Morning Brew - August 08, 2024

Google has confirmed plans to implement Web Monetization in Chrome, allowing website owners to receive micro-payments as tips or rewards for their content as an additional way to generate revenue.

The rebranded device appears better in every way but the price.

Lawyers for the SEC say Coinbase is “overreaching” in its efforts to subpoena emails from its chairman as the exchange continues its fight.

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CrowdStrike says the Falcon sensor crash that blue-screened Windows machines was caused by a “confluence” of vulnerabilities and testing gaps.

Singapore Ministry of Education orders software removed after string of snafus

The government alleged that TikTok unlawfully collected data like email addresses from children and allowed them to interact with adult content.

Samsung paid out nearly $5 million through its bug bounty program since 2017 and the tech giant has increased the top reward to $1 million.

Schulman said OpenAI executives remain committed to backing efforts to ensure that people can control highly capable artificial intelligence models.

According to Bloomberg and The New York Times, the company is in talks with Awkwafina, Judi Dench and Keegan-Michael Key, among other celebrities.

OpenAI has built a tool that could potentially catch students who cheat by asking ChatGPT to write their assignments — but according to The Wall Street

Microsoft, Meta, Google, and xAI will have to wait a few more months to receive their massive GPU orders.

Segment Anything 2 (SA2) will be open and free to use. There’s no word of a hosted version, but there is a free demo.

Managed DevOps Pools enables dev teams or platform engineering teams to quickly spin up custom DevOps pools that suit the team’s unique needs. It combines the flexibility of Scale Set agents and the ease of maintenance of Microsoft Hosted agents. It enables engineering teams to establish consistency and best practices while maximizing performance, security, compliance, and cost-efficiency for their custom DevOps Pools.

To help them be more productive, developers all over the world are turning to generative AI-powered assistants like Amazon Q Developer, the most capable assistant for accelerating software development. While Amazon Q Developer is great at providing code suggestions, writing new code is one of many things developers have to do on a day-to-day basis. […]

Ad campaigns perform better without exclusions, internal research shows.

Your Dorm Your Way is an immersive experience where college students can shop virtual dorm rooms curated by digital creators.

Apple has added a new feature to Safari to help users focus on the content they are reading or watching without being distracted.