Morning Brew - July 24, 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
Musk Adjusts Optimus Release Date: Production for Internal Use by 2025
Elon Musk recently provided an update on Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus. Musk believes Tesla will start producing Optimus by next year.
Maria Merano
Google Chrome is no longer ‘deprecating third-party cookies’
In a rather stark turnaround, Google is no longer ending support for third-party cookies in its Chrome browser…
Abner Li
Cryptocurrency
SEC Officially Approves Spot Ethereum ETF Trading for Tomorrow
The SEC has officially approved the trading of Spot Ethereum ETFs for tomorrow, July 23, unlocking a second crypto ETF for investors.
Jaxon Gaines
Any Near-Term Rebound in Crypto Market Likely to Be Temporary: JPMorgan
The bitcoin price is currently too high versus its production cost and relative to its volatility-adjusted comparison to gold, the report said.
Will Canny
Tokenized Asset Manager Superstate Debuts New Fund to Profit From Bitcoin, Ether ‘Carry Trade’
Superstate’s new offering comes after its first tokenized fund of short-term U.S Treasury bills, which debuted earlier this year.
Krisztian Sandor
Cybersecurity
Vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager lets attackers change any user password
Yep, passwords for administrators can be changed, too.
Dan Goodin
AI
Elon Musk’s xAI activates “most powerful AI training cluster in the world” with 100k Nvidia H100 GPUs
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has activated its supercomputer cluster in Memphis, Tennessee.
Simon Alvarez
AI startup Cohere sees valuation soar to $5.5B after new funding round
Canadian AI startup Cohere raised $500M in Series D funding, valuing it at $5.5B. Read more here.
Ravikash Bakolia
Inside the fight over California’s new AI bill
California legislator Scott Wiener on why the home of the AI industry is the right place to regulate it.
Kelsey Piper
Marketing
Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers
The latest change comes after several delays to find an alternative for its Chrome browser
Jennifer Elias
Amazon, Better Business Bureau file joint lawsuit in fight over fake reviews
It’s the e-commerce giant’s first joint lawsuit tackling fake review brokers, and aims to shut down ReviewServiceUSA.com.
Tatiana Walk-Morris
Meta Faces New Challenge Over Its Ad-Free Subscription Offering
Meta’s facing another challenge in Europe over its ad-free subscription package.
Andrew Hutchinson
Web Development
WordPress 6.6.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 6.6.1 is now available! This minor release features 7 bug fixes in Core and 9 bug fixes for the Block Editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by readin…
Tonya Mork
Design
Meta files a patent to copy Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature - 9to5Mac
Meta has filed a patent for a method of replicating Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature in its own virtual reality headsets.…
Ben Lovejoy
