|
March 22, 2023, 10:03 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce posts TikTok CEO Shou Chew's prepared testimony, outlining a ~$1.5B plan to host US data on Oracle servers and more — TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew plans to tell Congress his app does more to protect young users than rival social media platforms …
More:
TikTok, U.S. House of Representatives, Wall Street Journal, CNN, AppleInsider, Financial Times, CyberScoop, Associated Press, NPR, The Guardian, Silicon Republic, The Information, Quartz, The Drum, Wired, Financial Times, Reuters, iTnews, Billboard, CNET, Australian Financial Review, The Hill, CNBC, Variety, Gizmodo, Techdirt, and The Verge
Tweets:
@katieharbath, @tonyajoriley, @jessicalessin, @tculpan, @bobbyallyn, @bresreports, @annmarie, @viacristiano, and @markets
| New York Times: |
The US will find banning TikTok difficult due to its massive userbase, political ramifications, possible alienation of young voters, legal challenges, and more — The tensions over the Chinese-owned social media app will come to a head on Thursday, when the company's chief executive testifies on Capitol Hill.
More:
South China Morning Post, USA Today, The Guardian, Axios, Music Ally, Vox, TechCrunch, Beyond Search, CNN, Matzko Minute, New York Post, Tubefilter, Bloomberg, Tech Xplore, BGR, Associated Press, and Marketing Dive
Tweets:
@sangernyt and @jameeljaffer
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: facing a US ban, TikTok recently sought to reassure its advertisers and play down the threat of an outright ban, hoping brands would continue to spend — Advertisers take wait-and-see approach after Biden administration demands that video app's Chinese owners sell stakes| Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel: |
Digital photography site DPReview, owned by Amazon, is closing April 10; people can request downloads of photos or texts they uploaded to the site until April 6 — DPReview, easily one of the most beloved publications among photography enthusiasts, will shut down and its content will be deleted.
More:
Digital Photography Review, Ars Technica, The Verge, On my Om, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Appuals.com, TechSpot, GeekWire, Slashdot, WebProNews, and Pixel Envy
LinkedIn:
Jeff Carlson. Tweets:
@dpreview, @thatjordandrake, @glenngabe, @migueldeicaza, @om, @chrismichel, @lokcheung, @allisonjo1, @film_girl, @kaimanwong, @fmanjoo, @tedforbes, @jpncamerahunter, @haje, @toddowyoung, @bombur, @strobist, @krazyfrog, and @fb_bmb
| Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: |
Ubisoft unveils Ghostwriter and says the internal AI tool will help scriptwriters save time and create more realistic non-player character interactions — Ubisoft Ghostwriter is described by the company as ‘an AI tool’ — Ubisoft, the publishers behind Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon …
More:
Ubisoft, Ubisoft on YouTube, Video Games Chronicle, PCMag, Engadget, Game Developer, Game Developer, Eurogamer.net, Video Games Chronicle, Destructoid, Appuals.com, Push Square, Gamereactor UK, Wccftech, Press Start, Game Rant, Gameranx, TheGamer, KitGuru, GameSpot, and The Verge
Tweets:
@charalanahzard, @eddcoates, @skillupyt, and @patrickweekes
| Virginia Heffernan / Wired: |
Inside TSMC's facilities in Taiwan, where Fab 18 makes a quintillion transistors for Apple every six months, and an interview with Chairman Mark Liu — As the US boosts production of silicon chips, an American journalist goes inside TSMC, the mysterious Taiwanese company at the center of the global industry.
More:
DCD. LinkedIn:
Keith Krach and Eric Rosenblum
Tweets:
@shadihamid, @susandominus, @page88, @keithjkrach, @avbronstein, @workmj, @waterslicer, @sivavaid, @ashleygjovik, @ajblum, @brianweeden, @page88, and @theannagat
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel says Raja Koduri, who joined as Chief Architect in 2017, plans to leave to found a startup focused on generative AI for gaming, media, and entertainment — Raja moves on after six years. — Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced on Twitter today that Raja Koduri, the company's current Chief Architect …
More:
Intel, The Economic Times, The Verge, Phoronix, Club386, VideoCardz.com, Forbes, Wccftech, TechSpot, TweakTown, Silicon Valley Business …, CRN, Neowin, TechPowerUp, HotHardware, AnandTech, PC Gamer, Appuals.com, Slashdot, and KitGuru
| Bill Gates / GatesNotes: |
The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the PC, the internet, and the mobile phone, and can reduce global inequities if risks are mitigated — In my lifetime, I've seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary. — The first time was in 1980 …
More:
Insider, Bloomberg, BBC, Fortune, CNBC, Thurrott, TIME, Forbes, LessWrong, and GeekWire
LinkedIn:
Bill Gates. Mastodon:
@danyork@mastodon.social. Tweets:
@billgates, @gdb, @producercities, @subes01, and @billgates
| Reuters: |
Nvidia announces the H800 chip, a modified H100 chip, for export to China; Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and other Chinese companies are already using the H800 — Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), the U.S. semiconductor designer that dominates the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips … | Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at Balaji Srinivasan's proposed $1M bitcoin bet, predicting one BTC will be worth $1M+ in 90 days, which makes little sense besides attracting attention — It is sometimes useful to think that the shareholders of a bank are not its owners; they are just renting it from its creditors.| Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: |
Magic Eden launches a Bitcoin NFT marketplace, supporting Hiro and Xverse wallets to let users trade Ordinal NFTs, expanding on SOL, ETH, and MATIC marketplaces — The popular NFT marketplace is integrating support for Bitcoin wallets Hiro and Xverse to help traders list, purchase and sell Ordinal NFTs.
More:
Magic Eden, Magic Eden Blog, Inside Bitcoins, CoinJournal, Decrypt, TechCrunch, NFTgators, Coinspeaker, and Bitcoin News
| AI Snake Oil: |
OpenAI may have tested GPT-4 on its training data, violating the cardinal rule of ML, and GPT-4's exam performance says little about its real-world usefulness — OpenAI may have tested on the training data. Besides, human benchmarks are meaningless for bots.
Tweets:
@random_walker, @sayashk, @pfau, @brandonlive, @mmitchell_ai, @martinsfp, @thom_wolf, @zacharynado, @igorbrigadir, @blancheminerva, @fchollet, and @melmitchell1
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram plans to roll out ads in search result globally in the coming months after initial tests and launches Reminder Ads for opt-in reminders about events — Meta is introducing two new tools on Instagram designed to open up additional avenues for advertising as the company grapples with weak advertising demand.| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Spotify has spent less than 10% of its $100M Creator Equity Fund, launched in February 2022 to promote diversity following the Joe Rogan controversy — Spotify Technology SA's $100 million Creator Equity Fund, designed to promote diversity in music and podcasts following controversial comments … | Bloomberg: |
The US proposes barring CHIPS Act beneficiaries from expanding manufacturing output in “countries of concern” by 5% for advanced chips and 10% for legacy chips — The Biden administration unveiled tight restrictions on new operations in China by chipmakers that get federal funds …
More:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Digital Chosunilbo, Reuters, Appuals.com, The Korea Herald, Washington Examiner, and South China Morning Post
Tweets:
@jendeben and @commercegov
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Tencent reports 2022 revenue down 1% YoY to ~$81B, the first-ever annual drop and below estimates, and Q4 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$21B, as China's economy slows — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) reported a drop in annual revenue for the first time ever, as China's economic slowdown due to the pandemic …
More:
The Economic Times, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, Variety, Pandaily, Tech in Asia, Coinspeaker, Wall Street Journal, Tencent, and Nikkei Asia. Tweets:
@byjoshye
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
The Association for Computing Machinery awards Bob Metcalfe the Turing Award for his work on Ethernet at the Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s — In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network.
More:
Quanta Magazine, Reuters, MIT News, CNET, VentureBeat, and Association …
Tweets:
@theofficialacm, @nixcraft, and @benbenbrubaker
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Data leak site BreachForums plans to shut down following the arrest of the alleged operator of “Pompompurin”, citing fears law enforcement has backdoor access — In an abrupt about-face, the new administrator of popular cybercriminal platform BreachForums said they plan to shut …
More:
Security Affairs, TechCrunch, SecurityWeek, PCMag, The Register, DeviceSecurity.io, and Privacy Affairs. Tweets:
@brettcallow
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla announces Mozilla.ai, an AI-focused startup with $30M in seed funding from the Mozilla Foundation to work on open source and “trustworthy” AI — On the eve of its 25th anniversary, Mozilla, the not-for-profit behind the Firefox browser, is launching an AI-focused startup.
More:
The Mozilla Blog and Fortune
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
A look at San Francisco's Misalignment Museum, which displays art about AGI, including an apology to humans after a “misaligned” future AI wiped out humanity — - Underlying all the recent hype about AI, industry participants engage in furious debates about how to prepare … | Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Nvidia introduces six new Ada Lovelace RTX GPUs: five for laptops and one for desktops, the RTX 4000 Small Form Factor, available later in March 2023 for $1,250 — Along with their server part announcements today, NVIDIA is also using the backdrop of GTC to do a wholesale update of their professional visualization product stack.
More:
Nvidia Newsroom, TweakTown, TechPowerUp, Techgage, Appuals.com, and Wccftech
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Artera, formerly Well Health, which uses AI for cancer testing and personalized care, raised $90M from Coatue, J&J Innovation, Marc Benioff, and others — Artera, which uses artificial intelligence for cancer testing and personalized care, raised a $90 million round to support …
More:
Axios, Antenna Group, MobiHealthNews, and FinSMEs
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
Soxton:
AI-powered law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
AI-powered law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho:
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements — 2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements — 2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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
Big Technology Podcast:
Alex And Ranjan's 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom
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:
Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?
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 Talk Show With John Gruber:
'A Naughty Citizen', With Quinn Nelson
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
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 10:03 AM ET, March 22, 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
Alex Ritman / Variety:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle: |
More:
Eurogamer.net, Pure Xbox, Game Rant, Gameranx, GamingBolt, GameSpot, Kotaku, Dexerto, Gameranx, and TheGamer
Tweets:
@theauracl3 and @lumberjackry
| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
More:
Music Ally, Music Business Worldwide, Billboard, IFPI, and Digital Music News
Tweets:
@duboff and @lucas_shaw
Earlier Picks
| João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers: |
More:
Engadget, BleepingComputer, MSPoweruser, Pureinfotech, WinBuzzer, The Verge, gHacks Technology News, BetaNews, OnMSFT.com, TechRadar, Liliputing, and Daring Fireball
Tweets:
@david3141593 and @sciresm
| Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
More:
Engadget and The Verge
Tweets:
@ali_lev, @brendancarrfcc, @billevanina, @sub8u, @epro, @ali_lev, and @forbes. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
More:
New York Times and Bloomberg
Tweets:
@amir, @jessicalessin, @iankar_, @fxshaw, @anton_chuvakin, @quinnypig, and @sarthakgh
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
More:
NVIDIA, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, Livemint, Reuters, Wccftech, The Information, Engadget, The Verge, iTnews, Network World, HPCwire, Data Center Knowledge, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, VICE, The Next Platform, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, and Forbes
Tweets:
@drtechlash, @patrickmoorhead, @stockmktnewz, and @anshelsag
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More:
The Official Microsoft Blog, The Verge, Livemint, Search Engine Roundtable, Ars Technica, gHacks Technology News, 9to5Google, Windows Central, Android Authority, Reuters, MakeUseOf, WRAL TechWire, MacRumors, ZDNet, Gizchina, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, CNET, BGR, MSPoweruser, Mashable, Windows Report, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Pureinfotech, PetaPixel, PCMag, CNBC, BetaNews, OnMSFT.com, 9to5Mac, Search Engine Journal, Thurrott, XDA Developers, WebProNews, Search Engine Land, and Digital Trends
LinkedIn:
Ray Villalobos, Brad Abrams, and Ashish Jaiman
Tweets:
@jordirib1, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @bing, @leokelion, @javilopen, @aleyda, @maryjofoley, and @jordirib1