Tue. 05/21 – Now You’ve Pissed Off Scar-Jo

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Some interesting moves over at Block. Share to TikTok could be something major for the music industry. Amazon’s offer to invest again in Anthropic comes with some interesting strings attached. More signs that the smartglasses category is coming now. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.Sponsors:LegalZoom.com promocode TechmemeLinks:Block reports revenue miss but a slight beat on earnings (CNBC)Jack Dorsey's Square to Invest More in Bitcoin Mining and Shut Decentralized 'Web5' Venture (CoinDesk)TikTok’s latest feature lets music fans ‘Share to TikTok’ from Spotify and Apple Music (TechCrunch)Amazon Discussing New Multibillion-Dollar Investment in Anthropic (The Information)Baidu Readies AI Smart Glasses to Rival Meta’s Ray-Bans (Bloomberg)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (ArsTechnica)What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC Marathon (Intelligencer)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

More in depth analysis of what the Trump victory might mean for Silicon Valley, and Elon Musk’s companies in particular. Canadian regulators going after TikTok. Australia wants to make sure no one uses social media until they’re sixteen. France is “aware” of Polymarket. And the reviews of all the new Macs.Sponsors:Promevo.com/techmemeLinks:Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return? (NYTimes)Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue (Reuters)Labor backs 16 as the minimum age to use social media ahead of national cabinet meeting (ABCNews)French Regulator Examines Polymarket After Bets on Trump (Bloomberg)Apple Mac mini review (M4 Pro, 2024): Shockingly small, incredibly powerful (Engadget)Apple MacBook Pro M4 review: the Pro for everyone (The Verge)Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review (2024): Brace yourself for M4 speed (Engadget)Apple iMac M4 review: More power, same great looks (Tom's Guide)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The tech angle to the election news yesterday, and interestingly a lot of it is crypto related. The EU Commission looks like it will fine Apple and has opened a case against Corning? Perplexity is raising another massive new round. And a pretty definitive piece about how drone tech has changed warfare.Sponsors:Head to Lumen.me/RIDE for 15% off your purchase.WashingtonPost.com/rideLinks:Polymarket, Prediction Betting Markets Vindicated by Trump's Strong Showing (Coindesk)Apple to Face First EU Fine Under Bloc’s Digital Markets Act (Bloomberg)Corning Faces EU Probe Into Smartphone ‘Gorilla Glass’ (Bloomberg)How Lina Khan Became an Election Hot Topic (NYTimes)Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division (TechCrunch)AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round (WSJ)Battles of Precise Mass (Foreign Affairs)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Big hacking arrest in Canada. More evidence Apple is thinking: “You know, maybe smartglasses are the way to go…” More signs OpenAI is focusing on hardware. More signs they’re about to go for-profit. And what it’s actually like to use GPT Search? Is it a Google killer or no?Links:Canada Arrests Man Suspected of Hacks of Snowflake Customers (Bloomberg)Apple Explores Push Into Smart Glasses With ‘Atlas’ User Study (Bloomberg)Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI (TechCrunch)OpenAI in Regulator Talks to Become For-Profit Company (Bloomberg)Anthropic hikes the price of its Haiku model (TechCrunch)Uber’s Real Threat Isn’t From Robots (WSJ)ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI’s ‘Google killer’ yet (TechCrunch)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Apple is investing more in Satellite technology, and also acquires Pixelmator. What does this all mean for them? Is the high end Vision Pro getting abandoned? What does it mean that Google Cloud is now growing faster than AWS? And how Coreweave and other “neocloud” startups are financing their crazy growth in a totally new way. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Sponsors:Miro.comMackWeldon.com promocode BRIANLinks:Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity (9to5Mac)Apple is acquiring the popular image editing app Pixelmator (The Verge)Apple Finally Finds Its Gaming Console With the New Mac Mini (Bloomberg)Apple Vision Pro rumored to get M5 in 2025, but lower cost model is delayed (Apple Insider)X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts (TechCrunch)Google’s cloud outpaces rivals in third quarter as AI battle heats up (CNBC)Early Apple M4 Pro and M4 Max benchmarks hint at a massive performance boost (Neowin)Wall Street frenzy creates $11bn debt market for AI groups buying Nvidia chips (Financial Times)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

OpenAI officially gets into the search game. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. Why Google is switching up how it does Android. And in the longreads, Meta to win AI even if doesn’t produce AGI, and how downsizing is helping game developers survive the jobspocalypse.Links:OpenAI Brings Search Features to ChatGPT in Challenge to Google (Bloomberg)China Ruins Apple's Quarter (24/7WallStreet)Amazon Surges Past Earnings Forecasts (The Motley Fool)Google confirms Android 16 is coming earlier than usual, developer preview begins soon (Android Authority)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:Meta’s AI Abundance (Stratechery)After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller (Bloomberg)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We’ve got that day where all the tech earnings have come at once, but this time I’m gonna mention Uber too cause did you know they’re making bank these days? China says that two can play the sanctioning technology game. A niche little app from Nintendo. And a review of the Starlink Mini, which seems incredibly compelling for a specific type of user.Links:Meta AI has more than 500 million users (Engadget)Meta’s Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else (Wired)Microsoft says AI is on pace to be a $10 billion-a-year business (Axios)Uber shares slide on slowing bookings growth (Financial Times)Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine (Financial Times)Nintendo made a music streaming app for Switch Online subscribers (The Verge)Starlink Mini review: space internet goes ultraportable (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Apple release week continues with new MacBook pros. GitHub goes multi-model. Alphabet earnings were good, but Reddit earnings were massive. Why Samsung is having such a hard time since the summer. And a summary of the color Kindle reviews. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Links:Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips (The Verge)Every MacBook Air now starts with 16GB of RAM at no extra cost (Engadget)GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI (The Verge)PlayStation Shutters Studio Behind ‘Concord’ Video-Game Flop (Bloomberg)More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI (The Verge)Reddit shares soar 22% on earnings beat and better-than-expected forecast (CNBC)Samsung’s Sudden $122 Billion Wipeout Shows the Cost of Sleeping on AI (Bloomberg)Russian Hackers Are Targeting US Officials, Microsoft Says (Bloomberg)Kindle Colorsoft review: The missing link in Amazon’s ereader lineup (Engadget)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A whole bunch of new Macs plus the first dribbles of Apple Intelligence. Apple is taking a big step in weening itself off of China reliance for manufacturing. Microsoft accuses Google of astroturfing. And potentially the return of startups buying startups? Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Links:Apple Announces iMac With M4 Chip, Upgraded Camera, Nano-Texture Display Option, and More (MacRumors)New Mac mini shrinks down, gains M4 and M4 Pro chips (SixColors)Apple Intelligence goes live with iOS 18.1 update (TechCrunch)Apple Taps India to Learn How to Build New iPhone (The Information)Microsoft says Google is running ‘shadow campaigns’ in Europe to influence regulators (CNBC)Sequoia to Rake in More Than $100 Million From Crypto Acquisition (Bloomberg)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.