|
September 5, 2017, 11:20 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
China bans companies from raising money through ICOs, asks local regulators to inspect 60 major ICO platforms — - Chinese regulators are about to start a campaign related to the country's initial coin offerings (ICO), according to a Caixin report — In a document, authorities …
More:
Bloomberg, CNBC, Bank Innovation, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, Hacker Noon, Financial Times, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, CNBC, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, International Investment, AVC, PYMNTS.com, CNET, The Register, Cointelegraph.com News, Crowdfund Insider, Reuters, TechNode, The Verge, Axios, International Business Times, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, ShanghaiDaily.com, Tech in Asia, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @chrismessina, @pt, @eiaine, @timdraper, @chamath, @chrismaddern, and @cryptosqueeze
| Manish Singh / NDTV Gadgets 360: |
Facebook bid $600M for online streaming rights of a popular cricket tournament in India for 5 years but was outbid by Star India — As Facebook gets serious about video, the social giant's ambitions for live streaming were on display on Monday in India where it put a bid north of $600 million …
More:
Recode, CNET, The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, Trak.in, The Register, and Reuters
| John Lanchester / London Review of Books: |
An in-depth critique of Facebook and how its quest for growth and monetization shapes and distorts company's stated mission of simply connecting people — At the end of June, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook had hit a new level: two billion monthly active users.
More:
dylan tweney. Tweets: @nxthompson, @michaelbatnick, @alexismadrigal, @bruce_arthur, @justinmclachlan, @snolen, @davidbrin, @profgalloway, @ia, and @ia
| Ben Court / Men's Health: |
Inside Apple's exercise lab, where the company says it has collected fitness data from over 10,000 participants to optimize Watch's fitness-focused algorithms — he Tesla jam out front, the bike commuters riding one-handed while clutching MacBooks, the Apple Watches on everyone's wrists …
More:
AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacStories, Engadget, Mashable, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @jselanikio
| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Popular YouTube ripping site, YouTube-MP3, settles with RIAA and will shut down indefinitely — YouTube-MP3, the world's leading YouTube ripping site, has agreed to shut down indefinitely and hand over its domain to the RIAA. A private settlement agreement, including an undisclosed payment …
More:
Gizmodo, The Verge, HackRead, Consumerist, Neowin, Tech Times, Financial Times, TechSpot, MacRumors, BetaNews, The Next Web, Inquirer, The Independent, and Engadget. Tweets: @tymoss
| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Apple says it is ending its ten-year-old annual Apple Music Festival in the UK and will likely concentrate on one-off events and original content efforts — Apple has confirmed to MBW that it will no longer be hosting the annual Apple Music Festival at London's Roundhouse.
More:
Ars Technica, Engadget, International Business Times, The Mac Observer, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Mashable, MacRumors, The Verge, AppAdvice.com, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, Business Insider, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, BetaNews, iPhone Hacks, MacStories, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, NME, MacDailyNews, The FADER, Music Ally, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @mrnicklevine
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android 8.0 Oreo review: fundamentals improve with reined in background processes, a new notifications layout, and better vendor support via Project Treble — We take a 20,000 word deep-dive on Android's “foundational” upgrades. — Android 8.0 Oreo is the 26th version of the world's most popular operating system.
More:
9to5Google, Android Central, BetaNews, BGR, Tech Advisor, Nokiapoweruser, and xda-developers
| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Security firm finds some Arris modems, distributed via AT&T U-verse, have firmware vulnerabilities — Trivially exploitable vulnerabilities have been discovered in several Arris home modems, routers and gateways distributed to consumers and small businesses through AT&T's U-verse service.| Rob Price / Business Insider: |
Paris Hilton backs ICO of Lydian, an AI marketing service run by Gravity4, joining other celebrities getting in on the cryptocurrency hype — Paris Hilton is getting in on the ICO hype. — Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, are the hottest new fundraising tool in tech right now.
More:
Quartz, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph.com News, HuffPost, The Register, CoinDesk, The Stack, MarTech Advisor, Opalesque, and The Memo
Tweets: @parishilton, @ericnakagawa, @nbougalis, @thestalwart, @adamdraper, @jstrauss, @mattocko, @mdudas, @robaeprice, and @tonyromm
| Jonathan Keane / Tech.eu: |
Digital identity management firm ForgeRock raises $88M Series D led by Accel — Digital identity management firm ForgeRock has raised $88 million in a Series D round led by Accel with participation from KKR. — First founded in Norway and now based in San Francisco …
More:
Axios, ForgeRock.com, TechCrunch, Financial Times, PE Hub Blog, and Fortune
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Tech companies are courting influential teachers with various incentives to promote their products, raising ethical concerns — MAPLETON, N.D. — One of the tech-savviest teachers in the United States teaches third grade here at Mapleton Elementary, a public school with about 100 students …
Tweets: @kevinroose, @nytimestech, and @mattk
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Pixelmator unveils Pro version to go on sale later this year, with a redesigned UI and new machine learning-enhanced photo-editing tools — Pixelmator Pro will go on sale later this year, but the new set of features looks promising — Pixelmator is best known as the image editor for Mac …
More:
Engadget, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors, iMore, MacDailyNews, and MacStories
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Grit:
How Evan Spiegel Is Building the Future of Computing
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Acquired:
10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why humans are AI's biggest bottleneck (and what's coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead)
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:
OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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.
Hard Fork:
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:20 AM ET, September 5, 2017.
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
Brian Steinberg / Variety:Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Chris Morris / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More:
Tnooz, NoCamels, marsMediaSite, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, The Verge, Globes Online, Financial Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Thanks:@ingridlunden