|
April 2, 2018, 8:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning to use its own processors in Macs by 2020, replacing Intel; Intel stock closes down 6.07% — Apple is planning to use its own chips in Mac computers beginning as early as 2020, replacing processors from Intel, according to people familiar with the plans, Bloomberg News' Ian King and Mark Gurman report.
More:
Fortune, Ars Technica, Business Insider, The Verge, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, USA Today, ZDNet, Digital Trends, Fortune, CNBC, BleepingComputer.com, TechCrunch, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, Macworld, The Register, ExtremeTech, Insanely Great Mac, Engadget, Silicon Valley Business …, Thurrott.com, iMore, Softpedia News, CRN, TechSpot, Mashable, MSPoweruser, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, CBS San Francisco, The Tech Report, iPhone Hacks, InvestorPlace, Geek.com, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, Patently Apple, The Mac Observer, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, Axios, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Investor's Business Daily, Seeking Alpha, and AppAdvice.com
| Ezra Klein / Vox: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook's hardest year, how it has changed the company's future ambitions, and his faith in its mission — “We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.” — It's been a tough year for Facebook. The social networking juggernaut found itself engulfed …
More:
Daring Fireball, GeekWire, Vox, iPhone Hacks, Marketing Land, Recode, Android Authority, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, The Verge, Recode, The Mac Observer, The Interface, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Bloomberg, Fortune, BGR, Redmond Pie, Gizmodo, CNNMoney, Forbes, iDownloadBlog.com, BBC, The Next Web, The Hill, Investor's Business Daily, 9to5Mac, Quartz, SlashGear, Government Technology News, Silicon Valley Business …, Cult of Mac, Hollywood Reporter, Mercury News, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Yourstory.com, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Financial Times, Newser, PYMNTS.com, Axios, Seeking Alpha, The Outline, and Dare Obasanjo
Tweets: @kimmaicutler, @ezraklein, @robinsloan, @adambuttrick, @ashk4n, @rmac18, @panzer, @mikeisaac, @verso, @sivavaid, @onlxn, @jbarro, @karacalavera, @sasjabeslik, @zeynep, @jayrosen_nyu, @shiraovide, @sivavaid, @sokane1, @brendannyhan, @ggreeneva, @losowsky, @sivavaid, @zeynep, and @moorehn
| Azeen Ghorayshi / BuzzFeed: |
Grindr shares users' HIV status, “last tested” date, other personal info with 3rd parties, according to an outside research firm's analysis verified by BuzzFeed — The gay hookup app Grindr, which has more than 3.6 million daily active users across the world …
More:
The Hill, The Next Web, San Francisco Chronicle, The Verge, Fast Company, Grindr, CNET, TechCrunch, International Business Times, Engadget, CNBC, Gizmodo, Mashable, New York Magazine, and CNN
Tweets: @senmarkey, @jamesrbuk, @justinhendrix, @hmason, @cooperq, @slpng_giants, @spacekatgal, @ericajoy, @zackford, @ortile, @azeen, @scout_finch, @azeen, and @caseynewton
| Kyle Wiggers / XDA Developers: |
Google bans all crypto-mining Chrome extensions from its Web Store, removing existing ones by July, after 90% failed to properly inform users about the activity — Despite new regulatory hurdles and a market downturn, the adoption of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin shows no sign of slowing down.
More:
Chromium Blog, Wired, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, The Register, CoinDesk, VentureBeat, CNET, Android Police, Tom's Hardware, NewsBTC, BleepingComputer.com, and Engadget
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google search chief John Giannandrea to step down and return to AI research, Jeff Dean will lead Google's AI efforts, and Ben Gomes will become VP of search — Two years ago, Google appointed its head of artificial intelligence to lead Search in a move that reflected the future of the company.
More:
The Information, Bloomberg, Engadget, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, and ZDNet. Tweets: @rustybrick
| CoinDesk: |
SEC charges Centra Tech co-founders with fraud following last year's ICO, which raised $32M+ and received endorsements from Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has halted an initial coin offering and charged its founders with “orchestrating …
More:
U.S. Securities …, Gizmodo, Business Insider, and Reuters
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Sources: Panerabread.com leaked customer records with names, emails, last four digits of CCs; flaw reported 8+ months ago, may affect 7M+; Panera says now fixed — Panerabread.com, the Web site for the American chain of bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants by the same name …
More:
CNET and DataBreaches.net
Tweets: @briankrebs, @briankrebs, @briankrebs, @briankrebs, and @fundstrat
| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Waymo CEO John Krafcik, who is confident Waymo offers superior safety to Uber after the rival's fatal accident; source: Waymo nearing deal with Honda — Waymo, the self-driving car company started by Google, did nothing after an autonomous vehicle run by Uber killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google expands its initiative to equip rural school buses with Wi-Fi and Chromebooks to 16 additional school districts — Google today announced an expansion of its Rolling Study Halls initiative to over 16 additional school districts, giving “thousands” of students access to Wi-Fi and Chromebooks on their buses.
More:
The Keyword, Gizmodo, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechSpot, SlashGear, Engadget, 9to5Google, and Android Central
| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Amazon announces Alexa Donations, powered by Amazon Pay, allowing users to give to one of 48 charities and nonprofits via voice commands — You can now donate to charity with your voice by asking Amazon's Alexa. Today, the tech giant announced a new feature called Alexa Donations, powered by Amazon Pay.
More:
TechCrunch, CNET, AFTVnews, and MSPoweruser
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Instagram has cut its API limit from 5000 to 200 calls without warning, breaking functionality in some 3rd-party apps, amid Facebook privacy scandals — Without warning, Instagram has broken many of the unofficial apps built on its platform. This weekend it surprised developers … | Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Reddit begins months-long roll out of its site redesign, with ~1% of users seeing it today, will allow users to switch back to old site layout for now — Goodbye, dystopian Craigslist. There's a new Reddit, and it's all grown up. — ON A RAINY day in San Francisco … | Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine: |
After Facebook users complained that videos they'd deleted were found in downloadable archives, Facebook says it will delete the videos and blames issue on bug — Last week, Select All reported that Facebook had quietly been storing videos users never posted and believe they had deleted.
More:
Gizmodo, Digital Trends, SlashGear, International Business Times, TechSpot, and Engadget. Tweets: @kevinroose
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Learning platform Pluralsight, which has raised $238M+ to date, announces it has filed with the SEC for an IPO — One of Utah's cloud unicorns is the latest tech startup to join a herd of companies going public after Dropbox's successful IPO. — Pluralsight has filed confidentially …
More:
PR Newswire, TechCrunch, Fast Company, EdSurge, Axios, and Business Insider. Tweets: @alexrkonrad. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
ESPN will launch its over-the-top streaming service, ESPN+, on April 12 for $4.99 per month — ESPN's new streaming service, ESPN+, was already expected to arrive this spring. Now we have the launch date: April 12, 2018. The service will cost subscribers $4.99 per month …
More:
ESPN MediaZone U.S., DSLreports, iMore, Axios, MacRumors, The Verge, TechSpot, PhoneDog.com, Telecompetitor, Droid Life, Neowin, AndroidGuys, AFTVnews, AppAdvice.com, Business Insider, The Ringer, MarketWatch, Engadget, CNET, and BGR. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Blockchain payments startup Bitpay raises $40M Series B with participation from Menlo Ventures and Aquiline Capital Partners — Not all investors or companies believe bitcoin will ultimately be used for day-to-day transactions. Menlo and Bitpay beg to differ.
More:
CoinDesk
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube debuts “TrueView for reach”, which lets advertisers show ads as short as 6 seconds that can be skipped after 5 seconds — YouTube today is introducing a new way for advertisers to maximize reach from their shorter ads. The change arrives around two years … | Fraser Brown / PC Gamer: |
Valve's Steam Machines, the SteamOS gaming boxes from various vendors that debuted in 2015, are removed from the Steam store's front page amid waning interest — Goodbye, little boxes — Remember Steam Machines? Valve seems to be trying to forget its bid to get everyone playing games … 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 8:30 PM ET, April 2, 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 Guardian:James Faris / Business Insider:
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Wall Street Journal: |
More:
CNBC and Business Insider
Tweets: @modeledbehavior, @bytimlogan, @alexeheath, @ron_miller, @laurastevenswsj, and @mims