|
May 19, 2022, 4:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple executives previewed the upcoming mixed reality headset to the company's board last week; Apple ramped up reality OS development in recent weeks — Apple Inc. executives previewed its upcoming mixed-reality headset to the company's board last week, indicating that development …
More:
AppleInsider, Protocol, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, The Mac Observer, iMore, CNBC, Counterpoint Research, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, AppleTrack, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @markgurman, @jezcorden, and @scobleizer
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: at an all-hands, Twitter's top lawyer Vijaya Gadde said there is “no such thing as a deal being on hold” and execs said Musk's deal is moving forward — Twitter Inc. executives told employees on Thursday that the $44 billion deal to sell the company to billionaire Elon Musk …
More:
Wccftech. Tweets: @caseynewton, @moorehn, @justinbaragona, @teroterotero, @nameshiv, @caseynewton, @kurtwagner8, @cesarvargas365, @jamesrbuk, @carnage4life, @emmakinery, @emmakinery, @levynews, @willoremus, @kurtwagner8, @mikeisaac, and @fmanjoo
| Twitter: |
Twitter announces a crisis misinformation policy, including adding a warning to highly visible tweets with misleading information and disabling engagement — Around the world, people use Twitter to find reliable information in real time. During periods of crisis - such as situations of armed conflict …
More:
The Record, CNN, The Verge, Twitter Help Center, Protocol, 9to5Mac, Reuters, The Economic Times, New York Times, iMore, Engadget, TechCrunch, Forbes, and Axios
Tweets: @twittersafety, @oilfield_rando, @tsimonite, @moneyries, @tomfitton, @yoyoel, @b_fung, @willoremus, @willoremus, @twittersafety, @yoda, @yoyoel, @pkafka, and @heminator
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
In a policy shift, the US Department of Justice plans to stop prosecuting good-faith security research that would have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — The new policy addresses decades of uncertainty around the law and security research. — Joseph Cox
Source:
U.S. Department of Justice. More:
BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, ZDNet, PCMag, Bloomberg, Engadget, The Record, The Verge, Cybernews.com, The Hill, and Slashdot
| Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: |
A new bipartisan Senate bill would prohibit companies with $20B+ in annual digital ad transactions from participating in more than one part of the ad ecosystem — Legislation, which has some Democratic support, takes aim at conflicts of interest in the advertising technology industry
More:
CNN, The Register, Engadget, The Verge, The Hill, Mike Lee US Senator for Utah, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, New York Post, CNBC, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @keachhagey, @andreas_schwab, @jessefelder, @anthony, @jason_kint, @matthewstoller, @jason_kint, @asharma, and @keachhagey
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
The CISA orders US federal civilian agencies to patch or remove VMware products with a remote code execution vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting — Security flaws in VMware and F5's BIG-IP are being exploited by malicious hackers. — Malicious hackers, some believed to be state-backed …
Source:
CISA, VMware, CISA, and CISA. More:
BleepingComputer, govinfosecurity.com, CRN, CSO, SiliconANGLE, Cybersecurity Dive, Infosecurity, CNN, Federal News Network, SecurityWeek, Help Net Security, Malwarebytes Labs, Cybernews.com, The Hacker News, and SC Media
Tweets: @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @kimzetter, @vickerysec, @ericgeller, @bad_packets, and @vmwaresrc
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Tether's accounting firm says Tether holds $20.1B in commercial paper, down 17% QoQ; Tether had $82.4B+ in total assets on March 31 and $82.2B in liabilities — Tether, the operator of the world's most used cryptocurrency, said it had reduced the amount of commercial paper in the reserve backing …
Source:
tether.to. More:
Decrypt, CoinDesk, Finbold, The Block, CryptoPotato, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @chrisbloomstran, @douglaslagoscom, @emilyjnicolle, @dzambhalahodl, @faridrached, @mindaoyang, @paoloardoino, and @zsk
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
In a letter to portfolio founders, Y Combinator advises to “plan for the worst” by cutting expenses and focusing on extending runways amid the economic downturn — Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” …
More:
Crunchbase News, The Economic Times, The Reluctant CFO, San Francisco Business Journal, and Moneycontrol
Tweets: @refsrc, @howardlindzon, @downtempo, @yuris, @erikvoorhees, @refsrc, and @kateclarktweets
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Fastly acquires Glitch, the web coding service formerly called Fog Creek Software; Glitch CEO Anil Dash will join Fastly as its VP of developer experience — The coding platform will continue under the new owner — Fastly, a major provider of cloud services, announced today that it's acquiring Glitch …
More:
The Glitch Blog ✨, Fastly Blog, The Register, and Insider
Tweets: @glitch, @karenpiper, @amasad, @mmasnick, @kyliebytes, @fastly, @ftrain, @simonw, @jessevondoom, @anildash, @fintanr, @anildash, @threepointone, @jennschiffer, and @elegantlywasted
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Framework refreshes its 13.5" modular Framework Laptop with 12th Gen Intel CPUs, starting at $1,049 in July; owners can upgrade existing laptops with a $538 kit — A new laptop that fits inside your old laptop — A little more than a year after announcing the first version of its ultra-repairable …
More:
Framework Blog, Framework Community, Input, HotHardware.com News, PCMag, windowscentral.com, XDA Developers, Windows Blog, Phoronix, Ars Technica, PC Gamer, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, 9to5Toys, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @mobile_dom, @kwiens, @frameworkputer, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, @ifixit, @freedmanae, @film_girl, and @dsilverman
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
FTX.US launches FTX Stocks, offering zero-commission stock trading of US-listed companies and ETFs, rolling out to the FTX.US Pro app over the coming months — - The news comes shortly after Sam Bankman-Fried's acquisition of a 7.6% stake in retail trading giant Robinhood.
More:
Wall Street Journal, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, Blockworks, Fortune, CNBC, Crypto Daily, Gizmodo, crypto.news, Bitcoin News, CoinDesk, Newslit Daily, Coinspeaker, Decrypt, CryptoPotato, and Cryptopolitan
Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @mayazi, @fintechfrank, @mayazi, @jeffjohnroberts, @matthewstoller, and @scaramucci
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches its free WhatsApp Cloud API, aimed at SMBs, to all businesses worldwide, and announces paid features for its WhatsApp Business app coming later — WhatsApp is continuing its push into the business market with today's news it's launching the WhatsApp Cloud API to all businesses worldwide.
More:
The Economic Times, New York Times, Reuters, BGR India, WABetaInfo, Tech in Asia, and Adweek
Tweets: @martinsfp and @mikeisaac
| Henry Grabar / Slate: |
As Uber starts to cut costs, having lost $30B+ in five-odd years, a look at the impact of subsidized rides on cities, the decline in public transit, and more — Recently I was talking with an executive who used to work in car-sharing—the wave of companies, led by Zipcar and car2go … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
An interview with a16z's Jonathan Lai on Games Fund One, the VC firm's new $600M fund for games that will invest in studios, infrastructure, and consumer apps — Andreessen Horowitz has raised a $600 million fund to invest in games. The storied venture capital firm is already a big investor in games …
Source:
Andreessen Horowitz. More:
CoinDesk, The Information, GamesIndustry.biz, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Gameranx, The Economic Times, Decrypt, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @azragames, @top7ico, @andrewchen, @justinkruger, and @a16z
| Washington Post: |
Republicans, who opposed common carrier status for ISPs during the net neutrality debate, are now calling for the status to be applied to social media platforms — Happy Thursday! I know, I know, going to law school probably would've helped writing today's newsletter.
Tweets: @viacristiano, @jeffjarvis, @adamthierer, @karlbode, @willoremus, @dsilverman, and @aclu
| Jan Hoffman / New York Times: |
As US drug overdoses soar, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, TikTok, Discord, and Telegram are a quick and easy conduit for illicit prescription drugs — The soaring drug fatalities in the U.S. are being fueled partly by fentanyl-tainted pills bought by teenagers and young adults on Snapchat …
More:
9to5Mac. Tweets: @ceciliakang, @mattnavarra, @marcportermagee, @jamesmerriman6, @david_sheff, @yoda, and @amandacarpenter
| Reuters: |
Sources: TikTok is testing in-app games in Vietnam as part of a push into gaming; TikTok says it has tested HTML5 games in partnership with Zynga and others — TikTok has been conducting tests so users can play games on its video-sharing app in Vietnam, part of plans for a major push into gaming …
More:
TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, Benzinga, MobileSyrup, iMore, and Slashdot
| Kim Velsey / Curbed: |
AirDNA, Inside Airbnb, and Douglas Elliman data: NYC has ~3K to ~13K more Airbnb listings than rental apartments despite Airbnb listings falling in the pandemic — The fever isn't breaking. There are now bidding wars for one in every five Manhattan rental apartments (and one in three luxury units) …
More:
Protocol. Tweets: @thrasherxy, @sesmith, @bigblackjacobin, @bigmeaninternet, @tomgara, @kvelsey, @arjunbasu, @dmtrubman, @rmac18, @arminrosen, @pt, and @can
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Stripe launches Data Pipeline, letting its US customers link Stripe transactions data and their data stores in Amazon Redshift or Snowflake's Data Cloud — Stripe — the payments giant valued at $95 billion — is on a product sprint to expand its services and functionality beyond … | Financial Times: |
Chinese citizens angered by Shanghai's ongoing lockdowns are evading censorship of a viral post and video criticizing the government by minting them into NFTs — Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country's censors
Tweets: @katebevan, @tim, @jerrybrito, @alisonkilling, @youtuberlaw, and @caseynewton
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
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:
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements — 2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements — 2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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.
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.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
Alex And Ranjan's 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom
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:
Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?
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.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'A Naughty Citizen', With Quinn Nelson
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
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.
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.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:00 PM ET, May 19, 2022.
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
Alex Ritman / Variety:Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Henry Blodget / Regenerator:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
More:
Fortune and New York Post
Tweets: @alexeheath, @thestalwart, @edbott, @jeffnolan, @alexhern, @carlquintanilla, @jowens510, @ibd_ecarson, and @alexeheath
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Source:
The Information. More:
Techhive.com, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, Fossbytes, The Streamable, TechSpot, The Economic Times, XDA Developers, and iThinkDifferent
Tweets: @jeremiahlee, @carnage4life, @mrinaldesai, @blackamazon, @thrasherxy, and @royprice
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Source:
Cert-In, Cert-In, and Press Information Bureau. More:
Tech Monitor, Moneycontrol, PCMag, Livemint, Nikkei Asia, The Financial Express, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @chandrarsrikant, @chandrarsrikant, @chandrarsrikant, @zafaraafaq, and @vatsrishap
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Source:
NY State Attorney General. More:
Mashable, The Verge, State of New York, Game Developer, PC Gamer, Techdirt, and Insider