|
October 30, 2019, 6:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Will Cathcart / Washington Post: |
WhatsApp sues NSO Group after investigating an attack from last year that sent malware to 1,400 devices and targeted 100+ human rights defenders and journalists — Will Cathcart is head of WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook. — In May, WhatsApp announced that we had detected and blocked …
More:
New York Times, TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Citizen Lab, The Verge, Inquirer, Reuters, Ars Technica, Threatpost, Computer Business Review, CNBC, Security Affairs, Silicon Republic, The Next Web, Financial Times, BBC, Gizmodo, Yahoo Finance, Firstpost Tech, The Register, ZDNet, Mashable, Telegraph, Fortune, The Hill, CNET, MIT Technology Review, CyberScoop, Axios, and PYMNTS.com
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
HBO Max to launch in May and cost $15 a month, same as the existing HBO; AT&T plans to bundle free subscriptions for some customers of its other services — HBOMax, WarnerMedia's new streaming service, will feature all of HBO's shows, like Game of Thrones, plus new programing. HBO
More:
Hollywood Reporter, CNET, Thurrott, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, and IGN
Tweets: @id_aa_carmack, @thrmattbelloni, @pkafka, @reckless, @reckless, @asharma, @notlaja, @reckless, and @recode
| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Sony says it will shut down its PlayStation Vue live TV subscription service on January 30 — After much reports about trying to find a buyer, it seems that PlayStation Vue has decided to shut down the service instead. The service, which launched in 2015, was one of the first Live TV Streaming Services …
More:
PlayStation.Blog, Ars Technica, The Verge, Variety, and IGN
Tweets: @sherman4949, @jank0, @getfandom, @nextgenplayer, @pkafka, and @pkafka. Thanks:@thestreamable
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Slack rival Quill, which promises more focused team messaging, raised $2M seed led by Sam Altman and $12.5M Series A led by Index Ventures partner Sarah Cannon — Slack created a new solution for workplace communication, one copied by many, even Microsoft.
More:
WebProNews. Tweets: @zavaindar, @gaberivera, @somospostpc, @kateclarktweets, and @dinsmore_steele
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Uber refuses to provide LA with real-time location data on its scooters, sues the city, requests restraining order in case LA decides to suspend Uber's license — The ride-hailing company doesn't want to share everything with the city's government. — Los Angeles wants a peek …
More:
The Verge, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, IT Management, Mashable, CityLab, socalTECH.com, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @therideshareguy, @davidzipper, @gregbensinger, @k_trendacosta, and @awalkerinla
| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Activist registers as a candidate in California's 2022 gubernatorial election merely to run false Facebook ads, in a challenge to its controversial policy — New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook's controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform.
More:
USA Today, CNN, Inc.com, SiliconANGLE, The Parallax, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Fox News, TechSpot, and New York Times
Tweets: @donie, @donie, @donie, @peterwsinger, @grimmelm, @jason_kint, @kantrowitz, @juddlegum, @carolecadwalla, @zeynep, @adrielhampton, @caseynewton, @lizcarolan, @whotargetsme, @ronwyden, @donttrythis, and @dtunkelang
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
MX Player, a streaming and offline video app popular in India, raises ~$111M Series A led by Tencent; source: MX Player has a post-money valuation of $500M — MX Player, a popular video app that offers both local playback and streaming services, said on Wednesday that it has raised $110.8 million …
More:
The Economic Times and Entrackr
Tweets: @tsuvik, @dinsmore_steele, @satyan, @jonrussell, and @akm1410
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung says SmartThings has over 45M monthly active users and works with more than 5,000 devices, as it announces new developer and partner programs — Today at the 2019 Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, Samsung announced that SmartThings, the Seoul company's internet of things …
More:
YouTube, Samsung US Newsroom, Android Authority, CNET, Mashable, ZDNet, and MacRumors
| Stan Schroeder / Mashable: |
Xiaomi's first high end smartwatch looks a lot like the Apple Watch, with a button and twisting control knob on the right side — Xiaomi's November 5 event is shaping up to be a pretty big one. — On Monday we wrote about the company's upcoming 108-megapixel phone, but now the company …
More:
XDA Developers, Firstpost Tech, MacDailyNews, Android Central, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @viditb, @whatthebit, @reneritchie, and @rstephens
| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
EA partners with Valve to bring its EA Access subscription service to Steam next spring and launch games on Steam starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — SVP Mike Blank talks about the need to reduce fragmentation as EA pledges to bring Jedi Fallen Order, EA Access to Valve's storefront
More:
Electronic Arts Inc., VentureBeat, YouTube, The Verge, GameSpot, The Next Web, TechSpot, Digital Trends, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, Firstpost Tech, MSPoweruser, VG247, and Blue's News
Tweets: @gibiz and @toadsanime
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases watchOS 6.1 with support for AirPods Pro, and Watch Series 1 and Series 2, which were excluded from initial release of watchOS 6 — Apple today is releasing watchOS 6.1 to the public after developer beta testing. The update includes performance improvements …
More:
Thurrott, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Next Web, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, and The Verge. Tweets: @apollozac
| Raffi Khatchadourian / New Yorker: |
A profile of the defunct cybersecurity company Tiversa, whose CEO is facing federal charges for falsifying evidence about data breaches to extort clients — Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government. — I. THE FOOTBALL| Emily Stewart / Vox: |
A look at Sen. Josh Hawley's war against Big Tech, which could portend the GOP's future approach to Silicon Valley as he draws bipartisan support on some issues — Facebook's biggest problem in Washington might not be Elizabeth Warren. — Tech has become one of the major issues of political debate heading into 2020.
Tweets: @freedaaron, @voxdotcom, @voxdotcom, @recode, @sivavaid, and @recode
| Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
Kenya-based Twiga Foods, an online B2B marketplace for agricultural and packaged foods, raises $30M Series B led by Goldman Sachs, 11 months after a $10M raise — Kenya's Twiga Foods has raised a total of $30 million from lenders and investors led by Goldman Sachs.
More:
Reuters, ImpactAlpha, wamda, Business Daily, Quartz, and Crunchbase News
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Book Flex and Ion laptops, to replace Notebook 9 models, with QLED screens, 10th-gen Intel, and touchpads that wirelessly charge devices — More premium designs for Samsung's premium laptops — Samsung has a pair of new laptops — the Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion …
More:
CNET, Inquirer, Samsung Mobile Press, Neowin, Gizmodo, PCWorld, ZDNet, and Windows Central
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update with new emoji, Siri privacy settings, and support for AirPods Pro and more HomeKit devices — Apple today released macOS Catalina 10.15.1, the first update to the macOS Catalina operating system that was released in October.
More:
9to5Mac, International Business Times, Digital Trends, Michael Tsai, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, AnandTech, Coinspeaker, and Firstpost Tech
Tweets: @patrickmcgee_, @vladsavov, @tomwarren, and @panzer
| Rachel Siegel / Washington Post: |
Common Sense Media: screen time for Americans aged 8 to 12 has remained flat since 2015, but time spent watching videos has doubled to an hour per day — More than twice as many young people watch videos every day as did four years ago, and the average time spent watching videos …
More:
Vox and Associated Press
| Katie Williams / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Analysis: Nintendo's new Mario Kart Tour game had 123.9M downloads in its launch month across iOS and Android, the second best ever behind Pokemon GO's 163M — Mario Kart Tour, powerhouse developer Nintendo's latest mobile game, has had the second-biggest launch month in history in terms of downloads.
More:
Android Headlines, GamesIndustry.biz, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, iMore, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Hollywood Reporter, and CNET. Tweets: @kart_tour
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:
How to choose the right live chat software for your business — In a world where instant communication is the norm, live chat software enables businesses to meet customer expectations with real-time assistance.
How to choose the right live chat software for your business — In a world where instant communication is the norm, live chat software enables businesses to meet customer expectations with real-time assistance.
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:
Wed. 11/13 - Amazon Haul
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 6:40 AM ET, October 30, 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
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
More:
The Verge, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Sacramento Bee, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNN, Fast Company, VICE, San Francisco Chronicle, Vox, and Business Insider. Tweets: @mattdpearce
Earlier Picks
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
More:
Digital Trends, CNET, Good e-Reader, Tom's Guide, CNBC, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Gearburn, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @reckless, @dcseifert, @llsethj, @backlon, @dangraziano, and @bzamayo
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More:
9to5Mac, Apple Support, Firstpost Tech, Gizmodo, CNET, TidBITS, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Lifehacker, Tom's Guide, RAIN News, Houston Chronicle, Computerworld, Macworld, Thurrott, Inquirer, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, Kirkville, iPhone Hacks, TidBITS, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @justinmduke, @llsethj, @_inside, and @markgurman
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
More:
Australian Competition …, ABC, iTnews, Firstpost Tech, SiliconANGLE, Nextgov, Financial Times, Inquirer, Neowin, Security Boulevard, The Register, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @romoraleselcoro, @alexhern, and @openmarkets