|
May 31, 2016, 9:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft agree to EU hate speech rules that mandates review of “the majority of” hateful content within 24 hours of notification — Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube today agreed to European regulations that require them to review …
More:
SiliconBeat, EU Press Room, Marketing Land, Reuters, EDRi, Breitbart, BBC, Fortune, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, CNET, WRAL Tech Wire, TalkAndroid.com, WinBeta, MSPoweruser, Socialnomics, The Daily Caller, Refinery29, Computerworld, WebProNews, TIME, The Drum, SlashGear, The Register, ABC News, Engadget, Telegraph, ZDNet, VentureBeat, International Business Times, The Next Web and Neowin
Tweets: @marietjeschaake, @richardwellings, @accessnow, @theoude, @randileeharper, @rawlenyanziftl and @dannysullivan
See also Mediagazer| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Periscope to let livestream viewers vote on whether flagged comments are abusive in “flash juries” of five random users — Attention livestreamers: You've been summoned for jury duty. — Attention Periscope users: You've been summoned for jury duty.
More:
Periscope, The Verge, Forbes, iMore, Engadget, Tubefilter, TechSpot, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Vanity Fair and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @marklittlenews
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Tweets: @jank0
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Samsung announces 512GB NVMe SSD weighing only 1 gram with read and write speeds of 1500MB/s and 900MB/s, available starting in June — Samsung today announced that mass production has begun on a new NVMe PCIe solid state drive in a ball grid array package, the first of its kind to be available in large quantities.| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: Google Home's ARM-based microprocessor and Wi-Fi chip to be the same as those in the Chromecast — When Google executive Mario Queiroz unveiled a new voice-controlled virtual assistant, Google Home, at the company's developer conference this month, he left out a key detail …
More:
Android Authority, 9to5Google, BGR, Engadget, PhoneArena, Droid Life, Tech Insider, Fortune, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, MobileSyrup.com, Phandroid and Pocketnow
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram officially announces its new business tools, including business profiles, analytics, more; businesses must have a Facebook Page to enable them — Instagram this morning officially announced the launch of its tools for business users, including new business profiles … | Nagraj Kashyap / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
New Microsoft Ventures division to focus on early-stage investments in cloud, SaaS, security, and machine learning startups — When I came to Microsoft earlier this year, I was driven by the opportunity to establish a corporate venture group that would create an additional channel to engage the start-up ecosystem.
| Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab: |
36% of smartphone users in Asia-Pacific region use browsers that automatically block ads; global mobile adblocking userbase hits 419M, up 90% YoY, says PageFair — The rise of mobile adblocking may not be burning publishers in the U.S. so far, but the story is very different in Asia.
More:
New York Times, ZDNet, Business Insider, Tech Times, TechSpot, Screenwerk, Fortune and PageFair. See also Mediagazer
| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel's Broadwell-E gaming CPU is a stunner, offering 10 cores for a whopping $1,723 — Meet the next flagship chip for overclocking, gaming, and transcoding. — On paper, Intel's massive new 10-core—yes, 10—Broadwell-E gaming chips top out at 3.8GHz. But buying one is like purchasing … | Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
More:
The Verge, Engadget, The Verge, PCWorld, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Liliputing, Inquirer, CNET, The Register, Engadget and Digital Trends. Tweets: @valarauca1. Thanks:@iancutress
| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
US appeals court rules no warrant needed for cellphone location data, overturning a divided 2015 opinion — Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.
More:
Ars Technica, The Register, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Fusion, ZDNet and Pocketnow
| The Duo Security Bulletin: |
Analysis shows Lenovo, Acer, HP, Dell, and Asus are shipping laptops with bloatware that's known to be insecure — Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) refer to the first boot of a new PC as the out-of-box experience (OOBE). As you battle your way through modal dialogues for questionable software …
More:
International Business Times, CSO, BetaNews, Engadget, CNET, ZDNet, PCWorld, Softpedia News, Digital Trends and The Register
| Danny Yadron / Guardian: |
Sources: Facebook planning to introduce optional end-to-end encryption mode to Messenger app — The move illustrates how technology companies are doubling down on secure messaging while not wanting to get in the way of their other business objectives — Facebook users this summer … | Bloomberg: |
Source: Uber gets $1B credit facility, basically a line of credit, in a deal led by Goldman Sachs to expand its Uber Xchange subprime auto leasing business — In its relentless pursuit for growth, Uber needs new drivers, and many of those drivers need cars.
More:
Motherboard, Consumerist and Dealbreaker
Tweets: @edwardnh, @drewfitzgerald, @ddayen, @tsgiles and @reformedbroker
| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
Ruling from Delaware judge finds that Michael Dell, Silver Lake Partners underpriced their 2013 $24.9B buyout of Dell by 22%, may have to pay tens of millions — Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners underpriced their 2013 $24.9 billion buyout of Dell Inc [DI.UL] by about 22 percent …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Windows Central, ZDNet, The Register, USA Today and SiliconANGLE
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Marketing software giant Marketo taken private by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth $1.79B — Marketo, the marketing software giant that went public in 2013, is being taken private again: PE firm Vista Equity Partners has acquired the company for $1.79 billion in an all-cash deal.
More:
PR Newswire, ZDNet, Computerworld, PE Hub Blog, Marketing Land, AdExchanger, Fortune, CNBC, Seeking Alpha and silicontap.com
Tweets: @ron_miller, @anshublog, @benkepes and @danprimack
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Atari will enter IoT market with new connected devices in partnership with Sigfox — Atari announced today that it is plunging into the Internet of Things with a line of connected objects that will debut later this year. — Just what those gadgets might be, however, remains shrouded in mystery.
More:
Business Wire, Engadget, TechHive, AndroidHeadlines.com, FierceWireless, PhoneArena, Ubergizmo, The Verge and TrustedReviews. Tweets: @jrosenworcel
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Jawbone refutes reports that it will exit the fitness tracker market — Last week, a report claiming that Jawbone would exit the fitness tracker marketplace made the rounds. At the time, Jawbone offered us a “no comment,” but today the company has released a full statement that entirely refutes last week's rumors.
More:
iMore
Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
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:
App Spotlight: TDS 26AS Reconciliation for Zoho Books — Automate 26AS/Form 168 reconciliation, ensuring that mismatches between your 26AS/Form 168 and books are flagged to make ITR filing seamless …
App Spotlight: TDS 26AS Reconciliation for Zoho Books — Automate 26AS/Form 168 reconciliation, ensuring that mismatches between your 26AS/Form 168 and books are flagged to make ITR filing seamless …
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
Sources:
Robinhood's CEO on letting AI trade your money
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.
Training Data:
David Silver and Lasse Espeholt of Ineffable Intelligence: A Superlearner for the Age of Experience
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:
David Vélez - Building Nubank and the Future of Global Banking
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Cheeky Pint:
Muse Wonder: Zuckerberg and Wang's $100B AI
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio)
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:
Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don't Bully Your AI
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 9:05 PM ET, May 31, 2016.
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
CNN:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Liam Quigley / Gothamist: