|
August 15, 2018, 12:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Twitter puts account of Alex Jones in read-only mode for seven days after a tweet violated policy; he can browse but can't tweet, retweet, or like other posts — Twitter has cut off Alex Jones from key functions of his account after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated another Twitter policy.
More:
New York Times, CNNMoney, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Engadget, USA Today, Slate, Telegraph, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Associated Press, Hit & Run, Mashable, BBC, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Silicon Republic, iDownloadBlog.com, Quartz, USA Today, Axios, The Hill, Mashable, Business Insider, KnowTechie, Firstpost, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and Media Matters for America
Tweets: @caseynewton, @mgsiegler, @oliverdarcy, @rmac18, and @rmac18
| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Y Combinator names former Baidu COO Qi Lu as CEO of Y Combinator China, a new Chinese arm it says may start as soon as next summer — - This marks the seed investor's first international program — Former Baidu COO, Qi Lu, will oversee the rollout in China
More:
Fortune, Y Combinator, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, TechCrunch, CNNMoney, VentureBeat, CNBC, Quartz, Tech in Asia, Reuters, China Money Network, and Axios
Tweets: @sama, @danprimack, @davidramli, and @mdudas
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins rolling out OneDrive's new folder protection feature that automatically backs up your PC's documents, pictures, and desktop folders — A great new addition for Windows 10 users — Microsoft is rolling out a new folder protection feature for OneDrive.
More:
Engadget, ZDNet, Thurrott.com, Firstpost, On MSFT, Neowin, and MSPoweruser
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail Foreshadow, a speculative execution flaw in secure enclaves on Intel processors, mitigated by May/June microcode fixes, patches coming today — IN CYBERSECURITY CIRCLES, this has been the year of Spectre and Meltdown, not only because the chip vulnerabilities …
More:
Intel Newsroom, eWeek, Mercury News, PCMag, Qualys Blog, Reuters, Google Cloud, Red Hat, Inquirer, Intel, VMWare, ExtremeTech, Reuters, ZDNet, Security Research & Defense, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Engadget, The Register, SecurityWeek, Silicon Republic, The Hacker News, xenbits.xen.org, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Oracle Blogs, MIT Technology Review, Windows Central, PCWorld, Silicon Valley Business …, YouTube, Hackaday, GeekWire, EnterpriseTech, On MSFT, BleepingComputer, Microsoft Docs, Telegraph, BGR, bit-tech.net, SUSE Communities, LKML Archive …, TechSpot, Red Hat Customer Portal, BleepingComputer, and AppleInsider
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
Amazon and Microsoft begin rolling out Alexa and Cortana integrations, with the ability to ask each assistant to “open” the other — Alexa and Cortana: Tech's new BFFs? — That's the premise behind a cooperative effort from Amazon and Microsoft that lets Alexa users cue up Cortana on their Echo speakers.
More:
The AI Blog, The Verge, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Inquirer, Thurrott.com, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, TechHive, GeekWire, Business Insider, Engadget, The Next Web, Windows Central, Gizmodo, Fast Company, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @johnwilson and @dcseifert
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum has continued to show up at least monthly at the Facebook office to secure his stock rewards of ~$450M — Jan Koum said he was leaving Facebook in April, but has been making periodic appearances in the office to secure stock rewards| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
Analysis of 150 US tech companies that have gone public since 2010 and are still operating independently finds about 37% are spending beyond their means — The burn rate jeopardizes their future and hurts investors. — It's time to get real about the financial fragility of young technology companies.
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1
| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Hundreds of Instagram users have reported their accounts hacked and their emails and phone numbers tied to accounts changed, preventing account recovery — Krista, an Instagram user with more than 4,500 followers on her fitness account, noticed something strange on Saturday evening: she had been logged out of her account.
More:
Instagram, Mashable, TechSpot, Inquirer, BGR, Threatpost, KnowTechie, WeLiveSecurity, Business Insider, Firstpost, ZDNet, Silicon Republic, iMore, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, VentureBeat, BBC, iDownloadBlog.com, Fortune, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, Engadget, and reddit
Tweets: @instagram, @kerrymflynn, and @karissabe
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China freezes game approvals amid a restructuring within regulatory administrations, affecting all online, mobile, and console games — - The halt has shaken Tencent as smaller players struggle — Regulatory administrations are said to be under restructuring
More:
TechCrunch, CNBC, PC Gamer, South China Morning Post, and TheStreet
Tweets: @antd, @davidramli, @markmacd, @paulmozur, @ynakamura56, @ynakamura56, and @luluyilun. Thanks:@pelstrom
| Zeynep Tufekci / MIT Technology Review: |
How digital technologies and social media went from being hailed as tools of freedom during the Arab Spring to being blamed for upheavals in Western democracies — To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves.
Tweets: @zeynep, @carnage4life, @fugueish, @mathewi, @david_body, and @justinhendrix
| Arjun Panchadar / Reuters: |
Report: Uber has been urged by investors to sell off its self-driving car unit, which has lost $125M-$200M per quarter over the last 18 months — (Reuters) - Investors have told Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] it would be wise to sell off its self-driving car unit after it racked up losses … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon's Twitch has been pursing exclusive livestreaming deals with popular companies and personalities, offering millions per year in some cases — It wants to turn its Twitch online hangout for avid gamers into a broader video service. — YouTube has become synonymous … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Bumble announces Bumble Fund, a $1M+ fund aimed at startups founded and led by females with investments of $5,000-$250,000 — Bumble Fund at work: Cleo Capital managing director and fund adviser Sarah Kunst, left, poses with Bumble COO Sarah Jones Simmer, right, and recently-backed entrepreneur Anasofia Gomez.| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
In lawsuit against IAC, Tinder's co-founders and execs allege sexual misconduct by former Tinder CEO and a coverup by the company; IAC says suit is “meritless” — - Included in a jaw-dropping lawsuit brought by Tinder's founders against its parent company, IAC, are allegations of sexual misconduct against its former CEO.
More:
Fortune and Business Insider
| CNNMoney: |
More:
Recode, Business Insider, Engadget, Mashable, Investor's Business Daily, BuzzFeed News, Reuters, The Verge, TechCrunch, Newser, CNET, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @yoda and @dtunkelang
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.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
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
Grit:
Inside the AI Startup Making Customer Support 65% Cheaper
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord's product chief | Peter Sellis
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
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:
AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Sources:
Baseten's CEO on why every company will want to own its AI
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:10 PM ET, August 15, 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
Dan Mangan / CNBC:Jon Passantino / Status:
Dave Barry / Dave Barry's Substack:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
More:
Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, China Internet Watch, and CNBC
Tweets: @technology and @luluyilun
Earlier Picks
| Nicholas Confessore / New York Times: |
More:
The Verge and CNNMoney
Tweets: @jason_kint, @nikosleverenz, @mkonnikova, @daveyalba, @nickconfessore, @nickconfessore, and @jason_kint
| Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / The Daily Beast: |
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
More:
Variety, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, iMore, 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @jimprosser, @rus, @suhail, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine