|
January 1, 2019, 5:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
How deepfakes, AI-generated videos that graft a person's face onto another's body, have been weaponized to harass and humiliate their subjects, mostly women — “Deepfake” creators are making disturbingly realistic, computer-generated videos with photos taken from the Web, and ordinary women are suffering the damage.
More:
Washington Post, Engadget, The Wrap, The Verge, E! Online, The Daily Dot, Vulture, Gizmodo, and Business Insider
Tweets: @anitasarkeesian, @drewharwell, @lorenzofb, @niemanlab, @histoftech, @hshaban, @chriskrycho, @mantzarlis, @tonyromm, and @cameron_kasky
| Jennifer Ouellette / Ars Technica: |
Researchers used a series of auctions to find that, on average, it would take more than $1,000 to entice a Facebook user to deactivate their account for a year — Some users required more than $1,000 to deactivate their account for one year. … A series of auctions revealed … | Kenneth Li / Reuters: |
Source: Netflix to hire Activision Blizzard's Spencer Neumann as its new CFO starting in early 2019; Activision said it intended to fire Neumann in a filing — (Reuters) - Netflix Inc is expected to announce in the next few days that it has poached media finance veteran Spencer Neumann … | Brad Sams / Petri: |
In 2018, Microsoft said it would start giving app developers an 85%-95% cut for non-game apps, up from 70%, but the new pricing hasn't been implemented yet — Back in the spring of 2018, Microsoft published a blog post saying that the company would soon be more generous with its revenue share in the Microsoft store.| Selim Chtayti / Agence France-Presse: |
Parents are often shocked by inappropriate videos on TikTok, a major hit with teens that Sensor Tower says was the most downloaded app on iOS in H1 2018 — TikTok's video-sharing app was the most downloaded on Apple's App Store in the first half of 2018, beating out Facebook, Instgram and Snapchat| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Experts say Facebook's opaque approach toward flagging possible suicide threats to police around the world may not be accurate, effective, or safe — A police officer on the late shift in an Ohio town recently received an unusual call from Facebook. — Earlier that day …
Tweets: @jeffjarvis, @nytpolitics, @carnage4life, @jason_kint, @nytscience, @kenroth, @nytimes, @johnwilson, @natashanyt, and @nytnational
| Wall Street Journal: |
Tech trends for 2019: foldable phones, 5G, cashierless retail, privacy legislation, autonomous delivery wagons, IoT edge computing, and more — From delivery wagons and foldable phones to privacy crackdowns and corporate health tracking, the coming year will make good on some of the tech industry's biggest promises
Tweets: @msquinn, @lars_ruud, @yunheekim22, @djg_media, and @priyankamogul
| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
A look at a comprehensive Chinese e-commerce law, which was passed in August to address the sale of counterfeit and copycat merchandise, that is now in effect — - E-commerce platform operators are jointly liable with merchants for selling counterfeit and copycat merchandise on their websites| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
All photos uploaded to Twinning, Popsugar's tool to match a user's photo with a celebrity's, were accessible from a public AWS storage bucket that is now locked — I thought the worst thing about Popsugar's Twinning tool was that it matched me with James Corden.
More:
Mashable, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, and Notes from Silicon Valley. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Didi faces new challenges in 2019 as stricter regulations take effect in China that require drivers have a local residency permit and commercial car license — Over the last few years, millions of Chinese workers managed to earn extra money by being ride-hailing drivers.| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Intercontinental Exchange subsidiary Bakkt raises $182.5M to build its cryptocurrency exchange; sources: regulatory hurdles delay its plans for bitcoin futures — Bakkt, the cryptocurrency venture by Intercontinental Exchange, has scored $182.5 million to build out its platform aimed …
More:
HuffPost, Intercontinental Exchange, Bakkt Blog, CCN, Cointelegraph.com News, TechCrunch, Bitsonline, CoinDesk, SludgeFeed, Cointelegraph.com News, Cointelegraph.com News, Ethereum World News, Bitcoinist.com, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @bullyesq, @coindesk, @pierre_rochard, @mdudas, @fintechfrank, and @mdudas
| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Screenshots suggest Google is testing group calling and a low light mode in its Duo video chat app for Android — Group calling and a low light mode in Google Duo have been rumored for some time, but we now have our first glimpse of the features in action.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Engadget, BGR, Android Beat, and 9to5Google
Sponsor Posts
Airtable:
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Clay:
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Zoho:
Your next great hire is just a tap away — You're traveling for a recruitment conference and forgot your work laptop. You still have to review a C-suite candidate's salary requirements, filter the best candidates …
Your next great hire is just a tap away — You're traveling for a recruitment conference and forgot your work laptop. You still have to review a C-suite candidate's salary requirements, filter the best candidates …
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:
OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI's Productivity Question — With Aaron Levie
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 Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
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:
Loyal's Celine Halioua: From Defying Doubters To Pioneering Dog Longevity
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.
Access:
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on if AI is really killing software companies
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Lenny's Podcast:
Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak: Investing in an AI-Driven World
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 5:45 PM ET, January 1, 2019.
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:Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Matt Grobar / Deadline:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Simon Romero / New York Times: |
More:
Gizmodo, Boing Boing, 9to5Google, The Hill, and Quartz
Tweets: @nytnational, @aelkus, @pakman, @margotkaminski, @ivanski, @tjmisa8, @alexstamos, @kimmurphy, @kressaty, @changeist, and @brooklynspoke
Earlier Picks
| Katie Hafner / New York Times: |
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
More:
Privacy International, SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, Android Police, 9to5Google, TechSpot, Lifehacker, BGR, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, and TechLifeWeb
Tweets: @dgwbirch, @vishnurajeevan, @antoniocasilli, @went1955, @johnwilander, and @carnage4life. Thanks:@cremnob