|
February 1, 2021, 6:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Stephen Totilo / Kotaku: |
Google says it will close its two Stadia game studios, in LA and Montreal, and Jade Raymond is leaving the company; source: the move affects ~150 developers — Google Stadia, the late 2019 streaming platform that promised to revolutionize gaming by letting users stream games without needing …
More:
The Keyword, Engadget, The Verge, Android Police, Associated Press, Windows Central, Android Authority, nwn.blogs.com, Laptop Mag, PCWorld, The Next Web, Bloomberg, XDA Developers, Reuters, PCMag, Thurrott, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Business Insider, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, TalkAndroid.com, Stevivor, Pocket-lint, Gamasutra, TechSpot, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TouchArcade, Game Rant, Mashable, Wccftech, IGN, Input, GamingBolt, Twinfinite, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, Android Headlines, Pocketnow, Android Central, Polygon, Trusted Reviews, MSPoweruser, GamesIndustry.biz, and PC Gamer
Tweets: @stephentotilo, @jetscott, @imranzomg, @slasher, @gavkar, @edbott, @genepark, @geoffkeighley, @tomwarren, @ronamadeo, @kylemhilliard, @tomwarren, @patrickklepek, and @jasonschreier
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Apple releases the first iOS 14.5 beta, which lets users unlock their iPhones with Face ID while wearing a mask if they are also wearing an Apple Watch — The feature debuts in a new developer beta, available now — While the full release won't arrive for some time …
More:
9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, Pocket-lint, The Verge, MacRumors, HotHardware.com News, Gizmodo, Six Colors, AppleInsider, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, PCMag, AppleInsider, iMore, ZDNet, Macworld, CNET, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Mashable, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, Forbes, Apple Must, Trusted Reviews, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and Apple Terminal
Tweets: @joannastern, @tomerdmann, @joannastern, @danbenjamin, @themrmobile, @chriswelch, @mgsiegler, and @tomwarren
| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood says it has raised $2.4B from shareholders, just days after raising ~$1B — The $3.4 billion raised since last Thursday is more than the company has raised in its entire prior existence — Robinhood Markets Inc. raised another $2.4 billion from shareholders …
More:
Under the Hood, The Block, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Irish Times, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, New York Times, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Tech Xplore, Crypto Briefing, CNBC, and Crunchbase News
Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @mylesudland, @robinhoodapp, @cararlombardo, and @alexrkonrad
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford says “millions” of its vehicles will run on Android starting in 2023, as it signs a six-year deal for Google Cloud to provide connected vehicle services — Google bags its latest automotive partner — Ford is the latest automaker to turn its vehicle operating systems over to Google.
More:
Ford Motor Company, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Android Authority, ZDNet, PCMag, Android Police, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, XDA Developers, Phandroid, Engadget, Axios, NBC News, Protocol, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, SlashGear, BetaNews, Android Headlines, Forbes, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @derekmross, @sokane1, and @mkarolian
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook is testing a notification for Facebook and Instagram iOS app users globally that encourages opting in to tracking for a “better ads experience” — Facebook is testing a notification that notifies Apple iOS users about ways the tech giant uses their data to target personalized ads to them.
More:
About Facebook, CNBC, The Verge, Ars Technica, The Hill, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, The Independent, ConsumerAffairs.com, Social Media Today, SlashGear, PCMag, iDownloadBlog.com, MSPoweruser, Bloomberg, Engadget, Pocketnow, phonearena.com, Neowin, AppleInsider, Washington Post, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, and Reuters
Tweets: @megancgraham, @hypervisible, @stevekovach, @shonaghosh, @pt, @db, @mehedih_, @samthielman, and @bdsams
| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Microsoft's head of IR says Xbox will be in short supply through at least June, after it sold every unit it had last quarter and topped $5B in gaming revenue — A month after the holiday season, gamers are still contending with scalpers, bots and immense demand as they hunt for elusive devices.
More:
The Verge, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, Trusted Reviews, KnowTechie, Game Rant, and GameSpot
Tweets: @tomwarren, @zhugeex, and @dealbook
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
A recap of Elon Musk's Clubhouse appearance, which broke the 5,000 participant limit, pushing some to YouTube, and included an interview with Robinhood's CEO — Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and many other companies, has mastered the art of using Twitter to harness fans …
More:
Bloomberg, Not Boring by Packy McCormick, CNBC, Financial Times, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Next Web, CNBC, Fortune, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, BBC, CNBC, Business Insider, International Business Times, dexerto.com, CNBC, Neowin, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @elonmusk, @jessicalessin, @andrewrsorkin, @shaanvp, @dwr, @a16z, @nelliebowles, @joinclubhouse, @immad, @alexeheath, @jessicalessin, @jyarow, @seyitaylor, @wongmjane, @seyitaylor, @seyitaylor, @ericrweinstein, @seyitaylor, @panzer, @pkafka, @myfriendjanine, @clairlemon, @sophiapointe, @ellenhuet, @panzer, @martinsfp, @balajis, @shaanvp, @panzer, @itstimtang, @brianroemmele, @pitdesi, @caseynewton, @zackfox, @alexrkonrad, @shaanvp, @carnage4life, @taylorlorenz, @rachelrohatgi, and @michellelhooq. Thanks:@mikebutcher
| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Source: Sriram Krishnan, known for holding product leadership roles at Facebook, Twitter, and Snap, has joined Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner — Sriram Krishnan, a well-known tech investor and former product leader at Twitter, has joined the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @jessicalessin, @pkafka, @jyarow, @amir, and @alexeheath
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Databricks, which provides services for data analytics and AI workloads, raises $1B and is now valued at $28B — Databricks today announced the close of a $1 billion funding round, bringing the company's valuation to $28 billion after post-money valuation, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat.| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Sources: IBM has drastically downsized its blockchain team after missing revenue targets by 90%; IBM says the unit is “doing well” — “There is not really going to be a blockchain team any longer,” said a source. — IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing … | Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: |
Nintendo reports April-December results: ~$3.6B profit on revenue of $13B, 24M Switches sold, and forecasts $3.8B profit for the fiscal year ending March 2021 — TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo Co. reported Monday that its profit for the first three fiscal quarters nearly doubled as people around …
More:
Bloomberg, PCMag, Financial Times, iMore, BGR, MCV/DEVELOP, IGN, Nikkei Asia, GamingBolt, and Wccftech
| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
Australian PM Scott Morrison says Microsoft is confident Bing can fill the gap created by Google if it pulls its search services over news payment disputes — SYDNEY (Reuters) -Software giant Microsoft Corp is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls …
More:
Forbes, Associated Press, The Guardian, VICE, MakeUseOf, TechRadar, Android Police, Android Authority, and Protocol
Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @stokel, @counternotions, @jbenton, @ron_miller, and @connorsouthard
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Cybersecurity company Rapid7 acquires Kubernetes security startup Alcide for $50M; Alcide had raised ~$12M to date according to Crunchbase data — Rapid7, the Boston-based security operations company, has been making moves into the cloud recently and this morning it announced …
More:
Rapid7, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Rapid7 Blog, Globes Online, SiliconANGLE, Channel Futures, CRN, and Dark Reading. Tweets: @rapid7
| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
After SpaceX won preliminary rights to $886M in FCC grants for rural broadband, rivals urge new FCC leadership to check if the winning bidders “are capable” — Competitors say government should think twice about backing SpaceX's satellite-based system with nearly $1 billion
Tweets: @wsj
| Bloomberg: |
EU is seeking to overturn Apple's victory in $15.8B tax dispute saying the judges used “contradictory reasoning” when deciding the Irish tax case — - Regulators are challenging court view of Apple's Irish units — Vestager has warned case has larger consequences for tax fight| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Twitter restricts a number of high-profile accounts in India, citing a “legal demand”, including investigative news outlet Caravan and two politicians — Twitter blocked access to dozens of accounts in India, including some that belonged to high-profile individuals in the country …
More:
India Today, Scroll.in, The Wire, The Economic Times, and MakeUseOf
Tweets: @pranavdixit, @bhuvanbagga, @bhuvanbagga, @pranavdixit, @bhuvanbagga, @sanjukta, and @vidyakrishnan
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Automation software maker UiPath raises $750M led by Alkeon Capital and Coatue, valuing the company at $35B — UiPath Inc.has raised $750 million in a fundraising round that values the automation software maker at $35 billion. — The round was led by Alkeon Capital and Coatue …
More:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, and UiPath Inc.
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.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
Automate your scheduling workflows with Zoho Calendar — Your calendar can do more than schedule meetings Creating a calendar event takes only a few seconds. But scheduling is rarely just about creating the event.
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
Lenny's Podcast:
90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord's product chief | Peter Sellis
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:
AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Sources:
Baseten's CEO on why every company will want to own its AI
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.
Training Data:
Box's Aaron Levie: On Reinventing Yourself in the AI Age and Enterprise Diffusion
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:15 PM ET, February 1, 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
Todd Spangler / Variety:Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press: |
Tweets: @kimzetter, @matthewkeyslive, @wylienewmark, @jeffstone500, @howelloneill, @kimzetter, @kimzetter, @ap, and @kimzetter
Earlier Picks
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More:
The Verge, appleosophy.com, Pocketnow, Gizchina, Engadget, Lifehacker, Input, AppleInsider, MSPoweruser, Thurrott, Six Colors, Windows Central, BGR, Trusted Reviews, TechCrunch, ZDNet, MakeUseOf, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, Redmond Pie, Softpedia News, XDA Developers, OnMSFT.com, KnowTechie, Neowin, TechRadar, Notebookcheck.net, phonearena.com, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @ow, @krishnapermi, and @brianfagioli
| NetBlocks: |
More:
CyberScoop, BBC, Reuters, Reuters, ZDNet, Axios, Light Reading, and Business Insider
Tweets: @the_ayeminthant, @netblocks, @netblocks, @the_ayeminthant, @netblocks, @reuters, @reuters, and @the_ayeminthant
| Bloomberg: |
Tweets: @dinabass, @argonaut, @dinabass, @angelicalavito, @ophirgottlieb, @cnbcjulianna, @sub8u, @trengriffin, and @sabrinatessep
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Ars Technica, Boing Boing, Gizmodo, Business Insider, and TechCrunch