|
January 24, 2018, 10:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| EU Press Room: |
EU fines Qualcomm €997M for abusing market dominance, says it paid Apple to buy LTE baseband chipsets from Qualcomm exclusively; Qualcomm to appeal — The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997m for abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets.
More:
Qualcomm, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Thurrott.com, Android Authority, BBC, iMore, Digital Trends, BGR, Axios, The Verge, MacRumors, AnandTech, New York Times, Associated Press, Engadget, Business Insider, VentureBeat, The Next Web, The Tech Report, Financial Times, Financial Times, FOSS Patents, iPhone Hacks, Softpedia News, Cult of Mac, Fortune, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @danieldancrane, @eu_commission, @bzamayo, @eu_competition, and @robinwauters
| Apple: |
Apple previews iOS 11.3 with ability to turn off controversial throttling of older iPhones, new Animoji, business chat in Messages, and more — Major Updates to ARKit, Messages and More Coming This Spring — This spring, iOS 11.3 will deliver exciting new ways to experience augmented reality …
More:
TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Thurrott.com, MacRumors, BGR, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, CNET, 9to5Mac, Axios, Bloomberg, CNBC, AppAdvice.com, Tom's Guide, iDownloadBlog.com, and TmoNews
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
New section in Apple's Health app in iOS 11.3 will allow users to automatically download and view their medical records — In the latest indication of Apple's growing ambitions in the digital health market, the tech giant on Wednesday morning unveiled a new feature that would allow users … | Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Apple announces ARKit 1.5 in iOS 11.3 beta with support for vertical planes, 2D image recognition, and imagery in 1080p HD — Vertical planes and 2D image recognition are coming to ARKit — Apple just announced an updated version of its augmented reality platform, timed to the developer beta release …
More:
TechCrunch, MacRumors, and Cult of Mac
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google I/O 2018 to be held May 8-10 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California — This year's Google I/O developer conference will take place from May 8th to May 10th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Similar to last year, Google revealed the date through an online puzzle.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Stripe says it will stop supporting bitcoin on April 23, citing volatility and long transaction times; bitcoin support was originally added in 2014 — Payments platform Stripe will stop supporting bitcoin in April, citing the cryptocurrency's volatility and long transaction times, among other things.
More:
Bank Innovation, Stripe Blog, CNNMoney, CNBC, BBC, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, The Next Web, CoinSpeaker, Gizmodo, The Register, Trustnodes, The Verge, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Business Insider, Engadget, SlashGear, CoinDesk, Motherboard, and Mashable
Tweets: @stripe, @dakami, @danprimack, @danheld, @thestalwart, @bitcoin, and @nathanielpopper
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Popular home media server application Plex adds support for Google Daydream VR — Last year Plex's reach extended to cover live TV and automobiles, so in 2018 the company is jumping into yet another platform: virtual reality. As it has done before, the company brought in the developer …
More:
TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Android Police, and The Verge
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Amazon acquires advanced threat detection startup Sqrrl, to boost the security of AWS; earlier reports pegged the deal at $40M+ — - Amazon's cloud business has recently stepped up its efforts to pick up business from U.S. intelligence agencies. — Amazon's cloud business has acquired Sqrrl …
More:
TechCrunch, ZDNet, SecurityWeek, GeekWire, Beyond Search, and Seeking Alpha
| Canalys: |
Canalys: Apple shipped 29M iPhone Xs in Q4 2017, 7M of them in China; iPhone X was the world's best-shipping smartphone model over the holiday season — Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Tuesday, 23 January 2018 — Apple shipped 29 million iPhone Xs in Q4 2017.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook's survey to rank trust of publications asks two questions: “Do you recognize the following websites” and “How much do you trust each of these domains?” — Last week, Facebook said its News Feed would prioritize links from publications its users deemed “trustworthy” in an upcoming survey.
More:
The Verge, Business Insider, Mashable, Quartz, CNET, Engadget, Gizmodo, Axios, Xconomy, and Tech Times
Facebook: Wolfgang Blau. Tweets: @kantrowitz, @karaswisher, @louisgray, @profcarroll, @david_ingram, @hannahkuchler, @sarahfrier, @caseynewton, @matthewknell, @willoremus, @stevekovach, @mosseri, @mosseri, @caseynewton, @scottthurm, @asharma, and @pashulman
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook buys Boston software company Confirm, which authenticates IDs, and will wind down its operations — Facebook has confirmed to TechCrunch that it's acquired... Confirm.io. The startup offered an API that let other companies quickly verify someone's government-issued identification card …
More:
BGR, Gizmodo, Inquirer, ValueWalk, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Yourstory, Neowin, Xconomy, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Recode, and ZDNet. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google Assistant now supports voice match for multiple Netflix profiles — Netflix was one of the first video services to add support for Google Assistant, but you could only access the main video profile. That really limited usefulness in households where everyone has their own profile.
More:
The Verge, Phandroid, 9to5Google, Android Beat, Android and Me, Mashable, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Engadget, and Android Central
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
HomePod can play podcasts, Beats 1, iTunes purchased content without Apple Music subscription, stream non-Apple music services via AirPlay from an iOS device — Apple today announced that HomePod goes on sale February 9. Whilst HomePod works best with an Apple Music subscription …
More:
Tech.pinions, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Macworld, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Ubergizmo, TechConnect, Lowyat.NET, Slate, iDownloadBlog.com, and Apple
Tweets: @llsethj and @patrickmoorhead
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers show Tinder's lack of encryption lets hackers see all photos, inject their own images in users' photo streams, and watch users' every swipe — IN 2018, YOU'D be forgiven for assuming that any sensitive app encrypts its connection from your phone to the cloud …
More:
Checkmarx, HackRead, Inquirer, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, Fortune, Engadget, and socalTECH.com
Tweets: @astepanovich and @manan
| Ankit Chawla / NDTV Gadgets 360: |
Instagram now supports GIFs in Stories through partnership with GIPHY — Facebook-owned image sharing platform Instagram has collaborated with Giphy to announce the rollout of a new millennial-focused feature on its Android and iOS app. Starting Tuesday, GIF stickers will be available globally …
More:
Instagram Blog, MacRumors, Highsnobiety, Tech Times, TechCrunch, Refinery29, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @dcseifert and @instagram
| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
Jérôme Pesenti, former CEO of BenevolentTech and IBM Big Data CTO, to head up Facebook's AI Research lab; Yann LeCun steps into new role as chief AI scientist — Facebook has replaced the man Mark Zuckerberg recruited to run its artificial intelligence research …
More:
SiliconANGLE, The Register, TechCrunch, CNBC, Engadget, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Business Insider, The Verge, Seeking Alpha, GeekWire, and Axios
Facebook: Mike Schroepfer, Yann LeCun, and Jerome Pesenti
Tweets: @mhbergen and @joshconstine
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
More:
Bloomberg, Marketing Land, The Hill, and The Daily Caller
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
In security update, Apple backports Meltdown fix to macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan — The fix, previously reserved for newer Macs, is now available on older versions of macOS. — Meltdown-Spectre: A reminder to the IT industry that security is a mirage
More:
Apple Support, MacRumors, Wired, SecurityWeek, BleepingComputer.com, Inquirer, VentureBeat, CNBC, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, The Verge, Wccftech, TechCrunch, and MacRumors
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says Siri is now being actively used on 500M+ devices — In today's announcement about the HomePod's February 9 launch date, Apple quietly provided new data on how many people are using Siri. According to the company, Siri is now actively used on more than half a billion devices.
More:
9to5Mac, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, iPhone Hacks, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, The Tech Report, TechSpot, Insanely Great Mac, and Quartz
Tweets: @asymco, @neilcybart, and @neilcybart
| Steve Yegge: |
Engineer Steve Yegge leaves Google after 13 years, says it has lost its way due to risk aversion, politics, arrogance, and a focus on competitors over customers — Note: This is my first time using Medium. Please forgive any faux pas. Also, it's pretty long even for me, so you might want to go grab a coffee.
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber CEO says it may commercially deploy fully autonomous cars in the next 18 months, when conditions at locations are perfect, about 5% of time initially — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was speaking to Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait today at the new outlet's event #TheYearAhead event … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Amazon Go is another manifestation of Amazon's strategy: invest massively in R&D for a moat that no retailer or software-based competitor can match — Amazon Go is the story of technology, and so is this tweet: … Yesterday the Amazon Go concept store in Seattle opened to the public …
Tweets: @frank_s_david, @dtran320, @dtcippy, @ntaylor963, @d_ramsden, and @matthewstoller
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Montreal-based Element AI, which helps firms utilize AI and has raised $102M, opens its first international office in London to work with NGOs, charities, more — Element AI — which last year raised $102 million to build an incubator-meets-consultancy to work with multiple businesses …
More:
The Verge
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Nexar raises $30M Series B led by Ibex Ventures for its AI-based road safety dashcams and network — Nexar, a startup that makes an AI-based dashcam app to monitor road safety, announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series B led by Ibex Ventures.
More:
Tech.eu, Reuters, VentureBeat, PR Newswire, and Forbes
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:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Zoho People in 2025: A year in review — As we wrap up 2025, we're taking a moment to look back on a year filled with progress and transformation at Zoho People. Our team has been constantly pushing boundaries …
Zoho People in 2025: A year in review — As we wrap up 2025, we're taking a moment to look back on a year filled with progress and transformation at Zoho People. Our team has been constantly pushing boundaries …
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
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's Potential, Google's Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
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.
Hard Fork:
Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin' Xmas Song
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Access:
Betting on reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Lenny's Podcast:
The new AI growth playbook for 2026: How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year | Elena Verna (Head of Growth)
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"Neither Side Is Used to Losing." Lucas Shaw on What's Next for Netflix and Paramount in the Battle for Warner Bros.
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:00 AM ET, January 24, 2018.
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
Paul Glynn / BBC:Ken Vogel / @kenvogel:
Nicholas Henriquez / New Yorker:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
The Verge, International Business Times, AndroidHeadlines.com, Social Media Today, PhoneDog.com, New York Magazine, Fortune, Tubefilter, and Engadget
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @kantrowitz, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
MacRumors, The Mozilla Blog, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Mozilla Hacks, Mashable, Windows Central, BetaNews, and Android Police. Tweets: @simevidas
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
More:
Vanity Fair, SiliconBeat, Fortune, TechCrunch, USA Today, CNET, Gizmodo, Engadget, Axios, CNBC, and Seeking Alpha
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |