|
February 29, 2020, 11:00 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Polygon: |
Organizers announce that this year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed from March to summer amid COVID-19 concerns — Sony, EA, Activision Blizzard, Unity, and Epic Games have all withdrawn due to COVID-19 concerns — This year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed …
More:
GDC, Tom's Hardware, Daring Fireball, Windows Central, The Verge, Input, IGN, coinspeaker.com, VICE, MSPoweruser, TechCrunch, VG247, Bloomberg, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Bloomberg, Wccftech, GamingBolt, BGR India, AnandTech, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, CNBC, Siliconera, Kotaku Australia, Axios, VentureBeat, and PC Gamer
Tweets: @official_gdc, @unrealengine, @official_gdc, @jasonschreier, @gamedevworld, @swanvr, @samsheffer, @nianticlabs, @ericajoy, @polygon, and @zebedee666
| Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: |
Amazon restricts employee travel in US, Google restricts travel to Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea as a Google employee in Zurich is diagnosed with COVID-19 — A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the virus — Google is preventing employees from traveling to Italy …
More:
Business Insider, Reuters, Amazon Web Services, New York Times, CNBC, BetaKit, TechCrunch, BuzzFeed News, Tom's Guide, CNET, Engadget, TechRepublic, Protocol, GeekWire, The Seattle Times, Android Central, Engadget, Input, Seeking Alpha, Yahoo Finance, MacRumors, IT Management, BGR, Digital Trends, TechSpot, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @jonostrower, @tristanghill, @howroute, @wandrme, @garyleff, @sabena_siddiqi, @endgameww3, @robaeprice, @whatthebit, and @robaeprice
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elliott Management has taken a “sizable” stake in Twitter, nominated four directors to Twitter's board, and seeks to replace CEO Jack Dorsey — - Elliott has nominated four directors for Twitter's board — Hedge fund has had ‘constructive discussions’ with company
More:
The Guardian, CNBC, Input, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, CNET, Business Insider, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @garrytan, @hedgemind, @planefag, @jmgrygiel, @seyitaylor, @lianabaker, @jackhutton, @felixsalmon, @mylesudland, @scottdeveau, @jm77, @business, and @jasonlk
| BuzzFeed News: |
Apple disables the iOS developer account of Clearview AI for using the Developer Enterprise Program to distribute its app among its reported 2,200+ customers — Apple has disabled the iOS application of Clearview AI — the facial recognition company that claims to have amassed a database …
More:
VICE, Gizmodo, Protocol, Wired, Slashdot, Fast Company, iMore, CNN, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, Techdirt, Patently Apple, CNET, Mashable, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Engadget, Input, Decrypt, The Block, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Financial Times, The Mac Observer, The Next Web, CoinDesk, InsideBitcoins.com, MediaNama, BuzzFeed News, Dark Reading, BuzzFeed, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @annamerlan, @loisbeckett, @dellcam, @profjeffjarviss, @jason_kint, @sethdmichaels, @glynmoody, @suhaunah, @kashhill, @briannawu, @motherboard, @torproject, @michaelhayes, @jbenton, @profcarroll, @panzer, @amandarivkin, @k_morrissey, @demandprogress, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @buzzfeednews, @jeremylittau, @evan_greer, @pranavdixit, @meetmckayla, @ajplus, @katecrawford, @evan_greer, @clareangelyn, @tiffanycli, @fightfortheftr, @arielbogle, and @rmac18
| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft adds productivity features to Cortana, drops consumer skills including music, connected home, and third-party skills in the upcoming Windows 10 update — Cortana is converting to a productivity assistant, meaning Cortana skills are on the way out. — What you need to know
More:
Windows Experience Blog, BetaNews, ZDNet, gHacks Technology News, Engadget, Windows Central, Pocket-lint, Ars Technica, SlashGear, OnMSFT.com, TechSpot, VentureBeat, MSPoweruser, The Verge, Thurrott, Neowin, Windows Central, and Yahoo Finance
Tweets: @maryjofoley, @jezcorden, and @zacbowden
| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
FCC proposes fines of $91M for T-Mobile, $57M for AT&T, $48M for Verizon, and $12M for Sprint for sharing customers' location information with outside parties — The Federal Communications Commission proposed fines totaling more than $200 million against the nation's biggest wireless carriers …
More:
Federal Communications …, CNET, Ars Technica, South China Morning Post, Krebs on Security, Wired, Gizchina, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Protocol, MacRumors, TmoNews, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, GeekWire, CNN, Yahoo Finance, Washington Post, Phone Scoop, The Daily Dot, VICE, and Techdirt
Tweets: @fcc, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| DL Cade / PetaPixel: |
Facebook says its 3D Photos feature, which retroactively converts 2D photos to 3D using neural nets, now works on photos taken with single-lens cameras — Facebook just expanded 3D photo posting to phones that don't actually capture depth data. Using the magic of machine learning …
More:
Facebook AI, VentureBeat, Input, Social Media Today, MSPoweruser, The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Engadget, SlashGear, and CNET. Tweets: @scobleizer
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Bernie Sanders introduces a bill that would tax stock options at vesting, not at exercise, for those making $130K+ and vesting $100K+ worth of stock per year — 'Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced legislation that would tax nonqualified stock options at vesting …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Senator Sanders's Feed, and CNBC
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook to start rolling out a redesign for Messenger next week that removes the Discover tab, reorients the People tab around Stories, and hides chat bots — Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger's strategy three years ago. Now they're being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses.
More:
9to5Mac, Input, Social Media Today, iMore, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Business Insider, and The Verge
Tweets: @joshconstine, @jacobschulman, @caseynewton, @gustaf, @shiraovide, @searchmartin, @daveleeft, @mattnavarra, and @caseynewton
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
In warehouses, call centers, and elsewhere, intelligent machines are managing humans, and they're making work more stressful, grueling, and dangerous — In warehouses, call centers, and other sectors, intelligent machines are managing humans, and they're making work more stressful, grueling, and dangerous
More:
Wired. Tweets: @joshdzieza, @noahpinion, @ctricot, @gregpak, @bigzaphod, @gothamgirlblue, @janelytv, @mattdpearce, and @iainthomson
| Business Insider: |
Investigation: several staff members of the Chan-Zuckerberg family office have made allegations of assault, sexual harassment, and more, against other staff — KAUAI, Hawaii — One minute before midnight on December 29, 2017, one of Mark Zuckerberg's personal staffers got a phone call.
More:
The Daily Beast and Business Insider
Tweets: @ravi_hiranand, @beckpeterson, @businessinsider, @beckpeterson, @robaeprice, and @robaeprice. Thanks:@shonaghosh
| Alex Lee / Wired: |
A look at the TranscribersOfReddit subreddit where 3,186 volunteers write elaborate transcriptions of memes, videos, and images to make the site more accessible — To help Redditors with visual impairments, volunteers are writing elaborate transcriptions of memes and images across the site.Sponsor Posts
TELUS Digital:
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Tribe AI:
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
Zoho:
Supercharge Your CRM with an AI Agent — This is a guest blog by Chatsimple.Your CRM helps you manage leads and identify sales opportunities. But sometimes you may find yourself dealing with a dry sales pipeline …
Supercharge Your CRM with an AI Agent — This is a guest blog by Chatsimple.Your CRM helps you manage leads and identify sales opportunities. But sometimes you may find yourself dealing with a dry sales pipeline …
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
Techmeme Ride Home:
JK, JK, JK
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Great Chat:
The bull case for domestic manufacturing
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:
Why DOGE is killing the agency that keeps banks from ripping you off
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Lenny's Podcast:
OpenAI's CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI, ex-Instagram, Twitter)
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.
The Logan Bartlett Show:
Keith Rabois and Zach Weinberg Debate: Are Tariffs a Smart Economic Weapon?
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.
The Social Radars:
Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel (Part 3)
Come be a fly on the wall as Y Combinator's Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
Subscribe to The Social Radars.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:00 AM ET, February 29, 2020.
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
Oliver Darcy / Status:Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Bloomberg: |
More:
The Verge. Tweets: @sarahfrier, @reckless, @joshelman, @blakereid, @venkatananth, @hkesvani, @walldo, @slpng_giants, @thekarachikid, @nkjemisin, @hshaban, @mickeyg77, @unclegrambo, @raaleh, @gbaroth, @ckolderup, and @mattnavarra
| CNN: |
More:
Inc42 Media, Input, Engadget, Social Media Today, New York Post, CNET, and The Hill
Tweets: @polotek, @theavalkyrie, @ambermac, @hypervisible, @noupside, @emilio__ferrara, @mathewi, @marquardta, @rayredacted, @luca, @craignewman, and @kantrowitz
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
More:
The Korea Herald, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Engadget, Android Police, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, Android Authority, TechSpot, CNET, Wired, Gizchina, and BGR
Tweets: @wired, @jdolcourt, @techninjaspeaks, @imjustsayingjc, @reckless, @backlon, @reckless, @saschasegan, @raywongy, @richdemuro, @raywongy, @backlon, @joshuatopolsky, and @joshuatopolsky