|
October 22, 2017, 9:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Essential Phone price drops $200 to $499, a few months after its debut; current US customers get online credit toward other Essential purchases — Essential has an offer that's honestly very hard to refuse: The price of the Essential Phone (PH-1, going by technical model number), is now $200 cheaper, so $499 off-contract and unlocked.
More:
The Verge, Engadget, Android Police, and Essential
| Raj Mukherjee / Indeed Blog: |
Survey of 1,011 US tech workers: 43% worry about losing their job due to age, 87% say diversity possibly or definitely has a positive impact on performance — In many cultures, elders are held in high regard as a source of wisdom. — In the world of tech, it often seems—not so much.
More:
Salon, TechCo, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Hiya, spun out from Whitepages a year ago, raises $18M Series A for its smart caller ID technology — Hiya came to life a year ago when it was spun out by Whitepages to take on TrueCaller and others in the world of smart caller ID services. Using machine learning analytics on a vast database …
More:
PR Newswire, GeekWire, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, The Seattle Times, and Telecompaper
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
AT&T says it has restored service to 60% of Puerto Rico's population, launches limited LTE connectivity in remote areas in partnership with Project Loon — About a month after Hurricane Maria's devastating landfall on Puerto Rico, and a couple of weeks after the FCC gave clearance …
More:
The Team at X, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNNMoney, Digital Trends, FierceWireless, International Business Times, Newser, Axios, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Mashable, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Mashable, USA Today, AppleInsider, MacRumors, CNET, The Verge, and TIME. Tweets: @panzer
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Google says it plans to take a percentage of fees for new subscriptions that media publishers get via its upcoming subscriber targeting tools — Google plans to share revenues with publishers which benefit from the company's new digital subscription tools, in a scheme comparable to its successful advertising revenue model.| Sophie Daniel / Motherboard: |
Physical penetration tester and infosec consultant on how she uses social engineering to gain access into high security facilities — Sophie is a physical penetration tester and information security consultant. She specializes in social engineering security assessments including physical, voice (vishing) and text (phishing).
Tweets: @motherboard
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Profile of David Hall, CEO and founder of Velodyne, who designed the rotating LIDAR system now used by 13 automakers and at least 22 big tech firms — No matter what it took, David Hall was going to kill that clown. He maneuvered Drillzilla for another ramming run.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Vine's founders are back with HQ, a live trivia game show app — “It's a way to give people a chance to have fun, maybe win, maybe learn something new.” That's how former Vine co-founder Rus Yusupov describes his new trivia game show app HQ, which feels like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire meets Facebook Live.
More:
SlashGear, Engadget, and Tubefilter
| Lauren Kirchner / ProPublica: |
Federal judge unseals source code for disputed DNA analysis software developed by New York City's crime lab after motion by ProPublica — A federal judge this week unsealed the source code for a software program developed by New York City's crime lab, exposing to public scrutiny a disputed technique for analyzing complex DNA evidence.
More:
TechSpot, Engadget, GitHub, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @propublica, @daniel_bilar, and @elizabeth_joh
| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Robert Scoble has allegedly continued to sexually harass women after going sober — Venture capitalists Dave McClure, Justin Caldbeck and Chris Sacca, SoFi CEO Mike Cagney and a top Uber engineer have all been accused of sexual impropriety in the last six months as a growing number of women …
More:
USA Today, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed, USA Today, 512tech, Business Insider, CNET, Sara Winge, BBC, francine hardaway, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, Boing Boing, Wired, and Silicon Valley Business …
Facebook: Shel Israel, Marc Canter, and Matt Bell
Tweets: @quinnnorton, @hadip, @waxpancake, @neeraj, @quinnnorton, @buzzfeednews, @kylebrussell, and @timoreilly
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
UK regulators order 450+ sites to remove casino games allegedly targeting the under-18 crowd, following an investigation by The Times — Have you ever seen a gambling machine or website that was all too conspicuously aimed at children? British regulators certainly have.| Mark DeCambre / MarketWatch: |
Bitcoin price passes $6,000 as its total market value hits $100B+ for the first time — The world's most prominent digital currency was on track to mark a fresh milestone on Friday, with bitcoin rallying and putting the cyber currency in position to hit a total market value of around $100 billion.
More:
Quartz, Fortune, Forbes, Fortune, Futurism, CoinSpeaker, CNET, and Business Insider. Tweets: @galtsgirl
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Zoho:
Contract Signed. Project Ready. Tasks Created. — Every project begins with a promise; a contract that outlines the deliverables, the timelines, and the terms. But for most businesses …
Contract Signed. Project Ready. Tasks Created. — Every project begins with a promise; a contract that outlines the deliverables, the timelines, and the terms. But for most businesses …
Bitrix24:
Bitrix24 powers the next generation of high-performing businesses — Chat, projects, CRM, and automation — all in one place. Replace dozens of tools so your team moves faster, collaborates smarter, and grows effortlessly.
Bitrix24 powers the next generation of high-performing businesses — Chat, projects, CRM, and automation — all in one place. Replace dozens of tools so your team moves faster, collaborates smarter, and grows effortlessly.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Access:
Is Roblox making the internet better or worse? We asked the CEO
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Anthropic's quest to study the negative effects of AI is under pressure
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why LinkedIn is turning PMs into AI-powered "full stack builders" | Tomer Cohen (LinkedIn CPO)
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:
Code red: our favorite tech rivalries
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
How An AI Model Learned To Be Bad — With Evan Hubinger And Monte MacDiarmid
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:
PBS Lost a Billion Dollars. Now what? With CEO Paula Kerger
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:00 PM ET, October 22, 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
Bloomberg:The Guardian:
James Faris / Business Insider:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Sherri L. Smith / Tom's Guide: |
More:
Laptop Mag, The Verge, CNET, Paul Thurrott, Windows Central, Road to VR, TheStreet, Road to VR, and Microsoft Store. Thanks:@mspoonauer
| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
More:
Mashable and IndieWire
Tweets: @gretchencarlson, @susanthesquark, @indiewire, @kimmaicutler, and @lkherman
Earlier Picks
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
More:
San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, Forbes, Pocket Gamer.biz, Ad Age, Axios, TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, The Wrap, Inc.com, Associated Press, PR Newswire, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @mhelft and @danprimack