Techmeme
May 20, 2019, 11:20 AM

Top News

Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Sources: after Trump's ban, chipmakers including Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx, and Broadcom have told employees they will not supply Huawei until further notice  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google will end business relationships that involve the transfer of non-public hardware, software and technical services …
Angela Moon / Reuters:
Source: Google will stop collaborating and providing Huawei with technical support for Android and Google services, including Google Play  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except …
More: The Verge, Washington Post, The Verge, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, Financial Times, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, SecurityWeek, Android Authority, South China Morning Post, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, CNET, CyberScoop, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Business Insider, ZDNet, MacRumors, The Hill, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Asia Times, AppleInsider, CNET, The Next Web, Forbes, Thurrott, South China Morning Post, Forbes, 9to5Google, CNBC, Politico, Axios, Liliputing, Telecom Trends, SlashGear, Phandroid, The Guardian, OnMSFT.com, The Hacker News, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, TechSpot, MIT Technology Review, Memeburn, Fortune, Android Police, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, TalkAndroid.com, Firstpost Tech, MediaNama, PhoneDog, Silicon Republic, Coinspeaker, Android Beat, BGR India, Pandaily, Gizchina, Roughly Drafted, ZDNet, TechNode, Neowin, Softpedia News, MSPoweruser, Pocket-lint, 9to5Google, Beyond Search, Telecoms.com, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, KrASIA, AnandTech, Mashable, bit-tech.net, BGR, Bloomberg, Android Authority, Pocketnow, iAfrikan, NBC News, South China Morning Post, ZDNet, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Nokia Blog, iPhone in Canada Blog, Seeking Alpha, and Reuters
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:
Paul Tassi / Forbes:
Report details how game publishers are paying top streamers, with 15K+ concurrent viewers, $25,000-$50,000 an hour to stream a new game and build buzz  —  The past few years have been full of impressive achievements in the realm of professional gaming, whether it's enormous prize pools …
Eric Niiler / Wired:
Meteorologists say interference from 5G phones could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30%, equivalent to the quality of predictions in the 1980s  —  IF YOU HAD a choice between a better, faster cell phone signal and an accurate weather forecast, which would you pick?
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Robin Powered, a provider of cloud-based workplace scheduling and management software, raises $20M Series B led by Tola Capital  —  Robin Powered, a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of cloud-based workplace scheduling and management software, today announced that it's secured $20 million …
More: TechCrunch
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Researchers say VidMate, a popular Chinese Android app with 500M installs, secretly subscribes users to paid services and exposes their personal information  —  More than half a billion people have installed VidMate, an Android app that enables them to download videos from YouTube, WhatsApp, and other platforms.
More: TechNode

Sponsor Posts

Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro  —  Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack  —  Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Why eIDAS 2.0 might be the EU's boldest digital move yet  —  eIDAS: The first building block of digital trust More than a decade ago, the EU introduced the eIDAS regulation (Regulation [EU] No 910/2014) …
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.

Featured Podcasts

Big Technology Podcast:
Sam Altman: How OpenAI Wins, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026?
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.
Access:
Betting on reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour
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:
The new AI growth playbook for 2026: How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year | Elena Verna (Head of Growth)
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"Neither Side Is Used to Losing." Lucas Shaw on What's Next for Netflix and Paramount in the Battle for Warner Bros.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
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, May 20, 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.

More News

Mike Isaac / Brain Dump:

Earlier Picks

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
Binance:
Cal Newport / New Yorker: