|
July 26, 2020, 2:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
A Garmin employee confirms that the company's servers were hit by WastedLocker, a ransomware variant developed by Russia-based cybercriminal group Evil Corp — 07/24/20 Update below. This article was originally published on July 23rd, 2020. It has been updated to reflect that BleepingComputer … | Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Source: the rescheduled House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee hearing featuring CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google will take place this Wednesday — The CEOs of Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google will now testify before the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee on Wednesday …
More:
The Verge, Reuters, Protocol, Politico, Protocol, Business Insider, CNET, Bloomberg, Windows Central, and Seeking Alpha
| Scott Galloway / No Mercy/No Malice: |
Some ideas for questions and visual aids that House antitrust subcommittee members can use when questioning the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google — The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are scheduled to testify in front of the US House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee.
More:
Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CNBC, and Memex 1.1
Tweets: @profgalloway, @pythiar, @aleighmp, @profgalloway, @profgalloway, and @peter_atwater
| Benedict Evans: |
More:
Philip Elmer‑DeWitt. Tweets: @lukolejnik, @convexity16, @jmrybnicek, @skupor, @stevesi, @hadip, @ashimehta23, @benedictevans, @ben_schroeter, @leggett, @noam, and @remych
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
After user reports, Instagram says it is “fixing a bug in iOS 14 Beta that mistakenly indicates that some people are using the camera when they aren't” — The company says it's fixing the issue — In the latest instance of iOS 14's beta mode tattling on unexpected app behavior …
More:
9to5Mac, HackRead, Wccftech, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, Engadget, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @markwillard85, @johnwilander, @nixcraft, @andy_watt, and @rouzbeh7000
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
While Slack files an antitrust complaint against Microsoft's Teams bundling, Google, with its G Suite bundle, is uniquely positioned to be an even bigger threat — Slack surprised Microsoft with a competition complaint in Europe yesterday. After arguing for months that Microsoft Teams …
More:
Microsoft 365 Blog, The Verge, and Windows Central
Tweets: @nickcald, @annesaurus, and @alexhern
| Ian Tucker / The Guardian: |
Q&A with Yaël Eisenstat, who was briefly hired as Facebook's global head of elections integrity in 2018 and, she says, intentionally sidelined from the start — The ex-CIA officer on why she lasted only six months at the tech giant and her fears about its role in the forthcoming US election| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
A vigilante hacker has been sabotaging the Emotet malware botnet, replacing a quarter of daily payloads with animated GIFs, stopping victims from being infected — Emotet botnet activity goes down as Emotet admins are wrestling with a vigilante for control over parts of their infrastructure.| Andrew Leonard / Wired: |
Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister and an accomplished programmer, is showing how digital tools can build strong, open, accountable democracies — Audrey Tang says tech can build trust, tame misinformation, and strengthen democracy. Her plan might even work in the US.
Tweets: @paulsweeney, @plexus, @michlimlim, @rossdawson, @eghosao, @codeforpdx, @johnlmacfarlane, @agnescallard, @letahong, @monstro, @wired, @wired, @ketagalanmedia, and @nxthompson
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A survey of 500+ cybersecurity pros sheds light on which skills they find most useful in cybersecurity job candidates, and which are most frequently lacking — Thousands of people graduate from colleges and universities each year with cybersecurity or computer science degrees only to find employers …
Tweets: @bettersafetynet, @briankrebs, @infosecsherpa, and @foresightcyber
| Adam Conner / Margins: |
TikTok's rise in the US should serve as a cautionary tale for social media startups, as it had to spend billions of dollars on ads on rival platforms to compete — Can anyone really compete? — 1 hr … Hi all, I'm Adam Conner, longtime fan of The Margins, first-time contributor.
Tweets: @readmargins, @mdudas, @adamconner, @adamconner, @hkanji, @mattzeitlin, @ruima, @aaschapiro, @readmargins, and @can. Thanks:@adamconner
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Intel's decision to consider outsourcing manufacturing heralds the end of an era in which the company, and the US, dominated the semiconductor industry — - World's largest chipmaker considers outsourcing manufacturing — Crucial technology expertise is shifting overseas, to TSMC
More:
Globes Online. Tweets: @amirmizroch, @ralpheezy, @bilalfarooqui, @esaagar, @iancutress, @scottlincicome, @business, and @kausmickey
| Mengmeng Zhang / Counterpoint Research: |
Despite smartphone sales in China declining 17% YoY in Q2, Huawei grew 14%, capturing 46% of the market, as Apple grew 32%, becoming the fastest growing OEM — - Huawei captured a massive 60% share of the 5G smartphone market — Huawei reached its highest ever share in China capturing 46% of sales volumes.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
Big Technology Podcast:
Big Tech's Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel Debate
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.
Hard Fork:
OpenAI's Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the "Artificial State" + Train of Thought
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
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.
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.
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 2:50 PM ET, July 26, 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
Gene Maddaus / Variety:Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
More:
Sea Machines, The Robot Report, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, gCaptain, and Splash 247
Tweets: @technexus and @thisisdynamo
| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Tweets: @lmatsakis, @lmatsakis, @cornell_tech, @wired, @dlberes, @tayhatmaker, @evacide, @z3rotrust, @swiftonsecurity, @mshelton, and @privacydigest
Earlier Picks
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Softpedia News, Windows Central, and Laptop Mag
Tweets: @gavinpurcell, @alexmulhearn, @darthchillash, @vicious696, and @tomwarren