|
March 11, 2021, 4:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Bloomberg: |
Documents: Apple denied Parler reentry into the App Store, citing a lack of changes; source says Parler let its three remaining iOS developers go — - Apple's recent review found ‘Nazi symbols’ on the Parler site — Parler eliminates seven workers, most of whom were contractors
More:
Engadget, CNET, The Overspill, Washington Post, The Hill, Input, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, Apple Terminal, Gizmodo, MacDailyNews, The Wrap, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, The Verge, and Reclaim The Net
Tweets: @williamturton, @joshuatopolsky, @williamturton, and @williamturton
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Adobe rolls out a version of Photoshop optimized for Apple Silicon, claiming a 1.5X performance improvement over most Photoshop tasks on Intel Macs — Adobe says there are a ton of speed and performance gains — Lightroom was the first Adobe creative app to make the leap to Apple Silicon …
More:
Adobe Blog, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Macworld, PetaPixel, TechCrunch, Adobe Blog, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, TechRadar, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @reneritchie, @mattmoniz, @om, @karlconrad, @stalman, @campuscodi, and @karlconrad
| Bloomberg: |
Three former employees say that 100+ employees at Verkada could view the camera feeds of its thousands of customers via widely used super admin accounts — - Former employee said issue was raised with Verkada executives — Hackers gained access to 150,000 customer camera feeds
More:
Washington Post, The Cloudflare Blog, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Insider, Pixel Envy, IPVM, HackRead, SC Media, Dark Reading, and The Register
Tweets: @williamturton, @kathygriffin, @williamturton, @bradstone, and @em0ntw1tter. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| CNBC: |
Roblox closes at $69.50, valuing it at $38.26B, after opening under RBLX at $64.50, up 43% from its January funding round — - Roblox held its stock market debut on Wednesday through a direct listing and is now trading under ticker symbol RBLX. — The company's stock closed at $69.50 apiece … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
More:
The Economic Times, Slate, CNBC, Bloomberg, Protocol, New York Post, Index Ventures, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @seflless, @rktweets, @dhh, @webmixedreality, and @stratechery
| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Twitter says it is testing displaying large images, instead of cropped previews, on iOS and Android and will add support for 4K photo uploads — “Sometimes it's better said with a picture or a video.” — What you need to know — Twitter is testing new features that will let you see a single image in full on your timeline.
More:
The Verge, SlashGear, and Pocket-lint
| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook says it has filed motions to dismiss antitrust lawsuits brought by the FTC and state AGs, arguing its conduct did not harm competition or consumers — Action marks its first legal salvo since the FTC and 46 states sued the company in December — WASHINGTON— Facebook Inc …
More:
About Facebook, BBC, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, New York Times, Associated Press, CNET, Agence France-Presse, Platformer, MediaPost, Business Insider Australia, PYMNTS.com, Daily Mail, theepochtimes.com, The Daily Caller, Variety, Deadline, Washington Post, Engadget, Politico, Bloomberg, and Forbes
| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Data center operator OVH says a fire destroyed some of its sites in France, affecting cyber threat intelligence company Bad Packets, game maker Rust, and others — In a major unprecedented incident, data centers of OVH located in Strasbourg, France have been destroyed by fire.
More:
OVH, VICE, Netcraft News, Reuters, The Register, Dot Esports, SlashGear, HackRead, VentureBeat, and BBC
Tweets: @olesovhcom, @craiu, @playrust, @olesovhcom, @ovhcloud, @olesovhcom, @olesovhcom, @olesovhcom, @olesovhcom, @lichess, @dcuthbert, @thekotti, @campuscodi, @malwarejake, @0xmatt, @fluffypony, @dippizuka, @weh_kaniini, @tomchop_, and @thegrugq
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Creators are monetizing through hyper-specific revenue streams like NewNew, which lets fans pay to vote to control a creator's day-to-day decisions — Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money. Yet fans still hold the power. — A rash of new start-ups are making it easier … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Q&A with Chris Sacca on his brief retirement, Trump and Biden, investing in climate startups, how investing has changed, NFTs, and more — In 2015, venture capitalist Chris Sacca was one of Silicon Valley's most influential investors, No. 3 on the Midas List with more than one million Twitter followers …
Tweets: @sacca, @alexrkonrad, @hkanji, @rich_barton, @crystale, @teddyschleifer, and @justinhgillis
| Vittoria Elliott / Rest of World: |
Experts say Russia accidentally blocked domains with the characters “t.co”, like Microsoft.com, as well as some government websites, while slowing down Twitter — Reminder: Internet censorship can have unintended consequences. — Russian internet users began noticing something strange … | Reuters: |
More:
CNBC, CNN, Axios, The Guardian, Associated Press, The Register, Social Media Today, and BBC
Tweets: @dougmadory, @dougmadory, @kevincollier, @b_fung, @ceciliakang, @michaeldweiss, @can, @evacide, @nukestrat, @kimzetter, @jckichen, @biannagolodryga, @nytimes, @reuters, and @digiphile
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Coupang priced its IPO at $35 per share, above its target range, to raise $4.2B and give the South Korean e-commerce giant a market value of about $60B — - South Korean e-commerce company sells shares for $35 each — Coupang shares set to begin trading Thursday on NYSE
More:
Reuters, Financial Times, and equalocean.com
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Cloudera beats with Q4 revenue of $226.6M, up 7% YoY, subscription rev. of $206.8M, up 14% YoY, and ARR of $778M, up 10% YoY; stock down ~10% on weak Q1 outlook — Although Cloudera's January-quarter results beat expectations, the outlook for revenue this year was disappointing.
More:
Cloudera, Inc. and SiliconANGLE
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Instagram Lite, an Android app that takes up just 2MB of storage space, in 170 countries, and says Facebook Lite has 200M+ MAUs — Growth for Facebook is coming from the developing world, and so the social network today made another key move to cater better to consumers in those countries.
More:
About Facebook, Facebook Technology, The Next Web, Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Central, Mobile World Live, Jerusalem Post, HYPEBEAST, Livemint, Firstpost Tech, International Business Times, Digital Trends, Pocketnow, Reuters, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Wccftech, Mashable, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, and Android Police
Tweets: @wongmjane, @alexvoica, @schrep, @aardrian, @krausefx, @cramforce, @chrismaddern, @dhh, @mantia, and @ashleyrcarman. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Twitter says it aims to let anyone start hosting Spaces in April, after testing with a select few — If you're wondering where those promised Spaces are — If you opened your phone this morning to see a Twitter app update, you might have been excited — and then confused …
More:
Pocketnow, MacRumors, Mashable, Social Media Today, Ubergizmo, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @martinsfp
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple says it will invest €1B in Germany over the next three years and will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center — Apple will make Munich its European Silicon Design Center, the company announced today. Work already being undertaken by Apple in Bavaria's capital is contributing …
More:
Apple Newsroom, Financial Times, The Register, iTnews, Apple Must, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @atbwebb, @benedictevans, @atbwebb, @atbwebb, @fosspatents, and @sam_l_shead
| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Amazon is the only major publisher that withholds its digital books from public libraries, preventing people from downloading over 10,000 e-books and audiobooks — Its monopoly is stopping public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks from Mindy Kaling, Dean Koontz, Dr. Ruth Westheimer … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Tetrate, which develops an app management platform for hybrid and multicloud environments, raises $40M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures — Tetrate, the company commercializing an open-source networking project that allows for easier data sharing across different applications, has raised $40 million.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Business Wire, and FinSMEs
Tweets: @caseynewton, @sapphirevc, @tetrateio, @cra, and @delltechcapital
| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: Facebook pulls out of the Hong Kong-Americas undersea fiber project amid US pressure, after putting its Pacific Light Cable Network on hold in August — China-California link is latest in a string of cables project derailed by pressure from U.S. national-security officials| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
TikTok gives users the ability to approve all new comments before they appear and adds in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments — TikTok is introducing new features meant to — reduce bullying and harassment on its platform: new comment controls and in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments.
More:
TikTok, The Verge, Pocketnow, Social Media Today, and Insider
Tweets: @tiktokcomms, @stokel, and @mattnavarra
| Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
Asana beats with Q4 revenue of $68.4M, up 57% YoY, net loss of $61.5M, up from $25.2M in Q4 2020, and says it has 93K paying customers; stock up ~6% after hours — Shares of Asana Inc. ASAN, -2.77% were initially up 9% in extended trading Wednesday after the maker of workflow-management …
More:
Business Wire and ZDNet
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple cuts iPhone 12 mini orders by 70%, targets producing 75M iPhones in H1 and 230M units for all of 2021, reschedules new MacBook production to H2 — Total iPhone target for 2021 still at 230m units despite global parts shortage — TAIPEI — Apple is slashing its planned production …
More:
MacRumors, The Verge, iMore, SlashGear, BGR, Pocketnow, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, ExtremeTech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Thurrott, Engadget, and HotHardware.com News
Tweets: @lukemiani, @detroitborg, @lanceulanoff, @rdrv3, @detroitborg, @counternotions, @tjg4005, @dcseifert, @saschasegan, @chengtingfang, and @grimes_ce
| Shiyin Chen / Bloomberg: |
Epic Games sues Google in Australia, arguing Google forces developers to use its payments system, expanding on lawsuits in US and UK against Google and Apple — - Fortnite maker has already sued Google in the U.S. and U.K. — Dispute centers around fees charged by app store operators
More:
The Verge, Epic Games, Agence France-Presse, The Guardian, SiliconANGLE, and Thurrott
Tweets: @nickstatt, @hoeglaw, @dhh, and @dhh
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Big data integrator Talend says it has been acquired by PE firm Thoma Bravo for $2.4B; Talend went public in 2016 — Talend, which went public in 2016, said the deal will position the company for long-term growth and provide the necessary capital and resources to execute its market strategy.
More:
SiliconANGLE, CRN, PR Newswire, and MarketWatch
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Generate videos with Veo 3 in Google Gemini — Create high-quality, 8-second videos with Veo 3, our state-of-the-art AI video generator. Try it with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan.
Generate videos with Veo 3 in Google Gemini — Create high-quality, 8-second videos with Veo 3, our state-of-the-art AI video generator. Try it with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan.
Warp:
The #1 Coding Agent — #1 on Terminal-Bench. 71% on SWE-bench Verified. Trusted by 600K+ devs. Try the top agentic dev tool for $1 for 1st month with code TECHMEME.
The #1 Coding Agent — #1 on Terminal-Bench. 71% on SWE-bench Verified. Trusted by 600K+ devs. Try the top agentic dev tool for $1 for 1st month with code TECHMEME.
Zoho:
Boost technician productivity on the go with the Zoho FSM mobile app — Life on the move: Inside a technician's daily workflowIn field service, unpredictability is part of the job. One moment, a technician is on schedule.
Boost technician productivity on the go with the Zoho FSM mobile app — Life on the move: Inside a technician's daily workflowIn field service, unpredictability is part of the job. One moment, a technician is on schedule.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
F5:
F5's 2025 AI Strategy Report — Only 2% of Enterprises Are Fully AI-Ready. Most face security gaps like weak data governance and lack of AI firewalls, stalling adoption and innovation. What is your readiness to scale AI?
F5's 2025 AI Strategy Report — Only 2% of Enterprises Are Fully AI-Ready. Most face security gaps like weak data governance and lack of AI firewalls, stalling adoption and innovation. What is your readiness to scale AI?Featured Podcasts
Tech Brew Ride Home:
An Apple Pixar Lamp?
Tech news headlines every day. 15 minutes and you're up to date. From Tech Brew, Morning Brew's tech hub.
Subscribe to Tech Brew Ride Home.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
The head of ChatGPT on AI attachment, ads, and what's next
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Lenny's Podcast:
The one question that saves product careers | Matt LeMay
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.
Great Chat:
Warm intros and hot takes: It's time to get ready for fundraising season
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
Is The AI Going To Escape? -- With Anthony Aguirre
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Brian Armstrong from Coinbase
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:05 AM ET, March 11, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, Axios, and Washington Post
Tweets: @birnbaum_e, @brfreed, @protocol, @issielapowsky, and @birnbaum_e
Earlier Picks
| Bloomberg: |
More:
U.S. Senator John Kennedy, Congressman Ken Buck, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, 9to5Mac, Sydney Morning Herald, Android Central, Gizmodo, and Reuters
Tweets: @b_fung, @b_fung, @ceciliakang, @evan_greer, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @b_fung, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @repkenbuck, @jason_kint, and @senjohnkennedy
| Tim Ferriss / The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss: |
More:
Decrypt, BitcoinExchangeGuide, and InsideBitcoins.com
Tweets: @tferriss, @chuck_huber, @coinbureau, @icodrops, and @jswihart