|
May 27, 2021, 2:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017 — - Amazon is buying MGM Studios, the companies announced, marking Amazon's most ambitious move yet into the entertainment business.
More:
Amazon.com, Inc., The Verge, Axios, Insider, TechCrunch, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, t3.com, Fortune, Variety, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Tech.co, Tom's Guide, IGN, Ars Technica, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @bradstone, @davidcicilline, @hawleymo, @harrymccracken, @zephyrteachout, @ryansgameshow, @geronimo_73, @tha_rami, @lanceulanoff, @toddbishop, @ourand_sbj, @mattyglesias, @senblumenthal, @a_webster, @brianstelter, @zlurie, @backlon, @levynews, @dannysullivan, @rustybrick, @profgalloway, @quinnypig, @jeremyhobson, @dorseyshaw, @thedomino, @levie, @andybeard, @sarafischer, @richardlai, @sonnybunch, @mattmcgee, @repkenbuck, @shiraovide, @erikdavis, @loudmouthjulia, @caseynewton, @snazzyq, @kcoxdc, @jonerlichman, @mrbrianfirenzi, @shiraovide, @digitalshields, and @markdistef
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
With its MGM acquisition, Amazon doesn't want to compete with streamers like Netflix but reduce Prime subscriber churn by providing enough blockbuster content — Amazon isn't competing with Netflix, but it is spending billions trying to figure out Hollywood. Maybe 007 can help.
More:
Variety, TechCrunch, Protocol, Gizmodo, Above Avalon, New York Post, Pocketnow, AFTVnews, AndroidGuys, MUO, GeekWire, Bloomberg, Gizchina, Trusted Reviews, and The Register
Tweets: @eastdakota, @patrickvons, @neilcybart, @ballmatthew, @pkafka, @migueldeicaza, @migueldeicaza, @jeffnolan, and @blocktimusprime
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it will limit the distribution of all posts from personal accounts that routinely spread misinformation — Facebook Inc. will begin doling out harsher punishments for individual accounts that repeatedly share false or misleading posts, an expansion of the social network's efforts to crack down on misinformation.
More:
About Facebook, ZDNet, Reuters, The Verge, MUO, Reclaim The Net, Social Media Today, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @donie, @kurtwagner8, @jonkeegan, @karissabe, @viacristiano, @fboversight, @ashk4n, @jason_kint, @mbfhunzaker, @kgoldshlager, @briannajanuary, @dpfunke, @karissabe, @kantrowitz, @om, @jason_kint, and @evanmcmurry
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Tweets: @benimmo, @benimmo, @olgs7, @ngleicher, @ngleicher, @jason_kint, @benimmo, @alexstamos, @benimmo, @lageneralista, @ngleicher, @cbs_herridge, @mcfaul, @ngleicher, @alexstamos, @olgs7, @olgs7, @alexstamos, @nickclegg, @zittrain, @marietjeschaake, @olgs7, @jason_kint, @ngleicher, and @andymstone
| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
PayPal to add third-party wallet transfer support, allowing users to send bitcoin to PayPal and Venmo users as well as to Coinbase and outside crypto wallets — PayPal created a stir in the crypto markets last year when it announced its millions of users could buy and sell Bitcoin.
More:
CoinDesk, Forkast, Reuters, TheStreet, Bitcoin Magazine, Finance Magnates, Crypto Briefing, U.Today, ZyCrypto, Insider, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @proftrader12, @thecryptoconomy, @thegreatola, @hodlcelsius, @cryptognomie, and @ziggamon
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter says users can now join Spaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet — You can't host rooms yourself on the web just yet, though — You'll be able to join Twitter's Clubhouse-like Spaces from desktop and mobile web browsers starting Wednesday …
More:
Pocket-lint, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, and The Verge
Tweets: @twitterspaces, @twittersupport, @jasonkeath, @diwaph, @daveleeft, @chrismessina, @rianatweetsnow, @kayvz, @capital_sb, @zurairi, @hashtagheyalexa, and @martinsfp
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia beats with record Q1 revenue of $5.66B, up 84% YoY, with Gaming revenue of $2.76B, up 106% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $2.05B, up 79% YoY — Nvidia reported revenues of $5.66 billion for its first fiscal quarter ended May 2, up 84% from a year earlier. Gaming revenue grew 106% to $2.76 billion.
More:
NVIDIA, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, CRN, CNBC, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, TheStreet, TheStreet, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, Investor's Business Daily, CNBC, The Motley Fool, and The Block
Tweets: @nickstatt, @smt_watch, and @patrickmoorhead
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook and Instagram now give users options to hide Like counts across all posts and to hide their own public Like counts from others — Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning in 2019.
More:
About Facebook, TNW, SiliconANGLE, Facebook Research, TechRadar, Good Morning America, The Verge, Neowin, CNN, Tech.co, BGR, Pocketnow, Platformer, Social Media Today, PCMag, NBC Bay Area, Pocket-lint, Wccftech, and Android Police
Tweets: @mosseri, @mosseri, @instagram, @sarahfrier, @samsheffer, @philngyn, @taylorlorenz, @sarahfrier, @laurenwtvm, @richontech, @jason_kint, @kerrymflynn, @hansel_mp3, and @bengrosser
| Cristiano Lima / Politico: |
Facebook says it will no longer take down posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made, following renewed debate about the origins of the virus — Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday …
More:
The Verge, The White House, The Hill, Gizmodo, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Forbes, and New York Post
Tweets: @vivekgramaswamy, @evelyndouek, @repkenbuck, @kellyriddell, @jackposobiec, @paul_karp, @mightijamie, @scott_sanfordtx, @hawleymo, @dineshdsouza, @ezralevant, @lauren_southern, @jeffnolan, @neontaster, @willchamberlain, @evelyndouek, @aghamilton29, @yossigestetner, and @ryanafournier. Thanks:@viacristiano
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon says Andy Jassy will become CEO on July 5, which marks 27 years to the day that Amazon was incorporated — That's Amazon's 27th birthday — Andy Jassy will officially become the CEO of Amazon on July 5th, the company announced at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
More:
GeekWire, Variety, Agence France-Presse, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, Mercury News, Trusted Reviews, TechSpot, CRN, CNET, The Wrap, Bloomberg, and CNBC
Tweets: @daveleeft, @daveleeft, and @daveleeft
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple removes an app, discovered by a developer, that required at least a three-star review before people could use it — An app that demanded at least a three-star review to function got through the App Store review process, it has been found (via The Verge).
More:
The Verge, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, phonearena.com, Michael Tsai, BGR, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Tweets: @keleftheriou, @keleftheriou, @tolmasky, @_inside, @tolmasky, @tolmasky, @tolmasky, @drbarnard, @keleftheriou, @murtz_abidi, and @lapcatsoftware
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI's Sam Altman announces a $100M startup fund with Microsoft backing aimed at early-stage AI companies, with plans to invest in “probably not more than 10” — OpenAI is launching a $100 million startup fund, which it calls the OpenAI Startup Fund, though which it and its partners … | Bloomberg: |
ZipRecruiter closes at $21.10 per share after opening at $20, giving it a valuation of ~$2.8B, up from its 2018 valuation of ~$1.5B — - Shares in ZipRecruiter opened at $20 apiece Wednesday — Company's direct listing follows Coinbase, Squarespace — ZipRecruiter Inc. rose …
More:
Crunchbase News, TheStreet, Barron's Online, and Reuters
| New York Times: |
An overview of Russia's increasingly aggressive attempts to control Google, Facebook, and Twitter, ordering them to store data in Russia and imposing fines — Its campaign is part of a global wave of actions by governments that are testing how far they can go to control online speech.
More:
The Independent, KyivPost, TASS, and Meduza.io
Tweets: @nytimes, @davidakaye, @jilliancyork, @evelyndouek, @satariano, and @kateconger
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher details a WebKit flaw, which can lead to a RCE exploit, that remains unpatched by Apple despite the availability of an open source fix for 3 weeks — WebKit bug that was fixed upstream has yet to find its way into Apple products. — Apple has yet to patch a security bug found …
Source:
Theori. More:
SlashGear, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @theori_io, @tjbecker_, and @campuscodi
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a new shopping section called Drops, helping users find limited supply products, and will temporarily waive fees due to COVID-19 — Instagram today announced it's adding a new feature to help connect online shoppers to product drops through its app.
More:
The Business of Fashion, PYMNTS.com, The Drum, Ad Age, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @garettsloane, @mattnavarra, @glenngabe, and @erinnorton
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Snowflake beats with Q1 revenue of $228.9M, up 110% YoY, as net loss swelled to $203.2M from $93.6M last year; year to date, its stock is down ~17% — - Snowflake's revenue beat estimates for the quarter as losses mounted. — Goldman Sachs upgraded Snowflake stock to buy earlier …
More:
Snowflake, MarketWatch, CRN, Investor's Business Daily, Forbes, Barron's Online, and Bloomberg
| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces Fact Check, a section of the Coinbase blog to combat misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto — Every tech company should go direct to their audience, and become a media company. — As Coinbase and the cryptoeconomy grow …
More:
Cointelegraph and Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Tweets: @jrhennessy, @coinbasenews, @edzitron, @alex, @chafkin, @williamturton, @kevinroose, @ahcastor, @ellenhuet, and @ericnewcomer
| Martin Tisne / MIT Technology Review: |
Lawmakers focus on protecting individuals from Big Tech when they should develop laws focusing specifically on collective data rights to prevent harm to society — Protecting individual data is not enough when the harms are collective — Every person engaged with the networked world constantly creates rivers of data.
Tweets: @martintisne, @martintisne, @rafa_zanatta, @hackylawyer, @martintisne, @protonmail, and @ninanjira
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yalo, previously Yalochat, which helps brands sell their products via messaging services like WhatsApp, raises $50M Series C led by B Capital — Facebook has long been working on raising WhatsApp's profile as a channel for businesses to interact with (and sell to) their customers.
More:
PR Newswire and Wall Street Journal
| PYMNTS.com: |
Snappy, an e-commerce site that lets companies offer a selection of corporate gifts to their employees and clients, raises $70M Series C led by GGV Capital — Snappy, an eCommerce gifting platform, wrapped up a $70 million Series C funding round, bringing the firm's overall funding to in excess of $100 million.
More:
Business Wire and Inc.com
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Zscaler stock rose ~12% on Wednesday after reporting Q3 earnings beat and announcing it will acquire India-based cybersecurity company Smokescreen Technologies — Zscaler said Smokescreen will help with ransomeware attacks and zero-trust security. — Cyber-security firm Zscaler …
More:
Investing.com and Dark Reading
| Scott Kirsner Globe / The Boston Globe: |
Flywire, a Boston-based fintech focused on cross-border payments, closed up 46%+ in its Nasdaq debut after raising $250M in its IPO at a valuation of over $3B — The Boston-based digital payments company Flywire made its public market debut Wednesday on the Nasdaq exchange, after raising $250 million in an initial public offering.
More:
GlobeNewswire News Room and TechCrunch
| Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg: |
Iran says it is banning cryptocurrency mining until September 22 after a series of power blackouts across major cities — - Iran blames crypto mining and drought for recent outages — Government says 85% of mining activity is unlicensed — Follow us @crypto for our full coverage.
More:
The Register, CNBC, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, and The Verge
Tweets: @neloangelo314, @jessefelder, and @bloqbot
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:05 AM ET, May 27, 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:Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| DFRLab: |
More:
Axios and Forbes
Tweets: @verambergen, @dfrlab, @dfrlab, @ashleyrgold, @dfrlab, @dfrlab, @jaredlholt, @dfrlab, @justinflood, and @brooklynmarie
Earlier Picks
| Lauren Hepler / San Francisco Chronicle: |
More:
CNBC, The Verge, Slashdot, 9to5Google, and Engadget
Tweets: @carlquintanilla, @jonfortt, @jowyang, @chrismessina, @mayavada, and @maseisbigsexy
| Melanie Evans / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
The Verge, The Overspill, HCA Today, medcitynews.com, and Tech Xplore
Tweets: @wsj, @daniel_kraft, @ajlunited, @jjwurology, @pjputh, @stefaniei, @silvermanjacob, @repkenbuck, @iamstarnord, @sovmichael, and @tstavroulaki
| Bloomberg: |
More:
adcu.org.uk, The Guardian, Financial Times, and Protocol
Tweets: @josheidelson, @groomb, @nicoemoe, @josheidelson, and @josheidelson