|
August 23, 2022, 4:25 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram is internally testing Candid Challenges, a BeReal-like feature that gives users two minutes to take and share a photo at a different time each day — Instagram is testing a new feature called Candid Challenges, which bears a striking resemblance to BeReal, a photo sharing app popular among …
More:
Livemint, Sifted, Mashable, Search Engine Journal, iThinkDifferent, BGR India, and CNET
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is putting more ads in Outlook for iOS and Android for users of its free services; ads appear at the top of inbox and look like real emails — Free users can avoid most of them by using Focused Inbox — Microsoft has started putting more ads in Outlook mobile for iOS and Android in recent months.
More:
PhoneArena, Livemint, MSPoweruser, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, Search Engine Land, iDownloadBlog.com, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, WinBuzzer, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, Thurrott, and PCMag
Tweets: @quinnypig, @wbm312, and @caseynewton
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee accused of stealing Apple's car project trade secrets, pleads guilty and faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250K fine — - Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee who was accused of stealing computer files with trade secrets about Apple's secretive car division … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Intel will bring “chiplet” packaging to its Meteor Lake chips in 2023 and Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake chips slated for 2024, to better compete with Apple silicon — For decades, you could test a computer chip's mettle by how small and tightly packed its electronic circuitry was.| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: in Q2 Instacart's revenue rose 39% YoY to $621M, orders increased 25% YoY to 60M+, and order volume rose 21% YoY to $7.1B, as the company plans its IPO — Grocery-delivery platform is one of the few Silicon Valley startups headed for a public listing soon| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after its China release, shortening the production gap between the two countries — Apple Inc. plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product's initial release out of China …
More:
The Economic Times, Livemint, Reuters, BGR India, and Firstpost Tech
| Reuters: |
A look at video streaming sites thriving on misinformation and hate speech, such as BitChute, with 514M visits in 2021, and Odysee with 292M, per Similarweb — BitChute and Odysee serve up conspiracies, racism and graphic violence to millions of viewers. Taking advantage of Big Tech …
Tweets: @reuters, @reuters, @thetwatrises, @styx666official, and @reuters
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Hands-on with Pretty Good Phone Privacy, a data service for Android that aims to give users an additional layer of privacy when using mobile phone networks — Pretty Good Phone Privacy, or PGPP, is a novel new system that attempts to separate your phone usage from your identity. — Joseph Cox
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @lorenzofb, and @josephfcox
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
LockBit ransomware's leak sites suffer a DDoS attack after it claimed responsibility for breaching Entrust in June; LockBit blames Entrust for the DDoS attack — The LockBit ransomware operation's data leak sites have been shut down over the weekend due to a DDoS attack telling them to remove Entrust's allegedly stolen data.
More:
Tech Monitor, Cybernews.com, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, The Register, and DataBreaches.net
Tweets: @ashukuhi, @gossithedog, and @dinosn
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
eBay plans to acquire online trading card marketplace TCGplayer for up to $295M; TCGplayer, which employs 600+, will operate independently — eBay is acquiring TCGplayer, an online marketplace for collectible trading card games, in a deal valued up to $295 million, the company announced on Monday.
More:
eBay Inc., FinSMEs, Engadget, The Verge, ChannelX, PYMNTS.com, Dot Esports, and Neowin
Tweets: @chedy and @drewlevin
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, ahead of his trial with Twitter set to begin on October 17 in the Delaware Court of Chancery — Dorsey joins the battle — As Twitter and Elon Musk prepare for their October 17th trial date in the Delaware Court of Chancery to argue …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Silicon Republic, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, The Economic Times, Financial Times, Conservative Fighters, Washington Examiner, NPR, Variety, Fox Business, New York Post, MarketWatch, Engadget, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, India TV, The Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Seeking Alpha, CNN, BuzzFeed News, The Hill, and Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Dealogic: the IPO market in 2022 is the lowest since 2009; companies have raised $5.1B in IPOs this year so far, compared to $100B+ at the same time last year — Inflation, rising interest rates and Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves through the stock market, putting a freeze on the IPO pipeline
Tweets: @ychernova, @jsadinolfi, @saraheneedleman, and @lisaabramowicz1
Sponsor Posts
TELUS Digital:
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Are you ready for the era of agentic AI? — Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse. Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.
Tribe AI:
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations — Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.
Zoho:
Goodbye Skype! What's next for your chats? — Hi5, Orkut, MySpace, Geocities... Do these names ring a bell? Do you remember chatting with your friends on MSN Messenger in the late '90s?
Goodbye Skype! What's next for your chats? — Hi5, Orkut, MySpace, Geocities... Do these names ring a bell? Do you remember chatting with your friends on MSN Messenger in the late '90s?
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
Invest Like the Best:
Michael Ovitz - Turning Potential into Prominence
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Will Tech Raise Prices Cause Of Tariffs?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on AI agents replacing our jobs
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Grit:
Brex 3.0: Inside the Radical Turnaround with Pedro Franceschi
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor)
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.
Hard Fork:
Tech Stock Shock + Solving the Mystery of OpenAI's "Blip" + Tinder's Flirt-Off
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:25 AM ET, August 23, 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
Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:Bloomberg:
Zach Seward:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
More:
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @madhavchanchani, @jordannovet, @_sharktrader, and @jasonlk
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
More:
Apple, XDA Developers, MacRumors, BetaNews, AppleInsider, MSPoweruser, iMore, The Register, VICE, Appleosophy, Michael Tsai, ZDNet, CNET, TidBITS, HotHardware, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Input, iTnews, Thurrott, Wccftech, Six Colors, Redmond Pie, Macworld, Ars Technica, PetaPixel, iPhone Hacks, WRAL TechWire, Digital Photography Review, CNBC, iClarified, Reuters, The Verge, Engadget, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @varunkrish, @benlovejoy, @classicii_mrmac, and @bmastenbrook
| Varsha Bansal / Wired: |
More:
The Economic Times, The Hindu, The Indian Express, and MediaNama
Tweets: @imsoumyarendra, @top10vpn, and @imsoumyarendra
Earlier Picks
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
More:
MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, Electrek, SlashGear, KnowTechie, Fortune, Insider, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Economic Times, Livemint, Aircraft News, Mercury News, Engadget, and PCMag