|
July 29, 2020, 3:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| The Amazon Blog: |
Bezos statement to US House underscores Amazon's job creation, investments in social causes, and its role in supporting small and medium-sized businesses — Testimony before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law — Statement by Jeffrey P. Bezos Founder & Chief …
More:
Reuters, MediaNama, Neowin, The Hill, BBC, CNBC, GeekWire, and CNET
Tweets: @delrey, @can, @carnage4life, @profgalloway, @davidshepardson, @dcurtis, @rauchg, @sub8u, @johnolilly, @joannastern, @joannastern, @daiwaka, @caseynewton, @sharkbiotech, @b_fung, and @dmccabe
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook will tell US lawmakers that App Store has opened the “gate wider” for developers, Apple isn't anticompetitive, and doesn't have “dominant market share” — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will tell U.S. lawmakers probing his company's market power …
More:
SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @encthenet, @stroughtonsmith, @reckless, @mcclure111, @markgurman, @blackswanofwall, @wongmjane, @jolingkent, and @backlon
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Sundar Pichai will tell lawmakers that Google operates in a “highly competitive” market and that its free products benefit the “average American” — - Ahead of a Wednesday House Judiciary hearing, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai released opening remarks that show …
More:
United States House of Representatives, SiliconANGLE, Protocol, MediaNama, Washington Post, and Business Insider
Tweets: @mattrosoff, @alexeheath, @ashleyrgold, @b_fung, @richardjnieva, @jenn_elias, and @qwongsj
| Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico: |
More:
NBC News. Tweets: @maelynnballot, @juancpedreira, @johnhendel, @woodruffbets, @hypervisible, @davegershgorn, @mattgaetz, and @tinamcgugan
| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter work to pull versions of a video touting hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 cure, after it was shared by Trump and his allies — - A Breitbart video containing dangerous coronavirus misinformation went viral on Facebook before it was removed.
More:
The Daily Beast, NBC News, Wired, Washington Post, The Verge, Business Insider, Breitbart, CNET, The Guardian, and CNN
Tweets: @kevinroose, @surabees, @brandyzadrozny, @sheeraf, @cwarzel, @kathrynw5, @cwarzel, @erictrump, @caseynewton, @cwarzel, @replindasanchez, @sam_l_shead, @congressmanraja, @cwarzel, @daveyalba, @parkermolloy, @alexberenson, @tomlevenson, @abraarkaran, @kantrowitz, @jdiamond1, @peterjhasson, @senwarren, @willsommer, @rubinreport, @markbland, @redsteeze, @oneunderscore__, @wiczipedia, @robert_e_kelly, @bkoskella, @cnbc, @brandyzadrozny, @libertarianblue, @cwarzel, @kevinroose, @oliverdarcy, @mollyjongfast, and @marshallcohen
| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
More:
Ars Technica, CNN, VICE, Variety, Axios, and Business Insider
Tweets: @twittercomms, @kaitlancollins, @mzhemingway, @seanmdav, and @oliverdarcy
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
AMC and Universal agree to shorten the theatrical window for films to 17 days, or 3 weekends, before Universal can release them onto premium on-demand platforms — Films only have to be in theaters for three weekends now before going to digital platforms — AMC Theaters and Universal …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Variety, MacRumors, Hollywood Reporter, Comcast, CNBC, Android Authority, iMore, and Engadget
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify debuts Group Session feature in beta, letting up to five premium users simultaneously listen to same content — Simultaneously stream music or podcasts — Spotify is now allowing its paying users to listen to music and podcasts with friends and family at the same time, even if they aren't in the same location.
More:
Spotify, Silicon Republic, Firstpost Tech, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, and CNET
Tweets: @alexwolfco, @spotifynews, @d_e_v, @jonjones, and @thekenyeung
| The Markup: |
Study of 15K+ recent popular queries finds Google devoted 41% of the first page of search results on mobile devices to its own properties and “direct answers” — The search engine dedicated almost half of the first page of results in our test to its own products, which dominated the coveted top of the page
More:
The Markup and GitHub
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @adrjeffries, @loupas, @random_walker, @nixxin, @lutherlowe, @jkeefe, @kchonyc, @joshelman, @hasufl, @leonyin, @richardheartwin, @emenietti, @themarkup, @karaswisher, @neil_chilson, @matthewstoller, @fbajak, @joshuaumww, @dancow, @lkirchner, @themarkup, @beep, @jacknicas, @counternotions, @jason_kint, @matthewstoller, @jason_kint, @juliaangwin, @leonyin, @emilybell, and @mcwm
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
US DOJ asks federal judge for permission to drop charges against two ex-Twitter employees and a Saudi national who allegedly helped Riyadh spy on dissidents — The U.S. filed a revised indictment against two former Twitter Inc. employees and a Saudi national, alleging the three spied …
Tweets: @hshaban, @caseynewton, @nickconfessore, @bpolitics, @hshaban, and @viviannereim
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Over about 8 years, Rite Aid quietly added facial recognition systems in 200 US stores, largely in low income areas, claiming it was meant to deter theft — In the hearts of New York and metro Los Angeles, Rite Aid installed facial recognition technology in largely lower-income, non-white neighborhoods, Reuters found.
More:
Ars Technica, Engadget, Slate, Input, Mashable, and The Verge
Tweets: @iwillleavenow, @jersey_janet, and @byjulialove
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a new Family Safety app for iOS and Android that lets users manage screen time and app usage — Content filters, location sharing, and much more — Microsoft is launching a new Family Safety app for iOS and Android this week. The software giant has been testing the app …
More:
Microsoft 365 Blog, App Store, Engadget, MobileSyrup, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, Neowin, and Thurrott
Tweets: @tomwarren and @jctechfuture
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Revel suspends its electric moped service in NYC after two people were killed in recent weeks; at least one was not wearing a helmet during the crash — Two people were killed and one was critically injured while riding the shared electric mopeds — Revel is suspending its service …
More:
New York Times, Gothamist, New York Post, RideApart.com, The Hill, NBC News, and ABC News
Tweets: @_gorevel, @andyjayhawk, @digiphile, @jessica_smetana, @repespaillat, @mitchhorowitz, @krisvancleave, and @ali_najmi
| New York Times: |
Sources: after Airbnb and ClassPass began selling virtual classes, Apple wanted to collect its 30% commission on the sales, up from no fee previously — After Airbnb and ClassPass began selling virtual classes because of the pandemic, Apple tried to collect its commission on the sales.
More:
CNET, Protocol, The Overspill, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @onejarednewman, @benthompson, @reckless, @dhh, @jacknicas, @stevesi, @reckless, @baekdal, @trippmickle, @counternotions, @benedictevans, @jacknicas, @can, @stshank, @sierra_offline, @alex, @jacknicas, @mattlynley, @ws, @ow, @dmccabe, @dmccabe, @dmccabe, and @dmccabe
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google and Samsung are in talks about giving Google products more prominence on Samsung phones, including more control over search — - Google Assistant, Play app store may gain more prominent roles — Samsung seeks other revenue sources as handset demand drops| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
In a reversal, CES says its event planned for January 2021 will be going all-digital, using a virtual meeting format for vendors, attendees, and the press — CES 2021 will take place in January as an all-digital event since the organizers feel it's the only way they can protect attendees during the pandemic.
More:
CES, The Verge, and Variety
Tweets: @quinnypig, @ces, @mkbhd, @deantak, @ces, @backlon, @jctechfuture, @frankcatalano, and @sam_l_shead. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
In a white paper about its plans for AI, WeChat-owner Tencent lists the societal benefits of deepfake technology and urges regulators to be lenient — It wants to commercialize the technology in entertainment and e-commerce and asks regulators to be lenient.| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Profile of Imint, a Swedish company that makes deep learning software for phone manufacturers like Huawei, Vivo, and Oppo to stabilize videos in real time — If your phone takes amazing photos, chances are its camera has been augmented by artificial intelligence embedded in the operating system.
Tweets: @ritacyliao
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Toppr, an e-learning service in India covering 17 subjects and preparing students for five dozen competitive exams, raises $46M led by Foundation Holdings — Toppr, one of the largest online learning startups in India, has secured $46 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform including a new product.
More:
The Economic Times
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Gaming platform Roblox says it has 150M+ MAUs, up from 115M in February, and its developer community is on pace to earn $250M+ in 2020, up from $110M in 2019 — Gaming platform Roblox, which has seen a surge of use due to the coronavirus pandemic, now has over 150 million monthly active users …
More:
Business Wire, VentureBeat, TechSpot, and New World Notes
Tweets: @shaig, @dherman76, and @jasonhowell
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
RangeForce raises $16M Series A led by Energy Impact Partners to help businesses train their cybersecurity teams — Cybersecurity training startup RangeForce said today it has armed itself with $16 million from an early-stage funding round led by Energy Impact Partners.Sponsor Posts
Airtable:
The central nervous system of your business — Used by 80% of Fortune 100 companies, Airtable combines AI with the scale of an infinitely flexible, no-code system. With all your data in one place, it's like mission control for your company.
The central nervous system of your business — Used by 80% of Fortune 100 companies, Airtable combines AI with the scale of an infinitely flexible, no-code system. With all your data in one place, it's like mission control for your company.
Intel:
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
Zoho:
Keep your business moving with delegated signing in Zoho Sign — Contracts piling up while you're traveling or stuck in back-to-back meetings? With Zoho Sign's delegated signing feature, those delays will be a thing of the past.
Keep your business moving with delegated signing in Zoho Sign — Contracts piling up while you're traveling or stuck in back-to-back meetings? With Zoho Sign's delegated signing feature, those delays will be a thing of the past.
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:
AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Meta's Embarrassing Delay
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.
Access:
Meet Starboy, the alien toy that hates being called AI
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
A.I. Goes to War + Is 'A.I. Brain Fry' Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey's Identity
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.
Great Chat:
What comes after the Girl Boss?
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
How I built a 1M+ subscriber newsletter and top 10 tech podcast | Lenny Rachitsky
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:
Everybody Goes Home: How technology is helping prevent wildfires from spreading
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 3:00 AM ET, July 29, 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
New York Times:Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
More:
PCWorld, Advanced Micro Devices, MSPoweruser, AnandTech, Bloomberg, Benzinga, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, TechPowerUp, Windows Central, Wall Street Journal, Tom's Hardware, MarketWatch, Wccftech, Reuters, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @quinnypig, @ldignan, @patrickmoorhead, @danielnewmanuv, @anshelsag, @benbajarin, and @ericjhonsa
Earlier Picks
| Euirim Choi / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Social Media Today, TheStreet, and Business Insider
Tweets: @wsj, @edzitron, @nongaap, @nathanchubbard, @cathaluk, @stokel, @zck, @pitdesi, @joshelman, @sarthakgh, and @keccers