|
December 30, 2018, 11:25 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Los Angeles Times: |
Malware attack on Tribune Publishing's network disrupts the printing and distribution of Saturday editions of LA Times, WSJ, NYT, and other papers — A cyberattack that appears to have originated from outside the United States caused major printing and delivery disruptions at several newspapers across …
More:
sandiegouniontribune.com, ZDNet, Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, NPR, BBC, Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, Reuters, Chicago Tribune, Boing Boing, Baltimore Sun, HuffPost, NBC News, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, CNET, Business Insider, BetaNews, Deadline, Notes from Silicon Valley, and The Hill
Tweets: @mkirschenbaum, @mattdpearce, @ericgeller, @brianstelter, @raju, and @zeynep
| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg posts a year-end overview on the issues that Facebook encountered in 2018 and its efforts to deal with them — For 2018, my personal challenge has been to focus on addressing some of the most important issues facing our community — whether that's preventing election interference …
More:
Gizmodo, USA Today, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider, Firstpost, BGR, Geek News Central, Axios, TechSpot, Bloomberg, CNN, The Hill, Boing Boing, and Mashable
| Julia Reda: |
European Commission to start offering bug bounties in January on 14 Free Software projects like Notepad++ and VLC that the EU institutions rely on — It's been a while since I last wrote about the Free and Open Source Software Audit project, FOSSA, so let me start with a quick recap …
More:
Digital Trends, ZDNet, Forbes, Engadget, Slashdot, AskWoody, and BetaNews
Tweets: @senficon, @vessonsecurity, and @campuscodi
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
CenturyLink says all consumer services impacted by a ~32-hour outage that started on Thursday, including its 911 emergency services, have been restored — 911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. went down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center.
More:
downdetector.com, GeekWire, CNET, Idaho Statesman, Greeley Tribune, CNET, Idaho Press Tribune, KOMO, Newsweek, KBJR 6, KRQE-TV, ZDNet, GeekWire, WDIO-TV, Reuters, The Verge, TechSpot, Oregonian, WHDH-TV, Arizona Republic, Fortune, The Hill, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNN, and YouTube
| Peter Rubin / Wired: |
Netflix debuts its first choose-your-own-storyline movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, developed over 18 months using Twine, a game writing tool — BY NEARLY ANY measure, Netflix has had a ridiculous year. When all is said and done, the company will have spent upwards of $10 billion …
More:
euronews, CNET, Variety, WIRED UK, The Verge, New York Times, The Verge, Vulture, Engadget, Mashable, IndieWire, Tubefilter, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Gamasutra, Insanely Great Mac, Ars Technica, Polygon, and Business Insider
| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Essential says it won't restock Essential Phone anymore, will still sell accessories and provide software updates and is focusing on its “next mobile product” — It wasn't the successful, industry-changing run we had all hoped for from the startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin … | Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal: |
As Alphabet tests Wing drone deliveries in a suburb of Canberra, some enjoy the convenience of orders arriving in minutes while others complain about noise — In one of the world's most advanced drone-delivery tests, sunscreen arrives in minutes—as do complaints| Amy Nordrum / IEEE Spectrum: |
How Facebook engineers keep Messenger from crashing on New Year's Eve, when more messages are sent than on any other day, through “graceful degradation” — Messenger's 1.3 billion users send more messages on New Year's Eve than on any other day of the year
Tweets: @ieeespectrum
| Andrew Galbraith / Reuters: |
China approves the release of 80 video games, none of which are from Tencent, a week after lifting a nine-month freeze on approvals — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Saturday approved the release of 80 online video games after a freeze on such approvals for most of the year.
More:
SlashGear, Engadget, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Netflix no longer allows new or returning users to pay for subscription through in-app purchase in its iOS app, requires them to sign up and pay via its website — Netflix is further distancing itself from Apple's iTunes tax bracket. Earlier this year, the streaming giant enabled iOS users …
More:
AppleInsider, Firstpost, Geek.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, The Verge, Neowin, MSPoweruser, BGR, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @film_girl, @db, @benbajarin, @samsabri, and @devinkofsky
| Facebook: |
Facebook responds to NYT report about its content moderation practices, says its policies are public and that it has about 15,000 content reviewers globally — Yesterday, The New York Times published an article about the the way we moderate content on Facebook.| Andrew Jeong / Wall Street Journal: |
South Korea says hackers stole data, including names and addresses, of 997 North Korean defectors; cybersecurity experts say likely culprit is North Korea — A likely culprit is North Korea, which attempts an estimated 1.5 million cyberattacks daily, or 17 every second
More:
Engadget, BBC, Yonhap News Agency, CNN, Reuters, Newsweek, Telegraph, The Independent, VICE News, ABC News, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, CyberScoop, Mashable, and Associated Press
Tweets: @jchengwsj and @alastairgale
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
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. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
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 11:25 AM ET, December 30, 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
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:New York Times:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Shan Li / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
The Drum, Benzinga, MarketWatch, TechNode, and South China Morning Post
Tweets: @wsj and @chinarealtime
Earlier Picks
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
More:
Business Insider. Tweets: @1br0wn, @mattnavarra, @joshconstine, @alecurussell, @carnage4life, @jason_kint, @kerrymflynn, and @jason_kint