|
March 13, 2023, 10:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| U.S. Department of the Treasury: |
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13 — WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …
More:
Board of Governors …, CNBC, FDIC, Financial Times, Circle, The White House on YouTube, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Atlantic, VICE, CNN, Silicon Valley Business …, CoinDesk, Wired, CRN, CryptoSlate, The Motley Fool, Stratechery, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Above Avalon, The Hill, National Review, Axios, Nextgov, Fortune, Bitcoinist.com, GeekWire, Insider, NFT Evening, Technical.ly, Decrypt, Rate of Return, Inside Bitcoins, HotHardware, and PYMNTS.com
LinkedIn:
Janet Mui, Campbell Harvey, and Dror Futter
Tweets:
@cz_binance, @potus, @bgarlinghouse, @coinbase, @potus, @danielagabor, @federalreserve, @jessicalessin, @elaifresh, @nicktimiraos, @octal, @samro, @litcapital, @billackman, @neil_irwin, @bobeunlimited, @gavinsbaker, @scottjshapiro, @jimcramer, @jasonfurman, @gbildson, @jason, @burryarchive, @jeuasommenulle, @federalreserve, @danprimack, @fedguy12, @macroalf, @chrisjbakke, @modestproposal1, @tracyalloway, @trungtphan, @noahpinion, @zck, @thestalwart, @petercontibrown, @mcuban, @ivanthek, @texasvc, @stephanie_murr, @senwarren, @mbensass, @semil, @devahaz, @m_c_klein, @ian_fraser, @robinbrooksiif, @jasonlk, @salehamohsin, @whstancil, @stefeich, @cburniske, @charliebilello, @fedguy12, @gavinsbaker, @ingridlunden, @thebenbergman, @benedictevans, @danprimack, @salehamohsin, @wongmjane, @litcapital, @cburniske, @anthonyrandazzo, @bgarlinghouse, @sarthakgh, @atrupar, @m_c_klein, @davidsacks, @kgreifeld, @jonatanpallesen, @firstadopter, @mcwm, @wendyedelberg, @davidmwessel, @mattyglesias, @donmoyn, @joelpollak, @tomfitton, @newtgingrich, @dsquareddigest, @neoavatara, and @isadwatson
| Sinead O'Sullivan / Financial Times: |
Having perfected the art of using echo-chamber hype to move markets, VCs managed to hype their own rumors to collapse SVB, slaying a much-loved accomplice — After more than a decade of venture capitalists insisting they provide more than just cash to their portfolio companies, the moment to prove that finally arrived.
More:
Slate, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Kotaku, PYMNTS.com, Vox, and dot.LA
Mastodon:
@lauren@mastodon …. Tweets:
@jason, @billackman, @jason, @davidsacks, @zck, @billackman, @chimeracoder, @andrewrsorkin, @molly0xfff, @silvermanjacob, @carlquintanilla, @repthomasmassie, @jason, @karnythia, @balajis, @evanhill, @davidsacks, @buccocapital, @thestalwart, @nic__carter, @ashleymayer, @ashleymayer, @jason, @noahpinion, @maxkennerly, @davidsacks, @jspujji, @bigblackjacobin, @pwnallthethings, @davidsacks, @verashokina, @brooklynmarie, @dannypage, @davidsirota, @jathansadowski, @noahpinion, @nglaros, @ddayen, @jordanuhl, @nickcho, @jasondebolt, @gritgrowthcap, @thelincoln, @dcwoodruff, @mattbruenig, @adamjohnsonnyc, @nicoleperlroth, @chafkin, @logophobe, @paul_bowers, @nycsouthpaw, @mclendaniel, @antoniogm, @ryanlcooper, @pt, @carnage4life, @epicureandeal, @vittostack, @devahaz, @frances_coppola, @gumby4christ, @rohunjauhar, @thelincoln, @danprimack, @bigblackjacobin, and @f_j_j_
| Michael Moritz / Financial Times: |
A eulogy for Silicon Valley Bank, a business partner to tech for 40 years that worked with startups when bigger banks wouldn't and paid a price for its loyalty — Regardless of the reasons behind the bank's collapse, it leaves a huge hole for the start-up scene — The writer is a partner at Sequoia Capital
More:
Monomythical and Bloomberg
Tweets:
@modestproposal1, @johnthornhillft, @jpm25, @pkafka, @semil, @macconwell, @flying_mom, @samirkaji, @dsquareddigest, @dee_bosa, and @sarthakgh
| Iain Withers / Reuters: |
HSBC acquires Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm for £1, citing “strategic sense for our business”; as of March 10, SVB UK had ~£5.5B in loans and ~£6.7B in deposits — HSBC (HSBA.L) said on Monday it is acquiring the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound.
More:
Bank of England, BBC, TechCrunch, HSBC, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Guardian, DealStreetAsia, The i Paper, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, Wired UK, France 24, gHacks Technology News, PYMNTS.com, The Register, and UKTN
LinkedIn:
Caroline Hepker and Rishi Sunak
Tweets:
@jeremy_hunt, @cetier1, @hmtreasury, @jamestitcomb, @wublockchain, @danielkorski, @justin_cash_1, @samgyimah, @daniburgz, @benedictcooney, @richardgrahamuk, @checkwarner, @michelledonelan, @mjrobbins, @douglas4moray, @bandrew, @nigel_farage, @lisaabramowicz1, @thetranscript_, @jespow, @jamestitcomb, @edconwaysky, and @justin_cash_1
| Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: |
Meta says it is winding down its work on NFTs “for now” to focus on other ways of supporting creators, people, and businesses — - Meta is ditching its NFT efforts, for now, according to executive Stephane Kasriel. — Meta is ditching its pursuit of NFTs as the company looks to prioritize …
More:
CNET, Engadget, The Verge, Metaverse Post, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, Social Media Today, BuzzFeed News, Benzinga, B&T, CryptoSlate, Reuters, Ad Age, MakeUseOf, Neowin, Web3 is Going Just Great, and Fortune
Mastodon:
@maria@thelife.boats. Tweets:
@skasriel, @skasriel, @dave_krugman, @skasriel, @farokh, @mgsiegler, @pixiekate13, @pixiekate13, @wongmjane, @skasriel, @merts_eth, @skasriel, @nickstatt, @chrismessina, @tante, @bayc2745, @ryy_wills, @jebus911, @joshconstine, @nkumar23, @bertugoymak, @sergitosergito, and @aeyakovenko
| Platformer: |
Sources: Microsoft laid off one of its responsible AI teams that was tasked with assessing the risks associated with integrating OpenAI's tech into its products — As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone — I.
More:
TechCrunch. Tweets:
@zoeschiffer, @lrbitisnot, @mmitchell_ai, @wendynorris, @johnrobb, @ibjiyongi, @emilymbender, @radiotfb, @carnage4life, @counternotions, @emilymbender, @zoeschiffer, and @caseynewton
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: Y Combinator will not raise another Continuity Fund, which backs late-stage startups, and the two partners who led the fund plan to leave the company — Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator won't raise another continuity fund, which backs mature private tech companies, two people familiar with the matter said.| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
| The Verge: |
A Reddit user shows how Samsung's Space Zoom feature produces fake, generated images of the moon, highlighting how computational photography is changing photos — For years, Samsung “Space Zoom”-capable phones have been known for their ability to take incredibly detailed photos of the Moon.
More:
r/Android on Reddit, 9to5Mac, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, Laptop Mag, PhoneArena, Redmond Pie, PetaPixel, Jagged Lines, and SlashGear
Tweets:
@halidecamera, @fchollet, @leaksapplepro, @filipeesposito, @raphaelmilliere, @adrianhon, @halidecamera, @adrianhon, @mkbhd, and @uwukko
| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
A California appeals court reverses a lower court ruling that found Prop 22 illegal, preserving the independent contractor model of companies like Uber and Lyft — Ruling upholds Proposition 22, which preserves gig-economy business model — Uber Technologies Inc., UBER -0.93%decrease …
More:
San Francisco Business Journal, SiliconANGLE, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, New York Times, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, Politico, Chamber of Progress, and Fast Company. Tweets:
@adamkovac
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires the WordPress plugin ActivityPub and hires its developer, to help blogs integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon — WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon.
Tweets:
@dimensionmedia
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
After investing $1B in OpenAI in 2019, Microsoft found ways to string together tens of thousands of Nvidia A100 GPUs, costing several hundred million dollars — When Microsoft Corp. invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, it agreed to build a massive, cutting-edge supercomputer for the artificial intelligence research startup.
More:
Cloud Computing Services, Microsoft, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, The Information, 9to5Google, Insider, BGR, WinBuzzer, and TechSpot
Tweets:
@dinabass, @dinabass, @rustybrick, @dinabass, @brianroemmele, and @aparanjape
| STAT: |
Insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for the treatment of older patients — An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine.
Tweets:
@marshacollier, @statnews, @michaelhoffman, @statnews, @dancow, and @statnews
| Bloomberg: |
The end of SVB, Silvergate, the Silvergate Exchange Network, and Signature adds more stress to the crypto industry; fiat conversion costs may rise by 20% to 40% — The digital-asset market is coming off of a turbulent year featuring a number of high-profile blowups.
More:
CoinDesk, Decrypt, Financial Times, and CryptoPotato
Tweets:
@coinbase, @twobitidiot, @tracyalloway, @timccopeland, @hsakatrades, and @mayazi
| CNBC: |
More:
Reuters, Department of Financial …, GeekWire, The Hill, Silicon Valley Business …, Financial Times, Neowin, Gizmodo, CBS News, Apricitas Economics, Vox, New York Times, The Block, Observer, ZyCrypto, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin News, PYMNTS.com, Watcher Guru, Decrypt, crypto.news, and CoinDesk
Tweets:
@hfangca, @jchervinsky, @josephzeballos, @twobitidiot, @thestalwart, @okcoin, @fdicgov, and @davidkurten
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
Lenny's Podcast:
Why PMs are suddenly valuable again | Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini)
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.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:05 PM ET, March 13, 2023.
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
NBC News:Washington Post:
Julia Alexander / Puck:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Kellen / Droid Life: |
More:
GSMArena.com, Thurrott, The Verge, Android Central, Liliputing, XDA Developers, BGR, Gizmodo, and MobileSyrup
Tweets:
@maxwinebach, @milesabovetech, @lenny_bons, @ickygalaxy, and @kevinbreezetv
Earlier Picks
| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
More:
Cointelegraph, Decrypt, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, and crypto.news
Mastodon:
@lorenzofb@infosec.exchange. Tweets:
@eulerfinance, @peckshield, @zachxbt, @pcaversaccio, @peckshield, @degenspartan, @functi0nzer0, @crypto_mckenna, @mhonkasalo, @functi0nzer0, @0xtuba, @nomorebear, @lidofinance, @peckshield, @0xrooter, @yohangglobal, @mhonkasalo, and @route2fi