Engadget, Chrome Unboxed, BGR, Android Headlines, Liliputing, CNN, Android Central, TechRadar, Forbes, Tom's Guide, Wired, NewsBytes, Digital Trends, Droid Life, TalkAndroid.com, Pocket-lint, GSMArena.com, and Lifewire
Forums: r/google and r/ShieldAndroidTV
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says the Chromecast with Google TV 4K and HD will remain on sale until stock runs out, as the company stops making the Chromecast, first launched in 2013 — The first Chromecast was announced in July of 2013 with the goal of letting people stream content from phones to televisions.
More: The Verge, How-To Geek, Neowin, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Media Play News, and Cord Cutters News
X: @killedbygoogle, @lanceulanoff, @tomgara, @killedbygoogle, @alexdobie, and @mishaalrahman. Forums: r/Chromecast
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Google unveils Gemini-based features for Google Home, coming later in 2024: descriptive captions for Nest camera videos, a smarter Assistant for Nest, and more — Amazon has already announced its plans for a smarter Alexa to power your home. Now, it's Google's turn to promise that it can produce a better …
More: The Keyword, Thurrott, Android Police, HotHardware, TechCrunch, Android Authority, CNET, TechHive, Neowin, ZDNET, Pocketables, 9to5Google, Droid Life, T3, Android Central, Tom's Guide, AndroidGuys, and Digital Trends. Forums: r/googlehome
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: a federal judge rules that Google illegally monopolized the search market, including through deals to be the default option on phones and browsers — Google's payments to make its search engine the default on smartphone web browsers violates US antitrust law, a federal judge ruled Monday …
More: CNN, Ars Technica, Platformer, BBC, Reuters, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, ZDNET, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Total Telecom, Tortoise, Washington Post, MarTech, CNBC, PocketGamer.biz, Spyglass, Digital Content Next, Politico, Tom's Guide, Proactive, Benzinga, Washington Post, GSMArena.com, The Mirror, WinBuzzer, The Stack, One Man & His Blog, IPWatchdog.com, Silicon Republic, PaymentExpert.com, Search Engine Roundtable, TipRanks Financial, Tech.co, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, The Information, Patently Apple, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Threads: @reckless1280, @flasheeto, @neil.cybart, @thejeffhou, @thekenyeung, @passantino, @daveleebbg, @karaswisher, and @brianstelter
Mastodon: @parismarx@mastodon.online and @theory@xoxo.zone
X: @google_comms, @lutherlowe, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @lutherlowe, @rakeshsfnyc, @johnmarknewman, @jason_kint, @briancalbrecht, @eric_seufert, @amir, @econliberties, @garrytan, @carnage4life, @lexnfx, @megangra, @florian4gamers, @ballmatthew, @modestproposal1, @jason_kint, @bcmerchant, @florian4gamers, @bobbyallyn, @lutherlowe, @vidushi_law, @benthompson, @vidushi_law, @delrey, @timsweeneyepic, @rakeshsfnyc, @stevesi, @benthompson, @lexnfx, @alexeheath, @briancalbrecht, @alexeheath, and @benremaly. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
US v. Google: a judge rules Google has a monopoly in “general search text advertising” and used exclusive agreements to raise prices without any competition — A federal judge ruled that Google violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the search and advertising markets.
More: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Law, ExtremeTech, Reuters, MacStories, Affiverse, OSnews, Tech Xplore, People's World, TechInformed, KnowTechie, TalkAndroid.com, TechSpot, JURIST, and TechIssuesToday.com
Forums: r/technology and Lobsters
| Jason Del Rey / Fortune: |
More: How-To Geek, Business Insider, and NewsBytes
X: @ddayen, @adamkovac, @tomcoates, @tomcoates, and @octonion
Forums: Hacker News, r/firefox, and r/technology
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
More: Washington Post, USA Today, Reuters, HotHardware, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, BBC, MediaPost, SD Times, Kiplinger.com, Fortune, Benzinga, TechCrunch, The Guam Daily Post, CCN.com, The Indian Express, Barron's Online, Verdict, Daily Mail, Investopedia, and Boing Boing
X: @adamkovac and @stevelohr
| John Schulman / @johnschulman2: |
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman departs to join Anthropic and focus on AI alignment, and says “I'm not leaving due to lack of support for alignment research” — I shared the following note with my OpenAI colleagues today: I've made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI. This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work. I've decided
More: CNBC, TechCrunch, CIO.com, CRN, Spyglass, Reuters, Quartz, International Business Times, AIM, PYMNTS.com, Business Standard, Coinspeaker, WinBuzzer, Business Insider, CCN.com, The Independent, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg
X: @sama, @janleike, @shakeelhashim, @krishnanrohit, @brij, @ylecun, @svrnco, @krishnanrohit, @_masterofwolves, @shiringhaffary, @tunguz, @mascobot, and @josephjacks_
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPT, r/artificial, r/OpenAI, r/singularity, r/reinforcementlearning, and Slashdot
| The Information: |
OpenAI President Greg Brockman says he's taking a sabbatical through the end of 2024; a source says OpenAI product leader Peter Deng, who joined in 2023, left — Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and one of 11 cofounders of the artificial intelligence firm, is taking an extended leave of absence.
More: Inc.com, DatacenterDynamics, AI News, The Economic Times, Maginative, CoinGape, Tech Startups, Business Insider, Android Headlines, WinBuzzer, Windows Central, The Crypto Times, Cybernews.com, and Marcus on AI
Threads: @rpn and @marcslove
X: @gdb, @garymarcus, @typedfemale, @firstadopter, @garymarcus, @natolambert, @mattturck, @garrisonlovely, @simeon_cps, @nmasc_, @anammostarac, @edzitron, @nbashaw, @carnage4life, @husjerry1, and @garymarcus
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, and r/technology
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott” — Members include major tech companies, advertisers, agencies, ad tech firms and advertising coalitions.
More: TechCrunch, New York Times, Reuters, Engadget, Thurrott, Associated Press, The Verge, Bloomberg, New York Post, The Information, Financial Times, Wired, Quartz, Variety, Boing Boing, and Digiday
Threads: @crumbler, @taylorlorenz, @martinsfp, @kalihays1, @enjoyingeveryminute, @drewharwell, @mattrichardson, @moskov, @karaswisher, @karaswisher, @kalihays1, and @reckless1280
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @metacurity@infosec.exchange, @chrisgeidner@journa.host, @dmoren@zeppelin.flights, and @ianb@mastodon.well.com
X: @lindayax, @lindayax, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @baekdal, @harrymccracken, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @adamkovac, @fmanjoo, @toptickcrypto, @fmanjoo, @kchoudhu, @thechosenberg, @ryanbarwick, @kristyt, @somewheresy, @jack_raines, @michaelmiraflor, @ryxcommar, @oalexanderdk, and @colin_fraser. Forums: Hacker News
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Behind the YouTube influencers, WhatsApp and Telegram groups, and services like FewFeed fueling Facebook's problem of creators profiting from viral “AI slop” — Gyan Abhishek is standing in front of a giant touch screen, like Jim Cramer on Mad Money or an ESPN talking head analyzing a football play.
Threads: @jasonkoebler and @jenvalentino_nyt
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
A look at some of Apple's pre-prompt Apple Intelligence instructions, like “Do not hallucinate” and “Do not make up factual information” for the Rewrite tool — Apple's latest developer betas launched last week with a handful of the generative AI features that were announced …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, PCMag, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, BGR, and NewsBytes
Threads: @reckless1280. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @paul@tapbots.social, @pasavito@twit.social, and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @emollick, @carnage4life, @minimaxir, and @benhylak
Forums: r/MacOSBeta and Lobsters
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
More: MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Dexerto, Gizmodo, Thurrott, TechRadar, GSMArena.com, Computerworld, The Independent, 9to5Mac, iClarified, Lowyat.NET, SamMobile, Business Today, nextpit, The Verge, The Mac Observer, Mashable, TechSpot, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, TechRadar, LifeHacker, Neowin, The Verge, Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, Forbes, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Mastodon: @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, @nileane@nileane.fr, and @viticci@mastodon …
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.7B, Gross Bookings up 19% YoY to $40B, vs. $39.7B est., Mobility Gross Bookings up 23% YoY to $20.6B, and 7.4M drivers — - Results driven by better-than-expected growth in ridehailing — Autonomous rides grew six-fold from year ago through partners| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Samsung starts mass production of the world's thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM, claiming it is 9% thinner than most LPDDR5X and improves devices' heat resistance by 21.2% — The new package frees additional space. — Samsung has started mass production of the world's thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM packages featuring 12 GB and 16 GB capacities.
More: Samsung Newsroom, TechRadar, ExtremeTech, Neowin, TechSpot, The Korea Herald, TechPowerUp, TechEBlog, SamMobile, Blocks and Files, Gizmochina, KED Global, Sammy Fans, Android Headlines, and eeNews Europe. Forums: r/hardware
| Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica: |
A researcher finds another flaw in Georgia's voter registration cancellation portal, which has had bugs that made submitting requests for any Georgian trivial — The flaw would have allowed anyone to submit a voter registration cancellation request for any Georgian using their name …
More: Atlanta News First, ProPublica on YouTube, and StateScoop
Mastodon: @ProPublica@newsie.social and @north@xn
| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
Red Ventures sells CNET, an early pioneer of online tech coverage, to Ziff Davis, which owns Mashable, PC Mag, Lifehacker, and others, a source says for $100M+ — Ziff Davis is acquiring CNET for more than $100 million. Its chief executive thinks more acquisitions are on the horizon.
More: Axios, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Red Ventures, Adweek, and Variety
X: @photomatt, @film_girl, @benmullin, @rafat, @rafat, @bombur, @jeffjarvis, @rhunwords, and @seangriffey. Forums: Hacker News
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Intel says its Foundry's lead products on Intel 18A are booting and expects the first external customer chip design tape out in H1 2025 — Following Intel's painful Q2 earnings call and the announcement of their 2025 cost reduction plan last week, it has become increasingly evident …
More: Tom's Hardware and Intel
| Wall Street Journal: |
How Google's Character.AI deal, which sources say had a $2B licensing fee, and other Big Tech AI deals show startups are seeking bailouts after raising billions — Amazon, Google and Microsoft are using a new type of deal to get employees and technology from artificial-intelligence firms| Reuters: |
ByteDance debuts AI text-to-video app Jimeng AI on iOS in China, after its July 31 Android release; China's Kuaishou released Kling AI in beta globally in July — ByteDance has expanded its offering of a software that can generate videos based on text prompts, joining a growing number … | Financial Times: |
The US NIST is set to publish three security algorithms to protect data from quantum hacking, as part of wider preparations for a post-quantum cryptography era — Global authorities speed up focus on growing threat to traditional cryptography — SPOTLIGHT| Bloomberg: |
The US awards South Korea's SK Hynix an initial $450M in grants and $500M in loans under the CHIPS Act to build an advanced chip packaging facility in Indiana — - Firm to get $450 million Chips Act grant, $500 million loan — Indiana facility focused on advanced packaging, research| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Abnormal Security, which uses ML and AI to detect email cyberattacks, raised a $250M Series D at a $5.1B valuation, up from $4B after raising $210M in May 2022 — Abnormal Security closed a $250 million Series D that now values the San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup at $5.1 billion.
More: FinSMEs, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, CRN, Bloomberg, Tech Startups, VC News Daily, SiliconANGLE, and Abnormal Security
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Zoho:
Contract Signed. Project Ready. Tasks Created. — Every project begins with a promise; a contract that outlines the deliverables, the timelines, and the terms. But for most businesses …
Contract Signed. Project Ready. Tasks Created. — Every project begins with a promise; a contract that outlines the deliverables, the timelines, and the terms. But for most businesses …
Bitrix24:
Bitrix24 powers the next generation of high-performing businesses — Chat, projects, CRM, and automation — all in one place. Replace dozens of tools so your team moves faster, collaborates smarter, and grows effortlessly.
Bitrix24 powers the next generation of high-performing businesses — Chat, projects, CRM, and automation — all in one place. Replace dozens of tools so your team moves faster, collaborates smarter, and grows effortlessly.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box 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:
OpenAI Calls a 'Code Red' + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
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.
Access:
Is Roblox making the internet better or worse? We asked the CEO
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Anthropic's quest to study the negative effects of AI is under pressure
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why LinkedIn is turning PMs into AI-powered "full stack builders" | Tomer Cohen (LinkedIn CPO)
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.
Great Chat:
Code red: our favorite tech rivalries
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
How An AI Model Learned To Be Bad — With Evan Hubinger And Monte MacDiarmid
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:45 PM ET, August 6, 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
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:David Pierce / The Verge:
The Guardian:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
| New York Times: |
More: The Verge, PCMag, Wired, Android Headlines, The San Francisco Standard, Fortune, The Register, ExtremeTech, Cautious Optimism, Tech.co, and The Guardian
Threads: @mikeindustries, @bhaggs, @alexheath, @karissabe, @couch, and @pandemona. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/bayarea, r/sanfrancisco, and Beehaw