Techmeme
December 16, 2022, 2:50 PM

Top News

NBC News:
Twitter suspends journalists including the New York Times' Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Elon Musk says the “same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’”  —  Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
More: New York Times, Semafor, The Verge, Public Notice, Washington Post, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, BBC, Techdirt, CNN, London Evening Standard, TechCrunch, Insider, Vox, Metro.co.uk, Ars Technica, Reuters, Reuters, Gizmodo, NPR, Financial Times, Fortune, Gizmodo, Digiday, TheStreet, Axios, Thurrott, Techaeris, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Unprecedented, @drewharwell@mastodon.social, @drewharwell@mastodon.social, CNET, @chairmanhoneycrisp …, Engadget, Fast Company, HackRead, RTÉ, TechCircle, The Intercept, Livemint, Truth and Consequences, @dankennedy_nu@journa.host, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @elonmusk, @verajourova, @elonmusk, @oneunderscore__, @elonmusk, @macsilenced, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @washpostpr, @alexeheath, @jason_kint, @reploritrahan, @gabehoff, @elonmusk, @bariweiss, @elonmusk, @semaforben, @elonmusk, @nycsouthpaw, @keithedwards, @aaschapiro, @snowden, @ramansour, @pmarca, @micsolana, @oneunderscore__, @lorakolodny, @matt_levine, @mikeelgan, @chefjoseandres, @paulskallas, @parkermolloy, @willoremus, @willsommer, @iainthomson, @aletweetsnews, @jennaellisesq, @tedlieu, @dougjballoon, @kwestin, @nickmartin, @raxkingisdead, @mattyglesias, @samfr, @samuelaadams, @fred_delicious, @budrykzack, @elivalley, @mattgertz, @oliverdarcy, @ericnewcomer, @albertwenger, @pt, @briannawu, @joshtpm, @danprimack, @elonmusk, @aoc, @oneunderscore__, @elonmusk, @ditzkoff, @jasonhirschhorn, @roslyntalusan, @jeremysmiles, @carnage4life, @campbellclaret, @drmistercody, @taylorlorenz, @elgindy_, @charlesarthur, @cd_hooks, @mgsiegler, @hsajwanization, @cfarivar, @carnage4life, @bfriedmandc, @davidsacks, @ericgarland, @gfilche, @yaqiu, @goangelo, @jasondebolt, @eliothiggins, @eaton, @juliaioffe, @junlper, @mikaelthalen, @mattmfm, @zei_squirrel, @bikemilitant, @ericnewcomer, @ashleyfeinberg, @timcast, @taylorlorenz, @dougjballoon, @catturd2, @jaywillis, @anakasparian, @thevivafrei, @steinkobbe, @michaelehayden, @mattwalshblog, @timcast, @teroterotero, @veryimportant, @willoremus, @chinchillazllla, @elizableu, @adamsteinbaugh, @stonekettle, @kimzetter, @suhail, @aggichristiane, @mikaelthalen, @davidklion, @derekjgz, @larakate, @deray, @tszzl, @wholemarsblog, @profgalloway, @leyawn, @gilbertjasono, @hasanthehun, @nktpnd, @juliancastro, @mathewi, @goangelo, @iandunt, @hodgetwins, @tim_burgess, @drtechlash, @joannastern, @willoremus, @hasanthehun, @mayemusk, @shaun_vids, @getfiscal, @davenewworld_2, @elonmusk, @profgalloway, @davidsacks, @kylenabecker, @anneapplebaum, @eve6, @elonmusk, @garfep, @nicoleperlroth, @ashleyfeinberg, @phil_lewis_, @pmarca, @timcast, @jesskcoleman, @jimwaterson, @brianstelter, @moelleithee, @shiraovide, @benjysarlin, @ashleyfeinberg, @phil_lewis_, @mikaelthalen, @tomgara, @nickmartin, @halhod, @byyourlogic, @adamweinstein, @oliverdarcy, @jyn_urso, @sheeraf, @zck, @benedictevans, @anildash, @benedictevans, @oneunderscore__, @joshuatopolsky, @oliverdarcy, @kantrowitz, @yoda, @jdland, @willoremus, @fxshaw, @mat, @callumj, @victorshi2020, @pkafka, @espiers, and @campuscodi
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions  —  The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Twitter disables Spaces, after Elon Musk abruptly left a Spaces chat with journalists suspended from the site; Musk says the company is “fixing a legacy bug”  —  Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined …
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans Mastodon links, calling them “harmful” and “malware”, after Mastodon tweeted a jet tracking account on its service  —  A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, the fallout continues.
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Mazars, the auditor that worked on proof-of-reserves reports for Binance, Crypto.com, and others, pauses work with crypto clients and deletes Binance's report  —  Mazars has deleted Binance's proof-of-reserves assessment, which found its bitcoin reserves were overcollateralized.
Amir Shevat / TechCrunch:
Former product head of Twitter's developer platform details the plans, like custom timelines, that Twitter abandoned post-acquisition, breaking developer trust  —  Twitter is where the world shares its opinions and aspirations; it's where brands, celebrities, and politicians interact with people, live and in the open.
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
New York-based Howl, which runs a marketplace facilitating cooperation between creators and retailers, raised a $27M Series A led by Highland Capital Partners  —  As our Creator Economy Database shows, influencer marketing is a crowded field.  The two-year old startup Howl hopes to stand …
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
Singapore-based crypto trading and lending service Amber Group raised a $300M Series C led by Fenbushi, at less than its $3B valuation from February 2022  —  Embattled crypto firm Amber Group has raised $300 million mainly for customers who lost money on the platform's products due to FTX's implosion …

Sponsor Posts

Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning  —  SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds.  Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics  —  Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards.  Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
From MCP to billing: Updates that accelerate hiring  —  TL;DRConnect your favorite AI tools to Zoho Recruit with Zoho Recruit MCP.Catch up on conversations faster with Zia email summaries.Review candidate context instantly …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data  —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

Featured Podcasts

Channels with Peter Kafka:
"We're in a Race Against Time," Joe Kahn on Running the New York Times in the Age of AI Slop
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.
Training Data:
Inside Zipline's Autonomous System: 140M Miles, Zero Incidents
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Invest Like the Best:
Jeremy Giffon - The Billion Dollar PDF
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Big Technology Podcast:
Who Wins The AI Superapp Battle?, Apple's Consumer AI Victory, World Cup Automation Mistake
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:
Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
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:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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 2:50 PM ET, December 16, 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.

More News

Stephen Totilo / Axios:

Earlier Picks

Mia Sato / The Verge: