|
September 4, 2019, 7:10 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android 10 launched on Wednesday, with the update available to all Pixel phones — After six betas over six months, the newest version of Android is finally out. — Android 10 is finally finished! The next big Android update, which we've been examining for most of the year as the …
More:
The Keyword, CNET, The Verge, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, CNET, Android Police, Android Police, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Inquirer, Droid Life, Business Wire, Engadget, SamMobile, XDA Developers, Android Central, TechSpot, Droid Life, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, XDA Developers, Android Police, The Verge, Mashable, Softpedia News, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Droid Life, and The Verge
Tweets: @androiddev, @stshank, @arstechnica, and @whatthebit
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: more than half of the state attorneys general in the US are preparing an antitrust investigation into Google, scheduled to be announced on September 9 — More than half of the nation's state attorneys generals are preparing to announce an antitrust investigation into Google next week.
More:
CNBC, Telecoms.com, Engadget, iMore, Variety, Reuters, Business Insider, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Telegraph, The Hill, Neowin, CNN, CNET, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Axios, MSPoweruser, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @tonyromm, @karlbode, @lutherlowe, and @leojtravis10
| Nicolas Vega / New York Post: |
Sources: Amazon is testing a biometric payment system that identifies and charges users by scanning their hand, with first Whole Foods deployments by next year — Forget the titanium Apple Card — Amazon's latest payment method uses flesh and blood. — The e-tailing giant's engineers …
More:
Engadget, Thurrott, The Next Web, Business Insider, Telegraph, Digital Trends, Fast Company, Geek.com, Boing Boing, Firstpost Tech, CNET, Gizmodo, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @atnickvega, @elizabeth_joh, @alibreland, @a_w_gordon, @tygregorygrant, @realsaavedra, @greggawatt, @farbandish, @alanyuhas, @edbott, @mcwm, @mat, and @ow
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 69 arrives and now blocks third-party tracking cookies, fingerprinting, and cryptomining by default — Mozilla today launched Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Firefox 69 blocks third-party tracking cookies and cryptomining by default.
More:
The Mozilla Blog, MacRumors, The Verge, Engadget, Mozilla, Born's Tech and Windows World, The Hacker News, Softpedia News, CNET, Neowin, Firstpost Tech, SlashGear, Computerworld, AppleInsider, The Register, PC Gamer, BleepingComputer, Threatpost, KnowTechie, TechSpot, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, Techdows, TechCrunch, Windows Central, The Next Web, ZDNet, Inquirer, ZDNet, and gHacks Technology News
Tweets: @simoahava, @can, @geoffreyfowler, and @epro
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Mozilla says its WebExtensions API (Manifest) v3 updates in Firefox won't follow Google's implementation which hindered ad blockers — Like Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi, Mozilla distances itself from Google's planned extensions update that is anticipated to hinder ad blockers in Chrome.
More:
Mozilla Add-ons Blog, gHacks Technology News, and The Register
Tweets: @piro_or, @mozamo, and @campuscodi
| Facebook: |
Facebook says its facial recognition tech will no longer identify new users in their photos by default; all users can now opt out via a Face Recognition setting — Facebook has always given you control over whether we use face recognition technology to recognize you in photos.
More:
The Verge, VentureBeat, Thurrott, BetaNews, Engadget, The Hill, Reuters, Inquirer, Social Media Today, CBS San Francisco, The Next Web, Firstpost Tech, MediaNama, TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, CNN, USA Today, Adweek, Gizmodo, Threatpost, Slate, MSPoweruser, Business Insider, Quartz, CNET, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Mashable, Digital Trends, The Daily Dot, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @stammy, @tonyromm, @michaelhayes, @thestalwart, @joannastern, @johnpaczkowski, and @scottmonty
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Razer updates Blade Stealth ultrabook gaming line with Intel 10th-gen CPUs, Nvidia GTX 1650, 16GB DDR4 RAM, starting at $1,500, available end of September — For years, Razer has been chasing the specter of a truly ultraportable gaming laptop with its Blade Stealth line …
More:
Razer Press, Windows Central, Digital Trends, Inquirer, Thurrott, SlashGear, Windows Experience Blog, MSPoweruser, AnandTech, The Verge, Gizmodo, and IGN
Tweets: @digitalfoundry and @razer
| John Koetsier / Forbes: |
The downloads of Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based messaging app, which uses a peer-to-peer mesh broadcasting network, have spiked amid protests in Hong Kong — John Koetsier is a journalist, analyst, author, and speaker. — How do you communicate when the government censors the internet?| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Elliptic, which uses AI to trace and locate suspicious transactions on blockchains, raises $23M Series B led by Tokyo-based financial institution SBI Holdings — Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Tokyo-based financial institution SBI Holdings.
More:
TechCrunch and Fortune
| Tami Abdollah / Associated Press: |
Facebook says DHS policy that allows agents to create fake profiles to monitor foreigners are against company's rules requiring use of real names for accounts — WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be violating the company's rules …
More:
Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, The Hill, and The Verge
Tweets: @justinhendrix, @noupside, @simonwdc, @katunews, @latams, and @inquirerdotnet
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google finally adds a setting to block automatic image loading on its iOS Gmail app, giving users the ability to more easily block unwanted email tracking — The setting will let you block unwanted email tracking — Google today added a new setting to the iOS version of its Gmail app … | Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
Huawei says, without evidence, that the US targeted its networks with cyberattacks, and that FBI agents have pressed Huawei staffers at home for info on Huawei — BEIJING — The Chinese technology giant Huawei said on Tuesday, without providing evidence, that the United States government …
More:
Engadget, Wall Street Journal, CyberScoop, TechSpot, BGR, Reuters, The Register, Mashable, Android Authority, MSPoweruser, Android Central, CNBC, Light Reading, IT PRO, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and Defense One
Tweets: @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, and @nytimesbusiness
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Prospect:
A running list of the best startups to join — We've analyzed thousands of startups using the same data VCs use and distilled our list down to the top 2%. Discover and join the next Stripe, Airbnb, or Coinbase today.
A running list of the best startups to join — We've analyzed thousands of startups using the same data VCs use and distilled our list down to the top 2%. Discover and join the next Stripe, Airbnb, or Coinbase today.
Zoho:
From orders to alerts with Zoho Inventory and Zoho Cliq integration — Running a business is challenging, especially when it comes to managing incoming orders from online sales channels.
From orders to alerts with Zoho Inventory and Zoho Cliq integration — Running a business is challenging, especially when it comes to managing incoming orders from online sales channels.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Carolina Reis Oliveira & Alessandra Zonari | OneSkin: Aging Myths, Senescent Cells, and How to Age Slower (#56)
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:
Tue. 05/07 - The Spring Apple Event
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 7:10 AM ET, September 4, 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
Jennifer Maas / Variety:Austin Fuller / Current:
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Patrick Kingsley / New York Times: |
More:
BuzzFeed News. Tweets: @nytimes, @freedomonthenet, @emilyschmall, @digiphile, @razarumi, @lyssaslounge, and @kenroth
| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Earlier Picks
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
More:
Eclypsium, The Register, Threatpost, SiliconANGLE, ITworld.com, Dark Reading, Computer Business Review, CyberScoop, ZDNet, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @abazhaniuk, @wired, @c7zero, @ekovarski, @martinsfp, @marypcbuk, and @campuscodi
| Ravie Lakshmanan / The Next Web: |
Source:
Wall Street Journal. More:
Dark Reading, Gizmodo, The Overspill, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, The Daily Dot, Inquirer, The Mac Observer, and Slashdot
Tweets: @rpetty, @dmitry140, @abarba, @wsj, @amywebb, @ajitpaifcc, and @kimzetter
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
More:
Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, VICE, Computer Business Review, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, The Register, CyberScoop, and Schneier on Security
Tweets: @josephfcox and @campuscodi
| YouTube Blog: |
More:
The Verge, Hollywood Reporter, Telecoms.com, Geek.com, Engadget, Social Media Today, Neowin, MediaNama, Digital Trends, Variety, Search Engine Journal, The Verge, TechSpot, CNET, Mashable, Tubefilter, TechCrunch, CNBC, Axios, and The Hill
Tweets: @rkyncl, @w7voa, and @youtubeinsider