Morning Brew - August 13, 2024

Welcome to the Morning Brew technology newsletter. Our daily newsletter with links and TLDRs of major tech and programming stories.

Morning Brew -  August 13, 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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AI is mining the sum of human knowledge from Wikipedia. What does that mean for its future?
We spoke with Wikipedia executives who told us AI could jeopardize the encyclopedia’s connection with the volunteers who create it.…
What Google rivals want after the DOJ’s antitrust trial win
The fight isn’t over as the trial enters the remedies phase.
Report: Slim iPhone 17 model is just a “step toward something better” - 9to5Mac
In the latest Power On Newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman clarifies some details about next year’s slim iPhone 17 model, which…

Cryptocurrency

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Adidas Launches Exclusive Doodles Apparel Alongside Pharrell Song - Decrypt
Doodles and Adidas are selling co-branded NFT packs that include digital items, with potential exclusive physical apparel pulls.

Cybersecurity

Almost unfixable “Sinkclose” bug affects hundreds of millions of AMD chips
Worse-case scenario: “You basically have to throw your computer away.”
Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away
Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action
GhostWrite Vulnerability Affects RISC-V CPU, Mitigating Takes A ~77% Performance Hit
Security researchers with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security have disclosed GhostWrite, a new CPU vulnerability affecting a common RISC-V processor.
Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say | TechCrunch
Researchers found flaws that could allow anyone to spy on the owners of Ecovacs home robots by hijacking their cameras and microphones.

AI

Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts now that Tesla’s in its rearview mirror | TechCrunch
Uber is highlighting the success of its autonomous vehicle effort — likely to assuage investors concerned about incoming competition from Tesla.
Waymo is expanding its robotaxi service areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles
More customers, more revenue.

DevOps

Investigation of a Cross-regional Network Performance Issue
Hechao Li, Roger Cruz

Marketing

Instagram is testing its own take on Snap Map
Instagram is back to doing what it does best: borrowing from others.
TikTok partners with Amazon for in-app shopping
TikTok’s Amazon integration offers advertisers a direct path from viral content to purchase, potentially revolutionizing social commerce strategies.
Viral marketing stunts made ‘Deadpool’ a $1bn hit, says Disney exec
From cameos in K-pop videos to cooking chimichangas with celebrity chefs, movie stars like Ryan Reynolds are trying ever-more unorthodox stunts to reach fragmented Gen-Z audiences, according to Disney’s marketing chief.Speaking at Disney’s D23 fan convention Saturday, chief brand officer Asad Ayaz attributed a large part of that breakaway success to stars Reynolds and Hugh Jackman pushing the boundaries of traditional marketing.

Design

Canva’s Brand Refresh Empowers a World of Design
As remote and distributed work environments become the norm, Canva’s updated brand system addresses escalating demand for effective collaboration around visual communication.
Buzzfeed comes down on AI news outlet over similar logo
Trending Now’s director sees it as a “good omen”.