|
April 17, 2019, 10:50 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Nikkei: |
Sources: Apple was concerned about Intel as a sole supplier for its 5G iPhone planned for next year, prompting the settlement with Qualcomm — Intel pulls out of 5G smartphone chips as iPhone maker commits to rival — The Apple logo is seen outside an Apple store in Bordeaux, France.| CNBC: |
Qualcomm and Apple settle all worldwide litigation between the two companies, as Apple makes a payment to Qualcomm; Qualcomm's stock closes up 23% — - Apple and Qualcomm have settled a royalty and patent dispute that went to trial this week in San Diego, California.
More:
Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Wire, The Verge, The Verge, Axios, SemiAccurate, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, New York Times, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, Axios, Patently Apple, IT PRO, Softpedia News, Softpedia News, Technology Personalized, Patent Progress, AnandTech, FOSS Patents, Daring Fireball, Xconomy, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and TechSpot
Tweets: @sharatibken, @tonyromm, @saschasegan, @tapbot_paul, @ohmdee, @dealbook, @jonfortt, @ldignan, @backlon, @andrewmartonik, @benbajarin, @reckless, @cnet, @nickwingfield, @webster, @rsgnl, @neilcybart, @inafried, @benbajarin, and @markgurman
| Intel Newsroom: |
Intel says it is exiting the 5G smartphone modem business as “it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns” — Intel Corporation today announced its intention to exit the 5G smartphone modem business and complete an assessment …
More:
Macworld, PCWorld, Android Authority, The Register, South China Morning Post, CNET, Engadget, MacRumors, Ars Technica, CNBC, Wired, VentureBeat, BGR, Bloomberg, MACお宝 …, Forbes, BetaNews, Softpedia News, Oregonian, Inquirer, CNN, MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Channel NewsAsia, CNBC, and The Information
Tweets: @neilcybart, @benbajarin, @laf0rge, @reckless, @andrewmartonik, @edbott, @stshank, @tomwarren, @benbajarin, @jwangark, @bzamayo, @journeydan, @rogoway, @rdrv3, @scottthurm, @anshelsag, @bzamayo, @rogoway, @stshank, @stevekovach, @neilcybart, @mikeddano, @cdemerjian, @ampressman, @nickstatt, @lexnfx, @jank0, @journeydan, and @caro_milanesi
| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
At TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey evaded pointed questions about the state of Twitter by providing vague answers, frustrating the interviewers and the audience — ON TUESDAY, JACK Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, came to TED 2019 to answer for the sins of his platform.
More:
TechCrunch and Fast Company
Tweets: @axios, @joshelman, @carnage4life, @asteris, @emilydreyfuss, @parkermolloy, @strngwys, and @hshaban
| Twitter: |
More:
TechCrunch, Axios, MediaNama, Digital Trends, Firstpost Tech, Social Media Today, Memeburn, and SlashGear
Tweets: @twittersafety, @biz, @oneunderscore__, @gasca, @fivefifths, @delbius, @policy, @kayvz, @vijaya, @reuters, @find_evil, @hshaban, @anonycraig, @oneunderscore__, @standuprepublic, @ethanz, @hash_tigre, @mattnavarra, and @selinawangtv
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: DOJ staffers have told T-Mobile and Sprint that their planned merger is unlikely to be approved as currently structured — DOJ staff told wireless rivals deal is unlikely to be approved as structured, according to people familiar with the matter — Justice Department staffers …
More:
Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Telecoms.com, Politico, Fortune, Neowin, Financial Times, AppleInsider, Fox Business, USA Today, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @passantino, @wsj, @krisketzkmbc, and @leojtravis10
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple is developing its own lidar sensor and has also held talks with four possible lidar suppliers to evaluate their tech for use in self-driving cars — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors …
More:
AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, and Silicon Republic
| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Microsoft announces Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, a disc-free Xbox One S launching May 7 for $249 with a 1TB HDD and three games; preorders open now — Microsoft is preparing to sell a new Xbox unlike any it's offered before. The gadget is missing a disc drive.
More:
Xbox Wire, PCWorld, Windows Central, Polygon, Best Buy, Gamasutra, Wall Street Journal, Notebookcheck.net, The Next Web, BetaNews, TechCrunch, and USgamer.net
Tweets: @xbox, @ohmdee, @domsplaying, @twthereddragon, @wario64, @stanhoraczek, and @saraheneedleman
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Thurrott, Windows Central, Xbox Wire, Xbox Wire, IGN, VG247, PC Games Insider, GameSpot, and CNET
Tweets: @nenjutsupsync, @ikenny_j, and @jezcorden
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks on its customers — Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [NYSE:WIT] is investigating reports that its own …
More:
The Economic Times, Reuters, Dark Reading, ZDNet, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, The Register, OODA Loop, Forbes, Livemint, Firstpost Tech, DataBreaches.net, Inquirer, Threatpost, CRN, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @briankrebs, @gcluley, @brianhonan, @briankrebs, @rayredacted, @troyhunt, @iam_anandv, @briankrebs, @kennwhite, @marmusha, and @jwgoerlich
| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
UK government announces that porn websites will have to introduce age-checks by July 15; sites failing to comply will face being blocked by ISPs — An age-check scheme designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites will come into force on 15 July.
More:
GOV.UK, The Verge, Business Insider, BleepingComputer, The Register, Inquirer, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @dcms, @steamedhamms, @ruskin147, @mr_james_c, @profwoodward, @sharonodea, @affordableleath, @tokenrichard, and @baekdal
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces support for Signed Exchanges in Chrome, which will show the original, correct URL for a page in the address bar for AMP pages — It's only supported on Chrome right now — When you click a link on your phone with a little lightning bolt next to it in Google search, you're getting something in the AMP format.| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
A report by AI Now Institute finds that about 80% of AI professors are men, while just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women — A new report explores AI's ‘diversity crisis’ — The artificial intelligence industry is facing a “diversity crisis,” …
More:
Engadget, AI Now Institute, The Guardian, USA Today, IT PRO, MIT Technology Review, and Mercury News
Tweets: @katecrawford, @nickgreenergy, and @marcusryder
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q1 revenue surpassed $4.52B, up 22% YoY, vs $4.50B est.; net subscriptions grew 9.6M, up 16% YoY, with 1.74M in the US and 7.86M internationally — - The company reported $4.52 billion, vs. $4.50 billion expected, per Refinitiv consensus estimate.
More:
Netflix, New York Times, TechSpot, Silicon Republic, and Light Reading
Tweets: @jyarow, @jyarow, and @benbajarin
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Report: Sony says it made rules that limit sexual content in its games globally; sources: the effect of sexual material on Sony's brand in the US worried execs — Many have suspected that Sony was implementing strict rules on sexual content in PS4 games, and those hunches have just been validated.
More:
Wall Street Journal, Variety, KnowTechie, Pocket-lint, CNET, Siliconera, Kotaku, and Business Insider
Tweets: @landerswsj, @wsj, @wsj, @maximcitadel, @nickmon1112, @eliskor, and @mochi_wsj
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Aidoc, which uses AI to help radiologists analyze medical scans, raises $27M Series B led by Square Peg Capital, bringing its total raised to $40M — Aidoc, the Tel Aviv startup using AI to analyse medical scans, has raised $27 million in Series B funding.
More:
VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and Forbes
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
CloudGenix, which provides software-defined wide area networks, raises $65M Series C from Bain Capital, Intel, and others, bringing total raised to ~$100M — CloudGenix, a San Jose, California-based provider of software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs), today announced that it's raised $65 million …
More:
FinSMEs and SiliconANGLE
| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
As The New York Times launches a 5G Journalism Lab to explore storytelling possibilities, a look at how speedier mobile networks could boost newsrooms — If there's one thing you can count on in modern life, one truism that will never let you down, it is this: You want more Gs.| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Pilot, which provides an automated accounting service, raises $40M Series B led by Index Ventures with participation from Stripe — The tech industry claims “software is eating the world” and, if that's true, bookkeepers could be the next course. That will be case if startups like Pilot … | Giancarlo Valdes / VentureBeat: |
Kickstarter says game projects on the site have brought $1B+ in donations to creators since 2009, with $236M going to video games and $21M to gaming hardware — Games represent one of the biggest categories on Kickstarter, and it looks like it'll stay that way.
More:
Kickstarter, Kickstarter, and TechSpot
| Reuters: |
Apple and Google remove the popular video app TikTok from their app stores in India to comply with a state court's directive — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with a state court's directive to prohibit its downloads … 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: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26 — Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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
Acquired:
10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why humans are AI's biggest bottleneck (and what's coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead)
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:
OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
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.
Hard Fork:
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
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.
Access:
Why the next AI frontier is phone calls, with Beside CEO Maxime Germain
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
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 10:50 AM ET, April 17, 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
Chris Morris / Variety:Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Scott Fitzgerald / Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
More:
9to5Mac, VG247, Softpedia News, Firstpost Tech, SiliconANGLE, NewDayLive, and PCMag. Tweets: @zackwhittaker
Earlier Picks
| NBC News: |
More:
Inquirer, Axios, Vox, PYMNTS.com, Firstpost Tech, Fossbytes, and Komando.com