|
April 9, 2024, 7:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Google unveils ARM-based Axion chips for AI, claiming they have up to 30% better performance over the top ARM rivals, coming to Google Cloud customers in 2024 — Tech giant develops new chips to cut reliance on outside vendors as the AI arms race intensifies
More: Google Cloud Blog, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Verge, AnandTech, TechCrunch, International Business Times, Euronews, Engadget, Business Insider, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, iMore, Business Times, Forbes, Converge! Network Digest, Android Headlines, Quartz, GSMArena.com, Benzinga, Neowin, DatacenterDynamics, Investor's Business Daily, Wccftech, Silicon Republic, YourStory.com, Gizchina, Phoronix, Analytics India Magazine, Android Central, eeNews Europe, Shacknews, San Francisco Business Times, HPCwire, and 9to5Google
X: @benbajarin, @jimcramer, @stevendickens3, @dhinchcliffe, @stevendickens3, @aschilling, @quinnypig, @cnbcovertime, @danielnewmanuv, @danielnewmanuv, @danielnewmanuv, @patrickmoorhead, @iancutress, @iancutress, @googlecloud, @mattkimball_mis, @firstadopter, @jonmasters, @pramod_bhatotia, @felixclc_, @thomasortk, @jonmasters, @madscapital, and @jkowall
LinkedIn: Maruthy Vedam, Partha Ranganathan, Gianluca Varisco, and Stephen Bates
Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| Bloomberg: |
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian unveils AI updates: corporate Gemini users can “ground” responses in reliable sources, Search as a Gemini answer source, and more — The company unveiled updates to its AI offerings at its annual cloud conference — Google unveiled a host …
More: Google Cloud Blog, Google Cloud Blog, The Keyword, SiliconANGLE, Axios, The Register, CIO Dive, MSPoweruser, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, CRN, TechCrunch, Irish Examiner, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, NVIDIA, Quartz, The Keyword, and Constellation Research
X: @quinnypig, @quinnypig, @quinnypig, @danielnewmanuv, @patrickmoorhead, @patrickmoorhead, @janakiramm, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @google, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @maribellopez, @thomasortk, @ankurkotwal, @thomasortk, and @thomasortk
LinkedIn: Gianluca Varisco, Anne-Laure Giret, Achintya Singhal, Ryon Haness, and Iman Ghanizada
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google details Workspace updates: Gmail's “instant polish” to turn rough notes into emails, tabs in Docs, Gemini in Chat, “Translate for me” in Meet, and more — Besides Vids, Google Workspace is getting a slew of new features and Gemini capabilities at Cloud Next 2024.
More: The Keyword, Android Police, Android Central, Phandroid, PhoneArena, VentureBeat, AndroidGuys, ITPro, TechRadar, Android Authority, and TechCrunch
X: @googleworkspace, @googleworkspace, @googleworkspace, @mrjnowlin, @googleworkspace, @googleworkspace, and @pappucast
LinkedIn: David Smith and Aaron Rimmer
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google announces Vids, an app to help companies and consumers make collaborative, shareable video, powered by Gemini, launching in public beta in summer 2024 — For decades, work has revolved around documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks. Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Pages, Numbers, Keynote; Docs, Sheets, Slides.
More: Google Workspace Blog, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, PCMag, Engadget, BGR, TechEBlog, Android Headlines, Phandroid, PCWorld, Mashable, PhoneArena, Neowin, Android Authority, ZDNet, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google, and Engadget
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Kristina Behr, and Xavier
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Google partners with Bayer on an AI product that can flag anomalies within images for radiologists and summarize information from a patient's medical history — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, speaks at a cloud computing conference held by the company in 2019.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: The Verge, ZDNet, Google Cloud, MarkTechPost, Android Authority, TechCrunch, and Engadget
X: @patrickmoorhead, @quinnypig, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @googlecloud, @swyx, @sundarpichai, and @sebkrier
LinkedIn: Nenshad Bardoliwalla and Amin Vahdat
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Automattic acquires Beeper, a source says for $125M, and absorbs its 27 employees; Beeper co-founder Eric Migicovsky will become Automattic's head of messaging — - Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join — Beeper briefly brought Apple's iMessage to Android devices
More: TechCrunch, Beeper Blog, Beeper Blog, The Verge, MacRumors, BGR, Android Authority, OSnews, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, Automattic, Silicon Valley Business …, PhoneArena, Android Central, iMore, Engadget, Liliputing, 9to5Mac, Droid Life, Android Headlines, Wired, Pocket-lint, and MacStories
Mastodon: @vmstan@vmst.io, @jamesdoc@mas.to, @timbray@cosocial.ca, @andypiper@macaw.social, and @matthewcassinelli …
X: @carnage4life, @batuhan, @parkerortolani, @holdenthepage, @stevejburge, @ericmigi, @markgurman, @onbeeper, @ericmigi, @ericmigi, @davidsven, @colejryan, @onbeeper, @automattic, @onbeeper, @kylekashuv, @artemr, and @onbeeper
Forums: Hacker News, r/beeper, and Beehaw
| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Apple researchers publish a paper on Ferret-UI, a multimodal LLM tailored for enhanced understanding of mobile UI screens — Apple's Ferret LLM could help allow Siri to understand the layout of apps in an iPhone display, potentially increasing the capabilities of Apple's digital assistant.
More: arXiv.org, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, The Verge, and Cult of Mac
Mastodon: @elkmovie@mastodon.social. X: @_akhaliq, @joshm, @nickadobos, @dylanmcd8, @camdenko, @mattcassinelli, @parkerortolani, @scobleizer, @developerharris, @antranapp, and @vietdle
Forums: Hacker News and r/apple
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel debuts Gaudi 3, set for Q3 mass production, claiming up to 1.7x the training performance, 50% more inference, and 40% better efficiency than Nvidia's H100 — GPUs fall the wayside as Intel goes all-in on Gaudi for AI. — Intel made a slew of announcements during its Vision 2024 event today …
More: Reuters, VideoCardz.com, Intel, AnandTech, Tom's Hardware, PYMNTS.com, Network World, SiliconANGLE, Intel, Computerworld, CNBC, IEEE Spectrum, ZDNet, Forbes, Benzinga, The Decoder, Maginative, Constellation Research, Converge! Network Digest, Yahoo Finance, ExtremeTech, Analytics India Magazine, TechFinitive, TechPowerUp, Forexlive, The Next Platform, Dell, VentureBeat, Wccftech, VentureBeat, The Register, CRN, Neowin, AnandTech, Barron's Online, and Quartz
X: @dylanonchips, @dylanonchips, @aschilling, @never_released, @marcochiappetta, @emostaque, @emostaque, @tobias_writes, @bentheegg, @mattkimball_mis, @danielnewmanuv, @danielnewmanuv, @kristinaparts, @kristinaparts, @cnbcovertime, @tobias_writes, @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, @intelnews, @intelnews, @intelnews, @intel, @intelnews, @intelnews, @intelai, @intelnews, @intel, @intelnews, @intelnews, @intel, @aschilling, @aschilling, @_fabknowledge_, @intelnews, @beth_kindig, and @dellservers
Forums: Hacker News and r/intel
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
More: Thurrott, XDA Developers, MSPoweruser, and ServeTheHome
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers found an exposed Azure server with credentials used by Microsoft staff to access internal systems; Microsoft was told Feb. 6 and secured it March 5 — Microsoft has resolved a security lapse that exposed internal company files and credentials to the open internet.
More: Neowin
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Cruise resumes manually driving its vehicles without autonomous systems engaged to create maps and gather road information in select cities, starting in Phoenix — General Motors' Cruise is redeploying robotaxis in Phoenix after nearly five months of paused operations, the company said in a blog post.
More: Cruise Self Driving Cars, NBC News, ZDNet, GovTech, CNBC, Inc.com, Tech Xplore, The Last Driver License Holder, CleanTechnica, Benzinga, and Bloomberg
X: @meghanbobrowsky and @aniccia
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube adds shopping features, including creator-curated product lists for users to browse called Shopping Collections and a hub with info on commission rates — YouTube announced on Tuesday that it's launching new Shopping features that allow creators to curate shoppable collections …
More: YouTube Official Blog, The Information, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, Chain Store Age, and Search Engine Journal. LinkedIn: Pablo Maroñas
| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Monad Labs, which is building a Layer 1 blockchain to rival Ethereum and Solana, raised $225M led by Paradigm and plans to launch its mainnet by the end of 2024 — With crypto markets roaring back, different blockchains are jockeying to become the solution that hoovers up demand in the next wave … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI makes GPT-4 Turbo with Vision generally available in the API, and lets Vision requests use JSON mode and function calling — As enterprise developers and astute company leaders know, the application programming interface (API) is the nexus of modern software development that sits atop tech platforms …
| Wall Street Journal: |
An investigation finds a shadowy supply chain for Starlink terminals to US foes in Russia and Sudan via Africa, Asia, and the UAE; SpaceX has not shut them off — The satellite-internet devices are helping Russian fighters in Ukraine and paramilitary forces in Sudan; SpaceX hasn't shut them off
More: Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Business Insider, PCMag, and Engadget
Mastodon: @karakam@mastodon.social. X: @gksteinhauser, @gksteinhauser, @gksteinhauser, @twmcltd, @tonyromm, @micahmaidenberg, and @alfaiomi
Forums: Hacker News, r/TrueReddit, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe now allows bot creators to set a per-message price for their bots and rolls out enhanced analytics dashboard for creators — Bot creators now have a new way to make money with Poe, the Quora-owned AI chatbot platform. On Monday, the company introduced … | Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Alethea, whose ML service monitors online chatter to help companies detect disinformation, raised a $20M Series B led by GV, bringing its total raised to $34M — - Heading into the 2024 U.S. elections, the funding will help the company boost its staff levels and build its product to spot … 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.
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
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.
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.
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:
GTA 6 Delayed To 2026
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
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:
EP 141 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.
Lenny's Podcast:
The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can't stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO)
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:50 PM ET, April 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
Associated Press:Minho Kim / New York Times:
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
More: ZDNet, Telegraph, Seeking Alpha, The Verge, The Independent, The Guardian, The Mirror, TechCrunch, and The Information
X: @mikebutcher and @mikebutcher
| Naoki Watanabe / Nikkei Asia: |
Earlier Picks
| Kaya Yurieff / The Information: |
More: TechCrunch, The Daily Upside, Daily Mail, Android Headlines, Mashable, BBC, and Gizmodo
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, BGR, Google Online Security Blog, Ars Technica, MobileSyrup, Chrome Unboxed, Entrepreneur, OSnews, 9to5Google, Mashable, NTD, 9to5Mac, ABC13, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Threads: @lukejannazzo, @danseifert, and @backlon
X: @artemr, @chipolotm, @mishaalrahman, @davey_burke, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @android, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman. LinkedIn: Dave Kleidermacher
Forums: Hacker News, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and r/Android