|
September 15, 2021, 6:55 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces iPhone 13 and 13 mini with a similar design to iPhone 12, smaller notch, A15, diagonal dual-camera system, larger battery, and five new colors — The rumors were right. The centerpiece of today's big Apple event is the latest iPhone. The latest device lands less than a year …
More:
Macworld, MacRumors, CNET, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Google, phonearena.com, TNW, MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechRadar, The Information, MacRumors, SlashGear, and Livemint
Tweets: @maxrudberg, @sarahintampa, @asymco, @tomcoates, @tapbot_paul, @samsheffer, @benbajarin, @asymco, @jon_prosser, @joannastern, @jonyiveparody, @nbtjacklyn, @mgsiegler, @ijustine, @halidecamera, @stevesi, @marcoarment, @asymco, @chrismaddern, @neilcybart, @mattrosoff, @rachelmetz, @pinboard, @chrismessina, @thurrott, @stephennellis, @markgurman, @reneritchie, @halidecamera, and @benbajarin
| Apple: |
Apple's iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max will feature a macro photography mode for close-up shots, access to the professional-grade video codec ProRes, and more — The most advanced pro camera system ever on iPhone; Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion; a massive leap in battery life …
More:
CNET, MacRumors, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Huawei Central, Trusted Reviews, DigiTimes, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @richardlai, @snazzyq, @joshuatopolsky, @techaltar, @ow, @sandofsky, @benedictevans, @sdw, @jordyjourno, @saschasegan, @twostraws, @captain2phones, @danielpunkass, @rdrv3, @neilcybart, and @marcoarment
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Apple unveils iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max with ProMotion for 10Hz-120Hz refresh rates, A15, new camera system with 3x optical zoom, and more — we expected, Apple unveiled its new iPhone 13 series at its “California Streaming” event today, and they include a pair of more-premium Pro flagships.
More:
Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, Wccftech, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @samsungmobileus, @marcoarment, @ijustine, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @stevesi, @reneritchie, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @benbajarin, @captain2phones, @mrinaldesai, @michaelsteeber, @mkbhd, @harrymccracken, @mims, @journeydan, @neilcybart, @snazzyq, @markgurman, @markgurman, @asymco, @panzer, @reneritchie, @tomcoates, @wongmjane, @stephennellis, @panzer, @mgsiegler, and @reneritchie
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
More:
Daring Fireball, Engadget, Wired, Apple Support, Gizchina, iMore, and GSMArena.com
Tweets: @blackcommanick, @searls, @neiltwitz, @stevemoser, and @kaclk
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
More:
The Verge, CNET, and MacRumors
Tweets: @adamhlavac, @ihnatko, @bengeskin, @mattihaapoja, @jorgebarraganla, @travon, @mkbhd, @benwood, @gk3, @andyyto, @tomcoates, and @lukemiani
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DOJ court documents: three former US intel operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the UAE, face charges of conspiring to violate hacking laws — The US Department of Justice has fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company.
Source:
U.S. Department of Justice. More:
New York Times, VICE, Reuters, Washington Post, The Register, Associated Press, and SiliconANGLE
| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
Apple, in a first, reported no CPU gains for the A15, likely because of the engineer exodus to companies like Nuvia and Rivos — Apple has been long hailed for having the best CPU cores for consumer workloads for years. They have by far the highest performance per clock and efficiency driven …
More:
AppleInsider News. Tweets: @lelesocho, @dylan522p, @benbajarin, @mistertechblog, @saschasegan, @richontech, @tomsguide, @stshank, and @techledes
| Apple: |
More:
MacStories, Coinspeaker, Michael Tsai, Pixel Envy, TidBITS, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @kevinctofel, @brianroemmele, @dylan522p, @zhugeex, @adamnash, @brianroemmele, and @benedictevans
| Keith Broni / Emojipedia: |
Unicode Consortium launches version 14.0 with a total of 112 new emoji, including multiracial handshake, melting face, saluting face, and heart hands — Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including Biting Lip, Troll, Saluting Face …
Source:
Unicode. More:
The Unicode Blog, The Verge, XDA Developers, CNET, and Android Central
Tweets: @unicode, @mattnavarra, @emojipedia, @emojipedia, @emojipedia, @unicode, @joetidy, and @emojipedia
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
SEC charges App Annie with securities fraud, accusing it of “engaging in deceptive practices” and misrepresenting its data; App Annie will pay a $10M settlement — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it's charging App Annie, the mobile app data provider …
Source:
U.S. Securities …. More:
GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @eric_seufert, @hodapp, @peard33, @muddywatersre, @karlbode, @alfredwkng, @alex, @catthekin, @chronic, @hesterpeirce, and @tonyajoriley
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will release iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 on September 20, with updates to FaceTime, Notifications, and more — After a summer full of beta testing, Apple today officially announced that it will release iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 to the public on Monday, September 20.
More:
The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, iMore, 9to5Mac, The Verge, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @evan_greer, @bzamayo, @bzamayo, @christianselig, and @marcoarment
| The Verge: |
Nintendo adds Bluetooth audio support to the Switch, which limits the device to two wireless controllers when in use and does not support microphones — Out of the blue(tooth) — Nintendo has surprise-announced that Bluetooth audio support has come to the Switch through a software update.
More:
International Business Times, fossbytes.com, Gizmodo, dexerto.com, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Kotaku, BetaNews, MobileSyrup, TechRadar, 9to5Google, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @nintendoamerica, @reckless, @gamingtallen, @adamtotscomix, @tomwarren, @backlon, @davegershgorn, and @anildash
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple refreshes iPad mini with a larger 8.3" display and rounded corners, Touch ID power button, USB-C, 5G, second-gen Pencil support; coming next week for $499 — No Mini LED, unfortunately — Apple has announced its all-new iPad Mini. It features a new enclosure with narrower bezels and rounded corners.
Source:
Apple. More:
MacRumors, iMore, FrontPageTech.com, and 9to5Toys
Tweets: @jdalrymple, @film_girl, @tldtoday, @ijustine, @markgurman, @stshank, @ijustine, @redletterdave, @tapbot_paul, @llsethj, @reneritchie, @mkbhd, @stshank, @dcseifert, @marcoarment, @gruber, and @tldtoday
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
More:
The Economic Times, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, and MacStories
Tweets: @stshank, @joannastern, @gartenberg, @thurrott, @stshank, and @producthunt
| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
Apple unveils Watch Series 7 in 41mm and 45mm sizes, with five colors, thinner borders, 20% larger displays, and IPX6, starting at $399 this fall — The latest Apple Watch is a little bigger, too — The Apple Watch Series 7 looks a little different than its predecessors.
Source:
Apple. More:
iThinkDifferent, Softpedia News, iMore, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @_inside, @bzgoldman, @imore, @markgurman, @marcoarment, @dcseifert, @rsgnl, @samifathi_, @joannastern, @rendersbyian, @reneritchie, @pierce, @laurengoode, @marcoarment, @mgsiegler, @wongmjane, @tldtoday, @idavey, @stroughtonsmith, @richontech, @pinboard, @dcseifert, @markgurman, @mkbhd, @stroughtonsmith, @laurengoode, @stshank, @bengeskin, @maxwinebach, @bengeskin, @jon_prosser, @detroitborg, @raywongy, @tomcoates, @maxwinebach, @stevesi, @_mattkoonce, @mkbhd, @somegadgetguy, @samifathi_, @pierce, @stevekovach, @sajjad_m, @jon_prosser, @bzamayo, and @snazzyq
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Collaborative graphic design app Canva raises $200M led by T. Rowe Price at a $40B valuation; its founders pledge to give away 30% of Canva to charitable causes — Canva is now one of the world's most valuable startups after raising $200 million in new funding at a $40 billion valuation.
Source:
Canva. More:
Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg, Sydney Morning Herald, Business Wire, The West Australian, and Australian Financial Review
Tweets: @melaniecanva, @moskov, @nbt, @melcornford, @teddyschleifer, @sarthakgh, @mscott, @rcsbaker, @benblumenrose, @joelconnolly, @speechu, @johnhenderson, and @kitevc. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Microsoft fixes over 80 vulnerabilities, including 20 Chromium security bugs in Edge and a critical zero-day vulnerability in MSHTML — Azure agent in Linux guests fixed, MSHTML exploit tackled, and much more - Plus: Adobe and SAP issue updates — Patch Tuesday For its September Patch Tuesday …
More:
Zero Day Initiative, BetaNews, Engadget, Onapsis, AskWoody, iTnews, and The Hacker News
| Sanjana Shivdas / Reuters: |
Report: Uber CTO Sukumar Rathnam has resigned after a year in the position amid tensions with Uber CPO Sundeep Jain — Uber (UBER.N) Chief Technology Officer Sukumar Rathnam is stepping down as the company's head of engineering, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Swedish caller ID and spam blocking service Truecaller seeks to raise $116M in Stockholm IPO at a valuation of about $3B — Truecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm.| Bloomberg: |
Last week's court ruling leaves the door open for Apple to still attempt to collect a 30% commission from app developers who use their own payment methods — - Judge questioned, but didn't lower iPhone maker's commission — Maximizing revenue poses logistical challenges, political risk
Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @jason_kint, and @blaw
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Solana is back up after suffering a network outage for around 17 hours, which its engineers say was caused by “network exhaustion” — Solana, a rival blockchain network to Ethereum and one whose native cryptocurrency has surged in value and activity in recent months, has been down for nearly four hours as of this writing.
Source:
Solana. More:
Forkast, Benzinga, CoinDesk, cryptonews.com, Forbes, Insider, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, and TheStreet
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Irish data commissioner launches GDPR probe into TikTok over its handling of children's data and the transfer of user information to China — Irish regulator adds to scrutiny of video app that has drawn national security concerns — The Irish data commissioner has launched investigations … | Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
An overview of Amazon's plans to expand into healthcare, as it prepares to launch services such as telehealth, and technology for managing healthcare records — Millions talk to Amazon's voice assistant every day with mostly mundane commands, like “play music” or “set timer 11 minutes for pasta”.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple releases new MagSafe Wallet with Find My network support, compatible with all iPhone 12 and 13 models, available now for $59 in five new colors — Apple today released a new version of the MagSafe Wallet, now featuring support for the Find My network and five new color options.
More:
MacRumors. Tweets: @_far_zeen_, @joannastern, @raywongy, @snazzyq, @ishabazz, and @maxwinebach
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:
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation — UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation — UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Zoho:
2025: World Password Day is now also World Passkey Day — Since 2013, the first Thursday of May has been recognized as World Password Day to spread awareness about good password practices and protecting our online accounts.
2025: World Password Day is now also World Passkey Day — Since 2013, the first Thursday of May has been recognized as World Password Day to spread awareness about good password practices and protecting our online accounts.
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
Great Chat:
What's the deal with Deel?
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can't stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO)
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'The Ratchet of Flippancy', With Craig Mod
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Techmeme Ride Home:
ChatGPT Just Wants To Please
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View:
The difference between early and late AI adopters
Azeem Azhar explores how AI and exponential technologies are shaping our future.
Subscribe to Azeem Azhar's Exponential View.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:55 AM ET, September 15, 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
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Colby Hall / Mediaite: