|
November 11, 2019, 6:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Axios: |
Uber's CEO, in an interview covering Saudi funding, called Khashoggi's murder a “mistake” which the Saudis are taking “seriously”; he later expressed regret — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told “Axios on HBO” that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “a mistake” …
More:
The Verge, Slate, On my Om, Mashable, Business Insider, and CNBC
Tweets: @hbodocs, @bnonews, @kantrowitz, @danprimack, @profcarroll, @brhodes, @mikeisaac, @panzer, @dansolomon, @rmac18, @fmanjoo, @juddapatow, @nktpnd, @johnolilly, @sarahemclaugh, @dabeard, @ggreeneva, @gaberivera, @hunterwalk, @jason_kint, and @chriswelch
| Bloomberg: |
NY regulator launches a probe into Goldman Sachs after a viral tweet alleges gender discrimination in the Apple Card's algorithms when determining credit limits — - Tech entrepreneur alleged inherent bias in algorithms for card — The card is part of Goldman's new main street business lines
More:
Medium, New York Times, IT PRO, The Verge, Bloomberg, The Next Web, BBC, Thurrott, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Reuters, Cult of Mac, ComputerWeekly.com, CNBC, Crowdfund Insider, Fintech Today, Business Insider, PaymentsSource, iPhone Hacks, Quartz, MacRumors, BGR, AppleInsider, Telegraph, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, CNET, VentureBeat, Mashable, TechSpot, BetaNews, Associated Press, MacDailyNews, iMore, Engadget, and Reclaim The Net
Tweets: @dhh, @stevewoz, @gsbanksupport, @codinghorror, @dhh, @frances_coppola, @dhh, @aaroth, @dhh, @_academicyogi_, @dhh, @garethrhodes, @dhh, @benadida, @dwlz, @timobrien, @asanwal, @tariqkrim, @charlesarthur, @aquilino, @originalspin, @moonpolysoft, @dhh, @dhh, @politicoryan, @dhh, @stilkov, @anildash, @mdudas, @krishnagade, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @jolyonmaugham, and @anildash
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Voi Technology, a Sweden-based scooter-sharing startup which operates in a 38 cities across 10 European countries, raises $85M Series B — Voi Technology, the “micro-mobility” startup that operates an e-scooter service in a 38 cities across 10 European countries, has raised an $85 million in Series B funding.| Paris Martineau / Wired: |
How Jersey City, one of the first municipalities to legalize Airbnb, passed strict short-term rent regulations despite a $4M+ Airbnb-funded opposition campaign — The company spent more than $4 million opposing new rules that crack down on short-term rentals, echoing its tactics in other cities.| New York Times: |
Tech companies have been failing to deal with child abuse images for years, and they still don't have a common standard for identifying illegal video content — How PhotoDNA Works — The uploaded image — in this instance a photograph of Dr. Farid — is turned into a square and colors are removed …
More:
Business Insider, CNET, and Slashdot
Tweets: @carnage4life, @alexstamos, @cdnchildprotect, @cnorrander, @mhkeller, @wilcoxnmp, @alexstamos, @sheeraf, @whywelook, @deborahblum, @blmohr, @mhkeller, @alexstamos, @antoniogm, @mhkeller, @chiefcmagnus, @claireshrugged, @matthew_d_green, @mhkeller, @mhkeller, @mhkeller, @mohammadfarooq_, @mheadd, @matthew_d_green, @danielle_ivory, @prostasiainc, @cagoldberglaw, @matthew_d_green, @cagoldberglaw, @rasmus_kleis, @sophiacannon, @johnc1912, @joshconstine, @ceciliakang, @joshconstine, @profcarroll, @rich_harris, @kevinroose, @jgeltzer, @alexstamos, and @pinboard
| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
Alipay and WeChat Pay now allow foreign visitors to link international credit cards to make mobile payments in mainland China — It has partnered up with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Global Network, and JCB to allow foreign visitors to link their credit cards to WeChat Pay.| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Prosus-owned classifieds company OLX Group to acquire a majority stake in a global car marketplace Frontier Car Group with an investment of up to $400M — OLX Group, Prosus' Netherlands-based classifieds business, plans to acquire the majority of global car marketplace Frontier Car Group … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Roblox survey: 60% of teens rarely discuss inappropriate online behavior with parents, millenials are more aware of kids' digital lives than Gen X and boomers — 60% of teens rarely discuss inappropriate online behavior with parents, according to a study of online behavior by gaming world creator Roblox.
Tweets: @gamingthemind
| Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: |
Germany-based digital payments group Wirecard to acquire Chinese online payments company AllScore Payment Services for €109M — Wirecard has agreed to acquire a Beijing-based payments group for up to €109m, the first purchase of a Chinese company by the controversial German fintech group.
More:
ZDNet, Nasdaq, Finextra, and PYMNTS.com
| Mary Loritz / EU-Startups: |
Barcelona-based on-demand delivery startup Glovo buys Poland's largest food delivery platform Pizza Portal for €30M — Barcelona-based Glovo, one of the world's fastest-growing on-demand delivery players, has announced today that it has acquired Poland's largest food delivery platform, Pizza Portal.| New York Times: |
In a letter, WhatsApp says 121 users in India were targeted with NSO spyware; 22 of the alleged targets were activists, journalists, and civil rights lawyers — Recent revelations in India show that the threat from the company's spyware to activists and journalists isn't limited to autocratic regimes.
More:
Memex 1.1, The Hindu, Scroll.in, and Times of India
Tweets: @nicoleperlroth, @tamarmegiddo, @kenroth, @vindugoel, @petercronau, @snowden, @pinboard, @pinboard, and @alexstamos
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
GitHub report: over 80% of repository contributions come from outside the US, ~44M repositories were created since October 2018, crossed 100M in November 2018 — GitHub's annual Octoverse report is out today. It found that Microsoft's Visual Studio Code or VSCode (19.1K), Azure Docs (14K) … Sponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
Zoho:
Recruiters, be that zeroth candidate — Welcome again! Earlier, we looked at how personality assessments are evaluation tools that help look at candidates beyond resumes. Let's look at how to use …
Recruiters, be that zeroth candidate — Welcome again! Earlier, we looked at how personality assessments are evaluation tools that help look at candidates beyond resumes. Let's look at how to use …
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
Lenny's Podcast:
Microsoft CPO: If you aren't prototyping with AI you're doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Techmeme Ride Home:
(Bonus) World Cup Of Entrepreneurs Part 2
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Hard Fork:
Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
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.
Great Chat:
Are VC jobs truly AI Proof? (Marc thinks so)
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Workday's new head of product wants you to like Workday as much as he does
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:40 AM ET, November 11, 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
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Financial Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: |
| Margot Roosevelt / Los Angeles Times: |
Tweets: @margotroosevelt, @latimes, @paulpage, @margotroosevelt, @mims, @davidzahniser, @greenhousenyt, @margotroosevelt, and @latimes
| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
More:
Nisha's Internet Tote Bag. Tweets: @jeffersonpooley, @chadwittman, @xecretcode, @baekdal, @__anoop, @counternotions, @hamburger, @amandamull, @the_rewm, @brielle, and @taylorlorenz
| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
More:
MSPoweruser, Medium, Firstpost Tech, and Yahoo Finance
| Adrienne So / Wired: |
More:
Thurrott, Gizchina, POPSUGAR, MSPoweruser, Brian Solis, Variety, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Seeking Alpha, Digital Photography Review, Newser, iMore, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, Firstpost Tech, Social Media Today, and The Hill
Tweets: @wired, @katierosman, @escoblades, @janetmonsivais, @litcapital, @tomfornelli, @iamgigisavage, @nxthompson, @austdwn, and @barstoolsports