|
April 10, 2021, 8:15 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google denies reports Pixel 5a 5G is canceled, says it'll be available this year in the US and Japan and announced in line with last year's a-series phone — Despite rumors this morning to the contrary, Google has just issued an on the record statement that the “Pixel 5a” does indeed exist and will not be canceled.
More:
Android Central, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Police, Engadget, Neowin, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Android Police, CNBC, Pocketnow, Liliputing, The 8-Bit, and Android Central
Tweets: @jon_prosser, @evleaks, @dcseifert, @evleaks, @dcseifert, @ronamadeo, @dcseifert, @vladsavov, @sohrabosati, @backlon, and @rdrv3
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
China says it is imposing a record $2.8B fine on Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Alibaba says it will accept the penalty “sincerely” — The penalty is Beijing's toughest action to date in its campaign to tighten supervision of the country's internet Goliaths.
More:
CNBC, PingWest, Insider, Wall Street Journal, Alizila, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, Finbold, ZDNet, Engadget, DealStreetAsia, TechNode, TechCrunch, Nikkei Asia, The Economic Times, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @globaltimesnews and @nytimes
| About Amazon: |
Amazon thanks workers for voting against unionizing, says less than 16% voted to join the union and counters the union's claims that Amazon won by intimidation — Thank you to employees at our BHM1 fulfillment center in Alabama for participating in the election.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon wins enough votes to beat union effort in Alabama; of the 3,215 ballots cast, there were 1,798 votes opposing the union and 738 votes in favor — - Amazon on Friday secured enough votes to defeat the unionization drive at one of its Alabama warehouses.
More:
Washington Post, Washington Post, Insider, Reuters, Jacobin, New York Times, VICE, Input, NPR, Ars Technica, The Independent, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, The Verge, TechSpot, Associated Press, The Economic Times, CNBC, Insider, The Guardian, MarketWatch, NPR, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and The Hill
Tweets: @mehdirhasan, @franifio, @greenhousenyt, @revdrbarber, @maxberger, @karaswisher, @amazonnews, @seiu, @delrey, @carnage4life, @epro, @cvpayne, @greenhousenyt, @alexmorash, @laurenkgurley, @samleecole, @lorenzofb, @deitaone, @josephfcox, @josheidelson, @stevekovach, @greene, @bradstone, @erikloomis, @dandhnguyen01, @ethancharlatan, @delrey, @comradesanchez, @jason_koebler, @mattmday, @daveleeft, @brandonmagner, @grimkim, @josheidelson, and @rwdsu
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
In a letter to Tim Cook, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee “strongly urge” Apple to reconsider refusal to provide a witness for upcoming hearing on app stores — ‘We strongly urge Apple to reconsider its position,’ the senators said — Senate Judiciary Committee leaders …
More:
United States Senate, Bloomberg, Reuters, FOSS Patents, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacRumors
Tweets: @b_fung, @ashleyrgold, @repkenbuck, @appfairness, @annaedge4, @dhh, @macrumors, @matthewstoller, @ashleyrgold, @kantrowitz, @iwelsh, @kellymakena, @andrewe, and @matthewstoller
| Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes Labs: |
At Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in Zoom that could allow hackers to execute an RCE attack; Zoom says it is working on a fix — Two Dutch white-hat security specialists entered the annual computer hacking contest Pwn2Own, managed to find a Remote Code Execution … | Ben Patterson / TechHive: |
Logitech to stop making its Harmony line of universal remotes effective immediately, says software and app support will be available for the foreseeable future — Well, the other shoe finally dropped. After years of speculation about the fate of its Harmony line of universal remotes …
Source:
Logitech Support + Download. More:
BetaNews, MUO, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Engadget, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @techhive, @sean_lynch, @harrymccracken, @alexhcranz, and @ckindel
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
1,200+ Alphabet employees have signed a letter asking the company to stop protecting harassers, following a NYT op-ed by an ex-employee who alleged harassment — Organizers say the demands of the Google Walkout still haven't been met — More than 500 Alphabet employees have signed …
Source:
Medium. More:
CNN, CNET, The Hill, Washington Post, and Protocol
Tweets: @alphabetworkers, @chelseyglasson, @techwontsaveus, @robruenes, @albertadevs, and @xamat
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
The FBI arrested a far-right extremist who allegedly plotted to destroy AWS data centers in Virginia with C-4; FBI was tipped off by posts following Jan. 6 riot — The FBI arrested the suspect in Texas after he purchased explosives from an undercover agent.
More:
BleepingComputer, U.S. Department of Justice, The Record, VICE, The Register, Washington Post, and CRN
Tweets: @xor, @awinston, @zackwhittaker, and @macfinn44
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the SEC for an IPO that could value it at $70B-$100B, and is raising $1.5B in debt financing from banks — Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering …
More:
Reuters, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, PYMNTS.com, Nikkei Asia, 9to5Mac, CNBC, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @9to5mac
| CNBC: |
White House will host a virtual semiconductor summit on Monday with execs from Intel, Samsung, HP, Alphabet, and more, as it begins a review of US supply chains — - Chief executives from companies including Google parent Alphabet, AT&T, Intel and General Motors are set to participate …
More:
Reuters, Detroit News, CNET, FedScoop, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @emilychangtv
| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
Source: Reddit is exploring a Clubhouse-like feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats — The front page of the internet may be getting a voice. — Reddit is quietly exploring a new feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats, possibly similar to Clubhouse, according to a source familiar with the company's plan.
More:
Gizmodo and Social Media Today
Tweets: @jmorse_, @joshbeitler, @chrismessina, @yoda, @sarthakgh, @edbott, @quinnypig, and @thekenyeung
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers say Facebook's algorithms disproportionately show certain types of job ads to men and women; no evidence of gender skewing was found on LinkedIn — Researchers found the platform's algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
More:
MIT Technology Review, The ANT Lab, Associated Press, The Register, The Intercept, Newser, Al Jazeera, VentureBeat, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @_karenhao, @korolova, @korolova, @techreview, @korolova, @korolova, @rapplerdotcom, @rapplerdotcom, @korolova, @rapplerdotcom, @wsj, @robotsmarts, @korolova, @korolova, @korolova, @fborgesius, @jeffturner, @rtushnet, @jeffhorwitz, @jeremybmerrill, @jackiantonovich, @hypervisible, and @jeffhorwitz
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers say Facebook has known for years about exploits similar to the one that used its “contact importer”, enabling the scraping of 533M users' data — Software makers can't catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature.
More:
NPR, Debugger , CNN, iPhone Hacks, Privacy News Online …, and Social Media Today
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Generate videos with Veo 3 in Google Gemini — Create high-quality, 8-second videos with Veo 3, our state-of-the-art AI video generator. Try it with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan.
Generate videos with Veo 3 in Google Gemini — Create high-quality, 8-second videos with Veo 3, our state-of-the-art AI video generator. Try it with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan.
Warp:
The #1 Coding Agent — #1 on Terminal-Bench. 71% on SWE-bench Verified. Trusted by 600K+ devs. Try the top agentic dev tool for $1 for 1st month with code TECHMEME.
The #1 Coding Agent — #1 on Terminal-Bench. 71% on SWE-bench Verified. Trusted by 600K+ devs. Try the top agentic dev tool for $1 for 1st month with code TECHMEME.
Zoho:
Boost technician productivity on the go with the Zoho FSM mobile app — Life on the move: Inside a technician's daily workflowIn field service, unpredictability is part of the job. One moment, a technician is on schedule.
Boost technician productivity on the go with the Zoho FSM mobile app — Life on the move: Inside a technician's daily workflowIn field service, unpredictability is part of the job. One moment, a technician is on schedule.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Tech Brew Ride Home:
Meta's Smart Headware Push
Tech news headlines every day. 15 minutes and you're up to date. From Tech Brew, Morning Brew's tech hub.
Subscribe to Tech Brew Ride Home.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Grit:
Building High-Impact Sales Teams | Dan Lee and Nooks
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why ChatGPT will be the next big growth channel (and how to capitalize on it) | Brian Balfour (Reforge)
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Can The Web Survive Generative AI? -- With Matthew Prince
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:
GPT-5 Backlash + Perplexity C.E.O. Aravind Srinivas on the Browser Wars + Hot Mess Express
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:15 AM ET, April 10, 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
Brian Steinberg / Variety:CNN:
Max Tani / Semafor:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
| Lauren Rouse / Gizmodo Australia: |
More:
MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, and The Verge
Tweets: @gizmodoau, @macrumorsfp, and @l_k_henning
| The Markup: |
More:
The Verge, Input, YouTube Official Blog, Ars Technica, and The Markup
Tweets: @s_m_i, @themarkup, @joshsternberg, @asankin, @daiwaka, @bostonjoan, @craignewmark, @rmac18, @farai, @leonyin, @hypervisible, @rasmus_kleis, and @hypervisible
Earlier Picks
| Kellen / Droid Life: |
More:
The Verge, world.hey.com, MacRumors, Pixel Envy, Android Police, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Insider, Liliputing, Trusted Reviews, XDA Developers, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Macworld, AppleInsider, BGR, Cult of Mac, 9to5Google, The Independent, Android Headlines, TechRadar, Pocketnow, SlashGear, Android Authority, Wccftech, iPhone Hacks, Financial Times, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @reckless, @benedictevans, @tomwarren, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @reckless, @maxwinebach, @wheelsee, @marcoarment, @tpoholmes, @bzamayo, @zackkanter, @daphnehk, @lapcatsoftware, @gartenberg, @reckless, @gartenberg, @mhbergen, @fosspatents, @carnage4life, @marcoarment, @patrickmcgee_, @reckless, @mat, @backlon, @backlon, @chrismessina, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @charlesarthur, @pierce, @tomwarren, @jherskowitz, and @droid_life
| Will Gottsegen / Decrypt: |
More:
Robinhood, Bitcoin Magazine, coinspeaker.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Gizmodo, InsideBitcoins.com, TechCrunch, and Reuters
Tweets: @juthica, @alternatejones, and @masasoncap
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
More:
FierceWireless, U.S. Consumer Product …, Lifehacker, Light Reading, TechRadar, BGR, Gizmodo, iMore, AppleInsider, Android Headlines, PhoneArena, Consumer Reports, and CNET
Tweets: @quinnypig, @dane, @uscpsc, and @caseynewton