Techmeme: Analysis: from the end of 2000 through June 1, 2022, Apple applied for and published 248 automobile-related patents, mostly around communication and navigation (Nikkei Asia)

Open Links In New Tab

Mobile Archives Advertise Site News

July 25, 2022, 6:55 PM

Top News

Joseph Cox / VICE:

Internal docs from 2017 show Roblox's plan for expanding into China: censorship compliance, expecting to be hacked and copied by partners like Tencent, and more — Filtering games. Blocking maps with Taiwan. Handling “historical facts.” Roblox was prepared to go all in on Chinese censorship …

More: Slashdot, Game Developer, Engadget, and Eurogamer.net

Tweets: @motherboard, @josephfcox, @motherboard, @josephfcox, @motherboard, @gossithedog, @neerajka, @motherboard, @katiedrumm, @jason_koebler, @motherboard, @motherboard, @motherboard, @jordannovet, and @motherboard

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:

Creators are forming groups on chat apps like Discord, Geneva, and Telegram, which they say offer a more intimate, community experience than social networks — Influencers are setting up groups on chat apps, like Geneva, Discord and Telegram, which they say offer a more intimate …

Tweets: @caspertk, @lauraewilson, @lizperle, @brooke, @chrismessina, @bostonjoan, @karaswisher, @goldman, @jspector, @dvassallo, and @caseyjohnston

Dylan Martin / The Register:

Intel plans to manufacture chips for Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek, the first major customer for Intel Foundry Services; MediaTek will continue to use TSMC — This will be the x86 giant's first major foundry customer — Intel will manufacture chips for Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek …

More: Reuters, Business Wire, Tom's Hardware, Protocol, CNET, VideoCardz.com, CRN, Nikkei Asia, Engadget, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Telecoms.com, XDA Developers, HotHardware, TechCrunch, Forbes, and Windows Central

Tweets: @randhir_intel, @stephennellis, @stephennellis, @stephennellis, @caro_milanesi, @thekanter, @pgelsinger, @mingchikuo, @stshank, @tculpan, and @dylanonchips. Thanks:@dylanonchips

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

The NFL launches its NFL+ streaming service, offering a $4.99/month tier and $9.99/month Premium tier with full game replays; NFL+ replaces Game Pass in the US — It will cost $4.99 per month at launch Monday, and include live local games on mobile devices, as well as live audio of every game.

More: Axios, CNBC, TechCrunch, The Verge, PhoneArena, KnowTechie, Variety, Softpedia News, The Streamable, Neowin, Light Reading, and Engadget

Tweets: @fordm, @highlghtheaven, @pkafka, @pierce, @sherman4949, @sarafischer, @xpangler, and @alexweprin

See also Mediagazer

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon join NIST in calling for an end of the leap second, which keeps clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation but can cause glitches — Syncing clocks with the Earth's rotation causes more problems than it's worth, according to Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon.

More: Engineering at Meta and SiliconANGLE

Tweets: @quinnypig, @pitdesi, @newsyc100, @tech_journalism, @stshank, @schrep, @brian_henderson, @softminus, @gartenberg, @rdmond, @qntm, and @tommoor. Thanks:@stshank

Bloomberg:

China forces 100 companies operating in Shenzhen, including Foxconn, Huawei, and ZTE, to operate in a “closed loop” for seven days to combat a COVID-19 outbreak — China has forced some of its biggest companies, including iPhone maker Foxconn and oil producer CNOOC Ltd. …

More: South China Morning Post, The Register, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, Reuters, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, The Mac Observer, and MacRumors

Tweets: @amyfeldman, @gossithedog, and @lisaabramowicz1

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

The trial of Ahmad Abouammo, once a rising star at Twitter, is underway; he is charged with spying for Saudi Arabia, outing dissidents who likely faced torture — Twitter Inc. cultivated Saudi Arabian leaders to boost the use of its platform in the Middle East.

Tweets: @lexialex, @aaschapiro, @yashar, @punyaab, @lexialex, @yashar, @runasand, @jamesrbuk, and @yashar

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:

Layer 1 blockchain Aptos has raised a $150M Series A led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto, bringing its total funding, all in 2022, to $350M — The team is looking to bring the Diem blockchain back to life. — Layer 1 blockchain Aptos Labs, which is made up of former employees …

More: The Block, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Bitcoinist.com, Crunchbase News, Crypto Briefing, CryptoPotato, and Cointelegraph

Tweets: @pythianism, @evgenygaevoy, @icodrops, @francescorenzia, @mayazi, and @coinmamba

Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:

Court filing: Voyager says FTX and Alameda's restructuring proposal is “a low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that disrupts its bankruptcy process — Crypto platform Voyager Digital LLC said a joint offer proposed by FTX and Alameda is a “low-ball bid” …

More: Voyager, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, CoinJournal, DeFi Education, Crowdfund Insider, Coinpedia, Micky, Reuters, CryptoSlate, Cryptonews, and Forkast

Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @kadhim, @fatmanterra, @sbf_ftx, @kamikaz_eth, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @fintechfrank, @ramnikarora, @sbf_ftx, @patrickackerman, @blocmatesdotcom, @barbariancap, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @seyitaylor, @chrisamccoy, @patio11, and @fintechfrank

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Meta launches Music Revenue Sharing to let US creators include licensed music in their 60+ second Facebook videos and earn a 20% share of in-stream ad revenue — Meta announced today that creators on Facebook can now earn money through their Facebook videos that use licensed music.

More: Facebook, The Verge, and Social Media Today

Tweets: @sammyandrews, @fbbagholder, @taychikeng, @fbbagholder, @mikeisaac, and @metanewsroom

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 6:55 PM ET, July 25, 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

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

Upcoming Tech Events

Jan 4

Samsung "The First Look" media event

Game Developers Conference

More News

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

Instagram's new TikTok-like UI, which has only partially rolled out, lifts some dark patterns from TikTok, like no longer being able to quickly mute videos

Tweets: @lmatsakis, @pkafka, @sarahfrier, @drewpusateri, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, @lmatsakis, @shiraovide, and @lmatsakis

Nikkei Asia:

Analysis: from the end of 2000 through June 1, 2022, Apple applied for and published 248 automobile-related patents, mostly around communication and navigation

More: MacRumors, iMore, and 9to5Mac

Tweets: @spirosmargaris, @sharp_writing, and @nikkeiasia

Wall Street Journal:

A look at China's efforts to grow its chip industry by focusing on the lower end, now in the highest demand, such as microcontrollers and power supply chips

Tweets: @lizalinwsj, @jchengwsj, @lizalinwsj, @sreemoytalukdar, @joshchin, @lizalinwsj, @danstrumpf, and @lizalinwsj

Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:

A profile of crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who has amassed ~1.5M YouTube subscribers by giving jargon-filled advice on a dizzying list of tokens

Tweets: @ruskin147 and @goldman

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:

London-based Altruistiq, which offers SaaS tools to help companies analyze and reduce their carbon emissions, raised a £15M seed led by Molten Ventures

More: FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, Silicon Canals, and EU-Startups

Yogita Khatri / The Block:

Bitfinex and Tether partner with P2P infrastructure developer Hypercore to launch the Holepunch protocol and P2P encrypted video calling app Keet in alpha

More: tether.to, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Cryptonomist, Crowdfund Insider, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoPotato, Coinspeaker, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptonews, Coinmonks, and CryptoSlate

Tweets: @tether_to, @paoloardoino, @bennetttomlin, @iansherr, @bitfinex, @mdudas, and @adam3us

Sam Biddle / The Intercept:

Google employees, kept in the dark about the company's sale of advanced AI tools to Israel, say it could bolster the ongoing military occupation of Palestine

Tweets: @timnitgebru, @amnestytech, @jathansadowski, and @samfbiddle

Earlier Picks

Lucy Craymer / Reuters:

New Zealand's internet safety group Netsafe says Meta, Google, Amazon, TikTok, and Twitter have agreed to self-regulate to reduce harmful content in the country

More: TechCrunch, Netsafe, The Guardian, Tohatoha, newsroom.co.nz, Stuff.co.nz, NZ Herald, and SecurityBrief New Zealand

Tweets: @byroncclark, @paulbrislen, @te_taipo, @letsgetpfizered, @alinasu33, @mariasherwood2, @sanjanah, and @stew_rachel

Anna Gross / Financial Times:

A global fiber optic cable shortage has driven up prices and lengthened lead times, especially in Europe, India, and China, casting a shadow over 5G rollouts

More: Ars Technica, TechRadar, The Register, and DCD

Tweets: @drpippam and @martijnrasser

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Zomato stock dropped 11.09% to a record low after a lock-in period expired, giving the company a ~$4.6B market cap, down from $13.2B in its IPO debut a year ago

More: The Economic Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @digbijaymishra1

Jiaxing Li / South China Morning Post:

Report: Honor CEO Zhao Ming said the Chinese smartphone company pulled its team out of India, where authorities have been investigating Chinese smartphone firms

More: The Economic Times, The Register, Inc42 Media, Gizbot, TechStory, and Huawei Central

Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg:

London-based investing app Shares, which has 150K+ users, raised a $40M Series B led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total funding to $90M

More: Tech.eu, FinSMEs, and AltFi. Thanks:@ivanlevingston

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:

Netflix rolls out a button for iOS and iPadOS that takes users directly to its website to sign up, avoiding Apple's App Store cut via the API for “reader apps”