|
January 30, 2021, 11:55 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Under the Hood: |
Robinhood explains why it placed restrictions on certain securities over the past week, says its clearinghouse-mandated deposit for equities increased tenfold — With the extraordinary market activity this week, and the temporary restrictions we put in place on certain securities …
More:
The Guardian and BitcoinExchangeGuide
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Robinhood says it didn't proactively sell shares of GameStop, AMC, or any other buzzworthy stocks without traders' permission, denying claims made by some users — Traders say they intended to keep holding — No, Robinhood tells The Verge, it didn't sell off full shares of GameStop …
More:
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @aoc, @sequoia, @arkhondh, @jarule, @thenewsoncnbc, @yunli626, @jbarro, @stephenpunwasi, @means_tv, @hshaban, @sts_news, @nfergus, @jeremyjojola, @theauthorguy, @tomaskenn, @octofinance, @netnobody, @helenkennedy, @mims, @pkafka, @mims, @longshorttrader, and @rwhelanwsj
| John Herrman / New York Times: |
Reddit's uncommon qualities as a community platform, inspiring nihilism and humor, may explain why r/WallStreetBets' growth feels reminiscent of r/The_Donald — Reddit communities grow powerful in plain sight. Why do they keep taking the world by surprise?
More:
Reuters. Tweets: @doctorow, @jwherrman, @lifewinning, @rashaabdulla, @can, @dcherring, @awealthofcs, @frankpasquale, @reckless, and @cwarzel
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Robinhood has placed trade restrictions on more than 50 stocks as of Friday and limited the purchase of some stocks, like GameStop, to a single share — The company is giving us numbers for what ‘limited buys’ really means — Robinhood only wants users to have a limited number of shares …
More:
TechCrunch, CNBC, SlashGear, Daring Fireball, FinLedger, and Business Insider
Tweets: @edbott, @reedgalen, @wheatpond, @starfire2258, and @erichreimer
| Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019 — Trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn't expect this.”
More:
New York Times, Business Insider, New York Daily News, Kotaku, Quartz, Input, The Verge, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @ashkan, @nytimestech, @kellen_browning, @bgurley, @ampressman, @sarthakgh, @davidjlynch, @autismcapital, @seattletimes, @hshaban, @nytimes, @nathanielpopper, @marklittlenews, @nytimes, @carnage4life, @gelles, @rkrigney, @eliotwb, @austinhunt, @lucasmtny, @chrislhayes, @srussolillo, @rxfaro, @phatmike9, @davecbenoit, @wsj, @jasonzweigwsj, and @emanuelderman
| Jesse Westbrook / Bloomberg: |
SEC says it “will closely review actions taken by regulated entities that may disadvantage investors” in trading certain securities — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, making its most specific comments about the recent mania in the stock market … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
More:
New York Times, iPhone Hacks, Better Programming, Input, 9to5Mac, Bitcoin Magazine, HotHardware.com News, New York Post, and BBC
Tweets: @gamespot, @motherboard, @newyorkstateag, @slasher, @cnbc, @cnbc, @thenewsoncnbc, @caseynewton, @cnbc, @tanvim, @teroterotero, @thedextriarchy, @shwoolley, @webullglobal, @llchristyll, @zguz, @public, and @ayeshaasiddiqi
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
More:
The Verge, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @zguz, @robinhoodapp, @arjunkharpal, @kofinas, @ryan_browne_, @jennfranconews, @orcainthecourt, @alltheway08, @tomwarren, and @vladtenev
| New York Times: |
More:
Gizmodo, CNBC, Micky, Wired, CryptoSlate, Wall Street Journal, PCMag, TechCrunch, Slate, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, The Hill, Fast Company, SlashGear, NPR, Data Driven Investor, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, Crypto Briefing, TIME, Fortune, Forbes, Decrypt, and Lifehacker
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
More:
The Information, CNET, The Week, The Logic, Techdirt, New York Times, Reclaim The Net, Gizmodo, Business Insider, NPR, and INSIDER
| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Graphika: Huawei officials retweeted messages from fake accounts on Twitter to spread a pro-5G influence campaign in Belgium; Huawei is investigating the claim — A covert online push to sway telecommunications policy in favor of the Chinese company may presage a new twist in social manipulation.
Source:
Graphika. More:
Financial Times, ZDNet, CyberScoop, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @camillefrancois, @campuscodi, @martijnrasser, @graphika_nyc, @kenyatta, @ftchina, @tariqpanja, @thorstenbenner, @roslynlayton, @houseforeigngop, @collinslkoh, @uuallan, @sariarhohavren, @peterpomeranzev, @mattdrange, @benimmo, @satariano, @mollymckew, @mbrookerhk, @robpegoraro, @mshannahmurphy, and @benimmo
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Canalys: smartphone shipments in China fell 4% YoY to 84M in Q4 2020 and shipments for 2020 fell 11% YoY to 330M, as iPhone's share jumped from 15% to 18% YoY — The impact of United States government sanctions on Huawei is continuing to hurt the company and dampen overall smartphone shipments in China …
Source:
Canalys.com. More:
Canalys.com, Huawei Central, MacRumors, Gizchina, DigiTimes, DigiTimes, Daring Fireball, The Mac Observer, and Counterpoint Research
Tweets: @stevesi, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @apple_tomorrow, and @neilcybart
| Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature will damage Facebook's core business; the feature will limit Facebook's data collection from 85K+ iOS apps — New feature on iPhones will limit Facebook's ability to collect data from apps and prove that ads work| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Verizon Media says it is planning personalized features for Yahoo Mail, and around 500K users watched NFL streams in the Yahoo Mail app in tests in Q4 2020 — - Verizon Media CEO Guru Gowrappan tells Insider the unit is preparing a “mega” product launch in the coming weeks.
Tweets: @caseynewton, @sarthakgh, @jason_kint, @hkanji, @larakiara, @reckless, and @digitalshields
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Xiaomi has sued US Defense and Treasury departments, after the DOD blacklisted the company thereby blocking US investors from buying Xiaomi's securities — - Pentagon had called it a ‘Communist Chinese military company’ — The move prohibits U.S. investors from buying Xiaomi's shares
More:
TechPP, phonearena.com, Pocketnow, and Reuters
| Shubham Agarwal / Fast Company: |
Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year — In a country where many people are coming online for the first time, ShareChat makes it easy to get social. And it doesn't bother with supporting English.Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
What will the next generation of developers do when AI writes the code? — Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon are betting that the junior devs we train today will be the senior engineers of tomorrow.
What will the next generation of developers do when AI writes the code? — Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon are betting that the junior devs we train today will be the senior engineers of tomorrow.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
UK tax compliance with Zoho Books — The evolving tax landscape in the UK has added an additional responsibility to business owners, accountants, and bookkeepers to ensure their choice of accounting software supports compliance …
UK tax compliance with Zoho Books — The evolving tax landscape in the UK has added an additional responsibility to business owners, accountants, and bookkeepers to ensure their choice of accounting software supports compliance …
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:
Anthropic IPO Panic, A Spy At OpenAI?, The Great Food Slop 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.
Great Chat:
What happened to tech's backbone?
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.
The Upstarts Podcast:
The $7B Startup Mapping Your Health In Just One Hour | Neko's Hjalmar Nilsonne
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.
Cheeky Pint:
The company building underwater drones for $50,000
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
BG2 Pod:
Jensen Huang | Does AI Revenue Justify Capex, '27 AI Bottlenecks, Singularity, Open vs Closed & more
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
How to Run a Political Campaign in the TikTok Era (And How Not To)
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 11:55 AM ET, January 30, 2021.
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:Washington Post:
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Prachir Singh / Counterpoint Research: |
More:
Android Authority, Canalys.com, The Economic Times, SamMobile, TechRadar, Gizchina, and Patently Apple
Tweets: @tarunpathak, @neiltwitz, and @neiltwitz
| Chloe Sorvino / Forbes: |
Tweets: @chloesorvino, @forbes, @laurengensler, @sequoia, @gralston, @cristinagberta, and @forbes. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Tweets: @rexmachina, @anandwrites, @blackamazon, @safeandjustusa, @anandwrites, and @antirecidivism. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
More:
Oversight Board, OneZero , HotAir, NOEMA, theepochtimes.com, Sputnik News, Associated Press, ABC, Washington Examiner, PCMag, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, and Politico
| TechCrunch: |
More:
Business Wire, St. Louis Business Journal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, Axios, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @gordonswaby
Earlier Picks
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
More:
Facebook, Axios, and Search Engine Land
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @pressgazette, @scout_finch, and @mattnavarra
| Reuters: |
More:
TechSpot, CarBuzz, Irish Examiner, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MakeUseOf, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @danielwithmusic, @asymco, @brianroemmele, @macsmiff, and @counternotions
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
More:
Pocket-lint, Decrypt, and TechRadar
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @lorenzofb, @lollardfish, @bcmerchant, @bosefina, @thekarachikid, @chronotope, @sarafischer, @karaswisher, @davechensky, @quinnypig, @econ_marshall, @juddlegum, @allnick, @fed_speak, @hamishmckenzie, @ireneista, @simonowens, @rmondello, @ndimichino, @arielbogle, @ismh, @z_everson, @kirstinestewart, @lainnafader, @eiffeltyler, @skamille, @thekendallbaker, @minimaxir, @seldo, @halophoenix, @morninggloria, @sdw, @mgsiegler, @robpegoraro, @samebrewster, @tedstein, @jeffhauser, @bradesposito, @parismarx, @allen, @caseynewton, @kantrowitz, @rafat, @laurengoode, @mobute, @kimmaicutler, @athertonkd, @brandyljensen, and @daveleeft