|
September 17, 2020, 9:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| New York Times: |
Sources: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has had preliminary talks about becoming TikTok's new CEO — The video app is also looking for a new chief executive and has talked to candidates including a founder of Instagram. — WASHINGTON — The Chinese company that owns TikTok has accepted …
More:
Bloomberg, Business Insider, Telegraph, Reuters, PingWest, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Input, Tubefilter, Variety, Deadline, AppleInsider, and TheStreet
Tweets: @john, @mattnavarra, @caseynewton, @artjonak, @aexm, @chrisharihar, @joannastern, @joshconstine, and @apollozac
| CNBC: |
Sources: ByteDance plans US IPO for new global TikTok business if Trump approves deal including Walmart and Oracle, which will take less than a 20% global stake — - President Trump is expected to decide on TikTok's fate in the U.S. in the next 24-36 hours, sources told CNBC's David Faber.
More:
Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Interface, TechCrunch, Washington Post, South China Morning Post, dot.LA, SiliconANGLE, Social Media Today, The Startup, Financial Times, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @eringriffith, @jboorstin, @sherman4949, @cnbcnow, @acquiredfm, @cpen, @cultrun, @seyitaylor, @jenniferjjacobs, @delrey, @sherman4949, @johnlukesam1, and @puiwingtam
| Washington Post: |
Sources: Steven Mnuchin is attempting to push through a TikTok deal enabling it to retain some Chinese ownership, despite security concerns from lawmakers — The deal would let the U.S. government approve the company's board and require TikTok to plan to go public
More:
Japan Today, Reuters, Fortune, and Tech Xplore
Tweets: @karlbode, @jenniferjjacobs, and @sentedcruz
| Bloomberg: |
More:
NBC News, Reuters, Reuters, Input, New.blicio.us, and Android Headlines
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the alliance of convenience between Facebook and Trump admin as sources say Zuckerberg told employees that Facebook is likely to fare better under GOP — In late 2019, during one of Mark Zuckerberg's many trips to Washington to defend Facebook in front of Congress … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A bug in the first public release of iOS 14 is making the default browser or mail app settings reset to Apple's Safari or Mail when the device reboots — One of the new features in iOS 14 is the ability to change the default email or browser app to a third-party alternative such as Chrome, Edge, or Outlook.
More:
Gizmodo, ZDNet, AppleInsider, The Verge, iMore, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Trusted Reviews, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Michael Tsai
Tweets: @detroitborg, @sonikku_a2, @stroughtonsmith, @baekdal, and @llsethj
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple's iOS 14.2 developer beta adds Music Recognition feature in Control Center, using Shazam tech for song identification of audio in apps and the environment — iOS 14.2 can identify songs that are playing inside your apps — Apple bought music recognition app Shazam in 2018 …
More:
9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @markgurman and @zollotech
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will specify which parts of its internal Workplace are for discussing political issues so staffers don't have to confront such issues at work — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday outlined to employees a new set of principles to guide debates and conversations within Workplace …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Business Insider
Tweets: @heerjeet, @kevinroose, @kreissdaniel, @jetjocko, @aza, @mathewi, @juddlegum, @jeffbigham, @smlabto, @wagatwe, @kantrowitz, @hshaban, @jenn_elias, @slpng_giants, @hshaban, @slpng_giants, and @mattrosoff. Thanks:@sal19
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Data analytics company Sumo Logic's stock closed at $26.88 per share, up 22% from opening, raising more than $325M in its IPO and valuing the company at ~$2.2B — Shares of Sumo Logic Inc. jumped more than 20% when they hit the stock market Thursday after the cloud-based machine data analytics firm raised … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook launches Facebook Business Suite, which lets SMBs manage their pages and profiles across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger from a single interface — Facebook on Thursday launched a new app named Facebook Business Suite that lets small businesses manage their pages and profiles across Facebook …
More:
About Facebook, The Verge, Facebook, Search Engine Land, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Adweek, and Neowin
Tweets: @cassidyrota, @mosseri, @sarafischer, @mattnavarra, and @chrismessina
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Twitter rolls out security features for high-profile political accounts, including enabling password reset protection and security prompts, ahead of US election — It's automatically turning on password reset protection — Twitter will start prompting high-profile political accounts …
More:
Twitter, ZDNet, TechCrunch, The Hill, Politico, Reuters, CNET, TechCrunch, Axios, Engadget, Social Media Today, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @stevemann and @oliverdarcy
| Washington Post: |
Docs: Amazon generated ~$3.9B in revenue and $1.6B in profit for USPS during FY2019; USPS delivered 1.54B packages for Amazon, or 30% of Amazon's 2019 volume — Nearly 10,000 pages of emails, memos and other private documents offered new details about the agency's struggles and the pro-Trump figures to whom it turned for advice.| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will limit the spread of private groups focused on health advice and those with ties to violence, and will archive groups without admins — - Facebook announced new policies that will limit the spread of private groups on its social network that focus on giving users health advice …
More:
About Facebook, The Verge, NBC News, Daily Mail, Neowin, UPI, HuffPost, Digital Trends, Engadget, TechCrunch, Reuters, Input, CNET, Social Media Today, and Newshub
Tweets: @jbillinson, @tonyromm, @ttp_updates, @ttp_updates, @lorakolodny, @gretchenspeters, @karissabe, @atharproject, and @scottgustin
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 6 hands-on: always-on screen is bright and the best feature, but it's an iterative update and blood oxygen monitor gave some failed readings — Also a very red smartwatch — I've had just under 24 hours with the new Apple Watch Series 6, which is just enough time to gather a handful of impressions.
More:
Engadget, New York Times, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Mashable, CNN, 9to5Mac, CNBC, Tom's Guide, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, Macworld, MacRumors, and International Business Times
Tweets: @markgurman, @dennieredwards, @mehgcap, @ucsfhospitals, @backlon, @backlon, @stevejoffe, @tomwarren, and @backlon
| Eric Geller / Politico: |
US charges 3 alleged state-backed Iranian hackers with stealing sensitive info on aerospace and satellite tech from 2015-2019, detailing spear phishing attack — The hackers allegedly impersonated real U.S. citizens in the targeted industries. — A participant looks at lines of code … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Mozilla says it is permanently shutting down Firefox Send after some users sent malware and conducted spear phishing attacks using the file-sharing service — Expanding beyond the Firefox browser to online services isn't simple. — Mozilla permanently shut down its Firefox Send service …
More:
The Mozilla Blog, ZDNet, Android Police, VentureBeat, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Engadget, Input, Neowin, and Liliputing
Tweets: @rossrubin, @codepo8, and @noremacam
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
PS5 will launch on Nov. 12 in North America, Japan, Mexico, AU, and NZ for $500 for Blu-Ray version and $400 for Digital Edition and then elsewhere on Nov. 19 — Sony provided more details about the upcoming PlayStation 5. During a video event today, the company explained what you can expect in terms of a PS5 release date and price.
More:
Washington Post, GamesIndustry.biz, PlayStation.Blog, The Verge, Protocol, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Android Central, GameSpot, Polygon, Softpedia News, Gamasutra, Trusted Reviews, TheStreet, ExtremeTech, International Business Times, Engadget, Redmond Pie, and GamingBolt
Tweets: @playstation, @playstation, @genepark, @playstation, @radeon, and @charlieintel
| PYMNTS.com: |
Affirm, e-commerce point-of-sale lender, raises $500M Series G, bringing its total raised to $1.3B; in July, sources said Affirm was preparing for an IPO — Affirm, a San Francisco-based point-of-sale (POS), buy now, pay later (BNPL) lender, announced a $500 million series G round of funding Thursday …
More:
FinSMEs, FinLedger, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google updates Play Store rules banning stalkerware apps unless they include an “adequate notice or consent” and show a “persistent notification” — Ban is meaningless as Google leaves a giant loophole in the rules, allowing stalkerware devs to rebrand their apps as child trackers.
More:
support.google.com, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Threatpost, infosecurity-magazine.com, and TechRadar
Tweets: @alfredwkng, @alfredwkng, @artificialnix, @zackwhittaker, @__eater__, @privacymatters, @martijn_grooten, and @webdevlaw
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Mozilla's new browser extension RegretsReporter aims to crowdsource research into harmful YouTube recommendations — RegretsReporter will let users send in reports about recommended harmful videos — YouTube's recommendations algorithm can lead you down some very weird rabbit holes …
More:
CNET, Mozilla Foundation, The Guardian, TechSpot, Input, PCWorld, Neowin, The Next Web, Engadget, and VentureBeat
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: CFIUS sent letters to Epic, Riot, and other game companies asking for information about their data security protocols involving Tencent — - Cfius sent letters to gaming companies about data security — Move is part of heightened scrutiny on Chinese companies
More:
CNET, South China Morning Post, Blue's News, Seeking Alpha, The Esports Observer, Polygon, and Wccftech
Tweets: @theincrdblhulse, @sdonnan, @sbanjo, @zhugeex, @dylanbyers, @colinwilhelm, and @daveaitel
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:
Introducing captions, dynamic cross-references, table of tables and figures, and more in Zoho Writer — Easily ensure that your documents—reports, manuals, research papers, or thesis—are neatly structured …
Introducing captions, dynamic cross-references, table of tables and figures, and more in Zoho Writer — Easily ensure that your documents—reports, manuals, research papers, or thesis—are neatly structured …
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
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.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Instagram iPad App But For REAL This Time?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
NYT publisher AG Sulzberger on Trump, OpenAi and the economy
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Spotlight On:
Corelight's Brian Dye on What He's Learned About Scaling
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Invest Like the Best:
Michael Ovitz - Turning Potential into Prominence
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:25 PM ET, September 17, 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
Richard Lawler / The Verge:Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
More:
SecurityWeek, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, The Verge, infosecurity-magazine.com, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @cdameffmd, @fbajak, @svblxyz, @lukolejnik, @campuscodi, and @cyberpeaceinst
Earlier Picks
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
More:
Telegraph, Axios, About Facebook, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Neowin, Input, Android Authority, Micky, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @panxueni, @kentbye, @eallonier, @alxthomp, @ricmac, @mixedrealitytv, @arstechnica, @fabiochiusi, @garymarcus, @boztank, and @mattrosoff