| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple delays the rollout of recently announced child safety features, says it will take more time to collect feedback from stakeholders and make improvements — Last month, Apple announced a handful of new child safety features that proved to be controversial, including CSAM detection features for iCloud Photos.| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
GoDaddy says it gave Texas Right to Life, an abortion “whistleblower” website, 24 hours to find a new hosting provider before cutting off service — To protest Texas' new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state's largest anti-abortion group.| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Lyft will cover legal fees for drivers sued under Texas' new abortion law for transporting women to abortion clinics, and donates $1M to Planned Parenthood — - Lyft said Friday it will cover legal fees for drivers on its platform who are sued under Texas's restrictive abortion law that went into effect this week.| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
NYU study: from August 2020 to January 2021, publishers known for putting out misinfo got six times more engagement than trustworthy news sources — Right-leaning pages also produce more misinformation, the forthcoming study found. — A new study of user behavior on Facebook around … | Insider: |
Sources: Amazon will launch its own TV featuring Alexa and no third-party manufacturer branding in the US, possibly as soon as October — - Amazon is planning to roll out its own Amazon-branded TV, Insider has learned. — A US launch is targeted for as soon as October.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the city of Beijing has proposed an investment in Didi Global that would give state-run firms control of the world's largest ride hailing company — - State-backed firm Shouqi Group part of potential consortium — Proposal lets China control world's largest ride-hailing firm| Reuters: |
Filings: NLRB is investigating two complaints by Apple employees, including one by senior engineering PM Ashley Gjøvik who alleges workplace harassment and more — The U.S. National Labor Relations Board is investigating two cases filed by employees against Apple, records on the agency's website show.| Francesco Rizzato / Opensignal: |
State of 5G in the US: New York had the fastest download speed at 114 Mbps, while Vermont had the slowest at 42.2 Mbps but the best 5G video experience — As U.S. carriers continue to hit new milestones in their 5G network rollouts, Opensignal has now conducted the most comprehensive analysis … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project — Loot (and Vine) creator Dom Hofmann on creating an open-source, decentralized game / financial asset / art project / metaverse (?)| Andrew Thurman / CoinDesk: |
| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Federal judge rules that AI can't be listed as an inventor on patents because US law requires that an “individual” take an oath that he or she is the inventor — - Federal judge says AI can't be listed as inventor on patents — Case is first U.S. ruling in global dispute over AI inventions| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Indian e-commerce retailer Snapdeal is considering an IPO in Mumbai that could raise about $400M and value the company at about $2.5B — - E-commerce platform could be valued at $2.5 billion in listing — Startup talking with advisers for potential offering as 2022| Bloomberg: |
China's SMIC will spend $8.87B to build a plant on the outskirts of Shanghai and set up a $5.5B joint venture with Shanghai's government to oversee the project — - SMIC to set up a $5.5 billion JV in the city's free trade zone — The company is pivotal to China's broader chip ambitions| The Verge: |
Apple's updated rules allowing web signup links appear to apply only to apps that don't make much money for Apple, like Netflix and Spotify — It's for apps that don't make Apple any money anyways — While vocal app developers accused Apple last week of spinning a lawsuit settlement … | Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Meet Okara, the AI platform that doesn't train on your data — Chat with 30+ open-source models (Llama, Kimi, Qwen, DeepSeek) through encrypted infrastructure. Used by teams handling proprietary code and strategy.
AI-powered law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Saudi Arabia's data localisation era: Why compliance-ready clouds are now essential — Saudi Arabia is in a key phase in its digital transformation, where data governance, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty are as vital as innovation.
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.
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:25 PM ET, September 3, 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.
| Anirban Sen / Reuters: |
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |