|
October 28, 2024, 7:15 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the M4 Macs coming this week; sources say Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G4-like base and a square screen about the size of two iPhones — Also: fresh details on the company's upcoming smart home device. — Apple kicks off a Mac overhaul this week that centers on new M4 chips.
More: MacRumors, Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, T3, TechRadar, Cybernews.com, BGR, GB News, Android Authority, Spyglass, Wccftech, The Verge, Hindustan Times, Mashable, Benzinga, Axios, 9to5Mac, TweakTown, Thurrott, Neowin, The Shortcut, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, iClarified, Digital Trends, Cult of Mac, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, Macworld, Appleosophy, and Forbes
X: @markgurman, @raywongy, @theapplehub, and @parkerortolani
Forums: r/gadgets, r/mac, r/apple, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| Claire Jiao / Bloomberg: |
Indonesia bans iPhone 16 series sales, saying that Apple has not fulfilled its 40% local content requirements and invested ~$95M, below its ~$108M commitment — - Indonesia says Apple hasn't fulfilled investment pledges — Rivals Samsung, Xiaomi have set up local factories to comply
More: The Economic Times, Financial Times, MacRumors, Financial Times, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, VnExpress English, Patently Apple, Techreport, Times of India, Neowin, GSMArena.com, Invezz, India.Com, Lokmat Times, The Indian Express, Jakarta Globe, BNN Bloomberg, India Today, Firstpost, The Straits Times, DNA India, Goemkarponn, NewsroomPost, The Jakarta Post, ET Now, PhoneArena, Business Standard, Malay Mail, and Tech in Asia
Mastodon: @aulia@mementomori.social. X: @industrlpolicy. Forums: r/iPhone16Pro, r/indonesia, r/technology, r/gadgets, and MacRumors Forums
| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Elon Musk says there's a “chance” that HW3, in millions of Teslas, “does not achieve the safety level that allows for unsupervised FSD” and floats free upgrades — Elon Musk finally admits Tesla's HW3 might not support full self-driving and that he doesn't actually know what it will take.
More: TESLARATI and TechSpot
Threads: @vantazach, @e.w.niedermeyer, @tayray94, @kolchak, and @vocino
Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars, r/wallstreetbets, r/electricvehicles, and r/RealTesla
| Bloomberg: |
Hong Kong outlines an AI policy for finance and proposes an extension of a tax break on owning digital assets, as it seeks to become Asia's go-to financial hub — - Tax break law to be tabled by year-end: treasury secretary Hui — City was denied access by major AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini
More: HKEX, Blockhead, Blockonomi, and crypto.news
| Bloomberg: |
Analysis of trade data: Mumbai-based Shreya Life Sciences exported 1,111 of Dell's advanced PowerEdge XE9680 servers, worth $300M+, to Russia in April to August — Trade-tracking data show that the Indian firm is selling top-end Dell servers optimized for artificial intelligence to Russia.
More: pravda.com.ua, Cryptopolitan, and TrendForce News
X: @imandylin2, @angelazhanghk, and @journodebjit
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: Google plans to preview an AI tool codenamed Jarvis, which controls a user's browser to complete tasks like booking a flight, as early as December 2024 — Google is developing artificial intelligence that takes over a person's web browser to complete tasks such as gathering research …
More: CIO.com, Android Police, Engadget, 9to5Google, Ghacks, Trak.in, TechSpot, Financial Express, The Rundown AI, Verdict, PhoneArena, The Verge, Guru3D, Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, Android Authority, BGR, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, Android Headlines, TechPowerUp, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, The News International, Livemint, WinBuzzer, The Decoder, Reuters, Tempo, BNN Bloomberg, NewsBytes, Benzinga, and The Verge
Threads: @hashimwarren and @carnage4life
Mastodon: @jay@cuthrell.com and @Kierkegaanks@beige.party
Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social and @toddindeed.bsky.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/Bard, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Sources: TSMC halted shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo, which Bitmain's Micree Zhan co-founded, after a TSMC chip was found in Huawei's Ascend 910B chip — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (2330.TW) suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after a chip …
More: Huawei Central, South China Morning Post, CryptoSlate, The Information, Cointelegraph, Mobile Europe, TrendForce News, WinBuzzer, SOPHGO, Tom's Hardware, South China Morning Post, TheMinerMag, Cryptopolitan, and CoinGape
X: @pstasiatech, @wublockchain, @wublockchain, @amir, and @yueqi_yang
Forums: r/fucktheccp and r/worldnews
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of ex-eBay and HP CEO Meg Whitman, who became US ambassador to Kenya in late 2021, as the US seeks to counterbalance Chinese tech influence in Africa — As ambassador to Kenya, the former eBay and HP CEO has made a priority of counterbalancing Chinese influence on the continent.
More: Disrupt Africa
| New York Times: |
How Jeff Bezos, who bought The Washington Post in 2013 and a DC mansion in 2016, never made a splash in the capital, visiting only on occasion for glitzy events — The billionaire made splashy purchases of The Washington Post and a mansion in Washington. But his status as a power player in the nation's capital was never realized.
More: The Boston Globe, The Indian Express, and BIG by Matt Stoller
| Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli / Financial Times: |
EssilorLuxottica gives “full support” to Chief Strategy Officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio after an Italian hacking probe; the company is not part of the probe — EssilorLuxottica has expressed its “full support” to chief strategy officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio … | Financial Times: |
Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi says he is overhauling corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond Prosus' $115B stake in Tencent — Fabricio Bloisi will overhaul corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond its stake in the Chinese internet giant| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Banks and regulators warn of a rise in QR code phishing scams, which experts say are most commonly deployed in emails to evade corporate cyber security filters — HSBC, Santander and the US Federal Trade Commission concerned over email attacks that bypass cyber-defencesSponsor Posts
Command Line:
Copilot to autopilot: Why no single safeguard is enough — Microsoft designed a layered model that lets an AI agent resolve network incidents on its own within defined boundaries.
Copilot to autopilot: Why no single safeguard is enough — Microsoft designed a layered model that lets an AI agent resolve network incidents on its own within defined boundaries.
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:
Diwali 2026: Your festive planning checklist with Zoho Notebook — The Diwali countdown is on! From lighting up every corner of the house to going a little overboard with the festive shopping …
Diwali 2026: Your festive planning checklist with Zoho Notebook — The Diwali countdown is on! From lighting up every corner of the house to going a little overboard with the festive shopping …
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
The Upstarts Podcast:
The Parking Startup That Swallowed A 100-Year-Old Giant | Metropolis CEO Alex Israel
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Great Chat:
AI's Spooky Season
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.
Sources:
Sundar Pichai on Gemini 4 and the AI compute crunch
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Machine Gods:
Bots Behaving Badly + Is AI Regulation On The Right Track + Kevin's Sloppelganger
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Netflix in Turmoil + Derek Thompson on AI & The Antisocial Century
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI's Infinite Possibilities, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:15 AM ET, October 28, 2024.
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
Marc Caputo / Axios:Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Keith Bradsher / New York Times: |
X: @alantonelson and @martijnrasser
LinkedIn: Peter Handley and Todd Malan
Forums: r/technology and r/geopolitics
| Ned Beauman / Financial Times: |
More: PC Gamer. Bluesky: @durumcrustulum.com. X: @sajithpai, @jjaron, @nedbeauman, and @justincormack. Forums: Hacker News
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
More: Software Synthesis, HackerNoon, GeekWire, and Forbes
X: @benioff, @benioff, @benioff, @justincormack, @0xkarmatic, and @benioff
LinkedIn: Dave Kellogg and Brendan Keeler
| Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg Law: |
More: PhoneArena, MacRumors, pharmaphorum, Engadget, Reuters, Benzinga, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, ip fray, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, The Mac Observer, and NewsBytes
X: @florian4gamers, @thejoshmeister, and @dylanmcd8
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, and r/AppleWatch