|
October 1, 2018, 2:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Washington Post: |
US Justice Department moves to sue California in order to quash its new net neutrality law — The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States …
More:
U.S. Department of Justice, Motherboard, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Digital Trends, USA Today, StateScoop, Politico, PC Gamer, Threatpost, TechSpot, Fight for the Future, The Verge, Light Reading, MacRumors, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, Gizmodo, Mashable, Bloomberg, The Hill, and Fast Company
Tweets: @ap, @karlbode, @alexisohanian, @ceciliakang, @mignonclyburn, @mattocko, @benchten, @la__cuen, and @reckless. Thanks:@tonyromm
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
California governor signs net neutrality bill, which FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “illegal”, into law, setting up a showdown with the FCC and ISPs — California Governor Jerry Brown today signed net neutrality legislation into law, setting up a legal showdown pitting his state …
More:
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Techdirt, Washington Post, Wired, Recode, diginomica, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, AndroidHeadlines.com, Neowin, Silicon Republic, Engadget, Engadget, The Verge, CNET, Axios, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @scott_wiener, @eff, @jrosenworcel, @govpressoffice, @jbrodkin, @govpressoffice, @eff, and @wired
| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Google Maps adds a dedicated “commute” tab, with live traffic updates and transit information tailored to your commute and Android notifications about delays — When it's not debunking flat-earthers, Google Maps is busy pushing out updates. In the past few months alone …
More:
The Keyword, The Verge, Digital Trends, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Android Police, Gizmodo, Fortune, MacRumors, Mashable, and ZDNet
| Instagram: |
Co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announce VP of Product Adam Mosseri as new Head of Instagram — We are pleased to announce that Adam Mosseri, our current Vice President of Product, will become the Head of Instagram starting today. We are thrilled to hand over the reins …
More:
Engadget, TechCrunch, CNET, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @mosseri, @dseetharaman, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @aahaworth, @sarahfrier, @instagram, and @caseynewton
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches “Everyone Can Create” curriculum, announced at its education event last March in Chicago, on Apple Books — Fist announced at Apple's education event in Chicago, the company today launched its new “Everyone Can Create” curriculum on Apple Books.
More:
BitMEX Blog, Apple, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, CNET, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @tim_cook
| Morgan Little / CNET: |
Google announces Project Stream, a partnership with Ubisoft to stream the publisher's upcoming game Assassin's Creed Odyssey to the Chrome browser on PCs — In a surprise announcement Monday, Google revealed a partnership with Ubisoft to bring the upcoming Assassin's Creed Odyssey to your Chrome Browser.
More:
The Keyword, Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Authority, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Verizon says it's started rolling out its Verizon 5G Home broadband service in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, for typical speeds of 300Mbps — Less than a year after announcing that it would launch the first commercial 5G network in the United States … | Nielsen: |
Nielsen: in Q2 2018, 24% of US homes owned a smart speaker, and the most common use, by nearly 90% of users, is to listen to music, while 68% listen to news — Over the last couple of decades, technology has not only evolved at a rapid pace, but has been adopted by swaths of consumers across … | James Wagner / Chromium Blog: |
Starting in Chrome 70, users will be able to restrict extensions' access to a custom list of sites or require a click to grant access on a page-by-page basis — Incredibly, it's been nearly a decade since we launched the Chrome extensions system. Thanks to the hard work and innovation …
More:
TechCrunch and VentureBeat
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube expands its TrueView in-stream ad format to add more extensions that let advertisers push actions like app downloads or buying movie tickets — YouTube is expanding the ways advertisers can connect with their audience, thanks to an expansion to its TrueView in-stream ad format … | Ernie Smith / Motherboard: |
A look at the community of hobbyists of the Silicon Graphics Inc supercomputers like the Onyx, which cost up to $250K on release and weighed 250 pounds — Nearly 30 years after Silicon Graphics ruled the high-performance computing roost, its supercomputers have found themselves a new home … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Aeva unveils a lightweight, low-power box with LIDAR, motion sensors and cameras that can be mounted on autonomous cars, and raises $45M in Series A — The startup Aeva claims its technology is a game-changing advancement for autonomous vehicles — Aeva, a Mountain View …
More:
IT Management, VentureBeat, Axios, Reuters, CNBC, and Forbes
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
Zoho Mail MCP: Make your inbox work for you — Maya is the head of operations at a 500-person B2B software company. She's sharp, she's busy, and she starts every morning the same way-with her coffee, laptop, inbox.Not to work.
Zoho Mail MCP: Make your inbox work for you — Maya is the head of operations at a 500-person B2B software company. She's sharp, she's busy, and she starts every morning the same way-with her coffee, laptop, inbox.Not to work.
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.
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.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
Anthropic's Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple's Price Increases
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:
'The Daily' and 'The Opinions': How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste
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.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Writer's May Habib: Building AI Tools For Corporate 'Normal People' The Labs Leave Behind
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
A Nick, Dick, and Paul Buffet!
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Great Chat:
How much data do we actually want about our bodies?
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
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 2:25 PM ET, October 1, 2018.
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
New York Times:Washington Post:
Ryan McGrady / The Conversation:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Digital Trends, Windows Central, PCWorld, Laptop Mag, TechCrunch, CNET, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Engadget, Mashable, KnowTechie, Wired, and Forbes. Tweets: @tomwarren
Earlier Picks
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
More:
The Verge, ZDNet, Engadget, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Inquirer, InvestorPlace, The Next Web, AppleInsider, KnowTechie, Neowin, Ars Technica, iLounge, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, and reddit
Tweets: @amatwyshyn, @thegrugq, @kennwhite, @forbes, @iblametom, @erratarob, @ussjoin, @iblametom, and @bendreyfuss
| Eric Nuzum / Audio Insurgent: |
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Quartz, The Hill, Politico, cs.uic.edu, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Forbes, SecurityWeek, TechSpot, Firstpost, Neowin, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, and Slate
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @mmasnick, @lukolejnik, @dseetharaman, @marklittlenews, @lukolejnik, @joshconstine, @zeynep, @stevesi, @daveleebbc, and @chetfaliszek