|
September 14, 2021, 1:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Apple: |
Livestream of Apple's “California Dreaming” event — Watch today at 10 a.m. PDT. View online at apple.com or on the Apple TV app.
More:
MacRumors, Macworld, The Verge, CNET, ZDNet, Windows Central, Axios, Livemint, Washington Post, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Insider, USA Today, MacRumors, CNBC, techadvisor.com, Laptop Mag, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, The Mac Security Blog, Apple Must, Firstpost Tech, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, Android Central, iPhone Hacks, CNN, Tom's Guide, Neowin, TechRadar, Ars Technica, MacRumors, BGR, XDA Developers, Wccftech, Wired, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, VRFocus, Cult of Mac, and AppleInsider
| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's event, where the iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and redesigned AirPods are expected — On such a winter's day — The time has come for yet another iPhone announcement — plus whatever else Apple might have up its sleeve. Sleeve's the right metaphor, actually …
More:
MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, The Sun, CNET, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, CNET, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, AnandTech, TechCrunch, TechRadar, Insider, CNBC, Liliputing, and t3.com
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces iPhone 13 and 13 mini with a similar design to iPhone 12, smaller notch, A15, diagonal dual-camera system, larger battery, and five new colors — The rumors were right. The centerpiece of today's big Apple event is the latest iPhone. The latest device lands less than a year …
More:
AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iMore, and Reuters
Tweets: @asymco, @joannastern, @stephennellis, @superscientific, @nbtjacklyn, @bengeskin, @nicholasadigrat, @tomcoates, @thurrott, @morningbrew, @benbajarin, @neilcybart, @rachelmetz, @asymco, @samsheffer, @reneritchie, @thurrott, @raywongy, @halidecamera, @techledes, @ijustine, @markgurman, @joannastern, @pinboard, and @mattrosoff
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple refreshes iPad mini with a larger 8.3" display and rounded corners, Touch ID power button, USB C, 5G, second-gen Pencil support; coming next week for $499 — No Mini LED, unfortunately — Apple has announced its all-new iPad Mini. It features a new enclosure with narrower bezels and rounded corners.
Source:
Apple. More:
New York Times, HotHardware.com News, Laptop Mag, CNET, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iMore, Insider, Hindustan Times, and iMore
Tweets: @ijustine, @film_girl, @markgurman, @stshank, @gruber, @gartenberg, @dcseifert, @marcoarment, @richontech, @ijustine, @redletterdave, @tldtoday, @mkbhd, @stshank, @llsethj, and @reneritchie
| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
More:
TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, CNET, TechCrunch, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Independent, BGR, and iMore
Tweets: @laurengoode, @maxwinebach, @marcoarment, @idavey, @austinnotduncan, @somegadgetguy, @sajjad_m, @snazzyq, @mkbhd, @wongmjane, @thedextriarchy, @tomcoates, @pierce, @dcseifert, @stevesi, @pierce, @dcseifert, @marcoarment, @markgurman, @detroitborg, @stshank, @reneritchie, @pinboard, @mgsiegler, @saschasegan, @tldtoday, @raywongy, @bzamayo, @joannastern, @richontech, @mkbhd, @laurengoode, @mkbhd, and @jon_prosser
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Source:
Apple. More:
ZDNet, Gizmodo, CNET, Engadget, MacRumors, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, IGN, iMore, and Apple Must
Tweets: @joannastern, @ijustine, @stshank, @richontech, @thurrott, @stshank, @gartenberg, @producthunt, and @reneritchie
| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal docs: Facebook's own research shows Instagram is harmful to a sizeable percentage of users, especially teen girls, but it has taken few remedial steps — Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public
More:
Instagram Blog, Forbes, TechCrunch, CNET, International Business Times, Insider, New York Post, and CNBC
Tweets: @jeffhorwitz, @georgia_wells, @willoremus, @justinhendrix, @mosseri, @katieharbath, @georgia_wells, @katestarbird, @mattyglesias, @mims, @hawleymo, @arpitrage, @davepell, @wsj, @lpolgreen, @profcarroll, @deitaone, @ceciliakang, @venkatananth, @mikarv, @shiraovide, @jeffhorwitz, @hypervisible, @juliaangwin, @anthony, @jeffhorwitz, @paulwsj, @oliviasolon, @rwesthead, @quinnypig, @jeffhorwitz, @georgia_wells, @ceciliakang, @ceciliakang, @qjurecic, @jeffhorwitz, @gregbensinger, @timjhanrahan, @gregbensinger, @jamestitcomb, @jeffhorwitz, @deitaone, @frankpallotta, @deitaone, and @georgia_wells
| Bloomberg: |
Last week's court ruling leaves the door open for Apple to still attempt to collect a 30% commission from app developers who use their own payment methods — - Judge questioned, but didn't lower iPhone maker's commission — Maximizing revenue poses logistical challenges, political risk
More:
MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Tech.pinions, WRAL TechWire, Wall Street Journal, phonearena.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, and @markgurman
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
More:
PYMNTS.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and New York Times
Tweets: @brian_armstrong, @marcoarment, @drbarnard, and @drbarnard
| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korea fines Google $177M for abusing market dominance, saying it prevented companies like Samsung from developing or using modified versions of Android — - Company said to have impeded development of competing software — Regulator orders change to Google contracts with manufacturers
More:
Reuters, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Yonhap News Agency, CNET, The Hill, Thurrott, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechSpot, phonearena.com, Inc42 Media, The Verge, IT PRO, Variety, Benzinga, Financial Times, Trusted Reviews, Pocketnow, Forbes, and Android Central
Tweets: @vsuglobov, @vijayshekhar, @aaronwall, and @florianederer
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Amazon rolls out an OS update with a new UI for Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Oasis, the first refresh since around 2016 — Refined look and feel coming to most Kindles released since 2015. — Amazon's Kindle e-readers get new software updates regularly, and they're mostly of the nondescript … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Ticketing company AXS adopts Amazon One palm scanner at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the first Amazon One partnership outside Amazon and Whole Food stores — Launching at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre — Amazon's palm-scanning technology, Amazon One, has always been about more than just fast payments.| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Christine Martinez files a suit against Pinterest claiming breach of implied contract, saying she co-created Pinterest but was never compensated — In a lawsuit, a woman who said she had helped create Pinterest claimed the founders had agreed to compensate her but never did.| Sun Yu / Financial Times: |
Chinese police are using a state-backed anti-fraud app, installed on 200M+ devices, to identify and question people who have viewed overseas financial news — Police identify and question people on back of software meant to prevent online scams — Chinese police are using …
Tweets: @colgo, @paulmozur, @byron_wan, @jchengwsj, @elimeixler, @gwbstr, and @byron_wan
| Jack Poulson / American Prospect: |
A former AI research scientist at Google details how tech companies and the US government hide their surveillance projects in plain sight — Learning about the Pentagon's drone program through FOIA requests and public filings — An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned maritime surveillance drone flies … | Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
Researcher discovers an AI-powered service that makes it incredibly easy for users to generate nonconsensual deepfake porn by uploading a picture of a face — Deepfake researchers have long feared the day this would arrive. — The website is eye-catching for its simplicity.| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Biden to nominate Georgetown law professor Alvaro Bedoya, who focuses on privacy issues, to be a commissioner at the FTC — Alvaro Bedoya has spearheaded pivotal research into how the government's use of facial recognition software hurts America's most marginalized| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Intuit says it has agreed to acquire Mailchimp for $12B in cash and stock — - Intuit will buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion, the companies announced Monday. — Intuit said it will use the acquisition to accelerate growth among small business clients.
Source:
Business Wire and Mailchimp. More:
San Francisco Business Journal, Wall Street Journal, Protocol, Intuit, The Register, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Benzinga
Tweets: @ekp, @levie, @benchestnut, @benchestnut, @shubham, @stop, @benchestnut, @justkelly_ok, @oddballstocks, @benchestnut, and @mathowie
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Amazon says it is increasing its average US hourly starting wage to $18 and plans to hire 125,000 more warehouse and transportation workers — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has increased its average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse …
Source:
About Amazon. More:
The Guardian, PCMag, Bloomberg, The Hill, Fast Company, New York Post, and CNBC
Tweets: @mattyglesias and @oliviasolon
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sendoso, which helps companies send customized physical gifts to clients at scale for a monthly fee, raises $100M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 — Corporate gift services have come into their own during the Covid-19 pandemic by standing in as a proxy for other kinds …
More:
Silicon Republic and Reuters
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Solana has been suffering a network outage for around 4 hours, which its engineers say is caused by “network exhaustion”; validators can “restart if necessary” — In brief — Blockchain network Solana has been down for nearly four hours as of this writing.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Jakarta-based payments infrastructure startup Xendit raises $150M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Tiger Global, following $64.6M Series B six months ago — There's a new entrant in Southeast Asia's growing list of unicorns. Jakarta-based Xendit, best known for its digital payment infrastructure … | Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Parler CEO George Farmer, a British hedge fund partner married to Candace Owens, who says the social network is planning a relaunch after Capitol riots — George Farmer seeks to revive ‘free speech’ app that imploded after US Capitol riots — Parler, the “free speech” …
Tweets: @bondhack and @martinsfp
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Citizen Lab says it found evidence of ForcedEntry on an activist's iPhone and the exploit worked on iPads, Macs, and Watches as well, prior to recent updates — Citizen Lab says the ForcedEntry flaw affects all iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches — Apple has released security updates …
More:
The Guardian, Apple Support, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, VICE, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNET, HotHardware.com News, BBC, The Register, New York Times, NBC Bay Area, TechRepublic, PYMNTS.com, cybernews.com, International Business Times, Apple Must, gHacks Technology News, Huawei Central, Laptop Mag, and TNW
Tweets: @jsrailton, @nicoleperlroth, @shanehuntley, @racheltobac, @patrickwardle, @markgurman, @slightlylate, @dangillmor, @nicoleperlroth, and @k3ym0
| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
Wikimedia Foundation names Maryana Iskander as CEO, starting January 2022; Iskander previously led a South African non-profit focused on youth unemployment — Maryana Iskander says she aims to increase diversity among Wikipedia's volunteer moderators when she takes the reins … Sponsor Posts
Clay:
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Soxton:
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!
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!
Zoho:
Introducing our new Branding feature — Imagine this: You're hosting a high-stakes webinar, pouring hours into perfecting your content and line-up. People start registering, but your generic registration page feels …
Introducing our new Branding feature — Imagine this: You're hosting a high-stakes webinar, pouring hours into perfecting your content and line-up. People start registering, but your generic registration page feels …
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
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Side Effects May Include...(Wellness Industry Pt. 2)
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:
AI's Research Frontier: Memory, World Models, & Planning — With Joelle Pineau
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:
Moltbook Mania Explained
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
The Benchmark Partnership
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Who is Josh D'Amaro and Why is He Disney's New CEO?
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:
Special Edition: Key findings from the Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
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 1:55 PM ET, September 14, 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:Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
Mark Stenberg / Adweek: