|
January 13, 2021, 7:25 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
WhatsApp clarifies its new data sharing policy with Facebook, which mostly concerns businesses, after recent backlash and surge in Telegram and Signal downloads — The company is trying to contain fallout over a privacy policy update — WhatsApp has published a new FAQ page …
More:
WhatsApp Blog, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Fox Business, International Business Times, Business Insider, ZDNet, WABetaInfo, The Economic Times, Android Headlines, Engadget, MacRumors, Vox, Threatpost, Ubergizmo, phonearena.com, BGR India, Bitcoin News, iAfrikan.com, Snopes.com, Michael Tsai, Android Police, Business Insider, SlashGear, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MakeUseOf, Light Reading, Android Police, The Economic Times, and Neowin
| Gizmodo: |
GPS metadata from videos posted to Parler on Jan. 6 shows several users deep inside the Capitol; source: FBI has expressed interest in examining the data — At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the hoard of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside …
More:
VICE, VICE, Ars Technica, Maps Mania, The Verge, FlowingData, and Vox
Tweets: @evanchill, @janelytv, @kcimc, @motherboard, @chipgoines, @vabvox, @epro, @darren_mooney, @daphnehk, @jason_koebler, @oneunderscore__, and @ggreenwald
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
After reports of all of Parler's data being downloaded by third parties, analysis shows Parler lacked basic security measures to prevent such a data breach — The “free speech” social network also allowed unlimited access to every public post, image, and video.
More:
Newsweek, KnowTechie, Washington Post, evan.law, and Tom's Guide
| Axios: |
YouTube says it has taken down newly posted video content from Trump for violating its policies against inciting violence, bans new uploads for a week — YouTube said Tuesday that it has taken down newly posted video content from President Trump for violating its policies against inciting violence.
More:
Reuters, PCMag, TechCrunch, CNBC, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, BuzzFeed News, Al Jazeera, NPR, coinspeaker.com, BBC, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Protocol, The Verge, New York Times, Engadget, Business Insider, Newser, and Android Central
Tweets: @youtubeinsider, @sachabaroncohen, @violetblue, @caseynewton, @vmsalama, @randfish, @epro, and @hawaiidelilah. Thanks:@inafried
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Sources: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020; Apple was largely interested in Canoo's unique scalable electric vehicle platform — As part of the Silicon Valley giant's secretive push into the automotive space — Apple held meetings with California EV startup Canoo in the first half …
More:
Sony, Bloomberg, Cult of Mac, The Mac Observer, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, Pocket-lint, Micromobility Industries, Nikkei Asia, iMore, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Apple Terminal, iClarified, and iMore
Tweets: @micromobilityco, @asymco, @siracusa, @asymco, @sokane1, @asymco, @asymco, @dcseifert, @sokane1, @thiccteddy, @backlon, @sokane1, @auto_schmidt, @nikkeiasia, @detroitborg, @siracusa, and @carnage4life
| Wall Street Journal: |
Visa is abandoning its $5.3B planned acquisition of fintech firm Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns in November — Justice Department sued in November to challenge $5.3 billion deal — Visa Inc. is abandoning its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid Inc. …
More:
Business Wire, U.S. Department of Justice, TechCrunch, pitchbook.com, ZDNet, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, Engadget, TechCrunch, Forbes, Crunchbase News, Cointelegraph, Axios, Finextra, New York Post, CNN, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @mark_goldberg_, @arampell, @regulatorynerd, @hserunjogi, @mdudas, @anthony, @lucasmtny, @rickyang, @peter, @leah_nylen, and @joeysolitro
| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
Europol says it has shut down DarkMarket, the largest online marketplace for illicit goods with 2,400+ vendors, and apprehended a suspect, an Australian man — German law enforcement has shut down an internet market where users bought and sold narcotics, stolen data and hacking tools, authorities said Tuesday.
More:
Europol, U.S. Department of Justice, The Guardian, Gizmodo, CoinDesk, Engadget, DW.COM, ABC, TechSpot, The Hacker News, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Neowin, Infosecurity Magazine, BeInCrypto, VICE, Washington Times, GovInfoSecurity, The Times, Telegraph, ZDNet, news.com.au, Bloomberg, iTnews, and Bitcoin Magazine
Tweets: @doberah and @zackwhittaker
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded — Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can't tap that wealth …
More:
The Guardian, The Independent, Business Insider, Bloomberg, CryptoGlobe, cryptodaily.co.uk, PYMNTS.com, The Overspill, Financial Times, Cryptonews, The Verge, Daring Fireball, Michael Tsai, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @asteadwesley, @nathanielpopper, @obsoletedogma, @levie, @raverbruggen, @xrpartisan, @mattsmithkiro7, @jbarro, @docolumide, @evan_greer, @dylanreeve, @justmoon, @jacobtamme, @ancapchildren, @jacobmargolis, @cliffordlevy, @roddymcglynn, @howielindsey, @asemota, @zittrain, @duncanweldon, @teddyfuse, @nathanielpopper, @xamat, @iansherr, @lachlan, @alexstamos, @cd_hooks, @andrewrsorkin, @carnage4life, and @mdudas
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Interview with Dr. Lisa Su, AMD's CEO, on the new Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile lineup, Apple's M1 chip, supply shortages, AMD's acquisition of Xilinx, and more — Following the keynote press conference, AMD invited a number of key press partners for some Q&A time with Dr. Lisa Su.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
More:
HotHardware.com News, Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, XDA Developers, PCMag, BetaNews, Windows Central, and Gizmodo
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Report: GitHub fired an employee who used the term “Nazis” in an internal Slack during the US Capitol riot; ~200 staff signed a letter questioning the firing — Roughly 200 employees have signed an open letter asking for answers — GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee …
Source:
Business Insider. More:
Boing Boing and Gizmodo
Tweets: @katerosebee, @inafried, @nerdyandnatural, @zoeschiffer, and @iff_or
| Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: |
White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which will implement national AI strategy and coordinate research across gov., industry, and academia — The White House on Tuesday fulfilled its requirement to establish an office responsible for coordinating artificial intelligence research …
More:
The White House, The Next Web, The Hill, VentureBeat, and Nextgov
Tweets: @willknight, @whostp, @mark_riedl, @uscto, and @tiffanycli
| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
Facebook has long embraced a “view from nowhere”, favoring political neutrality, but comments from Instagram's head suggest that agnostic stance is changing — Trump's extremism is forcing tech companies to abandon the pretense of political objectivity — for now
Tweets: @mosseri
| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Outdoor grill company Weber has acquired smart oven startup June for undisclosed sum; June worked previously to help develop Weber's smart grilling system — Weber enlisted June, the company behind the June smart ovens, to help it build Weber Connect. That platform powers …
More:
TechCrunch, The Verge, The Spoon, CNET, SlashGear, and Forbes
Tweets: @mvanhorn, @ryfar, and @peterpham
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Affirm priced its IPO at $49 per share, above the marketed range of $33 to $38 set earlier this week, raising roughly $1.2B — - Affirm attains diluted valuation of about $15 billion — Consumers use Affirm to finance Peloton bikes, other items| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
European Medicines Agency says that hackers leaked third-party documents on COVID-19 vaccines and medicines as part of a breach discovered late last year — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Tuesday that hackers had leaked information on COVID-19 vaccines stolen as part of a breach discovered late last year.
More:
European Medicines Agency, CyberScoop, ComputerWeekly.com, and iTnews
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs, suited for mobile gaming, and says laptops with the RTX 3070 and 3080 will start rolling out this month — Nvidia's Ampere architecture is going mobile. The company revealed its plans and partnerships to bring GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs to more than 70 laptops throughout 2021.
More:
NVIDIA, NVIDIA, Tom's Hardware, The Official NVIDIA Blog, NVIDIA, The Verge, CNET, ZDNet, CRN, 9to5Toys, ExtremeTech, SiliconANGLE, MSPoweruser, AnandTech, Windows Blog, PCWorld, PCMag, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Polygon, The Official NVIDIA Blog, Engadget, and Engadget
| Anna Schecter / NBC News: |
How right-wing extremists are using Telegram channels, including some affiliated with Proud Boys, to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 — Right-wing extremists are using channels on the encrypted communication app Telegram to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands its Access Your Information tool, adding six new categories of data, a search tool, and more, available now on its Android and iOS apps — Facebook today is rolling out an update to its Access Your Information tool with the goal of making the tool easier to both use and navigate …
More:
About Facebook, Neowin, iMore, Input, MobileSyrup, Adweek, Social Media Today, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @alexvoica
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google details a sophisticated hacking operation first detected in early 2020 that used several novel Chrome exploits to compromise users on Android and Windows — The attackers used a combination of Android, Chrome, and Windows vulnerabilities, including both zero-days and n-days exploits.
More:
Project Zero, iTnews, Security Affairs, and Project Zero
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Report: IBM was granted most US patents in 2020 with 9,130, Samsung was second with 6,415, followed by Canon and Microsoft; Samsung leads overall with 80,577 — One year in, the COVID-19 global health pandemic continues to have something of a dragging effect on many aspects of life.
More:
GeekWire
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
A look at Spotify's push into podcasting as it seeks profitability: ~2M podcasts are available, up from 2,500 in 2017, and 20% of its users listen to podcasts — When Spotify went public in April 2018, Daniel Ek had been struggling with this question for more than a decade: How would the company make money?| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Gig workers and unions sue in CA Supreme Court to have Prop 22 overturned, alleging it violates the state constitution and limits the power of legislators — The lawsuit alleges Prop 22 violated the state constitution, and limited the powers of legislators to provide labor protections they are authorized to grant.
More:
Los Angeles Times, The Verge, TechCrunch, CBS News, Gizmodo, and Axios
Tweets: @_bayrising and @veenadubal
Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Zoho:
Highlights of 2024: Zoho Connect's journey to better workplaces — As we look back on 2024, it's clear that this has been a year of incredible transformation for Zoho Connect. Our mission?
Highlights of 2024: Zoho Connect's journey to better workplaces — As we look back on 2024, it's clear that this has been a year of incredible transformation for Zoho Connect. Our mission?
Genesys:
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
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.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
(BNS) Calvin And Hobbes - With Daniel Kibblesmith
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 7:25 AM ET, January 13, 2021.
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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Reuters:
Inside Radio:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
More:
Livemint, The Economic Times, CNBC, NDTV Gadgets 360, Times of India, Livemint, The Indian Express, and TechRadar
Tweets: @meetasengupta and @martin_hamilton
| Pew Research Center: |
More:
New York Post, Social Media Today, and Nieman Lab
Tweets: @pewjournalism, @pewjournalism, @jasminramsey, @getongab, @mikeelgan, @pewresearch, @epro, @brandysull, @pewresearch, and @pressgazette
Earlier Picks
| Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post: |
Tweets: @ntarnopolsky, @kenroth, @antielabhk, @kenroth, @ilariamariasala, @shibanimahtani, and @tmclaughlin3
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Tweets: @hypervisible, @jdmar3, @tsimonite, @linadencik, @varoonmathur, @_jack_poulson, @christinebannan, @jevanhutson, @mer__edith, @scottthurm, @drewharwell, and @wired
| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
More:
Android Authority, Engadget, Android Headlines, Neowin, Pocket-lint, CNX Software, HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @universeice, @mobile_dom, @rdrv3, @cardyak, @maxwinebach, @anandtech, and @rdrv3