|
August 29, 2024, 4:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google says Russia-linked APT29 is using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group — Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” …
More: Google, The Register, The Record, TechRadar, BleepingComputer, Cyber Security News, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, Security, CyberScoop, Wired, SecurityWeek, and Help Net Security
X: @jsrailton, @bushidotoken, @arawnsley, @lorenzofb, @billyleonard, @danwblack, and @charley_snyder_. LinkedIn: Matthias Frielingsdorf
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, the NYT, the FT, The Atlantic, Vox Media, USA Today, Condé Nast, and more block Apple's Applebot-Extended AI crawler — This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data.
More: 9to5Mac, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, and Six Colors
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic plans to shift Tumblr's backend to WordPress in a bid to make sharing work across the platforms easier, after acquiring Tumblr for $3M in August 2019 — Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale … | Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is investigating if Telegram gave inaccurate user numbers to stay under the DSA's 45M threshold; Telegram reported 41M EU users in February 2024 — Brussels probing possible failure by messaging platform to provide accurate data under new regulations
More: Engadget, Agence France-Presse, Politico, Spyglass, Cointelegraph, and Security Affairs
| Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg: |
More: Washington Post, New York Times, TechCrunch, BBC, CSO, Forbes, NBC News, CNN, Reuters, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinGape, Inside Bitcoins, New York Post, DL News, Coinspeaker, Cryptonews, New York Times, CoinDesk, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Inc.com, The Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Politico, and Financial Times
Threads: @brian.fishman.5, @brian.fishman.5, @brian.fishman.5, @brian.fishman.5, @brian.fishman.5, @brian.fishman.5, @brian.fishman.5, and @brian.fishman.5
X: @cagoldberglaw, @kevincollier, @amasad, @autismcapital, @elonmusk, @kimdotcom, @tuckercarlson, @randcorporation, @danprimack, and @jsrailton
Forums: r/technology, r/news, and r/worldnews
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
The US says OpenAI and Anthropic agreed to give the US AI Safety Institute early access to major new AI models to test and evaluate their capabilities and risks — The US government announced agreements with leading artificial intelligence startups OpenAI and Anthropic to help test and evaluate their upcoming technologies for safety.
More: NIST, ZDNET, San Francisco Business Times, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, The Hill, CNBC, PCMag, The Verge, Neowin, Axios, CryptoGlobe, Reuters, Nextgov/FCW, FedScoop, Tech Xplore, Tech Startups, and Wccftech
LinkedIn: Tayo Adesanya and Jonas Schuett
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Magic, which makes AI tools for coding and to automate software development tasks, raised $320M from Eric Schmidt and others, bringing its total raised to $465M — Magic, an AI startup developing models to generate code and automate a range of software development tasks …
More: Magic. X: @polynoamial, @teknium1, @andrewcurran_, @manmeetsg, @natfriedman, @ericsteinb, @_clem, @benbajarin, @rowancheung, and @magicailabs
LinkedIn: Manmeet Gujral and Eric Steinberger
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/singularity
| Alex Isenstadt / Politico: |
In his upcoming book, Trump says Mark Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election and he'd “spend the rest of his life in prison” if he did it again — The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to “pressure” the company to downplay content about Covid.
More: KAAL-TV, Vanity Fair, Techdirt, Rolling Stone, The Information, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Newsbusters, HuffPost, Crypto News Land, DNyuz, Times of India, IJR, Hindustan Times, Frontpage Mag, Anchor Change …, New York Post, and Washington Post
Threads: @brendan.j.nyhan, @katieharbath, @karaswisher, @edmundlee, @renee.diresta, and @shiraovide
Bluesky: @bencollins.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @karlbode.bsky.social, and @karlbode.bsky.social
X: @conorforaz, @shellenberger, @shellenberger, @shellenberger, @jdvance, and @politicoalex. Forums: r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft, the three most valuable tech companies, are in talks to join the funding round that would value OpenAI at over $100B — - Apple, Microsoft also have been in talks about participating — Financing would value OpenAI at more than $100 billion
More: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, CRN, The Information, The Verge, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Crunchbase News, Cointelegraph, Channel NewsAsia, CoinGape, iDownloadBlog.com, CNBC, Financial Times, New York Times, Quartz, The Wrap, Spyglass, Wall Street Pit, iPhone in Canada Blog, Watcher Guru, Benzinga, iClarified, BGR, Neowin, Proactive, Barron's Online, Silicon Republic, Tech Startups, Cryptopolitan, The Decoder, Benzinga, Blockonomi, Livemint, Semafor, The Media Leader, and Wall Street Journal
Threads: @crumbler. Bluesky: @radiobeartime.com. X: @keithdsouza, @dinabass, @markgurman, @joannastern, @ericjackson, and @aatilley
Forums: r/singularity, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT weekly active users doubled since last year to 200M+, 92% of Fortune 500 companies use its tools, and automated API usage doubled since July — - Meta said earlier on Thursday adoption of its open source Llama models has also grown sharply.| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Kuo: in the 2025 iPhone lineup, only the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have 12GB of DRAM, instead of 8GB, and a cooling system with vapor chambers and graphite sheets — Just a day after a noted leaker on Chinese microblogging site Weibo suggested the iPhone 17 lineup in 2025 could see an upgrade …
More: Livemint, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, BGR, Android Headlines, Android Authority, MySmartPrice, iDownloadBlog.com, T3, Wccftech, Trusted Reviews, Neowin, 9to5Mac, Gizchina.com, iClarified, Patently Apple, GSMArena.com, Benzinga, Sammy Fans, AppleInsider, Spyglass, NewsBytes, and Forbes
X: @mingchikuo, @scobleizer, @thegalox_, @tailosivetech, and @thegalox_
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Michael Lacey, co-founder of the classified ad site Backpage, gets five years in prison and a $3M fine for money laundering; two other executives get 10 years — Michael Lacey, 76, co-founded the website that became known for its ads for prostitution. He was convicted on a money laundering charge … | Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Meta says its Llama models were downloaded almost 350M times, are used by AT&T and others, and usage via cloud providers more than doubled from May to July 2024 — Meta's (META.O) Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and AT&T …
More: Engadget, PYMNTS.com, and Meta
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Sources: truck sharing platform Fluid Truck, which raised $80M+, has ousted its sibling co-founders, including CEO James Eberhard, after losing tens of millions — The startup is in the hole for millions — Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry … | Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Analysis: 16 of the biggest so-called undress and “nudify” websites have used sign-in infrastructure from Google, Apple, Discord, X, Patreon, or Line for months — Single sign-on systems from several Big Tech companies are being incorporated into deepfake generators, WIRED found.| Ben Weiss / The Verge: |
Documents and sources detail OpenSea's chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and tax probes across the globe, as the US SEC and FTC make inquiries — The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Dell Q2: revenue up 9% YoY to $25.06B, vs. $24.53B est., servers and networking revenue up 80% to $7.76B, net income up 85% to $841M; DELL jumps 7%+ after hours — Dell reported quarterly results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations, powered by an 80% increase in server sales.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:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
Zoho:
How EQ plays a defining role in workplace communication — What if everyone you worked with had a psychic ability to understand how you're feeling and respond accordingly? Wouldn't that be great?
How EQ plays a defining role in workplace communication — What if everyone you worked with had a psychic ability to understand how you're feeling and respond accordingly? Wouldn't that be great?
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
The Logan Bartlett Show:
Debunking Healthcare's Biggest Myths with Zach Weinberg and Derek Thompson
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.
Techmeme Ride Home:
The Thin-Phone Era Is Here
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Spotlight On:
Supabase's Paul Copplestone on the difference between "playing startup" and strategy
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Invest Like the Best:
Royce Yudkoff & Rick Ruback - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Diggnation:
Quitting Booze, Quitting Alexa, and AI Tries to Replace Us All
Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht give you their unique, sometimes awkward, and always hilarious take on the edges of the internet.
Subscribe to Diggnation.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball's John Gruber
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:45 PM ET, August 29, 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
A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times:Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter: |
| Li Yuan / New York Times: |
More: The New York Review of Books, Adweek, TechCabal, and Tech in Asia
LinkedIn: Kristin Sargent and Isaac Stone Fish
| Tianyu Fang / Rest of World: |
More: OSnews. Mastodon: @jbz@indieweb.social and @jbz@indieweb.social
X: @joannachiu, @tianyuf, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @zacestrada
Earlier Picks
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
More: GamesIndustry.biz, Destructoid, KitGuru, TechRaptor, Forbes, The Game Post, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Wccftech, Game Developer, PC Games Insider, and Gamereactor UK
X: @muitimach, @paultassi, @jivesh1995, @chrisreggiewait, @cuppy, and @jasonschreier
Forums: r/gamernews, r/pcgaming, r/Games, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Bloomberg: |
More: Network World, Tom's Hardware, Fierce Network, Digits to Dollars, Financial Times, Axios, DatacenterDynamics, CRN, eeNews Europe, PC Guide, WinBuzzer, Automotive World, Benzinga, Fortune, Business Insider, Financial Times, and CNBC
X: @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @cnbcovertime, @bloombergtv, and @technology
| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Inc.com, Verdict, WinBuzzer, Tech.co, Cointelegraph, ITPro, Proactive, The Guardian, Benzinga, Tech Xplore, Business Insider, The San Francisco Standard, AIM, Cyber Daily, Notebookcheck, Maginative, Vox, American Prospect, The Information, and Mercury News
X: @danhendrycks, @scott_wiener, @lessig, @gregbensinger, @zavalaa, @jeremybwhite, and @annatonger. Forums: r/technology
| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
More: Yelp, The Verge, The Register, Breitbart, How-To Geek, Mashable, Near Media, CNET, IPWatchdog.com, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Benzinga, Search Engine Roundtable, New York Post, Search Engine Land, Inc.com, CCN.com, Search Engine Journal, Quartz, The Hill, TipRanks Financial, Android Headlines, Computerworld, Beyond Search, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg, Proactiveinvestors UK, Android Police, Livemint, MediaPost, Techaeris, The Media Leader, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, Washington Examiner, Moneycontrol, The Shortcut, Axios, Washington Post, Yahoo Finance, The Information, Tom's Guide, Courthouse News Service, One America News Network, PYMNTS.com, Android Authority, Just The News, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Law
Threads: @rstephens. X: @yelp, @edzitron, @rakeshsfnyc, @kristileilani, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @nicoagrant, @lutherlowe, @ddayen, @adamkovac, and @jeremys
Forums: r/google, r/technology, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More: Mike's Blog, PhoneArena, Social Media Today, BetaNews, Engadget, Thurrott, PhoneArena, and The Verge
Threads: @threads, @pcottle, @karissabe, @theromit, @omar.tosca, @rstephens, @theinstantwin, @gossithedog, @ben.werdmuller, @ericflo, and @chris
Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |