Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise Site News Contact Editors
Techmeme
December 24, 2015, 5:20 PM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter

Top News

Katie Benner / New York Times:
How employee stock took the biggest hit when Good Technology, once valued at $1.1B, passed on a $825M offer and later sold to BlackBerry for $425M  —  When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt  —  On Sept. 4, employees of Good Technology, a mobile security start-up in Sunnyvale …
Hyatt Newsroom:
Hyatt notifies customers it found malware on its payment processing systems  —  Hyatt Notifies Customers Of Malware Activity  —  CUSTOMERS ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNT STATEMENTS CLOSELY  —  Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that it recently identified malware …
Rachel Pick / Motherboard:
AdBlock Plus will be included and activated by default in Asus' proprietary browser that ships on its mobile devices, starting early 2016  —  Browsers Are Starting to Block Ads by Default  —  Here's an intriguing new twist in the debate over adblockers: starting in early 2016 …
Bryan Lufkin / Gizmodo:
Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV  —  You Can Now Watch 360-Degree Video on Your TV  —  Earlier this year, YouTube rolled out 360-degree videos.  Like magic, they let you peer around in any direction from within the video.
The Intercept:
Top-secret document from 2011 reveals that GCHQ, with cooperation of NSA, acquired the capability to exploit 13 models of Juniper firewalls  —  NSA Helped British Spies Find Security Holes In Juniper Firewalls  —  A top-secret document dated February 2011 reveals that British spy agency GCHQ …
Asif S. / SamMobile:
Samsung announces the Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, 4,000 mAh battery, 13 mpx camera with OIS, available in China later this month  —  Samsung announces the Galaxy A9 with a 4,000 mAh battery  —  As we reported earlier today, Samsung has announced the Galaxy A9 in China today during its Galaxy A Party 2016 event.

Sponsor Posts

Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning  —  SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds.  Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference  —  Stop preparing for agents.  Start running them.  100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar  —  Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds.  But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data  —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Lenny's Podcast:
 90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord's product chief | Peter Sellis
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Big Technology Podcast:
 AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
 AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Invest Like the Best:
 Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Sources:
 Baseten's CEO on why every company will want to own its AI
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Training Data:
 Box's Aaron Levie: On Reinventing Yourself in the AI Age and Enterprise Diffusion
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Add your podcast here
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:20 PM ET, December 24, 2015.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

From Mediagazer

Todd Spangler / Variety:
White House denied CNN, MS NOW, Politico staffers access on Saturday; CNN calls it an “illegal assault”; Politico says it will “vigorously defend” its 1A rights

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is in advanced settlement talks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the company's deal to acquire WBD

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a postproduction tax incentive into law, rewarding productions that locate scoring, editing, or other post work in California

More News

Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Judge dismisses case alleging Apple violated the Federal Wiretap Act by failing to deliver texts to customers who switched from iPhone to Android
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
New Zealand judge orders Kim Dotcom's extradition to the US, lawyers say they will appeal to the High Court

Earlier Picks

Pew Internet:
67% of Americans now have broadband at home, compared to 70% in 2013, and 13% connect via smartphone only vs 8% in 2013; smartphone penetration in US at 68%
Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Washington Governor Jay Inslee says a programming glitch has caused as many as 3,200 inmates to be released early since 2002, by a median amount of 49 days
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter