|
May 18, 2021, 1:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| YouTube: |
Livestream of Google I/O — Tune in to find out about how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.To watch this ke...
More:
Android Police, The Verge, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Tom's Guide, BetaNews, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @joannastern, @chrismessina, @ow, @tomwarren, and @wongmjane
| The Verge: |
Live blog of Google I/O, where Android 12 details, updates to Wear OS, and low-cost Pixel Buds may be announced — Google is actually doing it live — After taking a year off, Google is back with its I/O developer conference for 2021. Like most tech events over the past year … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google unveils new features for Workspace, part of an initiative called “smart canvas”, including smart objects in Docs and deeper integration of Meet — Google is launching a slate of new features for its Workspace productivity suite today, starting with new “smart chips” that connect Google Docs to other products.
More:
The Keyword, Google Cloud Blog, 9to5Google, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @googleworkspace, @googleworkspace, @thomasortk, @patrickmoorhead, @caseynewton, @ow, @google, and @backlon
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning MacBooks Pros, Airs, Mac Pros, Mac minis, and larger iMacs with faster CPUs, new IO, more; MacBook Pro could debut as soon as summer — - Company developing Mac Pro desktop with 40 cores, new Mac mini — Apple plans to swap remaining Intel part with in-house design
More:
9to5Mac, Macworld, Gizmodo, iThinkDifferent, Ars Technica, Laptop Mag, MacRumors, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, AppleInsider, HotHardware.com News, XDA Developers, DigiTimes, CNET, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Appleosophy, iDownloadBlog.com, Six Colors, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Trusted Reviews, Input, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, MACお宝 …, Slashdot, CNBC, Pocketnow, iMore, Ubergizmo, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @rsgnl, @amitbhawani, @alexjamesfitz, and @markgurman
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
iMac 24-inch (M1 2021) review: great CPU, sleek design, and good webcam, but limited ports, not the best value for money, can't upgrade anything after purchase — A new design, new processor, and new screen make for a winning combination — This is an iMac unlike any other iMac we've seen before …
More:
Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Six Colors, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Macworld, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, Livemint, YouTube, CNET, CNBC, 9to5Mac, The Irish Times, YouTube, Mashable, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, MacRumors, Gizmodo, MACお宝 …, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint, CNN, Tom's Guide, Insider, YouTube, iMore, YouTube, Mashable, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @beccafarsace, @joannastern, @joannastern, @iansherr, @joannastern, @dcseifert, @wsj, @tomwarren, and @dcseifert
| Apple: |
Apple says new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K will be available around the world starting May 21 — Customers around the globe will begin receiving deliveries on Friday, May 21 — Beginning May 21, customers can get their hands on the all-new iMac, the M1-powered iPad Pro …
More:
MacRumors, 9to5Mac, news.com.au, CNET, MacDailyNews, Liliputing, iDownloadBlog.com, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Redmond Pie, iMore, The Mac Observer, iMore, MSPoweruser, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @saranbyte
| The Information: |
Source: Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM for between $7B and $10B, in what would be its biggest move to expand into entertainment — Amazon is in discussions to acquire MGM, said a person familiar with the situation, in what would be the ecommerce giant's biggest move yet to expand in entertainment.
More:
Variety, The Verge, New York Times, Financial Times, USA Today, Seattle Business Journal, Ars Technica, CNN, AFTVnews, Coinspeaker, GameSpot, Insider, New York Post, KnowTechie, The Streamable, PCMag, TechRadar, SlashGear, Broadband TV News, Silicon Republic, Telecoms.com, PYMNTS.com, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, Deadline, and Cord Cutters News
Tweets: @nickwingfield, @woodyallenpages, @stroughtonsmith, @bradstone, @gennefer, @fmanjoo, @fatuogwuche, @whartonrigby, @bittrscrptreadr, @brooksbarnesnyt, @tjallard, @sub8u, @stevesilberman, @levie, @mgsiegler, @thespaceshipper, @chaneyj, @themistermarcus, @awallenstein, @richlightshed, @loudmouthjulia, and @pkafka
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia extends its crypto mining limits to newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, which will be labeled “Lite Hash Rate” — New Nvidia cards will be branded as Lite Hash Rate — Nvidia is extending its cryptocurrency mining limits …
More:
The Official NVIDIA Blog, PCMag, PCWorld, XDA Developers, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, CoinDesk, PC Gamer, HotHardware.com News, and TechSpot
Tweets: @can, @tomwarren, @kylebrussell, and @stroughtonsmith
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Many ransomware strains like DarkSide's will not install on Windows PCs with specific virtual keyboards enabled, like Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian — In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built …
More:
Elliptic Blog, PCMag, Nextgov, and Schneier on Security
Tweets: @briankrebs, @briankrebs, @villi, @briankrebs, @vessonsecurity, @chris_dag, and @joetidy
| New York Times: |
Sources detail how Apple relented to escalating demands from China, making changes to governance of its Chinese users' data and agreeing to censor its platforms — Apple built the world's most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.
More:
Fortune, Softpedia News, Engadget, KnowTechie, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, TechRadar, TNW, MSPoweruser, The Hacker News, The Overspill, Slashdot, iMore, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @jacknicas, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @caseynewton, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @thelinuxexp, @jeffehobbs, @matthew_d_green, @nickkristof, @repkenbuck, @jameshohmann, @ntaylor963, @dalefranks, @rachelbovard, @911corlebra777, @timbray, @wokyleeks, @can, @backlon, @matthew_d_green, @dinodaizovi, @yaqiu, @a_centrism, @ajitpai, @micsolana, @hawleymo, and @sarthakgh
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Court doc: Twitter fought a subpoena from DOJ under Trump to identify the person behind an account mocking Rep. Devin Nunes; source: DOJ under Biden withdrew — An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.
More:
Washington Post and CNN
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify will auto-transcribe certain original shows in the coming weeks as part of a beta rollout of the feature that it aims to eventually enable for all shows — With a goal of a wider rollout — Spotify announced multiple updates to make its app more accessible across iOS and Android today …
More:
Spotify, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, and iMore
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman and @highfiverpg
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus' latest update for its Quest headsets adds a Live Overlay casting feature that allows mixed reality capture with just an iPhone model XS or newer — v29 is packed with features — Oculus will soon roll out its v29 software for Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and this one adds more features and functionality to the lineup.
More:
Oculus Blog, Gizmodo, MUO, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @boztank, @alex__vr, @casandchary, @androidcentral, @uploadvr, @sonyahaskins, @niclasj, and @purplemikey
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts “Live Shopping Fridays” event series, featuring brands live streaming beauty, skincare, and fashion content on a weekly basis starting May 22 — Facebook wants to whet consumers' appetite for live streamed shopping with this week's launch of “Live Shopping Fridays” …
More:
About Facebook, 9to5Mac, Digiday, Android Central, Input, and Adweek
| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
Profile of fashion e-commerce app Shein, which ranks #1 in the App Store's Shopping category in 56 countries and is the most trafficked fashion site globally — The Quiet Chinese Quindecacorn America's Gen Z Shoppers Are #Addicted To … This week's Not Boring is brought to you by... It's Not Magic.
More:
TechCrunch, Wccftech, and Android Authority
Tweets: @terrygtnguyen, @jorge_guajardo, @kattenbarge, @mbrennanchina, and @_alicema_
| Howard Oakley / The Eclectic Light Company: |
Apple's M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models due to M1's optimization of QoS, which puts background tasks on “efficiency” cores even when the system is idle — Last week I showed fascinating screenshots of how M1 Macs can run background processes exclusively on their four ‘efficiency’ cores.| Marie Huillet / Cointelegraph: |
Coinbase says it plans to raise $1.25B via a private offering of debt securities for institutional investors, following its direct listing on Nasdaq in April — With shares in the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange continuing to underperform, Coinbase is seeking a $1.25 billion cash injection from institutional investors.
More:
Business Wire, Invezz, Bitcoin News, and Coin Journal
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood plans to reveal its IPO filing as soon as next week, targeting a late June market debut — - Trading app is aiming to go public toward the end of June — Potential investors to get look at financials, risks — Robinhood Markets Inc. plans to reveal filings … | Rebecca Szkutak / Forbes: |
Klaviyo, a marketing automation startup that customizes messaging for better results, raises $320M, more than doubling its valuation to $9.5B in seven months — More than a decade ago, Andrew Bialecki found himself running into a recurring problem. Already with a startup under his belt … | Brian Stelter / CNN: |
AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav — New York (CNN Business)The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive. — On Monday morning AT&T (T) and Discovery, Inc. (DISCA) …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Stratechery, New York Times, AT&T, Axios, Wired, MSPoweruser, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, AFTVnews, Techdirt, Variety, TrueAchievements, MCV/DEVELOP, Pocket-lint, Decider, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @sherman4949 and @senblumenthal
| Zachery Eanes / Raleigh News & Observer: |
Brad Stone's new book says Amazon's HQ2 search team had Raleigh, Chicago, and Philadelphia as their top three picks, but Amazon passed on those recommendations — Listen to our daily briefing: — How close was Raleigh to actually landing Amazon's hyped-up search for its second headquarters, or HQ2, just a few years ago?| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Styra, which develops tools to manage authorization for cloud-native application environments, raises $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures — As cloud-native apps continue to become increasingly central to how organizations operate, a startup founded by the creators of a popular open-source tool … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office says it has opened a proceeding against Amazon over antitrust risks and possible anti-competitive practices — Germany's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) is seeking to make swift use of a new competition tool to target big tech — announcing today that it's opened a proceeding against ecommerce giant Amazon.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Piano, which offers analytics, subscription, and personalization tools for publishers, raises $88M Series B, bringing its total raised to $241M+ — As publishers face up to whatever might be their next existential crisis — there are so many options from which to choose …
More:
Crunchbase News
| TechCrunch: |
Back Market, a marketplace for refurbished electronics gadgets, raises $335M Series D led by General Atlantic at a $3.2B valuation — French startup Back Market — a marketplace for refurbished electronics goods — has raised a $335 million Series D funding round led by General Atlantic.
More:
FinSMEs, Tech.eu, and EU-Startups
Sponsor Posts
ElevenLabs:
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
Niantic Spatial:
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
Zoho:
Introducing the sandbox environment: Safely test and optimize e-signature workflows — Changes are an inevitable part of any workflow. The average agreement workflow involves recipients across organizations …
Introducing the sandbox environment: Safely test and optimize e-signature workflows — Changes are an inevitable part of any workflow. The average agreement workflow involves recipients across organizations …
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
Acquired:
Ferrari
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)
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:
Anthropic's Mythos Dilemma, Violence Against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta
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:
Anthropic's Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
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.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Decagon's Jesse Zhang: Closing Customer Service Doom Loops With AI Concierges
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ryan Roslansky: Turning AI Anxiety into Skills for the Future of Work
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 1:50 PM ET, May 18, 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
Christopher Weber / Associated Press:Kristen Hare / Poynter:
New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
More:
The Register, GamesIndustry.biz, Bloomberg, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @horaciog, @thedextriarchy, @markgurman, @reckless, @markgurman, @oluseyisonaiya, @leah_nylen, @jpeguin, @nickstatt, and @nickstatt
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
More:
MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, Redmond Pie, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, Firstpost Tech, Pocketnow, and Engadget. Tweets: @micahsingleton
| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
More:
Glassnode Insights, Vox, Insider, NewsBTC, InsideBitcoins.com, Invezz, Cointelegraph, Laptop Mag, BTC Times, Decrypt, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @carlquintanilla, @petermccormack, @elonmusk, @bopinion, @haydenzadams, @marenaltman, and @bradmichelson
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More:
MySmartPrice, The Verge, Laptop Mag, Thurrott, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, cultofmac.com, and MacStories
Tweets: @micahsingleton, @danmatte, @reckless, @maxwinebach, @mkbhd, @vladsavov, @pt, @tldtoday, @snazzyq, @snazzyq, @stroughtonsmith, @peterpham, and @tldtoday