|
January 25, 2019, 2:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram and Messenger and integrate their messaging infrastructure and WhatsApp's by end of the year — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, plans to integrate the social network's messaging services …
More:
Recode, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Verge, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review, Quartz, USA Today, Financial Times, XDA Developers, CNET, iMore, Inquirer, Business Insider, Gizmodo, BBC, BetaNews, Android Authority, MacRumors, Telegraph, Fortune, Engadget, IGN, TalkAndroid.com, CNBC, VentureBeat, TechSpot, SlashGear, Android Police, WinBuzzer, Geek.com, 9to5Mac, Netimperative, Neowin, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Silicon Republic, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, KnowTechie, MSPoweruser, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @torproject, @slpng_giants, @zsk, @counternotions, @tvietor08, @sarahfrier, @carnage4life, @mims, @clarajeffery, @mims, @mikeisaac, @anandwrites, @joannajarjue, @johnolilly, @marypcbuk, @caseynewton, @pierce, and @zeynep
| Nathan Halverson / Reveal: |
Unsealed documents show Facebook orchestrated a multi-year effort that duped children who played video games into spending their parents' money — Facebook orchestrated a multi-year effort that duped children and their parents out of money, in some cases hundreds or even thousands of dollars …
More:
Gizmodo, The Register, CNET, Vox, Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247, Forbes, Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Silicon Republic, BBC, The Guardian, Engadget, Inquirer, Softpedia News, and Telecoms.com
Facebook: Brianna Wu. Tweets: @josephfcox, @lam_barrett, @b_fung, @ewords, @lisanani25, @peterjhasson, @marieagar, @mattnavarra, @calbucci, @lfasoccerschool, and @matthewkeyslive
| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
YouTube says it will no longer suggest videos with “borderline content” or those that “misinform users in a harmful way” even if they don't violate guidelines — SAN FRANCISCO — Whether it is a video claiming the earth is flat or the moon landing was faked …
More:
YouTube Blog, Washington Post, The Verge, CNN, Engadget, BleepingComputer, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Washington Post, CNET, Android Authority, Neowin, TechSpot, Android Police, CNBC, The Mac Observer, Android Central, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @daiwaka, @loudmouthjulia, @lizzadwoskin, @cwarzel, @cwarzel, @tiffanycli, @rubberbandits, @nytimes, @caseynewton, @woganmay, @noupside, and @garrytan
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google confirms that I/O 2019 will take place from May 7 to May 9 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View after a developer solves the I/O puzzle — If you're a fan of all things Google, you already have a date to mark on your calendar for 2019. Developer Till Kottmann …
More:
9to5Google, CNET, The Verge, XDA Developers, Neowin, Android Beat, and Android Central
Tweets: @googledevs and @deletescape
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Microsoft acquires Citus Data, which develops an open-source extension for PostgreSQL that turns it into a distributed database — Databases continue to be one of the most competitive areas of cloud computing, and Microsoft strengthened its database story Thursday with the acquisition of Citus Data.
More:
The Official Microsoft Blog, Citus Data Blog, SiliconANGLE, FE International, TechCrunch, PE Hub Blog, Redmond, DEVCLASS, Business Insider, CNBC, Light Reading, The New Stack, WinBuzzer, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Neowin, VentureBeat, MSPoweruser, and ZDNet
Tweets: @satyanadella and @mjasay
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Amazon's Rekognition mistakes women as men 19% of the time, and darker-skinned women as men 31% of the time, more than similar services from IBM and Microsoft — In new tests, Amazon's system had more difficulty identifying the gender of female and darker-skinned faces than similar services from IBM and Microsoft.
More:
VentureBeat, Engadget, aies-conference.com, The Verge, Bloomberg, and CNBC
Tweets: @jovialjoy, @carnage4life, @mza, @natashanyt, and @nytimesbusiness
| Michelle Castillo / Cheddar: |
Source: T-Mobile to launch a free, ad-supported mobile video streaming service through the Layer3 division it acquired last year and using licensed Xumo tech — T-Mobile will join the streaming wars in the next few weeks with a free, ad-supported mobile video service, according to a source familiar with the matter.| Science: |
Study of registered US voters in 2016: ~6% of all news consumed on Twitter was fake news, 1% of users were exposed to 80% of it and 0.1% shared 80% thereof — There was a proliferation of fake news during the 2016 election cycle. Grinberg et al. analyzed Twitter data by matching Twitter accounts …
More:
VentureBeat, Washington Post, USA Today, and The Hill
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
HMD says it will soon sell its Nokia smartphones through Verizon and Cricket Wireless in US and Rogers in Canada — Nokia's parent company, HMD Global, chose to put its US ambitions in the back burner to focus on markets where the brand has been enjoying a resurgence these past few years.
More:
The Verge, HMD Global, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, Thurrott, Digital Trends, Android Authority, CNET, Quartz, Android Police, and Nokiamob
| Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech: |
DeepMind introduces AlphaStar AI, which won 10-1 in a series of StarCraft II matches against professional players — Humans tend to think we're adept at the games we create, but computers have proven time and time again that we're just not fast enough to stay on top.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Deepmind Blog, YouTube, CNN, The Verge, Engadget, Android Authority, Kotaku, Forbes, Geek.com, The Next Web, PC Gamer, MIT Technology Review, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, The Register, Vox, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Fortune, New Scientist, Gamasutra, bit-tech.net, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Motherboard, PC Gamer, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @demishassabis, @excellion, @deepmindai, and @gengelstein
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HP Spectre Folio review: the unique hinge design and the leather finish are nice but the 16:9 screen feels cramped and the trackpad is horrible — The Folio is one of the most unique laptops in years, but it isn't perfect — There's nothing really quite like HP's new Spectre Folio.| Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
Swarm raises $25M Series A for a constellation of sandwich-sized satellites to provide slow, low-cost connectivity suitable for emergency messaging services — As a child, Sara Spangelo dreamed of being an astronaut, attended space camp, and even made it to the final 32 candidates …
More:
SpaceNews.com, TechCrunch, Space Daily, FinSMEs, and PE Hub Blog
Tweets: @swarminternet, @chamath, and @davidsacks
| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: |
How resellers are making money from Amazon returns via liquidation sites, like Liquidity Services, which has 3M+ users and generated $626.4M in sales last year — Welcome to the abyss of the “reverse supply chain,” where hope springs eternal. — With a couple hundred dollars and a few minutes …
More:
Recode, PYMNTS.com, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @ebencuya, @notjessewalker, @itsisawesome, @albertfong98, @nicolatwilley, @k_pendergrast, @jensmithwsj, and @applico
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Strategy Analytics: Apple shipped an estimated 34.2M iPhones in China in 2018, down from 36.7M in 2017, and was the number five smartphone vendor in the country — Apple shipped an estimated 34.2 million iPhones in China in 2018, down from 36.7 million in 2017, according to new data shared today by Strategy Analytics.
More:
Strategy Analytics … and Philip Elmer-DeWitt
| Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: |
Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile carrier outside China, says it is temporarily halting purchases of Huawei equipment for the core of its new 5G networks — Vodafone said it would pause the purchase of Huawei gear for use in the core of new 5G networks — LONDON—The world's biggest …
More:
CNN, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Fortune, The Guardian, Bloomberg, and FierceWireless. Tweets: @jamesliamcook
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase partners with TurboTax, will allow its customers to upload their transactions, gains, and losses in 2018 to TurboTax Premier to help file crypto taxes — Coinbase customers who need to file taxes in the U.S. this year can get a boost from TurboTax, the tax-filing software offered by Intuit Consumer Tax Group.
More:
The Coinbase Blog, CoinGeek, CryptoGlobe, Cointelegraph.com News, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @bitjob_team and @coindesk
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Sources: BuzzFeed and Group Nine have discussed merger; companies have ties via BuzzFeed's chairman Ken Lerer and his son Ben Lerer, CEO at Group Nine — BuzzFeed is cutting costs and getting leaner, but it still wants to get bigger — by exploring a deal with Group Nine.
More:
Nieman Lab
Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
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:
Knowledge management vs. document management — Document management is the process of storing and tracking documented information within the organization, while knowledge management is a more broader approach …
Knowledge management vs. document management — Document management is the process of storing and tracking documented information within the organization, while knowledge management is a more broader approach …
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.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Tue. 11/26 - Apple Going Too Thin Again?
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 2:30 PM ET, January 25, 2019.
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
Marty Swant / Digiday:Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Karen Middleton / The Guardian:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
More:
Department of Financial …, Under the Hood, SiliconANGLE, BTCMANAGER, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, NewsBTC, Ethereum World News, CoinGeek, ETHNews, and Cointelegraph.com News. Tweets: @coindesk
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
More:
New York Times, Intel, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, AppleInsider, GeekWire, Stock Market News …, Silicon Valley Business …, 9to5Mac, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @inafried, @underfox3, @jordannovet, @inafried, and @inafried
Earlier Picks
| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
More:
Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Fortune, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @technology, @shiraovide, and @rdrv3
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
More:
ABC News, Digital Photography Review, Mashable, BetaNews, Geek.com, Android Police, Firstpost, Social Media Today, Gizchina, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, SlashGear, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @frankba and @mattnavarra
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
More:
The Family, Android, KnowTechie, TechSpot, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Greenbot, Droid Life, The Verge, AndroidGuys, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Android Police, CNET, and Android Authority. Thanks:@mcalderone
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More:
Apple, App Store, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Microsoft 365 Blog, BleepingComputer, Redmond Pie, WinBuzzer, Digital Trends, Stock Market News …, GeekWire, BetaNews, Thurrott, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, MacStories, ZDNet, iDownloadBlog.com, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and Inquirer
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
More:
Rolling Stone, On my Om, Boing Boing, CSO, Fortune, BBC, TIME, and The Guardian
Tweets: @biz, @jbillinson, @ysamjo, @adrs, @mitchwagner, and @nitashatiku