Morning Brew - August 02, 2024

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Brandon Himpfen

Brandon Himpfen

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Morning Brew - August 02, 2024
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Welcome to the Morning Brew technology newsletter.

Our daily newsletter with links and TLDRs of major tech and programming stories.

Tech

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AMD is becoming an AI chip company, just like Nvidia
It’s half the company’s sales.
The Verge
Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site
Reddit says Microsoft’s Bing, Anthropic, and Perplexity have scraped its data without permission. “It has been a real pain in the ass to block these companies.”
The Verge
A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri
Siri’s big glow-up is here.
The Verge
US’ first robot-assisted dual kidney transplant performed in Ohio
A 70-year-old woman from Ohio becomes the first person in the US to receive a dual kidney transplant using robotic surgery.
Interesting EngineeringPrabhat Ranjan Mishra
NVIDIA Accelerates Humanoid Robotics Development
To accelerate humanoid development on a global scale, NVIDIA today announced it is providing the world’s leading robot manufacturers, AI model developers and software makers with a suite of services, models and computing platforms to develop, train and build the next generation of humanoid robotics.
NVIDIA Newsroom

Cryptocurrency

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Terra Blockchain Exploit Drains Over $4 Million in Tokens - Decrypt
The exploit saw around 60 million ASTRO tokens drained, sending the price of ASTRO plummeting to an all-time low.
DecryptStephen Graves
Thread by @Cointelegraph on Thread Reader App
@Cointelegraph: Mt. Gox moved $3B in #Bitcoin, and the market shrugged. Analysts believe most Mt. Gox creditors are holding strong. Over 41.5%, or 59,000 #Bitcoin of the total of 141,686 $BTC, has been redistributed...…
Thread ReaderCointelegraph
Laser Digital Teams Up With Dinero On Institutional LST - The Defiant
Nomura Group’s Laser Digital launched an institutional ETH staking fund powered by Dinero’s liquid staking token, pxETH.
The DefiantSamuel Haig

AI

TikTok is throwing $20 million a month at OpenAI via Microsoft
The social media company is reportedly responsible for 25% of Microsoft’s AI revenue
QuartzJalopnik
White House says no need to restrict ‘open-source’ artificial intelligence — at least for now
The White House is coming out in favor of “open-source” artificial intelligence technology, arguing in a report Tuesday that there’s no need right now for restrictions on companies making key components of their powerful AI systems widely available.
AP NewsMATT O’BRIEN
Samsung hints at new products as it bets on AI to drive upgrades to its latest foldable phones
Samsung Electronics’ mobile boss TM Roh discussed Galaxy AI and software strategy, while hinting at future foldable products and mixed reality headsets.
CNBCArjun Kharpal
Elon Musk calls Grok ‘the most powerful AI by every metric’ but ‘secretly’ trains the new model with your X data by default
X’s new experience is automatically set to opt-in and uses your data to train its Grok AI model.
Windows CentralKevin Okemwa

Design

The redesigned Tesla Model Y ‘Juniper’ might have a new rear light bar
Would you call it a Cyber Y?
The Verge
iPhone 16 colors and redesigned camera bump revealed in new image - 9to5Mac
According to multiple rumors, the iPhone 16 will feature a redesigned camera bump with vertically-aligned lenses. Now, a new image…
9to5MacChance Miller
Meta’s Quest 3 ‘Layout’ app lets you take measurements in mixed reality
Don’t have a tape measure handy?
The Verge
Duolingo creates new role bridging designers and devs
How a murky phase in app development became a competitive new profession

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