|
September 13, 2018, 8:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| New York Times: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is better prepared to fight election interference, catalogs the steps the company has taken to prevent a repeat of 2016 — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg began the year by promising to make Facebook safer from election interference around the world.
More:
Facebook, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Adweek, KnowTechie, The Next Web, MIT Technology Review, The Hill, Nextgov, Silicon Republic, Business Insider, CNET, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @facebook, @carnage4life, @ahhensel, @rmac18, @venkatananth, and @mikeisaac
| Antonia Woodford / Facebook: |
Facebook expands fact-checking efforts to photos and videos, targeting those that are manipulated, out of context, or presented with false audio or text — We know that people want to see accurate information on Facebook, so for the last two years, we've made fighting misinformation a priority.
More:
Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, Quartz, CNBC, Washington Post, Slate, TechCrunch, Facebook, Adweek, Neowin, Digital Trends, TechSpot, and Axios
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Breitbart's leaked Google all-hands video, while innocuous, is another example of employee dissatisfaction on public display, following James Damore and others — What the leak of a video says about this moment at Alphabet — It's an unhappy time at Google.
More:
Breitbart, New York Times, Mercury News, 9to5Google, The Hill, and Deadline
Tweets: @parscale, @donaldjtrumpjr, @jillianiles, @willoremus, @caseynewton, @rokhanna, and @robaeprice
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
iPhones are the closest thing to a hardware annuity stream tech has ever seen, as they're a known quantity, dependable, and nearly all users will buy again — Apple released a new flagship iPhone yesterday, the iPhone XS. This isn't exactly ground-breaking news: it is exactly what the company …
More:
The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, CNET, Wired, Apple, KnowTechie, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Android Police, Thurrott.com, The Mac Observer, VentureBeat, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, ZDNet, Firstpost, Softpedia News, Tom's Guide, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Tweets: @stratechery, @lilrushishah, @jparise, @ahmed, @itsnicolenguyen, @nycjim, @hgrd, @stephennellis, @geoffreyfowler, and @techledes
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
More:
Nikkei, 9to5Mac, iMore, TechCrunch, CNET, Fast Company, Macworld, YouTube, Engadget, MacRumors, ZDNet, Mashable, CBS News, USA Today, Cult of Mac, South China Morning Post, iPhone Hacks, BGR, Gizmodo, SlashGear, VentureBeat, iLounge, Gotta Be Mobile, MacRumors, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, MacStories, Technology Personalized, ABC News, 9to5Toys, Softpedia News, iPhone in Canada Blog, Telegraph, Firstpost, The Next Web, Engadget, and Engadget
Tweets: @itsnicolenguyen, @stevesi, @bzamayo, @stevesi, @techcrunch, @tomwarren, @harrymccracken, @neilcybart, @stroughtonsmith, @nycjim, @geoffreyfowler, @ampressman, @panzer, @reneritchie, @cnet, @richdemuro, @reneritchie, @raywongy, @kiey, @neiltwitz, @verge, @techledes, @richdemuro, @geoffreyfowler, @supersaf, @danielhowley, @geoffreyfowler, @reneritchie, @reneritchie, @mkbhd, @pierce, @lanceulanoff, @pierce, @lanceulanoff, @jamestitcomb, @misterseven, @akianastasiou, @verge, @whichtech, @techledes, @techcrunch, @techcrunch, @asymco, and @wjrothman
| Bloomberg: |
Sources describe Larry Page as more withdrawn than ever, with his immersion in tech solutions of tomorrow distracting him from the problems Google faces today — Larry Page was a no-show. The co-founder and de facto leader of Google is famous for his wild bets on airborne taxis and space elevators …
More:
Business Insider, 9to5Google, Business Insider, and CNBC
Tweets: @lutherlowe, @gerritd, @jason_kint, @bergmayer, @rdrv3, @rdrv3, @silviakillings, @mat, @mhbergen, and @lutherlowe
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces $2B Bezos Day One Fund, which will create a network of nonprofit preschools and fund charities that help homeless families — A year after asking for suggestions on philanthropy, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is unveiling his first projects.
More:
GeekWire, GeekWire, CNBC, Hack Education, Fortune, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Mashable, Axios, NBC News, Engadget, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Recode, Inside Philanthropy, CNNMoney, Business Insider, KTLA, CNBC, CNET, TechCrunch, USA Today, Telegraph, EdSurge, and New York Times
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart's Jet.com relaunches its website to focus on products and services localized to cities, starting with NYC, and launches three-hour grocery delivery — Jet.com, the e-commerce site Walmart acquired in 2016 for $3 billion, is relaunching itself today with an upgraded look and assortment … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Kids app adds an “older” filter for profiles of kids 8-12 and adds ability for parents to whitelist all videos on Android, with iOS coming soon — YouTube Kids' latest update is giving parents more control over what their kids watch. Following a change earlier this year … | Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft says it acquired Lobe, a San Francisco-based startup that lets users build machine learning models using a visual interface with no coding required — Microsoft today announced it has acquired Lobe, creator of a platform for building custom deep learning models using a visual interface …
More:
The Official Microsoft Blog, CNBC, GeekWire, ZDNet, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Neowin, and On MSFT
| Katherine Ellen Foley / Quartz: |
The FDA cleared the Apple Watch Series 4's heart monitoring abilities based on Apple-backed studies, but mandated Apple label the risks of inaccurate readings — When Apple unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 4 yesterday (Sept. 12), the device received a lot of attention for its health-monitoring capabilities.
More:
CNBC, STAT, Pocket-lint, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, MacStories, and LarrysWorld.com
Tweets: @mcwm, @katherineefoley, and @benbajarin
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European Court of Human Rights rules that some aspects of a former UK mass surveillance regime, including bulk data collection, violated human rights law — In another blow to the UK government's record on bulk data handling for intelligence purposes the European Court of Human Rights …
More:
The Guardian, CNET, echr.coe.int, The Independent, Ars Technica, Sky News, Agence France-Presse, Mirror.co.uk, Reuters, bit-tech.net, Computing, Engadget, Techdirt, and ZDNet
Tweets: @snowden, @glynmoody, and @wikileaks
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snapchat enlists 20 news partners including CNN and NBC to create Curated Our Stories, or curated stories with user-generated content in the Discover section — Snapchat is letting more than 20 news partners create curated “stories” with user-generated content from its platform as part …
More:
Digiday, TechCrunch, Engadget, Deadline, Variety, Marketing Land, Mashable, Recode, Adweek, Ad Age, and The Verge
Tweets: @moneyries, @yoda, and @joshconstine
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
The bubble around self-driving cars has turned into a trough of disillusionment; firms are now factoring for autonomous driving tech to be viable much later — The bubble around self-driving cars turns into a ‘trough of disillusionment’; firms refactor for much later arrival
Tweets: @gerberkawasaki, @triketora, and @mims
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook has built and deployed an AI tool, SapFix, that identifies bugs in code, tests patches, and suggests the best to apply, will share with devs eventually — Facebook has quietly built and deployed an artificial intelligence programming tool called SapFix that scans code …
More:
The Register, Facebook Code, Facebook Code, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, CNET, and VentureBeat
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: two years before it was hacked, Equifax told the FBI of suspicions that company data including code and HR files may have been stolen by Chinese spies — The credit-reporting company went to the FBI with its suspicions—then the investigation stalled
More:
antfin.com, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, and Finextra Research Headlines
Tweets: @kate_okeeffe, @kuriko_c, @marcorubio, @wsj, and @gerryshih
| Natasha Bach / Fortune: |
Salesforce announces the Step Up Declaration, signed by an alliance of 21 companies including Uber, HP, and Lyft, pledging to use tech to fight climate change — While the Trump administration is rolling back fuel efficiency regulations and limits to carbon dioxide emissions … | New York Times: |
A look at how game apps track kids' data as a lawsuit accuses Google and Twitter ad businesses, and a popular app maker, of violating children's privacy law — A lawsuit by New Mexico's attorney general accuses a popular app maker, as well as online ad businesses run by Google and Twitter, of violating children's privacy law.
More:
Gamasutra, GamesIndustry.biz, MediaPost, and Law360
Tweets: @jenvalentino, @mrdylancollins, @jason_kint, @nickconfessore, @profcarroll, @manjusrii, @jugander, and @leoniehaimson
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe beats with Q3 revenues of $2.29B vs. $2.25B est., up 24% YoY, subscription revenues up 25% YoY, and net income of $666.3M, up 59% YoY — The Photoshop maker reported third quarter revenue of $2.29 billion, up 24 percent from the same period last year.
More:
Bloomberg
| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Uber says it will spend $150M over five years to boost its Toronto-based engineering hub and expand self-driving car operations — Uber Technologies Inc is spending millions of dollars in Toronto to open an engineering hub and expand its self-driving car operations, the strongest indication yet …
More:
BetaKit, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, and Canadian Press
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Beijing-based blockchain game platform Cocos-BCX, founded by leaders of the Cocos2d-x open source development platform, raises $40M from Binance Labs and others — Beijing-based Cocos-BCX has raised $40 million for its blockchain game development platform.| Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Olaf Carlson-Wee, who turned $14K into $150M by betting on cryptocurrency, and his fund Polychain Capital, which earned investors 2,303% last year — Now running the world's largest crypto hedge fund, the 29-year-old says he is undeterred by recent losses| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Josh Garza, CEO of Bitcoin mining firm GAW Miners, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge in July 2017 — Josh Garza, the CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency mining company GAW Miners, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Four major US carriers detail “Project Verify” for letting web sites authenticate users via data unique to a customer's phone and mobile subscriber account — The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords …
More:
AT&T, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, Slashdot, Engadget, FierceWireless, AndroidHeadlines.com, and Droid Life
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @backlon, and @wolfiechristl
Sponsor Posts
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:
CIO challenge 6: Can we find an effective solution that also minimizes operational costs? — Welcome to the next and final installment of our CIO series! After what feels like a thousand cups of coffee …
CIO challenge 6: Can we find an effective solution that also minimizes operational costs? — Welcome to the next and final installment of our CIO series! After what feels like a thousand cups of coffee …
Hamming:
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy — Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy — Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
(BNS) How To Know When To Kill Your Startup
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 8:30 PM ET, September 13, 2018.
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
Anna Betts / The Guardian:Michael Gold / New York Times:
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Ainsley Harris / Fast Company: |
More:
Crain's Detroit Business. Tweets: @arlanwashere, @levie, @nakisnakis, @adammarx13, @nakisnakis, and @ainsleyoc
Earlier Picks
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
More:
NVIDIA Newsroom, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, The Tech Report, TechCrunch, and Engadget. Tweets: @marchamilton
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
More:
Engadget, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, CNET, GameSpot, Kotaku, buttonmashing, Digital Trends, Polygon, IGN, Mashable, and Inquirer. Tweets: @nintendoamerica