|
March 16, 2019, 6:10 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Christchurch, announced on 8chan, streamed on Facebook, and shared endlessly on YouTube, Twitter, and Reddit, feels like the first internet-native mass shooting — Before entering a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, the site of one of the deadliest mass murders in the country's history …
More:
bellingcat, New York Times, The Atlantic, Axios, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, BuzzFeed News, Forbes, Fortune, The Daily Dot, CNN, TechSpot, Motherboard, and BBC
| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Reddit bans r/watchpeopledie and r/gore after users shared links to videos of the Christchurch shooting to the subreddits — Reddit banned two contentious but popular groups that regularly featured human injury and death following the widespread sharing of videos of the New Zealand terrorist incident on Friday.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Documents, sources, and interviews with senior Facebook employees detail the process and the difficulty of moderating Facebook Live — On Friday, at least 49 people were killed in terror attacks in New Zealand. Documents, sources, and interviews with senior Facebook employees show …
More:
Wired, CNET, CNN, CNN, New York Times, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @alexstamos, @carolecadwalla, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @josephfcox, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @motherboard, @josephfcox, and @mattnavarra
| Sherisse Pham / CNN: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter struggle to halt the spread of the horrific New Zealand shooting video; one of the shooters livestreamed the attack on Facebook — Hong Kong (CNN Business)Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are struggling to halt the spread of horrific footage that appears to show …
More:
Recode, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Washington Post, ZDNet, CNET, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, Tubefilter, Quartz, Adweek, Socialnomics, ABC News, The Guardian, New York Times, TechCrunch, CBS San Francisco, BBC, Washington Post, Variety, The Hill, Gizmodo, The Atlantic, USA Today, Fortune, Vanity Fair, Ars Technica, Mashable, OneZero, Slate, Wired, Lifehacker, and New Zealand Herald
| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Valve says it will now investigate Steam review bombing campaigns and hide reviews it identifies as “off-topic” — But there are still problems with this approach — Valve says it's taking a new approach to user reviews on its gaming marketplace Steam, after attempting … | Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Beto O'Rourke acknowledges that, as a teenager, he was a member of Cult of the Dead Cow, one of the oldest US computer hacker groups — Illustration REUTERS/Mike Segar/Troy Dunkley — As the Texas Democrat enters the race for president, members of a group famous for “hactivism” …
More:
TIME, TechCrunch, Engadget, Axios, CNET, Dark Reading, The Register, The Verge, Gizmodo, Mashable, Boing Boing, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @ashk4n, @mattblaze, @dakami, @senatorjohn, @josephmenn, @reuters, @sethabramson, @kaler, @princehak33m, @aaronklein, and @nycsouthpaw
| Owen Williams / Charged: |
A point-by-point analysis of Apple's eloquent PR doublespeak response to Spotify's antitrust complaint — Apple remained silent for two entire days after Spotify accused it of unfair practices, apparently stunned by the sudden turn of events. Now, it's responded to Spotify's claims … | Apple: |
More:
The Verge, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Geek News Central, BGR, FutureSin, VentureBeat, Macworld, Investor's Business Daily, The Mac Observer, iMore, Financial Times, CNET, USA Today, SlashGear, The Hill, iDownloadBlog.com, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Thurrott, Mercury News, Telecoms.com, Inquirer, Firstpost, Engadget, The Next Web, TidBITS, BBC, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, BetaNews, Pocket-lint, The Loop, Business Insider, Mashable, CNBC, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and MAC blog
Tweets: @ow, @petehalvorsen, @caro_milanesi, @robertgaal, @reckless, @firt, @dcseifert, @viticci, @shiraovide, @aahaworth, @neilcybart, @benbajarin, @joshconstine, @robinwauters, and @pschiller
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Leaked email: Amazon is seeking investors for a new program, AWS Pro-Rata, which matches private investors with venture funds to invest in specific startups — - Companies listed as opportunities include Boom, which manufactures supersonic jets, and Roman, a maker of men's health products.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
McAfee research: 100+ unique exploits are using the recently disclosed code-execution vulnerability in WinRAR, a file compression app, to infect Windows users — As expected, the recent WinRAR vulnerability is now being abused en-masse by multiple threat actors.
More:
McAfee Blogs, Ars Technica, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, Engadget, BleepingComputer, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @campuscodi and @mcafee_labs
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Source: EU to announce an antitrust fine related to Google's AdSense next week that is expected to be much smaller than fines for Android and shopping search — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google is likely to be hit with a third EU antitrust fine next week related to its AdSense advertising service …
More:
Financial Times, Android Authority, PYMNTS.com, Business Insider, and Fortune. Tweets: @matthewstoller
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
App performance monitoring startup PagerDuty files its S-1, says it had FY2018 revenue of $79.6M, up 41% YoY, and 10K+ customers, including GE, IBM, and Netflix — - PagerDuty had a $15.3 million net loss on sales of $31.2 million in the quarter that ended on Oct. 31.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder says it no longer relies on a “desirability” score and that it now adjusts matches a user sees within 24 hours of someone acting on that user's profile — RIP to the mysterious Elo score — Tinder wants to set the record straight about how its platform ranks … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
LaunchDarkly raises $44M Series C for its platform that lets its 700+ customers, including IBM and BMW, quickly launch, test, and tweak new product features — Sussing out software bugs is often a time-consuming chore, as any developer will tell you. Unit tests — a technique by which segments …
More:
FinSMEs
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:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Enhancements to Zoho Writer's automation flow designer: New PDF operations, password protection, and more — Once we rolled out the automation flow designer in Zoho Writer's merge templates …
Enhancements to Zoho Writer's automation flow designer: New PDF operations, password protection, and more — Once we rolled out the automation flow designer in Zoho Writer's merge templates …
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
Big Technology Podcast:
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
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:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
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.
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
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.
Grit:
How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
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 6:10 AM ET, March 16, 2019.
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Hal Hodson / 1843: |
More:
Futurism and Forbes
Tweets: @hardmaru, @_brohrer_, @jmateosgarcia, @gerritd, @thomaspinder94, @hkanji, @betolive, @meharris, @evanselinger, and @halhod
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
More:
Reuters, Digital Trends, FOSS Patents, Neowin, Android Authority, Engadget, Reuters, Axios, VentureBeat, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @richardjnieva. Thanks:@rogerwcheng
Earlier Picks
| Claire Atkinson / NBC News: |
| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
More:
The Verge, Social Media Today, BGR, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, Engadget, SlashGear, Variety, Neowin, KnowTechie, Fortune, Financial Times, CNET, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @richbtig. Thanks:@jonsteinberg
| Japan Times: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, ETHNews, Bitcoin Magazine, BREAKERMAG, CoinDesk, CoinSpeaker, CryptoGlobe, PYMNTS.com, Trustnodes, Bitcoinist.com, The Next Web, ZDNet, Engadget, CNN, CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, and CCN
Tweets: @mochi_wsj, @business, and @ynakamura56
| Facebook: |
More:
The Verge, Recode, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNN, Wired, Business Insider, Recode, CNBC, TechCrunch, IT News Africa, Gizchina, IT PRO, MediaNama, Social Media Today, Firstpost, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, and BuzzFeed News
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @ricetopher, @mikeisaac, @wongmjane, @soleio, @edmundlee, @caseynewton, @joshelman, @lauriesegall, @joshconstine, @kurtwagner8, @ranimolla, @alexeheath, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, @nxthompson, @sarahfrier, @stenderworld, @joshconstine, @mgsiegler, @craigsilverman, @stevekovach, @profjeffjarviss, @w7voa, @ruskin147, @shiraovide, @stevesi, @stevesi, @sarahfrier, @gaberivera, @nxthompson, @elanazak, @pkafka, and @rmac18
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
More:
MSPoweruser, Noteworthy, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, PaymentsSource, Silicon Republic, Social Media Today, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @facebook, @instagram, @ranimolla, @jpmanga, @lookner, @kurtwagner8, and @glennf