|
August 16, 2018, 7:10 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Washington Post: |
Jack Dorsey says Twitter is considering promoting alternative viewpoints in timeline, labeling bots, and redesigning the like button and follower count display — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable …
More:
Lance Ulanoff, The Verge, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, Memex 1.1, Engadget, The Intercept, CNET, Associated Press, Mashable, and Slate
Tweets: @tonyromm, @kimmaicutler, @mmasnick, @slpng_giants, @jack, @lizzadwoskin, @mikeelgan, @tarletong, @carolleonnig, @cwarzel, @laurenshiplett, and @steverubel. Thanks:@laurenshiplett
| Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends decision to just give Infowars' Alex Jones a timeout after Jones urged viewers to ready “battle rifles” against media and others — “We can't build a service that is subjective just to the whims of what we personally believe," Dorsey told NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Fortune, CNBC, Salon, Associated Press, Hit & Run, Axios, Politico, The Wrap, Mediaite, NBC Bay Area, New Republic, and CNET
Tweets: @oliverdarcy, @nbcnightlynews, @jack, @oliverdarcy, @ericboehlert, @laurengoode, @edbott, @monteiro, @imteddybless, @nbcnightlynews, and @caseynewton
| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
More:
Engadget, The Hill, CNET, Media Matters for America, Quartz, Associated Press, and Vox
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber's Q2 2018 financials: revenue rose 51% YoY to $2.7B as adjusted EBITDA losses widened to $404M, up from $304M in Q1; gross bookings rose 41% YoY to $12B — While Uber isn't required to disclose its financial results, Uber has done so for past few quarters as it gears up to go public next year.
More:
Engadget, The Verge, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, New York Times, CNBC, Axios, Washington Post, Fortune, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Telegraph, ABC News, and Business Insider
Tweets: @alex, @alex, and @thekenyeung
| 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 …
More:
The Information, CNET, Crunchbase News, TechSpot, and BGR
Tweets: @amir, @mattrosoff, and @sokane1
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Landmark Theatres, the indie-focused chain that operates 50+ theaters in the US, backed by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner — - Move would mark latest incursion into brick-and-mortar world — The indie-focused chain operates more than 50 theaters
More:
CNET and GeekWire
Tweets: @stevekopack, @joshconstine, @awallenstein, @howardlindzon, and @howardlindzon
| Steve Stecklow / Reuters: |
Investigation finds 1,000+ Facebook posts, comments, images, and videos attacking Rohingya in Myanmar, highlighting Facebook's woeful attempts to fix the issue — Reuters found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook.
More:
Fortune, The Guardian, Silicon Republic, Washington Post, MIT Technology Review, and BBC
Tweets: @s_m_i, @kevinroose, @bedlamfury, @ethanbaron, @techworkersco, @dnvolz, @zebatweets, @journotopia, @hannahkuchler, @reuters, @juliacarriew, and @juliacarriew
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says there are now 200+ Android Go devices available and details Go for Android 9 Pie, aimed at emerging markets, which takes less space and boots faster — Android 9 Pie began rolling out earlier this month to the Pixel and Pixel 2, as well as the Essential Phone.| Nikkei: |
Sources: Japan trade commission is investigating allegations that pressure from Apple forced Yahoo Japan to pull back from its web-based game platform Game Plus — FTC looks into alleged pressure to quash Yahoo's Game Plus platform — TOKYO — Japan is investigating allegations that pressure …
More:
9to5Mac, The Verge, BGR, Firstpost, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and reddit.com
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Ahead of Twitter API changes coming on August 16, Tapbots removes several features from Tweetbot for iOS, following similar moves by Twitterrific and others — Ahead of upcoming Twitter changes set to be implemented tomorrow, Tapbots has released an updated version of its Tweetbot app for iOS devices …
More:
CNET, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, and MacStories
Tweets: @caseynewton, @bdsams, @mathewi, @backlon, and @alexeheath
| Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase rebrands Toshi to Coinbase Wallet, a crypto wallet for accessing decentralized apps and managing ETH, will support BTC, BCH, and LTC “very soon” — Today, we're proud to announce that Toshi is becoming Coinbase Wallet. This is not just a new name … | Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Coinbase acquires the five-person team behind Distributed Systems to help Coinbase find ways to integrate decentralized identity across its services — EARLIER THIS YEAR, the executors of #DeleteFacebook engaged in a form of decentralized group therapy. Catharsis came in a zip file downloaded …
More:
The Coinbase Blog, Distributed Systems, PYMNTS.com, CryptoGlobe, TechCrunch, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @coinbase, @asiffhirji, and @joshconstine
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Court docs: FBI served Google a warrant with gag order for info on all users at two locations, a space of 45 hectares, amid robberies; Google didn't provide it — The FBI asked Google to provide information on its users who'd been at two of nine locations at certain times, as investigators tried to find leads in an armed robbery case.
Tweets: @anncavoukian, @eff, @iblametom, @jlkoepke, @iblametom, @iblametom, and @iblametom
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Note9 review: compelling S Pen and performance updates will please power users, but it ships with Android Oreo and Bixby is still kind of a mess — The biggest, beastliest phone of the year is here, and, spoiler alert, the Galaxy Note 9 lives up to the lofty expectations.| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
US cryptocurrency investor sues AT&T in LA District Court seeking $224M in damages after $23.8M in currency was allegedly stolen via SIM swap fraud — NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit on Wednesday …
More:
GlobeNewswire News Room, The Verge, Bitcoin Magazine, SludgeFeed, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, BGR, Motherboard, CCN, Gizmodo, Crowdfund Insider, TechSpot, and Engadget
Tweets: @whalepool and @_jonasschnelli_
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils the Exynos Modem 5100, featuring support for 5G as well as 4G, 3G, and 2G, with speeds up to 6Gbps when connected to millimeter wave towers — Samsung is already working on multiple 5G cellular devices, so it's no surprise that it has developed a new wireless chip to power them: the Exynos Modem 5100.
More:
Samsung Global Newsroom, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, XDA Developers, Engadget, The Tech Report, The Verge, and BGR
| John Herrman / New York Times: |
Unlike smaller web forums, centrally run social media platforms like Twitter are just too big to nurture healthy online communities — In late July, President Trump aimed his Twitter account at the platform itself: “Twitter ‘SHADOW BANNING’ prominent Republicans,” he wrote. “Not good.”| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at how Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, valued at $225B, is shifting focus to tech-related bets, like Uber and an expanded stake in Tesla — Talks with Tesla show how crown prince's sovereign-wealth fund has become a global player, but some worry about impulsive, risky bets
Tweets: @summer_said, @pwonacott, and @jasonzweigwsj
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google says developers seeking to qualify their app for Wear OS must follow design guidelines by October 1, as it tries to improve the quality of apps — If you've been a Wear OS user for a while, odds are you've noticed that wearable apps in the Play Store are sometimes not very good.Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …
Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …
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:
SpaceX's IPO Triumph, Anthropic's Fable Fumble, OpenAI's Price War
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.
Access:
A top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple's new Siri
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
'Hard Fork' Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
TBC's Alex Ksendzovsky: The Neurosurgeon Using Brain Cells To Build Better AI
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.
BG2 Pod:
The SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update & Market Check w/ Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox & Clark Tang
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
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 7:10 AM ET, August 16, 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
Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
More:
Bloomberg, Cisco, ZDNet, Light Reading, The Register, CNBC, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, and Investopedia. Thanks:@robhof
| David McCabe / Axios: |
More:
The Keyword, TechCrunch, Reuters, AndroidHeadlines.com, Gizmodo, Engadget, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @dmccabe and @nickcatal
| Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone: |
More:
Engadget. Tweets: @kenvogel, @pinboard, @andykroll, @andykroll, @andykroll, @andykroll, @andykroll, @ericgeller, and @andykroll
Earlier Picks
| C. Scott Brown / Android Authority: |
More:
Engadget, TechCrunch, iPhone Hacks, Pocket-lint, Tom's Guide, The Verge, CNET, Gizmodo, and MSPoweruser
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
More:
The Next Web, The BeeHive, Fortune, TechCrunch, Xconomy, and Business Insider
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
More:
Tubefilter, MacRumors, and Business Insider
Tweets: @sarafischer, @davemorgannyc, @lucas_shaw, @emilygroch, @shiraovide, and @digitalshields
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
More:
The AI Blog, Firstpost, Digital Trends, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, BGR, GeekWire, Voicebot, Business Insider, Fast Company, ZDNet, The Next Web, Inquirer, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott.com, TechHive, US Day One Blog, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @kevinctofel and @brianmcc