|
August 2, 2023, 9:45 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their verified checkmarks, although “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and some features “may not be available” — Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks.
More: The Verge, Twitter Help Center, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Engadget, Fast Company, Variety, Phandroid, Neowin, International Business Times, NBC News, Techlusive, and Mashable
Bluesky: @rhinoz.bsky.social. Twitter: @parkerortolani, @parismarx, @ianvisits, @xdaily, @xdaily, and @luciascarlet
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: Engadget, Techlusive, gHacks Technology News, The Apple Post, Neowin, TechCrunch, and The Verge
Twitter: @bettertdeck, @thesheetztweetz, @parkerortolani, @lukeplunkett, @eramdam, and @eramdam
| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal Binance data and current and former employees say Chinese users traded ~$90B in crypto assets on the exchange in May 2023, despite China's crypto ban — Retaining its Chinese footprint will be crucial for Binance as it faces a global regulatory crackdown| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to roll out the biggest overhaul to its grocery business since buying Whole Foods in the coming weeks, including one cart for supermarket offerings — It's revamping stores, unifying online shopping carts and offering fresh-food delivery to customers who aren't Prime subscribers.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank's Arm is targeting an IPO at a valuation of between $60B and $70B as soon as September 2023, a sign of bullish interest in AI chips — - Chip design firm may raise as much as $10 billion in debut — Nvidia, Intel are in discussions to be anchor investors| Aidan Ryan / The Information: |
Sources: Changpeng Zhao tried to liquidate Binance.US earlier this year, before pivoting to attempting to sell the company, holding talks with Gemini and others — Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao attempted to shut down the crypto exchange's U.S. offshoot earlier this year …
More: Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cryptopolitan, Metaverse Post, Unchained Crypto, crypto.news, and CoinDesk
Twitter: @adamscochran, @aidanfitzryan, and @amir
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow plans to detail P2P protocol Veilid, to encrypt social media and apps, at Def Con next week, its biggest release in 10 years — Cult of the Dead Cow is a hacker collective whose members at one time included Texas politician Beto O'Rourke
Twitter: @veilidnetwork and @retweetablen14
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out spatial audio for Teams on Windows and macOS after a few months of testing; the audio of each person on a call now has a distinct position — After a few months of testing the feature, Microsoft has widely rolled out spatial audio for its Teams desktop app on Windows and macOS.
More: Microsoft Tech Community, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, TechRadar, Techlusive, and Neowin
| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Meta begins the process to end news access on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, in response to a law forcing some companies to negotiate deals to pay publishers — Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Tuesday it has begun the process to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada.
More: Meta, Engadget, gHacks Technology News, Fortune, Michael Geist, Reuters, Silicon Republic, Livemint, Neowin, Social Media Today, Deadline, Gizmodo, The Verge, Mashable, Agence France-Presse, The Hill, Variety, Forbes, Decrypt, Business Post, ChinaTechNews.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @carnage4life and @andymstone
Twitter: @mickeydjuric, @pascalestonge_, @mgeist, @film_girl, @ahousefather, @benedictevans, @phmai, @mikerussellmma, @adamkovac, @jordanbpeterson, @mgeist, and @jason_kint
| Bloomberg: |
China releases draft rules to limit smartphone use by minors, including two hour limits for those age 16 to 18, although enforcement remains unclear — - Aims to prevent kids from spending too much time on phones — Beijing has pursued campaigns to alleviate burden on minors| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Halcyon: Cloudzy, a Wyoming-registered web hosting company likely operating out of Tehran, is acting as a command-and-control provider for state-backed hackers — A little-known cloud company provided web hosting and internet services to more than two dozen different state-sponsored hacking groups …
More: Reuters, Halcyon Anti Ransomware …, HackRead, The Hacker News, CSO, iTnews, BankInfoSecurity.com, The Record, SecurityWeek, and CyberScoop
Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social. Twitter: @aliwolfpr, @snlyngaas, @kaylintrychon, @therecord_media, @cthulhu_answers, @malwarejake, and @carlypage_. LinkedIn: Jon Miller. Forums: r/technology
| Steven Church / Bloomberg: |
A Voyager Digital lawyer says the crypto lender's user data may have been stolen when the company started letting customers recover their funds in June 2023 — - Voyager customers hit with scams amid bankruptcy payout — Voyager lawyers referred potential hack to law enforcement| Jen Christensen / CNN: |
An early-stage study of 80,000 women in Sweden who underwent a mammogram in 2021 and 2022 finds AI-supported screening increased breast cancer detection by 20% — Artificial intelligence found more breast cancers than doctors with years of training and experience and cut doctors' mammogram …
More: The Lancet Oncology, The Economic Times, Silicon Republic, Cryptopolitan, BBC, Sky News, The Guardian, The Times, Politico, and Tech Xplore. Bluesky: @claeshs.bsky.social
| Financial Times: |
Analysts and executives say the UK risks becoming an also-ran in the race to roll out 5G, despite starting in 2019, due to limited investment and the Huawei ban — Expansion of high-speed mobile networks hit by factors including limited investment and disruption from ban on Huawei kit| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Bernstein analysts estimate that nearly 10% of servers worldwide are powered by Arm SoCs and 40% of those are in China — The rise of Arm-based servers us clear and consistent, Bernstein says. — Due to increasing difficulty in obtaining high-performance x86 servers … | Sahil Patel / The Information: |
Sources: some top ad agency executives plan to commit at least 10% to 20% more with YouTube this fall than in 2022; traditional TV ad commitments are down 15% — The Hollywood labor strikes have proven a boon for YouTube, with Google's video-streaming service luring television ad buyers … | Nikkei Asia: |
Inside Apple's plans to move more of its supply chain to India, catalyzed by Foxconn protests in Zhengzhou, as Apple aims to build 20%+ of all iPhones in India — Tech giant aims to move at least 20% of iPhone production to India as it accelerates away from China
More: Livemint, BGR, The Economic Times, Business Today, Reuters, TechNode, and PingWest
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In a challenge to TikTok, YouTube releases new Shorts creation tools for remixing, adding effects, going live, as well as an interactive Q&A sticker, and more — As competition with TikTok and Instagram Reels heats up, YouTube today announced an expanded suite of creation tools …
More: YouTube Official Blog, Wired UK, Sammy Fans, Music Ally, PhoneArena, Android Central, Wccftech, Livemint, Techlusive, The Verge, Gizchina, Tubefilter, Social Media Today, Mashable, Search Engine Journal, 9to5Google, Appuals.com, Android Police, Fortune, Engadget, and MarkTechPost
Twitter: @richlightshed, @liahaberman, @liahaberman, and @liahaberman
| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
3AC co-founder Kyle Davies tells a US court he is not subjecting himself to or accepting the jurisdiction of US courts since he renounced citizenship in 2020 — - Three Arrows Capital co-founder Kyle Davies said he renounced his U.S. citizenship, and that U.S. courts no longer have jurisdiction over him.| Fortune: |
A look at Katie Haun's $1.5B crypto fund, launched in spring 2022 just before the crypto crash, which has now deployed ~30% of its cash to ~24 startups — On a sunny morning in April, Katie Haun trudged up a winding path around the Stanford Dish in the hills over Palo Alto.| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google delists its AI Test Kitchen app, which let users test AI-powered tools, on Android and iOS, moving the service to the web to receive faster updates — Once a miniature playground for the public to test Google's blossoming AI-powered tools, the AI Test Kitchen app has been delisted …
More: TechCrunch and Android Headlines
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
Grit:
The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
10 contrarian leadership truths every leader needs to hear | Matt MacInnis (Rippling)
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:
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.
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 9:45 AM ET, August 2, 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
DataBreaches.Net:Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Alex Pasternack / Fast Company: |
More: Platformer. Twitter: @pasternack, @dburghart, @max_uf, @pasternack, and @fastcompany. Forums: Slashdot
| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
More: Coinspeaker, NFT Evening, Crypto Daily, Watcher Guru, Cointelegraph, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, Blockworks, The Block, Bloomberg, and CoinGape. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Chethan Rao / Android Police: |
More: The Verge, PCMag, Digit, Android Headlines, Mashable, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, ZDNet, WinBuzzer, 9to5Google, Engadget, MobileSyrup, Neowin, Android Central, XDA Developers, Search Engine Journal, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, iDownloadBlog.com, Search Engine Land, Phandroid, and MSPoweruser. Forums: Slashdot
| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
More: FinSMEs, Silicon Canals, BBC, and UKTN
Twitter: @chemifyx, @macfarlanejamie, @leecronin, @venkvis, and @clivecookson. LinkedIn: Jamie Macfarlane
| Reuters: |
More: Dow Jones Newswires, TechCrunch, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, and Match Group
Earlier Picks
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
More: Thurrott, NBC 7 San Diego, Yahoo Finance, PC Gamer, TechPowerUp, Invezz, The Register, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Silicon Valley Business …, Tom's Hardware, and Constellation Research
Twitter: @bluthcapital, @markhachman, @markhachman, @iancutress, @jaguaranalytics, @markhachman, @stonefoxcapital, @markhachman, @markhachman, and @blusuitdillon. Forums: r/hardware
| Eari Nakano / Bloomberg: |
More: PYMNTS.com, CNBC, Pinterest, Social Media Today, Invezz, The Information, MarketWatch, and Reuters
Twitter: @jthejellybean, @thetranscript_, and @maxthecomrade
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
More: Times of India and The Verge
Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social. Twitter: @tech_oversight, @vilile, @annierpalmer, @ttp_updates, and @annierpalmer
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: Socket, SecurityWeek, Andreessen Horowitz, and FinSMEs
Twitter: @weiliendang, @intenex, @arram, @davidgobaud, @feross, @satishtalluri, @feross, and @dannycrichton
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
More: South China Morning Post, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, 24/7 Wall St., TechNode, Android Headlines, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, Voicebot.ai, and Seeking Alpha
Twitter: @timsweeneyepic and @sid_sarasvati
| Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post: |
More: Twitter, Ars Technica, CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, Center for Countering …, Tech Xplore, Axios, Phandroid, Court Listener, Hollywood Reporter, Reclaim The Net, BBC, The Register, Techdirt, The Verge, Engadget, The Information, Android Police, MobileSyrup, NPR, Cryptopolitan, NBC News, SlashGear, The Hill, PCMag, WRAL TechWire, Financial Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, CNN, Insider, Silicon Republic, Variety, Wall Street Journal, TweakTown, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, and Newser
Mastodon: @emilygorcenski@indieweb …, @emptywheel@mastodon.social, @sellars@mastodon.mit.edu, @JoeUchill@mastodon.social, @JMarkOckerbloom …, @KayleenGnwmythr@aus.social, @tchambers@indieweb.social, and @dancarkner@mstdn.ca
Twitter: @ccdhate, @x, @eve_barlow, @jdcapelouto, @aricohn, @imi_ahmed, @_andyburrows, @xdaily, @elonmusk, @jsrailton, @evelyndouek, @aricohn, @tonyromm, @emptywheel, @lucympowell, @ccdhate, @jsrailton, @mathewi, @sparrowmedia, @ccdhate, @ttp_updates, @taylorlorenz, @markruffalo, @jgo4justice, and @rachelrileyrr. Forums: r/law