|
July 8, 2017, 8:15 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Waymo drops 3 of 4 patent infringement claims against Uber, says Uber no longer uses infringing tech; bulk of the case related to trade secrets theft remains — Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car division, dropped three of four patent infringement claims in its lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc …
More:
Gizmodo, SlashGear, Recode, TechCrunch, ZDNet, New York Times, 9to5Google, CNET, TalkAndroid.com, Engadget, New York Magazine, Fortune, Ars Technica, and Business Insider
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @alistairmbarr, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Magistrate judge ruling orders Waymo to disclose details of its deal with Lyft to Uber — A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit Waymo must disclose documents to attorneys representing Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] about Waymo's partnership with Lyft Inc … | Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung Electronics forecasts record quarterly profit of ~$12B in Q2, up 72% year-over-year — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday said its second-quarter operating profit likely rose 72 percent from a year earlier to a new record, beating analyst estimates, as strong memory chip prices helped widen margins.
More:
MacRumors, Samsung Global Newsroom, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, BGR, The Verge, Tech Times, ValueWalk, Fortune, Android Beat, TalkAndroid.com, Engadget, 9to5Google, CNET, New York Times, Business Insider, Neowin, Android Central, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, The Korea Herald, Yahoo! News, Forbes, Fone Arena, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Seeking Alpha, ZDNet, Financial Times, AppleInsider, ExtremeTech, and BBC
Tweets: @benlovejoy, @jackycwong, and @samkimasia
| Tamara Chuang / Denver Post: |
After burying elimination of free plan in ToS update, Photobucket starts demanding $400/year for hosted images, kills client links on Amazon, eBay, other sites — Denver photo-sharing site says it needs to find “sustainable business” … Denver-based Photobucket on Thursday …
More:
Photobucket, BuzzFeed, Aqueous Digital, Forbes, Lifehacker, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, Neowin, AuctionBytes Blog, CSO, TechSpot, The Overspill, New York Post, and Plagiarism Today
Tweets: @kevinmarks, @derektmead, and @buzzfeednews
| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois departs amid layoffs; Kurt DelBene named chief digital officer — Microsoft's Chief Information Officer Jim DuBois has left his post, the company confirmed Friday. — DuBois was on sabbatical and decided to leave Microsoft as part of the reorganization of its global sales staff …
More:
Microsoft, On MSFT, Neowin, CRN, Business Insider, BGR, iTnews, Seeking Alpha, Fone Arena, eWeek, and Softpedia News
| George Avalos / Mercury News: |
Facebook proposes Willow Campus, “mixed-use village” expansion to its Menlo Park campus with office buildings, housing, retail space, and a grocery store — The proposed village includes offices, home, a grocery store, and parks and plazas — MENLO PARK — Aiming …
More:
Facebook, Recode, BuzzFeed, CNET, Adweek, Engadget, Curbed SF - All, WRAL Tech Wire, Fortune, TechSpot, GeekWire, Archpaper.com, CNBC, Business Insider, and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @joshconstine
| Cory Doctorow / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Amid Unprecedented Controversy, W3C Greenlights DRM for the Web — Early today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body publicly announced its intention to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)—a DRM standard for web video—with no safeguards whatsoever for accessibility … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Google and Facebook confirm they will join other companies in a July 12 “day of action” opposing the FCC's plan to change net neutrality rules — The fight over net neutrality just got more interesting as two tech giants said they will step off the sidelines and join a so-called …
More:
Inverse, Fight for the Future, The Verge, Motherboard, Engadget, and The Next Web
| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Comma.ai announces Panda, an $88 OBDII dongle that records car performance data, cloud dashcam app Chffr, and Cabana software to interpret collected data — George Hotz, aka geohot, is fidgeting in his living room, wearing dark shades and a giant comma on his t-shirt as he shows … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Dark web market AlphaBay down since Tuesday, prompting fears of law enforcement action or theft of user funds; admins claim the site is down for maintenance — SAN FRANCISCO — The largest online black market for drugs, AlphaBay, has been down for nearly two days, raising questions about whether …
More:
The Verge, Infosecurity Magazine, TechCentral, Business Insider, and Motherboard
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Qualcomm asks US ITC to ban imports of certain iPhone models using Intel components due to infringement of 6 patents that it claims are not standard-essential — Chipmaker claims infringement by some models and seeks ‘cease and desist’ order — Read next
More:
CNBC, Qualcomm, Investor's Business Daily, Bloomberg, Redmond Pie, The Next Web, Business Insider, iDrop News, ValueWalk, The Tech Report, Phandroid, EE Times, InvestorPlace, Socialnomics, TalkAndroid.com, FOSS Patents, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Neowin, Inquirer, The Register, Gizmochina, TheStreet, PYMNTS.com, AnandTech, Fortune, The Verge, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, CNET, TechCrunch, Axios, and Reuters. Tweets: @rdr0b11
| Reed Albergotti / The Information: |
Source: Jawbone to be liquidated, as founder Hosain Rahman moves to his new startup, Jawbone Health Hub, providing health-related hardware and software services — Jawbone, the consumer electronics firm once valued at $3 billion, is going out of business. The company has begun liquidation proceedings …
More:
Engadget, The Verge, Yahoo! Finance, CB Insights, CNBC, The Register, Business Insider, InvestorPlace, New York Magazine, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Cult of Mac, Tech Times, iPhone Hacks, Fortune, TechSpot, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Consumerist, Axios, AppleInsider, Neowin, Android Authority, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, CNET, Mashable, SiliconBeat, and USA Today
Tweets: @stevekovach, @financialuproar, @waltmossberg, @alex, @neilcybart, @danprimack, @danprimack, and @reedalbergotti
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Stay alert: Zoho Cliq keeps you in the Checkout loop — Payment pages are becoming increasingly significant for various organizations. For instance, consider an NGO committed to helping those in need.
Stay alert: Zoho Cliq keeps you in the Checkout loop — Payment pages are becoming increasingly significant for various organizations. For instance, consider an NGO committed to helping those in need.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
How to Cultivate Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta (#54)
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:
Mon. 04/22 - TikTok Back On The Chopping Block?
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 8:15 AM ET, July 8, 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
Tariq Panja / New York Times:Adam B. Vary / Variety:
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed: |
Tweets: @ruskin147, @jsavagetweets, @stevenkellow, @josephmdurso, @kadhimshubber, @wallaceme, @g_price, @andydangerfield, and @jimwaterson
Earlier Picks
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
More:
Wired, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, The Loop, Ubergizmo, The Mac Observer, and MacRumors
Tweets: @josephfcox, @katiedrumm, @emanuelmaiberg, and @josephfcox
| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
More:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, Android Authority, Gotta Be Mobile, and Consumerist
Tweets: @dannysullivan and @pardesoteric
| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
More:
Crunchbase News, SoundCloud, The Register, New York Times, TechCo, Axios, The Next Web, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Tech Narratives, and Pitchfork
Tweets: @moorehn, @marcoarment, and @marcoarment