|
February 25, 2020, 1:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon opens Amazon Go Grocery in Seattle, its first full sized grocery store without cashiers or checkout lines — Amazon Go is going full grocery. — Two years after launching a chain of convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines, Amazon is opening its first “Amazon Go Grocery” …
More:
TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, Vox, Bloomberg, Reuters, TechSpot, Newser, SlashGear, TechRadar.com, PYMNTS.com, Yahoo Finance, Protocol, and CNET
Tweets: @laurenthomas, @nbcnightlynews, @humanvsmachine, @raju, @delrey, @delrey, @ranimolla, @jowyang, @kantrowitz, @kushkatakia, @sallyshin, @jensmithwsj, and @mdudas. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Firefox begins rollout of encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for US-based users to thwart snooping ISPs — US-based Firefox users get encrypted DNS lookups today or within a few weeks. — Firefox will start switching browser users to Cloudflare's encrypted-DNS service today and roll …
More:
The Mozilla Blog, The Verge, Windows Central, CNET, Gizmodo, BleepingComputer, New America, 9to5Mac, PCWorld, Thurrott, Input, gHacks Technology News, BetaNews, Computer Business Review, Mashable, Neowin, ZDNet, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @firefox, @switch_d, @kimzetter, @kennwhite, and @andybeal
| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
Survey of 11,500+ H-1B visa holders at US tech companies finds discomfort with Trump's policies, with many feeling their place in the US is highly conditional — OneZero conducted a 10,000-person poll to shed light on the plight of H-1B workers — This article is part of Into the Valley …
More:
9to5Mac and The Verge
Tweets: @ozm, @ustechworkers, @histoftech, @indivisible_usa, @organizejs, @arjunblj, @janelytv, @datarade, @s_m_i, @sarahnemerson, @kozemoze, @dlberes, @joshsternberg, @ow, and @davegershgorn. Thanks:@dlberes
| TechCrunch: |
Grab raises up to $856M from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and TIS INTEC, a Japanese IT solutions business — Southeast Asian on-demand transport startup Gojek denies that it is involved in talks to merge with Grab but today Grab announced a piece of news that — at the very least …
More:
The Information, KrASIA, South China Morning Post, Axios, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, ZDNet, and Yahoo Finance
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google patches a Chrome zero-day bug found by its Threat Analysis Group, the third actively exploited Chrome zero-day discovered in the past year — This is the third Chrome zero-day discovered being exploited in the wild in the past year. — Google has released today a Chrome update …
More:
Google Chrome Releases, The Hacker News, Security Affairs, Pocketables, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Apple's appeal to avoid paying ~$440M in damages to VirnetX in longstanding patent infringement case — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Apple Inc's bid to avoid paying about $440 million in damages …
More:
TechRadar.com, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and Slashdot. Tweets: @thekenyeung
| Nick Turner / Bloomberg: |
Netflix says it will launch top 10 lists to rank the most popular shows and movies, updated daily, after testing the feature in Mexico and the UK — - Top 10 lists will be rolled out after tests in U.K. and Mexico — New feature will appear in the service and be updated daily
More:
Netflix Media Center, TechCrunch, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, The Verge, Digital Trends, Geek.com, Music Ally, Android Authority, The Next Web, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Broadband TV News, The Daily Dot, GameSpot, Deadline, Variety, IndieWire, The Streamable, Business Insider, TechRadar.com, Input, CordCutters, SlashGear, International Business Times, Gizmodo, TechSpot, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, Memeburn, Observer, IGN, CNBC, CNET, and Always Be Watching
Tweets: @awallenstein, @yashar, @zeitchikwapo, @dtunkelang, and @readdanwrite
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Revolut, a UK-based digital bank and payments company, raises $500M led by TCV at a $5.5B valuation, up 3x from April 2018, bringing its total raised to $836M — - Revolut has raised $500 million in a funding round led by TCV, an early investor in Facebook and Netflix.
More:
TechCrunch, EU-Startups, Business Insider, Financial Times, coinspeaker.com, Fortune, Reuters, CryptoGlobe, BetaNews, Cointelegraph, The Block, Crypto Briefing, AltFi, The Guardian, Quartz, Yahoo Entertainment, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @jpwiseuk and @borrellpepe
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Firefox for Mac and Linux will begin using a newly-developed security sandbox system called RLBox to minimize impact of errors in its largely C/C++ codebase — Firefox's new RLBox sandbox system to ship to Linux users in Firefox 74 and Mac users in Firefox 75.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock and says it plans to keep Credit Karma as a standalone operation — The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups. Today Intuit — the accounting …
More:
Business Wire, Stratechery, Vox, Bloomberg, TechSpot, Silicon Valley Business …, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, The Verge, ZDNet, Engadget, CNN, SiliconANGLE, New York Times, Protocol, Business Insider, Newser, International Business Times, Financial Times, PaymentsSource, Crunchbase News, The Block, and WebProNews
Tweets: @cbinsights, @alexisohanian, @trengriffin, @davidmarcus, @amoilsnisa, @pitdesi, @ericnewcomer, @yoda, @danprimack, @ingridlunden, @pjux, @joelwinston, @summerson, @dbinkowski, @davegershgorn, @lizjosullivan, @joemccann, @chrismaddern, and @justinelliott. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Graphcore, which designs processors for AI applications, raises $150M extension to its Series D at a $1.95B valuation — The UK has a strong history when it comes to processors, but the global chip market has seen some ups and downs of late. Today comes some big news that underscores …
More:
MarketWatch and Bloomberg
| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Bird says it's testing Bird Pay, a new feature that lets users buy products from local businesses by scanning a QR code in the Bird app, as it looks stem losses — Investors want to see profits. Is adding payments to products the solution? — Bird, the scooter company, is pivoting into payments — kind of.| Gareth Corfield / The Register: |
Samsung discloses website breach after some users see strangers' data and says an unrelated glitch caused push notifications to users from Find My Mobile app — Tight-lipped chaebol still won't talk about the dodgy app, though — Samsung has admitted that what it calls a “small number” … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Expedia is laying off ~3,000 employees, 12% of its workforce, says it has been “pursuing growth in an unhealthy and undisciplined way” in email to employees — Expedia Group is laying off 12 percent of its workforce, about 3,000 employees, in an effort to “streamline and focus” … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Eaze finally closes a $15M bridge round and $20M as part of a Series D, as it works through cash flow, legal issues and aims to start selling its own cannabis — Six weeks after we broke the news that cannabis startup Eaze was running out of money, laying off more employees and scrambling … | Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: |
A county judge in San Diego has ruled that Instacart's classification of its California workers is not compliant with AB5; Instacart says it will appeal — The judge says Instacart is not complying with the new “gig economy” law that requires workers to be considered employees, not independent contractors.Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cape:
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text & data, 24-hr metadata deletion, network ID rotation, SIM-attack defense, and more. Switch today and get 29% off for life.
Zoho:
WhatsApp messages for events: Zoho Backstage enhancements — Event communication involves more than just sending updates to attendees. In an event's lifecycle, organizers coordinate with purchasers, speakers …
WhatsApp messages for events: Zoho Backstage enhancements — Event communication involves more than just sending updates to attendees. In an event's lifecycle, organizers coordinate with purchasers, speakers …
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
Channels with Peter Kafka:
The Weird, Big Business of Microdramas
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
How AI Should Handle News, Politics, Medicine, and Mental Health — With Campbell Brown
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.
Training Data:
Parallel's Parag Agrawal: Building a New Web for AI Agents
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Invest Like the Best:
Neil Movva - Making AI 10x Cheaper
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Grit:
Data Centers in Orbit by 2028: Baiju Bhatt on His Plans After Robinhood
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:10 PM ET, February 25, 2020.
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
Rick Ellis / Too Much TV Newsletter:Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| David Gilbert / VICE: |
More:
Reclaim The Net, The Verge, Slashdot, and Telecoms.com
Tweets: @keegan_hamilton, @daithaigilbert, @vicenews, and @nathanattrill
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
More:
The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, Politico, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @tonyromm, @hawleymo, and @profcarroll
Earlier Picks
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
More:
Apple, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, O'Grady's PowerPage, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, The Verge, and MacRumors
Tweets: @stalman and @reneritchie
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
More:
MacRumors, ZDNet, Daring Fireball, Computerworld, The Overspill, Tom's Guide, WinBuzzer, TechRadar.com, iMore, IT Management, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, BGR, Input, Thurrott, ExtremeTech, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, Pocketnow, CNET, Tom's Hardware, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
More:
Xbox Wire, VentureBeat, Windows Central, The Guardian, The Verge, OnMSFT.com, GameSpot, UploadVR, KnowTechie, Engadget, BGR India, Pureinfotech, TechRadar.com, International Business Times, CCN.com, Fossbytes, IGN, Softpedia News, BGR, Engadget, Digital Trends, Stevivor, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, LaptopMag, Ars Technica, Hollywood Reporter, ExtremeTech, The Next Web, TechPowerUp, Washington Post, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, Business Insider, Gizmodo, PCWorld, GamesIndustry.biz, Pocket-lint, Liliputing, Input, WinBuzzer, Wccftech, Gamasutra, Neowin, SlashGear, Kotaku, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, Geek.com, GamingBolt, TrueAchievements, Destructoid, USgamer.net, GeekWire, Tom's Hardware, VG247, Thurrott, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @xbox, @xboxp3, @skyzyn, @tomwarren, @misterbrilliant, @goldenboyftw, and @klobrille