|
October 10, 2022, 6:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Low De Wei / Bloomberg: |
After criticism, PayPal says its policy update about a $2,500 penalty for “the sending, posting, or publication” of misinformation was “incorrect information” — PayPal Holdings Inc. said it has no intention of fining customers for spreading misinformation … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube announces “handles”, letting creators identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, video descriptions, comments, and Shorts — YouTube is making it easier for creators to direct viewers to their channels. The company today announced “handles …
More:
YouTube Official Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, PCMag, Thurrott, Adweek, XDA Developers, Variety, Social Media Today, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, Wccftech, Tubefilter, SamNews 24, and Droid Life
Tweets: @triketora, @youtubeliaison, @rjcc, @allanbell247, and @jakuuire
| IDC: |
Global PC shipments fell 15% YoY to 74.3M units in Q3 2022; Lenovo, HP, and Dell declined YoY by 16.1%, 27.8%, and 21.2%, respectively, as Apple grew 40.2% YoY — Declines continued for the traditional PC market as global shipments totaled 74.3 million units during the third quarter of 2022 …
More:
9to5Mac, Gartner, Canalys, CRN, Barron's Online, The Register, CNBC, GSMArena.com, Thurrott, TechSpot, Tom's Hardware, ZDNet, BGR, iThinkDifferent, PCMag, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, Appuals.com, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @benbajarin, @firstadopter, @c_barraud, @bryanbma, @brianroemmele, and @idc
| Zi Wang / Decrypt: |
Days after Celsius shared all its users' names and crypto transaction histories in a bankruptcy filing, a new website shows who allegedly lost the most money — Using data likely pulled from its bankruptcy filing, a new tool now shows exactly how much different users lost following Celsius' collapse.
More:
Celsius Net Worth, CoinDesk, Web3 is going just great, Protos, Crypto Briefing, Gizmodo, CoinGeek, Bitcoinist.com, and Inside Bitcoins
Tweets: @hash_bender, @charlestrussel, @sthenc, @lopp, @former68w, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, @dergigi, @silvermanjacob, @bitcoinfool, @decryptmedia, @ahcastor, @mounia_nl, and @lopp
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Fortinet confirms a critical remote authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager is being exploited; a patch is available — Fortinet has confirmed today that a critical authentication bypass security vulnerability patched last week is being exploited in the wild.| Jahnavi Sen / The Wire: |
Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without oversight in India in September, after being flagged by Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT Cell, as part of XCheck — Seven posts by satirical account @cringearchivist were removed without any verification because the head of the BJP's …
More:
Financial Times and The Siasat Daily
Tweets: @samriddhi0809, @sandeep_pt, @nsnadeemsarwar, @konathamdileep, @nsnadeemsarwar, @indian10000000, @rajeshthind, @sandipghose, @chakraview, @mformuttley, @tysonbrody, @cramanakumar, @elisugarman, @brianfishman, @jeffhorwitz, @jeffhorwitz, @pranavdixit, @tysonbrody, @akhmxt, @therealnaomib, @bala__g, @jeffhorwitz, @iam_anandv, @dangillmor, @svaradarajan, @joshbudlender, @bizpears, @amykazmin, @aroondeep, @jahnavi_sen, @evelyndouek, @akm1410, @rokhanna, @kaushikrj6, @drsharmila15, @evelyndouek, @jahnavi_sen, @ftopinion, @sundeepdougal, @samitbasu, @szhang_ds, @baxiabhishek, @miriambensman, @sharadraghavan, and @dr_amar_singh
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel says a third party leaked its proprietary UEFI code and asks researchers to report any flaws; Alder Lake's BIOS source code was leaked to 4chan and GitHub — Hack's perpetrator and origins remain unknown. — We recently broke the news that Intel's Alder Lake BIOS source code …
More:
BleepingComputer, The Register, Tech Monitor, TechRadar, Digital Trends, The Hacker News, The Economic Times, PC Gamer, Tom's Hardware, TechPowerUp, IT Management, and Slashdot
Tweets: @vxunderground, @sttyk, @dinodaizovi, @phretor, @isotopp, @mattk, @vxunderground, @supersat, and @binitamshah. Thanks:@paulyalcorn
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports Q3 revenue rose 48% YoY to ~$19.4B, vs. ~$19B estimated, as Micron, Kioxia, Samsung, and others report faltering demand for electronics products — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue, signaling the chip giant is benefiting …
More:
9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, iThinkDifferent, BGR, SamMobile, CNBC, and Financial Times
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs are up 2,254% since January 2022, and ~9% of its active Android installs opened the app every day in Q3 — Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit.
Tweets: @yoda and @parkerortolani
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
A look at the history of online content moderation, which has become a top culture war issue since the 2016 US election and is the subject of many court cases — Online content moderation wasn't always a partisan issue. That began to change in 2016. — Early last year …
More:
Tech Policy Press. Tweets: @jeffjarvis, @andykroll, @davidoatkins, @vwpickard, @willoremus, @daphnehk, @daphnehk, @authorpmbarrett, @digiphile, @jeffhorwitz, @katieharbath, @katieharbath, @katieharbath, @producing2power, @andyparkerva, @_timobrien, @garrettgordon, @jeffhorwitz, @katieharbath, and @venkatananth
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor, and maintain their open-source software dependencies at scale, emerges from stealth with a $25M seed — An increasing percentage of the code that companies use to develop software is open source. In a 2018 survey by Tidelift …
More:
SiliconANGLE, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Endor Labs, DevOps.com, Database Trends …, VentureBeat, CSO, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @endorlabs
| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
WhatsApp users in India say the service, which has ~550M users in the country, has become overrun by spam from brands, some using WhatsApp's business tools — Revenue pressures forced WhatsApp to turn to e-commerce, and now the company is contending with a plague of spammers. — • BENGALURU, INDIA
More:
TechCrunch. Tweets: @venkatananth, @shiraovide, @onelikeapp, @restofworld, @nilchristopher, @shiraovide, @anupkaphle, and @theromit
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
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.
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.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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
Grit:
How Evan Spiegel Is Building the Future of Computing
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Acquired:
10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why humans are AI's biggest bottleneck (and what's coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead)
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 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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:
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
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.
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 6:00 PM ET, October 10, 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
Dan Mangan / CNBC:Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Birgit Mitwollen / Reuters: |
More:
Security Affairs, DW.COM, The Hill, SecurityWeek, Euractiv, and Infosecurity
Tweets: @afp, @kimzetter, @davetroy, @scottmstedman, @michaeldweiss, and @ericgarland
| Morgan Sung / NBC News: |
More:
New York Post, Forbes, dot.LA, PCMag, PC Gamer, Game Rant, BuzzFeed News, Kotaku, TheGamer, Gizmodo, Eurogamer.net, Mashable, Polygon, Dexerto, and Rolling Stone
Tweets: @adrianachechik, @loch_vaness, @vahn16, @astraharaa, @swin_diesel_, @zachbussey, @abbieisarose, @liv_agar, @emstreams, @mydogcarverr, @keffals, @josefajardo, @jordanuhl, @morgan_sung, @_thestartofus, @savinthebees, @patstaresat, @rickkackis, @paperghost, @thelionmachine, @textfiles, and @iquackbur
| Simon Usborne / The Guardian: |