August 24, 2024

🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2024-08-24

Exploring the difference between peak and peek in news coverage with a roundup of Friday's 'quietly mentioned' stories.

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Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀

By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.

Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.

In that spirit, here are a few stories that you might have missed on the slow news of a Friday.

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Techmeme: Silverbear, an investor named in Bolt's financial docs for a $450M raise, says it was “never in this deal”, as some investors consider legal action against Bolt (Forbes)

From Forbes. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access (Colin Kellaher/Wall Street Journal)

By Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: Microsoft plans to hold an event on September 10 with CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity vendors to discuss how to prevent incidents like the July 19 outage (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Jordan Novet / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: Documents: state-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services from AWS or its rivals to access advanced US chips and AI models they cannot acquire otherwise (Reuters)

From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: SpaceX says Starlink satellite internet kits purchased in one of six regions and activated in another are subject to an “outside region fee” of $200 to $300 (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)

By Andrew Liszewski / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

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