Techmeme
August 10, 2024, 1:20 PM

Top News

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer  —  Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening: … Susan Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as its 16th employee and first marketing manager.
More: The Keyword, Fortune, The Economic Times, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Hunter Walk, Hindustan Times, New York Post, Daring Fireball, Awful Announcing, Business Insider, The Apple Post, BBC, Agence France-Presse, CBS News, Gulf News, Variety, NBC Bay Area, Neowin, BNO News, Reuters, The Information, India Today, Wall Street Journal, People, The Wrap, Moneycontrol, Moneycontrol, Livemint, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter
Washington Post:
An obituary of Susan Wojcicki, who was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, helped launch and grow AdSense, and pushed for Google to buy YouTube  —  Ms. Wojcicki, who helped start Google, was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley before stepping down from YouTube.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too  —  Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia.  The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Former Twitter board member Omid Kordestani, who helped oversee the sale of the company to Elon Musk, sues X for failing to cash out $20M+ worth of stock  —  After purchasing Twitter, Mr. Musk failed to cash out Omid Kordestani's stock, according to allegations in a new lawsuit.
Matt Binder / Mashable:
X adds the ability to sort replies, letting users choose most relevant, most recent, or most liked replies; it is unclear how the most relevant option works  —  Sorry, blue checks, it seems like you will no longer dominate users' mentions on X.  —  Thanks to a new feature, “blue checks” may no longer dominate reply threads on X.
Eva Dou / Washington Post:
Truth Social parent TMTG, which has a $5B market cap, reports Q2 revenue down 30% YoY to $837K and a net loss of $16.4M; Trump owns 59.9% of TMTG's common stock  —  Donald Trump's company, which operates Truth Social, said it earned $837,000 in quarterly revenue.
Reuters:
Sources: Cisco plans a second round of layoffs in 2024, affecting at least as many as the 4,000 laid off in February, to be announced as soon as August 14  —  Cisco (CSCO.O) will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year as the U.S. networking equipment maker shifts focus …
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised a $60M Series A co-led by a16z and Thrive at a $400M post-money valuation  —  Anysphere, a two-year-old startup that's developed an AI-powered coding assistant called Cursor, has raised over $60 million in a Series A financing …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
IOActive researchers detail “Sinkclose”, a vulnerability in almost all AMD chips dating back to 2006 that allows attackers to run code in System Management Mode  —  Researchers warn that a bug in AMD's chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer …

Sponsor Posts

Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few  —  Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter  —  Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact.  We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Zoho:
CIO challenge 5: Can we find an effective solution that also minimizes operational costs?  —  Welcome to the next and final installment of our CIO series!  After what feels like a thousand cups of coffee …
Hamming:
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy  —  Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Thu. 11/21 - What The DOJ Wants Google To Do
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:20 PM ET, August 10, 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.

More News

@martin_casado:
Matt Burgess / Wired:

Earlier Picks

Michael Kan / PCMag:
The Guardian:
Jay Peters / The Verge: