Daily Tech Headlines

OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its much anticipated AI-powered search engine, WhatsApp reaches 100 million monthly active users in the United States, The FAA has clear SpacX’s Falcon 9 rocket to resume flights.Link to Show Notes

Meta’s oversight board ruled the company’s rules aren’t clear on pornographic deep fakes, Reddit now blocks all search engines except for Google, and Bing’s new search results move traditional results to the side placing AI-generated results front and center.Link to Show Notes

Stability AI introduces Stable Video 4D, Microsoft working on a fix for BitLocker recovery screen issue on Windows, Alphabet reports record Q2 earnings. Show Notes

Google decides not to kill third-party cookies in Chrome, Wiz walks away from Google’s $23 billion acquisition offer, and new generative AI features are coming to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.Link to Show Notes

CrowdStrike publishes guidelines to fix Windows systems, major airlines continue to struggle getting back on schedule after the outage, Reddit strikes new ad deals with sports leagues. Show Notes

A CloudStrike software update caused global outages on Windows machines, Netflix reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results, and Google has been named the official search AI partner of Team USA.Link to Show Notes

The Italian Competition Authority announced an investigation into how Google obtains consent from users in the European Union, Meta says it will not release its multimodal Llama AI model in the European Union due to the “unpredictable nature of the European regulatory environment.”, Instagram has launched a pilot program o study how the platform affects the mental health of teens and young adults.Link to Show Notes

Mistral launches a new math LLM and code-generating LLM, a major subsea telecommunications cable gets repaired, Tinder launches a new tool for optimum profile pics.Show Notes

Net Neutrality Rules set to be reinstated on July 22nd, have been put on hold until August 5th, the UK Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Microsoft’s investment in Inflection AI, and, iOS Beta and other Apple beta operating systems are now available.Link to Show Notes