|
May 18, 2022, 7:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Brian Stelter / CNN: |
Twitter's board says “Mr. Musk agreed to a transaction at $54.20 per share” and that it intends to “close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement” — Who wants to own Twitter? Maybe Elon Musk doesn't. Sure, maybe he is causing chaos to extract a lower price …
More:
New York Times, Washington Post, Axios, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Livemint, Fortune, TheStreet, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @nycsouthpaw, @sherman4949, @ryanhuber, @nycsouthpaw, @laurenshirsch, @ilyabr0wn, @crtrud, @sherman4949, @tomcoates, @brianstelter, @dsquareddigest, @bennyjohnson, @sherman4949, @thevivafrei, @loudmouthjulia, @repaoc, @davezatz, @emptywheel, @danprimack, @ivanthek, @ivanthek, @danprimack, @bongcapital, @laurenshirsch, @arashmassoudi, @bongcapital, @ivanthek, @bongcapital, @samro, @sarafischer, @sherman4949, and @danprimack
| Bloomberg: |
More:
New York Times and TaaSMaster Newsletter
Tweets: @business, @shortingisfun, @martinsfp, @darth, @epro, @mattnavarra, and @edludlow
| Edwin Chan / Bloomberg: |
Source:
@elonmusk. More:
Insider, PCMag, TNW, Wired, The Guardian, WRAL TechWire, Reuters, Axios, Fortune, TechCircle, and Fossbytes
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @evafoxu, @mmasnick, @lukemiani, @sruhle, @mollyjongfast, @chandrarsrikant, @billym2k, @carnage4life, @jamespmanley, and @adamweinstein
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
New York AG plans to investigate social media platforms “used to stream, promote, or plan” the Buffalo attack, including Twitch, Discord, 4chan, and 8chan — - New York Attorney General Letitia James will investigate social media companies in connection to the apparently racially motivated attack …
More:
TechCrunch, NPR, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, CNN, State of New York, Protocol, The i Paper, The Hill, Engadget, Mashable, Polygon, GameSpot, Dot Esports, and Kotaku
Tweets: @newyorkstateag, @newyorkstateag, @markhughesfilms, @gregkash, @deoliver47, @nycmayor, @notcapnamerica, @gpollowitz, @gregkash, and @b_fung
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Amazon refreshes its Fire 7 tablet with USB-C charging, better battery life, and a 30% faster processor, and raises the price from $50 to $60, coming June 29 — And faster internals — Amazon is updating its small and inexpensive Fire 7 tablet for the first time in three years …
More:
CNET, PCWorld, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Stuff, Neowin, Laptop Mag, Tech Advisor, TechSpot, PCMag, Android Authority, Entertainment Tonight, Android Police, PennLive, KnowTechie, Engadget, CNBC, and TheStreet
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Following years of complaints, TikTok announces its first crediting tools, letting creators link back to the videos of other creators and trend originators — TikTok is finally going to let users of the short-form app properly give credit where credit is due.
More:
TechCrunch, PCMag, TikTok, Billboard, Teen Vogue, Adweek, Mashable, and Protocol. Tweets: @tiktokcomms
| New York Times: |
A profile of Do Kwon, the trash-talking founder of Terraform Labs, which raised $200M+ to build LUNA and UST; investors cashed out early, but traders lost big — Do Kwon, a South Korean entrepreneur, hyped the Luna and TerraUSD cryptocurrencies. Their failures have devastated some traders …
More:
The Block, The Block, and Newser
Tweets: @flitteronfraud, @altcoinpsycho, @bennetttomlin, @yonettejo, @peter_atwater, and @thecryptomonk
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
In response to rivals' complaints, Microsoft begins relaxing its cloud licensing rules in Europe, which made running its software on other clouds more expensive — Microsoft is undoing in Europe some of the restrictive cloud-licensing policies it first announced in 2019 which made running …
More:
Microsoft On the Issues, iTnews, Thurrott, GeekWire, Softpedia News, The Register, Euractiv, OnMSFT.com, and Financial Times
Tweets: @bradsmi, @bradsmi, @getwired, @maryjofoley, @quinnypig, and @klyngec
| Financial Times: |
Filing: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund bought a 5% stake in Nintendo worth $2.98B; the PIF disclosed 5%+ stakes in Nexon and Capcom in February 2022 — Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan's Capcom and Nexon — Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has acquired …
More:
Bloomberg, Polygon, iMore, Wall Street Journal, Game Rant, MobileSyrup, NME, Nintendo Life, Eurogamer.net, GamesIndustry.biz, and Kotaku
Tweets: @gearoidreidy, @andyplaytonic, @toadsanime, @jenny_b_3, @randallbell, @quinnypig, and @stephentotilo
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches Branded Mission, a product that lets advertisers crowdsource content from creators with 1K+ followers and turn top-performing videos into ads — TikTok announced today that it's launching a new ad product called “Branded Mission” that will allow creators to connect with brands and possibly receive rewards for videos.| Bloomberg: |
Four Democratic senators ask the FTC to investigate whether ID.me illegally misled consumers and government agencies about its use of facial recognition tech — A group of Democratic senators has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether identity verification company ID …
More:
Krebs on Security, PYMNTS.com, The Register, CyberScoop, VICE, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden …, and Engadget
Tweets: @paulnovosad and @briankrebs
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Acer refreshes the Swift 3 laptop, starting at $900 with a 14" OLED display, 12th Gen Intel Core H-series CPUs, and claimed 10-hour battery life, coming in July — A new 14-inch OLED for $899.99 — It wasn't too long ago that the phrase “OLED laptop” implied a luxury product.| Phillip Tracy / Gizmodo: |
More:
XDA Developers, Acer, Android Headlines, TechSpot, Windows Central, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Engadget, Engadget, TechRadar, and Digital Trends
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
New York accuses Amazon of discriminating against pregnant workers and those with disabilities; the state seeks civil fines and an end to discriminatory conduct — - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a state agency has filed a complaint against Amazon, alleging it discriminates …
More:
Governor Kathy Hochul, The Verge, New York Daily News, Politico, Barron's Online, The Hill, Reuters, and Shacknews
Tweets: @komonews and @sengianaris
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
At Block's first investor day since 2017, CEO Jack Dorsey doubled down on the company's bitcoin bet; Block's stock is down from its peak of $289.23 to ~$82.05 — - At Block's first investor day since 2017, executives describe how crypto and music-streaming businesses make up an “ecosystem” beyond the original card reader.
More:
Creating Focus and The Daily Hodl
| Financial Times: |
China's top economic official meets with dozens of tech execs and experts and pledges “support” for Chinese tech companies amid a deepening economic slump — Beijing's top economic official holds meetings with executives and industry experts — China's top economic official met dozens … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
More:
South China Morning Post, PingWest, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Coinspeaker, and Tencent Investor Relations
Tweets: @sofiahcbbg, @theemikehobart, and @financial_orbit
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco misses with Q3 revenue flat YoY at $12.8B, vs. $13.34B expected, and forecasts a YoY revenue decline in Q4 between 1% and 5.5%; stock drops 10%+ — - Cisco missed on the top line in the fiscal third quarter and issued a worse-than-expected revenue forecast for the current quarter.| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Texas asks SCOTUS to keep the state's social media law in effect; AG Ken Paxton argues that social media platforms should be regulated as common carriers — Texas attorney general Ken Paxton argues social media platforms are the 'twenty-first century descendants of telegraph and telephone companies … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
SpotOn, which provides payment and management services to SMBs in retail, food, and hospitality, raises a $300M Series F led by Dragoneer at a $3.6B valuation — Payments and software startup SpotOn has closed on $300 million in a Series F financing that values the company at $3.6 billion.
Tweets: @caseynewton
| Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Russian subsidiary plans to file for bankruptcy, saying it cannot pay employees, suppliers, and vendors after authorities seized its local bank account — Departure of employees comes as Russian subsidiary prepares to declare bankruptcy, effectively ending the company's commercial operations in the country
More:
International Business Times, ZDNet, Reuters, Engadget, Ars Technica, Android Beat, CRN, PCMag, Telegraph, The Verge, Android Police, The Mac Observer, The Economic Times, Slashdot, and The Hill
Tweets: @trippmickle and @samschech
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
CoinGecko: after Tether briefly lost its dollar peg, leading to $8.5B+ in redemptions, Circle's USDC circulation rose by ~$3.4B and Binance USD gained $1.2B — Circle's USD Coin is reaping the benefits as circulation of Tether, the world's largest stablecoin and its closest rival, continues to decline in a wave of redemptions.
More:
Decrypt and Crypto Briefing
| Nellie Andreeva / Deadline: |
Netflix cuts 150 jobs out of 11K across departments in a new round of layoffs, mostly in the US, as the company reins in costs amid slowing revenue growth — EXCLUSIVE: Layoffs are underway at Netflix today. About 150 positions out of the streamer's workforce of 11,000 are being eliminated amid …
More:
CNBC, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, Android Headlines, t3.com, MSPoweruser, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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:
How you can grow your business with Zoho One — Zoho One is a comprehensive business suite, giving businesses the scalability, stability, security, and features they need for smooth operations.
How you can grow your business with Zoho One — Zoho One is a comprehensive business suite, giving businesses the scalability, stability, security, and features they need for smooth operations.
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:
Thu. 11/14 - The FBI (!) Investigating Polymarket
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 7:40 PM ET, May 18, 2022.
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:Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Tomio Geron / Protocol: |
More:
TechCrunch, American Banker, and Finextra
Tweets: @amerbanker, @alex, @bayareawriter, @alexh_johnson, @plaid, and @bayareawriter
Earlier Picks
| Bloomberg: |
| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
More:
Newslit Daily and Protos
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More:
Protocol, Gizmodo, AI News, The Mac Observer, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Register, TechRadar, New York Post, iThinkDifferent, Engadget, WRAL TechWire, The Verge, Silicon Republic, and Benzinga
Tweets: @markgurman, @applelaborers, @mkarolian, @lapcatsoftware, @bob_burrough, @wintermoat, @brianroemmele, and @chancehmiller
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Source:
The Information. More:
MacRumors, Road to VR, BGR India, Input, and iMore
Tweets: @elipariser, @sadlyitsbradley, @tsukinune, and @munster_gene