Morning Brew - August 22, 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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Waymo says it has doubled its weekly paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 since May
After Alphabet invested another $5 billion in Waymo, the robotaxi venture is hitting new milestones.
Lora Kolodny
North America added a whole Silicon Valley’s worth of data center inventory this year. It’s not enough.
Four-year delays aren’t dampening demand.…
Rani Molla
PayPal could challenge Apple Wallet in the EU | TechCrunch
Though PayPal has not yet confirmed it will now develop a competing wallet thanks to new APIs, the company has hinted in that such a plan is in the works.
Sarah Perez
Cryptocurrency
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@TheBlock__: The SEC rejected Cboe’s 19b-4 filings for Solana ETFs: Source theblock.co/post/312031/th…
The Block
U.S. Elections-Linked Bitcoin Options Draw Nearly $350M in Open Interest
Distribution of open interest shows bullish sentiment, according to Wintermute.
Omkar Godbole
Balaji’s Network State Becomes a Reality in Singapore - “The Defiant”
It’s a 3-month long pop-up city in Singapore with four goals: learn, burn, earn, and fun.
Cybersecurity
Oregon Zoo hack impacts over 100K
Threat actors were able to secure payment card details, including individuals’ names, payment card numbers, CVVs, and expiration dates, between Dec. 20, 2023 and Jun. 26, 2024, after redirecting online ticket transactions from a third-party vendor, said Oregon Zoo officials in a filing with Maine regulators.
SC Staff
Toyota confirms third-party data breach impacting customers
Toyota confirmed that customer data was exposed in a third-party data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of stolen data on a hacking forum.
GitHub Actions exploitation: Dependabot
GitHub Apps The definition of a GitHub app from the GitHub documentation is quite explicit: GitHub Apps are tools that extend GitHub’s functionality. GitHub Apps can do things on GitHub like open i
Microsoft says all Azure sign-ins will now need to use multi-factor authentication to enhance account security
MFA for Azure will soon be mandatory
Benedict Collins
AI
AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good.
Turning models into products runs into five challenges
Arvind Narayanan
DevOps
Microsoft Cost Management updates—July 2024 | Microsoft Azure Blog
Azure cost management updates to help you better manage and optimize cloud costs. Learn more.
Sameer Doultani
Linux Foundation Backs Open Source LLM Initiative
The Open Model Initiative aims to promote the development and adoption of openly licensed AI models that stay open source
Marketing
The Pinterest Autumn 2024 Trend Report | Pinterest Newsroom
Pinterest unveils the top trends for autumn 2024, featuring refreshing takes on fashion, beauty, home décor, food and hobbies.
TikTok Reveals the Top 10 Songs of the Summer in the App
The big hits that sparked major trends in the app.
Andrew Hutchinson
Design
New iPhone 16 Pro color will reportedly be Desert Titanium
Gold, but not quite.
Stan Schroeder
Google’s head of Pixel 9 design won’t apologize for its big, beautiful camera bump
A “modern and unapologetic approach.”
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