|
January 12, 2022, 10:10 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Jack Dorsey and others propose a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers, citing “multi-front litigation” and “threats” — The main purpose of the fund will be to defend developers from from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem …
Source:
bitcoin-dev mailing list. More:
The Block, Engadget, CryptoPotato, Decrypt, TechCircle, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Crypto Daily, Crypto Briefing, Cryptonews, Cryptopolitan, FX Empire, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @zackvoell, @caitlinlong_, @kanzure, @hosekiapp, and @leowandersleb
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Samsung, which had announced a January 11 event for the Exynos 2200, didn't show up to its own product launch — The Exynos 2200 was supposed to launch on January 11. It didn't. Nobody knows why. — So here's a crazy story. Samsung was supposed to have a big SoC launch today, but that launch did not happen.
More:
SamMobile, XDA Developers, Tom's Guide, Android Authority, Wccftech, Android Headlines, Neowin, Phandroid, Android Police, GSMArena.com, VideoCardz.com, 9to5Google, Notebookcheck.net, Pocketnow, Wccftech, SamMobile, Gizchina, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @universeice, @quinnypig, @ravi_711, @praaatiiik, and @ravi_711
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Federal judge rules FTC's amended suit alleging Meta has a monopoly can move forward, after a ruling last year threw out FTC's complaint over lack of evidence — The decision is a reversal of fortune for the agency after its first complaint was thrown out last year
Source:
DocumentCloud. More:
The Guardian, The Verge, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, Gotrade Daily, New York Times, MediaNama, Protocol, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Tech Xplore, Android Central, The Information, The Hill, Vox, New York Post, NPR, CNET, Bloomberg, iTnews, and equalocean.com
Tweets: @b_fung, @senwarren, @jason_kint, @harrylitman, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @cat_zakrzewski, @jason_kint, @fboversight, @fboversight, @justiacom, @mediamorphis, @jayhadhope, @robertjbateman, @klasfeldreports, @jesselehrich, @mediamorphis, @willoremus, and @ceciliakang
| Bloomberg: |
Sony confirms PlayStation 4 production will continue in 2022, which sources claim will help the company offset some PlayStation 5 production pressure — Sony Group Corp. will continue producing PlayStation 4 consoles throughout 2022 as it navigates disruptions to the global supply chain …
More:
PCMag, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, Game Rant, thegamer.com, Tom's Guide, Destructoid, TechRadar, Digit, Video Games Chronicle, Wccftech, Pocket-lint, BGR India, t3.com, Livy's Newsletter, GameSpot, and IGN
Tweets: @benjisales, @xboxwins1, @keemamr, and @wario64
| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
London-based Checkout.com, which offers payment processing tools, raises $1B in a share sale, sources say at a $40B valuation — The $1 billion deal vaults the digital-payments processor past all but a handful of other startups — Checkout.com didn't raise money from outside investors until 2019.| Lucy Harley-Mckeown / The Block: |
Coinbase says “nearly the entire company will shut down” across four separate “recharge weeks” for employees in 2022 to avoid burnout — Quick Take — Coinbase is giving employees four ‘recharge weeks’ off in 2022 in order to counteract what it called an intense working environment.
Source:
The Coinbase Blog. More:
Cointelegraph, Blockchain News, and Protocol
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @carnage4life, @alex, @overdrev, @emiliemc, @viktorbunin, and @iampaulgrewal
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: consumers spent $170B on mobile apps globally in 2021, up 19% YoY, with 230B app downloads; the average American spent 4.1 hours on apps per day — Consumer spending on mobile apps reached $170 billion in 2021, according to App Annie's newly released “State of Mobile 2022″ report …
Source:
App Annie. More:
BBC, Developer Tech News, AppleInsider, Livemint, VentureBeat, Forbes, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, GamesIndustry.biz, and Telecoms.com. Tweets: @appannie
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Wordle clones are starting to disappear from Apple's App Store, after reports surfaced about many capitalizing on the guessing game's popularity — It seems Apple has taken action — Has Apple taken action against apps that cloned the popular web game Wordle?
More:
TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, TechRadar, NPR, The Verge, MacRumors, The Guardian, AppleInsider, Protocol, Macworld, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Club386, iMore, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, IGN, Kotaku, PhoneArena, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, UPROXX, CNET, Daring Fireball, iMore, NME, Gawker, appadvice.com, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @waxpancake, @zachshakked, @tha_rami, @zachshakked, @keleftheriou, @reckless, @harrymccracken, @caleweissman, @cabel, @ow, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @gruber, @reneritchie, @blackamazon, @acarboni, @notamateurhour, @gartenberg, @keleftheriou, @gidmk, @ow, @_alastair, @bernstein, @jowens510, @danielpunkass, @timsweeneyepic, @reckless, @hodapp, @neilcybart, @patrickwardle, @reckless, @backlon, @neilcybart, @reckless, @questauthority, @reckless, @zachshakked, @neilcybart, @charlesarthur, @parkerortolani, @danielpunkass, @neilcybart, @lap_felix, @reneritchie, @jeffgrubb, @neilcybart, @stroughtonsmith, @anildash, @reneritchie, @cwarzel, @alexhern, and @daringfireball
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
BigPanda, an IT management company that uses AI to detect and resolve outages, raises $190M led by Advent and Insight at a $1.2B valuation — San Francisco-based BigPanda, which helps IT departments keep their digital services running, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion after a $190 million raise …
More:
BigPanda, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, CTech, TechCrunch, and GlobeNewswire News Room
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
SeekOut, which uses GitHub, academic papers, and other sources to help recruit diverse talent, raises a $115M Series C led by Tiger Global at a $1B+ valuation — The news: Seattle-area startup SeekOut just landed an additional $115 million to propel its valuation past $1 billion, earning it the coveted unicorn label.| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Magic Leap has pivoted towards health care, defense, and manufacturing markets with Magic Leap 2, which will cost more than the Leap 1's $2,295-$2,995 price tag — The company has enlisted companies such as heart-mapping startup SentiAR and neurotech business SyncThink to try out its new technology
Tweets: @stevekovach
| Bloomberg: |
Alphabet Workers Union complains that contract workers receive COVID-19 testing that is inferior to the $949 Cue Health devices given to full-time WFH employees — - Full-time employees at home get instant results from Cue — Contractors in office are offered cheaper mail-in tests
More:
New York Times. Tweets: @jzux, @kadish_josh, @alphabetworkers, @dmccabe, @waywardwinifred, @prismxp, @kat_blaque, @acvalens, @luckytran, @jessicacalarco, @stevanzetti, @thrasherxy, @mcmillen, @alphabetworkers, @alphabetworkers, @alphabetworkers, @alphabetworkers, @sarahfrier, @thrasherxy, @william_fitz, @nicoagrant, and @ivanthek
| Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal: |
Kim Kardashian and other celebrities are facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly leading investors into an EthereumMax cryptocurrency pump-and-dump scam — Lawsuit alleges celebrities made false or misleading statements to investors about EthereumMax; company disputes allegations
More:
CNBC, Finbold, Gizmodo, CNET, Reuters, TechSpot, Fortune, Benzinga, Blockchain News, Engadget, MarketWatch, The Block, Rolling Stone, and UPROXX
Tweets: @silvermanjacob, @jtylerconway, @krisplashed, @sowmyak, @jason, @timccopeland, and @oneangryitguy
| Meta: |
Meta elects DoorDash co-founder and CEO Tony Xu to its board of directors; Zuckerberg says Xu has experience “solving complex challenges in commerce” — Meta today announced that Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, Inc., has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective immediately.
More:
Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, Dow Jones Newswires, Adweek, Wall Street Journal, Protocol, Insider, and TechCrunch
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @t_xu, @cityofthetown, @sarthakgh, @eliotwb, @rabois, @warmoth, @kennystoltz, @peterpham, @kurtwagner8, @mikeisaac, @danpriceseattle, @ericnewcomer, and @post_market
| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
London- and Berlin-based Vitt, which helps SaaS companies raise capital based on ARR, emerges from stealth with $15M pre-seed — Add another player to the revenue-based, non-dilutive financing game, as London/Berlin-based Vitt emerges from stealth today and has announced a $15 million (equity and debt) pre-seed funding round.| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
LA-based VR concert service AmazeVR raises $15M led by Partners Investment and Murex Partners, bringing its total funding to $30.8M, ahead of a Series B in 2022 — AmazeVR, a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists' VR concerts through content …
More:
Road to VR, Music Ally, PRWeb, and dot.LA
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Swiss digital asset banking service Seba Bank raises a ~$118.6M Series C led by Alameda Research and DeFi Technologies — Digital asset banking platform SEBA Bank has raised 110 million Swiss francs ($118.6 million) in a Series C funding round co-led by crypto-focused firms Alameda Research …
More:
Bloomberg, Blockworks, The Block, Finextra, and Cointelegraph
| Poynter: |
Over 80 fact-checking organizations tell YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki that its measures to combat misinformation are “proving insufficient” and propose solutions — Ms. Susan Wojcicki, — It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based Refyne, which works with employers to let workers access their earned salaries in real-time, raises an $82M Series B led by Tiger Global — Refyne has raised a new financing round, just seven months after securing its previous funding, as the Bengaluru-based startup scales …
More:
Entrackr, The Economic Times, DealStreetAsia, and Tech in Asia
| Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
European enterprise travel management startup TravelPerk raises $115M led by General Catalyst and Kinnevik at a $1.3B valuation, bringing total funding to $409M — - General Catalyst joins Kinnevik in latest funding round — Company plans expansion in key markets including U.S., Europe
More:
EU-Startups, FinSMEs, Tech.eu, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and PhocusWire. Thanks:@ivanlevingston
Sponsor Posts
OVHcloud:
Escape Ingress/Egress Fees — Experience seamless multi-cloud solutions without ingress/egress constraints. Optimize costs and pave the way for a sustainable digital future.
Escape Ingress/Egress Fees — Experience seamless multi-cloud solutions without ingress/egress constraints. Optimize costs and pave the way for a sustainable digital future.
Standard Metrics:
Nail Portfolio Reviews, Board Meetings and LP Reporting — You didn't hire that Stanford grad to manage spreadsheets. Automate VC portfolio reporting and free your talented team up to deliver portfolio insights.
Nail Portfolio Reviews, Board Meetings and LP Reporting — You didn't hire that Stanford grad to manage spreadsheets. Automate VC portfolio reporting and free your talented team up to deliver portfolio insights.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Zoho:
Introducing Apple's Journaling Suggestions in Zoho Notebook — Are you ready to take your journaling to the next level? At Zoho Notebook, we are excited to announce a captivating new feature in our iOS app: Apple's Journaling Suggestions!
Introducing Apple's Journaling Suggestions in Zoho Notebook — Are you ready to take your journaling to the next level? At Zoho Notebook, we are excited to announce a captivating new feature in our iOS app: Apple's Journaling Suggestions!Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Logan Bartlett Show:
EP 111: How Josh Reeves (CEO, Gusto) Built a $10B Company Serving Small Businesses
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 07/26 - SearchGPT
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:10 AM ET, January 12, 2022.
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
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Bloomberg:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
More:
Yahoo Finance and FinLedger
Tweets: @passivelogic, @venturebeat, @aoproptech, @finledgernews, @bradlarson, and @annebonnerdata
| Mike Colias / Wall Street Journal: |
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
More:
Business Wire, The Verge, Wccftech, TechSpot, PCMag, PCWorld, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @anandtech, @appleinsider, and @thomrabe
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
More:
MacRumors, Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, The Verge, IT Management, Ubergizmo, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, MSPoweruser, Neowin, KnowTechie, MacDailyNews, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @markgurman, @dsilverman, and @chancehmiller
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Halo Waypoint, TechSpot, TechRadar, SlashGear, and Windows Central
Tweets: @xbox_luvr21, @epro, @drunkn_buddha, @kahliefadams, @jaglemans, @known_as_phenom, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, and @tomwarren
| Wall Street Journal: |
More:
TechCrunch, The Information, Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, Crypto Daily, .面 Crypto, Forward March, CoinDesk, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, Crypto Briefing, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @matthuang, @felixsalmon, @randallcornett, @iamnomad, @street_og_, @tradestrey, @alexandergerko, and @apompliano