|
August 16, 2019, 7:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Charlie Warzel / New York Times: |
Five years later, a deep dive into Gamergate's origins and how conspiracy-fed trolling tactics it took mainstream are now central to post-truth information wars — On August 15, 2014, an angry 20-something ex-boyfriend published a 9,425-word screed and set in motion a series of vile events that changed the way we fight online.
More:
New York Times, New York Times, and OneZero
Tweets: @sarahjeong, @hshaban, @karnythia, @nytopinion, @rue_walker, @jayrosen_nyu, @poniewozik, @cwarzel, @unburntwitch, @roseveleth, @jaredlholt, @a_h_reaume, @eveewing, and @adrjeffries
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube changes policy: copyright owners will no longer be able to monetize creator videos with very short or unintentional uses of music via its manual tool — YouTube is making a change to its copyright enforcement policies around music used in videos, which may result in an increased number …
More:
YouTube Creator Blog, The Verge, Gizmodo, RAIN News, 9to5Google, The Mac Observer, Variety, TorrentFreak, Engadget, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @radicalbytes and @mikerugnetta
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Bakkt says it plans to launch its physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts on Sept. 23, after getting approval from NY state's financial regulator — Bakkt has been cleared to launch. — The Intercontinental Exchange's young subsidiary announced Friday that it had acquired …
More:
Medium, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Department of Financial …, NewsBTC, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Bitcoinist.com, Hacked, Coinspeaker, CryptoSlate, The Block, and CCN Markets
Tweets: @jchervinsky, @coindesk, @reformedbroker, and @xrpcryptowolf
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
SmileDirectClub, which ships teeth-aligners directly to users, with dental professionals monitoring patient progress remotely, files for an IPO — SmileDirectClub, the at-home teeth-straightening service, is on its way to becoming a public company. SmileDirectClub is seeking to raise …
More:
PR Newswire, Nashville Post, TheStreet, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider, CNBC, Business Insider, and SEC.report
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
In internal letter, Facebook moderators in Austin claim Accenture managers pressured on-site counselors to divulge info on trauma sessions; one counselor quit — Nearly 1,500 miles from the Menlo Park headquarters of Facebook, at a company outpost in Austin, Texas, moderators toil around …
Tweets: @samfbiddle and @mikeisaac
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Google's Area 120 incubator is testing Fundo, a service for YouTube creators to sell invites to online events, personalized shoutouts to fans, and more — Google's skunkworks lab Area 120 has been quietly testing an events-centric crowdfunding service for YouTubers, Variety has learned.| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Bluetooth SIG issues a security notice for the “KNOB” flaw, which allows hackers to steal data by brute forcing the encryption key used during bluetooth pairing — A new Bluetooth vulnerability named “KNOB” has been disclosed that allow attackers to more easily brute force …
More:
Engadget, Tom's Hardware, Forbes, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, Fast Company, and bit-tech.net
Tweets: @seldo, @gatsbysghost, @pry0cc, @dcuthbert, @gcluley, @iwillleavenow, and @edzitron
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it bought homework helper app Socratic in 2018, launches an AI-powered version on iOS, adds subject guides, and promises Android launch this fall — Google publicly disclosed its acquisition of homework helper app Socratic in an announcement this week, detailing the added support …
More:
The Keyword, blog.socratic.org, and 9to5Google
| Karen Yue / Amazon Developer Services: |
Amazon launches “Custom Interfaces”, a new API that allows developers to connect gadgets and smart toys with Alexa-enabled devices to create new interactions — Since launching Alexa more than four years ago, customers have purchased more than 100 million Alexa-enabled devices … | Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Federal judge rules Georgia will have to fall back to paper ballots if it doesn't replace its electronic voting machines with a secure system for 2020 election — Judge finds several serious flaws with Georgia's current election technology. — Election security advocates scored a major victory …
More:
Engadget, Associated Press, WSB-TV, ThinkProgress, Governing, CBS News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NPR, Reuters, CNET, and Boing Boing. Tweets: @atheist_in_nc
| Paul Roberts / The Security Ledger: |
Huge survey of 6K+ firmware images of devices by 18 vendors including Linksys and Netgear finds no improvement in software security and lax security standards — A survey of more than 6,000 firmware images spanning more than a decade finds no improvement in firmware security and lax security standards …
More:
Tom's Hardware and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Victoria Petrock / eMarketer: |
eMarketer estimates that 39.4% of US internet users, or about 112M people, will use a voice assistant at least monthly this year, up 9.5% from 2018 — In just a few short years, Apple's Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant have gone from being virtual unknowns to familiar household names.
Tweets: @yoda
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
In a letter to Congress, the Trump administration asks lawmakers to reauthorize a law that lets the NSA gain access to logs of phone and text records — The White House is seeking reauthorization of a law that lets the N.S.A. gain access to logs of Americans' phone and text records …
Tweets: @nytimes, @charlie_savage, @justinamash, @trevortimm, @vincewarren, @phil_mattingly, @jameeljaffer, and @bradmossesq
| GameSpot: |
Interview with Microsoft's Executive VP of Gaming Phil Spencer on how xCloud is years away from becoming mainstream, how it fits into Xbox's repertoire, more — Cloudy skies. — Xbox head Phil Spencer is a busy man, his mind occupied by the next generation of Xbox consoles and helping to build new development teams.
More:
The Verge, The Next Web, KnowTechie, Thurrott, Petri, Business Insider, MSPoweruser, WinBuzzer, Inquirer, and Engadget
| FinSMEs: |
Commsignia, which develops software for automotive OEMs that connects vehicles with each other and smart city infrastructure, raises $11M Series A — Commsignia, Inc., a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) solutions, closed an $11m funding round.
More:
BBJ on the web and EU-Startups
| Biswarup Gooptu / The Economic Times: |
India-based Twitter-like platform ShareChat, which supports multiple regional languages, raises $100M round led by Twitter, sources say at $600M-$650M valuation — Regional language social networking platform ShareChat has completed a $100 million (about Rs 718 crore) equity financing round led …
More:
TechCrunch, BuzzFeed News, Crunchbase News, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, MIT Technology Review, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @pranavdixit, @milindkhandekar, and @nixxin
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Brazil-based RD Station, a marketing automation platform aimed at SMBs in emerging markets, raises $50M Series D, bringing its total raised to about $90M — Brazilian digital marketing startup RD Station has raised a $50 million Series D led by Silicon Valley-based Riverwood Capital.| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Coinbase has acquired the custody business of Xapo, a service best known for storing bitcoins in a vault under a Swiss mountain; source says for $55M — Cryptocurrency firm Coinbase has acquired the custody business of Xapo, a service best known for storing Bitcoins in a vault under a Swiss mountain.
More:
The Coinbase Blog, The Block, InsideBitcoins.com, Blockonomi, Decrypt, Coinspeaker, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Crunchbase News, CryptoSlate, Bitcoinist.com, ALTCOIN MAGAZINE, CryptoGlobe, Finextra Research Headlines, CoinDesk, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @coinbasecustody, @annelisebitaml, @alex, and @jeffjohnroberts
| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
EU's General Court says it will hear arguments in Apple's and Ireland's challenges to EU's €13B bill over the company's back-taxes on September 17-18 — - EU court sets date for Apple, Ireland appeals of payback order — Apple got record tax bill in 2016 EU order over fiscal deal
More:
iMore, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, CNET, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, and Seeking Alpha
| Hilary Milnes / Digiday: |
Sources and a leaked pitch deck indicate that Amazon may have offered vendors the ability to bid for an Amazon's Choice badge in 2017 — Amazon has previously offered vendors the ability to “bid” for an Amazon's Choice badge by lowering prices and spending more money on advertising …
More:
Wired, ExtremeTech, and TechSpot
Tweets: @petersontee, @benedictevans, @dtunkelang, @digiday, and @hilarymilnes
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
Labels that build themselves: Simplified Label Automation in Zoho Writer — Anyone who ships every day knows this feeling. Forty orders, each with a different number of items, and every item needs its own label.
Labels that build themselves: Simplified Label Automation in Zoho Writer — Anyone who ships every day knows this feeling. Forty orders, each with a different number of items, and every item needs its own label.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
The Upstarts Podcast:
How Ramp Built A $60B AI Product Factory Off A Corporate Card | Co-CEO Eric Glyman
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.
Great Chat:
Would you let a robot do it?
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.
Training Data:
A Model For Everyone: How Ronak From Trajectory Is Building Products For Continual Learning
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Can AI Keep Going After The Democrats' Big Win? — With Teddy Schleifer
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.
Machine Gods:
Crypto's Biggest Heist Ever + The Spy Who Loved Nvidia + Hacktober's Unsolved Mysteries
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Barry Diller on Big Bets, AI, and Knowing When to Walk Away
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:10 PM ET, August 16, 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
Salon:Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More:
United States District …, Bloomberg, The Verge, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, VICE, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, Forbes, TechSpot, SecurityWeek, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Inquirer, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Michael Tsai, Cult of Mac, The Mac Observer, Firstpost Tech, MacDailyNews, MACお宝 …, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, Slashdot, The Loop, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @dcuthbert, @nepetadev, @reneritchie, @macrumors, @juanandres_gs, @msuiche, @ryanaraine, @kifleswing, @i0n1c, @ibsparkes, @josephfcox, and @stroughtonsmith
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
More:
Apple, CNET, The Mac Observer, Apple Must, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Appleosophy, and iMore
Tweets: @jowens510 and @stevekovach
| Karl Bode / VICE: |
Earlier Picks
| Aric Toler / bellingcat: |
More:
New York Times, GeekWire, The Daily Dot, VICE, Business Insider, BBC, Tech.co, The Verge, Adweek, Engadget, and BuzzFeed News
Tweets: @bellingcat, @bellingcat, @went1955, @rasmus_kleis, @lostfutures, @zackwhittaker, and @bellingcat
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
More:
Canalys, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, TechSpot, Firstpost Tech, Wareable, IGN, Neowin, iMore, TechCrunch, and Android Police
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
More:
New York Post. Tweets: @walldo, @skepticalsports, @moneymadu, @rusulalrubail, @angebassa, @shiringhaffary, @wideasleepnima, and @fakerapper
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
More:
Vox, Medium, MarketWatch, Search Engine Land, Wired, Observer, Fortune, Bloomberg, and Crunchbase News
Tweets: @seldo, @seldo, @americanwombat, @jsmauro13, @carnage4life, @davidgerard, @rsms, @tomfgoodwin, @karnythia, @jcoviedo6, @nxthompson, @kameronhurley, @betterthemask, @carnage4life, @aarrogan, @eugenewei, @bogdana, @charlesarthur, @dhh, @tariqkrim, @adamsinger, @eveb, @alex, @backlon, and @mathewi
| The Information: |
Tweets: @bryce, @amir, @bryce, @amir, @lpolovets, @bizcarson, @jessicalessin, @cityofthetown, @alexrkonrad, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, @amir, and @amir
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
More:
UPS Pressroom, Gizmodo, South China Morning Post, Green Car Congress, TechNode, KrASIA, Xconomy, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, Neowin, and Engadget
Tweets: @mckelvie and @tesla_truth
| April Glaser / Slate: |
More:
Bloomberg, Gizmodo, WinBuzzer, Dice Insights, Android Police, The Daily Dot, Rude Baguette, Forbes, Observer, Michael Tsai, CNBC, Boing Boing, TechCrunch, KnowTechie, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @neil_chilson, @aprilaser, @aprilaser, @slate, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @j2sheck