Morning Brew - August 20, 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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New AirPods 4 to feature USB-C and active noise cancellation
Apple is likely to update its non-Pro AirPods lineup alongside other new hardware as early as next month, replacing the current entry-level second-gen AirPods.
Charles Martin
Epic Games Store and Fortnite arrive on EU iPhones
Epic also launched its store on Android.
Samuel Axon
GitHub rolls out AI-powered fixes for code vulnerabilities
Copilot Autofix, a new addition to the GitHub Advanced Security service, analyzes vulnerabilities in code and offers code suggestions to help developers fix them.
Paul Krill
Cryptocurrency
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Kryptex mines cryptocurrency and pays you bitcoins or real-world money.
Donald Trump Holds Over $1M in Ether, Also Receives NFT Licensing Fees
Filings show he has over $1 million in Ether.
Sam Reynolds
Cybersecurity
Google will update Pixel phones to remove Verizon’s unsafe demo app
After reports broke of the potentially vulnerable Showcase app in Pixel smartphone firmware, Google has responded with a commitment to remove the app.
Stephen Schenck
Iranian group used ChatGPT to try to influence US election, OpenAI says
AI company bans accounts and says operation did not appear to have meaningful audience engagement
Reuters
AI
Google’s upgraded AI image generator is now available
More AI image generators.
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Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is here and can make AI videos faster than you can type
Gen-3 Alpha Turbo should be priced at 5 credits per 1 second of video per Runway’s statement that it is 50% less.
Carl Franzen
DevOps
Kubernetes 1.31 Brings More Stability to Cloud-Native Deployments
With "Elli," the latest open source Kubernetes release, cloud-native operations will benefit from smoother networking and storage options.
Coming soon: the Certified Backstage Associate certification for developers and platform engineers
As platform engineering and service catalogs have moved to the forefront of the conversation around cloud native developer experience, IT professionals need to understand the open source tools…
Katie Meinders
How AWS tracks the cloud’s biggest security threats and helps shut them down | Amazon Web Services
Threat intelligence that can fend off security threats before they happen requires not just smarts, but the speed and worldwide scale that only AWS can offer. Organizations around the world trust Amazon Web Services (AWS) with their most sensitive data. One of the ways we help secure data on AWS is with an industry-leading threat […]
Marketing
Marketing takeaways from the White House Creator Economy Conference
President Biden invited creators and agency executives to D.C. to discuss the fast-growing industry’s role in the country.
Brandon Doerrer
Design
Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging
Some handy updates coming soon to calling.
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Instagram Tests Vertical Profile Grid to Adapt to Changing Content Trends
Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri, confirmed the platform is testing a new vertical profile grid layout, moving away from the iconic square grid. This change, reflecting the rise of vertical content like Reels and Stories, is currently limited to a select group of users. While it aligns with current trends, some users worry about the impact on their curated profiles. The final decision will depend on user feedback and engagement during the testing phase.
Mosseri
