|
September 11, 2021, 4:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP — A major win for Epic Games and Fortnite — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case …
Source:
United States District Court. More:
Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Ars Technica, Reuters, CNN, Washington Post, Politico, Techdirt, Neowin, 500ish, CourtListener, Financial Times, Associated Press, CNBC, Vox, Pixel Envy, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Reuters, MacRumors, Axios, The Information, Daring Fireball, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Social Media Today, Gameranx, iTnews, thegamer.com, PC Gamer, Slate, phonearena.com, Wired, dexerto.com, MSPoweruser, Decrypt, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, The Register, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @markgurman, @timsweeneyepic, @reckless, @timsweeneyepic, @shiraovide, @nickstatt, @backlon, @rjonesy, @timsweeneyepic, @reckless, @markgurman, @cat_zakrzewski, @markgurman, @reckless, @reckless, @thedextriarchy, @carnage4life, @bobbyallyn, @samifathi_, @stephennellis, @eringriffith, @rjonesy, @rjonesy, @willoremus, @thedextriarchy, @stroughtonsmith, @rjonesy, @thedextriarchy, @reckless, @dhh, @stroughtonsmith, @alexstamos, @gerritd, @tanayj, @andrewrsorkin, @eriqgardner, @sdw, @panzer, @davidcicilline, @dhh, @deitaone, @benthompson, @panzer, @mgsiegler, @chockenberry, @shiraovide, @rjonesy, @reckless, @thebradsmith, @stroughtonsmith, @benbajarin, @viticci, @senblumenthal, @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @eringriffith, @backlon, @stroughtonsmith, @backlon, @eringriffith, @shiraovide, @gartenberg, @toadsanime, @eric_seufert, @imgoldenyt, @backlon, @willsmith, @leah_nylen, @stephentotilo, @caro_milanesi, @marcoarment, @patrickmcgee_, @shiraovide, @caseynewton, @benthompson, @willoremus, @thedextriarchy, @danielhipskind_, @malcolmmoore, @reneritchie, @digiphile, @joshavant, @s8mb, @benbajarin, @willoremus, @willoremus, @alexeheath, @waltmossberg, @ballmatthew, @caseynewton, @benbajarin, @eric_seufert, @nickstatt, @mgsiegler, @justinhendrix, @dbreunig, @jacknicas, @laurengoode, @msquinn, @bzamayo, @patrickmcgee_, @shiraovide, @kellen_browning, @tomgara, @benedictevans, @arctictony, @markgurman, @fightfortheftr, @levynews, @nickstatt, @jcenters, @amyklobuchar, @eringriffith, @shannon_liao, @russellholly, @rileytestut, @panzer, @rjonesy, @caseynewton, @tapbot_paul, @willoremus, @reckless, @reckless, @markgurman, @benbajarin, @jannwolfe, @mrmedina, @shiraovide, @willoremus, @panzer, @backlon, @caro_milanesi, @backlon, @carnage4life, @kantrowitz, @alexstamos, @leah_nylen, @backlon, @rmantri, @verge, @dangillmor, @scobleizer, @mattophobia, @shiraovide, @jonporty, @kantrowitz, @rsgnl, @repkenbuck, @carnage4life, @backlon, @thedextriarchy, @leahcim_nyc, @benthompson, @film_girl, @pkafka, @bzamayo, @backlon, @leah_nylen, @kellymakena, @alexeheath, @stroughtonsmith, @mgsiegler, @thedextriarchy, @markgurman, @jessicalessin, @starfire2258, @cnbctechcheck, @maxkriegervg, and @leah_nylen
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Epic ruling is a win for Apple as it costs the company just a few billion annually and doesn't force Apple to change its fees or let 3rd-party app stores on iOS — - Judge says all apps can bypass the company's purchase fees — Apple makes majority of its App Store revenue from games
More:
New York Times, The Verge, CNBC, Bloomberg, and iThinkDifferent
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
More:
The Hill and IGN
Tweets: @jeiting, @gruber, @backlon, @gruber, @backlon, @reckless, @reckless, @pkafka, @cgartenberg, @snazzyq, @bzamayo, @reckless, @reckless, @tomwarren, @reckless, @reckless, @stroughtonsmith, @robotodd, @matthewstoller, @gruber, @stroughtonsmith, and @jsnell
| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Internal docs: Google realized last year it illegally underpaid temp staff in many countries for years, but was slow to fix the issue fearing negative publicity — The company realized months ago that it could be running afoul of pay laws in a number of countries but has been slow to fix the problem, according to internal documents.
More:
The Guardian, The Verge, CNET, and Gizmodo
| TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp will start rolling out e2e encrypted backups to iOS and Android users in the coming weeks as an optional feature — WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put …
More:
Facebook Engineering, fossbytes.com, Bloomberg, Wired, Pixel Envy, BGR, TidBITS, The Register, Social Media Today, The Independent, and CNET
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @wcathcart, @filosottile, @jsrailton, @wcathcart, @zackwhittaker, @tomgara, @micahflee, @alexeheath, @mikarv, @wcathcart, @aditi_muses, @micahflee, @wongmjane, @nicnguyen, @sweis, @runasand, @sanjg2k1, @fb_engineering, and @wcathcart
| Davey Alba / New York Times: |
Internal emails: the data Facebook provided to researchers studying misinformation since 2019 included about half of its US users, not all as it then claimed — More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook trumpeted a plan to share data with researchers about how people interacted …
More:
Engadget. Tweets: @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @katestarbird, @marietjeschaake, @shiraovide, @blackamazon, @anildash, @moonalice, @rmac18, @anildash, @lauraedelson2, @emilydreyfuss, @justinhendrix, @issielapowsky, @ggreeneva, @jason_kint, @kevinroose, @m_dot_brown, @mikeisaac, @bernstein, @gregpak, @stephaniemlee, @anildash, @megansquire0, and @daveyalba
| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
The DoD has retaken all 175M IPv4 addresses it handed over to a Florida company on Trump's last day; DoD says its schedule was “agnostic” of the admin change — Control of a remarkable 6 percent of the Internet was handed over to a Florida company as part of a cybersecurity pilot project.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce, in a Slack message, says it will help relocate employees, who are worried about access to reproductive healthcare in their state, and their families — - Salesforce committed to helping employees and their families relocate if they're concerned about the ability to seek reproductive care … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Stripe is in early discussions with investment banks about going public as soon as next year, either through a direct listing or an IPO — - Stripe is still deciding on an IPO vs. a direct listing — Company would be one of the biggest ever to go public| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired: |
Twitch sues two anonymous users, accusing them of “hate raids” harassing Black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist, and other content — The lawsuit accuses two anonymous users of “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic …
More:
Polygon, Game Rant, Gizmodo, Tubefilter, and dexerto.com
Tweets: @kruzadar, @hugs86, @ayayoshiestream, @therealcliffyb, @esportslaw, @feliciavagabond, and @cypheroftyr
| Rick Klau / California Department of Technology: |
California releases front end and middle tier code for its Digital Vaccine Record on GitHub to help other states deploy SMART Health Card systems of their own — By Rick Klau State Chief Technology Innovation Officer September 10, 2021 - Soon after we launched the Digital Vaccine Record portal in June …
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Sonos says it is raising prices for a majority of its product range amid the supply chain crunch — Its devices will cost from $10 to $100 more — Sonos has announced that many of its speakers will be getting a price increase, ranging from $10 more for its portable Roam, to $100 more for its Arc soundbar.| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: Apple intends to double its output of TV shows and movies next year to at least one a week and plans to spend $500M+ on marketing Apple TV+ this year — When Apple launched its Apple TV+ service nearly two years ago, executives throughout Hollywood and Silicon Valley snickered about the streaming video service.
More:
Deadline, MacRumors, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @jtoonkel, @reneritchie, @jessicalessin, @reneritchie, @trengriffin, @scobleizer, and @samifathi_
Sponsor Posts
Airtable:
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Clay:
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Turn any GTM idea into reality — Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Zoho:
Your next great hire is just a tap away — You're traveling for a recruitment conference and forgot your work laptop. You still have to review a C-suite candidate's salary requirements, filter the best candidates …
Your next great hire is just a tap away — You're traveling for a recruitment conference and forgot your work laptop. You still have to review a C-suite candidate's salary requirements, filter the best candidates …
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
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI's Productivity Question — With Aaron Levie
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.
Hard Fork:
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Loyal's Celine Halioua: From Defying Doubters To Pioneering Dog Longevity
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.
Access:
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on if AI is really killing software companies
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Lenny's Podcast:
Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak: Investing in an AI-Driven World
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:40 AM ET, September 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
New York Times:Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Matt Grobar / Deadline:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
CNBC and Business Wire
Tweets: @benmullin, @zlurie, @quinnypig, @russbengtson, @panzer, @darth, @kevinkaduk, @digitalshields, @rustybrick, @thufirhawat, @sherman4949, @alex, @film_girl, @mims, @sherman4949, @peterpham, @reckless, @bgurley, @benparr, @jeremarketer, and @joshelman
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
More:
CNBC and Ray-Ban
Tweets: @rmac18, @rmac18, @laurengoode, @rmac18, @tconrad, @jack, @msquinn, @brooklynmarie, @bcmerchant, @rmac18, @adamnash, @hawleymo, @zachareid, @jilliancyork, and @kantrowitz