|
June 29, 2019, 8:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Trump says he will allow sales of US equipment to Huawei, where there are no national security issues, for now; US will not impose new tariffs on China — U.S. agrees to halt additional tariffs on Chinese goods for now — OSAKA, Japan—President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed …
More:
Bloomberg, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Forbes, South China Morning Post, Business Insider, Thurrott, Wall Street Journal, Android Central, Tom's Hardware, CNBC, Axios, ZDNet, BBC, Android Authority, Gizmodo, BBC, Gizchina, The Verge, Techweez, Pocketnow, Associated Press, Android Headlines, Android Police, The National Interest, Forbes, Mashable, PCWorld, iPhone Hacks, PhoneArena, Softpedia News, Fox Business, Telegraph, Engadget, CNET, Android Beat, AppleInsider, International Business Times, SlashGear, Light Reading, Pocket-lint, Firstpost Tech, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, The Next Web, Windows Central, Phandroid, MSPoweruser, MyBroadband, FutureSin, Slashdot, and Politico
| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Bytedance spent ~$1B advertising TikTok in 2018, heavily promoting its short video app on Facebook and Instagram, and becoming Snap's biggest advertiser — China's first big hit in the U.S. uses an advanced algorithm to personalize its video-sharing app, and parent Bytedance's enormous ad spending … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Report: multiple publishers have been unimpressed with revenue from Apple News+; one said revenue has been one twentieth of what Apple said it would be — Apple News+ seems to be floundering just months after its launch, according to new details from participating magazine publishers shared by Business Insider.
Source:
Business Insider. More:
Engadget, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, Appleosophy, AppleInsider, iMore, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @emily_cohn, @moorehn, @baekdal, @mdudas, @reckless, @caseynewton, @arctictony, @seldo, @whatthebit, @andrewmartonik, @andrewmartonik, @bryanmwolfe, and @lmoses
| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News: |
A look at a dispute among Wikipedia administrators and some on the Wikimedia Foundation board after a prolific, long-serving administrator was banned for a year — The once-derided open-source encyclopedia is the closest thing the internet has to an oasis of truth.| Susan Adams / Forbes: |
Cloud computing, AI, and low-cost sensors have given rise to a slew of weather forecasting startups that think incumbents are vulnerable to new business models — “Nasty.” That is the professional opinion of Joel Myers, the CEO of AccuWeather, about the weather on Mother's Day in New York City …
Tweets: @accuweather, @forbes, @energizevc, @forbes, and @ajblum
| Reuters: |
Chinese Netflix equivalent iQiyi announces it has reached 100M subscribers; senior exec says it intends to expand into other Asian countries and North America — BEIJING (Reuters) - iQiyi, China's answer to Netflix, intends to push harder into overseas markets such as North America and Japan … | Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Profile of Beijing-based PingCAP which is replacing IBM and Oracle as the enterprise software provider of choice for Chinese startups, amid US trade tensions — - PingCAP's open-source database lures tech giants like Meituan — Big Chinese finance firms mull shift to PingCAP amid trade war
Tweets: @redgenkosi, @luluyilun, and @econgeopoltech
| The Verge: |
Ted Cruz touting a recent undercover Project Veritas YouTube sting, supposedly proving censorship and bias, shows how these misleading attacks can be successful — James O'Keefe's stunt playbook keeps giving conservative lawmakers ammunition, even if the evidence is all phony| Cory Doctorow / New York Times: |
Imagining the future where regulations of social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism, or disinformation, and only made the platforms stronger — The way we regulated social media platforms didn't end harassment, extremism or disinformation. It only gave them more power and made the problem worse.| Stephanie Clifford / Wired: |
A behind-the-scenes account of how police and federal authorities helped teen girls in Belmont, NH bring down a cyberstalker who had harassed them for years — FOR YEARS, BELMONT, New Hampshire, had only one detective: Raechel Moulton. An old mill town of 7,200 people …
More:
Longreads. Tweets: @nxthompson, @freeblackgirl, @judgethree, @goldbe, @ralianceorg, and @hichrisfabian
| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Ex-Equifax CIO Jun Ying sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading; he pleaded guilty to selling Equifax shares prior to 2017's breach announcement — Four months of jail time — The Justice Department announced this week that former Equifax CIO Jun Ying has been sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading.
More:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Associated Press, NEWS 1130, HousingWire, Dark Reading, and BankInfoSecurity. Tweets: @mattaparker
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Splyt, which wants to bring international roaming to ride-hailing apps and already allows Alipay users to book Grab rides, raises $8M Series A from Grab, others — The vision of a universal global ride-hailing service is over. Uber's decision to exit markets like China …
More:
Splyt, Bloomberg, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
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'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.
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:
Zoho Webinar: A look back at 2025 — As 2025 comes to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at how Zoho Webinar has transformed the way businesses connect, engage, and grow.
Zoho Webinar: A look back at 2025 — As 2025 comes to a close, it's the perfect time to look back at how Zoho Webinar has transformed the way businesses connect, engage, and grow.
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
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'A Naughty Citizen', With Quinn Nelson
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Big Technology Podcast:
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
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.
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
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:
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 8:25 PM ET, June 29, 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
Henry Blodget / Regenerator:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Nathan Heller / New Yorker: |
Tweets: @nathanheller, @newyorker, @newyorker, @jessicagolds, @lizszabo, @devonrgoss, @newyorker, @jeremycsnyder, @repdebdingell, @kenvogel, and @silviakillings
| Satoshi Sugiyama / Japan Times: |
More:
The Indian Express, Inc42 Media, Scroll.in, The Straits Times, and The Atlantic. Tweets: @satoshijournal
Earlier Picks
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
More:
Roughly Drafted, Fortune, Business Insider, Forbes, Fast Company, Digital Trends, Financial Times, MacRumors, MacStories, and Stratechery
Tweets: @neilcybart, @ntaylor963, @frwrdnet, @backlon, @eli_schiff, @eli_schiff, @technology, @markgurman, @sdw, and @markgurman
| H. Claire Brown / The New Food Economy: |
More:
The Verge, Windows Central, Ars Technica, Boing Boing, Engadget, Business Insider, Eater, GeekWire, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, PCWorld, VentureBeat, CNET, CircleID, and Slashdot
Tweets: @hclaire_brown, @nattgarun, @a_w_gordon, @0x2ae, @backlon, @beirutspring, @stacyfmitchell, @louise_seamster, @mattzollerseitz, @jhweissmann, @econ_marshall, @snazzyq, @chronotope, @backlon, @mmasnick, @samharrelson, @yoda, @thestalwart, @adamconner, @ritholtz, @gizmodo, @alyssabereznak, @pang, and @galinash
| Kate Fazzini / CNBC: |
More:
US Food and Drug …, The Register, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Nextgov, CNN, and Threatpost
Tweets: @yagurl_hannhast, @cnn, @shanselman, @sdt1d, @leeratliff, @dukla_de, @marynmck, @fdacommissioner, @beauwoods, and @xssniper