|
September 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone 14 Pro review: excellent performance and an incredible 48MP camera, but Dynamic Island's potential isn't fully realized and the camera sharpens too much — The dynamic island is a potentially good idea that's waiting for the next step … Apple pulled off some unexpected surprises …
More:
YouTube, Engadget, Lux, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, MacRumors, CNBC, CNET, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Wired, YouTube, Cult of Mac, iMore, Macworld, TheStreet, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, MacStories, Livemint, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, TechCrunch, SlashGear, iThinkDifferent, Input, MobileSyrup, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, PhoneArena, iClarified, Mashable, iMore, BGR, and Pocket-lint
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 14 review: an improved selfie camera and good battery life, but feels like an iPhone 13S with no ProMotion and the eSIM transition could be painful — A slight camera upgrade, new emergency features, and... not a whole lot else … The iPhone 14 is good. You probably shouldn't buy an iPhone 14.
More:
Washington Post, 9to5Mac, CNET, Engadget, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Pixel Envy, iMore, MacDailyNews, and iClarified
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @shiraovide, and @allisonjo1
| Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg: |
A South Korean court issues an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon and five others located in Singapore, after LUNA and UST's collapse in May 2022 — A court in South Korea issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the founder of the Terraform Labs cryptocurrency ecosystem …
More:
TechCrunch, CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, TheStreet, Protos, Financial Times, Watcher Guru, Bitcoin News, Reuters, The Block, CoinGape, Coinpedia, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, CoinDesk, Wall Street Journal, Blockchain News, Cryptopolitan, Blockworks, Crypto Daily, CNET, Crypto Briefing, Finbold, Decrypt, CNBC, and TechPowerUp
| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
An EU court backs the European Commission's decision to fine Google over Android antitrust breaches but trims the record €4.3B fine to €4.1B; Google can appeal — Google lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a record 4.3 billion-euro ($4.3 billion) …
More:
Ars Technica, 9to5Google, The Verge, Reuters, TechCrunch, BBC, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, TheStreet, Fortune, Financial Times, NBC News, The Irish Times, Thurrott, BEUC, Pocketables, WinBuzzer, Light Reading, GreenBot, PhoneArena, New York Times, The Guardian, Associated Press, Neowin, Engadget, Deadline, Euractiv, Wall Street Journal, MacDailyNews, The Economic Times, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @spignal, @markscott82, @beuc, @jeremiahlee, @georgvh, @ecosia, and @samuelstolton
| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple plans to use TSMC's N3E 3nm chipmaking process, expected in H2 2023, for its A17 chips in some 2023 iPhones and its M3 chips for Macs — Move will mark industry's first adoption of updated production technology — TAIPEI — Apple aims to be the first company to use … | CNN: |
After a package exploded at Northeastern University's virtual reality lab, sources say it included a “rambling” note criticizing Mark Zuckerberg and VR — Authorities in Boston have launched an investigation after a package sent to Northeastern University exploded and injured a staff member Tuesday evening, officials said.
More:
The Verge, Engadget, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Insider, YouTube, MacDailyNews, VICE, Daily Mail, Newsweek, bpdnews.com, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @fbiboston, @northeasternpd, @bcjordan, @meredithobrien, and @ywnreporter
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Patreon lays off 80 employees, or about 17% of its staff, and closes its offices in Dublin and Berlin; the company raised $155M in April 2021 at a $4B valuation — The creator subscription company Patreon is the latest company to be affected by a long line of tech layoffs.
More:
Patreon Blog, Bloomberg, The Verge, Tubefilter, Wall Street Journal, Variety, Silicon Republic, SFGATE, and Insider
Tweets: @briannekimmel, @todexshark, @ericajoy, @nixcraft, @zorinlynx, and @campuscodi
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Discord rolls out Reddit-like Forum channels, designed for asynchronous chat about specific topics, after testing them with some communities since February 2022 — If you've ever waded into a new Discord server and immediately been overwhelmed by a fast-scrolling wall of conversation …
More:
Discord Blog, VentureBeat, Game Developer, The Verge, and PC Gamer
| Reuters: |
South Korea fines Google ~$50M and Meta ~$22M for failing to obtain user consent before collecting behavioral data to infer interests and tailor ads — South Korea levied fines running into millions of dollars on Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta Platforms (META.O) following accusations … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Twilio plans to lay off 11% of its workforce, or around 900 staff, as part of a bid to become profitable by 2023; CEO Jeff Lawson says Twilio grew “too fast” — - Twilio will lay off 11% of its workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to a filing.
More:
Twilio Blog, CRN, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Reuters, and SEC.gov
Tweets: @gergelyorosz, @gergelyorosz, and @brodyford_
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft releases 63 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day flaws, one of which is being actively exploited, and five critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for an actively exploited Windows vulnerability and a total of 63 flaws.| The Verge: |
PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use, the OLED display looks great, the Sense controllers are a marked improvement, gameplay is fun, and more — And it's pretty good … Sony's PlayStation VR2 may not be coming out until next year, but after months of drip-feeding news …
More:
IGN, PlayStation.Blog, GameSpot, Road to VR, Eurogamer.net, Polygon, UploadVR, TheGamer, IGN, YouTube, Wired, Washington Post, and Press Start
Tweets: @epro, @vicmsong, @gavinsbaker, @leadergrev, and @firstadopter
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: after its funds performed poorly, SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund; Vision Fund 2 is now worth 19% less than the $49B invested — Despite massive losses, Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son has tried to chart a new path for the tech investment giant
More:
PYMNTS.com, Inc42 Media, Bloomberg, The Block, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @refsrc, @eliotwb, @mattzeitlin, @sfiegerman, @bigblackjacobin, @quinnypig, @ralph_squillace, and @danprimack
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Mark Bergen on his book “Like, Comment, Subscribe”, chronicling YouTube's evolution from a scrappy startup to a pivotal part of Google and social media — Mark Bergen takes us inside the black box … YouTube has always been fascinating to me because it's such a black box … | The Verge: |
In response to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade in June, period tracking app Flo releases an Anonymous Mode for iOS, improving privacy but disabling some features — Period tracking app Flo released an “Anonymous Mode” on Wednesday, which lets people use the app without linking their data to their name, email address, or IP address.
More:
PCMag, TechCrunch, Flo.health, Flo.health, and Engadget
Tweets: @flotracker, @marcyrw, @elithrar, @corintxt, and @corintxt
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Salesforce co-CEO and Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, a calm operator who is taking point on suing Elon Musk to enforce the $44B Twitter acquisition — At a technology conference in June, Bret Taylor, the mild-mannered co-CEO of tech behemoth Salesforce Inc., was losing his patience.| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Disinformation campaigns use text messages ahead of the 2022 US midterms; in Kansas, voters got texts falsely saying a “yes” vote would protect abortion access — The biggest election disinformation event of the 2022 midterm primaries was not an elaborate Russian troll scheme that played out on Twitter or Facebook.
Tweets: @kevincollier, @kevincollier, @andymstone, @wexler, @kevincollier, and @kevincollier
| CNBC: |
A look at networking infrastructure startup Nile, co-founded by two former Cisco executives, which has quietly raised $125M since its founding in 2018 — - Nile is being led by Cisco's former development chief Pankaj Patel and was co-founded by John Chambers, who spent two decades as Cisco's CEO.
More:
Silicon Valley Business …, CRN, and Light Reading
| Brady Dale / Axios: |
The US Treasury clarifies its Tornado Cash guidance and tells users who used the service for lawful transactions can apply for a license to withdraw their funds — New guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control provides a roadmap for people who used Tornado Cash …
More:
US Treasury, Watcher Guru, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, Micky, and Forkast
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
As Ethereum moves to proof of stake, about 11% of ETH is staked and earning but won't be withdrawable until the “Shanghai” update, expected in about six months — As the buzz around the revision of the Ethereum blockchain reaches a crescendo, few observers appear to be talking … | Adobe Blog: |
A survey of 5,000 emoji users in the US finds 91% think emoji make it easier to express themselves, 68% like emoji at work, 😂 is the most popular, and more — With Unicode's upcoming 15. release and a slew of new emoji on the way, we think it's the perfect time to share the results … | Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
As Meta funnels billions into VR, some developers worry about strict app store rules, acquisitions that dominate the market and throttle competition, and more — Virtual reality creators say Meta now has the power to determine which apps will be successful and which will be left in obscurity
Tweets: @naominixwrites, @naominixwrites, @iansherr, @mattnavarra, and @gamos
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Tel Aviv-based Dig Security, which helps companies protect and manage cloud data, raised a $34M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $45M — Data security startup Dig Security Solutions Inc. said today it has raised $34 million in new funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts …
More:
Cybersecurity Dive, Globes Online, Geektime, VentureBeat, Dig Security, and TechCrunch
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
London-based Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks of the traditional finance world, raised a $20M Series A from JPMorgan and others — Ownera aims to connect the tokenized securities of institutional investors. — Ownera, a startup building infrastructure to connect … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season — - Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season of this year. — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple's advertising inventory …
More:
Search Engine Land, The Mac Observer, John Battelle's Search Blog, and iMore
Tweets: @eric_seufert, @reedalbergotti, @quinnypig, @malwaretechblog, @lapcatsoftware, and @carnage4life. Thanks:@mattrosoff
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 Sign is a “high growth performer” in the Frost & Sullivan's Frost Radar™ for electronic signature software, 2024 — We are happy to announce that Zoho Sign has clinched a position as a high growth performer …
Zoho Sign is a “high growth performer” in the Frost & Sullivan's Frost Radar™ for electronic signature software, 2024 — We are happy to announce that Zoho Sign has clinched a position as a high growth performer …
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:
Thu. 11/07 - More Election Stuff
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 2:00 PM ET, September 14, 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
Brian Stelter / CNN:Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Austin Fuller / Current:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
More:
Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, HotHardware, Wccftech, and Neowin
Tweets: @bcarr, @cibernicola_es, @quinnypig, @jasonct, @laffer1, @doctorow, and @gossithedog
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
More:
The Keyword, Axios, The Hill, The Verge, CNET, Reuters, Engadget, TechCircle, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @leah_nylen, @leah_nylen, @mmasnick, @adamkovac, @caffar3cristina, @jason_kint, @leah_nylen, @rustybrick, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, and @jason_kint
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
More:
Meta, Meta, KnowTechie, Fossbytes, Android Headlines, and BigTechWire
Tweets: @varunmayya, @sulamatraore, @venkatananth, @evanhamilton, and @ldignan