Morning Brew - August 12, 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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Amazon Deals Let Shoppers Buy Products on TikTok, Pinterest
Amazon.com Inc. has inked partnerships with TikTok and Pinterest Inc. that lets users buy products from the e-commerce company without leaving the social media apps.
Alicia Clanton
M4 Mac Mini to Become Apple’s Smallest Ever Computer With Complete Redesign
Apple is planning to debut completely redesigned Mac mini models with the M4 and M4 Pro chips later this year, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.…
Hartley Charlton
Cryptocurrency
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Kryptex mines cryptocurrency and pays you bitcoins or real-world money.
Thread by @TheBlock__ on Thread Reader App
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Cybersecurity
ADT admits security breach after hackers advertise stolen data on the dark web
The stolen information included email and postal addresses.
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France’s Grand Palais discloses cyberattack during Olympic games
The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn) in France is warning that it suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night, August 3, 2024.
Pharma giant Cencora is alerting millions about its data breach | TechCrunch
The pharma giant won’t say how many patients were affected by its February data breach. A count by TechCrunch confirms that over a million people are affected.
Zack Whittaker
Ransomware Attack Cost LoanDepot $27 Million
LoanDepot reported expenses totaling nearly $27 million related to the ransomware attack that came to light in January 2024.
Eduard Kovacs
Exploring Anti-Phishing Measures in Microsoft 365 – Certitude Blog
Justice Department Disrupts North Korean Remote IT Worker Fraud Schemes Through Charges and Arrest of Nashville Facilitator
Matthew Isaac Knoot, 38, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested today for his efforts to generate revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK or North Korea) illicit weapons program, which includes weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
AI
XetHub is joining Hugging Face!
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Microsoft launches GitHub Models, offering 100 million developers easy access to leading AI tools
Microsoft has introduced
Brian Fagioli
Google brings Gemini-powered search history and Lens to Chrome desktop | TechCrunch
Google Thursday said that it is introducing new Gemini-powered features for Chrome’s desktop version, including Lens for desktop, tab compare for shopping
Ivan Mehta
DevOps
Introducing CI/CD Steps, a programming language for DevSecOps automation
Inside GitLab’s vision for CI/CD programmability and a look at how we simplified workflow automation.
Darren Eastman
CloudBees Acquires Launchable to Enable Development Teams to Iterate Faster By Slashing the QA Cycle
Launchable is joining the CloudBees family. Launchable brings an innovative AI-augmented approach to QA that aligns perfectly with the CloudBees mission.
Marketing
Google and Meta’s Controversial Teen Ad Targeting Project Revealed
WizCase brings you all the latest news on cybersecurity, including top stories on privacy concerns, hacking, malware threats and more.
Kiara Fabbri
Introducing sponsored newsletters to help marketers amplify their long-form content and reach new audiences
We’re introducing sponsored newsletters as a way to extend the reach of your existing long-form newsletter content. You can now sponsor any member’s newsletter content (upon receiving approval) or any newsletter published on your Company Page as a single image ad through Campaign Manager.
LinkedIn for Marketing
Instagram Updates Metrics to Focus Creators on Views
For months, IG Chief Adam Mosseri has been working to convince creators that they should stop worrying about their follower count.
Andrew Hutchinson
Instagram is embracing the ‘photo dump’ | TechCrunch
Instagram now lets users to add up to 20 photos or videos to their feed carousels, as the platform embraces the trend of “photo dumps.”
Aisha Malik
