BREAKING, via Bloomberg:
BUG BYTES —> APPLE’S A.I. TO MISS LAUNCH… ‘more time to fix bugs.’
Bloomy’s Mark Gurman with the scoop: “Apple’s artificial intelligence features will arrive later than anticipated… giving the company more time to fix bugs. The company is planning to begin rolling out Apple Intelligence to customers as part of software updates coming by October… That means the AI features will arrive a few weeks after the initial iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 releases planned for September.” Full story here.
Just in time for Apple’s earnings…
FUTURE FOCUS:
— EARNING$ this week: Apple… Amazon… Meta… Microsoft.
— Wednesday: Fed rate decision. Markets expect a hold for now — but maybe a cut in September.
— Friday: Jobs day.
hello future, it’s me kev.
…and this is a dispatch from the digital frontier. Your one-stop shop for markets, tech and the future. The day is 209. The year is 2024. The planet is Earth. And my name is Kevin Cirilli.
This week’s dispatch is all things bug-bytes and byte-nights… keep reading…
Are you watching the Olympics? This thing happened yesterday when I was watching the highlights on my phone…
Legendary sports broadcaster Al Michaels said my name during one of his recaps… right after his coverage of Celine. I thought I was hearing things… but nope, the NBC suits are using artificial intelligence to have Michaels’ deliver my name — or the name of whoever is watching — to the user’s daily recap. Michaels to Vanity Fair’s Tom Kludt:
“It was astonishing. It was amazing… and it was a little bit frightening.” How NBC Convinced Al Michaels to Embrace His AI Voice for Olympics Coverage.
Imagine Lester delivering the news and reading your name… I don’t like it.
Back to the future…
‘CONTINUITY KAMALA’ VS. THE CRYPTO COMMANDER:
Harris Presidency Keeps AI Regulation Steady (NYT).
Trump vows to make U.S. to Reign Supreme on digital currency (USA Today).
Another byte: A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris’ voice, raising concerns about AI in politics, via Associated Press.
More politics…
Before they were D.C. famous, they went through Janet Donovan. Her interviews with both Harris and J.D. Vance are worth a read + a click apiece.
BYTE-NIGHT: CROWDSTRIKE AND THE NEW RULES FOR ‘THE 3AM CALL:’
On July 19, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz faced a 3 a.m. wake-up call from his president, Michael Sentonas, alerting him to a critical issue: An errant product update had crashed millions of devices, causing widespread chaos.
—> THE LATEST, via Data Centers Dynamics’ Sebastian Moss: CrowdStrike CEO claims 97 percent of BSOD Windows systems are back online.
It’s a stark reminder: in today's digital age, the unexpected 3 a.m. call for Trump or Harris could be about cybersecurity — not just an international crises. Full report, via WSJ’s George Kurtz: CrowdStrike’s CEO Has Known Failure—but Never Like This.
MORE FALL-OUT:
POLITICS, via The Hill’s Lauren Sforza: Republicans question CrowdStrike outage impact on Arizona election systems.
MARKETS, via Motley Fool’s Will Healy: Why CrowdStrike's Outage May Ultimately Benefit Its Stock.
POLITICS: Donald Trump pledges to make US 'crypto capital of the planet'
COSMIC CRIBS: LAVA TUBES ON THE MOON…
…someone call Newt Gingrich, we’re not going to live in a moon colony, we’re far more likely to live underground in lava tubes on the moon.
Popular Mechanics —> Scientists Found Lava Tubes on the Moon. They Could Very Well Be Our Future Homes.
Substack, generate image: Newt Gingrich living underground in a lava tube on the moon:
NEWT GINGRICH LIVING UNDERGROUND ON THE MOON IN A LAVA TUBE
SPACE WEATHER
…here’s what’s happening in our neck of the galaxy. Here are the US cities most vulnerable to space weather, via Earth Sky Voices:
Washington, D.C., and Milwaukee are two of the most vulnerable U.S. cities to space weather, according to scientists from the British Geological Survey.
Meanwhile: Scientists Have Come Damn Close to Fully Predicting Solar Storms. Is Our Power Grid Saved? via Popular Mechanics’ Jackie Appel.
ON-AIR:
FIRESTORM FURY: PARK FIRE SCORCHES CALIFORNIA, SMOG SPREADS NATIONWIDE, via NBC News’ Dennis Romero:
"The largest wildfire currently burning in California grew to more than 350,000 acres Sunday, but there was hope that progress in containing it, as well as a cooldown, will help defeat it.
Cal Fire officials said the Park Fire had so far destroyed 134 structures as it marched northward from Chico and spread from Butte to Tehama County. After four days of no containment, firefighters had the blaze 12% contained Sunday. Full report here.
CHINA WATCH, via CNBC’s Sheila Chiang: Apple's no longer among top 5 smartphone vendors in China as domestic brands dominate market
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about kev: Kevin N. Cirilli, based in D.C., is a media fellow at the Atlantic Council and former chief Washington correspondent for Bloomberg News, where he launched a daily geopolitical program. His work has appeared on major networks like CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, and more.
With more than a decade in DC, he’s launched successful news verticals and programs. Kevin, who grew up in Delco, is now launching mtf.tv’s Meet the Future NOW, a weekly newsletter on markets, tech, and all things the future. The first season of the mtf NOW video podcast is in development. Stay tuned…
