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August 13, 2024Tue. 08/13 – Apple Comes For Patreon
Patreon is forced to change how it does things because Apple finally came to claim their vig. Have basically all our social security numbers been leaked? Crowdstrike owns its mistakes in person. And even if you build it, the chip factories might not come if nobody shows up to work.
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Links:
Apple says Patreon must switch to its billing system or risk removal from App Store (TechCrunch)
‘Apple’s Requirements to Hit Creators and Fans on Patreon’ (Daring Fireball)
Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers (BleepingComputer)
FBI probing alleged Iran hack attempts targeting Trump, Biden camps (Washington Post)
CrowdStrike Exec Shows Up to Accept 'Most Epic Fail' Award in Person (PCMag)
TikTok comes for messaging apps with the addition of group chats (TechCrunch)
Chipmakers face a labour crisis (Financial Times)
17 min
August 12, 2024Mon. 08/12 – Some Apple Rumors Before Pixel Day
Hey, want to know the iPhone product road map for the next year or so? I wonder why that’s coming out today? Instagram is copying something it forgot to copy from Snapchat. Celsius wants a ton of bitcoin back from Tether. Flux continues to wow, and is Iran the biggest cyber threat of this election year.
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Apple’s iPhone 16 Will Keep Sales Stable Until Bigger Changes Arrive (Bloomberg)
Instagram is testing its own take on Snap Map (The Verge)
Amid Layoffs and CPU Controversy, Intel Postpones Innovation Event (PCMag)
Celsius targets Tether, Badger DAO, Compound, and Netanyahu's niece and nephew in lawsuits (The Block)
Forget Midjourney — Flux is the new king of AI image generation and here’s how to get access (Tom's Guide)
Iran Emerges as the Most Aggressive Foreign Threat to U.S. Election (WSJ)
18 min
August 09, 2024Fri. 08/09 – Mac Mini To Get Mini-er?
Apple’s new EU rules still aren’t acceptable to Spotify and Epic. Could we be getting a new, smaller Mac Mini this year? Perplexity AI is showing some real numbers in its effort to unseat Google Search. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Links:
Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases (9to5Mac)
Spotify and Epic Games call Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’ (TechCrunch)
Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever (Bloomberg)
ChatGPT now lets free users generate up to two images per day made by DALL-E 3 (The Verge)
Perplexity’s popularity surges as AI search start-up takes on Google (Financial Times)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Why are so many car YouTubers quitting? (The Verge)
Moscow’s Spies Were Stealing US Tech — Until the FBI Started a Sabotage Campaign (Politico Magazine)
17 min
August 08, 2024Thu. 08/08 – Would You Buy A Subscription Mouse?
TikTok launches Spotlight. Meta’s budget kills a VR studio. Why did everyone think Logitech was going to create a mouse you had to pay a subscription to use? And did you know how big Anime is? I did not.
Links:
TikTok adds in-app hubs for videos about movies and TV shows (The Verge)
Exclusive: Meta is closing a beloved first-party Quest studio (AndroidConnect)
UK regulator launches formal probe into Amazon’s $4bn Anthropic deal (Financial Times)
Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales (The Verge)
Logitech Insists It’s Not Making a Mouse With a Subscription Fee (Gizmodo)
Anduril now valued at $14 billion, set to build autonomous weapons factories (Axios)
Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers (The Wrap)
Crunchyroll Is Thriving Thanks to Gen Z and Appointment Anime Viewing, COO Says (The Wrap)
18 min
August 07, 2024Wed. 08/07 – Is The New Google TV Streamer An Apple TV 4K Killer?
Google’s new TV streaming appliance, plus lots of lot of Gemini stuff is coming to Google Home and Nest and such. Elon tries to get advertisers to come back to X by… suing them. That time Intel had a chance to invest in OpenAI. And what new products can Airbnb dream up to make more money?
Links:
The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for (The Verge)
Gemini intelligence is coming to Google Home (The Verge)
Scoop: X sues major brands, ad industry group for antitrust (Axios)
‘There’s no price’ Microsoft could pay Apple to use Bing: all the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling (The Verge)
How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (Reuters)
The limited edition OnePlus Open is the most striking foldable phone yet (The Verge)
Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’ (TechCrunch)
17 min
August 06, 2024Tue. 08/06 – Google Loses In Court
Three big stories to catch you up on. A federal judge has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly. The Game Of Thrones style drama at OpenAI is just getting weirder. And what if all those weird acquihires in all but name are actually mercy killings?
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Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules (Bloomberg)
Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser (Fortune)
How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition (NYTimes)
OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (TechCrunch)
Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech (WSJ)
18 min
August 05, 2024Mon. 08/05 – OpenAI Can Detect AI Text But Isn’t Sure It Wants To
Why is OpenAI sitting on technology that could detect AI cheating? Why is Bitcoin so correlated to the stock market? Why is Elon restarting his lawsuit against OpenAI? Why are the Chinese launching a Starlink competitor? And are the go-go days for music streaming over?
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Links:
There’s a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn’t Released It. (WSJ)
Bitcoin tumbles below $50,000 for the first time since February (CNBC)
Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman (NYTimes)
China launches first satellites of constellation to rival Starlink, newspaper reports (Reuters)
AI Chip Startup Groq Gets $2.8 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round (Bloomberg)
Is the Music Industry Slowdown a Crisis or a Blip? (Bloomberg)
17 min
August 02, 2024Fri. 08/02 – Intel Is Bailing Water
So, tech earnings continued to be boring. Apple was fine. Amazon was not quite so fine. And then someone we don’t cover closely really messed the bed. I’ll tell you who. Are we starting to see the first next-generation AI startups? I’ll tell you about an interesting new model. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Links:
Amazon Beats On Earnings, Revenue Comes In Light Despite Strong Cloud Performance (Investor's Business Daily)
Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (The Verge)
23andMe Board Committee ‘Disappointed’ in CEO Anne Wojcicki’s Take-Private Proposal (Bloomberg)
Stable Diffusion creators launch Black Forest Labs, secure $31M for FLUX.1 AI image generator (VentureBeat)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers (Wired)
The AI Keeps Score (The Verge)
18 min
August 01, 2024Thu. 08/01 – Now Meta’s AI Spending Is Fine?
So I guess Zuck has convinced Wall Street that all the capex spending on AI is fine. How good a business is Tether? A gooooood business. The first arrival of Apple Intelligence is sort of a ho-hum for now. And how sports is completely transforming the streaming wars battlefield.
Links:
Meta’s Lesson in Allaying Wall Street’s A.I. Fears (Dealbook/NYT)
Meta’s AI Costs Surge as Digital Advertising Revenue Grows (WSJ)
Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site (The Verge)
Tether Nets $5B Profits This Year, Says Its US Debt Holdings Surpassed Germany's (CoinDesk)
A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri (The Verge)
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99 per Month (Variety)
How the NBA’s Slam-Dunk Deals Will Reshape TV (The Hollywood Reporter)
19 min
July 31, 2024Wed. 07/31 – CapCut Ascendant
Another big pullback of a major AI tool. Microsoft earnings. How CapCut is taking over the creator tools space. Amazon speedy delivery is rolling out to the nooks and crannies of North America. And the startup taking a new run at AI wearable hardware.
Links:
Meta Scraps Celebrity AI Chatbots That Fell Flat With Users (The Information)
The Rise of ByteDance’s CapCut Threatens Adobe and Canva (Bloomberg)
Amazon Pushes Fast Delivery Into Rural Areas in Challenge to Post Office (WSJ)
Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck (Wired)
Video Announcing the Friend AI device
17 min