|
March 2, 2020, 2:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Apple agrees to pay up to $500M to settle a US class-action lawsuit accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models …
More:
Bloomberg Law, ZDNet, Android Authority, Vox, Thurrott, iMore, Macworld, CNET, SlashGear, BGR, iPhone Hacks, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts and @obarcala
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
COVID-19's impact on tech this week: cancelled conferences, supply chain and sales disruptions, murky business outlook for online travel firms, and rise of Zoom — Companies are telling investors that sales are slumping because of the outbreak, conferences are being canceled, and workers are being instructed not to travel.
More:
Twitter, The Verge, Reuters, Axios, Bloomberg, Elad Blog, CNET, Pocket-lint, GeekWire, Nieman Lab, KXAN-TV, Washington Post, Android Headlines, Business Insider, TechRepublic, Input, PYMNTS.com, Sramana Mitra, Washington Post, SiliconANGLE, The Daily Dot, Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, Android Central, Neowin, Engadget, SlashGear, Business Insider, Engadget, MIT Technology Review, Washington Post, Digital Trends, BuzzFeed News, and CNBC
Tweets: @danprimack, @thekenyeung, @mckaycoppins, @jasonthinks, @kyweise, @ericnewcomer, @kyweise, @kantrowitz, @nmoekijat, and @balajis
| Frank McShan / MacRumors: |
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple and its suppliers are among the 83 big companies benefitting from China's abusive labor transfer programs for Uyghur Muslims and other minorities — A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute think-tank has named Apple among 83 other major companies benefiting …
More:
ASPI, VentureBeat, ABC, Sydney Morning Herald, VICE, Mashable, Patently Apple, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, BBC, and Washington Post
Tweets: @stephenmcdonell, @kenroth, @thorstenbenner, @gerryshih, @sophiemcneill, @abc7jory, @jsf, @birgittaj, @cjcmichel, @cjwerleman, @jkylebass, @viajoshhunt, and @libyaliberty
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
AT&T TV launches across the US after rolling out in over a dozen markets last year, with prices that start at $49.99/month but go up dramatically after a year — AT&T's next big TV play has a problem: pricing — AT&T TV is launching nationwide today after initially rolling out to over a dozen markets last year.
More:
AT&T, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Digital Trends, The Keyword, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Variety, Engadget, Droid Life, Fast Company, Dallas Business Journal, MSPoweruser, WRAL TechWire, Liliputing, CNBC, CNET, Gizmodo, Houston Chronicle, and Mashable
Tweets: @georgeslefo, @patiencehaggin, @wsj, and @backlon
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Verge survey of 1,123 US adults: 72% said Facebook has too much power; 51% said Google and YouTube should be split up into separate companies — Ahead of the election year, we polled Americans about which big tech companies they trust with their personal information — and which ones should be broken up
More:
Beyond Search. Tweets: @reckless, @caseynewton, @verge, @robaeprice, @verge, @verge, @waltmossberg, @verge, @mattnavarra, @emilybell, @backlon, and @andyjayhawk
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Behind Facebook's rewrite of Messenger, going live today, that has shrunk the iOS app's size from 130MB to 30MB and its codebase from 1.7M to 360K lines of code — To make its iPhone messaging app run better—especially on older phones—Facebook rewrote it from the ground up. The new version is going live now.
More:
Facebook Engineering, The Verge, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, and International Business Times. Tweets: @kantrowitz. Thanks:@technologizer
| New York Times: |
A look at China's new system using color-coded QR codes to dictate people's movements and quarantines, that may be a template for social control beyond COVID-19 — A new system uses software to dictate quarantines — and appears to send personal data to police, in a troubling precedent for automated social control.
More:
Business Insider, The Daily Dot, PYMNTS.com, Maps Mania, and Discover and Read …
Tweets: @paulmozur, @paulmozur, @kashhill, @ali, @alexsteffen, @paulmozur, @leimer, @carlzha, @nytimes, and @puiwingtam
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Pixel phones with new Motion Sense gesture controls, emoji, AR effects, car crash detection for its Personal Safety app, photo and video features — One of the benefits of owning a Pixel smartphone is that it improves over time as Pixels are first to receive updates that deliver the latest fixes and improvements.
More:
The Keyword, The Verge, Yahoo Finance, and Droid Life
| Bloomberg: |
Robinhood says it has been experiencing a “system-wide outage” today that it is affecting “all functionalities” on the platform — - Issue has been identified and fix is under way, company says — Some customers of online broker couldn't access their accounts| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Rajeev Suri to step down as Nokia CEO after over half a decade; Pekka Lundmark, outgoing President and CEO of energy firm Fortum appointed as President and CEO — Rajeev Suri, the chief executive of Nokia, is stepping down from his leadership role after overseeing the Finnish networking giant for more than 10 years.
More:
Financial Times, Financial Times, CNET, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, South China Morning Post, Silicon Republic, Neowin, Axios, Protocol, CNN, The Economic Times, Nokia Oyj, The Register, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @nokia, @arashmassoudi, and @financialtimes
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Alphabet's X unveils Tidal, a moonshot project to track thousands of fish using computer vision and AI to protect the ocean and help feed humanity sustainably — Latest Division X project aims to help fish farmers, and the planet — Today Alphabet is announcing Tidal …
More:
X, the moonshot factory, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, VentureBeat, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @cdibona, @captivate, @amcafee, @siddiquiasila, @johnpaczkowski, and @hoofnagle
| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Study: YouTube has reduced recommendations of some conspiracy theories like flat earth and QAnon but has let others flourish for topics like climate change — A new study examines YouTube's efforts to limit the spread of conspiracy theories on its site, from videos claiming the end times are near to those questioning climate change.
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @jacknicas, and @jacknicas
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: one-third of donations from employees at big tech firms went to Sens. Warren and Sanders, despite a lack of enthusiasm from tech executives — Progressive Democratic candidates receive most cash from tech workers ahead of Super Tuesday — Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders … Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
Deep dive into SalesIQ's Summer '26 release: 40+ features for the agentic era — We've already introduced you to Zoho SalesIQ's Summer '26 release, our annual release, and the one where SalesIQ enters a new territory: the era of agentic intelligence.
Deep dive into SalesIQ's Summer '26 release: 40+ features for the agentic era — We've already introduced you to Zoho SalesIQ's Summer '26 release, our annual release, and the one where SalesIQ enters a new territory: the era of agentic intelligence.
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
The Upstarts Podcast:
Blitzy's Brian Elliott: Cursor And Claude Code Are Looking At Your Enterprise Code 'Through A Straw'
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.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Re-Release: The Death of Hollywood? W/ Allan Loeb
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Great Chat:
Maybe Twitter isn't real life
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's Plan To Merge Chat And Agents — With Greg Brockman
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:
Encore: Inside Joe Weisenthal's brain
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.
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 2:25 PM ET, March 2, 2020.
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
Associated Press:Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Ben Gilbert / Business Insider: |
More:
Tom's Hardware, Gamasutra, OnMSFT.com, PC Games Insider, MSPoweruser, GamingBolt, The Overspill, Game Rant, SlashGear, Kotaku, 9to5Google, VG247, Blue's News, and Android Central
Tweets: @tha_rami, @mcclure111, @carnage4life, @jerkob, @swiftonsecurity, @vgfgamers, @bradfitz, @jeremypenter, @whatusaymark, @grummz, @paultassi, and @realbengilbert