|
April 22, 2023, 3:20 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue — After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
More:
Washington Post, Insider, Polygon, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Post, IGN, Coinspeaker, The Verge, MakeUseOf, Gizmodo, TweakTown, Newser, TechCrunch, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, and Social Media Today
Mastodon:
@dsilverman@mastodon.social, @philippsteinkrueger@zirk.us, and @atomicpoet@mastodon.social
Tweets:
@usingcigarettes, @mattbinder, @timsweeneyepic, @mattbinder, @stephenking, @lebassett, @eve6, @teroterotero, @kattenbarge, @daniel_rubino, @teroterotero, @halomancer1, @mcuban, @mrnastynodrama, @rachelneedsanap, @klobstar, @sriramk, @carnage4life, @rdrv3, @billmckibben, @nataliesurely, @pt, @mattnavarra, @pt, @parismarx, @reportbywilson, @tomcoates, @radishharmers, @williamlegate, @taylorlorenz, @limitlessjest, @timsweeneyepic, @keithboykin, @harrymccracken, @scalzi, @eve6, @mattbinder, @mattbinder, @atrachelgilmore, @nic__carter, @jonkay, @dazey_ghost, @malcolmnance, @oneunderscore__, and @tonyatamanuik
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
On April 7, Google patched the GhostToken GCP vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to backdoor Google accounts using malicious OAuth applications — Google has addressed a Cloud Platform (GCP) security vulnerability impacting all users and allowing attackers to backdoor …
More:
Astrix Security, Dark Reading, PR Newswire, The Hacker News, SC Media, and SecurityWeek. Tweets:
@shomikghosh21
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
WhatsApp introduces Keep in Chat, an option that allows recipients of disappearing messages to save them if the sender consents — Something to consider before sending a risky text via WhatsApp is that now, disappearing messages are a bit more optional. Mark Zuckerberg is announcing …
More:
BetaNews, WhatsApp Blog, Livemint, Android Central, WABetaInfo, Social Media Today, XDA Developers, MacRumors, GSMArena.com, Engadget, PhoneArena, BGR, T3, Wccftech, The Sun, The Indian Express, Gadget Tendency, TimesNow, USTimesPost, Sky News, Times of India, India TV News, The Economic Times, India Today, NewsBytes, Inshorts, OnlineWiki, TechloMedia, ABP Live, Stuff South Africa, Business Today, Zee News, Business Standard, Gizbot, Beebom, News24, The Independent, ABBO News, London Evening Standard, Bharat Times English News, Technobezz, DNA India, Android Police, Mashable, and Neowin
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered screenless wearable with a projector to display info, voice and gestures for input, and no phone required — Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has given a first live demo of its new device …
More:
Inverse, Daring Fireball, Wired, Insider, Inverse, dot.LA, HotHardware, Cult of Mac, ZDNet, Fortune, Pocket-lint, Android Authority, Liliputing, Gizchina, PCMag, CryptoGlobe, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, TechRadar, BigTechWire, AppleInsider, BGR, Axios, and Pixel Envy
Tweets:
@michaelmofina, @raywongy, @michaelmofina, @bengeskin, @michaelmofina, @brianroemmele, @irenacronin, @davemark, @russ_wilcox, @carnage4life, @blakejakely, @raywongy, @parkerortolani, @kocienda, @tomwarren, @raywongy, @neilcybart, @leokelion, @daniellefong, @axios, @jenny____ai, @scobleizer, @thosi43314438, @michaelmofina, @phantasticu, @quantumverd, and @raywongy
| Rishabh Jaiswal / Reuters: |
Filing: Sundar Pichai received compensation of ~$226M in 2022, including stock awards of ~$218M; Alphabet announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs in January 2023 — Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022 …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Financial Times, PhoneArena, and The Economic Times
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 11,004 US adults: 62% believe AI will have a major impact on workers, 28% think AI will impact them, and 71% oppose AI use in final hiring decisions — 62% believe artificial intelligence will have a major impact on jobholders overall in the next 20 years, but far fewer think it will greatly affect them personally.| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK plans to propose a bill next week letting the CMA's digital markets unit target Big Tech companies with £25B+ global revenue or £1B UK revenue — Draft bill expected within days that will put CMA's digital markets unit on a statutory footing
Tweets:
@fosspatents
| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
The proliferation of AI-generated content on marketplaces like Upwork and Fiverr is causing transactional disputes and increasing client and freelancer mistrust — While some freelancers are losing their gigs to ChatGPT, clients are being spammed with AI-written content on freelancing platforms.
More:
The Overspill. LinkedIn:
Patrick von Sychowski and Rashi Shrivastava
Tweets:
@zachweiner, @sazeracnela, @kevinokeefe, @fabiochiusi, and @antoniocasilli
| Financial Times: |
Sources and analysts detail Apple's burgeoning ambitions in financial services, as the company lays the technical groundwork for taking a bigger market share — The tech giant's ventures into financial services signal greater ambitions to take on Wall Street| Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg: |
Sources: President Biden plans to sign an EO in the coming weeks limiting new investments by US businesses in China, focused on chips, AI, and quantum computing — President Joe Biden aims to sign an executive order in the coming weeks that will limit investment in key parts of China's economy …
More:
Washington Post, Crypto is Macro Now, Forkast, The Information, NBC News, and The Hill
Tweets:
@thesamreynolds, @sofiahcbbg, and @billpeduto
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Report: cheap Chromebooks, due to their short lifespans and lack of repairability, are less sustainable and more expensive for schools than pricier devices — Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops … | Maddy Crowell / Columbia Journalism Review: |
A profile of Runa Sandvik, who started Granitt in June 2022 to help journalists, lawyers, activists, and other at-risk people keep their data safe from hackers — Runa Sandvik has made it her life's work to protect journalists against cyberattacks. Authoritarian regimes are keeping her in business.| Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: |
Twitter drops the “Government-funded” and “state-affiliated” labels from accounts of media outlets and journalists, including NPR, BBC, CBC, RT, and Xinhua — Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement …
More:
Washington Post, DFRLab, Politico, CNN, International Business Times, The Verge, New York Times, Engadget, Mashable, Deadline, NPR, Associated Press, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, PCMag, Canadian Press, Social Media Today, The Hill, PhoneArena, CNBC, Forbes, ChinaTechNews.com, Newser, MobileSyrup, CNBC, BBC, Voice of America, 9to5Mac, Associated Press, Wccftech, Al Jazeera, Agence France-Presse, CoinGape, and Reuters
LinkedIn:
Anders Borg Sundgren. Mastodon:
@jonkeegan@mastodon.social, @b_fung@masto.ai, @w7voa@journa.host, and @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange
Tweets:
@bobbyallyn, @mrseanhaines, @jsrailton, @ngrossman81, @afp, @vabvox, @edzitron, @charlesarthur, @josephmenn, @sahilkapur, @lawindsor, @mattnavarra, @b_fung, @oliverdarcy, @ajdelgado13, @mattbinder, @mollyjongfast, @daveleebbg, @willoremus, @brindusab1, @keithboykin, @michaelcaster, @mattbinder, @tommywalkerco, and @dynamicsymmetry
| Dara Kerr / NPR: |
More:
Ars Technica, Variety, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Fox News, The Drum, Mashable, and The Verge
Tweets:
@jesselehrich, @shannonpareil, @karaswisher, @dfrlab, @davidgura, @inafried, @kenroth, and @omunderdal
Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Cheap code, precious trust: Code modernization at scale — The promise—and challenges—of agentic software engineering, from large-scale code migration to language modernization.
Cheap code, precious trust: Code modernization at scale — The promise—and challenges—of agentic software engineering, from large-scale code migration to language modernization.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Your Linkthread page just leveled up! Better analytics, bolder designs, bigger teams. — Since we launched Linkthread in March 2025, over 10,000 businesses have signed up to make their one bio link work harder.
Your Linkthread page just leveled up! Better analytics, bolder designs, bigger teams. — Since we launched Linkthread in March 2025, over 10,000 businesses have signed up to make their one bio link work harder.
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.
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
Cheeky Pint:
The airline CEO putting Starlink on every plane
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Invest Like the Best:
Cliff Sosin - Owning the Complements to Intelligence
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:
Emergency Pod: Anthropic's S-1 IPO Filing — With Dan Primack
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.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge', With Joanna Stern
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)
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.
Machine Gods:
Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora's Box
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 3:20 PM ET, April 22, 2023.
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Reuters:
Alex Ritman / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
More:
Department of Homeland …, Reuters, USA Today, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Washington Examiner, GovTech, Voice of America, Nextgov, PCMag, Metaverse Post, CyberScoop, The Hill, and SC Media. Tweets:
@secmayorkas
Earlier Picks
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
More:
9to5Google, Livemint, Mercury News, The Verge, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, AppleInsider, NBC Bay Area, and Slashdot
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
More:
The Hacker News, Krebs on Security, Security Affairs, Zero Day, BleepingComputer, Security Boulevard, Metacurity, and CSO
LinkedIn:
Brian Krebs. Tweets:
@a_greenberg, @kimzetter, @kimzetter, @a_greenberg, @esetresearch, @kimzetter, @argvee, and @kimzetter
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
More:
The Keyword, CNET, Thurrott, Livemint, Gizchina, Digital Trends, Chrome Unboxed, Forbes, Reuters, Android Authority, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, SlashGear, Mashable, Tech Startups, SiliconANGLE, CIO Dive, Android Headlines, Pureinfotech, PCMag, Dexerto, OnMSFT.com, CoinGape, 9to5Google, BigTechWire, Search Engine Land, The Verge, Neowin, Search Engine Journal, and Tom's Guide
LinkedIn:
Jeanine Banks, Timo Kissel, Gianluca Varisco, and Jack Krawczyk
Tweets:
@leighajarett, @thomasortk, @addyosmani, @rseroter, @stshank, @rustybrick, and @rustybrick