|
September 24, 2020, 10:35 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft says a standalone, non-subscription version of Office will be released in the second half of 2021 for both Windows and Mac — Microsoft will release a new perpetual release of Microsoft Office in the second half of 2021. The new perpetual release only appears in a single sentence …
More:
TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, Petri, Fossbytes, Neowin, PCMag, Apple Must, The Next Web, gHacks Technology News, Digital Trends, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, Computerworld, MakeUseOf, Gizmodo, and ZDNet
Tweets: @rajsarkar, @kcoxdc, and @martinsfp
| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
The Facebook Oversight Board has confirmed that it expects to start before the election, in mid to late October, after criticism for a perceived lack of action — - The independent Facebook OverSight Board has confirmed to CNBC that it plans to launch ahead of U.S. election in November.
More:
Financial Times, The Guardian, Reuters, Engadget, and Protocol
Tweets: @mollyjongfast, @katebevan, @martinsfp, @brooklynmarie, and @ryan_browne_
| Brian Fung / CNN: |
More:
The Verge and Engadget
Tweets: @jason_kint, @b_fung, @oliverdarcy, @marshallcohen, @reginecabato, @sarahelago, @tonyocruz, @reginecabato, @nytimes, @cnnphilippines, @mlq3, and @ap_politics
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
More:
Tech Transparency Project, Neowin, Politico, Engadget, New York Times, and Fast Company
Tweets: @ttp_updates, @slpng_giants, @heffnera, @davidgura, and @ridt
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Epic, Spotify, Match Group, and others form the Coalition for App Fairness to pressure Apple and other app store owners to make changes to marketplace rules — The Coalition for App Fairness is seeking legal and regulatory means to address how Apple, other app marketplace operators work with developers
More:
The Verge, MacRumors, New York Times, Bloomberg, Coalition for App Fairness, Thurrott, AppleInsider, CNET, CNBC, Washington Post, Reuters, Digital Trends, MacDailyNews, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Phone Scoop, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @counternotions and @saraheneedleman
| John Herrman / New York Times: |
TikTok users in the US are experiencing something long familiar to much of the world: a flourishing online social space existentially threatened by politics — Banned apps, nefarious theories, trade wars, voiceless users. The case of TikTok isn't news to most of the world.
More:
CNN, Social Media Today, Business Insider, and Vox
Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @kantrowitz, @jwherrman, and @nytimes
| David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, Engadget, New York Times, Axios, iMore, Variety, Tech Xplore, Business Insider, CNBC, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, PingWest, Hollywood Reporter, Financial Times, WRAL TechWire, Fortune, The Verge, Music Ally, PYMNTS.com, The Daily Dot, Washington Post, Reuters, Android Headlines, and Technology & …
Tweets: @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, @bobbyallyn, and @scottnover
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out updates to Maps with a layer showing COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, with labels to indicate trends, coming to 220 countries and territories — Google today announced an update to Google Maps that will bring a new COVID-19 layer to the service to help you better understand the number of cases in a given area.
More:
The Keyword, ZDNet, MIT Technology Review, The Verge, Mashable, WinBuzzer, Android Headlines, BetaNews, Pocketnow, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, XDA Developers, MSPoweruser, TechRadar, SlashGear, CNET, Android Police, CNBC, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @sundarpichai, @haleighhoffman, @sanjg2k1, @roshanamn, @califf001, @sub8u, @gigastacey, and @google
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
NUVIA, which makes energy-efficient chips for data centers and enterprises, raises $240M Series B led by Mithril Capital — Climate change is on everyone's minds these days, what with the outer Bay Area on fire, orange skies above San Francisco, and a hurricane season that is bearing …
More:
Axios, VentureBeat, and AnandTech
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon launches “Climate Pledge Friendly” label in search results for more than 25K products that have one or more of 19 different sustainability certifications — The company is launching a new climate program for certified sustainable products
More:
Amazon.com, Inc., The Amazon Blog, Pocket-lint, The Business of Fashion, CNN, USA Today, GeekWire, Neowin, HomeWorld Business, Reuters, CNET, Android Central, Tamebay, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @glenngabe and @karahurst
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ripjar, which develops AI-based software to detect financial crime, raises $36.8M Series B led by Long Ridge Equity Partners — Financial crime as a wider category of cybercrime continues to be one of the most potent of online threats, covering nefarious actives as diverse as fraud, money laundering and funding terrorism.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Twitter says it will begin testing audio DMs soon, after introducing support for audio in tweets, starting in Brazil — Shout into my DMs — After rolling out audio tweets for iOS in June, Twitter is now experimenting with the idea of letting people record and send voice messages through direct messages.
More:
iMore, TheStreet, iDownloadBlog.com, Firstpost Tech, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, MediaNama, 9to5Mac, Protocol, Neowin, Engadget, Slashdot, and The Mac Observer
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
NHS COVID-19, a contact tracing app created by the UK government, launches in England and Wales with Exposure Notification API from Apple and Google — NHS COVID-19, a contact tracing app created by the UK government, is rolling out to residents of England and Wales as of today, with the app available from the iOS App Store.
More:
The Guardian, The Guardian, The Next Web, WIRED UK, The Guardian, Telegraph, BBC, iMore, Trusted Reviews, Mashable, Reuters, Neowin, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @rowlsmanthorpe, @dr_ellie, @alfredwkng, @lbcnews, @brixton_ben26, @wireduk, @mattburgess1, and @charlottejee
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spectrum Labs, which helps online services identify toxic content and respond, raises $10M Series A led by Greycroft, bringing its total raised to $14M — With the US presidential election now 40 days away, all eyes are focused on how online conversations, in conjunction with other hallmarks … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 review: a big change for iPhones, with widgets, better notifications, and useful App Library, while iPad gets a more incremental update — It's time to blow up your iPhone's home screen — Apple spells out the significance of its new iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 updates right …
More:
Appleosophy, Six Colors, TechCrunch, iMore, The Next Web, Polygon, MacStories, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @palafo, @maxwinebach, @mgsiegler, and @tomwarren
| Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: |
GOAT Group, operator of online sneaker marketplace GOAT, has raised $100M Series E from D1 Capital Partners, source says at a $1.75B valuation — New funding round values the company at $1.75 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal — Goat Group, best known for its online marketplace …
More:
Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jenny8lee, @notalexlin, @alexisohanian, @mdudas, @dannyrimer, @sizpatel, @branchmetrics, @vas, and @indexventures
| Paul Ford / Wired: |
The software industry makes amazing software tools for itself, while doctors, academics, and scientists are stuck using bad software — The software industry makes amazing tools for itself, while doctors and scientists are stuck with old code. Tech needs to quit hacking and start listening.
Tweets: @terronk, @nxthompson, and @backchnnl
| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Todoist rolls out Kanban-style Boards as an optional view, similar to Trello — Todoist today officially introduced a feature that could significantly change how people use the popular task-management app: Boards. It basically works a lot like Trello, but built right into Todoist.| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Sundar Pichai says Google is planning “hybrid” models for future work, to allow partial work from home as 62% of employees want to have that flexibility — - Most Google employees want to return to the office at some point, but not every day, according to a recent Google survey …
More:
Coinspeaker. Tweets: @lifeatgoogle, @chaddickerson, @carnage4life, @jenn_elias, @jenn_elias, @cloud_opinion, and @aparanjape
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
YouTube expands a fact-checking feature on issues related to elections and COVID-19 to Germany and UK, after initially launching it in the US, Brazil, and India — - YouTube will display information and links from third-party publishers on queries related to issues like elections and the coronavirus pandemic.| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Peter Thiel and Richard Li have created a SPAC called Bridgetown Holdings Ltd., targeting SE Asia investment, and are seeking to raise $575M via IPO — - Bridgetown also backed by Richard Li's Pacific Century — SPAC aims to raise $575 million, according to filing| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Petal, which offers credit cards by analyzing the cash flow of potential borrowers rather than credit scores, raises $55M Series C led by Thiel's Valar Ventures — Sometimes raising venture capital can be as simple as talking to your existing investor and having them wire over another check.
More:
FinSMEs
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Messy launches of PS5 and the new Xbox showed Sony and Microsoft once again failing at pre-orders, partly driven by the need to create a narrative of scarcity — Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S preorders went live on Tuesday, capping a rough week of product rollouts …
Tweets: @tugboatbread and @gartenberg
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
Website Traffic Analytics: How to Read Your Data and Take Action — Traffic is up. Sessions look healthy. The dashboard is full of green arrows and yet — conversions are flat, revenue targets are slipping, and the leads coming through aren't closing.
Website Traffic Analytics: How to Read Your Data and Take Action — Traffic is up. Sessions look healthy. The dashboard is full of green arrows and yet — conversions are flat, revenue targets are slipping, and the leads coming through aren't closing.
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
Big Technology Podcast:
Will Apple (Finally) Get AI Right At WWDC?, Anthropic's Worry, Microsoft vs. OpenAI
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:
Hot I.P.O Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
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.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Vanta's Christina Cacioppo: The Underdog Turning 'Nonsense' Compliance Into A $4.2B Security Standout
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:
Who are the billboards for?
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.
Access:
AI is turning sketches into real-world products
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
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 10:35 AM ET, September 24, 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
Jody Godoy / Reuters:Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
More:
Android Authority, XDA Developers, CNET, Phandroid, 9to5Toys, CNET, Android Police, Verizon, KnowTechie, ZDNet, BGR, Mashable, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, and Engadget
Tweets: @dcseifert and @backlon
Earlier Picks
| Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
| Bloomberg: |
More:
The Overspill. Tweets: @joshuabrustein, @shiraovide, @tfadell, @tfadell, @johnpaczkowski, @kentbye, @oduneweniyi, @chafkin, @scobleizer, @seyitaylor, @dusanwriter, @hmltn, @anthony, @mattrosoff, @silviakillings, @kantrowitz, and @markmilian
| Bloomberg: |
More:
Shopify Community, BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, SC Media, International Business Times, Dark Reading, New.blicio.us, Security Affairs, Security Boulevard, Engadget, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, and Yahoo Finance
Tweets: @om, @wbm312, and @campuscodi
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
More:
Adobe Blog, The Next Web, TechSpot, TechCrunch, CNET, SlashGear, Michael Tsai, Engadget, Fast Company, Axios, and ZDNet