|
November 4, 2015, 2:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| BBC: |
Proposed new UK surveillance bill requires ISPs to store which sites users visit for a year — May unveils plan to store web browsing — Internet firms will have to store data on what people access online for a year, under new surveillance law plans. — At the same time …
More:
GOV.UK departments and policy, BetaNews, Guardian, ZDNet, Guardian, The Independent, TechCrunch, The Verge, Techdirt, Ars Technica, Re/code, Techdirt, Guardian, Engadget, Motherboard, PCWorld, The Register, TechEye, PYMNTS.com, Inquirer, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, BBC, Common Dreams, Ars Technica UK, The Register, Wired.co.uk, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Tech City News, Al Jazeera English and Mashable
Tweets: @curlywand, @richieallenshow, @snowden and @dgwbirch
| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Sources: Jet.com is close to closing $500M+ round led by Fidelity, at a pre-money valuation of $1B — Jet.com raises $500 million from Fidelity — Jet.com, the ambitious e-commerce startup taking on Amazon, has raised a $500 million round of venture capital led by Fidelity, according to people familiar with the company.| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up to Offer Linux on Azure Cloud — Microsoft said today that it will offer Red Hat's version of the open source Linux operating system on its Azure cloud computing platform. — The alliance, which will be detailed in a webcast later today …
More:
Microsoft, Red Hat, The Official Microsoft Blog, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, BetaNews, The Register, Wall Street Journal, MSDN Blogs, The Fire Hose, SD Times, ZDNet, Fortune, Microsoft News, Microsoft Openness Blog, Windows Central, WebProNews, Phoronix and WinBeta
Tweets: @scottgu, @burrsutter and @richsharples
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Prop. F: Voters reject measure to restrict Airbnb rentals — San Francisco voters were poised Tuesday night to hand a decisive victory to Airbnb and city residents who want to turn their homes into vacation rentals. Proposition F, a measure to curb short-term rentals drastically …
More:
The Hill, The Next Web, BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, The Airbnb Public Policy Blog, Wired, Engadget, Re/code, Gizmodo, Hit & Run, PCWorld, Fusion, The Verge, Reuters, Consumerist, USA Today and SFist
Tweets: @csaid, @alejandrolazo, @csaid, @mattrosoff, @kqednews, @openvotesf, @lizziejohnsonnn, @clarajeffery and @bob_calhoun
| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Fast-growing online marketplace OfferUp announces it has raised $90M in total to date and its users have sold $2.9B worth of merchandise so far in 2015 — Fast-growing OfferUp breaks silence with $90M in funding, goes after Craigslist … OfferUp — one of the Seattle area's most valuable …
More:
New York Times, Fortune, The Seattle Times, Wall Street Journal and Forbes
Tweets: @anuhariharan, @treehcapital and @mikeisaac
Thanks:@toddbishop| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
Bitcoin economy: price is at highest level of the year, transaction volume increasing, becoming more international, growing number of Bitcoin ATMs — The growing Bitcoin economy, in 5 charts — Bitcoin hasn't received the kind of hype in 2015 that it has in previous years.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins accepting signups for Cortana for iOS beta in US and China — Microsoft opens up its Cortana for iPhone beta — Microsoft is getting ready to let iPhone users test a version of Cortana for iOS. The software maker has been steadily testing the app over the past six months internally …
More:
ZDNet, GeekWire, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Inquirer, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Macworld, VentureBeat, Engadget, PhoneDog.com, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, iMore, iPhone Hacks and iLounge
| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
MPAA claims responsibility for shutting down popcorntime.io and torrent site YTS — MPAA Touts Big Legal Success Against Popcorn Time — The studios trade association has scored injunctions in Canada and New Zealand over PopcornTime.io and the torrent outfit YTS.| Jeremy Kirk / PCWorld: |
Many US businesses are still running XcodeGhost-infected Apple apps — A new version of XcodeGhost has also appeared that tries to defeat defenses built into iOS 9 — Dozens of U.S. enterprises are still using Apple mobile apps seeded with malware for a clever hacking scheme revealed last month known as XcodeGhost.
More:
FireEye, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Hacked, SecurityWeek, O'Grady's PowerPage, Help Net Security, Tech Times and SecurityWeek
| Manish Singh / NDTV Gadgets360.com: |
10 Months and 2 Million Downloads Later, Vivaldi Browser Hits Beta — Perhaps the world could do without a new Web browser. Google's Chrome, despite being a resource and battery hog, manages to get the work done for most, while Windows 10 continues to help Microsoft Edge be the default browser for millions of users.| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley Leaves Company Because Of Diversity Issues — Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley, the only black engineer in a leadership position at Twitter, just publicly announced that he has left the company. In his post, he says his reasons for leaving …
More:
Medium, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Re/code, Re/code, Wired.co.uk, Wired, Tech Insider, USA Today, Guardian and International Business Times
Tweets: @alexia, @kitchenettekat and @jjmccorvey
| Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and GT Advanced reach new settlement on remaining debt of $439M — Apple and Sapphire Supplier Reach New Accord on $439 Million Loan — Deal calls for Nov. 23 auction of equipment and awaits bankruptcy judge's approval — GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord …
More:
The Verge, Ars Technica, Ars Technica UK, iLounge, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Pocketnow and 9to5Mac
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.
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.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
The 90-day recognition cliff: Why praise programs fade, and what keeps them alive — Recognition programs often start with enthusiasm. Employees participate, managers share shoutouts, and teams have a new way to celebrate achievements.
The 90-day recognition cliff: Why praise programs fade, and what keeps them alive — Recognition programs often start with enthusiasm. Employees participate, managers share shoutouts, and teams have a new way to celebrate achievements.
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
Big Technology Podcast:
SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
David Ellison's Paramount-Warner Empire & The Fight That Comes Next
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.
Sources:
Factory CEO on why AGI is already here
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Noah Shinn - Building Instinct: The Personal Agent
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Lenny's Podcast:
The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham
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.
Great Chat:
Doomers at Dreamforce
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:10 PM ET, November 4, 2015.
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
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:Andrea González-Ramírez / The Cut:
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
| Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
SD Times, IT Business Edge and SiliconANGLE
Earlier Picks
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
| Elle Hunt / Guardian: |
More:
New York Times, VentureBeat, CNET, Tech Insider, BuzzFeed, Guardian, The Independent, Metro.co.uk, NEWS.com.au, Tech Insider, The Independent, Telegraph, CBS News, ELLE, Toronto Sun, Daily Mail, Essena O'Neill, BBC, Yahoo, Forbes, CNN, Fusion, Sydney Morning Herald, 9news.com.au, Australia and TheJournal.ie. Tweets: @stgramophone
| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
More:
Wired, Social Media Today, Fone Arena, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Marketing Land and Engadget