|
November 11, 2016, 4:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to use its ethnic affinity marketing in housing, employment, and credit ads — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to exclude specific racial and ethnic groups when placing ads related to housing, credit or employment.
More:
Facebook, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, ProPublica, Center for Democracy …, The Next Web, Washington Post, AdExchanger, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, CNNMoney, Slate, Adweek, Business Insider, SocialTimes, Motherboard, Deadline, Engadget, Consumerist, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat, Mashable, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Marketing Land, Fortune, New York Magazine, AgencySpy and Ars Technica UK
Tweets: @mikebutcher, @charlesornstein, @mohamed, @mathbabedotorg, @willoremus and @digiphile
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea” — “Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.” — After a day of criticism over his company's role …
More:
TechCrunch, ZDNet, Vox, The Atlantic, Slate, Fortune, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, The Information, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Recode, Christian Science Monitor, Vanity Fair, Fusion, Rob Leathern, Engadget, Newser, The Daily Caller, Techonomy, the Econsultancy blog, Silicon Republic, TechSpot, Quartz, Fox News, TechEye, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, VatorNews, AOL, diginomica, Mashable, Tech Times, TechCrunch, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Guardian, Boing Boing, USA Today, Guardian, Gizmodo, ITworld.com, Variety and TechCrunch
Tweets: @pkafka, @zeynep, @stphn_lacey, @violetblue, @jonknee, @caseynewton, @aragusea, @s_m_i, @tim, @emilybell, @mathewi, @alex, @chris_ciaccia, @paranormalsarah, @johnpaulh, @michaeljoel, @peterwsinger, @margarita, @willoremus, @mohasmoxie, @dawnc331, @violetblue, @hblodget, @jeffjarvis, @ajdomanico, @stevenlevy, @willoremus, @willoremus, @rmac18, @mitch6632, @mojorojo, @emilybell, @chris_ciaccia, @benedictevans, @mathewi, @lawlkat and @dannytheleigh
See also Mediagazer| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T to begin throttling mobile streaming video to 480p resolution in early 2017, but customers can opt out — Cellular customers can opt out of “Stream Saver,” which limits video to 480p. — AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017.
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Spotify app for Windows, Mac, and Linux writing gigabytes of junk data to storage drives when idle; company says they're rolling out an update with fix for bug — Streaming app used by 40 million writes hundreds of gigabytes per day. — For almost five months—possibly longer … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Peter Thiel will join Trump's transition team; sources say he will help vet presidential appointments and advise on which campaign promises will become policies — Thiel to vet appointees, prioritize policies, sources say — Eliminating waste, decreasing debt likely to top list
More:
The Huffington Post, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Verge, Washington Post, Fortune, CNN, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley Business …, Beyond Search, Vox, Recode, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, USA Today, Gizmodo, LinkedIn, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, BuzzFeed, Guardian, Forbes and AOL
Tweets: @riptari and @film_girl
See also Mediagazer| Saba Hamedy / Mashable: |
Hands-on with Snap's Spectacles: light-weight, pairing with phone is easy, Snapping with glasses and transfers to phone work as promised, video quality is good — Getting my hands on a pair of Snapchat Spectacles felt like getting a golden ticket. — Only instead of Willy Wonka greeting me at the …
More:
GeekWire, Bloomberg, TalkAndroid.com, TechCrunch, International Business Times, New York Times, 9to5Mac, AirWatch Blog, MacRumors, Tech Times, Android Authority, SlashGear, Business Insider, TIME, CNNMoney, Quartz and Recode
Tweets: @brianroemmele and @brianroemmele
| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba broke its Singles' Day record with sales reaching $15B by 8pm in China, topping last year's $13.4B — Jack Ma Enlists Scarlett Johansson to boost shopping at event — 24-hour shopathon kicks off with fanfare amid China slowdown — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is on track to smash …
More:
Alizila, TechCrunch, Guardian, Investor's Business Daily, BGR, Mashable, USA Today, Tech in Asia, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, internetretailer.com and Slashdot. Tweets: @bloombergtv
| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
Researchers fool many AI facial recognition systems with printed paper eyeglass frames — Your face is quickly becoming a key to the digital world. Computers, phones, and even online stores are starting to use your face as a password. But new research from Carnegie Mellon University shows …
More:
Schneier on Security
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook is buying the social analytics company CrowdTangle, used by BuzzFeed, CNN, ESPN, others to track how content spreads online, for an undisclosed sum — Understanding how news goes viral — Facebook today announced that it has purchased CrowdTangle, a 4-year-old tool that publishers use …
More:
VatorNews, Engadget, GeekTime, Fortune, Mashable, SocialTimes, VentureBeat, Poynter and Business Insider
Tweets: @craigsilverman, @joshelman and @marshallk
See also Mediagazer| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Judge orders Amazon to reimburse parents for kids' in-app purchases, after finding Amazon liable in April following FTC complaint — A federal judge on Thursday directed Amazon.com Inc to set up a year-long process to reimburse parents whose children made in-app purchases without permission …
More:
Android Authority, CNET, BBC, Inquirer, TechRadar.com, Digital Trends and Associated Press
| Bloomberg: |
China's JD.com starts testing drone deliveries on 4 routes in rural areas on Friday, plans 100 routes by the end of 2017 — The online retailer wants drones to ply 100 routes next year — Aerial deliveries may be the solution for remote locales — From Amazon.com Inc. to Domino's Pizza …
More:
Backchannel and TechCrunch
| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Tech CEOs send company-wide memos encouraging decency and kindness after Donald Trump's win — An ‘emotionally-charged election’ — Over the past 24 hours, top executives at Apple, eBay, Box, and Microsoft have sent company-wide memos urging employees to try to move forward and expressing the belief that people are inherently good.
More:
Grubhub, Inc., SiliconBeat, The Register, Petri, Mashable, Vanity Fair, Gizmodo, Breitbart, Fortune, TechCrunch, Eater, BuzzFeed, The Daily Caller, WGN-TV, USA Today, CNNMoney, Forbes, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Fox News, Business Insider, Neowin, ZDNet, POPSUGAR, MacDailyNews, Light Reading, BuzzFeed, NBC Bay Area and New York Times
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @boxhq and @grubhub
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Prospect:
A running list of the best startups to join — We've analyzed thousands of startups using the same data VCs use and distilled our list down to the top 2%. Discover and join the next Stripe, Airbnb, or Coinbase today.
A running list of the best startups to join — We've analyzed thousands of startups using the same data VCs use and distilled our list down to the top 2%. Discover and join the next Stripe, Airbnb, or Coinbase today.
Zoho:
15 live chat best practices to improve customer support — Every interaction customers have with your business shapes their perception about you and can either make them more loyal or send them elsewhere looking for alternatives.
15 live chat best practices to improve customer support — Every interaction customers have with your business shapes their perception about you and can either make them more loyal or send them elsewhere looking for alternatives.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Carolina Reis Oliveira & Alessandra Zonari | OneSkin: Aging Myths, Senescent Cells, and How to Age Slower (#56)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 05/10 - Apple Apologizes For The "Crush" Ad
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:30 PM ET, November 11, 2016.
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
John Ourand / Puck:Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Georgetown University:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
More:
The Hacker News, Forbes, SecurityWeek, Engadget, The Register, Ars Technica UK, Network World, Office of Inadequate Security, CircleID, The Verge and Reuters
Tweets: @themichaelbusby, @jenstar and @kennwhite