|
May 29, 2019, 4:30 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Study: many iOS apps, including the Washington Post's, use “background app refresh” to send tracking info like location and IP address, even late at night — Apple says, “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” Our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week.
More:
MacRumors, Washington Post, iDownloadBlog.com, Firstpost Tech, Boing Boing, The Mac Observer, Tehrani.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Insanely Great Mac, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @geoffreyfowler, @joshuatopolsky, @geoffreyfowler, @gcsventures, @ow, @caseynewton, @alexstamos, @geoffreyfowler, @thomasclaburn, @hshaban, @jeffjohnroberts, @bergmayer, @washingtonpost, @taylor_soper, @privacyproject, @maggienyt, @slugbiker, @alexstamos, @jszanchi, @chey_cobb, @om, @posttech, @geoffreyfowler, @benioff, @realhamed, @rycrist, @hodapp, @patjack, @markseibel, @stevekopack, @shiraovide, @karolcummins, @geoffreyfowler, and @susankelleher
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Flipboard says hackers had access to its servers for 9+ months and stole some customers' info, including digital tokens linking profiles to 3rd-party services — Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.
More:
Flipboard, TechCrunch, The Next Web, BetaNews, Forbes, iMore, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, CNET, and Mashable
Tweets: @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @flipboard
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel unveils Honeycomb Glacier, a concept gaming laptop with a 15.6" 1080p primary screen and a 12.3" 1920x720 secondary screen lifted up by a double hinge — It's called the Honeycomb Glacier — If I'm being honest, the phrase “Honeycomb Glacier” makes me think of a frosty dessert …
More:
Workday, Engadget, Slashdot, Inquirer, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, and The Next Web
Tweets: @starfire2258, @ibogost, @backlon, @backlon, and @cherlynnlow
| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Researcher finds about a million older Windows devices currently vulnerable to the wormable Remote Desktop flaw BlueKeep, amid spike in port scanning activity — Nearly one million devices are vulnerable to attacks involving the Windows vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep and it appears that hackers …
More:
Errata Security, The Hacker News, Check Point Software Blog, The Register, Security Affairs, ZDNet, Tehrani.com, Threatpost, and ZDNet
Tweets: @bad_packets, @bad_packets, @swiftonsecurity, @adam_k_levin, @bad_packets, and @johullrich
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial — SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in a sign that it is doubling …
More:
Reuters, South China Morning Post, ZDNet, Bloomberg, and TechNode
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness and @paulmozur
| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
eMarketer: Facebook users in the US spent an average of 38 minutes per day on the platform in 2018, down from 41 minutes per day in 2017 — If you've found yourself spending less time on Facebook over the last year, you're not alone. As the beleaguered company has battled scandal and tried to emphasize …
More:
eMarketer, Gizmodo, Adweek, and Search Engine Journal
Tweets: @anthonyquintano and @mattnavarra
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook, Twitter suspend accounts related to a disinformation campaign that seemed to originate in Iran; messages targeted reporters, policymakers, dissidents — Facebook and Twitter each said on Tuesday they had disabled a sprawling disinformation campaign that appeared to originate in Iran …
More:
Facebook, Wired, FireEye, CyberScoop, SiliconANGLE, MediaNama, Engadget, Geek News Central, and The Hill
Tweets: @jordanschachtel, @tonyromm, @josh_emerson, @alexstamos, @wired, and @desideriodc
| Apple: |
Apple launches new iPod touch with A10 Fusion chip, support for Group FaceTime, and a 256GB storage option, available to order now starting at $199 — Featuring Support for Group FaceTime and AR Experiences — Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced the new iPod touch with enhancements to power …
More:
Daring Fireball, Fortune, The Verge, Computerworld, VentureBeat, Thurrott, MacRumors, IGN, CNBC, Geek News Central, Gizmodo, iAfrikan, InvestorPlace, WinBuzzer, TidBITS, Gearburn, Financial Times, iMore, MacDailyNews, Engadget, TechSpot, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Neowin, MacStories, CNET, ZDNet, Macworld, BetaNews, BGR, Mashable, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, Appleosophy, Insanely Great Mac, CNET, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, 9to5Toys, Inquirer, and Six Colors
Tweets: @spacedoutsmiles, @rossrubin, @mgsiegler, @nycjim, @sheslulu, @clankity, @neilcybart, @backlon, @chriswelch, @dcseifert, @baekdal, @ohmdee, @joannastern, and @stevekovach
| Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
LinkedIn acquires Drawbridge, a startup that helps companies with identity management using machine learning; Drawbridge has raised nearly $69M — LinkedIn just acquired its 22nd-known company: Drawbridge. The smaller company will integrate with LinkedIn's marketing services.
More:
LinkedIn, GeekWire, ZDNet, AdExchanger, SiliconANGLE, Adweek, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @alexrkonrad and @jake_abraham
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Twitch temporarily disables the ability for new accounts to livestream after trolls streamed porn, illegal content, and hateful imagery on a section of the site — Citing safety as a main priority — Twitch has disabled the ability for new accounts to live stream following an attack …
More:
VICE, Polygon, Engadget, Dot Esports, CNET, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @twitchsupport, @twitchsupport, @brianfishman, @twitchsupport, @randileeharper, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @vice
| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
HP unveils its revamped VR Backpack with an 8th-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, an Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU, and swappable batteries, coming this summer for $3,300 — Does a VR headset still qualify as a standalone device if the computer powering the headset is strapped to your back rather than built into the goggles?
More:
The Verge, ZDNet, and Windows Central
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more — Apple Inc.'s former head of App Store approvals said he's worried about competition between the company and developers … | Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked screenshots reveal iOS 13's Dark Mode, new “Find My” app icon, and a redesigned Reminders app that helps you quickly sort by Scheduled, Flagged, more — Not a mockup, some information redacted to protect our sources — We're less than a week away from WWDC …
More:
MacRumors, Engadget, The Verge, Firstpost Tech, CNET, KnowTechie, Gizmodo, Neowin, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, Thurrott, Cult of Mac, Redmond Pie, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, View from the Park, TechCrunch, SlashGear, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, and MACお宝 …
Tweets: @bzamayo, @bzamayo, @stroughtonsmith, @sdw, @ow, @stroughtonsmith, @markgurman, @stroughtonsmith, @markgurman, @_inside, @stroughtonsmith, @flyosity, @bzamayo, and @stroughtonsmith
| New York Times: |
Chinese food delivery apps generated an estimated 1.6M tons of packaging waste in 2017, a ninefold jump from two years before, growing to ~2M tons in 2018 — The noodles and barbecue arrive within 30 minutes. The containers they come in could be around for hundreds of years thereafter.
Tweets: @jmulvenon, @nytimes, @adamminter, @chrisbrogan, @cathyerway, @nytimesbusiness, @toda, @patrooocle, and @puiwingtam
| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Chat app Kik launches a crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court fight with SEC over its 2017 ICO, says it's spent $5M so far and pledges $5M more in BTC — Canada-based messaging app firm Kik has launched a crypto crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court battle with the U.S. Securities …
More:
Unchained Podcast, AVC, Forbes, NewsBTC, BetaKit, Crowdfund Insider, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, Arrington XRP Capital, The Block, Cointelegraph, ETHNews, and Messari Crypto
Tweets: @mdudas, @fredwilson, @stuartmeissner, @mdudas, @coindesk, @kylesamani, @defendcrypto, @ted_livingston, @ncweaver, @jerallaire, @qwqiao, and @mdudas
| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
The rise of Chrome and its open source Chromium sibling, often used in new browser projects, raises concerns about Google's effective power over the web — - Once underdog, browser now labeled ‘spyware,’ ‘monopolist’ — Company accused of stalling approvals for rival browsers
Tweets: @gerritd, @gerritd, @samharrelson, @hannah_recht, @mdudas, and @gerritd
| Joseph Marks / Washington Post: |
Experts say ransomware victims like Baltimore have not taken sufficient measures to protect against the EternalBlue exploit two years after it first leaked — THE KEY — Critics and defenders of the National Security Agency faced off this weekend over a New York Times report detailing …
More:
CyberSecPolitics, UPI, Komando.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, and Errata Security
Tweets: @dave_maynor, @erratarob, @ridt, @robertmlee, @ridt, @beauwoods, @robertmlee, @nicoleperlroth, and @erratarob
| Daniel Van Boom / CNET: |
How widespread wireless internet access is changing Africa, where 300M people are expected to connect to the internet for the first time by 2025 — Anyone can get into Nigeria's tech scene, says Chibuzor Obiora. That wasn't true just a few years ago. — A 29-year-old developer … Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Navigating the workday with Zoho Cliq's task management capabilities — As Monday dawns and I settle into my workday with a steaming cup of coffee, I brace myself for the usual storm of tasks headed my way.
Navigating the workday with Zoho Cliq's task management capabilities — As Monday dawns and I settle into my workday with a steaming cup of coffee, I brace myself for the usual storm of tasks headed my way.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Mon. 04/15 - Onshoring And Halving
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:30 AM ET, May 29, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Lucy Craymer / Reuters:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More:
Giving Pledge, Wired, The Seattle Times, New York Times, Axios, Financial Times, Quartz, NBC News, TechSpot, GeekWire, CryptoGlobe, and BBC. Tweets: @kirstinestewart
Earlier Picks
| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Tweets: @ross, @beirutspring, @jonrussell, @martinsfp, @mcwm, @carnage4life, @scepticgeek, @yoda, @codepo8, @cate_lawrence, @robinwauters, @dan_rowinski, and @martinsfp
| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
More:
Business Insider, CNET, and Telegraph
Tweets: @ainsleyoc, @daiwaka, @grahamstarr, @carnage4life, @alex, @businessinsider, @daiwaka, @raitlhwane, @stevesi, @daiwaka, @anthonymobile, and @nytimes