|
July 30, 2021, 10:20 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Amazon.com, Inc.: |
Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $113.08B vs. $115.2B est., net sales grew 27% YoY, net income of $7.8B, and AWS net sales of $14.8B, up 37% YoY; stock down 5%+ — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) July 29, 2021—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2021.
More:
Barron's Online, New York Times, The Guardian, TechSpot, GeekWire, Fast Company, Reuters, Barron's Online, CNN, CNBC, Coinspeaker, The Register, Tamebay, MarketWatch, PYMNTS.com, Android Central, Telegraph, The Times, Quartz, Investor's Business Daily, Adweek, Yahoo Finance, ZDNet, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, CNET, Insider, Variety, Reuters, and Wall Street Journal
| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
In a filing, Amazon discloses that EU privacy regulators levied a record $888M fine for violating GDPR data storage rules in a July 16 decision — - Luxembourg watchdog wields new powers with highest data fine — Fine follows probe based on complaint by French privacy group
More:
Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Irish Times, CNET, AppleInsider, The Verge, Engadget, Politico, The Wrap, Variety, Insider, and CNBC
Tweets: @privacymatters and @carnage4life
| Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: |
Amazon reports Q2 “other” category revenue, which mostly covers its ad business, of $7.9B, up 83% YoY, and subscription services revenue of $7.9B, up 28% YoY — Amazon saw second quarter net sales of $113 billion, up 27% but below expectations, dinging the shares in late trading.| Reuters: |
SEC has stopped processing IPO and other registrations by Chinese companies as it crafts guidance for investors disclosures over China's crackdown — (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stopped processing registrations of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) …
More:
U.S. Securities …, Axios, and Bloomberg
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
48 civil rights and advocacy groups ask the FTC to ban corporate facial surveillance technology and continuous corporate surveillance of public space — The open letter uses Amazon as a case study to argue that corporate surveillance technologies cause immense harm and fall under the FTC's authority to ban.
More:
Washington Post, Input, Common Dreams, The Daily Dot, Medium, and Gizmodo. Tweets: @bigblackjacobin
| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Robinhood closes down 8% on its first day of trading, after raising $2.1B in its IPO at a valuation of around $32B — - Stock trading app Robinhood fell more than 8% on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq. — Robinhood's opening price was $38 per share.
More:
New York Times, The Verge, Crunchbase News, GlobeNewswire News Room, CNN, CNBC, Decrypt, Vox, Bloomberg, CNN, Cointelegraph, Silicon Valley Business …, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, The Economic Times, Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg, PitchBook, Bitcoin News, CNBC, CoinGeek, WRAL TechWire, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, Protocol, Bloomberg, StreetInsider.com, Fortune, Bloomberg, Reuters, MarketWatch, Finextra, Crypto Briefing, Crunchbase News, CoinJournal, MarketWatch, Reuters, Forbes, Fast Company, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, The Irish Times, Silicon Republic, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @chrisbloomstran, @thestalwart, @bgurley, @schuldensuehner, @robinhoodapp, @vladtenev, @katie_roof, @cryptowendyo, @eringriffith, @dangillmor, @andrew__reed, @mikeisaac, @vojtech, @danprimack, @pkedrosky, @nycsouthpaw, @thestalwart, @tradingview, @benpopper, @eringriffith, @danprimack, @levynews, @felixsalmon, @wsbmod, @mylesudland, @zerohedge, @jordannovet, @chrisbloomstran, @felixsalmon, @chrisbloomstran, @chrisbloomstran, @chrisbloomstran, @chrisbloomstran, @chrisbloomstran, @mims, and @cnnbusiness
| Tom Wilson / Reuters: |
Binance says it will wind down futures and derivatives trading in Europe, amid regulatory pressure; users will have 90 days to close from a date specified later — Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Friday it would wind down its futures and derivatives products offerings across Europe …
More:
Binance, Forbes, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, cryptodaily.co.uk, The Block, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @anbessa100
| Daniel Estrin / NPR: |
Source: NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients globally from using its technology as the company investigates their possible misuse — Israeli spyware company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its technology …
More:
9to5Mac, Beyond Search, CNET, iMore, MediaNama, Washington Post, and The Guardian. Tweets: @profcarroll
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Snap says it resolved an issue that prevented some Snapchat users from logging in and advises users to manually update the app if the issue persists — Snap resolved an issue preventing users from logging in — Snapchat experienced a massive issue Thursday evening, with more than 125,000 users reporting problems on Downdetector.
More:
KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, inews.co.uk, TechRadar, ABC, 9News, 9to5Mac, and iMore
Tweets: @snapchatsupport and @snapchat
| Nick Statt / Protocol: |
A look at the fallout from the Activision Blizzard suit, as the company confirms it fired WoW lead for misconduct last year and hires “union-busting” law firm — Activision Blizzard is in crisis mode. The World of Warcraft publisher was the subject of a shocking lawsuit filed …
More:
Kotaku, Kotaku, GamesIndustry.biz, New York Times, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Gamasutra, Game Rant, Metro.co.uk, Eurogamer.net, Reviews, Inverse, PCMag, TechRadar, Game Rant, Game Rant, Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamasutra, MSPoweruser, PC Games Insider, The Verge, Dot Esports, Ars Technica, and thegamer.com
| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Researchers detail a never-before-seen attack against Iran's train system and transport ministry from a new threat actor using a reusable wiper called Meteor — SentinelOne analysts were able to recreate the July 9 attack and identify the threat actor behind it.
More:
SentinelLabs, HackRead, The Record, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @stick631, @thegrugq, and @campuscodi
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, raises $205M Series C led by Vy Capital, with GV and others participating — In addition to SpaceX and Tesla, Neuralink is another Elon Musk company. Focused on building a brain machine interface, Neuralink today announced … | Davey Alba / New York Times: |
A look at the development of an Amazon warehouse in Windsor, CT, where the discovery of multiple nooses on site raises questions about Amazon's responsibilities — The discovery of multiple nooses has set off heated debates about the responsibility of companies and the ability of workers to speak their mind.| Kieran Leavitt / Toronto Star: |
Canada proposes the creation of a digital safety commissioner role to oversee violations of new harmful online content rules and issue penalties to platforms — The Liberal government has proposed a vast new system that would be tailored to ensure illegal content, such as child pornography and hate-speech … Sponsor Posts
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:
Meet Zoho Books MCP: Bring AI-powered accounting to your business — Isn't change the only constant? And that holds true for accounting too. For years, accounting software has helped businesses manage their finances …
Meet Zoho Books MCP: Bring AI-powered accounting to your business — Isn't change the only constant? And that holds true for accounting too. For years, accounting software has helped businesses manage their finances …
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.
Anuma:
The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory. Chat, text, create, build, and solve across every model.
The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory. Chat, text, create, build, and solve across every model.Featured Podcasts
Access:
What happens when AI runs a store
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Why Blockbuster Failed
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Big Technology Podcast:
Mark Cuban: AI Hype vs. Reality, OpenAI's Wasting $1 Trillion, Lebron vs. Jordan
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Tarek Mansour from Kalshi
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford
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.
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 10:20 AM ET, July 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Wall Street Journal:
Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
More:
HotHardware.com News, CNET, Good e-Reader, ExtremeTech, Android Police, Forbes, TechSpot, Trusted Reviews, BBC, BGR, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, Mashable, Digital Trends, TechRadar, Gizmodo, MUO, and Mobile Phones News
Tweets: @shortformernie and @_msw_
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Tweets: @jsrailton, @imdrinknwyn, @matthewmspace, @marwasf, @ncweaver, @imdrinknwyn, @jsrailton, @tenacioustek, @imdrinknwyn, @jsrailton, @nixxin, @chey_cobb, @iblametom, and @zackwhittaker
| Michail / GSMArena.com: |
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
More:
TechCrunch, TheStreet, Pinterest, Barron's Online, Coinspeaker, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @chrisbrogan, @alex, @andyswan, @ojrenick, @nrossolillo, @buccocapital, @nrossolillo, @lamonicabuzz, @zguz, @mdtrades12, and @richlightshed. Thanks:@sal19
Earlier Picks
| Danielle Kaye / Reuters: |
More:
Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Neowin, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and New York Post
Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @zoeschiffer, @zoeschiffer, @jowyang, and @martinsfp
| Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg: |
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
More:
The Register, Android Developers Blog, Google Support, The Verge, VICE, Firstpost Tech, Techpoint Africa, The Overspill, BBC, Android Central, mobilesyrup.com, phonearena.com, Gizmodo, TechRadar, 9to5Google, TalkAndroid.com, Input, XDA Developers, TechSpot, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Engadget, KnowTechie, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @ejdickson, @androidpolice, @counternotions, @gassee, @charlesarthur, and @counternotions
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
More:
The Verge, TechCrunch, iThinkDifferent, Marketing Dive, and Fortune