|
March 7, 2017, 11:50 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| WikiLeaks: |
WikiLeaks releases 8K+ alleged CIA classified docs from 2013 to 2016 describing malware, zero-day exploits targeting iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux — Press Release Today, Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
More:
New York Times, The Next Web, USA Today, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Business Insider, PCWorld, Engadget, The Hill, The Verge, 9to5Google, AP News, Washington Post, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, AppAdvice.com Latest, motherboard, Mashable, Boing Boing, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, emptywheel, and motherboard
Tweets: @nytimes, @wikileaks, @nytimes, @wikileaks, @wikileaks, @jzdziarski, @mattblaze, @snowden, @ncweaver, @swiftonsecurity, @normative, and @wikileaks
| Angus Crawford / BBC: |
After the BBC investigates Facebook's failure to remove sexualized images of children, Facebook reports BBC journalists to UK's National Crime Agency — Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform.
More:
CNET, CNNMoney, TechCrunch, The Register, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, Fortune, BetaNews, CNBC, Telegraph, Mirror, The Memo, Business Insider, The Guardian, TechSpot, Neowin, Network World, Inquirer, and Mashable
Tweets: @alexhern, @anguscrawfordr4, @phedemark, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @kelechnekoff, @bbcnews, @bbcjamescook, @jamesrbuk, @nickcohen4, @daveleebbc, @markborkowski, and @raju
| Rachael King / Wall Street Journal: |
HP Enterprise to acquire flash storage vendor Nimble Storage for about $1B in cash, about 41% above Nimble's roughly $700M market value as of Monday — Hewlett Packard Enterprise hopes the acquisition of the flash-storage systems maker will boost sales — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co … | Elena Cresci / The Guardian: |
DoNotPay, a free bot service for appealing parking tickets, can now help refugees fill out asylum applications for the US, Canada, and the UK — ‘Robot lawyer’ DoNotPay is giving free legal aid to refugees seeking asylum in US and Canada, and asylum support in UK
More:
Inquirer, Breitbart, Fortune, MediaShift, Mashable, The Next Web, International Business Times, Engadget, and Business Insider
Tweets: @jonworth and @johnhyde1982
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitch debuts Pulse, a Twitter-like service where broadcasters can share videos, images, and text with their friends and followers — This is what disruption looks like — Whenever I wonder what will eventually happen to Twitter, which is something I think about literally every day …
More:
Twitch Blog, PCWorld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, Twitch, Neowin, Tech Times, Silicon Republic, BetaNews, TechSpot, Tech2, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Axios, International Business Times, Android Police, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, Tubefilter, The Next Web, PVP Live, Shacknews, Engadget, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @fmanjoo, @avalonstar, and @twitch
| Andrew Brust / ZDNet: |
Confluent, the company behind open source streaming data project Apache Kafka, raises $50M Series C round led by Sequoia Capital — Confluent, the company behind open source streaming data project Apache Kafka, closes a Series C round that more than doubles its total financing.
More:
TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, VentureBeat, TECHSEEN, CNBC, and PE Hub Blog
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Adobe's Lightroom apps for Android and iOS can now shoot RAW HDR photos on iPhone 7, 6S, SE, 9.7" iPad Pro, Pixel, Pixel XL, Galaxy S7, and S7 Edge — Lightroom mobile's in-app camera is getting an update today that'll let it capture RAW HDR photos. — Adobe says the photos are made by stitching together three RAW images.
More:
Lightroom Journal, Engadget, and The Loop
| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Verizon announces it will offer 25Mbps FiOS fiber-optic internet as a pre-paid service in select East Coast markets at $60 a month — Verizon announced on Monday that it is making its FiOS fiber-optic data, voice and television package available as a pre-paid service.
More:
DSLreports, PR Newswire, and SlashGear
| Kelly J. O'Brien / Boston Business Journal: |
CA Technologies announces it will acquire cybersecurity firm Veracode for $614M in cash — Burlington security software company Veracode will be acquired by CA Technologies for $614 million in cash, the companies announced Monday. — The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
More:
CA Highlight, Computerworld, Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, eWeek, ZDNet, Seeking Alpha, Newsday, CRN, The Register, MarketWatch, and Xconomy
| Shan Wang / Nieman Lab: |
Profile of Sidewire, a social network that vets users, giving access to experts only; around 100 of its 800 “verified experts” are in its tech vertical — The closed discussion platform shuts out the noise of Twitter's eggs and trolls and is betting on — gasp! … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Media rendering firm Thinkbox announces that it has been acquired by Amazon, to join AWS — Amazon Web Services has acquired Thinkbox Software, which makes technology used by media and entertainment architects and engineers to manage render farms — large systems for processing computer-generated graphics and video.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's AI-powered translation system expands to Russian, Hindi, and Vietnamese — Last fall, Google introduced a new system for machine-assisted language translations, Google Neural Machine Translation system (GNMT), which takes advantage of deep neural networks to translate entire sentences …
More:
Google, Digital Trends, Mashable, ZDNet, Business Insider, Tech2, Android Central, ResearchBuzz, SiliconANGLE, Android Police, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, and Engadget
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Prospect:
A running list of the best startups to join — We've analyzed thousands of startups using the same data VCs use and distilled our list down to the top 2%. Discover and join the next Stripe, Airbnb, or Coinbase today.
A running list of the best startups to join — We've analyzed thousands of startups using the same data VCs use and distilled our list down to the top 2%. Discover and join the next Stripe, Airbnb, or Coinbase today.
Zoho:
From orders to alerts with Zoho Inventory and Zoho Cliq integration — Running a business is challenging, especially when it comes to managing incoming orders from online sales channels.
From orders to alerts with Zoho Inventory and Zoho Cliq integration — Running a business is challenging, especially when it comes to managing incoming orders from online sales channels.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Carolina Reis Oliveira & Alessandra Zonari | OneSkin: Aging Myths, Senescent Cells, and How to Age Slower (#56)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Wed. 05/08 - Bethesda Bloodbath
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:50 AM ET, March 7, 2017.
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Asif S. / SamMobile: |
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
More:
PCWorld, IBM, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Register, Recode, InfoWorld, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, BetaNews, WebProNews, Fortune, CNBC, USA Today, GeekWire, Business Insider, and Wall Street Journal
Earlier Picks
| Will Oremus / Slate: |
More:
Mashable. Tweets: @pinboard, @willoremus, @willoremus, @willoremus, @willoremus, @jack, and @jack. Thanks:@anprtweets.
| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |