Morning Brew - October 25, 2024

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Tech

Tesla has been testing a robotaxi service in the Bay Area for most of the year

Employees only, for now.

The Verge

Apple’s first iOS 18.2 beta adds more AI features and ChatGPT integration

Developers can try even more Apple Intelligence features.

The Verge

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches next New Shepard spacecraft from Texas without a crew

Blue Origin has conducted an uncrewed flight test Wednesday morning from its launch site in Texas for its next New Shepard spacecraft.

USA TODAY, USA TODAY

Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business

Dispute goes back to Qualcomm’s acquisition of Nuvia in 2021.

Ars TechnicaAndrew Cunningham

Apple analyst Kuo says company cut iPhone 16 orders by 10 million units

Apple shares slid Wednesday after industry supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the company has cut orders for the iPhone 16 by about 10 million units.

CNBCTodd Haselton

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Bounces Above $67,000 as Traders Navigate a ‘Liquidity Hunt’ Post-Surge - Decrypt

Bitcoin has steadied above $67,000, with experts predicting a retest of $70,000 as the U.S. election and upcoming NFP data shape market bias.

DecryptSebastian Sinclair

Primary Bridge for Coinbase’s L2 Base Reaches Record Level of ETH Held - Unchained

The amount of ETH in Base’s bridge has climbed to an all-time high of nearly 623,130 ETH, which is currently worth about $1.6 billion.

UnchainedSage D. Young

Thread by @jillrgunter on Thread Reader App

@jillrgunter: If you are an app developer or working on a rollup, you’ve probably considered the technical implications of launching an Arbitrum Orbit vs an OP Superchain But have you considered the business implica...…

Thread Readerjill gunter

Thread by @NTmoney on Thread Reader App

@NTmoney: “Polymarket odds are meaningless because all users are outside the U.S.” is a deceptive narrative that probably works on people who don’t yet understand the difference between polls and markets. In polls pe...…

Thread ReaderNick Tomaino

Thread by @jerallaire on Thread Reader App

@jerallaire: We just passed USDC doing $17 Trillion (GTV) on EVM-based on-chain transaction volume LTD. The numbers on Solana in the past year have also been incredible (will share). We are seeing a vast ecosystem o...…

Thread ReaderJeremy Allaire - jda.eth / jdallaire.sol

AI

Introducing SynthID Text

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Transformers.js v3: WebGPU Support, New Models & Tasks, and More…

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

OpenAI, Microsoft reportedly hire banks to renegotiate partnership terms - SiliconANGLE

OpenAI, Microsoft reportedly hire banks to renegotiate partnership terms - SiliconANGLE

SiliconANGLEMaria Deutscher

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is reportedly fundraising for a new AI startup | TechCrunch

Mira Murati, the OpenAI CTO who announced her departure last month, is raising VC funding for a new AI startup, according to Reuters. This startup will

TechCrunchAnthony Ha

Midjourney plans to let anyone on the web edit images with AI | TechCrunch

Midjourney said that it’ll release a new feature on the web to let people edit existing images with its AI-powered tools.

TechCrunchKyle Wiggers

Marketing

Games marketing firm Livewire on the attention economy across generations

Livewire’s recent study shows that the next generations of gamers -- Z and Alpha -- expect ads, but they want a very particular kind.

VentureBeatRachel Kaser

Web Development

How Microsoft Edge Is Replacing React With Web Components

Microsoft’s Edge browser team is on a mission to swap out React UI components with native web platform components. We speak to the team lead.

The New StackRichard MacManus

Thread by @yoobinray on Thread Reader App

@yoobinray: I got promoted in < 1.5 years at Amazon to mid level cuz I finished a migration project that my old team could not solve for 3 years. Here’s my advice on large scale software migrations:...…

Thread Readerray🖤🇰🇷

Design

Collins’ rebrand of Bose leaves the original 1960s wordmark (mostly) untouched

Turning to the power of sound, the rebrand features an eight-way colour palette based on notes of a music scale.

Adobe made its painting app completely free to take on Procreate

The full version of Adobe Fresco no longer requires a subscription.

The Verge

Stability claims its newest Stable Diffusion models generate more ‘diverse’ images | TechCrunch

AI startup Stability AI has announced its newest family of image generation models, Stable Diffusion 3.5, with several promised improvements.

TechCrunchKyle Wiggers

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