Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise
Techmeme
July 30, 2024, 10:40 AM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Get our daily newsletter and never miss a story!   ⓧ Newsletter

Top News

Kylie Robison / The Verge:
Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with partners such as Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and WordPress.com, after weeks of plagiarism accusations  —  Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with publishing partners following weeks of plagiarism accusations.
Capital Brief:
Canva acquires AI image generation service Leonardo.ai for an undisclosed amount; Leonardo.ai launched in December 2022 and has 19M+ registered users  —  Founded in December 2022, Leonardo.Ai has over 19 million users and its very own foundation AI model.  —  Canva, Australia's largest …
Reuters:
Meta agrees to pay $1.4B to settle Texas' lawsuit accusing Meta of using facial-recognition tech to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without consent  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Rafe Uddin / Financial Times:
The UK ICO says the country's election authority failed to take “basic steps” to protect the personal data of 40M people before a 2021 China-backed cyberattack  —  ‘Basic steps’ including updating passwords were missed before 2021 hack, finds Information Commissioner
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, Android Police, HotHardware, Apple Machine Learning …, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, Android Authority, The Register, PhoneArena, Forbes, iMore, BGR, Financial Express, Daring Fireball, Six Colors, New York Post, Tom's Guide, Cybernews.com, Benzinga, Moneycontrol, O'Grady's PowerPage, Silicon Republic, The Indian Express, Cult of Mac, MySmartPrice, Gizchina.com, Business Standard, iDrop News, Newser, MacRumors, The Information, Cryptopolitan, Brandon Butch on YouTube, The Apple Post, zollotech on YouTube, Stephen Robles on YouTube, Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, The Verge, Patently Apple, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, Supercharged, The Verge, mjtsai.com, Neowin, Redmond Pie, MobileSyrup, ZDNET, Macworld, iDownloadBlog.com, Quartz, Thurrott, Mashable, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, iClarified, Mashable, CNET, CNET, AppleInsider, BGR, BGR, ExtremeTech, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, The Independent, WinBuzzer, Android Headlines, Lifewire, PYMNTS.com, The Week, NewsBytes, and Bloomberg
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
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
London-based fertility app Flo Health raised a $200M+ Series C from General Atlantic at a $1B+ valuation and expects subscription revenue of over $200M in 2024  —  Private equity firm General Atlantic backs start-up as it turns to ‘untapped’ market of those experiencing menopause

Sponsor Posts

Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model  —  Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy.  Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation  —  UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Zoho:
Automate recurring activities with Zoho One's RPA addition  —  Robotic Process Automation (RPA) automates manual and routine tasks for businesses by using digital robots that replicate human behaviour.
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.
Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Techmeme Ride Home:
 Why Clone A Messaging App?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Sponsor this podcast
Grit:
 HubSpot CEO on the Future of SaaS, AI, & Leading Through Change
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
 Inside Devin: The world's first autonomous AI engineer that's set to write 50% of its company's code by end of year | Scott Wu (CEO and co-founder of Cognition)
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.
Hard Fork:
 The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat
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.
The Logan Bartlett Show:
 Ben Lamm (Founder & CEO, Colossal Biosciences) On The Breakthroughs Making De-Extinction Actually Possible
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.
Great Chat:
 What's the deal with Deel?
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.
Add your postcast here
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:40 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

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The White House says “no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made” and it is exploring options for “Making Hollywood Great Again”

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The New York Times wins four Pulitzers, the most of any news organization in 2025; The Washington Post wins two, and ProPublica wins the public service prize

Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Paramount delayed and altered a Daily Show-branded initiative to encourage people to run for local office, as it placates the Trump administration

More News

Brady Dale / Axios:
SEC drops claims about 10 tokens it had argued were securities in its Binance suit; the case against other Binance programs, like staking, looks set to proceed
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg:
Microsoft calls on US Congress to pass a comprehensive law to crack down on AI deepfakes that aim to interfere in elections or maliciously target people

Earlier Picks

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitch rolls out a revamped iOS and Android app, which now shows a TikTok-like feed of recommended content when it's opened, instead of a “Following” list
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Some popular sites like Condé Nast's titles and Reuters.com modified robots.txt to block Anthropic's bots, but Anthropic has just made new bots with other names
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A US court ruled on July 24 that border agents must get a warrant before searching the electronic devices of US and international travelers crossing the border
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter