Morning Brew - August 08, 2024
Welcome to the Morning Brew technology newsletter. Our daily newsletter with links and TLDRs of major tech and programming stories.
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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Google Chrome will let you send money to your favourite website
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.
Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor
The rebranded device appears better in every way but the price.
Samuel Axon
Cryptocurrency
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Kryptex mines cryptocurrency and pays you bitcoins or real-world money.
SEC Claims Coinbase’s Subpoena For Millions Of Documents Is A Waste Of Time - Decrypt
Lawyers for the SEC say Coinbase is “overreaching” in its efforts to subpoena emails from its chairman as the exchange continues its fight.
Matthew Sainsbury
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Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike Releases Root Cause Analysis of Falcon Sensor BSOD Crash
CrowdStrike says the Falcon sensor crash that blue-screened Windows machines was caused by a “confluence” of vulnerabilities and testing gaps.
Ryan Naraine
Mobile device management vendor Mobile Guardian attacked
Singapore Ministry of Education orders software removed after string of snafus
Laura Dobberstein
U.S. sues TikTok, alleging millions of child privacy violations
The government alleged that TikTok unlawfully collected data like email addresses from children and allowed them to interact with adult content.
Kat Tenbarge
CISA Releases Secure by Demand Guide | CISA
Samsung Bug Bounty Program Payouts Reach $5M, Top Reward Increased to $1M
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.
Eduard Kovacs
AI
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic
Schulman said OpenAI executives remain committed to backing efforts to ensure that people can control highly capable artificial intelligence models.
Jordan Novet
Meta is reportedly offering millions to use Hollywood voices in AI projects
According to Bloomberg and The New York Times, the company is in talks with Awkwafina, Judi Dench and Keegan-Michael Key, among other celebrities.
Mariella MoonOpenAI says it’s taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT | TechCrunch
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
Anthony Ha
Nvidia Blackwell GPUs allegedly delayed due to design flaws — launch expected to be pushed back by three months or more
Microsoft, Meta, Google, and xAI will have to wait a few more months to receive their massive GPU orders.
Jowi Morales
Zuckerberg touts Meta’s latest video vision AI with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang | TechCrunch
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.
Devin Coldewey
DevOps
Announcing Public Preview of Managed DevOps Pools (MDP) for Azure DevOps - Azure DevOps Blog
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.
Suraj Guptha
Amazon Q Developer just reached a $260 million dollar milestone | Amazon Web Services
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. […]
Marketing
Meta Removes Detailed Targeting Exclusions From Ad Campaigns
Ad campaigns perform better without exclusions, internal research shows.
Andrew Hutchinson
Walmart adds dorm shop to virtual shopping platform
Your Dorm Your Way is an immersive experience where college students can shop virtual dorm rooms curated by digital creators.
Xanayra Marin-Lopez
Design
Safari has new feature that hides distractions on the page
Apple has added a new feature to Safari to help users focus on the content they are reading or watching without being distracted.
Tatiana
