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| Mark Zuckerberg / Meta: |
Mark Zuckerberg argues that “open source AI” is the path forward, closed models are vulnerable to vendor lock-in and state-backed espionage, and more — In the early days of high-performance computing, the major tech companies of the day each invested heavily in developing their own closed source versions of Unix.
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Threads: @lessin, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @moskov, and @parkert
Mastodon: @zacchiro@mastodon.xyz and @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
X: @simonw, @bgurley, @balajis, @aravsrinivas, @paulg, @erikvoorhees, and @kevinbankston
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/singularity, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it's working on Llama 4 — The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
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X: @pwendell, @soumithchintala, @minchoi, @basedbeffjezos, @karpathy, @aiatmeta, @deanwball, @mascobot, @skirano, @_akhaliq, @aiatmeta, @garymarcus, @metanewsroom, @tobi, @ahmad_al_dahle, @astonzhangaz, @ylecun, @thom_wolf, @bbgoriginals, @matthewberman, @emollick, @ramaswmysridhar, @hingeloss, @alphasignalai, @andrewyng, @togethercompute, and @hingeloss. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
| The Information: |
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell-design iPhone that could debut as soon as 2026, and reached out to Asian component suppliers in recent months — Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet Q2: revenue of $84.7B, up 14% YoY, net income of $23.6B, up 29% YoY, Search revenue of $48.5B, up from $42.6B YoY, and headcount down 1% to 179,582 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 23, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
More: The Guardian, The Verge, Yahoo Finance, 9to5Google, Neowin, Constellation Research, Cryptopolitan, Quartz, Android Central, and Shacknews
Threads: @crumbler. X: @thetranscript_, @martyswant, @swiftstories, @munster_gene, and @munster_gene. Forums: Hacker News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google Cloud Q2 revenue grew 29% YoY to $10.35B, vs. $10.2B est.; Cloud exceeded $10B in quarterly revenues and $1B in operating profit for the first time — Google parent company Alphabet reported earnings after the bell Tuesday. — Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
dYdX says v3, an older version of its DeFi crypto exchange that is reportedly for sale and averages ~$1.5B/week in derivatives trading, “has been compromised” — News of the problem emerged just as Bloomberg reported dYdX v3 is for sale. — Decentralized crypto-exchange giant dYdX … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Leaked images show the upcoming “Google TV Streamer”, a set-top box with a pill-shaped design, to replace the dongle form factor, and an updated, longer remote — Back in April, we revealed that Google is working on a sequel to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) …
More: PCMag, Android Central, The Sun, Android Authority, The Streamable, Tom's Guide, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada Blog, ZDNET, AFTVnews, and Droid Life
Forums: r/Stadia, r/GeForceNOW, r/nvidiashield, r/AndroidTV, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and r/googlehome
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
The US FTC seeks info from Mastercard, Accenture, and six other companies related to their “surveillance pricing products” that use personal data, AI, and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has launched an inquiry into how companies surveil consumers …
More: Federal Trade Commission, Associated Press, Finextra, The Register, The Hill, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Cyber Express, Quartz, PCMag, and Payments Dive
X: @matthewstoller, @swiftstories, @dorajfacundo, @ftc, @owenslindsay1, and @megangra
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above est., and €266M operating income; SPOT jumps 12%+ — Spotify Technology SA shares surged to their highest in more than three years on Tuesday after the Swedish audio …
More: The Hollywood Reporter, The Information, Spotify, PYMNTS.com, Android Headlines, Variety, Axios, Neowin, Thurrott, Dexerto, and Reuters
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @sarafischer, @alexweprin, @thetranscript_, and @eldsjal. LinkedIn: Julia Levander
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Dragos details a sample of Russia-linked malware used in a hack in January 2024 to target a heating utility in Lviv, Ukraine, cutting service to 600 buildings — The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year …
More: Dragos, TechCrunch, Security Affairs, DeviceSecurity.io, Engadget, Cybernews.com, Axios, The Stack, and Cybersecurity Dive
X: @matonis and @a_greenberg
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/worldnews, r/europe, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Google-Wiz deal failed, in part, due to antitrust fears and CrowdStrike's outage, which increased the potential value of cloud security companies — - $23 billion offer for Wiz collapsed weeks after HubSpot deal — Regulatory concerns have cratered high-profile tech purchases
More: Irish Examiner, The Boston Globe, The Rio Times, and Fierce Network
| CNBC: |
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Forums: Hacker News, r/wallstreetbets, r/cybersecurity, r/business, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, powered by its latest Firefly Vector model now in beta, and new and updated Photoshop tools — Adobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop design software that aim to help speed up creative workflows.| Eva Roytburg / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says “I am not donating $45M a month to Trump”, but states he created American PAC to support Trump, without revealing how much he will donate — Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created …
X: @juddlegum, @teddyschleifer, @elonmusk, and @yashar
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Mytra, a startup building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, launches from stealth with $78M in total funding — Mytra has been quietly operating behind the scenes since its May 2022 founding in a bid to rethink warehouse automation.
More: SiliconANGLE, VC News Daily, VentureBeat, FinSMEs, and PitchBook
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Meta plans to roll out its AI assistant to the Quest in August, limited to US and Canada users in experimental mode, after debuting on the Ray-Ban smart glasses — The experimental version of the AI assistant will make its way to Quest headsets in August. — Meta's AI-powered assistant …
More: Meta, PhoneArena, UploadVR, MIXED Reality News, Road to VR, and Pocket-lint
Forums: r/OculusQuest, r/OculusQuest, and r/oculus
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Amazon begins rolling out a new UI for Prime Video to help distinguish content included with Prime, update its navigation bar, manage subscriptions, and more — And the new UI specifically addresses something that's annoyed Prime Video users for years: Now, according to Amazon …
More: About Amazon, The Verge, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, 9to5Google, IGN, The Streamable, Kotaku, Android Authority, How-To Geek, Gizmodo, PCMag, ZDNET, Engadget, and Deadline
| Chris Morris / Fortune: |
Netflix last week reported it is developing 80 games, most “interactive narrative games” based on its IP, and will debut one a month; Netflix offers 100+ games — Netflix could be on its way to becoming one of the most prolific video game publishers in the industry.
More: Variety, VentureBeat, TheGamer, Mobilegamer.biz, CNET, Tom's Guide, and iMore
| Bloomberg: |
US spot ether ETFs hit over $1B in trading volume across nine funds, a strong debut, but far from the $4.6B traded during the spot bitcoin ETFs debut in January — - Trading volume still trailed amount posted by Bitcoin ETFs — Debuts for two of the funds rank among some of the best ever| Brian Merchant / Wired: |
A staffer at Activision Blizzard, which had layoffs in 2024 affecting many 2D artists, says some remaining artists were “forced to use AI to aid in their work” — A WIRED investigation finds that major players like Activision Blizzard, which recently laid off scores of workers, are using generative AI for game development.
Mastodon: @antonyjohnston@mastodon …. Forums: r/gaming, r/technews, r/Games, r/singularity, and r/technology
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Level AI, maker of AI-powered tools to automate customer service tasks, raised a $39.4M Series C led by Adams Street Partners, taking its total raised to $73.1M — Ashish Nagar, an engineer by trade, was working at Amazon's Alexa org on the conversational AI team when he realized that AI …
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