|
July 19, 2019, 10:15 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q4 revenue of $33.7B, up 12% YoY, operating income of $12.4B, up 20% YoY, and net income of $13.2B, up 49% YoY — REDMOND, Wash. — July 18, 2019 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
More:
ZDNet, Windows Report, CNBC, Inquirer, IT PRO, Social Media Today, Softpedia News, WinBuzzer, cloudcomputing-news.net, PC Games Insider, Telegraph, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Register, Ars Technica, Thurrott, CNN, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Engadget, VentureBeat, MSPoweruser, Windows Central, and Microsoft
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Windows Central, Thurrott, Softpedia News, and GameSpot
Tweets: @tomwarren, @kylebrussell, @puertorock77_, and @domsplaying
| Wang Zichen / Xinhua News Agency: |
Huawei says its homegrown Hongmeng operating system is not for smartphones or an alternative to Android, but is for industrial use instead — Huawei board member and senior Vice President Catherine Chen said here on Thursday that the company's Hongmeng operating system is not for smartphones …
More:
The Verge, Inquirer, Android Authority, CNET, Gizchina, TechSpot, and XDA Developers. Tweets: @xhnews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has cashed out more than $700M from the company ahead of its IPO through a mix of stock sales and debt — Adam Neumann has sold some of his WeWork stake and borrowed against some of his holdings, investing the proceeds in real estate and startups
More:
Business Insider, Crunchbase News, WRAL TechWire, The Overspill, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, and New York Times
Tweets: @scottmaustin, @mims, @rcwhalen, @jason, @john_hempton, @vaactiveangels, @timoreilly, @tomgara, @saraashleyo, @moorehn, @pip_net, @caroljsroth, @keikomorris, @alexeheath, @karaswisher, @semil, @salred3, @ericnewcomer, and @alexrkonrad. Thanks:@varun_mathur
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Chrome and Firefox extensions with up to 4M installs leaked sensitive data, including names and passwords, to marketing intelligence service Nacho Analytics — As many as 4 million people have Web browser extensions that sell their every click. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
More:
Ars Technica, Ars Technica, IT PRO, gHacks Technology News, Security with Sam, KnowTechie, Boing Boing, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @zittrain, @geoffreyfowler, @timicoin, @zittrain, @zittrain, @michellegaps, @geoffreyfowler, @johnwilander, @zittrain, @zittrain, @sciguyspace, @shiraovide, and @zittrain
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Instagram strengthens moderation policies, introducing an alert to warn people when their account is close to being deleted and giving moderators more leeway — Instagram is strengthening its moderation policies today and adding a new alert that will warn people who violate rules when their account is close to being deleted.
More:
Instagram, Neowin, Social Media Today, Business Insider, Gizmodo, MSPoweruser, Search Engine Journal, Mashable, SlashGear, TechCrunch, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, and Engadget
Tweets: @instagram and @tamaleaver
| Brandon Bilinski / YouTube Blog: |
YouTube adds one click switch between audio and video for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers, has time-matched over 5M songs — Imagine listening to a new track by your favorite artist in the YouTube Music app and having the ability to seamlessly switch over to watch … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
The Kazakhstan government is making ISPs force users to install a government-issued certificate on all devices and in every browser to intercept HTTPS traffic — Kazakh government first wanted to intercept all HTTPS traffic way back in 2016, but they backed off after several lawsuits.
More:
IT PRO, The Next Web, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @tomsellers, @cooperq, @malwarejake, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Inside 18 months of turmoil at Grindr, which some former employees say began with its sale to Chinese company Kunlun Group and elevation of Scott Chen — Over the last 18 months, Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and internal turmoil.| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
In its first earnings report since its IPO, CrowdStrike beats with Q2 revenue of $96.1M, up 103% YoY, vs. $95.6M est.; stock up 15%+ — Shares in CrowdStrike, the cyber security company that uncovered Russian hackers inside the servers of the US Democratic National Committee … | Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
CB Insights: VC investment in blockchain startups is on pace to decline by ~60% YoY in 2019; as of July 1, blockchain companies have raised $784M via 227 deals — - Venture funding in blockchain startups may tumble 60% in 2019 — Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price has more than doubled this year| Wall Street Journal: |
The Google Transparency Report, a searchable database of political ads has errors, delays, and often does not record political ads bought with Google's ad tools — Mistakes have occurred in the Google Transparency Report for both Democratic and Republican presidential and congressional candidates
More:
9to5Google. Tweets: @jason_kint, @campaignlegal, @markjablonowski, @vtnews, and @opensecretsdc
| Joey Roulette / Orlando Weekly: |
Orlando cancels the second phase of its Amazon Rekognition pilot, which began in October 2018, and says it has no immediate plans for future pilots of the tech — Orlando's two-phase pilot with Amazon to try out real-time facial recognition software ended Thursday, capping 15 months of technical lags …
More:
Engadget, Business Insider, The Verge, IT PRO, City of Orlando, The Register, and CNET
Tweets: @joroulette and @matt_cagle
| Washington Post: |
The panic over FaceApp highlighted how public attitudes about the internet have changed amid a widespread reckoning over data privacy and election interference — Shortly after the playful photo-transforming FaceApp went viral Wednesday as the most downloaded smartphone app in America …
More:
CNN, Avast EN, Android Authority, Digital Trends, CNBC, The Daily Caller, The Ringer, and Business Insider
Tweets: @basche42, @drewharwell, @drewharwell, @shiraovide, and @espiers
| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
More:
Bloomberg, The Next Web, Wired, New York Times, MIT Technology Review, NPR, WeLiveSecurity, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Washington Post, CNET, Tom's Guide, Joshua Nozzi, USA Today, Fortune, TechRepublic, Android Central, Gizmodo, Vanity Fair, KnowTechie, D-ID, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @frankthorp, @chronic, @wongmjane, @nicoleperlroth, @allbrightnfl, @donie, @_inside, @chronic, and @moorehn
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Lexion, which develops AI-powered solutions for managing contracts, raises a $4.2M seed round — Contract management isn't exactly an exciting subject, but it's a real pain point for many companies. It also lends itself to automation, thanks to recent advances in machine learning and natural language processing.
More:
GeekWire and Madrona Venture Group
| Kim Zetter / VICE: |
Researchers say they were able to trick cybersecurity firm Cylance's AI-based antivirus engine into thinking programs like WannaCry and other malware are benign — By taking strings from an online gaming program and appending them to malicious files, researchers were able … | Bloomberg: |
How Amazon Go, which offers all the selection of a 7-Eleven but with more complexity and cost, became the company's most ambitious research project — Jeff Bezos and his company have spent seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars getting rid of cashiers. Will it pay off?
More:
Android Authority and Slashdot
Tweets: @hypervisible, @chafkin, @bradstone, @silviakillings, @ivan_brussels, @mattmday, @mattmday, and @shiraovide
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cape:
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Zoho:
App Spotlight: MessageWhiz SMS for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: MessageWhiz SMS for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
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
Channels with Peter Kafka:
The $12.5 Billion Lakers, the NFL's TV Fight, and Sports Media's Big Split
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More Concrete
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.
Training Data:
Rich Sutton and Khurram Javed: Why AI Models Stop Learning, and How to Start It Again
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Invest Like the Best:
Ben Thompson on Big Tech, China, and the AI Boom Running Out of Money
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Lenny's Podcast:
OpenAI's Head of Design: This is the best time in history to be a designer | Ian Silber
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:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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 10:15 AM ET, July 19, 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
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Financial Times: |
More:
MacRumors, Business Insider, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, and MediaNama. Thanks:@tim
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
More:
CNBC, The Drum, CNBC, and Android Authority
Tweets: @shiraovide, @phronk, @jason, @gerryconway, @mgsiegler, @karlbode, @edmundlee, @loudmouthjulia, and @loudmouthjulia
Earlier Picks
| Shelby Brown / CNET: |
More:
Google Online Security Blog, IT PRO, Softpedia News, BetaNews, Threatpost, Android Police, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Jennifer Miller / New York Times: |
More:
The Verge, Medium, and Michael Tsai
Tweets: @samsanders, @locatora_radio, @notbencannon, @cheriehu42, @drkiki, @isabelslone, @mytechmusings, @gdelvac, @tqbf, @wyshynski, @evandahm, @dansinker, @fionasturges, @jennakagel, @mvzelenks, @hhid_max, @jonnelledge, @kameronhurley, @penzeymoog, @ricsanchez, @maxtemkin, @erinruberry, @tobinlow, @roseveleth, @thehighsign, and @sopandeb
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
More:
Slack, Forbes, TechCrunch, Graham Cluley, ZDNet, BetaNews, The Register, Silicon Republic, Digital Trends, CNN, Threatpost, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, CNET, TechSpot, The Verge, The Hacker News, Engadget, Neowin, BleepingComputer, and SecurityWeek
| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
More:
Metro.co.uk, Vox, Business Insider, TIME, Android Central, Tubefilter, The Daily Dot, Pocket-lint, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @instagram, @instagram, @burnie, @iamsuperbianca, @example, @adrianweckler, @daveleebbc, @yasminesumman, @benphillipsuk, @pattimurin, and @keithtpowers