|
March 15, 2023, 9:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the Biden administration is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stakes in the company or face a possible US ban of the app — TikTok says forced sale won't resolve national security issues; its CEO set to appear before Congress next week
More:
The Guardian, Washington Post, Engadget, Financial Times, The Information, NPR, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, Insider, Observer, CNBC, The Neoliberal Standard, The Hill, Tech Xplore, Gizmodo, and PetaPixel
Tweets:
@divestech, @eriqgardner, @jessicalessin, @bobbyallyn, @rihardjarc, @danprimack, @adamkovac, and @pkafka
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft patches an Outlook zero-day, exploitable without user interaction, that the company says Russian hackers used to target European organizations in 2022 — Microsoft has patched an Outlook zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) exploited by a hacking group linked …
More:
Microsoft Security Response Center, MDSec, Dark Reading, BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, Krebs on Security, CNN, Cisco Talos Blog, AskWoody, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, SC Media, IT PRO, Naked Security, and Neowin
LinkedIn:
Brian Krebs and Céline Marin
Tweets:
@cyb3rops, @seanwrightsec, and @seanwrightsec
| Wall Street Journal: |
As SVB collapsed, prominent investors, internet provocateurs, and others helped amplify US banking system concerns, creating the first “Twitter-fueled bank run” — Rapid spread of concerns prompts lawmaker to call it ‘Twitter-fueled bank run’ — The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: What You Need to Know
More:
Fortune and VICE
Tweets:
@emollick, @tracyalloway, @thestalwart, @emptywheel, @profkatejudge, @adamsinger, @carnage4life, and @compound248
| Maureen Farrell / New York Times: |
More:
TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Canary Media, Bloomberg, Wired, CNBC, GeekWire, and Forbes
LinkedIn:
Dror Futter and Hans Stegeman
| Emily Flitter / New York Times: |
More:
Washington Post, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Silicon Valley Business …, NBC News, and GeekWire
LinkedIn:
Minh Le. Tweets:
@charliebilello, @msuster, @pitdesi, @readkrystalhu, @flitteronfraud, @moorehn, @birdyword, @charliebilello, @nickjonesvp, @euniceajim, @thechiefnerd, and @ijakemendel
| Washington Post: |
More:
Bloomberg, Noahpinion, Forbes, Crypto Briefing, The Atlantic, and New York Times
LinkedIn:
Mihaela Mandroiu, Edward Ludlow, and Zach Butterworth
Tweets:
@gopmajoritywhip, @davidsacks, @novogratz, @patio11, @smtuffy, @moorehn, @johnjharwood, @stevedaniels27, @sarthakgh, @emoltzen, @armanddoma, and @imillhiser
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn adds AI-powered writing suggestions, initially for writing profiles, using OpenAI's GPT-4, and for recruiters writing job descriptions, using GPT-3.5 — Earlier this month, when LinkedIn started seeding “AI-powered conversation starters” in people's news feeds to boost engagement on its platform …
More:
TechCrunch, The Verge, Wired UK, OnMSFT.com, Engadget, BigTechWire, Search Engine Journal, Social Media Today, BGR, Gizmodo, and Neowin. Tweets:
@jjvincent
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
An interview with OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman on GPT-4 being different from GPT-3, training on images and text, a “slow and intentional” rollout, and more — OpenAI shipped GPT-4 today, the much-anticipated text-generating AI model, and it's a curious piece of work.
More:
OpenAI and Metaverse Post
| New York Times: |
How Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google's Assistant fell behind in the AI race despite a decade head start, hampered by clunky design and miscalculations — The virtual assistants had more than a decade to become indispensable. But they were hampered by clunky design and miscalculations, leaving room for chatbots to rise.
More:
MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, T3, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, Near Media, Pixel Envy, BGR, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone Hacks, Insider, and Redmond Pie
LinkedIn:
Eric Cohen. Tweets:
@jakebackpack, @pblackshaw, @pt, @agreenberg, @shiraovide, and @cademetz
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Stripe raised a $6.5B+ Series I at a $50B valuation to help its employees cover tax obligations for the expiration of RSUs and to fund a new stock tender offer — Digital payments firm Stripe on Wednesday announced that it has raised more than $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation.
More:
Stripe, AltFi, Forbes, CoinDesk, New York Times, RTÉ, Financial Times, The Information, TechCrunch, Reuters, Business Post, SiliconANGLE, and CNBC
Tweets:
@carnage4life, @eringriffith, @kateclarktweets, and @matthuang
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google discontinues its Glass Enterprise Edition 2 and plans to support the headset until September 15, 2023; existing devices and apps will continue to work — Google has announced today that it will no longer be selling its Glass Enterprise Edition 2 headsets, with support set to be discontinued later this year.
More:
Glass Enterprise Edition Help, CNET, Pocket-lint, The Verge, PCMag, BigTechWire, and SlashGear
| Max Abelson / Bloomberg: |
How Signature Bank's big pivot to crypto led to the downfall of the once successful old-school lender that survived doing business with NYC cab owners and Trump — Signature Bank was flying high when co-founder Scott Shay mused about success on a podcast early last year.
More:
New York Magazine, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, Bitcoin News, Cryptonews, Politico, Crypto Daily, and Reuters
Tweets:
@felixsalmon, @felixsalmon, @maxabelson, @halsparks, @thorntonmcenery, @silviakillings, @tomgara, and @tina_davis
| Bloomberg: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, The Information, Reuters, Cryptopolitan, New York Post, Watcher Guru, PYMNTS.com, and crypto.news
Tweets:
@amacker, @cryptadamist, @johnreedstark, and @stephenpunwasi
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung responds to the controversy over moon photos taken by Galaxy phones, explaining its Scene Optimizer feature, its “AI deep learning model”, and more — The post's content isn't exactly new — it appears to be a lightly edited translation of an article posted in Korean last year … | Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft has been rationing GPU access for teams building AI tools since late 2022; the company plans to announce Office 365 GPT-4 tools on March 16 — Microsoft is poised to announce a suite of Office 365 tools powered by GPT-4, the powerful new artificial intelligence software made by OpenAI.| Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal: |
The FBI: US citizens lost $10.3B to online scammers in 2022, up from $6.9B in 2021, and crypto investment fraud losses hit $2.57B in 2022, up from $907M in 2021 — Cryptocurrency investment fraud nearly tripled in 2022 from the year before — Americans lost more than $10 billion …
More:
BleepingComputer, Engadget, CoinGeek, Cybersecurity Dive, TechSpot, GameSpot, Tech Startups, and GovTech. Tweets:
@chrismessina
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Zipline unveils Platform 2 Zip, a drone that can do a 10-mile delivery in 10 minutes to small landing zones via a tethered “delivery droid” from up to 300 feet — Zipline is revealing its new drone delivery platform today that the company says is capable of making a 10-mile delivery …
More:
CNBC, TechCrunch, Zipline, IEEE Spectrum, Bloomberg, Slashdot, CNET, Engadget, PCMag, DroneDJ, and Financial Times
| Paul Murray / New York Magazine: |
A journey into Meta's Horizon Worlds to find friends and metaverse true believers, raising questions about Zuckerberg's vision of the internet's next iteration — In September, my family and I move from our home in Dublin to a fancy East Coast college town, where I'll be teaching for the semester.
More:
CNN, Financial Times, The Information, Futurism, and crypto.news
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
The US charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with a conspiracy to defraud his online followers out of $1B+, including $262M through a crypto “ecosystem” — The U.S. government on Wednesday charged exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with fraud, accusing him of orchestrating …
More:
Department of Justice, The Hill, Mashable, CoinDesk, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Semafor, U.S. Securities …, and Politico
Tweets:
@sdnynews, @seth_hettena, @seth_hettena, @mattgertz, @jasonleopold, @jayshams, @metzgov, @w7voa, @dfriedman33, @w7voa, and @silvermanjacob
| The Verge: |
SpaceX launches Starlink Roam, a rebranding of Starlink RV, offering global satellite internet service for $200/month and a regional option for $150/month — Last summer, we reviewed Starlink RV, a version of the satellite internet service that promised users access from pretty much anywhere on their continent.| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Inside the iPhone refurbishment process at New Jersey-based US Mobile Phones, from trade-in to refurbish to resale; Apple devices dominate consumer trade-ins — When you trade in a smartphone, here's how it gets refurbished and makes companies money
More:
Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and 9to5Mac. Tweets:
@kwiens
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Generate videos with Veo 3 in Google Gemini — Create high-quality, 8-second videos with Veo 3, our state-of-the-art AI video generator. Try it with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan.
Generate videos with Veo 3 in Google Gemini — Create high-quality, 8-second videos with Veo 3, our state-of-the-art AI video generator. Try it with a Google AI Pro plan or get the highest access with the Ultra plan.
Codegen:
Ship with AI: The Future of Coding is Here — Use natural language in Slack to trigger real PRs, docs, dashboards, infra & more. Codegen connects GitHub, Linear, Notion, and beyond.
Ship with AI: The Future of Coding is Here — Use natural language in Slack to trigger real PRs, docs, dashboards, infra & more. Codegen connects GitHub, Linear, Notion, and beyond.
Zoho:
Guide to Google Business Profile Optimization (Part 3) — Your Google Business Profile can do more than just exist. It can attract. When set up and optimized the right way, it becomes a powerful magnet …
Guide to Google Business Profile Optimization (Part 3) — Your Google Business Profile can do more than just exist. It can attract. When set up and optimized the right way, it becomes a powerful magnet …
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
Techmeme Ride Home:
Tesla Launches Its Robotaxi
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:
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says dating AI chatbots is 'playing with fire'
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Grit:
GitLab's CEO on Why the Next Great Developer Might Not Write Code | Bill Staples
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
From ChatGPT to Instagram to Uber: The quiet architect behind the world's most popular products | Peter Deng
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.
BG2 Pod:
Coatue Pt2. Open AI's Kevin Weil Dives into All Things ChatGPT
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
The Logan Bartlett Show:
Joe Hudson - The Leadership Coach Sam Altman and Top AI Teams Trust
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:05 PM ET, March 15, 2023.
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
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
| CNBC: |
More:
Axios and AppleInsider
Tweets:
@schwartzbcnbc, @carlszabo, @jonschweppe, @evan_greer, @robbysoave, @pathedger18, @mrddmia, and @caro
| Bloomberg: |
More:
T-Mobile, T-Mobile on YouTube, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, Light Reading, TechCrunch, CNET, Variety, NPR, CNN, Yahoo Entertainment, 9to5Google, Los Angeles Times, Axios, USA Today, Associated Press, PhoneArena, The Register, TalkAndroid.com, GeekWire, Android Police, Newser, 9to5Mac, The Wrap, Reuters, SlashGear, Fortune, Quartz, Tech Startups, Fast Company, iClarified, Engadget, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Telecompetitor, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, The Hollywood Reporter, XDA Developers, Android Central, Neowin, and Droid Life
LinkedIn:
Charles Ruppert and Avi Greengart
Tweets:
@vancityreynolds, @mintmobile, @vancityreynolds, @patrickmoorhead, @turnernovak, @xpangler, @carnage4life, @firstadopter, @tsnjr, and @anthony
| Financial Times: |
More:
San Francisco Business Journal, Insider, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, and Bloomberg
Earlier Picks
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
More:
CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Apple Must, BGR, Patently Apple, PYMNTS.com, South China Morning Post, and PingWest
| Reuters: |
More:
Nikkei Asia, BBC, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Associated Press, Gizchina, AnandTech, Android Headlines, gHacks Technology News, RCR Wireless News, TechPowerUp, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets:
@robertalanward, @dnystedt, and @jeff4malaysia
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
More:
VICE, HackRead, Dark Reading, SecurityWeek, Gizmodo, The Record, and Metacurity. Tweets:
@josephfcox
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
More:
MySmartPrice, Forbes, Ars Technica, Gizchina, PhoneArena, Droid Life, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, TalkAndroid.com, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, HotHardware, Android Central, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, T3, Android Headlines, and GreenBot
Tweets:
@onleaks, @onleaks, and @gadgetsdata