|
February 19, 2018, 4:55 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
President Trump used tweets on Russian ad spending from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman to call reporters covering election interference the “Fake News Media” — President Trump approvingly passed along comments from Facebook ads VP Rob Goldman on Saturday, using Goldman's remarks …
More:
Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Wired, New York Times, Recode, Quartz, Axios, USA Today, New York Times, CNBC, Business Insider, The Hill, Firstpost, Recode, Axios, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, and U.S. Department of Justice
Tweets: @mdenardis, @robjective, @robjective, @realdonaldtrump, @nathanchubbard, @jayrosen_nyu, @postroz, @jbenton, @boztank, @karaswisher, @profcarroll, @nytimes, @boztank, @baratunde, @charlesarthur, @nytimesbusiness, @karaswisher, @stephenlepitak, @danprimack, @wired, @kbaker6, @sarahcuda, @mediadissector, @jimvandehei, @jayrosen_nyu, @justinhendrix, @counternotions, @peter_tl, @robjective, @realdonaldtrump, @cmclymer, @davemorin, @kevinroose, @juddlegum, @anildash, @realdonaldtrump, @robjective, @pkafka, @boztank, @bmorrissey, @bobmcmillan, @emilybell, @alexburnsnyt, @evgenymorozov, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, @danpfeiffer, @mat, and @robjective. Thanks:@kantrowitz
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook's focus on Groups, and the tools to build and promote them, can be easily exploited by bad actors like Russia, Mueller indictment shows — It's tribes all the way down — A year ago this past Friday, Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy post titled “Building a Global Community.”
More:
Recode, BuzzFeed, ABC News, The Hill, and Axios
Tweets: @adrianchen, @jeffjarvis, @sallykohn, @kantrowitz, @mattmittenthal, @wired, @briankarem, @buzzfeednews, @annemariebridy, @baratunde, and @jesselynradack
| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Facebook says it will mail postcards to would-be buyers of election-related ads mentioning federal candidates, will have codes to verify identity and location — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities …
More:
New Yorker, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, The Drum, The Hill, Charles Milander, Quartz, Engadget, CNBC, and Axios
Tweets: @baratunde, @baratunde, @edmundlee, @baratunde, @mcfaul, @h4x354x0r, @davidgura, @nytpolitics, @husca, and @pkafka. Thanks:@dnvolz
| Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / ProPublica: |
| Chris Dixon: |
How decentralized cryptonetworks, with better incentives for developers, can win against centralized platforms like Google in the next era of the internet — The first two eras of the internet — During the first era of the internet—from the 1980s through the early 2000s … | Erin Griffith / Wired: |
How aspiring tech hub cities are trying to foster tech and startup ecosystems that are different from Silicon Valley's “move fast and break things” ethos — DO NOT LET their names fool you. The silicon places—Silicon Slopes, Silicon Prairie, Silicon Beach, Silicon Peach …
More:
VentureBeat
| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Former Meetup employees describe how competition from Facebook, the WeWork acquisition, and a mandatory arbitration agreement weakened the culture at Meetup — Meetup was supposed to be different. — While much of the tech industry struggled to create inclusive work environments …
Tweets: @vboykis, @stormyafternoon, @joshconstine, @kateconger, @melaniehannah, and @tnewmstweet
| Ralph Atkins / Financial Times: |
Swiss financial supervisor publishes guidelines meant to support the ICO market by clarifying when anti-money laundering and securities laws apply to them — Switzerland's financial supervisor has bucked the trend of global regulators cracking down on cryptocurrencies by announcing guidelines …
| Maiya Keidan / Reuters: |
Number of crypto hedge funds doubled to 226 in the last 4 months and is up from 37 at the start of 2017; assets under management reached between $3.5B and $5B — Maiya Keidan, Jemima Kelly — LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies have struggled to eke out returns … | Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
A look at changes in SF's short-term rental market, including a drop in listings and average price, as registration deadline for Airbnb and other hosts passes — SF short-term rentals transformed as Airbnb, others make peace with city. Stricter rules stop homes from becoming hotels.
Tweets: @cbloggy, @whimsley, and @sfchronicle
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Uncommon.co launches its AI-powered platform that matches submitted resumes to employer job descriptions and announces $18M Series A round — Traditional models of recruiting are a mess. At companies like Google, quite literally millions of people apply for open roles … Thanks:@vscpr
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Report: ~15M indie content creators in US used Amazon Publishing, eBay, Etsy, Instagram, Shapeways, Tumblr, Twitch, WordPress, or YouTube to earn ~$6B in 2016 — from the it's-not-tech-v.-hollywood dept — Visit EveryoneCreates.org to read stories of creation empowered by the internet, and share your own!| Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review: |
The Internet Archive and others look at blockchain tech to create tamper-proof archives resistant to meddling from governments and billionaires with agendas — When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism's digital legacy.
Tweets: @gijn, @niemanlab, @mariabustillos, @gabrielsnyder, @cjr, and @pressfreedom
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cape:
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Equals:
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.
Zoho:
Zoho WorkDrive named a Leader in the Nucleus Research CSC Technology Value Matrix 2026 — Enterprise content management is evolving rapidly with about 80% of the data unstructured. The growing challenge is not about storing information anymore.
Zoho WorkDrive named a Leader in the Nucleus Research CSC Technology Value Matrix 2026 — Enterprise content management is evolving rapidly with about 80% of the data unstructured. The growing challenge is not about storing information anymore.
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
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's Bots Break Containment and Hack Hugging Face Autonomously — With Alex Stamos
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.
Great Chat:
Too big to laugh: how tech lost its sense of humor
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Substack Wants To Become A Social Network; Beehiiv Wants To Stay Invisible
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.
Training Data:
Factory's Matan Grinberg: The Coming 'Dark Factory' Where Software Builds Itself
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:
Matthew Smith — Natural Gas: The Next Bottleneck
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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 4:55 AM ET, February 19, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The Hollywood Reporter: