Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise Site News
Techmeme
November 25, 2021, 2:55 AM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter

Top News

New York Times:
Adam Mosseri agrees to testify about Instagram's effects on teenage users before a Senate Commerce subcommittee during the week of December 6  —  Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has agreed for the first time to testify before Congress, as bipartisan anger mounts over harms to young people from the app.
Michael McSweeney / The Block:
Coinbase acquires crypto wallet startup BRD and says BRD wallet users will have the option to migrate to the Coinbase wallet in 2022  —  Crypto exchange Coinbase has acquired the crypto wallet startup BRD, according to a notice from its leadership team.  —  In a letter address …
Nathaniel Mott / PCMag:
Check Point details MediaTek DSP firmware vulnerabilities in some Android smartphones that could be exploited to eavesdrop; MediaTek released patches in October  —  Check Point Research discovers a vulnerability in the digital signal processor found in MediaTek's system-on-chip offerings.
Wall Street Journal:
Verizon and AT&T offer to reduce the power coming from 5G towers for six months as the FAA examines possible aircraft interference  —  Wireless operators said they will limit the strength of service while regulators review the impact on planes and helicopters
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
A Windows 10 and Windows 11 exploit allows an attacker with physical access to gain SYSTEM privileges, bypassing Microsoft's patch from earlier this month  —  Malware creators have already started testing a proof-of-concept exploit targeting a new Microsoft Windows Installer zero …
Malique Morris / The Information:
Poshmark's market cap is now $1.4B, a 50%+ drop from its January IPO, as revenue growth slowed to 16% in Q3, down from 42% in Q1, amid Apple's privacy changes  —  This should be Poshmark's moment.  The online merchant is at the center of a burgeoning social shopping explosion …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Sources: five Democratic senators told the White House they oppose crypto critic Saule Omarova, Biden's pick to lead the OCC, effectively killing her nomination  —  Five Democratic senators have told the White House they won't support Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
The US places a dozen Chinese groups developing quantum computing, semiconductor, and aerospace technologies on an entity list, blocking exports to them  —  Move reflects mounting concern Beijing could acquire encryption-busting technologies from US groups  —  The US has placed …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with Christie's head of marketing Neda Whitney on selling NFTs, expanding beyond traditional high-value artwork, the metaverse, and more  —  Neda Whitney, Christie's head of marketing for the Americas, talks about demystifying nonfungible tokens, showing up in the metaverse and reaching …
Jabari Young / CNBC:
WatchBox, an online marketplace for buying, selling, and trading luxury watches, raises $165M from investors including Michael Jordan and Giannis Antetokounmpo  —  - WatchBox, a secondary marketplace for watches, attracted Michael Jordan and Giannis Antetokounmpo, as well as other athletes …

Sponsor Posts

Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro  —  Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack  —  Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Connecting, collaborating, and growing: Zoho Mail 2025 wrap-up  —  Your inbox has been home to a lot this year—quick updates, long threads, approvals, reminders, and the occasional late-night draft you weren't sure about.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data  —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

BG2 Pod:
 AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
 The stories we told ourselves in 2025
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Grit:
 How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
 The coming AI security crisis (and what to do about it) | Sander Schulhoff
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Big Technology Podcast:
 OpenAI's Potential, Google's Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
 Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
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.
Add your podcast here
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:55 AM ET, November 25, 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

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for CBS News as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast extends Mike Cavanagh's contract through January 1, 2029, and grants a ~$35M performance-based stock package; he's set to become co-CEO in January 2026

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's board says it will “carefully review and consider” Paramount's revised offer, which includes a full backstop personally guaranteed by Larry Ellison

More News

Sam Reynolds / Blockworks:
Banking Committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown probes Coinbase, Binance.US, Tether, and others over stablecoin consumer risks, and seeks a response by December 3
James Marson / Wall Street Journal:
How Belgian police infiltrated messaging service Sky ECC in February and March, gathering 1 billion messages that yielded arrests and drug seizures
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Twitter updates its iOS app to stop automatically refreshing timelines and causing tweets to disappear, after rolling out the update on the web last week

Earlier Picks

CoinDesk:
The Indian government pushes a bill for Parliament's winter session that would ban most cryptocurrencies and form a framework for creating a CBDC
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple taps TSMC to mass produce 4nm 5G modem chips for the iPhone in 2023, in an effort to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm
Jordan Pearson / VICE:
ConstitutionDAO's organizers say the project has run its course and will shift its Discord channel into read-only mode in two weeks
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Apple sues NSO Group in US federal court, seeking to ban NSO from using Apple products and alleging NSO illegally targeted Apple users with surveillance tools
More: Apple Support, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Apple, TechCrunch, Protocol, Bloomberg, CNET, elfaro.net, Insanely Great Mac, Big Technology, TidBITS, KnowTechie, BBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, The Register, CyberScoop, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Threatpost, MobileSyrup, Engadget, OSnews, Telecoms.com, MediaNama, TechRadar, ComputerWeekly.com, infosecurity-magazine.com, Gizchina, schneier.com, Beyond Search, iMore, The Overspill, International Business Times, PhoneArena, The Hacker News, TechCircle, Input, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, ZDNet, Daring Fireball, The Information, CNBC, The Register, CNN, Voice of America, Access Now, The Times of Israel, Dark Reading, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Pixel Envy, CRN, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Guardian, Patently Apple, NBC News, Macworld, Gizmodo, City A.M., 9to5Mac, Benzinga, BGR, WRAL TechWire, SlashGear, iTnews, PCMag, VICE, NBC Bay Area, The Record, Insider, XDA Developers, SecurityWeek, Mashable, Neowin, The Mac Observer, BleepingComputer, MacRumors, iMore, Engadget, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, MSPoweruser, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, and Fast Company
Tweets: @jsrailton, @ryn_writes, @jsrailton, @juanandres_gs, @nelsonmrosario, @jsrailton, @howelloneill, @wcathcart, @sarahleah1, @queennoor, @fordfoundation, @jsrailton, @blakereid, @orinkerr, @runasand, @camillefrancois, @nytimesbusiness, @nicoleperlroth, @stroughtonsmith, @laughing_mantis, @jsrailton, @blakereid, @blakereid, @blakereid, @riana_crypto, @riana_crypto, @swiftonsecurity, @jsrailton, @rondeibert, @bing_chris, @jsrailton, @taviso, @riana_crypto, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @riana_crypto, @dennisf, @howelloneill, @vickerysec, @malwarejake, @martin_u, @howelloneill, @shahed, @agvaryahu, @kenroth, @howelloneill, @epro, @jsrailton, @campuscodi, @snowden, @rasha_abdul, @kimzetter, @nicoleperlroth, @carolecadwalla, @stshank, @matthew_d_green, @nicoleperlroth, @arvindgunasekar, @backlon, @marwasf, @claritytoast, @baddcompani, @stevekovach, @stevekovach, @caseynewton, @nicoleperlroth, @nicoleperlroth, @awinston, @nicoleperlroth, @deitaone, and @deitaone
David Thiel / @elegant_wallaby:
[Thread] A former Facebook employee says Meta announced an “absurdly accelerated timeline” for e2ee messaging to preempt antitrust action and generate good PR
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter