|
November 30, 2021, 11:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| CNBC: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey resigns, CTO Parag Agrawal takes over effective immediately; Dorsey to quit the board in 2022, Salesforce's Bret Taylor to become chair — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately.
More:
PR Newswire, Bloomberg, New York Times, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, ZeroHedge, CNET, Thurrott, Benzinga, Engadget, CNN, BBC, Bitcoin News, Axios, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Politico, Micky, PR Newswire, Reuters, American Banker, The Economic Times, BGR India, fossbytes.com, Livemint, CoinGeek, Coinspeaker, ExchangeWire.com, TechCabal, MediaNama, HuffPost, National Review, CNBC, Silicon Canals, Bankless Times, Variety, Vox, Forbes, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Gizmodo, CryptoSlate, Decrypt, Protocol, Inc42 Media, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, The Economic Times, Fortune, International Business Times, Social Media Today, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoinist.com, Observer, Cryptonews, Android Headlines, Insider, PC Gamer, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Week, The Register, Axios, and NPR
Tweets: @paraga, @jack, @patrickc, @jack, @elonmusk, @sundarpichai, @kfile, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @caseynewton, @gautam_adani, @kantrowitz, @sam_l_shead, @donie, @techemails, @alexeheath, @stejormur, @ritholtz, @kantrowitz, @parkermolloy, @thedailyshow, @pierce, @chandrarsrikant, @maxkennerly, @malemayehou, @suhelseth, @dril, @varunkrish, @nisharotech, @tomgara, @smalter, @panzer, @epro, @neerajka, @danprimack, @alexisohanian, @milessuter, @zei_squirrel, @cz_binance, @btaylor, @byyourlogic, @jaboukie, @balajis, @ilanmuskat, @ericnewcomer, @pt, @stshank, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @sahilriz, @sidin, @mmasnick, @rmac18, @danprimack, @mattocko, @mathewi, @rmac18, @caseynewton, @levie, @ggreenwald, @kellymakena, @kellymakena, @pkafka, @krangtnelson, @panzer, @seldo, @kateconger, @matt_levine, @panzer, @44, @laurengoode, @danprimack, @kurtwagner8, @marklittlenews, @shreyaghoshal, @caseynewton, @sherman4949, @rmac18, @pt, @llsethj, @sriramk, @pranavdixit, @levie, @sirsteven, @micsolana, @sherman4949, @rmac18, @ceciliakang, @mgsiegler, @techledes, @nedsegal, @felixsalmon, @strngwys, @markmilian, @ishanagarwal24, @joshelman, @strngwys, @johnbiggs, @janewakefield, @b_fung, @kt_so_it_goes, @tomwarren, @charlesarthur, @jamesliamcook, @jimwaterson, @pinboard, @sonalibasak, @iansherr, @stevekovach, @mims, @jamestitcomb, @sherman4949, @phil_lewis_, @can, @rachelking, @sarafischer, @sherman4949, @danprimack, @sam_l_shead, @ceciliakang, @ldrogen, @nic__carter, @trungtphan, @thestalwart, @pinboard, @kantrowitz, @lanceulanoff, @carnage4life, @sarafischer, @packym, @davidzmorris, @seldo, @jamesrbuk, @zr1trader, @sam_l_shead, @triketora, @ivanthek, @yoda, @thestalwart, @ryan_browne_, and @jyarow
| New York Times: |
Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little known to the public and a Jack Dorsey confidant who has been involved in many big strategic initiatives — A longtime Twitter insider and a confidant of co-founder Jack Dorsey, Mr. Agrawal takes over as the social media company confronts various challenges.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Possible reasons Dorsey stepped down, including activist investors and disinterest in the role, and what to expect from Parag Agarwal, who has focused on crypto — Theories on why now, and what to expect from Parag Agrawal's Twitter — This story is part of a group of stories called
More:
Wired, Noahpinion, The Economic Times, Gizmodo, Gizchina, and Washington Post
Tweets: @madmanweb and @digiphile
| Bloomberg: |
Twitter's new CEO has to steer a company that has underperformed the market, haltingly introduced new products, and struggled to moderate harmful content — - Technologist steps into high-pressure, high-profile role — Dorsey hands years-long business struggles to new leadership
More:
Stratechery, Bloomberg, VICE, CNBC, The Economic Times, and BBC
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
UK's CMA says Meta must sell Giphy, after finding the deal could harm social media users, rival platforms by denying access to GIFs, and UK advertisers — After its investigation found it could harm competition — The UK's competition regulator has officially ruled that Facebook parent …
Source:
GOV.UK. More:
Reuters, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Axios, The Register, CNET, BBC, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Euractiv, Protocol, Sky News, Android Central, Silicon Republic, Forbes, NBC News, Pocketnow, Neowin, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters, Telecoms.com, TechSpot, Engadget, The Economic Times, iMore, Insider, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, TechCrunch, London Evening Standard, CNN, MSPoweruser, and CNET
Tweets: @cmagovuk, @s8mb, @alexmartin, @jamesrbuk, @psythor, @s8mb, @jamestitcomb, @s8mb, @martinsfp, @jamestitcomb, @cmagovuk, @darrenpjones, @s8mb, @tomwarren, @basche42, and @toadsanime
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find Google Play apps with 300K+ downloads that stole bank credentials, posing as QR and PDF scanners, exercise apps, and cryptocurrency wallets — Crooks find new ways to prevent Google from detecting malicious packages. — Researchers said they've discovered a batch …
More:
ThreatFabric, KnowTechie, ZDNet, TechRadar, fossbytes.com, Threatpost, The Record, and The Hacker News
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Citing “alleged serious breaches” of data protection laws, UK's ICO notifies Clearview AI of its provisional intention to fine the company £17M+ — Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a potential fine in the UK.
Source:
ICO. More:
BBC, CSO, CyberScoop, New York Times, BuzzFeed News, The Register, Engadget, diginomica, AI News, Bloomberg, Privacy International, The Guardian, iTnews, and ComputerWeekly.com
Tweets: @iconews, @treiziemesalope, @privacyint, @vmanancourt, @zackwhittaker, @rmac18, @rmac18, and @rmac18
| Amy Dobson / Forbes: |
Lessen, which offers a marketplace for property services, raises a $170M Series B at a $1B+ valuation led by Fifth Wall — The home services marketplace Lessen, which is geared towards facilitating the logistics for every stage of home services and repair for both residents and service professionals …
More:
SiliconANGLE and GeekWire
| Charity L. Scott / Wall Street Journal: |
Adobe: online US consumers spent $7.1B by 9PM ET on Cyber Monday, below expectations and down from $10.8B in 2020, as many shoppers return to physical stores — Online retailers offered fewer discounts because of limited inventory, while more shoppers returned to stores
More:
CNBC, Reuters, Total Retail, WRAL TechWire, The Independent, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @laurenthomas, @ourmaninchicago, and @ron_miller
| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
Finland is working to stop millions of text messages spreading the FluBot malware via links, which started late last week, declaring a “severe alert” — Finland is working to stop a flood of text messages of an unknown origin that are spreading malware.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Fundbox, which offers lines of credit up to $150K to SMBs using AI to automate loan decisions, raises a $100M Series D at a $1.1B valuation — Fundbox, a company that offers loans to small businesses, announced today it has raised $100 million in a Series D round at a valuation of $1.1 billion.| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Mainframe Industries, which develops cloud-native MMOs, raises a $23M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total funding to $33.7M — Mainframe Industries, the startup behind the first cloud-native massively multiplayer online game, today announced it has raised $23 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
More:
VentureBeat, Game Developer, GamesIndustry.biz, and Bloomberg
| Sheelah Kolhatkar / New Yorker: |
Profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, as some longtime staffers worry she is underestimating the risks of pursuing aggressive antitrust cases that are likely to fail — As monopolies and other large companies gain increasing control of our daily lives, Khan is Joe Biden's pick to do something about it.
Tweets: @davidmwessel, @michaelluo, @sheelahk, @econliberties, @daviduberti, @lutherlowe, and @pkafka
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Via, which offers cities software and operations services to manage transit, raises $130M at a $3.3B valuation led by Janus Henderson — - Via raised $130 million in financing led by Janus Henderson — Cities are spending more on public transit programs now
More:
CTech
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter bans sharing private images and videos without consent, with exceptions for newsworthiness and public figures, and will remove reported offending media — Twitter has expanded its private information policy to include media, banning users from sharing photos or videos of a private individual without their permission.
More:
Twitter, TechCrunch, Insider, and CNET
Tweets: @twittersafety, @carnage4life, @digiphile, and @twittersafety
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
CloudTrucks, which helps truck operators manage cash flows, insurance, and more, raises a $115M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its funding to $142M — CloudTrucks wants to use technology to help trucking entrepreneurs operate their business: The California-based startup sells business …
More:
Forbes
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Israeli DevOps security startup Cycode, which helps protect source code, raises a $56M Series B led by Insight Partners, following a $20M Series A in May 2021 — Israeli DevOps security startup Cycode Ltd. announced today it has raised $56 million in new funding to fuel sales growth …
More:
CTech, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and SecurityWeek
| BBC: |
FIFA will use 10 to 12 cameras, collecting up to 29 data points per player 50 times per second, to make semi-autonomous offside decisions at the Arab Cup — The use of technology to help officials make more accurate offside decisions will be tested at the Fifa Arab Cup, which starts on Tuesday.| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Former Citi exec Matt Zhang announces Hivemind Capital Partners, a $1.5B VC fund to invest in blockchain startups, selects Algorand as a strategic partner — Hivemind Capital Partners, founded by former Citi exec Matt Zhang, announced its inaugural $1.5 billion venture fund to invest in blockchain and digital asset ecosystems.
More:
PR Newswire, Coinspeaker, The Daily Hodl, Blockworks, and Cointelegraph
| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
South Korean company Naver, which runs the popular Zepeto metaverse platform for 3D avatars, raises a $150M Series B at a $1B valuation from Vision Fund 2 — Naver's Zepeto, boasting a base of young female users, attracts $150 million SoftBank investment, valuing it at more than $1 billionSponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Navigating the workday with Zoho Cliq's task management capabilities — As Monday dawns and I settle into my workday with a steaming cup of coffee, I brace myself for the usual storm of tasks headed my way.
Navigating the workday with Zoho Cliq's task management capabilities — As Monday dawns and I settle into my workday with a steaming cup of coffee, I brace myself for the usual storm of tasks headed my way.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Tue. 04/16 - What Should An AI Wearable Be: AI Pin Or Limitless Pendant?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:00 AM ET, November 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
David Folkenflik / NPR:Hana Yoo / AdExchanger:
Richard Stengel / The Atlantic:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
More:
Common Dreams, Protocol, Politico, Tech Xplore, NPR, BBC, Associated Press, The Verge, CNET, Mashable, Financial Times, Seattle Business Journal, Insider, Engadget, and USA Today
Tweets: @thedemcoalition, @parismartineau, and @jordanzakarin
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |