|
November 23, 2020, 8:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| New York Times: |
A look at Sugon, a Chinese company at the heart of the country's surveillance efforts, and how it uses Intel and Nvidia chips to analyze video feeds at scale — Intel and Nvidia chips power a supercomputing center that tracks people in a place where government suppresses minorities …
More:
Protocol. Tweets: @sophiehrw, @paulmozur, @paulmozur, @anderscorr, @muyixiao, @charlesrollet1, @paulmozur, @paulmozur, @mrbcyber, @charlesrollet1, @charlesrollet1, @jonrussell, @paulmozur, @lichtspektrum, and @sehof
| Andrew Leonard / Increment: |
How the open source movement and early version control systems like CVS, Subversion, and Git paved the way for today's remote development processes — How the early open-source movement and version control paved the way for today's remote software development processes. — Remote
Tweets: @koxinga21
| Drew Armstrong / Bloomberg: |
A look at Covid Tracking Project, a website run mostly by volunteers, which has become one of the most trusted sources on the spread of COVID-19 in the US — At the start of 2020, Amanda French was in between academic jobs. Her mother had died about a year earlier, and she'd taken time off to help settle her affairs.
More:
The Verge. Tweets: @armstrongdrew, @alexismadrigal, @adriennelaf, @kissane, @rockefellerfdn, @maxcroser, @ahmed, @emmersbrown, @maiamajumder, @ebboyd, @kaythaney, @ritajking, @angie_rasmussen, @samhorwich, and @edyong209
| David Pierce / Protocol: |
Inside YouTube Music's plans to compete with Spotify and others by putting the entire music business, including livestreams and tickets, onto a single platform — For the last eight months, musicians and bands haven't been able to tour, play festivals or go much of anywhere.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
GoDaddy confirms some of its staff fell for a social engineering scam, after hackers changed the email and DNS records for a number of crypto trading platforms — Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Mashable, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Trustnodes, Cointelegraph, Engadget, Gizmodo, and Slashdot
Tweets: @woodyatpch, @lapierrelafitte, @koenrh, @mdudas, @briankrebs, @quinnypig, @stilgherrian, @film_girl, and @eastdakota
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Twitter, which played a central role in Trump's presidency, is attempting to redefine itself for a post-Trump future through the launch of features like Fleets — New product features are rolling out to broaden the platform's appeal. Will they work? — It's easy to forget now … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Tibber, which uses AI to predict energy consumption of a house and switch to the cheapest electricity supplier, raises $65M Series B — Tibber, a “digital electricity” supplier that uses AI to switch around power for houses based on their predicted levels of consumption … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Forto, a freight forwarder service that gives customers real-time data and on-time delivery, raises $50M Series C led by Inven Capital — Forto, a digital freight forwarder which has experienced a boom during the pandemic, has raised another $50 million in funding.| FinSMEs: |
Switzerland-based Kandou, a fabless semiconductor company developing USB-C hardware that supports USB4, Thunderbolt 3, and more, raises $92.3M Series C — Kandou, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based fabless semiconductor company, raised $92.3M in Series C funding.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Facebook's charm offensive to repair ties with Biden's administration includes News Feed vaccine promotion and relying on Nick Clegg to mend relations — Social media giant to roll out vaccine promotion and give higher profile to Nick Clegg — Facebook is plotting a charm offensive …
More:
Business Insider
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Teachers say they are spending hours reviewing tests that were scored incorrectly by auto-grading bots, which try to match a student's response to an answer key — Auto-grading software often marks answers incorrect when they are right, giving teachers and families more remote-school headaches
Tweets: @brittanystoroz, @wsj, @sub8u, @hypervisible, and @mims
| Ayden Férdeline / Increment: |
Moving ICANN's public forums online and removing barriers like travel helped it broaden participation, allowing 1,752 people from 130 countries to participate — How a foundational internet policy maker responded to a global crisis—and where it goes from here. — Remote
Tweets: @rossdawson
Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
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:
Fri. 04/19 - All The News About Llama 3
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 8:05 AM ET, November 23, 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
Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times: |
Tweets: @shashitharoor, @erictopol, @puneetkdewan, @vivnat, @rinachandran, @nythealth, @nythealth, @juneymb, and @paimadhu
| Max Kim / Rest of World: |
More:
The Korea Times. Tweets: @longreads, @restofworld, @restofworld, @anupkaphle, @telliotter, @restofworld, @sidhubaba, @longreads, @restofworld, @restofworld, @deepnews_ai, @anupkaphle, @maxsoeunkim, @restofworld, @anupkaphle, @peterguest, and @lmatsakis
Earlier Picks
| TechCrunch: |
More:
Andreessen Horowitz, FinSMEs, FinLedger, PitchBook, and Forbes
Tweets: @a16z, @anneleeskates, @mikebutcher, @bencasnocha, @andrewchen, @shaig, @sub8u, @stevesi, @danielsunread, and @abrams