|
December 9, 2024, 9:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI launches Sora in select countries; ChatGPT Pro offers up to 500 videos per month at up to 1080p, and ChatGPT Plus offers up to 50 videos at up to 720p — We're moving our video generation model out of research preview. — Learn more System Card — Our video generation model …
More: OpenAI on YouTube, Business Today, Ars Technica, Forbes, Axios, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, Android Police, Entrepreneur, The Verge, PCMag, USA Today, CNET, TechEBlog, The Wrap, Proactive, NBC News, MobileSyrup, CoinGape, TechRadar, Windows Central, Engadget, ZDNET, Thurrott, Livemint, MakeUseOf, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Tom's Guide, Fast Company, The Information, PetaPixel, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Hollywood Reporter, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, 9to5Mac, WinBuzzer, Reuters, Digital Trends, Mashable, TestingCatalog, Pocket-lint, The Decoder, Beebom, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, iClarified, and Analytics India Magazine
X: @sama, @glenngabe, @sama, @willdepue, @sama, @sama, @billpeeb, @nickfloats, @sama, @cmikeh2, @amasad, @blizaine, @gdb, @model_mechanic, @javilopen, @billpeeb, @techikansh, @clu_cheng, @nickadobos, @miramurati, @kevinweil, @sama, @bram_wallace, @_jasonwei, @minchoi, @rohanjamin, and @model_mechanic
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/singularity, r/aiwars, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube: |
Review of OpenAI's Sora video generator: excels at depicting landscapes, people, and stylistic content but often fails with basic physics like object permanence — SORA generates videos. This is the first review.Get up to 40% off on last minute gifts at https://ridge.com/MKBHDThe (real) birding video: https://youtu.be/F...
More: The Atlantic, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, TechRadar, MarkTechPost, The Guardian, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Mashable, The Verge, Business Insider, LifeHacker, Inc, Spyglass, Mashable, and CoinGeek
Forums: r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/mkbhd, and r/StableDiffusion
| John Russell / HPCwire: |
Google says it made a major quantum error correction breakthrough, unveils its Willow quantum chip with 105 improved qubits, and shares benchmarks and a roadmap — Google today introduced its latest quantum chip — Willow (~100 qubits) — coinciding with two key achievements run on the new chip …
More: The Keyword, Nature, Google Quantum AI on YouTube, Fox Business, Gizmodo, Decrypt, Irish Independent, The Verge, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, TweakTown, COINOTAG NEWS, BBC, Boing Boing, Interesting Engineering, OC3D, Fortune, The Next Platform, Phys.org, Axios, New Scientist, WinBuzzer, Scientific American, The Information, Wall Street Pit, The Quantum Insider, Benzinga, Neowin, Quartz, Semafor, Google Research, New Electronics, Physics, LiveScience, Nature, Cosmos, SiliconANGLE, Quanta Magazine, Maginative, and Constellation Research
X: @sundarpichai, @kevinrose, @nature, @newsfromgoogle, @preskill, @shaunmmaguire, @googleai, @jeffdean, @benbenbrubaker, @dangaristo, @bloombergtv, @_weidai, @kpcallaghan_, @jackbutcher, @mikenewmquantum, @sundarpichai, @davidmarcus, @marty_stenson, @elonmusk, @scobleizer, @ericnewcomer, @sundarpichai, @sundarpichai, @aravsrinivas, @ericnewcomer, @teroterotero, @sama, @elonmusk, @geiger_capital, @andyparackal, and @trungtphan
LinkedIn: Bjarne Philip Tellmann, Ryan Babbush, Will Grannis, Philip Richardson Obe, and Soufiane Hayou
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/Futurology, r/Destiny, and r/singularity
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Chinese state media: the State Administration for Market Regulation opened an anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia tied to its Mellanox acquisition in 2020 — - Probe from the market regulator is looking into Mellanox deal — Nvidia shares dropped in early trading after the announcement
More: New York Times, Business Today, The Economic Times, Financial Times, The Information, Ming-Chi Kuo, BBC, The Register, DigiTimes, DatacenterDynamics, en.people.cn, PCMag, PC Gamer, Fast Company, Sinocism, Reuters, Observer, Associated Press, ExtremeTech, NTD, Channel Futures, FXStreet, Quartz, eeNews Europe, Techstrong ITSM, UPI, Washington Post, This is Money, ZeroHedge News, Barron's Online, Business Insider, Fierce Electronics, BusinessLIVE, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, Invezz, Tech.co, Capital Brief, Proactive, Forbes, NBC News, American Journal …, TipRanks Financial, TechCrunch, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @jonasnahm.com and @timobrien
X: @patrickmoorhead, @angelazhanghk, @danielnewmanuv, @beijingdai, @okaythenme, and @benjaminqiu. LinkedIn: Patrick Moorhead
Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: |
Filing: TikTok asks a US court to put on hold a law forcing a sale or ban of the app until SCOTUS can review it and the Trump admin can determine its position — TikTok asked that a US law forcing a sale or ban of the app by China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. be put on hold to give the US Supreme Court a chance to review.
More: BBC, TikTok, The Verge, Android Headlines, CNBC, Nikkei Asia, The Wrap, USA Today, Reuters, UPI, New York Post, The Drum, The Hill, Washington Post, Forbes, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Washington Times, ABC News, Council on Foreign Relations, Passionfruit, Associated Press, TechCrunch, AsiaOne, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, and South China Morning Post
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit says it is testing Reddit Answers, which lets select US users ask questions and receive curated summaries of relevant responses and threads in English — As more AI companies gobble up Reddit's data to fuel their own chatbots, the popular online forum site has begun testing a new conversational AI feature of its own.
More: Reddit Upvoted, The Register, The Verge, PCMag, Reuters, Quartz, CNBC, Fast Company, BetaNews, Entrepreneur, The Hill, Search Engine Journal, CNET, Cryptopolitan, iPhone in Canada Blog, LifeHacker, WinBuzzer, Mashable, MakeUseOf, Social Media Today, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, PYMNTS.com, Android Headlines, Neowin, Gizmodo, MediaPost, Investor's Business Daily, Engadget, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @karissabe, @quinnypig.com, and @jaypeters.net
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Norwegian payment service Vipps launches the world's first Apple Pay alternative on iOS, following Apple's move to open NFC access to developers from iOS 18.1 — Norwegian payment service Vipps has become the world's first company to launch a competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone …
More: Vipps MobilePay, Finextra, 9to5Mac, iClarified, TechRadar, Digital Trends, The Verge, and PhoneArena
| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports — Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard — Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released …
More: Raspberry Pi, TechCrunch, The Verge, Thurrott, Level 2 Jeff on YouTube, Liliputing, ExtremeTech, How-To Geek, TechEBlog, Stuff, PCWorld, Hackaday, TechSpot, XDA Developers, Engadget, Level 2 Jeff on YouTube, and Hackster.io
Mastodon: @0atman@mastodon.social. X: @geerlingguy, @raspberry_pi, @geerlingguy, @geerlingguy, and @pimoroni
Forums: Hacker News and r/raspberry_pi
| Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money: |
A deep dive into “debanking”, which crypto advocates, including a16z, claim has been used against them by US political actors and agencies without due process — Recently, noted VC Marc Andreessen kicked off a discussion about debanking, in a podcast with his co-founder Ben Horowitz …
More: a16z crypto. X: @hikari_no_yume, @patio11, @molly0xfff, @tyler, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, @patio11, and @patio11. Forums: Hacker News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In a mockup posted on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, an $8 per month paid subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more — Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop …
More: MediaPost, Social Media Today, and The Desk
Bluesky: @saeri.xyz, @kevtherobotdev, @saeri.xyz, @deck.blue, @danabra.mov, @saeri.xyz, @scalzi.com, @themountaingoats, @wafflethekodiak, and @samuel.bsky.team. Forums: r/BlueskySocial
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $14.06B, vs. $14.1B est., says it made a deal with Meta for training Llama models on its cloud; ORCL down 6%+ after hours — Oracle shares slid 7% in extended trading on Monday after the database software company reported fiscal second-quarter results … | Kali Hays / Fortune: |
Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju, who was hired in June 2024, says the startup has seen “triple digit growth” and has “a clean balance sheet, no debt” — Stability AI's CEO said the company' was back in growth mode after a rough period, with business up by triple digits …
X: @lwinthorpe
| Issie Lapowsky / Rest of World: |
How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into a comprehensive business platform, aggressively luring businesses to its suite of paid messaging products — WhatsApp is already the world's most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more. — • PHILADELPHIA, UNITED STATES
Bluesky: @siddharthagolu.com, @paularmstrongtbd, @alberico, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky, and @producing2power. Mastodon: @ncoca@social.coop
X: @rinachandran, @asinvideogames, @asinvideogames, @asinvideogames, @asinvideogames, and @asinvideogames. LinkedIn: Itika Sharma Punit
Sponsor Posts
TELUS Digital:
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Tribe AI:
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
Zoho:
5 reasons why digital signatures are a must-have for small and medium enterprises — Every morning, Hazel stops by her favorite corner cafe, where the barista already knows her order—a double espresso, no sugar.
5 reasons why digital signatures are a must-have for small and medium enterprises — Every morning, Hazel stops by her favorite corner cafe, where the barista already knows her order—a double espresso, no sugar.
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
Techmeme Ride Home:
Mooooaaar Models!
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
How Trump's tariffs actually work on the ground
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Great Chat:
Imposter syndrome is due for a rebrand
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
How to make money in Washington, with Punchbowl's Jake Sherman
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.
Spotlight On:
*RSA Preview* 1Password's Jeff Shiner on balancing B2B and B2C customers in a rapidly evolving tech landscape
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Invest Like the Best:
Neil Mehta - Finding Future S&P 500 Companies
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:55 PM ET, December 9, 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
Paul Hiebert / Adweek:NPR:
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
More: The Verge and Windows Central
Bluesky: @fxshaw.com and @thedextriarchy
Forums: r/singularity, r/browsers, and Slashdot
| David Belson / The Cloudflare Blog: |
More: Advanced Television, PCMag, TechSpot, Business Insider, and SiliconANGLE
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
More: IGN, TweakTown, Video Games Chronicle, Gameranx, VICE, TheGamer, Dot Esports, The Game Post, Game Rant, Push Square, Benzinga, and Dexerto
| Bloomberg: |
More: Tom's Hardware and The Kyiv Independent
Bluesky: @mshagina, @iikkakorhonen, and @albertonardelli
Forums: r/hardware, r/EverythingScience, and r/technology
| SemiAnalysis: |
More: Fabricated Knowledge, Stratechery, and Thurrott
Bluesky: @paularmstrongtbd. X: @pgelsinger, @stevesi, @doggycapital, @dylan522p, @basedjensen, @rnaudbertrand, @kyleichan, @pgelsinger, @_fabknowledge_, @metacriticcap, @_fabknowledge_, @benthompson, @_fabknowledge_, @rodolfor, @qcapital2020, and @jordanschnyc
LinkedIn: Ambuj Kumar and Durgesh Mishra
Forums: Hacker News, r/intel, and r/hardware
Earlier Picks
| Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
More: CheckFirst, Le Monde, Financial Times, and CheckFirst
Forums: Hacker News, r/worldnews, r/technology, and r/europe
| Jeanna Smialek / New York Times: |
Bluesky: @kedseconomist.com and @ryanlcooper.com
X: @jeannasmialek, @keds_economist, and @justinwolfers
| Evgeny Morozov / Boston Review: |
More: Boston Review, Boston Review, Boston Review, Boston Review, Boston Review, Boston Review, and Boston Review
Bluesky: @markanthonyneal, @davidakin, @sanlambert, @pettter, and @jathansadowski.com
| Davide Castelvecchi / Nature: |