|
October 25, 2019, 10:35 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Facebook: |
Facebook begins testing Facebook News with a subset of people in the US across four categories of select publishers: general, topical, diverse, and local news — Testing a dedicated place for news in the US — Journalism plays a critical role in our democracy.
More:
New York Times, Washington Post, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, The Hill, The Next Web, Inquirer, Bloomberg, Geek.com, Axios, CNET, VentureBeat, Deadline, USA Today, Firstpost Tech, Digiday, The Daily Dot, Variety, MSPoweruser, Memeburn, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @edmundlee, @parkermolloy, @mathewi, @bgrueskin, @asmith83, @juddlegum, @ceciliakang, @markscott82, @cjamcmahon, @caseynewton, and @mattnavarra
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
As Facebook dangles extra traffic via a dedicated news tab, and journalism outlets leap into its cage, a look at 10 years of Facebook abusing publishers — 10 years of abusing publishers — Are we really doing this again? After the pivot to video. After Instant Articles.
More:
Yahoo Finance, MSPoweruser, On my Om, and The Next Web
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
More:
Axios, Yahoo Finance, Nieman Lab, CNBC, and Mashable
Tweets: @pkafka, @hypervisible, @slpng_giants, @jason_kint, @reckless, @pkafka, and @balajis
| Amazon: |
Amazon Q3: $70B revenue, up 24% YoY, net income of $2.1B, down from $2.9B in Q3 2018, AWS revenue of $9B, up from $6.7B in Q3 2018 — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) October 24, 2019—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2019.
More:
CNBC, International Business Times, ZDNet, CNET, MarketWatch, Business Insider, International Business Times, CNBC, Market Realist, Yahoo Finance, Digital Trends, cloudcomputing-news.net, Silicon Republic, PYMNTS.com, The Register, Quartz, TechSpot, GeekWire, The Seattle Times, CNN, Vox, SiliconANGLE, San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters, and Associated Press
Tweets: @jowens510, @mattrosoff, @rogerwcheng, @glennf, @alex_danco, @mattmday, @cnbcnow, @marketwatch, @marketwatch, @neoavatara, @chris_ciaccia, and @_steve3_
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Google says it's improving 10% of English searches in the US by using NLP techniques to better understand query context and words' relationship with each other — For Google's namesake search engine, delivering the right results is about understanding what people are asking for.
More:
The Keyword, Engadget, Quanta Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Bloomberg, MacRumors, BuzzFeed News, Inquirer, Marketing Land, Tom's Guide, Search Engine Roundtable, Associated Press, 9to5Google, CNET, Search Engine Journal, MSPoweruser, CNN, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @gfiorelli1. Thanks:@technologizer
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google Pixelbook Go review: excellent keyboard, good performance and battery life, with solid and stable OS, but remains pricey, and trackpad could be smoother — By focusing on the basics, Google's latest Chromebook is less ambitious but more successful. — Google has been building …
More:
The Verge, ZDNet, Android Police, VentureBeat, SlashGear, PCWorld, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @inputmag, @raywongy, @androidpolice, @androidcentral, and @backlon
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint announce the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative to bring RCS to Android phones in 2020 — Here's a shocker. All four major US carriers — Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile — have just announced that they're joining forces to deliver RCS messaging in the US for Android smartphones in 2020.
More:
The Verge, Sprint Corporation, PCWorld, CNET, PiunikaWeb, Android Central, Pocket-lint, WebProNews, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Android Police, TmoNews, Android Authority, Droid Life, and Slashdot
Tweets: @backlon, @backlon, @hallstephenj, @maxwinebach, @bdsams, @backlon, @journeydan, @benedictevans, @pierce, @agilethumbs, @caro_milanesi, and @oneangryitguy
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Jack Dorsey criticizes Mark Zuckerberg's free speech comments, says there wasn't any talk of reach and amplification and his Iraq War mention was not authentic — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey called out his counterpart at Facebook Inc., saying Mark Zuckerberg has a …
More:
The Verge, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Business Insider, The Next Web, Vanity Fair, Cryptovest, Firstpost Tech, and CNET
Tweets: @matt_cagle and @kantrowitz
| Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: |
TikTok says its content moderation policies are led by a US-based team and it will not remove content, including posts about Hong Kong, at the behest of China — Short-form video app TikTok can't shake an air of suspicion that surrounds it in the United States.
More:
TikTok, Nikkei Asian Review, Washington Post, Quartz, The Verge, Pandaily, Associated Press, Gizmodo, The Hill, and Firstpost Tech
Tweets: @caseynewton, @terrygtnguyen, and @broderick
| Washington Post: |
More:
The Guardian, Tom Cotton, TechCrunch, Reuters, Financial Times, The Verge, BBC, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Bloomberg, CNN, TechNode, Reclaim The Net, The Hill, Variety, PYMNTS.com, The Overspill, and Digital Trends
Facebook: Senator Chuck Schumer. Tweets: @senschumer, @hughhewitt, @drewharwell, @moorehn, @sentomcotton, @karlbode, @sarthakgh, @shiraovide, @sarahfrier, and @caseynewton
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Twitter says some users will start seeing more ads after it changed its historical approach of showing fewer ads to users with high follower counts — - Twitter's third-quarter earnings were marred by issues in a product that advertisers use to market mobile apps.
More:
OneZero, The Verge, Social Media Today, and Marketing Land
Tweets: @willoremus, @willoremus, @ejacqui, @gigastacey, @darth, @chillmage, @kimzetter, @alexeheath, @kadhimshubber, and @byrdinator
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
More:
Marketing Land, CNBC, VentureBeat, Mashable, Bloomberg, Silicon Valley Business …, Reuters, Fortune, ZDNet, TechSpot, and New York Post
Tweets: @stevekovach, @twitterir, @bopinion, @reuters, @timobrien, @gcluley, @tomgara, @stevekovach, @shiraovide, @twitterir, @twitterir, @twitterir, @twitterir, @craigsilverman, and @carnage4life
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, one of the gaming world's most watched streamers, announces a move to Microsoft's Mixer from Twitch, following Tyler “Ninja” Blevins — 'I'm making moves' — Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is the latest Twitch megastar to abandon …
More:
OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, Hollywood Reporter, Tubefilter, Fortune, TechSpot, Daily Express, Gameranx, Digital Trends, Heavy.com, Shacknews, DualShockers, The Wrap, Eurogamer.net, Forbes, Dot Esports, Comic Book, Adweek, GameSpot, Gizmodo, PC Gamer, USgamer.net, The Esports Observer, Engadget, Destructoid, Neowin, Kotaku, Business Insider Australia, OnMSFT.com, IGN Southeast Asia twitch, GamesIndustry.biz, VentureBeat, Polygon, and Thurrott
Tweets: @shroud, @watchmixer, @ninja, @tocelot, @daftlimmy, @ninja, @m0e_tv, @tobiwandota, @g2pengu, @witchytwitchytv, @loudmouthjulia, and @samsheffer
| The Information: |
Sources: Sony has hired bankers to explore a sale of its Playstation Vue service, which would include the company's tech and a subscriber list of around 500K — Sony Corp. is exploring the sale of its Playstation Vue service, which offers a slimmed-down version of cable TV delivered over the internet …
More:
9to5Mac, Light Reading, CordCutters, and The Streamable
Tweets: @tvgrimreaper, @nibellion, @cityofthetown, and @valleyshook
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Gene Levoff, who was in charge of enforcing Apple's Insider Trading Policy, indicted for insider trading between 2011 and 2016; Levoff was fired in Sept. 2018 — - Gene Levoff, who was a senior director of corporate law, was aware of Apple financial results before they were public …
More:
U.S. Department of Justice, iMore, Engadget, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @caseynewton, @cubiclewarrior_, @freereid, @kifleswing, and @benktallmadge
| Reuters: |
AT&T says HBO Max will be available free to the 10M AT&T customers in the US who are also HBO subscribers when it launches in the spring — (Reuters) - In the bestselling novel “Circe” — optioned by WarnerMedia for its forthcoming HBO Max streaming service — the daughter … Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
3 smarter updates for your staffing pipeline — Staffing recruiters manage multiple client requirements, large candidate databases, and tight submission deadlines. Finding suitable candidates is only the first step.
3 smarter updates for your staffing pipeline — Staffing recruiters manage multiple client requirements, large candidate databases, and tight submission deadlines. Finding suitable candidates is only the first step.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
Lenny's Podcast:
How a 19-year-old intern built the growth engine behind this $2B AI company | Hector Serrano
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:
Big Tech's Ugly Week, Getting Rich At Anthropic, AI Costs Plunge
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.
Machine Gods:
OpenAI's Latest Discoveries Spark a Backlash + Help! My Kid Hates AI
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
The Upstarts Podcast:
The Accidental YC Founder Solving AI's GPU Crisis | SF Compute's Evan Conrad
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.
Cheeky Pint:
Why Sam Altman is against a single superintelligence
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Great Chat:
The case for AI optimism
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 10:35 AM ET, October 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
Jasper Ward / Reuters:Reuters:
Frédéric Durand / What's on Netflix:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
More:
Intel Newsroom, Intel, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Financial Times, MarketWatch, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @gretalwall, @markhachman, @terri1618, and @cnbcnow
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More:
iMore, 9to5Mac, InsideBitcoins.com, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Yahoo Finance, and Crowdfund Insider
| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
More:
The Keyword, Firstpost Tech, 9to5Google, The Verge, TalkAndroid.com, Android Headlines, PC Games Insider, VentureBeat, Neowin, IGN, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @nibellion, @gibiz, @gibiz, and @zhugeex