|
March 14, 2018, 1:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
YC-backed Nectome aims to preserve brains of terminally ill patients through a fatal embalming process for future digitalization; Sam Altman is on its wait list — Nectome will preserve your brain, but you have to be euthanized first. — The brain of an elderly woman …
More:
The Brain Preservation …, TechCrunch, Vanity Fair, Mashable, Digital Trends, and New York Magazine
Tweets: @petersuderman, @techreview, and @samfbiddle
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube will add Wikipedia information to videos about popular conspiracy theories within weeks to provide alternate viewpoints — Pushing back on crazy theories — YouTube will add information from Wikipedia to videos about popular conspiracy theories …
More:
BuzzFeed, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Wired, 9to5Google, Engadget, SlashGear, and Mashable
Tweets: @noupside, @pt, @willoremus, @dnvolz, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @niemanlab
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Qualcomm-Broadcom merger threatened US security more because it would have dulled Qualcomm's competitiveness beyond 5G than because Broadcom is a foreign firm — From the New York Times: … I can see why the New York Times (and most other commentators) immediately attributed this decision …
More:
NewCo Shift, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Droid Life, New York Times, CNBC, Nextgov, Android Authority, Wired, Yourstory.com, The Tech Report, GamesIndustry.biz, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and CNBC
Tweets: @mehughes124, @scottgranneman, and @stratechery
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Experts reveal 13 alleged flaws in AMD Ryzen and EPYC chips, just 24 hours after showing AMD, that allow malware to be installed on secure portions of the chips — Researchers say they've discovered critical security flaws in AMD chips that could allow attackers to access sensitive data …
More:
amdflaws.com, Ars Technica, Wired, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, Motherboard, AnandTech, Gamers Nexus, Federal Computer Week, Axios, The Register, SlashGear, ZDNet, Digital Trends, The Tech Report, PCWorld, TechCrunch, The Hacker News, Forbes, Tom's Hardware, CRN, ExtremeTech, SecurityWeek, Gizmodo, Laptop Mag, Slashdot, TechSpot, AskWoody, Seeking Alpha, and Business Wire
Tweets: @alexstamos, @a_greenberg, @seldo, @malwarejake, @zackwhittaker, @malwarejake, @malwarejake, @malwarejake, @dcuthbert, and @bdsams
| Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo: |
How conservative activists from Project Veritas use hoax job recruitment and seduction to catfish tech giants like Twitter; experts question legality — Mo Norai has worked in Silicon Valley for a decade. He's done stints at Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Apple, but only as a contract worker … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google Station, a public network of free WiFi hotspots in high-traffic locations, is launching in Mexico with 60+ hotspots and 100+ planned by year's end — Google's Station WiFi is no longer reserved for the eastern hemisphere. As of today, the public hotspots are available in over 60 …
More:
The Keyword, Reuters, SlashGear, Android Police, 9to5Google, Android Central, and Seeking Alpha
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Amazon retains top spot in annual Harris reputation poll of corporate brands, Apple drops from 5th to 29th, Google drops from 8th to 28th — (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google corporate brands dropped in an annual survey while Amazon.com Inc maintained the top spot … | Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC: |
Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising, including ICOs, wallets, and trading advice across all of its ad platforms, starting June 2018 — - The company will no longer allow ads about cryptocurrency-related content, including initial coin offerings (ICOs), wallets, and trading advice across any of its ad platforms.| IMF Blog: |
IMF head Christine Lagarde outlines plan to regulate cryptocurrencies by using technology such as distributed ledger tech, biometrics, AI, and cryptography — Whether Bitcoin's value goes up or Bitcoin's value goes down, people around the world are asking the same question: What exactly is the potential of crypto-assets?
More:
SiliconANGLE, Motherboard, Reuters, Bitsonline, Cointelegraph.com News, BetaNews, CCN, CoinDesk, and Axios
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 59 arrives with faster page load times, better private browsing, and option to block sites from asking to send notifications or access device's location — Mozilla today launched Firefox 59 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The release builds on Firefox Quantum, which the company calls … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Binance announces it's developing a new blockchain called Binance Chain, which it hopes will facilitate the creation of a new decentralized exchange — Binance announced Tuesday that it is launching a public blockchain to facilitate the creation of a new decentralized exchange.
More:
Binance, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, The Merkle, Bloomberg, BetaNews, Bitsonline, CCN, WeLiveSecurity, Cointelegraph.com News, International Business Times, Mashable, and CNET
Tweets: @kylesamani and @ldrogen
| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Let's Encrypt releases service securing HTTP connections via free “wildcard” certificates and the ACME v2 protocol to automate certificate request verification — In a victory for securing Web, anybody can now get a certificate valid for every site in a domain.| David Lawder / Reuters: |
Sources: Trump admin looking to impose tariffs on $60B of Chinese goods; tariffs would target tech products and telecoms but would not be limited to those — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese imports …
More:
Reuters, CNBC, Politico, CNBC, Digital Trends, Business Insider, BNN, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @warmoth and @reuterstech
| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Court filings: women at Microsoft working in US-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints of gender discrimination or sexual harassment from 2010-2016 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Women at Microsoft Corp working in U.S.-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces WWDC 2018 will be held June 4-8 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, opens registration — Apple has officially announced dates for its annual developer conference where it is expected to unveil iOS 12, macOS 10.14, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12.
More:
Apple, Business Wire, The Verge, VentureBeat, Forbes, iPhone Hacks, PhoneDog.com, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Neowin, Macworld, iLounge, Mashable, MacStories, Silicon Valley Business …, 512 Pixels, AppAdvice.com, and Insanely Great Mac. Tweets: @reneritchie
| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google is rolling out voice-triggered Google Assistant routines for smart home devices including six predefined ones like “I'm home”, after announcing it in Oct — We've been hearing about Google Assistant's routines for months now. Cody first discovered them in a Google app teardown …
| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Twitch announces Free Games With Prime, offering select PC games each month free to download for users of Twitch Prime, a service included with Amazon Prime — A bit of fun news for Amazon/Twitch Prime users: you're going to get some free games each month.
More:
Engadget, Twitch Blog, Game Informer, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, MSPoweruser, Mashable, The Verge, GeekWire, Polygon, and Seeking Alpha
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Stockpocalypse, Anthropic Nears RSI?, Prediction Markets vs. Pollsters
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.
Machine Gods:
The Purple Tsunami Against Data Centers
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
Invest Like the Best:
Ramtin Naimi - The State of Venture
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
The Upstarts Podcast:
How Ramp Built A $60B AI Product Factory Off A Corporate Card | Co-CEO Eric Glyman
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Great Chat:
Would you let a robot do it?
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.
Training Data:
A Model For Everyone: How Ronak From Trajectory Is Building Products For Continual Learning
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:00 AM ET, March 14, 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
The Wrap:Denise Petski / Deadline:
The Athletic:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters: |
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
More:
Cloudflare Blog, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, GlobeNewswire News Room, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @ebidel and @tjholowaychuk
Earlier Picks
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
More:
investor.fitbit.com, Fitbit Blog, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Macworld, Digital Trends, Fitbit Blog, Gizmodo, The Register, Engadget, Thurrott.com, Inquirer, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Android Authority, Mashable, The Verge, Engadget, Financial Times, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, and ZDNet
| Tom Miles / Reuters: |
More:
SiliconANGLE, Quartz, Axios, Motherboard, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Mashable, and CNET
Tweets: @thebradsmith, @mattyglesias, @lifewinning, and @jmgrygiel
| David Welch / Bloomberg: |
More:
TechCrunch, Car and Driver BlogCar …, TechSpot, The Verge, Getaround, InvestorPlace, Mashable, and Engadget
Tweets: @tictoc and @technology
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
More:
MacRumors, iMore, Ubergizmo, Android Police, Engadget, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, CNET, Seeking Alpha, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @margarita, @baekdal, @sarafischer, @shiraovide, and @pkafka