|
July 26, 2019, 5:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
DOJ approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger; Dish will acquire Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Sprint's prepaid business, and “certain” spectrum assets as part of the deal — After over a year of waiting in regulatory limbo — The United States Justice Department has approved …
More:
U.S. Department of Justice, CNBC, NY State Attorney General, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Axios, CNET, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, The Register, Washington Post, Vox, NPR, 9to5Google, T-Mobile, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, USA Today, MacRumors, Digital Trends, ExtremeTech, ZDNet, Phone Scoop, Telecompetitor, Android Central, AdExchanger, Android Authority, Android Police, Wired, Light Reading, Phone Scoop, VICE, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Fortune, Android Headlines, Tom's Guide, iPhone Hacks, GeekWire, PYMNTS.com, TmoNews, TechCrunch, FierceWireless, TechSpot, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, and Slashdot
Tweets: @jrosenworcel, @backlon, @diamariesbeat, @timkarr, @johnlegere, @jrosenworcel, @pbnjason, @sievertmike, @hbuskirk, @michelcombes, @stevekovach, @backlon, @ajitpaifcc, @johnhendel, @reckless, @jasonfurman, @phonescoop, @gigibsohn, @reckless, @inafried, @reckless, @geoffblaber, @walttbd, @mgsiegler, @reckless, @nevilleray, @newyorkstateag, @reckless, @dcseifert, and @rbrome
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
The DOJ requires both the new T-Mobile and the new Dish wireless service to support eSIMs, which may speed up the adoption of the technology in the US — The DOJ is requiring T-Mobile and dish to support eSIM — The Department of Justice may have just done more to help eliminate …
More:
T-Mobile, AppleInsider, Android Headlines, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @johnlegere, @reckless, @backlon, @reckless, and @mweinbachxda
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Source: Apple contractors grading Siri responses regularly hear sensitive info with data that may identify the user, often due to accidental Siri activations — Workers hear drug deals, medical details and people having sex, says whistleblower — Apple contractors regularly hear confidential …
More:
The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, iMore, Engadget, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @alexhern, @quendergeer, @mattcassinelli, @vtoubiana, @cwarzel, and @nicolasmagand. Thanks:@nicolasmagand
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple and Goldman Sachs' credit card, the Apple Card, is targeted to launch as early as the first half of August — - Card aims to bolster Apple services, push consumers to Goldman — The corporate pairing was ambitious, and at times awkward
More:
Appleosophy, Patently Apple, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, TechCrunch, TechSpot, Engadget, CNET, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @markgurman, @bzamayo, and @bzamayo
| CNBC: |
Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China, calls on Apple to build products in the US instead — KEY POINTS — President Trump said his administration will not provide waivers or relief for Apple products built in China.
More:
USA Today, Yahoo Finance, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, CNN, Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, Patently Apple, ABC News, Cult of Mac, Apple Must, Tom's Guide, Business Insider, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, CNET, The Hill, Boing Boing, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @sdonnan, @markgurman, @joshtpm, @markgurman, @jacknicas, @stevekovach, @alexkoppelman, and @pinboard
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release for writing and selling Kronos banking malware — US legal case against security researcher who helped stop WannaCry ransomware outbreak comes to an end. — Marcus ‘MalwareTech’ Hutchins …
More:
TechCrunch, The Register, CyberScoop, VICE, Engadget, Ars Technica, The Next Web, BBC, Telegraph, The Verge, Dark Reading, and The Hacker News
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Twitter Q2 earnings beat estimates with revenues of $841M, up 18% YoY, and 139M monetizable daily active users (mDAUs), up 14% YoY; stock up 10%+ — KEY POINTS — Its the first quarterly report with a new measurement of engagement — monetizable daily active users (mDAUs).
More:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Verge, Fortune, Bloomberg, Quartz, Silicon Republic, Financial Times, Engadget, Axios, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @twitterir, @thedomino, @twitterir, @megancgraham, and @twitterir
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is rolling out a new chat-based Cortana UI for Windows 10 as a beta to Windows Insiders in the US, with support for text and voice queries — It's more conversational than before — Microsoft is tweaking how Cortana works in Windows 10. While the digital assistant might …
More:
Windows Command Line Tools …, Digital Trends, Engadget, PCWorld, Windows Blog, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Windows Central, TechSpot, Wccftech, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, and Neowin. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
The acquisition of Intel's modem business gives a big boost to Apple's efforts to integrate a modem into its SoCs, which may be crucial for its future wearables — The size and performance of Apple's future products may depend on it. Analysts explain. — On Thursday, Apple confirmed … | Apple: |
More:
Reuters, The Verge, Ars Technica, Intel Newsroom, Android Central, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, Michael Tsai, Patent Progress, iMore, MacRumors, Dice Insights, Patently Apple, Gizchina, Android Authority, Appleosophy, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, ExtremeTech, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Coinspeaker, Silicon Republic, Cult of Mac, Inquirer, Pricebaba.com Daily, MacDailyNews, Nikkei Asian Review, Android Police, and BetaNews
Tweets: @panzer, @waltmossberg, @kwiens, @markgurman, @markgurman, @ow, @tomwarren, @reneritchie, @bzamayo, @panzer, and @backlon
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute — SoftBank Group Corp.'s founder Masayoshi Son launched a second Vision Fund, seeking to extend his reign as the world's most influential technology investor.
More:
SoftBank, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNBC, Observer, Fortune, MSPoweruser, WinBuzzer, Crunchbase News, Business Insider, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, New York Times, and KrASIA
Tweets: @dee_bosa, @miriamgottfried, @lisaabramowicz1, @nikillinit, @teddyschleifer, and @teddyschleifer
| Dhara Singh / CNET: |
Pete Buttigieg says he will take on companies like Lyft, Uber, and Google for misclassifying workers as contractors and outsourcing work to staffing agencies — Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is big tech's latest critic.| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
More:
Fortune, Search Engine Roundtable, and Geek.com
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp confirms it has more than 400M MAUs in India, its biggest market; according to research firm Counterpoint, India has about 450M smartphone users — WhatsApp has amassed more than 400 million users in India, the instant messaging app confirmed today, reaffirming its gigantic reach in its biggest market.
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Grand jurors report risk of hackers disseminating false voting instructions or election results using unsecured election officials' email, social media accounts — Much has been written about the need to further secure our elections, from ensuring the integrity of voting machines to combating fake news.| Bloomberg: |
Uber is talking to a number of the major supermarkets around Europe, including Sainsbury's in the UK, about launching a grocery delivery service — - Potential partners are said to include U.K.'s Sainsbury stores — Rivals Deliveroo and Just Eat already have grocery dealsSponsor Posts
Command Line:
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
App Spotlight: Profit.co for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: Profit.co for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
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
Cheeky Pint:
Muse Wonder: Zuckerberg and Wang's $100B AI
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio)
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:
Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don't Bully Your AI
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.
Sources:
Qualcomm's CEO on the coming AI phone supercycle
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Bringing Back Mammoths And Building Noah's Ark 2.0 | Colossal's Ben Lamm
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.
Great Chat:
The launch industrial complex
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:45 PM ET, July 26, 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
New York Times:Max Tani / Semafor:
Washington Post:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| NEWS.com.au: |
More:
ZDNet, Reuters, Australian Competition …, CNET, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, and ABC
Tweets: @anshelsag, @bevanshields, @paul_karp, @paul_karp, @jendudley, @jendudley, @capitalmonitor, and @paulfletchermp
Earlier Picks
| Washington Post: |
More:
Mercury News, The Verge, Vanity Fair, Ars Technica, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @derekjandersen, @superwuster, @reedalbergotti, @dealbook, @privacyproject, @puiwingtam, @lizzadwoskin, @tonyromm, and @karissabe
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
Channel Futures, The Verge, CNBC, Android Authority, cloudcomputing-news.net, Thurrott, Inquirer, Liliputing, TechCrunch, and Light Reading
Tweets: @dcseifert and @blairreeves