|
November 10, 2021, 10:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
YouTube starts hiding public dislike counts on videos to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks, following a test in March — Creators will still be able to see how many people disliked their videos — YouTube has announced that it'll be hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site, starting today.
More:
YouTube Official Blog, YouTube, Engadget, CNET, Slashdot, GameRevolution, Android Authority, The Information, Reclaim The Net, PhoneArena, XDA Developers, Polygon, MUO, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, KnowTechie, Benzinga, Social Media Today, Input, Techaeris, TechSpot, PCMag, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @youtubecreators, @youtubeliaison, @tomwarren, @thean1meman, @epro, @sadlyitsbradley, @danstapleton, @brandonbutch, @cleoabram, @stryxo, @reversalx7, @youtubecreators, @earsxbl, @carnage4life, @sarahdanielstv, @zoneoftech, @ericrayweather, @shoe0nhead, @tomwarren, @ericdjuly, @velvetune, @hhariri, @chadtronic, @heyguhrl, @retroity, @charlesarthur, @tomwarren, @littlevmills, @keleftheriou, and @ultimashadowx
| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils Business Essentials for SMBs, with device management, iCloud storage, and more, starting at $2.99 per month per user and launching in spring 2022 — Apple is introducing a new business offering called Apple Business Essentials that combines device management …
More:
Apple, YouTube, TechCrunch, esg-global.com, Redmond Pie, BetaNews, CNET, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Macworld, TechRadar, Tech.co, iPhone in Canada Blog, Daring Fireball, Six Colors, Patently Apple, CNBC, Inc.com, MacRumors, ZDNet, ZDNet, iClarified, AppleInsider, CRN, Thurrott, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @gregjoz, @caro_milanesi, @tim_cook, @stephenwarwick9, @caro_milanesi, @thisisnoahevans, @caro_milanesi, @caro_milanesi, @benbajarin, @asymco, @asymco, @reneritchie, @wikiwalk, @benedictevans, @asymco, @namasteao, @asymco, @namasteao, @greengart, @angellamuno, @flargh, @glennf, and @anshublog
| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
The US Justice Department sues Uber, alleging the company overcharged riders with disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act — The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the company charged disabled passengers a “wait time” fee when they were slow to enter their rides.
More:
U.S. Department of Justice, Wall Street Journal, BBC, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, ZDNet, Engadget, Washington Post, Reuters, TechCrunch, NBC News, CNBC, CNET, and The Hill
Tweets: @inafried, @progressive_rn, @chriscarrega, @katebevan, and @rickanderson
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and Meta partner to integrate Workplace content into Teams and plan to integrate Teams video meetings into Workplace groups by early 2022 — Microsoft Teams is integrating into Workplace — Microsoft is partnering with Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook …
More:
Workplace from Facebook, CNBC, New York Times, iTnews, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, Washington Post, Neowin, Windows Central, Benzinga, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, GeekWire, Protocol, Thurrott, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, Adweek, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @kdc, @parismarx, @sharonodea, @danielledigest, and @henrytcasey
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Elon Musk's preplanned moves for Tesla stock, after it fell 12%+ following his weekend Twitter poll where users voted he should sell 10% of his shares — Share disposal comes as the billionaire chief executive exercises a large number of stock options
More:
The Verge, Associated Press, Insider, Financial Times, archive.fast-edgar.com, TechCrunch, CNET, New York Post, The Hill, CNBC, Electrek, Futurism, Bloomberg, and New York Times
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @ronwyden, @juddlegum, and @mollyjongfast
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is testing Take a Break, an opt-in feature that reminds users to take a break after 10, 20, or 30 minutes — Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today the comapny has begun testing a new feature this week called “Take a Break” which will allow users to remind themselves …
More:
9to5Mac, SlashGear, Engadget, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, Bloomberg, PetaPixel, and Android Central
Tweets: @mosseri, @paul__armstrong, @ron_miller, @rsgnl, @danielhillmedia, @kimcrayton1, and @joshuaogundu
| Silvia Amaro / CNBC: |
EU's General Court upholds a €2.42B fine against Google, levied in 2017, for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service — - Wednesday's verdict can be appealed and taken to the EU's highest court. — This is not the first time that the EU's General Court …
More:
Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, TechCrunch, Protocol, Politico, ZDNet, New York Times, Fortune, Engadget, OSnews, Android Police, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Headlines, Search Engine Land, Euractiv, WRAL TechWire, Neowin, Android Central, ExchangeWire.com, HotHardware.com News, Thurrott, Associated Press, MSPoweruser, CNET, RTÉ, Tech Xplore, GSMArena.com, Forbes, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @matthewstoller, @protonmail, @jason_kint, @berlaymonster, @tom___scott, @rustybrick, and @gchampeau
| Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg: |
UK's Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit against Google that sought $4B for allegedly tracking iOS Safari users without their consent between 2011 and 2012 — - Supreme Court sides with Google in case seeking $4 billion — Tech giant was accused of breaching its data-collection duties
More:
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, The Supreme Court, BBC, MacRumors, Silicon Republic, Sky News, TechCrunch, Open Rights Group, BLM, Neowin, WeLiveSecurity, iPhone Hacks, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, infosecurity-magazine.com, 9to5Mac, Financial Times, Engadget, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @eu_commission, @lugaricano, @vestager, @drvenca, @article19org, @profwoodward, @ftbrussels, @simonvandorpe, @claudi0teixeira, and @beuc
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Cerebras, which makes “wafer-scale” AI chips with 2.6T transistors, raises a $250M Series F at a $4B valuation, bringing its total funding to $720M — Every once in a while, a startup comes along with something out of left field. In the AI hardware generation, Cerebras holds that title, with their Wafer Scale Engine.| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Trend Micro report details the activities of hacker-for-hire group Void Balaur, which has targeted US telecom companies and others since the mid-2010s — Cyber-security firm Trend Micro has published today a 46-page report detailing the history and activity of a hacker-for-hire group …
More:
Forbes, Trend Micro, BleepingComputer, Dark Reading, Engadget, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @campuscodi, @trendmicrorsrch, @rondeibert, @iblametom, @bobmcardle, @martijn_grooten, @iblametom, @campuscodi, @iblametom, and @ericgarland
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google launches Project Relate, a beta Android app that English speakers with speech impairments can use as a voice assistant, in the US, NZ, Canada, Australia — It builds on Google's Project Euphonia — Google launched a beta app today that people with speech impairments can use …
More:
The Keyword, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Central, PCMag, YouTube, SlashGear, Android Headlines, and Voicebot.ai
Tweets: @aubrie_lee, @frazleytastic, @googleeurope, and @backlon
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Valve delays Steam Deck from December 2021 to February 2022, citing supply chain issues — Valve has notified customers that it is delaying the Steam Deck for two months, pushing it to February 2022. — “We're sorry about this,” Valve wrote in emails to customers and on its blog.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Density, which sells occupancy-tracking tech to businesses including ML-powered radar sensors, raises $125M led by Kleiner Perkins, valuing it at $1.05B — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A look at NYC's growing VC scene as West Coast firms expand their presence, attracted by the congregation of fintech, crypto, and Web3 founders in the city — Covering venture capital, software and startups — In the 1980s, venture capital firm Sequoia set a tone for the tech investing industry …
Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @shaig, @hitendrarpatil, @alexrkonrad, @caro, @iammegankelly, @chiraag_deora, @shaig, @sethgrosenberg, @mattturck, @aashaysanghvi_, @davidu, @jrichlive, and @turnernovak. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Daily, which offers APIs for developers to add video and audio features to apps and websites, raises a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $60M — We've all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge … | Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Sandbox VR, which offers VR experiences at a dozen retail locations worldwide, raises a $37M Series B led by a16z, following its $68M Series A in 2019 — After a challenging year for location-based virtual reality startups due to COVID-19, Sandbox VR, a location-based VR startup …
More:
Steve Zhao, Road to VR, Bestgamingpro, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @foldablehuman, @bragiel, @alexisohanian, @zhaosaurus, @andrewchen, and @brosenblatt4
| Lori Hawkins / Austin American-Statesman: |
ZenBusiness, which says 200K+ entrepreneurs use its automated tools to form and run businesses, raises $200M led by Oak HC/FT, valuing it at $1.7B — ZenBusiness — Austin's newest “unicorn” software company with a valuation of more than $1 billion — is ramping up for more growth.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Blink, launched in London as a productivity app for frontline workers, raises a $20M Series A led by Next47 at a $100M valuation, plans to relocate to NYC — Apps catering to frontline workers are seeing a surge of interest in the market these days, as businesses finally start to wake … | The Verge: |
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform for AR glasses and full AR headsets, with hardware agnostic APIs, Unreal Engine 4 and Unity support — AR as a ‘second screen’ feature or through dedicated headsets and glasses — While a lot of talk about the metaverse has focused …
More:
T-Mobile, Android Central, RCR Wireless News, and fossbytes.com
Tweets: @greengart, @caro_milanesi, and @anshelsag
| Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney misses Q4 estimates after slower streaming services growth: Disney+ added 2M subscribers to 118M, Hulu added 700K to 39.7M, and ESPN+ added 2.3M to 17.1M — The streaming service now has 118 million subscribers, up only 2 million from last quarter. — Disney posted muted earnings … | Moneycontrol: |
Online food delivery platform Zomato invests $175M across Indian startups Shiprocket, Curefit, and Magicpin, and plans to invest $1B in startups over two years — Online food delivery platform Zomato on November 10 announced a $175 million investment across three homegrown startups …
More:
Entrackr, The Economic Times, and Inc42 Media
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Moov, an online marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raises a $41M Series A led by Tiger Global — Moov, a data-fueled marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, has closed a $41 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Investors joining the round include public … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Twitter will no longer crop photo previews on the web after a similar update on iOS and Android in May, following claims of bias in its auto-cropping algorithm — Say goodbye to inaccurate image previews — Twitter is dropping the crop on web. This is the same update …
More:
MSPoweruser
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Affirm beats in Q1 with revenue of $269.4M, vs. $248.2M estimated, up 55% YoY, with 8.7M active consumers, up 124% YoY, GMV of $2.7B, up 84% YoY; stock up 25%+ — - Affirm shares soared in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after the company said it would expand its partnership with Amazon.
More:
Affirm, Investor's Business Daily, SiliconANGLE, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, and Reuters. Tweets: @ryan_browne_
Sponsor Posts
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:
CIO challenge 6: Can we find an effective solution that also minimizes operational costs? — Welcome to the next and final installment of our CIO series! After what feels like a thousand cups of coffee …
CIO challenge 6: Can we find an effective solution that also minimizes operational costs? — Welcome to the next and final installment of our CIO series! After what feels like a thousand cups of coffee …
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.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more — We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics. Download reports immediately for just $100.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 11/15 - Crypto Ascendant
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 10:50 PM ET, November 10, 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
Michael Gold / New York Times:John Koblin / New York Times:
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
More:
9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Wccftech, Pocketnow, and The Overspill
Tweets: @philewing, @zbruceli, @jeffnolan, @philewing, @verge, @reckless, and @reckless