Morning Brew - August 23, 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
Microsoft will release controversial Windows Recall AI search feature to testers in October
It has been a bumpy rollout for a feature that was designed as an early example of an artificial intelligence model running locally on a Windows PC.
Jordan Novet
Samsung’s new Odyssey monitor lets you play games in glasses-free 3D
The Samsung Odyssey 3D will launch later this year.
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Apple is shaking up how it manages the App Store
App Store head Matt Fischer is reportedly stepping down.
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Amazon Web Services CEO: AI Will Code For Software Engineers | Entrepreneur
Is coding worth learning? Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman told Amazon employees that in two years or so, “it’s possible that most developers are not coding.”
Sherin Shibu
Cryptocurrency
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DEGEN NEWS
New Binance CEO Sees No Need for IPO as He Plots 100-Year Strategy for Crypto Exchange
Richard Teng, who replaced founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in November, is playing the long game.
Cheyenne Ligon
Binance hiring 1,000 as compliance spending tops US$200 million
BINANCE Holdings is hiring 1,000 people this year with many earmarked for compliance roles as the crypto exchange’s annual spending to meet regulatory requirements, including United States oversight under a plea deal, tops US$200 million. Read more at The Business Times.
AI
Nvidia’s AI NPCs will debut in a multiplayer mech battle game next year
Time to see if talking to your game is actually good.
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Marketing
YouTube takes on TikTok Shop with expanded Shopify partnership | TechCrunch
YouTube is expanding its partnership with Shopify to onboard more brands for its YouTube Shopping affiliate program.
Aisha Malik
Marketers’ ad spend to grow in H2 led by social media and display, report finds
More than half of marketers view CTV as the most critical consumer technology and media trend, according to Mediaocean’s 2024 H2 market report.
Aaron Baar
Jenna Alburger on LinkedIn: Positioning Case Study | Airbnb | 41 comments
Airbnb’s 2024 campaign is a powerful example of how great marketing is just positioning made visible. And good positioning is all about why you're better… | 41 comments on LinkedIn
Jenna Alburger
Web Development
The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox
Design
Mozilla’s latest logo may be a prehistoric throwback.
The company updated its existing “Moz://a” logo on a recent blog post, and German blogger Sören Hentzschel has spotted a new symbol in some Github code commits that may be used alongside it. It could represent a flag, but it also looks like a dinosaur thanks to that eye-like dot — which might be a cryptic nod to the Mozilla Foundation’s old mascot.
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Canva Steps Up To Challenge Adobe With AI Acquisition And Partnerships
Canva’s acquisition of Leonardo.Ai and partnership with Getty Images boost its position against Adobe, but it must go further to truly compete against the design giant.
Melody Brue
