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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: New York Times, Platformer, PCMag, TechCrunch, The Register, SiliconANGLE, BBC, Rumble, Mashable, Associated Press, New York Post, Adweek, The Verge, Engadget, Information Technology …, The Hollywood Reporter, IGN, Financial Times, Reclaim The Net, Bloomberg, Deadline, Android Headlines, MobileSyrup, PYMNTS.com, Wired, CoinGape, Quartz, Fast Company, The Information, The Hill, Thurrott, Business Insider, The Independent, Tech Xplore, Boing Boing, The Verge, Digiday, Ars Technica, and Variety
Threads: @crumbler, @taylorlorenz, @reckless1280, @mac_ryan_, @crumbler, @mac_ryan_, @enjoyingeveryminute, @kalihays1, @carnage4life, @karaswisher, @mattrichardson, @daveleebbg, @martinsfp, @drewharwell, @moskov, @karaswisher, @hunterwalk, @kalihays1, and @kalihays1
Mastodon: @metacurity@infosec.exchange, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @chrisgeidner@journa.host, @ianb@mastodon.well.com, @MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science, @dmoren@zeppelin.flights, and @jalefkowit@vmst.io
X: @lindayax, @lindayax, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @rumblevideo, @joshtpm, @brianroemmele, @binarybits, @billackman, @pt, @elonmusk, @catthekin, @scottderrickson, @baekdal, @bobbyallyn, @fmanjoo, @toptickcrypto, @kchoudhu, @adamkovac, @thechosenberg, @ryxcommar, @colin_fraser, @chrispavlovski, @jack_raines, @ryanbarwick, @tracybeanz, @michaelmiraflor, @joshtpm, @bobbyallyn, @kristyt, @gergelyorosz, @harrymccracken, @chrispavlovski, @kyliebytes, @somewheresy, @allahliker, @oalexanderdk, @fmanjoo, @silvermanjacob, and @snazzylabs. LinkedIn: Greg Glenday
Forums: Hacker News, r/LeopardsAteMyFace, r/business, r/economy, r/neoliberal, r/law, r/law, r/inthenews, and r/facepalm
| 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, Android Authority, Ars Technica, The Fast Mode, Gizmodo, Neowin, The Desk, TechPowerUp, How-To Geek, The Sun, AFTVnews, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Trusted Reviews, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, Chrome Unboxed, BGR, Liliputing, Thurrott, GSMArena.com, Phandroid, Droid Life, Android Authority, CNN, Lifewire, Android Central, CNET, Pocket-lint, TechRadar, PCMag, Digital Trends, Forbes, ZDNET, Engadget, Tom's Guide, and Wired
X: @jordannovet, @killedbygoogle, @tomwarren, @mishaalrahman, and @tomgara
LinkedIn: Ethan Henry and Ryan Geraghty
Forums: Hacker News, r/AndroidTV, r/google, and r/ShieldAndroidTV
| 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 …
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Threads: @0xjessel. LinkedIn: Taylor Callahan, Pratik Gadamasetti, Adina R., Jingbin Wang, and Sung Bai
Forums: r/Nest, r/Android, and r/googlehome
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: The Verge, mjtsai.com, SlashGear, Neowin, Digital Trends, Financial Express, How-To Geek, and HotHardware
Forums: r/LinusTechTips and r/Chromecast
| The Verge: |
US v. Google: Eddy Cue said there's no price Microsoft could offer to make Bing Safari's default search engine, stating “they offered to give us Bing for free” — Finally, a legal ruling on whether TikTok is a real search engine. (It's not.)
More: New York Times, Mashable, The Information, and The Verge
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
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X: @adamkovac, @florian4gamers, and @stevelohr
Forums: r/marketing, r/LibertarianUncensored, and r/politics
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Airbnb reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $2.75B, above estimates, Nights and Experiences Booked up 9% YoY, and Q3 guidance below est.; ABNB down 14%+ after hours — - Forecasts for sales and nights booked miss analyst estimates — Shorter booking lead times and slower US demand dampened gains
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Brian Chesky says Airbnb plans to expand into new products and services, including co-hosting this fall, guest services, and a relaunch of experiences next year — Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky suggested on Tuesday's Q2 earnings call with investors that the company will soon expand into new products and services … | Jessica Lyons / The Register: |
CrowdStrike shares a root cause analysis of the July 19 outage, and says it's working with two third-party software security vendors to conduct further review — And reveals the small mistake that bricked 8.5M Windows boxes — CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review …
More: CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike, Runtime, The Cyber Express, SecurityWeek, and CRN
| CNBC: |
Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had “not modernized its IT infrastructure” and refused “help” — Microsoft fired back at Delta Air Lines on Tuesday after the carrier said it would seek damages …
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Forums: r/delta and r/technology
| 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.
More: Pivot to AI. Threads: @jasonkoebler, @karissabe, and @jenvalentino_nyt
Mastodon: @tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org and @jtlg@mastodon.lawprofs.org
X: @jason_koebler, @jason_kint, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, and @jason_koebler. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit Q2: revenue rose 54% YoY to $281.2M, vs. $254M est., Daily Active Uniques increased 51% YoY to 91.2M, and net loss dropped from $41.1M to $10.1M YoY — Reddit reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that topped analysts' estimates. — Here are the key numbers:
More: The Information, Reddit Upvoted, Social Media Today, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, and Bloomberg
Threads: @jonathan_vanian_1. X: @tidefallcapital, @glenngabe, and @tidefallcapital. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Supermicro shares drop 13% after hours after the company reported Q4 earnings missing analyst expectations, and announces a 10-for-1 stock split — Shares of server company Super Micro Computer plunged 13% on Tuesday after the company announced fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations.| Michelle Pokrass / OpenAI: |
OpenAI unveils Structure Outputs in the API, a feature to ensure model-generated outputs match JSON Schemas, and lower pricing for a new version of GPT-4o — We are introducing Structured Outputs in the API—model outputs now reliably adhere to developer-supplied JSON Schemas.
More: SiliconANGLE, Simon Willison's Weblog, VentureBeat, and Maginative
X: @jxnlco, @swyx, @tobi, @openaidevs, @simonw, @romainhuet, @altryne, @simonw, @michpokrass, @simonw, @simonw, and @sama
LinkedIn: Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat, Adam Goldberg, Romain Huet, Jordan Bentley, and Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/singularity
| 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: SiliconANGLE, Intel, OC3D, ServeTheHome, Tom's Hardware, and HotHardware
Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @pgelsinger, @intelnews, @markhachman, @benbajarin, and @aschilling. LinkedIn: Pat Gelsinger
Forums: r/intel and r/hardware
| Fei-Fei Li / Fortune: |
California's AI safety bill will harm developers, open-source development, the public sector, and academia, while failing to address the potential harms of AI — Fei-Fei Li, PhD, is a computer scientist who is widely credited with being the ‘Godmother of AI’. … Today, AI is more advanced than ever.| 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: @aardrian@toot.cafe, @north@xn, and @ProPublica@newsie.social
Forums: r/KamalaHarris, r/technology, r/VoteDEM, and r/politics
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Music debuts Topics, which helps users find podcast episodes by topic and is powered by both AI and humans — Amazon Music announced Tuesday the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Topics,” which allows users to explore podcast episodes by specific topics discussed in the episode.
More: About Amazon, The Verge, and Neowin
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
KNIME, an open-source data science and AI platform used by AMD, Audi, and ~400 other customers, raised $30M from Invus, taking its total funding to $50M — It's not easy for organizations to become data-driven, despite the aspirations many have to get there.
More: SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, and FinSMEs
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.7B, Gross Bookings up 19% to $40B, vs. $39.7B est., and Mobility Gross Bookings up 23% to $20.6B; UBER closes up 10.9% — - Results driven by better-than-expected growth in ridehailing — Autonomous rides grew six-fold from year ago through partnersSponsor Posts
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