|
June 30, 2021, 5:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments — - Online retail giant files petition saying Khan shows bias — FTC is reviewing Amazon's purchase of MGM movie studio
More:
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, The Verge, GeekWire, VICE, Associated Press, CNET, Engadget, Forbes, CNN, Insider, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Hill, Washington Post, Android Central, Variety, Financial Times, and Axios
Tweets: @ceciliakang, @ranjanxroy, @willoremus, @moreperfectus, @chris_j_walker, @stacyfmitchell, @econ_marshall, @daniarajendra, @tyillc, @elipariser, @jamessurowiecki, @aoifewhite101, @kenvogel, @joenbc, @karaswisher, @lam_barrett, @kellyweill, @snowjake, @aprilaser, @markhurst, @justinhendrix, @bd_highsmith, @ayeshaasiddiqi, @raaleh, @ddayen, @bhbradlow, @matthewstoller, @benedictevans, @andrewgiambrone, @matthewstoller, @b_fung, @matthewstoller, @silviakillings, @zephyrteachout, @johnwilson, @aprilaser, @kantrowitz, @lam_barrett, @matthewstoller, @bheater, @flargh, @alibreland, @mmasnick, @bigblackjacobin, and @mattmday
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
As iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 public betas arrive, an in-depth look at Focus, Safari's revamped UI, iPad multitasking, SharePlay, and other new features — For the past three weeks, I've been running the developer beta of iOS and iPadOS 15 on my iPhone 12 Pro Max and M1 iPad Pro, respectively.
More:
9to5Mac, ZDNet, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Verge, Tom's Guide, CNET, ZDNet, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Engadget, MacRumors, The Verge, CNBC, and Six Colors
Tweets: @tomsguide, @jacksonhvisuals, @viticci, @cgartenberg, @viticci, @cgartenberg, @parkerortolani, and @9to5mac
| Victoria Song / Gizmodo: |
Hands-on with Apple's watchOS 8 public beta: a welcome focus on helping users reduce stress induced by gadgets with a rebranded Mindfulness app, Focus, and more — When Apple previewed the features coming to watchOS 8, the next-gen software upgrade seemed iterative—great for overall performance … | Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Didi Chuxing opens at $16.65 per share on NYSE, up 20% from its $14 offering price, valuing the company at over $77B — - Shares of Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, began trading Wednesday in its initial public offering. — Didi was most recently valued in the private markets …
More:
New York Times, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, and Pandaily
Tweets: @cnbc, @nytimestech, and @madhavchanchani
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Windows 11 preview: a new and refreshing approach, with welcome and simplified UI updates; Snap Layouts and Snap Groups improve multitasking — Microsoft's first Windows 11 preview looks promising — Microsoft's first version of Windows appeared more than 35 years ago …
More:
Microsoft Support, CNET, Softpedia News, YouTube, Petri, and CNET
Tweets: @praaatiiik, @wsjudd, @tomwarren, and @backlon
| Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: |
iPhone 12 series sales crossed 100M globally in April 2021, seven months after launch, two months faster than iPhone 11; iPhone 12 Pro Max had a 29% sales share — Beijing, San Diego, Buenos Aires, London, New Delhi, Seoul - June 30, 2021 — Exactly 14 years ago, Apple disrupted …
More:
CNET, iThinkDifferent, Softpedia News, Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iMore, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, Apple Must, phonearena.com, iDownloadBlog.com, and TechSpot
Tweets: @gadgetfreak4u, @tarunpathak, @sarthakgh, @neiltwitz, and @tarunpathak
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Slack releases Slack Huddles, an audio chat tool, and details new features, including video messages and an enhanced company directory — Slack started talking about a new set of communications tools to enhance the text-based channels at the end of last year.
More:
Slack, Engadget, The Verge, Silicon Republic, SlashGear, PCMag, iPhone Hacks, Computerworld, MSPoweruser, CNBC, Fortune, Bloomberg, ZDNet, and Insider
Tweets: @slackhq, @julieliegl, @reckless, @chrismessina, @kyleturman, @mgsiegler, @eeismann, and @jowyang
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
AT&T joins T-Mobile in making Google's Android Messages the default app for SMS and RCS services on Android phones; Verizon so far has not made the switch — Verizon is the last big carrier not to switch — AT&T and Google have announced that all Android phones on the network …
More:
Gizmodo, Android Police, Android Authority, Cloud Blog, Engadget, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, AndroidGuys, and Droid Life
Tweets: @maxwinebach, @backlon, @googleworkspace, @android, @lockheimer, @robpegoraro, and @mishaalrahman
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: amid escalating rivalry, neither Google nor Microsoft are keen to renew a recently-expired truce to not use their lobbying firepower against each other — A non-aggression pact forged by their CEOs expired in April, threatening to add fuel to industry's antitrust battles
More:
Financial Times, Ars Technica, The Verge, Android Central, AppleInsider, Windows Central, MUO, and Insider
Tweets: @dinabass, @rasmus_kleis, @danielnewmanuv, @laukaya, @dangillmor, @iansherr, and @carnage4life
| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fines Robinhood $70M for misleading customers and system outages, the biggest fine it has ever imposed — Online brokerage faulted for missteps related to options trading and technology outages; company neither admits nor denies allegations
More:
New York Times, Under the Hood, The Verge, Reuters, Ars Technica, PCMag, The Information, The Block, AppleInsider, CNBC, Axios, PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, CNN, Decrypt, Fast Company, Finextra, Tech Xplore, VICE, Cointelegraph, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @kr00ney, @robinhoodapp, @joesaluzzi, @kslinvestigates, @nytimes, @eringriffith, @eringriffith, @gilmanhill, @finra, @dlauer, and @fintechfrank
| The Block: |
Twitter releases a set of seven NFTs, each available in 20 designs, and is auctioning them on marketplace Rarible — Quick Take — Twitter has released a set of seven NFTs, with 20 available in each design. — It's auctioning them on NFT marketplace Rarible.
More:
TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Adweek, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @twitter, @twitter, @jellybobuk, @quinnypig, @columbiajourn, @iankar_, @twitter, @twitter, and @twitter
| Bloomberg: |
Twitter and Facebook are fighting new Indian rules they say curtail privacy and free speech; the regulations include potential jail terms for executives — - Government wants the power to decide acceptable speech online — Twitter's under scrutiny in one of its fastest-growing markets
Tweets: @asxyzp, @jamewils, @super_crypto, @dhume, @geopol2030, @vladsavov, @vladsavov, @thejaggi, and @anjansengupta16
| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
While a judge dismissing FTC's suit against Facebook was a setback, experts say the 30-day window to refile and prove Facebook has a monopoly should be enough — A judge dealt the Federal Trade Commission a setback this week in its quest to break the company up—but also provided a roadmap for how to proceed.
More:
Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
TikTok says it removed 11M+ accounts during Q1 2021, including 7M+ for belonging to those under 13; around 62M videos were removed, or 1% of all uploaded — TikTok on Wednesday said it removed more than 7 million accounts “from the full TikTok experience” during the first quarter of 2021 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram confirms it is working on tools to let creators share “exclusive” content to Stories for paying fans — Instagram is building its own version of Twitter's Super Follow with a feature that would allow online creators to publish “exclusive” content to their Instagram Stories that's …
More:
Engadget, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @alex193a, @alex193a, @alex193a, @taylorlorenz, and @shiraovide
| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Buzzer, a live sports streaming service that launched in January, raises $20M Series A from investors including Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky — - Osaka, Mahomes also join $20 million funding round for Buzzer — Service sends alerts that draw viewers to live clips on phones| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Google UK will only run ads for financial products from sources approved by UK's financial watchdog, from Sept. 6, after being threatened with legal action — Google is tightening its ad screening rules in the UK after a steep rise in fraudulent adverts online during the pandemic. The search giant has| BuzzFeed News: |
Clearview AI data shows GAO's recent report on government use of facial recognition overlooked usage by five agencies, including IRS, TSA, and US Capitol Police — In a government accountability report about facial recognition, five federal agencies said they didn't use Clearview AI.
Tweets: @caro1inehaskins, @buzzfeedpol, @internetrebecca, @rmac18, @rmac18, and @rmac18
| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
More:
GAO, CNN, S.T.O.P., and Nextgov
Tweets: @mshannahmurphy, @jordannovet, @minneapolisam, @rajiinio, @startpage, @davegershgorn, @anniejacobsen, and @davegershgorn
| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
FightCamp, which offers an interactive at-home boxing training system with smart sensors in the gloves and subscription training videos, raises $90M — FightCamp, an interactive at-home training system for boxing/kickboxing, is announcing this morning that it has raised a $90M round … | BBC: |
Tim Berners-Lee sells an NFT for $5.4M that represents time-stamped files of the source code for the world wide web and other items, via a Sotheby's auction — The original source code for the world wide web has been sold as a non-fungible token, making $5.4m (£3.9m).
More:
The Verge, CoinDesk, Financial Times, Wired, Reuters, The Boston Globe, Slashdot, and CNBC
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Moveworks, which automates enterprise IT tasks using chatbots, raises $200M Series C led by Tiger Global and Alkeon Capital at a $2.1B post-money valuation — Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. — Moveworks, a platform designed …
More:
VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and Bloomberg
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Microsoft and AT&T say the carrier will run core parts of its 5G network on Azure; AT&T's newer networks rely more heavily on virtualization than hardware — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and AT&T Inc (T.N) on Wednesday said that the carrier will run core parts of its 5G wireless network on Microsoft's cloud computing platform.
More:
CRN, Thurrott, ZDNet, AT&T, Android Central, Light Reading, IT Management, Telecoms.com, FierceWireless, MSPoweruser, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @satyanadella, @fiercewireless, @trengriffin, @jlzander, and @rdrv3
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft and OpenAI announce GitHub Copilot, an AI-based tool to recommend code to software developers in almost any programming language — - GitHub, GitHub's parent company Microsoft and OpenAI have teamed up to deliver a tool that comes up with source code for programmers to use as they work.
More:
GitHub Copilot, The Hacker News, PCMag, Morning Brew, AI News, OnMSFT.com, and cloudpro.co.uk
Tweets: @github, @nickjshearer, @openai, @jaguring1, @woutercoekaerts, and @sama
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Android App Bundle, introduced at I/O 2018, will replace APK as the default format for new apps published to the Play Store in August — Google introduced the Android App Bundle format in May of 2018 at I/O as part of its modern development push.
More:
HotHardware.com News, mobilesyrup.com, XDA Developers, The Verge, Thurrott, SlashGear, and Droid Life
| Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: |
Drone delivery startup Zipline raises $250M at a $2.75B valuation to further its expansion in Africa and the US — Drone delivery startup Zipline, a company that got its start delivering medical supplies across Africa, has raised $250 million in new funding.Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Stockpocalypse, Anthropic Nears RSI?, Prediction Markets vs. Pollsters
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.
Machine Gods:
The Purple Tsunami Against Data Centers
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
Invest Like the Best:
Ramtin Naimi - The State of Venture
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
The Upstarts Podcast:
How Ramp Built A $60B AI Product Factory Off A Corporate Card | Co-CEO Eric Glyman
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:
Would you let a robot do it?
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.
Training Data:
A Model For Everyone: How Ronak From Trajectory Is Building Products For Continual Learning
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 5:05 PM ET, June 30, 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
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:Denise Petski / Deadline:
Payton Turkeltaub / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
More:
Associated Press and Microsoft On the Issues
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @b_fung, @campuscodi, @b_fung, @b_fung, and @b_fung
| Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg: |
Tweets: @finplankaluaja1, @islimfit, @silviakillings, @ivysteaco, @doubleeph, @bw, @doubleeph, @bw, @zekefaux, @ev_rat, @doubleeph, and @bw
| Annabelle Dickson / Politico: |
More:
New Statesman, inews.co.uk, and Lexology
Earlier Picks
| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
More:
CNBC, PYMNTS.com, and nocamels.com
Tweets: @haje, @quinnypig, @jaycuthrell, @bmorrissey, and @mekosoff