|
March 5, 2020, 4:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft encourages Seattle area and Bay Area employees to work from home if possible through March 25 and asks sick employees to stay home — - People who can work from home in the two affected areas should do that, Microsoft said. — Microsoft said non-essential business travel … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Numerous tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Facebook are asking Seattle-based staff to work from home because of coronavirus — Amazon and Facebook have shut down individual offices as well — Numerous tech companies have asked their Seattle-based employees to work from home …
More:
GeekWire, GeekWire, Reuters, CNBC, NPR, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @bizcarson and @sarahconnor2017
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
DuckDuckGo makes Tracker Radar, a tool detailing 5,326 domains used by 1,727 companies and organizations that track users online, publicly available — DuckDuckGo, the maker of search engine and browser technology that doesn't track you online, is sharing data it's collected about online trackers …
More:
DuckDuckGo Blog, Yahoo Finance, GitHub, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Neowin
Tweets: @johnwilander, @stshank, @duckduckgo, @duckduckgo, @benbajarin, @ldrogen, @duckduckgo, @ashk4n, and @whatthebit
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey says he is reevaluating plans to spend part of the year in Africa amid the coronavirus outbreak and “everything else going on” — The Twitter CEO is facing down an adversarial investor who wants him gone — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is reevaluating his plans …
More:
Telegraph, Axios, and Bloomberg
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Facebook reverses course and says it will remove 1K+ deceptive census ads being run by the Trump campaign, after initially saying they do not violate its policy — November's election will have an enormous impact on politics in the United States for the next four years.
More:
CNN, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Law, The Hill, Vox, Security, and Mashable
Tweets: @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @thisweekabc, @donie, @profcarroll, @juddlegum, @mikeisaac, @martinsfp, and @anildash
| Emily Dreyfuss / Protocol: |
Elizabeth Warren changed the discussion about tech companies through her call to break up big tech, influencing debate even after her withdrawal from the race — Warren's campaign may be dead, but her call to break up big tech lives on. — Elizabeth Warren's decision to end her campaign means … | Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Emails show Wolfcom, a major body cam provider in the US, is testing integrating live facial recognition on its Halo camera with at least one police department — Police cam manufacturer Wolfcom has contracts with 1,500 organizations — olfcom, a company that makes technology for police …
More:
The Surveillance and VentureBeat
Tweets: @aclu, @matt_cagle, @kevinroose, @willoremus, @dlberes, @mer__edith, @mallorytmcmahon, @trevortimm, @dlberes, @dlberes, @zittrain, @emanuelmaiberg, @olaasm, @fightfortheftr, @michellelegro, and @davegershgorn. Thanks:@dlberes
| Michael H. Keller / New York Times: |
Five Eyes nations release guidelines for platforms to fight child porn; US senators introduce a bill to remove Section 230 for failure to police such content — Legislation announced on Thursday aimed at curbing the spread of online child sexual abuse imagery would take the extraordinary step …
More:
United States Senate Committee …, Ars Technica, CNET, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Verge, and Axios
Tweets: @davidakaye, @mhkeller, @reckless, @jess_miers, @senjudiciary, @rezendi, @senblumenthal, and @glynmoody
| About Facebook: |
Facebook says it is suing Namecheap, and its proxy service Whoisguard, for registering 45 domain names that pretend to be affiliated with Facebook apps — This week we filed a lawsuit in Arizona against Namecheap, a domain name registrar, as well as its proxy service, Whoisguard … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands its rules around hateful conduct to include language that dehumanizes people on the basis of their age, disability, or disease — Last year, Twitter expanded its rules around hate speech to include dehumanizing speech against religious groups.| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google says it will switch to mobile-first indexing for all sites from September and 70% of sites shown in its search results have already shifted over — Google has said currently 70% of sites shown in search have already been switched over. — Google has announced that by September 2020 …
More:
Google Webmaster Central Blog, TechCrunch, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @ludobos, @marie_haynes, @aleyda, @campuscodi, and @googlewmc
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Google launches a version of Anthos cloud platform for telecoms as part of its Global Mobile Edge Cloud strategy, partners with AT&T to test 5G edge solutions — Google LLC today launched a new version of its Anthos application development platform for telecommunications providers …
More:
Google Cloud, TechCrunch, PR Newswire, Light Reading, TechRepublic, ZDNet, and Fortune
Tweets: @zachtratar, @mhbergen, and @mhbergen
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google starts rolling out 4K gaming for Stadia on the web for Stadia Pro subscribers; until now 4K gameplay was limited to Chromecast Ultra and TVs — Google last month started fulfilling its Q1 2020 roadmap by rolling out its streaming service to Samsung, Asus, and Razer phones.| Amy Castor / Decrypt: |
UK's FCA warns UK citizens against offers from crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, saying it lacks authorization to market financial products in the country — The Financial Conduct Authority cautions UK citizens to avoid the bitcoin derivatives platform. Bitmex is promoting its services without authorization, it says.
More:
FCA, The Merkle Hash, InsideBitcoins.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, CryptoGlobe, CoinDesk, The Block, Coingape, Bitcoinist.com, CoinGape, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @timccopeland, @ahcastor, and @nlw
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Former head of Uber's self-driving unit, Anthony Levandowski, key figure in Uber-Waymo trade secrets trial, ordered to pay $179M to Google over contract breach — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The former head of Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving technology unit must pay $179 million to Google …
More:
TechCrunch, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, Daring Fireball, Yahoo Finance, and Financial Times
Tweets: @counternotions, @nytimesbusiness, @jim_edwards, @mikeisaac, @smashdawg, @reutersbiz, @brianstorms, @yoda, @thekenyeung, and @mhbergen
| Charles Levinson / Protocol: |
Sources: federal agencies like CBP and ICE are using Locate X, a tool by a company called Babel Street that tracks phones using data from popular apps — Federal agencies have big contracts with Virginia-based Babel Street. Depending on where you've traveled, your movements may be in the company's data.
Tweets: @mattdrange, @lourdesgnavarro, @demianbulwa, @levinsonc, and @elizabeth_joh
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
OnePlus will roll out Door Step Service for repairing devices at users' homes or offices in six cities in India, including Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad — OnePlus is really pumping resources and investment into the Indian market, with exclusive features for fans and device owners in the region.
More:
OnePlus Community, Neowin, and Android Central
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Budgeting software platform Airbase adds a $23.5M extension led by Bain Capital Ventures to its $7M Series A — This morning Airbase, a startup that sells spend and budgeting software for companies, announced a $23.5 million extension to its Series A. TechCrunch covered the company's … | Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon nixed proposals that indicated the environmental impact of shipping choices, including a “Green” delivery option, to avoid alienating shoppers — A few years ago, Amazon.com Inc.'s quick delivery team debated doing something radical for the e-commerce giant: asking shoppers to consider the environment.
Tweets: @business, @tfadell, @shiraovide, @alistairmbarr, @mattmday, @ethan_kraft, and @bizboyle
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
UK's Virgin Media says a marketing database with personal details of ~900K customers, including names and addresses, had been left unsecured since last April — At least one person from outside Virgin Media accessed non-financial details — Almost a million Virgin Media customers … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter will begin testing “Fleets”, letting iOS and Android users make posts that disappear after 24 hours, in Brazil, finally using a Stories-like format — Twitter is testing its own version of Stories. The company announced today it will begin to trial a new sharing format called …
More:
The Verge, Yahoo Finance, MIT Technology Review, BBC, The Hill, International Business Times, Reuters, Android Central, CCN.com, Geek.com, Wccftech, XDA Developers, Telegraph, iPhone Hacks, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, and Axios
Tweets: @kayvz, @kayvz, @kayvz, @twittercomms, @caseynewton, @joshuarush, @thehipsterrebbe, @arlenedickinson, @anibundel, @btaylor, @charlieshrem, @blanketm9, @s_m_i, @kantrowitz, @nototally, @shem_infinite, @codyt, @digiphile, @shanselman, @caseynewton, @showupforthis, @willoremus, @monteiro, @chrismlacy, @alexeheath, @oz_f, @mattycurry, @erin_nerung, @kayvz, @darrenrovell, and @tomwarren
Sponsor Posts
Airtable:
What's the ROI on AI? That's the trillion dollar question. — Learn why Airtable's the enterprise operating system for the AI era, delivering enterprise-grade security, privacy and governance.
What's the ROI on AI? That's the trillion dollar question. — Learn why Airtable's the enterprise operating system for the AI era, delivering enterprise-grade security, privacy and governance.
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 Payroll Premium Plan: The best of Zoho Payroll — Zoho Payroll is on a mission to transform payroll for small, emerging, and established businesses. To bring you closer to this goal, we're introducing a new plan: Zoho Payroll Premium Plan.
Zoho Payroll Premium Plan: The best of Zoho Payroll — Zoho Payroll is on a mission to transform payroll for small, emerging, and established businesses. To bring you closer to this goal, we're introducing a new plan: Zoho Payroll Premium Plan.
Notion:
Get up to 6 months free of Notion with unlimited AI — Notion is trusted and loved by thousands of startups as their connected workspace—from building product roadmaps to tracking fundraising. Build and scale your company with one tool!
Get up to 6 months free of Notion with unlimited AI — Notion is trusted and loved by thousands of startups as their connected workspace—from building product roadmaps to tracking fundraising. Build and scale your company with one tool!Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 10/04 - AI Slop Comes To Podcasting
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 4:55 PM ET, March 5, 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
Victoria Gomelsky / New York Times:Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
ProPublica:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Tweets: @davegershgorn, @bcmerchant, @ozm, @davegershgorn, @dlberes, @ipvanish, @ozm, and @fabiochiusi. Thanks:@davegershgorn
Earlier Picks
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
More:
Tom's Hardware, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Wccftech, ExtremeTech, Computer Business Review, and TGDaily. Tweets: @patrickmoorhead
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
More:
Ars Technica, XDA Developers, VICE, MSPoweruser, Phandroid, Engadget, Softpedia News, news.com.au, and iClarified
Tweets: @tihmstar, @iconredesign, @randomblock1_, @axi0mx, @iblametom, @chronic, @rob_winch, and @joshavant
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
More:
Google, IGN, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, MCV/DEVELOP, and Pocket Gamer.biz
Tweets: @ign, @heaney555, @googlestadia, @andrearene, @therealandymc, @grummz, and @gerritd
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
More:
Apple Developer, The Verge, iMore, KnowTechie, BGR, TechCrunch, AdGuard Blog, The Next Web, BetaNews, ZDNet, Thurrott, Mashable, CNET, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, and MacRumors