|
October 22, 2018, 3:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Phil Schiller talks about the R in iPhone XR and the choices Apple made to make it more appealing to a broader audience — The iPhone XR might be the most interesting phone Apple has made in years. — Think about it: Apple just released its flagship XS and XS Max to a chorus of positive reviews …
More:
The Verge, ZDNet, MacRumors, Business Insider, KnowTechie, Mashable, iLounge, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, InvestorPlace, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, BGR, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @etherington, @chrisvelazco, @nateingraham, and @appleinsider
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Brendan Iribe, co-founder and ex-CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook; source: move follows shakeups in Oculus' VR arm that include canceling PC-powered Rift 2 — Brendan Iribe, the co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, announced today that he is leaving Facebook, TechCrunch has learned.
More:
UploadVR, GeekWire, VentureBeat, CNN, Financial Times, The Verge, Engadget, Axios, CNET, CNBC, and Polygon
Facebook: Brendan Trexler Iribe. Tweets: @jank0, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @williamturton, @lucasmtny, @techledes, @sarahfrier, and @alexeheath
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung launches Odyssey+, a $499 Windows Mixed Reality headset, with new light diffusion tech to address the screen door effect, available now in the US — Leaked two months ago by the FCC, Samsung's HMD Odyssey+ Windows Mixed Reality headset became official today with a somewhat unexpected feature …
More:
Windows Blog, Windows Central, Digital Trends, Thurrott.com, Engadget, Geek News Central, Neowin, PC Gamer, and The Verge
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says European Union's copyright legislation, Article 13, threatens creators' livelihoods if implemented as proposed — ‘Article 13 threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs’ — The European Union's contentious copyright directive became a major talking point …
More:
YouTube Creator Blog, Engadget, The Hill, TechCrunch, Axios, CNBC, YouTube Blog, and Boing Boing. Tweets: @susanwojcicki
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
White House to meet executives from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM today urging them to make it easier for their workers to do tours of duty in government — The White House plans to convene technology giants including Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft and IBM on Monday and urge … | Zheping Huang / South China Morning Post: |
China's internet censor releases draft rules for blockchain startups, requiring registration of users with real names, censoring posts, and storing user data — - Cyberspace Administration of China published draft regulations on Friday for public consultation until November 2
More:
The Verge, BREAKER, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, CoinDesk, NewsBTC, Bitcoinist.com, TechNode, The Next Web, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @pingroma and @jenzhuscott
| New York Times: |
Detecting fake news using AI will require a number of major advances far beyond today's AI, which just flags word patterns and operates at a keyword level — At least not for decades to come. Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg. — Dr. Marcus is a professor of psychology and neural science.
More:
Fortune. Tweets: @erictopol, @bendee983, @1br0wn, @ilparone, @amelia_acker, and @barryosullivan
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix says it's going to raise $2B through debt securities, the sixth time in less than four years it's raising $1B+ through bonds — Netflix is again going to debt markets to fund its enormous appetite for content, announcing plans Monday to raise $2 billion in financing through debt securities.| Andrew Gebhart / CNET: |
Google Home Hub review: smart photo frame and home control panel, a capable digital assistant, photos and videos look crisp but sound quality is mediocre — Google Assistant helps this tiny screen feel powerful — $149.00 — CNET may get a commission from these offers. — Compare These
More:
MacRumors, Android Police, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Strategy Analytics …, Ars Technica, KnowTechie, SlashGear, Engadget, 9to5Google, Wired, The Verge, The Guardian, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, SlashGear, and TechHive
Tweets: @gebandrew, @cnet, @cnet, and @c_davies
| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Huawei says it will not be selling its latest flagships, the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, in the US after its predecessor was dropped by US carriers and Best Buy — - Huawei won't be selling its latest flagship devices, the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro smartphones, in the US.
More:
XDA Developers, Thurrott.com, Softpedia News, and BGR
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Pulumi launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment service, raises $15M in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group — It didn't take long for the ex-Microsoft engineers behind Pulumi to prove their software development platform for multicloud computing was worthy of additional investment.
More:
TechCrunch, Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, and PE Hub Blog
| BBC: |
YouTube says it will spend $20M as part of its YouTube Learning initiative to develop educational content that will be hosted on a new Learning channel — YouTube will spend $20million (£15m) developing educational and how-to content on the platform, the company has announced.
More:
CNBC
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
The data loss bug in Windows 10 shows Microsoft hasn't developed the processes and systems needed to sustain the two feature updates a year approach — Buggy updates point at deeper problems. — It's fair to say that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update has not been Microsoft's most successful update.
More:
Digital Trends, Inquirer, Softpedia News, AskWoody, Gizmodo Australia, Slashdot, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @stevesi, @dinodaizovi, and @erratarob
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:
Zoho Sign is a “high growth performer” in the Frost & Sullivan's Frost Radar™ for electronic signature software, 2024 — We are happy to announce that Zoho Sign has clinched a position as a high growth performer …
Zoho Sign is a “high growth performer” in the Frost & Sullivan's Frost Radar™ for electronic signature software, 2024 — We are happy to announce that Zoho Sign has clinched a position as a high growth performer …
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:
Thu. 11/07 - More Election Stuff
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 3:15 PM ET, October 22, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Mallory Locklear / Engadget: |
More:
Forbes, TechSpot, Beyond Search, and Project Information Literacy
Tweets: @rsicstudy, @wendybrandes, @poynter, @knightfdn, @spj_tweets, @scoberson, @bethfrancesco, and @h0d3r
Earlier Picks
| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Tweets: @gaberivera, @amberbaldet, @bznotes, @austinfish, @saraashleyo, @evanwolf, @avyfain, @aliasaria, @bobbierman, @nitashatiku, @mdudas, @anildash, @semil, and @semil
| The Information: |
More:
CNET, Silicon Valley Business …, The Hill, CNBC, The Verge, Nextgov, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, Forbes, Inquirer, Silicon Republic, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, KnowTechie, Business Insider, Firstpost, and Engadget
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @joshconstine, @coryweinberg, and @amir