|
July 7, 2020, 12:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
TikTok will pull its app from Google Play and App Store in Hong Kong following a new security law, saying it doesn't and wouldn't share data with China — TikTok said Monday night that it would pull its social video platform out of the Google and Apple app stores in Hong Kong amid a restrictive new law that went into effect last week.
More:
Reuters, TechCrunch, New York Times, The Verge, Telegraph, South China Morning Post, CNBC, Bloomberg, The Hill, Financial Times, Adweek, Associated Press, Gizmodo, International Business Times, Engadget, The Next Web, The Irish Times, TheStreet, Financial Times, Nikkei Asian Review, Gizchina, Android Authority, Digital Trends, MediaNama, South China Morning Post, Decrypt, TechNode, Mashable, Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, news.com.au, SiliconANGLE, and IT Management
Tweets: @reprickcrawford, @senrickscott, @marietjeschaake, @karsonwhy, @dude_br0, @sumilvs, @jamesallworth, @tinssoldier, @tmclaughlin3, @wongmjane, and @rhaccart. Thanks:@inafried
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
More:
Bloomberg, Apple, The Verge, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Financial Times, MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Independent, BBC, Vox, South China Morning Post, Silicon Republic, CNET, Tehrani.com, Protocol, Android Central, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Fortune, Android Headlines, Fortune, The Hill, infosecurity-magazine.com, iMore, MacDailyNews, Hollywood Reporter, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, The Mac Observer, and CNN
Tweets: @hongkongfp, @maryhui, @paulmozur, @paulmozur, @qrs, @rosalindzadams, @jasoncrawford, @sariarhohavren, @ianbremmer, @jotted, @paulmozur, @kenroth, @kongtsunggan, @paulmozur, @brooklynmarie, @hubei_peasant, @nixxin, @paulmozur, @factal, @charlesmok, @pinboard, @paulmozur, @pinboard, @natashakhanhk, @paulmozur, @sohamsankaran, @wongmjane, @wongmjane, @paulmozur, and @paulmozur
| New York Times: |
Magic Leap hires Peggy Johnson, who led Microsoft's business development, as CEO, starting in August — Peggy Johnson, who led Microsoft's business development, will take over the struggling virtual reality start-up in August. — SAN FRANCISCO — Magic Leap said on Tuesday …
More:
Magic Leap, The Verge, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Thurrott, VentureBeat, ZDNet, CNET, VRFocus, SlashGear, OnMSFT.com, Engadget, WinBuzzer, CNBC, UploadVR, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @danielnewmanuv, @kyweise, @alex, @mattrosoff, @nytimes, and @luvina_things
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US is “looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps amid rising tensions between US and China — - The U.S. is “looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.
More:
Fox News, Axios, The Verge, International Business Times, Reuters, Android Authority, BBC, The Hill, 9to5Mac, KnowTechie, iPhone Hacks, Newser, iMore, Fortune, Gizchina, Digital Trends, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @justjake, @williamlegate, @mikebutcher, @jason, @beirutspring, @jason_kint, @jchengwsj, @abdulelsayed, and @armchairdude
| Andrew Anthony / The Guardian: |
Profile of Stanford law professor Jim Steyer, who set up the Stop Hate for Profit campaign that has led to about 800 companies joining an ad boycott of Facebook — With 800 firms now joining the Facebook advertising boycott, the man whose idea it was explains how the company could easily clean up its act| TechCrunch: |
Palantir says it has confidentially filed an S-1 draft registration with the SEC for an IPO — Secretive surveillance startup Palantir said late Monday it has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. — Its statement for the secretive …
More:
Business Wire, New York Times, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Crunchbase News, Silicon Valley Business …, coinspeaker.com, CNBC, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, and Business Insider
Tweets: @eliotwb, @7innovator, @minal_hasan, @jasoncrawford, @ericnewcomer, @kfury, @eringriffith, and @danprimack
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Fraunhofer announces H.266/VVC, a new video compression standard that it says cuts file sizes by ~50% compared to its predecessor without compromising quality — Having engineered the popular music encoding format MPEG-3 before developing the widely-used video formats H.264 (AVC) and H.265 …
More:
newsletter.fraunhofer.de, Android Police, Redmond Pie, Engadget, MSPoweruser, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, TechSpot, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @chrismessina, @helgeklein, @whatthebit, @kawaljit, @kdcloudy, @koroushghazi, @rowantrollope, and @kakurady
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Kuo: “AirPods 3” will adopt a more complex system-in-package chip solution, similar to AirPods Pro, replacing the surface mount tech used in current versions — Apple's next-generation in-ear AirPods product will move to a more complex system-in-package chip solution …
More:
MacRumors, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, iMore, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Prime Video launches user profiles globally, allowing six per account, giving access to a Watchlist, personalized recommendations, and viewing progress — Amazon's Prime Video is finally adding a feature that's long since become a standard for streaming video services: user profiles.| Abdi Latif Dahir / New York Times: |
Alphabet's Loon starts providing internet service to Kenya in the first-ever commercial deployment of the tech, extending 4G LTE to a ~31K square-mile area — A commercial deal in Kenya marks the first application of balloon-powered internet in Africa, the region with the lowest percentage of internet users globally.| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Reframing “tech vs. journalism” discussion as “managers vs. employees” shows why journalists who have called attention to workplace activism have become targets — Last week, the worlds of technology and journalism were transfixed by a conflict that played …
More:
Beyond Search. Tweets: @caseynewton, @anthonyha, @taylorlorenz, @loganlahive, @danprimack, @joshconstine, @kantrowitz, @htsuka, and @cwarzel
| Tara Seals / Threatpost: |
Researchers say that 14.8% of Android users targeted with malware or adware last year were left with an infected system partition, making removal difficult — A healthy percentage of Android users targeted by mobile malware or mobile adware last year suffered a system partition infection …
Tweets: @kaspersky and @campuscodi
| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Sources: Walmart+, a $98/year Amazon Prime rival, will launch in July, with same-day delivery, discounts at Walmart gas stations, reserved delivery slots, more — After announcing a number of improvements to its online shopping experience, Walmart is now taking aim at Amazon Prime membership.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber launches an on-demand grocery delivery service in 19 cities across Latin America and Canada, and says it will be available in the US later this month — The announcement follows Uber's acquisition of Cornershop in 2019 and Postmates in 2020 — Uber is launching an on-demand grocery delivery service … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
A list of some tech companies the SBA says have received PPP loans of more than $150K; Bird and Index Ventures say they are wrongly listed — Scooter companies, AV startups, LIDAR manufacturers among companies receiving PPP loans — Bird, the beleaguered e-scooter company …
More:
The Information, Fortune, The Daily Beast, Layoffs.fyi, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Crowdfund Insider, Cryptonews, CNBC, Protocol, and GeekWire
Tweets: @birdride, @travisv, @kateclarktweets, @mikeisaac, @eringriffith, @kurtbardella, @oconnellpostbiz, @katiephang, @tomgara, @therealtblake, @kantrowitz, @firstadopter, @sriramk, @msuster, @travisv, @eringriffith, @andyjayhawk, @darth, @alexjamesfitz, @a_w_gordon, @meghanemorris, @dee_bosa, @mikeisaac, @danprimack, @seyitaylor, @awilkinson, @alex, @can, and @andyjayhawk
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram expands its TikTok rival, Reels, to India in the wake of the country's ban on Chinese apps — In the wake of India's decision to ban TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps over privacy concerns, Instagram has expanded its TikTok rival, known as Reels, in the region.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 12:30 PM ET, July 7, 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
More News
| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
More:
VentureBeat, Laptop Mag, bit-tech.net, Reuters, PC Games Insider, PC Gamer, OnMSFT.com, MCV/DEVELOP, TrueAchievements, Tom's Guide, Android Central, TheStreet, Pocketnow, TweakTown News, The Next Web, Destructoid, and Game Rant
Tweets: @smetaldave64 and @zhugeex
| Alexander Behrens / Decrypt: |
More:
Dapp.com, The Daily Hodl, Decrypt, BeInCrypto, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @coindeskdata and @decryptmedia
Earlier Picks
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
More:
Engadget, Business Wire, TechCrunch, FinSMEs, Ars Technica, Spark Capital, Micky, Inc42 Media, The Information, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @amyklobuchar, @danpriceseattle, @sallyshin, @blakeir, @eringriffith, @brettbivens, @faris, @alex, @mgsiegler, @adam22, @rotopat, @sm, @dkhos, @adambanksdotcom, and @mdudas