|
September 30, 2021, 9:48 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly — Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published …
More:
Senate Commerce Committee, New Yorker, New York Times, Silicon Valley Business …, The Information, Platformer, Wired, U.S. Senate Committee …, Bloomberg, CNET, BBC, The Guardian, Forbes, CNBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, WRAL TechWire, The Guardian, and Mashable
Tweets: @morroweric, @willoremus, @accountabletech, @willoremus, @klonick, @donie, @hawleymo, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @nicolelgill, @thedailyshow, @klonick, @sayhar, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @klonick, @evan_greer, @yaeleisenstat, @rebekahktromble, @sayhar, @sayhar, @willoremus, @alibreland, @issielapowsky, @ultraviolet, @karenkornbluh, @z_everson, @amyklobuchar, @zamaan_qureshi, @marshablackburn, @marshablackburn, @davejorgenson, @caseynewton, @evan_greer, @senmarkey, @thatchristinag, @thedcsentinel, @guyadami, @ceciliakang, @robertmaguire_, @matthewstoller, @alex_lee, @alex_kirshner, @shiringhaffary, @toddtanji, @shiringhaffary, @alexstamos, @andrewsmith38, @shiringhaffary, @polialertcom, @willoremus, @shiringhaffary, @shiringhaffary, @jkosseff, @willoremus, @eric_seufert, and @ceciliakang
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Facebook Files don't show that the company's execs are evil or incompetent, but highlight their hubris in believing they can still get things back under control — Over the last few weeks, the WSJ has run a series of posts generally called “The Facebook Files,” which have exposed a variety … | Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Slate, The Information, WSJ, Washington Post, New York Post, Input, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @jesselehrich, @60minutes, @jeffhorwitz, @georgia_wells, @jeffhorwitz, @rebekahktromble, @jeffhorwitz, @jesselehrich, @ceciliakang, @juliacarriew, @blakehounshell, @jeffhorwitz, @rmac18, @jeffhorwitz, @karaswisher, @jeffhorwitz, @mikeisaac, @carlquintanilla, @rmac18, @daveweigel, @matt_blumenthal, @althomelandsec, and @pathedger18
| The Verge: |
Source:
Facebook and Facebook. More:
VICE, Engadget, Reuters, Ad Age, NBC News, Input, and ZDNet
Tweets: @georgia_wells, @fbnewsroom, @issielapowsky, @rmac18, @andymstone, @rmac18, @donie, @willoremus, @lam_barrett, @jesselehrich, @jeffhorwitz, @caseynewton, @rmac18, @rmac18, @dlauer, @willoremus, @npr, @stevekovach, @hawleymo, and @shiraovide
| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
TikTok launches Top Moments, an NFT collection featuring six “culturally significant TikTok videos” from creators including Lil Nas X — TikTok is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) collection that will see its top content creators partner with top NFT creators.
More:
TikTok, Variety, The Verge, GeekWire, Social Media Today, TheStreet, Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, The A.V. Club, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, CNET, Slashdot, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, TechCrunch, Crypto Briefing, Tubefilter, Bloomberg, dexerto.com, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @immutable, @mayazi, @0xsisyphus, @nbtjacklyn, @larakate, @carnage4life, @jowyang, @producthunt, and @rtfktstudios
| BBC: |
Researchers: a flaw in Apple Pay lets attackers make a Visa payment with a locked iPhone in Express Transit mode; Apple calls it “a concern with a Visa system” — Large unauthorised contactless payments can be made on locked iPhones by exploiting how an Apple Pay feature designed …
Source:
TimeTrust. More:
The Register, Telegraph, Threatpost, University of Birmingham, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, Silicon Republic, Tom's Guide, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, New York Post, WeLiveSecurity, HotHardware.com News, and IT PRO
Tweets: @chey_cobb, @serghei, @telegraph, @lindayueh, and @danbridgland
| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
USB Implementers Forum issues new USB-C certified logos that show if a cable or port supports 60W or 240W, hoping to solve customer confusion — The group responsible for the USB-C protocol has issued new certified logos that show if a cable or port supports 60W or 240W, hoping that customers will read the labels.
More:
Business Wire, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Android Authority, PCMag, PCWorld, How-To Geek, Ars Technica, The Verge, ZDNet, and AndroidPolice
Tweets: @reckless, @reneritchie, @reckless, @reckless, and @chancehmiller
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
A look at the rise of employee dissent at Apple, including pushback against returning to the office, fighting for pay equity, and increasing leaks — On June 14th, 2021, Apple's remote work advocacy group sent an anonymous email to Tim Cook. — “We all agree that we are here at Apple …
Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @ashleygjovik, @ashleygjovik, @matttaylor, @tpoholmes, @alex, and @zoeschiffer
| Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios: |
LinkedIn blocks the profiles of several US journalists on its Chinese platform, citing “prohibited content” without specifying what it was — LinkedIn blocked the profiles of several U.S. journalists from the company's China-based platform this week, citing “prohibited content.”
More:
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Slashdot, Insider, South China Morning Post, International Business Times, National Review, U.S. Senator Rick Scott, and DW.COM
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces updates to Messenger, including group chats between Instagram and Messenger contacts — Facebook Messenger is releasing a bundle of products this morning — most notably, including cross-app group chats. Last year, the company introduced cross-app messaging between Messenger …
Source:
Messenger News. More:
Popular Science, Adweek, Social Media Today, iDownloadBlog.com, MSPoweruser, Android Headlines, The Verge, and PCMag
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Chinese AR company Nreal unveils Nreal Air, consumer glasses with micro OLED displays and iOS compatibility, shipping in Dec. in Japan, China, and South Korea — They'll ship later this year in Asia — Augmented reality company Nreal is launching a cheaper, iOS-compatible, more compact version of its smart glasses.
More:
Protocol, Ars Technica, VRScout, Forbes, The Information, and TechSpot
Tweets: @xpangler, @jank0, @mocutobi, @nreal, and @thedextriarchy
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom says it no longer plans to acquire cloud-based call center software maker Five9, following the FCC's review of the $14.7B deal on national security grounds — - Zoom's attempted acquisition of cloud contact center software maker failed to win sufficient approval from Five9 shareholders.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Intel unveils Loihi 2, a second-generation neuromorphic computing chip, and Lava, an open-source framework for developing “neuro-inspired” applications — Intel today announced a major update to its neuromorphic computing program, including a second-generation chip called Loihi 2 and Lava …
Source:
Intel. More:
CNET, Tom's Hardware, AnandTech, PCWorld, ZDNet, EEJournal, HPCwire, HotHardware.com News, Forbes, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, and WikiChip Fuse
Tweets: @stshank, @tiernanraytech, and @iancutress
| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Source: ex-OnlyFans staff had access to highly sensitive user and model data, like bank statements, legal names, and KYC images, long after leaving the company — Addresses, full names, passports, bank statements and other sensitive personal data were viewable. — Samantha Cole
More:
Input and New York Post
Tweets: @elad_asher, @alanaevansxxx, @samleecole, @motherboard, @jason_koebler, @lorenzofb, @josephfcox, and @jason_koebler
| Dalvin Brown / Washington Post: |
MiamiCoin, a crypto partnership with CityCoins unveiled in August that automatically allocates 30% of newly minted coins to Miami, has made $7.1M for the city — The South Florida city is the first municipality to accept cryptocurrency contributions through CityCoins, which the mayor says may one day take the place of taxes| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Apple, for the first time, shares the top paid podcast subscriptions and free channels globally, counting devices that played at least one second of an episode — Happy International Podcast Day! In today's podcast news roundup, Apple releases the top 10 most-subscribed podcasts and free channels …
More:
MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, RAIN News, and SlashGear
Tweets: @marsmel, @nightvaleradio, @ganunlester, @yoda, and @xpangler
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Retailer Neiman Marcus says it notified 4.6M customers that their personal info, including credit card numbers, may have been exposed in a May 2020 data breach — The retailer told 4.6 million customers their personal information including names and credit card data may have been affected
More:
NMG, CNN, and MarketWatch
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Forta, a security service aimed at smart contracts being spun out by blockchain cybersecurity startup OpenZeppelin, raises $23M led by a16z — Blockchain cybersecurity startup OpenZeppelin this morning announced a $23 million investment in Forta, a security service aimed at smart contracts.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Visually impaired users say that iOS 15 appears to have removed call, email, and voicemail Siri features they relied on — With the recent release of iOS 15, Apple appears to have made some changes to Siri functionality that have removed features relied on by low vision and blind iPhone users.
More:
MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @electrrricity, @upright, @garlicbreadben, @saranbyte, @wavesblog, and @zollotech
| Andrés Engler / CoinDesk: |
Research: startups in Latin America raised a record ~$6.5B in VC funding in H1 2021, up from $4B in all of 2020; cryptocurrency related startups raised $517M — Latin America is experiencing a boom in venture capital (VC) investments. — In the first six months of 2021 …
Tweets: @marceloclaure
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Alloy, which offers an identity verification service for the financial services industry, raises $100M Series C at a $1.35B valuation led by Lightspeed — Alloy, which has built an identity operating system for banks and fintechs, announced Thursday that it has raised $100 million at a $1.35 billion valuation.
More:
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Finextra, FinSMEs, VentureBeat, and FinLedger
Tweets: @jmover, @jmover, @semil, @kiramccroden, @bayareawriter, @davidcohen, @addielerner, @cbirn, @charleshearn, and @ethankurz
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has quietly begun allowing users to rate and review its built-in iPhone and iPad apps in the App Store with iOS 15 — For the longest time, the App Store did not allow users to rate or review Apple's built-in iPhone and iPad apps, like Mail, Music, News, Stocks and Calculator.
More:
iMore, appadvice.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Gamereactor UK, Macworld, and TechSpot
Tweets: @keleftheriou and @kantrowitz
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sweden's Sinch acquires Pathwire, the cloud-based email provider behind Mailgun, for ~$1.9B in cash and stock, setting up Sinch as a competitor to Twilio — Sinch, the Swedish company that competes with Twilio and others in the world of messaging and other communication APIs is making another big M&A play to build out its platform.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Mexico City-based Higo, which offers a B2B payments service for SMBs in Latin America, raises $23M Series A led by Accel — Just six months after raising $3.3 million in seed funding, Mexico City-based Higo announced today it has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Accel.
Tweets: @amitku, @satyap, @susaventures, and @bayareawriter
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Fairphone, which makes ethically sourced modular phones, announces Fairphone 4 with a 6.3-inch display, 5G, and up to 256GB of storage, starting at €579 — The Fairphone 4's software support should stretch until 2025 — Fairphone, the manufacturer focused on making easy to repair smartphones … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Materialize, which is developing an SQL database service for streaming data, raises $60M Series C, bringing its total raised to $100M+ — Materialize, a company developing a streaming structured query language (SQL) database platform, today announced that it raised $60 million in series C funding …
More:
FinSMEs and Materialize
Sponsor Posts
Airtable:
Meet Airtable ProductCentral — The unified solution for managing your entire product development process in the AI era.
Meet Airtable ProductCentral — The unified solution for managing your entire product development process in the AI era.
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 SalesIQ turns 10: Transforming customer experiences since 2014 — October marked a remarkable milestone for Zoho SalesIQ—our 10th anniversary. What began in 2014 as a simple live chat tool has evolved …
Zoho SalesIQ turns 10: Transforming customer experiences since 2014 — October marked a remarkable milestone for Zoho SalesIQ—our 10th anniversary. What began in 2014 as a simple live chat tool has evolved …
Hamming:
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy — Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy — Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 11/01 - ChatGPT Search
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 9:48 PM ET, September 30, 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
Athena Stavrou / The Independent:Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CNBC:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
More:
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Hill, Axios, Ars Technica, Seattle Business Journal, CNN, The Seattle Times, NBC News, Associated Press, GeekWire, The Verge, CNET, Insider, Engadget, Law Street Media, New York Post, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @kyweise, @joe_miz, @shailjapatel, @dgorganize, and @amznforclimate