|
September 17, 2021, 11:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| New York Times: |
Apple and Google remove jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's app that coordinated protest voting, bowing to Russian pressure on the eve of an election — The app, from the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, vanished from online stores as polls opened in the parliamentary election it was designed to sway.
More:
Associated Press, Vox, Ars Technica, The Verge, CNN, The Hill, Sky News, Washington Post, Protocol, Atlantic Council, Reuters, OSnews, NBC News, Apple World Today, MacRumors, TechRadar, BBC, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Wired, 9to5Mac, The Moscow Times, Washington Examiner, Financial Times, ExtremeTech, Fortune, Android Police, New York Post, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, Axios, Fortune, CNET, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacDailyNews, Telecoms.com, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, TNW, Insider, TechCrunch, and Slashdot
Tweets: @natynettle, @natynettle, @tolmasky, @natynettle, @matthew_d_green, @natynettle, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @reuters, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @ihnatko, @maddow, @benlovejoy, @paulg, @timsweeneyepic, @tolmasky, @reneritchie, @tolmasky, @matthew_d_green, @tolmasky, @matthew_d_green, @benlovejoy, @tolmasky, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @riana_crypto, @carnage4life, @reneritchie, @mcfaul, @timsweeneyepic, @mcfaul, @asluhn, @robpegoraro, @oliviasolon, @keleftheriou, @neilcybart, @matthew_d_green, @patrickmcgee_, @natynettle, @jason_kint, @patrickmcgee_, @davidakaye, @neilcybart, @vladsavov, @mathewi, @juliadavisnews, @evan_greer, @evacide, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @pt, @timsweeneyepic, @repkenbuck, @christogrozev, @evan_greer, @willoremus, @marietjeschaake, @carnage4life, @eff, @fosspatents, @rodrigocampos, @valeriein140, @matthew_d_green, @pt, @robpegoraro, @hari, @reneritchie, @mattyglesias, @natynettle, @evan_greer, and @reuters
| New York Times: |
Recording from a global Apple all-hands meeting reveals Tim Cook answered only two questions from staff about workplace and social issues — Hundreds of current and former Apple workers are complaining about their work environment, a rarity for the once tight-lipped company.
More:
AppleInsider and Pixel Envy
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @cherthedev, @reckless, @ashleygjovik, @ashleygjovik, @ashleygjovik, @ashleygjovik, and @lorenzofb
| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines — Company documents show antivaccine activists undermined the CEO's ambition to support the rollout by flooding the site …
More:
Galaxy Brain, Techonomy, New York Times, USA Today, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @scheckwsj, @kantrowitz, @mims, @jbarro, @willoremus, @shiraovide, @evan_greer, @grady_booch, @willoremus, @tvietor08, @edbott, @gartenberg, @holden, @willoremus, @evan_greer, @reckless, @justinhendrix, @caseynewton, @jaspar, @jason_kint, @jbarro, @jodikantor, @anthony, @jason_kint, @timmarchman, @bernstein, @jason_kint, @senwarren, @karaswisher, @migueldeicaza, @pinboard, @emilyglazer, @kevinroose, @reckless, @amnestytech, @pierasselin, @techemails, @willoremus, @dangillmor, @poppyalexander, @giladedelman, @om, @stevekovach, @anthony, @pinboard, @digiphile, @andrewrestuccia, @justinhendrix, @marietjeschaake, @profcarroll, @mattrosoff, @jeffhorwitz, @justinhendrix, @mmasnick, @samschech, @justinhendrix, @pinboard, @katie_martin_fx, @cwarzel, @timothypmurphy, @jason_kint, @charlesarthur, @lachlan, @justinhendrix, @mathbabedotorg, @jemimacmcevoy, and @anthony
| Wall Street Journal: |
More:
New York Times, Insider, AppleInsider, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @andymstone, @eisingerj, @samidh, @sifill_ldf, @dnvolz, @jason_kint, @rmac18, @gameism, @lizthegrey, @pinboard, @kantrowitz, @hypervisible, @emilydreyfuss, @tomscocca, @andrewfeinberg, @erinbiba, @histoftech, @caseynewton, @heidibeirich, @dnvolz, @newley, @drgjackbrown, @repkenbuck, @vickerysec, @vickerysec, @rebeccaballhaus, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @russbengtson, @hkesvani, @bigblackjacobin, and @evan_greer
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Biden administration is preparing many actions to disrupt ransomware payments, including sanctions on some crypto wallets and exchanges next week — Biden administration hopes to disrupt digital finance infrastructure that facilitates ransomware cyberattacks, a threat traced to Russia| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google to bring an Android 11 feature that auto-resets permissions granted to apps that haven't been used in months, to phones running Android 6 and above — Resetting an app's permissions if it hasn't been used in a while — Android 11's auto-resetting permissions …
More:
Android Developers Blog, Ars Technica, Input, Android Central, The Record, 9to5Google, Thurrott, Engadget, XDA Developers, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @drishtantr, @elkmovie, @9to5google, and @nexusben
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Cameo launches Cameo Calls, a native experience in the app for fans to video chat with influencers and celebrities for up to 15 minutes — If you really want to video chat tonight with William Hung of retro American Idol fame... got twenty bucks to spare? Yesterday, Cameo launched …
More:
The Verge, Trusted Reviews, Adweek, Cameo Blog, Tubefilter, and PCMag
| Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: |
Report: Commure, which provides APIs for vendors and startups to build healthcare apps, raised $500M over two rounds of funding, valuing the company at $3.5B — Human Capital and Greenoaks Capital led the latest round, according to Insider's reporting. — Healthcare software company Commure … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
GitLab files for a US IPO and says its revenue in the latest quarter grew 69% to $58.1M, while net losses grew to $40.2M from $9.4M a year ago — - GitLab, which was valued at $6 billion in a secondary share sale late last year, filed its IPO prospectus on Friday.
More:
SEC.gov, Reuters, TechCrunch, GitLab, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and ZDNet
Tweets: @danprimack and @lookinggdlouis
| Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg: |
Sources: US probe into Binance expands to include CFTC's review of alleged insider trading and market manipulation, following criminal probes by DOJ and the IRS — - CFTC examining whether crypto exchange exploited customers — Binance has said it has strict policies to prevent misconduct| Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: |
Amazon says it has closed 3,000 seller accounts backed by about 600 Chinese brands for review fraud — The closures did not negatively impact the overall growth of Chinese online merchants on Amazon, according to a senior company executive Amazon kicked off an extensive clean-up campaign in May …
More:
The Verge, Liliputing, pandaily.com, and PingWest
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says Tesla will use a week of personal driving data to determine whether owners who paid for “Full Self-Driving” can access its latest beta version — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will use personal driving data to determine whether owners who have paid for its controversial … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
General Motors says it is building direct relationships with chip manufacturers to address shortages, following production halts at six assembly plants — General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Mary Barra said Friday the largest U.S. automaker plans to make changes in its supply chain … Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Generate Sample Data the Way You Want It Using AI, for Free — Finding good sample data is harder than it should be.If you've ever tried to test a dashboard, build a demo, or train a team on an analytics tool, you know the drill.
Generate Sample Data the Way You Want It Using AI, for Free — Finding good sample data is harder than it should be.If you've ever tried to test a dashboard, build a demo, or train a team on an analytics tool, you know the drill.
IDrive:
IDrive Autonomy: low-cost L2+ driver assistance with AI — L2+ driver assistance with a scalable AI stack built for automotive companies and laying the foundation for the autonomous future.
IDrive Autonomy: low-cost L2+ driver assistance with AI — L2+ driver assistance with a scalable AI stack built for automotive companies and laying the foundation for the autonomous future.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Data Centers, Elon Musk, and the New Politics of Tech, with David Weigel
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.
Access:
Sam Altman on OpenAI's next model and the AI backlash
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Brian Singerman from GPx
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Training Data:
Making Cities Awesome: Peregrine's Nick Noone & Ben Rudolph
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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 11:40 PM ET, September 17, 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
Brian Steinberg / Variety:Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
More:
BGR, Engadget, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Chrome Unboxed, The Streamable, phonearena.com, Android Police, and TechRadar
Tweets: @protocol and @davewiner
Earlier Picks
| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
More:
Ars Technica. Tweets: @_karenhao, @_karenhao, @profcarroll, @timherrera, @profcarroll, @melissaryan, @katestarbird, @justinhendrix, @brosandprose, @adam_k_levin, @carolecadwalla, @mollyjongfast, @fboversight, @jason_kint, @urocklive1, @matthewkeyslive, @vickerysec, @profcarroll, @scalzi, @vickerysec, @moonalice, @johnbattelle, @scottmstedman, and @mat
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Source:
Apple Podcasts. More:
Vox, The Atlantic, Input, CNBC, She's A Beast, Mashable, ExtremeTech, Patently Apple, KnowTechie, Tech Policy Press, Newser, Malwarebytes Labs, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Conversation, and Benzinga
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
More:
Computerworld, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Silicon Valley Business …, CNET, AppleInsider, iMore, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacRumors, KnowTechie, Cult of Mac, phonearena.com, Pocketnow, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, and International Business Times
Tweets: @universeice, @neilcybart, @slightlylate, @slightlylate, @handleym99, @dylan522p, @handleym99, @benbajarin, @handleym99, @natisho, and @bruceqburke