|
July 25, 2019, 12:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018 — - New models to focus on upgrades to cameras, faster processor — Samsung's and Huawei's problems could help Apple in long run
More:
AnandTech, Gizchina, Cult of Mac, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, and Tom's Guide. Tweets: @markgurman
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung says it has made “improvements” to protect the Galaxy Fold's screen and will release it in September, after delaying its April retail launch — New design improvements are meant to protect the fragile, flexible screen — Samsung has announced today that it has made …
More:
The Verge, Samsung Global Newsroom, Engadget, 9to5Google, PCWorld, Android Police, CNET, CNET, Ars Technica, SamMobile, The Register, Nikkei Asian Review, Business Insider, SamMobile, TmoNews, KnowTechie, BetaNews, TechSpot, Android Authority, Thurrott, Cult of Mac, MSPoweruser, BGR India, BBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNN, USA Today, Pocketnow, Quartz, Reuters, The Next Web, TechRadar.com, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Android Authority, Axios, Engadget, TechCrunch, and CNBC
Tweets: @inafried, @dcseifert, @backlon, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @backlon, @backlon, and @dcseifert
| Emily Birnbaum / The Hill: |
House passes bipartisan Stopping Bad Robocalls Act which requires telcos to implement tech that verifies caller identity and increases FCC penalties — The House on Wednesday took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by passing legislation allowing for tougher penalties …
More:
Engadget, Energy and Commerce Committee, 9to5Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, and TechSpot
Tweets: @calbucci and @replahood
| Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times: |
Facebook's ad library is so plagued by bugs and technical constraints that researchers say it is effectively useless to adequately track political advertising — The social network's new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
FTC announces a $5B fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations as part of a settlement that requires federal oversight of its business practices — The settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook ends a 16-month probe that began after revelations of the tech giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica
More:
Federal Trade Commission, Slate, BBC, New York Times, Adweek, NPR, MIT Technology Review, CNBC, CNBC, Wired, iAfrikan, Quartz, Fossbytes, Federal Trade Commission, Social Media Today, MediaNama, Android Headlines, The Overspill, Axios, Dice Insights, Coinspeaker, Digiday, Security Affairs, TechSpot, VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNET, PaymentsSource, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, Bloomberg, Digital Trends, and Ars Technica
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
Tweets: @alexstamos, @ashk4n, @ashk4n, @ftc, @chopraftc, @rkslaughterftc, @nickconfessore, @chopraftc, @chopraftc, @b_fung, @chopraftc, @daphnehk, @reckless, @facebook, @senwarren, @devindra, @npr, @ewarren, @karunanundy, @dylanbyers, @kottke, @rmac18, @jason_kint, @max_read, @tonyromm, @peard33, @tonyromm, @rkslaughterftc, @mikeisaac, @pkafka, @ftcphillips, @ftcphillips, @chopraftc, @nickconfessore, @nickconfessore, @fercany, @sarahfrier, @ow, @chopraftc, @tonyromm, @rkslaughterftc, @rkslaughterftc, @rkslaughterftc, @sarahfrier, @janschakowsky, @daveleebbc, @wongmjane, @matthewstoller, @stevekovach, @tonyromm, @tonyromm, @donie, @donie, @cat_zakrzewski, and @mdudas. Thanks:@tonyromm
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
More:
TechCrunch, U.S. Securities …, and Federal Trade Commission
Tweets: @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @blmohr, @jason_kint, @charlesarthur, @jason_kint, and @jason_kint
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Tinder is rolling out Traveler Alert, which automatically hides profiles of LGBTQ+ users after they arrive in a country that criminalizes same-sex relationships — A new security feature rolling out on Tinder will help to protect LBGTQ+ users who travel to dozens of nations, which still criminalize same-sex acts or relationships.
More:
Tinder, The Verge, The Next Web, MobileSyrup, Daily Mail, CBS News, Ubergizmo, The Independent, The Hill, Newsweek, NBC News, and Memeburn
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find that cryptocurrency loan site YouHodler exposed 86M lines of records, including unencrypted names and credit card numbers, for almost a month — A cryptocurrency loan startup exposed reams of customer credit cards and user transactions for almost a month — because it forgot to protect the server with a password.
More:
vpnMentor, CoinDesk, CoinGeek, The Next Web, CCN Markets, Micky, InsideBitcoins.com, and PYMNTS.com
| Facebook: |
Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $16.9B, up 28% YoY, as ad revenue rises 28% YoY to $16.6B; MAUs rose 8% YoY to 2.41B, as average DAUs rose 8% YoY to 1.59B — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. — “We had a strong quarter …
More:
The Register, The Guardian, Gizchina, ComputerWeekly.com, Music Ally, CNBC, Business Insider, TechSpot, Reuters, and GeekWire
Tweets: @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @kristinaparts, @stevekopack, @cnbc, @qwongsj, @jyarow, @carolinehydetv, @thestreet, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @alex, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, and @alexeheath
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Standard Cognition, which builds a platform for cashierless retail stores, raises $35M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $86M+ — A checkout-free future might be closer than you think, thanks to startups like Standard Cognition. The San Francisco-based company … | Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A profile of FaceApp CEO Yaroslav Goncharov, who says that the app has a paying customer base of roughly 1% after claiming the company is “very profitable” — He's worked on Windows Mobile for Microsoft. He was cofounder of a company that sold to Russia's Google, Yandex … | Washington Post: |
Current and former moderators in Manila describe how tech companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter outsource the trauma that comes with content moderation — Companies such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have tasked a workforce of contractors with reviewing suicides and massacres … | Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Hippo, which uses sources like satellite imagery and smart home sensors to offer better home insurance policies, raises $100M Series D at a valuation of $1B — Hippo, a tech startup focused on the insurance market, has raised $100 million in new venture capital at a $1 billion valuation … | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Toyota invests $600M in Didi Chuxing and as part of the deal, the two companies will set up a joint venture for vehicle-related services for Didi drivers — Didi Chuxing announced today that it has received new investment totaling $600 million from Toyota Motor Corporation.
More:
Reuters, Nikkei Asian Review, Crunchbase News, CNBC, TechSpot, KrASIA, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, and Silicon Republic. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
eBay says it will launch Managed Delivery, its own fulfillment service, in the US next year with an aim to deliver packages in two to three days — Although it won't own its own warehouses — eBay has announced plans to launch its own fulfillment service called Managed Delivery …
More:
TechCrunch, Reuters, PR Newswire, Bloomberg, and VentureBeat
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku: |
Report: 74% of gamers in the US have experienced some form of harassment with 65% experiencing severe harassment including physical threats and stalking — 74 percent of adults who play games online have experienced some form of harassment, according to a new report released today.
More:
Anti-Defamation League, Business Insider, Engadget, TechSpot, USA Today, and ADL
Tweets: @mcdizziness and @decafjedi
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Poland-based crowdsourced homework helper Brainly says it now has 150M users in 35 markets, up 50% from 2018, raises $30M, bringing its total raised to $68.5M — When it comes to turning the wheels of the internet, crowdsourcing is a key component of the engine: the power of people … | Jonathan Zittrain / New Yorker: |
A look at the potential downsides of using the “answers first, explanations later” approach to building and deploying AI systems for solving real world problems — Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet.
Tweets: @m_older, @ptuertscher, @bkcharvard, @newyorker, @gquaggiotto, @zittrain, @vaughanbell, @promethea, @pkedrosky, and @phuenermund
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
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.
Great Chat:
So what happens after AGI?
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.
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Lachlan Cartwright Started in Tabloids. Now He's a Must-Read Media Gossip.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:15 PM ET, July 25, 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:Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
More:
TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Mac Observer, Silicon Republic, and CNET
Earlier Picks
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
More:
CNET, Mercury News, CNN, Axios, TechCrunch, SEC.gov, and Business Insider
Tweets: @ariannahuff, @dkhos, @levynews, and @jowens510
| Eli Blumenthal / CNET: |
More:
AT&T, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @danrayburn, @trengriffin, @mgsiegler, @callumj, and @dkatzmaier
| Wall Street Journal: |
More:
TechCrunch, CNBC, The Real Deal New York, WinBuzzer, Crunchbase News, Inc42 Media, MSPoweruser, Reuters, and Business Insider
Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @vcstarterkit, @cloud_opinion, @susanthesquark, @lizrhoffman, and @sallyshin
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
More:
New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newser, Android Headlines, SiliconANGLE, Eater SF, Gizmodo, and USA Today