|
December 1, 2021, 7:20 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10, and renaming Square Crypto to Spiral, as its business shifts toward technologies like blockchain — - Payments giant Square will change its corporate name to Block, effective Dec. 10. — The move comes as Square expands beyond …
More:
Square, TechCrunch, Protocol, The Verge, spiral.xyz, Blockworks, VICE, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, TheStreet, CNET, Engadget, CoinDesk, Decrypt, AppleInsider, Decrypt, Los Angeles Times, Finextra, Reuters, Insider, The Block, Forbes, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, and Wired
Tweets: @square, @blocks, @mmasnick, @lorcanrk, @davidfrum, @gamoid, @gtinari, @levie, @cashapp, @spiralbtc, @blocks, @ron_miller, @antoniofrench, @marciadorsey, @samro, @rmac18, @anildash, @billspacman, @tonyajoriley, @caseynewton, @jsnell, @kevinroose, @harrymccracken, @ericnewcomer, @kr00ney, @sam_l_shead, and @mgsiegler
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Teams Essentials, a standalone version of Teams for SMBs with a simplified UI, focus on meetings, and no Office apps for $4 per user/month — This standalone version of Teams is even more of a Zoom competitor — Microsoft is creating its first standalone version of Microsoft Teams for small businesses.
More:
Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft, GeekWire, CRN, The Register, TechCircle, Channel Futures, BetaNews, Protocol, Engadget, Digital Trends, PCMag, OnMSFT.com, XDA Developers, MobileSyrup, Windows Central, ZDNet, and TechRadar
Tweets: @wallstcynic, @xparacha, and @microsoftteams
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok adds monetization tools for creators, including Stripe-powered Tips and Video Gifts, starting in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain — TikTok is today introducing new ways for its creators to make money from their content. While already, the short-form video platform allowed creators …
More:
TikTok, TikTok Creator Portal, Protocol, Tubefilter, Social Media Today, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, and The Verge
Tweets: @devmachette_, @minney_cat, and @collision
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit announces real-time features, including live upvote, downvote, comment, and viewer counts, a typing indicator, and notifications for top-level comments — You'll see typing indicators, too — Reddit is introducing some big changes on Wednesday by adding new real-time features.
More:
Reddit Upvoted Blog, TechCrunch, TNW, Ars Technica, iThinkDifferent, XDA Developers, Social Media Today, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Protocol, Engadget, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @jasoncosta, @reddit, and @martinsfp
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
In its end-of-year threat report, Meta says it took down several global disinformation networks, including anti-vaccine groups and groups linked to state actors — The takedowns described in the company's latest threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating
More:
Meta, CNN, NPR, CNET, Bloomberg, and Engadget
Tweets: @ngleicher, @persily, @zhaoyinfeng, @seattletimes, @aurasalla, @samfbiddle, @benimmo, and @mmasnick
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter bans sharing private images and videos without consent, with exceptions for newsworthiness and public figures, and will remove content that users report — Twitter has expanded its private information policy to include media, banning users from sharing photos or videos of a private individual without their permission.
Source:
Twitter. More:
Washington Post, NPR, MUO, infosecurity-magazine.com, MediaNama, TechRadar, TNW, The Hacker News, and Livemint
Tweets: @twittersafety, @twittersafety, @twittersafety, @twittersafety, @mmasnick, @chadloder, @twittersafety, @bretweinstein, @wongmjane, @howardlindzon, @vitogesualdi, @tomfitton, @mtracey, @twittersafety, @bhweingarten, @matthewtyrmand, @ulonnaya, @carnage4life, @twittersafety, @imao_, @etbrooking, @noupside, @willmenaker, @vv1lder, @cwarzel, @evan_greer, @dloesch, @kirkwrites79, @josephfcox, @alyssafarah, @bergealex4, @blackamazon, @ecrumrine, @kyriacosonyx, and @drivenbyboredom
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Jack Dorsey joins other tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their platforms, amid increasing political controversy and hard-to-fix problems — Jack Dorsey, who is stepping down after six years as Twitter's chief executive, is one of the tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their empires.
More:
Washington Post, Marketing Dive, Quartz, and Livemint
| Stacy Mitchell / Institute for Local Self-Reliance: |
Research: Amazon revenue from third-party sellers will reach $121B in 2021, up from $60B in 2019, as seller fees reach 34%, up from 30% in 2018 and 19% in 2014 — Amazon's dominance of online retail means that small businesses have little choice but to rely on its site to reach consumers.
More:
Vox and TechCrunch
| Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
In an internal Slack message, Marc Benioff says Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor will continue to report to him — Bret Taylor is co-CEO of Salesforce in name only, it turns out. The Information has learned that in his new role Taylor will continue to report to Marc Benioff, who is ostensibly his equal as co-CEO.
More:
CNBC, San Francisco Business Journal, TheStreet, Channel Futures, and TechRadar
Tweets: @martinsfp and @epro
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
AWS announces SageMaker Studio Lab, a free version of SageMaker in public preview to help customers with little experience build, train, and deploy ML models — At re:Invent, the cloud giant also announced a new $10 million AI & ML scholarship program for underrepresented and underserved students.
More:
AWS News Blog, SiliconANGLE, Protocol, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, and Amazon Web Services, Inc.
| Yinka Adegoke / Rest of World: |
A look at China's extensive tech investments in Africa, including undersea cables, data centers, and fintech apps, as part of its “Digital Silk Road” initiative — As the Chinese “tech stack” leads from undersea cables to smartphones and fintech apps, concerns grow for the digital future of ordinary Africans.
Tweets: @restofworld, @peterguest, @fabiochiusi, @marcusryder, @yinkawrites, and @cengizyar
| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Meta selects AWS as its “long-term strategic cloud provider”, a partnership that includes helping AWS customers run the PyTorch framework more effectively — The company formerly known as Facebook built an impressive array of computing infrastructure over the last decade.
More:
ZDNet, FinLedger, MarketScreener, Devdiscourse News Desk, and Beyond Search
| Robin Pogrebin / New York Times: |
A look at Particle, founded by an ex-Christie's exec and others, which plans to split Banksy's Love Is in the Air into 10,000 pieces to be sold as NFTs — A former Christie's executive has joined cryptocurrency experts to create a company that purchases art and sells the fragments as NFTs.
More:
Axios and Business Wire
Tweets: @investvoyager, @lanceulanoff, @sjohn_nahas, @john1wu, @rpogrebin, @avalancheavax, @jayks17, @edzitron, @chartsimpson, and @shingolavine
| Marty Swant / Forbes: |
The Facebook Papers offer glimpses into how users perceive Meta's ad products, like the impact of its reaction emojis, and the concerns raised by employees — The “Facebook Papers” have been revelatory when it comes to how the company formerly known as Facebook deals with content moderation and a wide variety of other issues.
Tweets: @martyswant, @martyswant, @franceshaugen, @joshsternberg, @forbes, and @martyswant. Thanks:@martyswant
| Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal: |
Match Group will pay $441M to settle claims by Tinder founders and executives that Match avoided paying them up to $2B by undervaluing the app in mid-2017 — Company says it would pay $441 million to plaintiffs, including dating app's co-founders — Match Group Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed …
More:
Livemint, The Verge, TechCrunch, BBC, Input, dot.LA, Financial Times, New York Post, Engadget, Fortune, Financial Times, Reuters, and Forbes
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China plans to ban companies from going public on foreign markets through variable interest entities, closing a loophole used by local tech companies — China is planning to ban companies from going public on foreign stock markets through variable interest entities …
More:
South China Morning Post, San Francisco Business Journal, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, and Reuters
Tweets: @dalperovitch, @dannycrichton, @bauhiniacapital, and @zichenwanghere
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
1inch Network, which offers the popular DEX aggregator app 1inch, raises a $175M Series B led by Amber Group, bringing its total funding to $190M — Quick Take — 1inch Network has raised $175 million in a Series B funding round. — The project is looking to serve institutional customers …
More:
TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Forbes, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin News, cryptodaily.co.uk, Insider, Decrypt, and Coinspeaker
| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Crypto.com plans to acquire the North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex) and a ~40% stake in Small Exchange from IG Group for $216M in cash — - Small Exchange is backed by Citadel, Peak6, Jump Capital — Cash deal is expected to be completed in first half of 2022| Rest of World: |
Crypto trading volume in Indonesia this year reached ~$50B by October, up over 10x YoY, despite the government and the Ulema Council forbidding crypto payments — Crypto is booming on the archipelago. Its proponents aren't who you'd think — Ananda Badudu is 32 years old …
Tweets: @restofworld, @anxioushuxley, @blackamazon, @leomschwartz, @restofworld, and @lmatsakis
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, with improved camera and AI processing and up to 20% better performance and 30% better power efficiency over Snapdragon 888 — Faster performance, better cameras, improved AI, and more — Qualcomm has a new flagship smartphone processor …
More:
HotHardware.com News, VentureBeat, PCWorld, Qualcomm, AnandTech, XDA Developers, Tom's Hardware, Android Police, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Forbes, HotHardware.com News, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, The Register, Telecoms.com, Laptop Mag, Axios, Thurrott, Qualcomm, and SemiAccurate
Tweets: @bryanbma, @nano_arun, @donnymac, @anandtech, @zhuowei, @sadlyitsbradley, and @tech_edgete
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
More:
The Verge, Tom's Hardware, VentureBeat, and Qualcomm
Tweets: @slightlylate, @dcseifert, @slightlylate, and @codinghorror
| Annie Njanja / TechCrunch: |
Anchor, which offers cloud-based autonomous billing tools for companies, raises a $15M seed led by Rapyd Ventures, Entrée Capital, and Tal Ventures — Companies often spend an incommensurate amount of time chasing overdue payments, which distracts them from their core businesses, and brings forth cash flow issues.
More:
Finextra, Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, and CTech
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Q&A with Frances Haugen on becoming a whistleblower, leaving Facebook after moving to Puerto Rico, the Meta rebrand, and plans to run simulated social networks — When the Wall Street Journal launched a series of explosive articles based on internal Facebook documents in September, people naturally wondered about the source.
Tweets: @dlberes, @giladedelman, @parismarx, and @stevenlevy
| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
Congress will hold a hearing with executives from Coinbase, Circle, FTX, and others on December 8 to discuss digital assets and the future of finance — The hearing, “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States …
More:
The Block, The Hill, U.S. House Committee …, and Crypto Briefing
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Blockchain audit service CertiK raises an $80M Series B2, following $61M across B and B+ rounds, at a nearly $1B valuation led by Sequoia Capital — Quick Take — CertiK, a blockchain and smart contract auditing firm, has raised another $80 million. — The firm is now valued at nearly $1 billion.
More:
Blockworks, FinLedger, Cointelegraph, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, and Help Net Security
| Ross Young / Display Supply Chain Consultants: |
Foldable smartphone shipments reached a record 2.6M units in Q3, up 480% YoY, with Samsung accounting for a 93% share followed by Huawei at 6% — Austin, TX - — Q3'21 was a record quarter for foldable smartphone shipments as expected, given the successful launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 … | Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Niels Juul, who produced Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, launches NFT Studios and hopes to raise $8M-$10M to fund a feature film by selling 10,000 NFTs — Niels Juul hopes to raise up to $10m and says he wants to ‘democratise’ antiquated funding system — The executive producer behind … Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control — Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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.Featured Podcasts
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Invest Like the Best:
Henry Ellenbogen - Man Versus Machine
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Grit:
How Evan Spiegel Is Building the Future of Computing
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Acquired:
10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why humans are AI's biggest bottleneck (and what's coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead)
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:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
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 7:20 PM ET, December 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
Wall Street Journal:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Christal Hayes / BBC:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jamie Feltham / UploadVR: |
More:
Oculus Blog, SlashGear, Windows Central, VRFocus, TechRadar, and Engadget
Tweets: @beatsaber, @j_shepz, and @androidcentral
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
More:
The Verge, Bankless Times, CryptoPotato, Coinspeaker, Cryptonews, Financial Times, and American Banker
Tweets: @davidmarcus, @davidmarcus, @business, @sylviavarnham, @davidmarcus, @mikeisaac, @michaeldowling, @goldman, @thestalwart, @davidmarcus, @mayazi, @haileylennonbtc, @qwongsj, @leb_crypto, @silvermanjacob, @martyswant, @alexrkonrad, @lizzadwoskin, @chrismessina, @ceciliakang, @sarthakgh, @karaswisher, @brianmcc, @davidmarcus, @davidmarcus, @davidmarcus, @caseynewton, and @jyarow
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Source:
GOV.UK. More:
Protocol, Slate, MUO, Tubefilter, TheStreet, MediaNama, The Mac Observer, and TechCircle
Tweets: @cmagovuk, @adamkovac, @alecmuffett, @adamkovac, @felipeovalle, @villeaula, @tomwarren, @howardlindzon, @morningbrew, @s8mb, @alecmuffett, @jbenton, @alison_mcgovern, and @antondinev