Microsoft's Hardware Shift and the Rise of White Noise Podcasts

More drips and drabs Threads feature releases. Meta is readying a “Code Llama.” Throwback Friday with Uber and Lyft threatening to leave a major municipality. Our first fall hardware event is on the calendar. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Threads gets retweets — sorry, reposts — in the reverse-chronological feed (The Verge)
• Meta’s Next AI Attack on OpenAI: Free Code-Generating Software (The Information)
• Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (CNN)
• Microsoft to hold ‘special event’ in New York City on September 21st (The Verge)
• Spotify Looked to Ban White Noise Podcasts to Become More Profitable (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• A Rare Look Into the Finances of Elon Musk’s Secretive SpaceX (WSJ)
• How the iMac saved Apple (The Verge)
• A Living History of The Humble Paper Airplane (Popular Mechanics)
• A New Role for Werner Herzog: The Voice of A.I. Poetry (NYTimes)

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