|
January 22, 2021, 4:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a thinner and lighter 13-inch high-end MacBook Air with MagSafe charging and next-gen processors to launch as soon as this year — Apple Inc. is working on a thinner and lighter version of the MacBook Air, the company's mass-market laptop, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
More:
The Verge, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, Engadget, Ars Technica, CNBC, Gizmodo, CNET, iMore, XDA Developers, KnowTechie, Redmond Pie, Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, Tom's Hardware, AppleInsider, HotHardware.com News, Laptop Mag, MakeUseOf, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Input, MacRumors, Pocketnow, Macworld, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, Mashable, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, Neowin, Apple Terminal, and iClarified
Tweets: @markgurman, @harrymccracken, @alexjamesfitz, @every_daydad, @rdrv3, @wongmjane, @timothycookothy, @stalman, @lanceulanoff, @canoopsy, @feliciaday, @sriramk, @bdsams, @saradietschy, @julianchokkattu, @jpeguin, @lukemiani, @eposvox, @gregorymcfadden, @gillyberlin, @thecomputerclan, @hayatohuseman, @hallstephenj, @pierce, @adrianweckler, @markgurman, @evanedinger, @ihnatko, and @joannastern
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is increasing the prices of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, up $1 to $10.99 per month and up $5 to $29.99 for a three-month membership — Xbox Live Gold prices are going up for monthly subscribers — Microsoft is increasing the prices of its Xbox Live Gold subscription soon.
More:
Xbox Wire, GeekWire, Laptop Mag, HotHardware.com News, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, USA Today, VentureBeat, TechSpot, GameSpot, BGR, Thurrott, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, TrueAchievements, SlashGear, Forbes, Polygon, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @wario64, @xboxsupport, @fantavisiontv, @geo_aw, @firstadopter, @mrbadbit, @linkus7, @tomwarren, @vicious696, and @tomwarren
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Alphabet says that it is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon project, calling it “a successful experiment” but not a viable one — Plus: The moonshot's launch, health care for the mask-less, and a new era's inaugural meme. — DO you detect something missing?
More:
Loon Blog, X, the moonshot factory, TechCrunch, The Verge, New York Times, CNBC, Associated Press, Mashable, USA Today, Ars Technica, Light Reading, Input, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Fortune, FierceWireless, The Next Web, PCMag, Silicon Republic, Android Police, coinspeaker.com, Digital Trends, Android Central, PYMNTS.com, CNN, and Business Insider
Tweets: @mucheru, @ajitpai, @emilygorcenski, @derektmead, @polotek, @sub8u, @pt, @jason, @bznotes, @daiwaka, @bigmeaninternet, @bgurley, @grinich, @karlbode, @benedictevans, @airlineflyer, @edbott, @bradstone, @lutherlowe, @theteamatx, @jason_pontin, @lauramandaro, @ianjohnbuckley, @killedbygoogle, @rdrv3, @t1merickson, and @martinsfp
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
In an Australian Senate hearing, a Google executive said that a law forcing Google to pay news outlets for links could prompt it to stop offering Search — As Google and Facebook face Senate committee, poll finds three in five Australians agree social media companies should prioritise news in feeds
More:
New York Times, The Keyword, Sydney Morning Herald, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Ars Technica, The Guardian, Android Police, ZDNet, Engadget, TechCrunch, Washington Post, The Keyword, CNBC, IGN, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, The Verge, XDA Developers, Forbes, ComputerWeekly.com, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, Android Central, news.com.au, KnowTechie, The Next Web, ZDNet, and CNN
Tweets: @byerussell, @picardonhealth, @ianbremmer, @senator_patrick, @normanswan, @katecrawford, @reuters, @nytimesbusiness, @mims, @ritapanahi, @paulwallbank, @naamanzhou, @mordyoberstein, @frontierindica, @alecstapp, @petercronau, @clry2, @wolfiechristl, @profpcdoherty, @jason_kint, @maajidnawaz, @jtasioulas, @mnot, @keithmillsd7, @benedictevans, @sreemoytalukdar, @libertarianblue, @joshbbornstein, @christineemba, @hamiltonnolan, @reuters, @vijayshekhar, and @rustybrick
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung is considering building a $10B chipmaking plant in Texas, a major investment it hopes will help it catch up with industry leader TSMC — - It's looking to build a cutting-edge wafer fab in the U.S. — It would follow TSMC's decision to build a new site in Arizona
More:
CoinDesk, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, Pocketnow, Patently Apple, SamMobile, and The Irish Times
Tweets: @melt_dem, @sdonnan, @adambain, @wolfejosh, @yoolimleenews, @libertyrpf, @atbwebb, @thestalwart, and @leorzhang
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller files a complaint with US and EU antitrust authorities after Google and Apple reject his COVID-19-related game — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A German app developer has filed a complaint with European Union antitrust authorities against Google and Apple …
More:
9to5Mac, Apple Terminal, AppleInsider, FOSS Patents, The Mac Observer, iMore, and Android Central
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Aside from Facebook Oversight Board's binding decision on Trump, Nick Clegg says it'll be interesting if it has guidance for similar situations in the future — Facebook's decision to ask its new independent Oversight Board to review the company's indefinite suspension of former President Trump … | Nick Clegg / About Facebook: |
More:
New York Times, Platformer, Wired, Ars Technica, Politico, and The Overspill
| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Lyft is testing a “priority mode” offering drivers more rides in exchange for a 10% pay cut; some drivers call it “poverty mode”, saying their earnings dropped — In late September, Earla Phillips got what she described as an irritating email from Lyft.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, on starting and scaling one of the biggest YouTube tech channels to 13.5M subscribers, day-to-day work, and future of his business — Marques Brownlee is one of the best reviewers I know, and also one of the most savvy and successful YouTubers.
Tweets: @lanceulanoff and @reneritchie
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
FTC fines three bot-powered ticket scalping operations a total of $3.7M, the first time the agency applied a 2016 anti-bot law called the BOTS Act — The three will pay a total of $3.7 million — The Federal Trade Commission issued multimillion-dollar fines against three bot-powered ticket scalping operations.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
European Parliament invites CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels on EU Commission's tech regulation proposals — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels …
More:
CNET, MacDailyNews, and Apple Terminal
| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
AWS will maintain an open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana, after criticism from Elastic which changed its licensing terms to monetize cloud-service use — Fed up with what he sees as unfair competition from AWS, Elastic CEO Shay Banon felt he had no choice but to restrict …
More:
Amazon Web Services, The New Stack, The Register, Beyond Search, and TechRadar
Tweets: @kimchy, @jedisct1, @pauldix, @ophirgottlieb, @carnage4life, @rseroter, and @tomkrazit
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Intel says it's investigating the leak of an infographic related to its Q4 earnings report, which prompted its release ahead of stock market close on Thursday — Breach forces chipmaker to release earnings early — Intel said it was the victim of a hacker who stole financially sensitive information …
More:
BleepingComputer, Washington Post, Reuters, CyberScoop, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @quinnypig and @swagitda_
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
More:
Intel, eWeek, ZDNet, ServeTheHome, Wccftech, bit-tech.net, PCWorld, TechRadar, and AnandTech
Tweets: @servethehome, @stshank, @ericjhonsa, @lamonicabuzz, @stevenrodgersgc, @rogoway, @quinnypig, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, and @markhachman. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Unclassified memo: Defense Intelligence Agency analysts have used commercial databases of location data from smartphone apps to track Americans without warrants — The disclosure comes amid growing legislative scrutiny of how the government uses commercially available location records.Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
App Spotlight: Profit.co for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
App Spotlight: Profit.co for Zoho CRM — App Spotlight brings you hand-picked solutions that enhance your Zoho apps and tools. Visit Zoho Marketplace to explore all of our apps, integrations …
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
Cheeky Pint:
Muse Wonder: Zuckerberg and Wang's $100B AI
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio)
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:
Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don't Bully Your AI
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.
Sources:
Qualcomm's CEO on the coming AI phone supercycle
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Bringing Back Mammoths And Building Noah's Ark 2.0 | Colossal's Ben Lamm
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:
The launch industrial complex
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 4:15 PM ET, January 22, 2021.
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
New York Times:Max Tani / Semafor:
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
More:
Business Insider. Tweets: @amir, @ryan_browne_, @villi, @digitallawyer, @henrylmcnamara, @iankar_, and @kateclarktweets
| Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero : |
More:
Road to VR and Data Driven Investor
Tweets: @simonhurtz, @sdw, @joannastern, @antonhand, @rmac18, and @martinsfp
| Kim-Mai Cutler / Initialized: |
Tweets: @kimmaicutler, @kimmaicutler, @alexisohanian, @ekp, @slhamlet, @garrytan, @laszlobock, @brianmcc, @coryweinberg, @kimmaicutler, @sandofsky, @rwsimonetti, and @garrytan
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
More:
Ars Technica, TechRadar, Gizmodo, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @mikaelthalen, @fryan, @politics1com, @karaswisher, and @maggiejordanacn
| April Glaser / NBC News: |
More:
Ars Technica, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications …, Washington Post, VICE, ZDNet, and RCR Wireless News
Tweets: @jrosenworcel, @aprilaser, @blackamazon, @repannaeshoo, @scott_wiener, @kylegriffin1, @aprilaser, @clairewillett, @jason_kint, @craigcaplan, @senatorlujan, @mckra1g, @liberalnavyseal, @kellymakena, @marissarmoss, @sigridellis, @ctatech, @sen_joemanchin, @craignewmark, @wgawest, @hunterwalk, @resistbot, @ezranbc, and @aprilaser
| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
More:
The Verge, Input, New York Post, and Wall Street Journal
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |