|
October 8, 2021, 7:55 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Facebook and its apps were inaccessible for about two hours on Friday afternoon, which the company says was caused by a “configuration” change — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps were inaccessible on Friday afternoon, the second time in a week that the social network …
More:
The Verge, TechCrunch, CNN, The Independent, The Irish Times, ZDNet, BBC, The Irish Times, The Register, The Hill, CNET, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Gizmodo, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Daily Mail, AndroidPolice, Insider, TechRadar, ITV News, Deadline, LADbible, Android Central, SlashGear, Slashdot, MSPoweruser, Mashable, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @facebook, @facebook, @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, @tessaduvall, @dothebay, @netblocks, @b52malmet, @willoremus, @caseynewton, @cityofthetown, @karlbode, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, @rmac18, @mikesington, @kurtwagner8, @strngwys, @karlbode, @quinnypig, @karlbode, @alexeheath, @emilygorcenski, @mikeisaac, and @newschambers
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Hackers defaced Twitch for a few hours this morning, replacing a number of background game images with photos of Jeff Bezos — Twitch isn't having a good week — Hackers have managed to deface Twitch for a few hours this morning, replacing a number of background game images with photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
More:
reddit, CyberScoop, Kotaku, Forbes, BleepingComputer, dexerto.com, GeekWire, and CNET
Tweets: @tomwarren, @mikaelthalen, @campuscodi, and @drewharwell
| The Verge: |
More:
VentureBeat, HackRead, Tech.co, and Video Games Chronicle
Tweets: @tomwarren, @pupcrash, @adashtra, @alexhcranz, @doodybeardlive, @kellen_browning, @twitch, and @mattmday
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Biden administration is considering an EO on cryptocurrencies to set up a government-wide approach to the asset class — The Biden administration is weighing an executive order on cryptocurrencies as part of an effort to set up a government-wide approach to the white-hot asset class …
More:
Decrypt, Blockworks, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, and SlashGear
Tweets: @jeneps, @jeneps, @northmantrader, @davidgokhshtein, and @tobin_tweets
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Google says Chrome's Follow button, for sites that support RSS, is now available to all Android users — Google hasn't completely given up on RSS. Earlier this year, it started testing a Follow button in Chrome on Android, which allows users to get updates from websites on the new tab page.
More:
The Verge, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, PCMag, AndroidPolice, and Droid Life
Tweets: @__apf__, @pinboard, @louisgray, @sethr, @foxhack, @bitandbang, @brendaneich, @handcoding, and @0knaomi
| Washington Post: |
Ex-members of Facebook's integrity team speak of demoralization as management ignored their work; at least 10 members now work in a similar division at Twitter — Dissidents within the company endured personal and professional setbacks for their criticisms of the powerful social network| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Google announces new efforts to protect journalists and high-risk users from cyberattacks, including providing over 10,000 free security keys through 2021 — The announcement comes one day after the Google TAG team alerted journalists and high-risk groups that could be targets to ongoing attacks.
More:
The Keyword, PCMag, Google Cloud Blog, TechRadar, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @kaylintrychon and @robleathern
| Politico: |
136 countries including US, China, India, and every EU country agree to set a 15% minimum tax rate for corporate profits; the deal still requires G20 approval — The world's biggest companies like Facebook and Johnson & Johnson face an extra collective tax bill of hundreds of billions …
More:
Wall Street Journal, The Register, OECD.org, New York Times, CNBC, and Financial Times
Tweets: @markscott82, @jasonfurman, @ramonlobo, @paulkrugman, @feliciawongri, @sentoomey, @richardattiasas, @wsjecon, and @richardrubindc
| Wall Street Journal: |
More:
gov.ie, The Verge, CNBC, The Guardian, independent, and DW.COM
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Notion raises $275M led by Coatue Management and Sequoia at a $10B valuation; the company was reportedly valued at $2B in April — Covering venture capital, software and startups — Early this year, Notion experienced a problem unusual to enterprise software startups: it went viral on TikTok.
More:
SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @ivanhzhao, @alexrkonrad, @can, @indexventures, @loafonseca, @sriramkri, @austinj, @christianreber, @asenkut, @benln, @sarthakgh, @sarahrcannon, @jamisonh, @bergmayer, @dangillmor, @mvernal, @rogerclark, and @kevingibbon. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
Laptops that US schools issued to students for remote learning are likely to have monitoring software, disproportionately affecting low-income students and PoC — Students—many from lower-income households—were likely to use school-issued devices for remote learning.
Tweets: @aclu and @pardesoteric
| Sarah Krouse / The Information: |
Sources: Google is working on Big Moments, a Search feature that contextualizes and highlights the most authoritative facts about major events in real time — Google is trying to learn a tough job that news editors around the world do everyday: curating information about breaking news.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple files for an appeal and stay in the Epic Games ruling; if Apple wins the stay, to be decided in November, App Store changes could be delayed for years — - Apple is asking for a stay on the injunction that says developers can add in-app links to non-Apple payment websites.
More:
MacRumors, Protocol, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, New York Times, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Bloomberg, United States District Court …, Wall Street Journal, and United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Tweets: @markgurman, @kifleswing, @joshua_sisco, @nickstatt, @stephentotilo, @patrickmcgee_, and @kellen_browning. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: private equity owners of cloud-based call center provider Genesys, including Permira, are mulling an IPO in H1 2022, seeking a valuation of $20B — - Talking with potential advisers about a U.S. listing in 2022 — Company was bought by Permira from Alcatel-Lucent in 2012| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review: improved performance with Wi-Fi 6 and a large app selection, but the banner ads on the homescreen are not subtle — The improvements are minor but worth the extra cash — The tech industry sure has put a lot of hype behind descriptors like “max” over the last few years.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 7:55 PM ET, October 8, 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:
Devin Gordon / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
| Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter: |
More:
The Verge, International Business Times, MUO, Android Headlines, Engadget, Gamereactor UK, Wccftech, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Android Central, Pocketnow, TNW, SlashGear, Input, MobileSyrup, TechSpot, Variety, dexerto.com, and CNET
Tweets: @youtubecreators, @big_maccc455, @bslickcomposer, @realtoptechgeek, @supersaf, @nickeh30, @theemilydbaker, @lexan_yt, and @jonnyblox
| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
More:
South China Morning Post, Financial Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Tech in Asia, and Tech News
Tweets: @pingroma and @davemcclure
| Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Earlier Picks
| The Verge: |
More:
California Legislative Information, Protocol, Senator Connie M. Leyva, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @senatorleyva, @ifeomaozoma, @bosefina, @timnitgebru, @whistlestopcptl, @kimballscott, @rajiinio, @byjacobward, @jstender415, @nmsanchez, @krotondo, @ashleygjovik, @ashleygjovik, @yaeleisenstat, @bosefina, @karlitaliliana, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @samidh, @ifeomaozoma, @ifeomaozoma, @zoeschiffer, @gracegedye, and @ericajoy
| Maddie Stone / Grist: |
More:
As You Sow, Ars Technica, HotHardware.com News, VICE, Aws For WP, TechRadar, PC Gamer, fossbytes.com, WinBuzzer, OnMSFT.com, PCMag, MobileSyrup, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, and The Register
Tweets: @ifixit, @jeremycrampton, @nproctor, @nproctor, @marcia_brown9, @briandeesenec, @asyousow, @mhbergen, @nproctor, @themadstone, and @kevin_oreilly7
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
More:
support.google.com, Search Engine Roundtable, Telecoms.com, Mashable, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, Reclaim The Net, and The Register
| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
More:
Microsoft On the Issues, Security Affairs, The Register, PCMag, KnowTechie, ZDNet, TechRadar, cybernews.com, and infosecurity-magazine.com
Tweets: @boblord, @vasujakkal, @cyberamyhb, @msftsecintel, @juliesbrill, @ericgeller, @ersincmt, @cristingoodwin, @jseldin, @kembawalden, @etuckerap, and @bradsmi
| Anya Kamenetz / NPR: |
More:
TIME, Washington Post, New York Times, Techonomy, Puck, and The Information
Tweets: @davegillis, @davidsacks, @krishnagade, @nickpacilio, @benyt, @mikeisaac, @pkafka, @davidsacks, @katebevan, @jigolden, @mikeisaac, @jigolden, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @rottenindenmark, @iansherr, @kenroth, @bridgeinit, @gebrekirstosg, @anya1anya, @w96emily, @genspect, @andymstone, @gcluley, @matthewstoller, @fboversight, and @rjcc
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
More:
Bloomberg, Tether, Bankless Times, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, cryptonews.com, and Forkast