Morning Brew - August 21, 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
AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead
Company hopes acquisition of ZT Systems will accelerate adoption of its data center chips.
Michael Acton, Financial Times
GitHub’s CEO believes AI needs competition to thrive
Thomas Dohmke explains how Copilots help GitHub make GitHub.
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Cryptocurrency
Thread by @PocketUniverseZ on Thread Reader App
@PocketUniverseZ: We’ve detected a frontend hack on @Parcl’s official website It drains tokens from your Solana wallet And displays fake tx results in Phantom Let your friends know 🫡 @Parcl we’ve blocked the website...…
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AI
🧐 Eric Schmidt’s AI prophecy: The next two years will shock you
What Eric told Erik
Azeem Azhar
Waymo is developing a roomier robotaxi with less-expensive tech
Alphabet-owned Waymo has revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology as it looks to scale its robotaxi operations in the U.S.
Jennifer Elias,Lora Kolodny
Gemini Live could use some more rehearsals | TechCrunch
Gemini Live, Google’s answer to OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, is now available. But it needs some serious work.
Kyle Wiggers
Marketing
Google apologizes to advertisers for major Shopping Ads glitch
Google is criticized for vague and delayed communication, leaving many advertisers demanding clearer explanations and impact reports.
Anu Adegbola
Web Development
Stripe’s monorepo developer environment
An overview of the tools and environment Stripe engineers used to write and test code, as of 2019 or so.
Nelson Elhage
Design
Another Apple smart ring patent, includes control of smart glasses
Another Apple smart ring patent has today been granted, which includes both health monitoring and the ability to control other…
Ben Lovejoy
