|
February 22, 2018, 12:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple working on new AirPods with “Hey Siri” and new wireless chip, coming as soon as 2018, and another water resistant model, coming as soon as 2019 — Company working on water resistance, more Siri integration — Apple CFO says wearables revenue rose almost 70% last year
More:
USA Today, The Verge, CNET, Business Insider, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Macworld, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, BGR, AppleInsider, Computerworld, Engadget, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Magazine, Mashable, The Mac Observer, SlashGear, TechSpot, TechCrunch, 512 Pixels, CNBC, Thurrott.com, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Patently Apple, MSPoweruser, Tom's Guide, Seeking Alpha, AppAdvice.com, and MacDailyNews
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom order, which repeals 2015 Net Neutrality rules, enters Federal Register today, signalling beginning of various legal challenges — The FCC's “Restoring Internet Freedom” order, which vastly curtails the agency's 2015 net neutrality rules …
More:
Federal Register, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, International Business Times, The Verge, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, BGR, Breitbart, Wired, MacRumors, Engadget, CNET, TechSpot, Broadcasting & Cable, ABC News, Techdirt, The Next Web, and Mashable
Tweets: @fightfortheftr, @mclyburnfcc, @ceciliakang, @fightfortheftr, @fightfortheftr, @ceciliakang, and @ceciliakang
| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Top AI experts and policy makers from 14 institutions publish 100-page report on the malicious uses of AI, outlining digital, physical, and political dangers — A new report authored by over two-dozen experts on the implications of emerging technologies is sounding the alarm bells …
More:
Wired, Motherboard, OpenAI Blog, Malicious AI Report, Gigaom, New York Times, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BBC, Malicious AI Report, Inverse, Fast Company, Future of Humanity Institute, Help Net Security, Barron's Online, NBC News, Help Net Security, South China Morning Post, AndroidHeadlines.com, Computer Crime Research Center, Reuters, MIT Technology Review, CNBC, CNNMoney, University of Cambridge, Silicon Republic, SecurityWeek, TheStreet, The Register, Inquirer, The Verge, Hit & Run, and EnterpriseTech
| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open up to six new Amazon Go cashierless stores this year, with most in Seattle and one in Los Angeles' The Grove mall — New futuristic convenience stores could appear in Seattle and Los Angeles. — Amazon's much-heralded convenience store of the future, Amazon Go, may seem like a crazy experiment.
More:
GeekWire, Engadget, Business Insider, Curbed, Fortune, PaymentsSource, Eater, Retail Dive, CNNMoney, Seeking Alpha, and NFC World. Tweets: @ldrogen
| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
YouTube, Facebook remove some of the conspiracy videos claiming Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was an actor but, in many cases, only after promoting them — - YouTube promoted a video featuring a conspiracy theory claiming that one of the survivors of the school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida, is a paid actor.
More:
Recode, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TechSpot, CNNMoney, Wired, Slate, Adweek, Washington Post, Mashable, Hit & Run, Motherboard, USA Today, New York Magazine, The Guardian, Motherboard, POPSUGAR Living, CNNMoney, Tubefilter, and Deadline
Tweets: @stevekovach, @cwarzel, @kevinroose, @jwherrman, @wired, @emilybell, @stevekovach, @max_read, @tomwarren, and @stevekovach. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Anchor's redesigned app is a one stop shop for podcasting where users can record, edit, host, publish, and distribute podcasts with analytics — Broadcasting app Anchor, which helps anyone record and share audio, is relaunching its app today with a new focus on serving the larger podcaster community.
More:
The Verge, 9to5Google, and Engadget
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
How the US Marshals Service ends up selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, seized in criminal cases by various federal agencies — When Alexandre Cazes hanged himself in a Thai jail cell in July, the 25-year-old left behind the trappings of a big-league drug dealer … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Lighthouse launches 3D sensing, voice command-enabled, AI-powered smart home security camera for $299 and $10 per month for storage and AI services — This AI startup's first consumer product is a $299 security camera that goes on sale today — Lighthouse AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded …
More:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNET, and Nest Blog
| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Twitter issues statement saying its tools and rules are apolitical, after a number of conservative Twitter users lost thousands of followers during bot purge — Twitter suspended thousands of accounts overnight and conservatives on the platform aren't happy about it.
More:
Fortune, Politico, Cult of Mac, BBC, Axios, Mashable, Washington Post, eWeek, The Daily Beast, The Next Web, The Hill, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, CNET, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Fortune, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @richardbspencer, @mitchellvii, @mflynnjr, @prisonplanet, @vijaya, and @jack
| Yoel Roth / Twitter: |
More:
TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Adweek, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Social Media Today, TechSpot, MSPoweruser, MediaNama, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Hill, Seeking Alpha, CNNMoney, Mashable, The Digital Reader, The Verge, Search Engine Journal, International Business Times, Axios, Marketing Land, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @twitterapi, @intelwire, @davidsrudin, @dangillmor, @ow, @mattnavarra, @thegrugq, and @tweetdeck
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk leaves its board to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla's AI efforts, will stay on as a donor and advisor — Musk will remain a donor to the nonprofit organization, which focuses on AI safety and ethics — Tech billionaire Elon Musk is leaving the board of OpenAI …
More:
Inquirer, OpenAI Blog, BBC, Firstpost, Neowin, CNET, Business Insider, Fortune, and CNBC
| Kaleigh Rogers / Motherboard: |
SpaceX launches first test satellites for its proposed Starlink broadband project, which aims to link up many small satellites to provide reliable internet — The goal, to create a constellation of more than 12,000 satellites, is part of a project called Starlink. — Another day, another SpaceX launch.| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
Intel partners with Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo, and HP to launch 5G-connected Windows 10 PCs next year — The launch of Always Connected PCs powered by Windows 10 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon ARM processors was a serious threat to Intel's chip business. Not too long ago, the company launched …
More:
TechCrunch, VentureBeat, BetaNews, Axios, Engadget, PCWorld, ZDNet, Petri, Forbes, Liliputing, SlashGear, and The Tech Report. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook officially opens its first in-house incubator, called LDN_LAB, located in its new London HQ, with three 12-week courses across 2018 — Facebook has officially opened its first in-house incubator, which will be held in its London headquarters. — The company first announced LDN_LAB …
More:
SiliconANGLE, London Evening Standard, CNET, Alphr, Startups.co.uk, and City A.M.
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
How Amazon's Createspace publishing arm was used to launder money using stolen credit cards, dubious ebooks, and by impersonating authors — Patrick Reames had no idea why Amazon.com sent him a 1099 form saying he'd made almost $24,000 selling books via Createspace, the company's on-demand publishing arm.
Tweets: @tobiasbuckell and @briankrebs
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:
Cultivating creativity and innovation in the modern workspace — In the realm of modern business, success depends on more than just delivering products or services—it requires an environment where creativity thrives and new ideas are welcomed.
Cultivating creativity and innovation in the modern workspace — In the realm of modern business, success depends on more than just delivering products or services—it requires an environment where creativity thrives and new ideas are welcomed.
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:
Tue. 04/23 - Microsoft's Own LLMs and Perplexity's Big Raise
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 12:30 PM ET, February 22, 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
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:Rolling Stone:
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Pandora: |
More:
Seeking Alpha, hypebot, CNBC, Seeking Alpha, Barron's Online, StreetInsider.com, and Reuters
Tweets: @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
More:
The Keyword, Softpedia News, Inquirer, Android Beat, Neowin, PhoneDog.com, BrianMadden.com, Droid Life, Android Central, Android Police, Digital Trends, Thurrott.com, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Verge, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @teroalhonen
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
More:
Signal Blog, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Recode, Neowin, Tech Times, CNNMoney, The Next Web, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, CNET, Tom's Hardware, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jilliancyork, @alexeheath, @yashalevine, @trevortimm, @caseynewton, and @a_greenberg
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |