|
May 12, 2023, 4:15 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: |
Elon Musk names ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's CEO, to focus on business operations; Musk will focus on “product design & new technology” — - Former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino will be Twitter's next CEO.
More:
Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Reuters, TechCrunch, New York Times, The Verge, NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, Ars Technica, Silicon Republic, Android Authority, Slate, The Register, New York Post, The Guardian, Insider, Financial Times, Bloomberg, PCMag, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, CNN, The Verge, Variety, NPR, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Axios, SlashGear, CleanTechnica, E&T News, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox Business, MobileSyrup, Coinspeaker, Mercury News, Barron's Online, Dexerto, Gizmodo, New York Post, iMore, NBC News, Tech Startups, MakeUseOf, Bitcoinist.com, Redmond Pie, WRAL TechWire, The Verge, Coinspeaker, WRAL TechWire, Insider, International Business Times, CoinGape, Bloomberg, The Information, Tech Xplore, Fast Company, Watcher Guru, Mashable, Adweek, BBC, TechCircle, Coinpedia Fintech News, MSPoweruser, The Economic Times, Livemint, Business Post, Fortune, SiliconANGLE, Deadline, Neowin, CryptoPotato, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, and Quartz
LinkedIn:
Evan Shapiro, Shelly DeMotte Kramer, and Sara Fischer
Tweets:
@dylanbyers, @shayan86, @elonmusk, @goldman, @benmullin, @semaforben, @goldman, @karaswisher, @loupas, @maxberger, @richlightshed, @sarafischer, @pkafka, @teroterotero, @maxberger, @wexler, @teroterotero, @teroterotero, @teroterotero, @berniespofforth, @naturallyftw, @karaswisher, @dr_nickiw, @maxberger, @caulfieldtim, @rmac18, @alexeheath, @zsk, @garyblack00, @moorehn, @steinkobbe, @pkafka, @jigolden, @stoolpresidente, @pkafka, @leokelion, @eden_holdings, @brooke, @nycsouthpaw, @nkulw, @steinkobbe, @maxberger, @pkafka, @sawyermerritt, @neilcybart, @danprimack, @shawn_farash, @karlbode, @benswann_, @yashar, @mollyjongfast, @justin_hart, @kellblog, @lifebiomedguru, @adhutchinson, @jakewilkns, @alexberenson, @daveleebbg, @jbflint, @galenward, @gavinpurcell, @ashleygjovik, @tom_winter, @alexeheath, @kerrymflynn, @sarafischer, @jtoonkel, @mattgertz, @erinbiba, @danprimack, @justinbaragona, @rmac18, @om, @kerrymflynn, @maxberger, and @ashtonpittman
| Washington Post: |
A profile of Linda Yaccarino, who has vast experience in ad partnerships, praised Elon Musk publicly, and told colleagues that people get hung up on his tweets — Twitter has struggled to generate revenue since Musk took over as CEO, as advertisers have fretted over his sweeping rollbacks of content moderation.
More:
Bloomberg, Associated Press, Insider, Agence France-Presse, Engadget, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Business Post, Wall Street Journal, Observer, Axios, Mashable, Cryptopolitan, Watcher Guru, Quartz, Techlusive, The Economic Times, NBC News, and PCMag
Mastodon:
@noam@beige.party. Tweets:
@hopeking, @scottmonty, @shannonjoyradio, @aishacounts, and @carlquintanilla
| Bloomberg: |
Oppo closes its chip design unit Zeku due to global economic uncertainty; Zeku developed the MariSilicon X image-processing chip used in Oppo's flagship devices — Oppo, China's biggest domestic smartphone maker, is closing its chip design business as the global smartphone market extends a prolonged decline.
More:
South China Morning Post, Android Authority, Nikkei Asia, The Verge, Neowin, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Android Central, Gizchina, PingWest, Techlusive, SlashGear, SamMobile, Android Police, and TechNode
Tweets:
@iancutress, @mytechmusings, @edourdoo, @jeff4malaysia, @edourdoo, @edourdoo, and @nbdpress
| New York Times: |
A former ByteDance executive in the US sues the company for wrongful termination, saying ByteDance stole its rivals' content and gave the CCP “supreme access” — The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google Bard is now available in 180 countries but not in the EU or Canada; Google says the chatbot will be made available “consistent with local regulations” — Yesterday at Google I/O 2023, it was announced that Google Bard would be undergoing a massive expansion, bringing the AI chatbot experiment to 180 countries.
More:
Ars Technica, Android Authority, PCMag, Android Central, OnMSFT.com, TNW, Phandroid, WinBuzzer, Gizchina, and Neowin
Tweets:
@martinsfp, @peter_szilagyi, @willrinehart, and @mictuc
| Reuters: |
Toyota says the vehicle data of 2.15M users in Japan, or almost all of its cloud service customers, has been public since November 2013, due to a human error — Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Friday the vehicle data of 2.15 million users in Japan, or almost the entire customer base … | New York Times: |
A look at China's plans to “de-Americanize” its chip industry, nearly seven months after the US unveiled curbs, with billions from local investors and companies — Seven months after Washington unveiled tough curbs, Chinese companies are doubling down on homegrown supply chains … | Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
NYC-based Tessera, the collective NFT ownership and governance service that launched as Fractional with $20M from Paradigm and others, plans to shut down — Co-founder Andy Chorlian tweeted that the decision was made after “carefully analyzing possible market scenarios, our company structure and our financial situation.”
More:
The Information and The Block
Tweets:
@andy8052, @charlesarthur, @smaroo, @deeze, @gfunkera86, and @jubbishjay
| Reuters: |
The UK extradites Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch to the US to face wire and securities fraud charges over HP's $11B acquisition of the software company in 2011 — Mike Lynch, co-founder of UK software firm Autonomy, has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges …
More:
Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, BBC, Finextra, The Register, Financial Times, and CNBC
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A profile of Swedish politician and EU Home Affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson, who has become a divisive figure in the vitriolic debate over CSAM and privacy — Ylva Johansson is on a personal mission to make the internet safer for children. Her opponents say her plans would wreck online privacy.
Tweets:
@alecmuffett, @alecmuffett, @ylvajohansson, and @vrateau
| Aidan Ryan / The Information: |
Sources: Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao are exploring ways to reduce Zhao's majority company stake, hoping to improve Binance.US' standing before US regulators — Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao, the crypto exchange's founder, majority owner and chair, have been exploring ways to reduce his stake … | Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Binance announces exit from Canada, saying the country's “new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits” makes the Canadian market “no longer tenable” — The world's largest crypto exchange by volume said new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits prompted the exit.Sponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
Zoho:
Recruiters, be that zeroth candidate — Welcome again! Earlier, we looked at how personality assessments are evaluation tools that help look at candidates beyond resumes. Let's look at how to use …
Recruiters, be that zeroth candidate — Welcome again! Earlier, we looked at how personality assessments are evaluation tools that help look at candidates beyond resumes. Let's look at how to use …
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
Lenny's Podcast:
Microsoft CPO: If you aren't prototyping with AI you're doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada
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.
Techmeme Ride Home:
(Bonus) World Cup Of Entrepreneurs Part 2
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Hard Fork:
Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
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.
Great Chat:
Are VC jobs truly AI Proof? (Marc thinks so)
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Workday's new head of product wants you to like Workday as much as he does
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:15 PM ET, May 12, 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
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Financial Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Andrew Rummer / The Block: |
More:
Wall Street Journal, Decrypt, DL News, CoinDesk, Fortune, Bloomberg, Reuters, Cryptopolitan, The Daily Hodl, Tech Xplore, ZyCrypto, CoinGape, Ethereum World News, Associated Press, Coinpedia Fintech News, Bitcoinist.com, International Business Times, Watcher Guru, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, Cryptonews, Forkast, CryptoSlate, and Gizmodo
| Tom Mitchelhill / Cointelegraph: |
More:
Reuters, Bitcoinist.com, NFT Evening, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, International Business Times, CryptoSlate, CryptoGlobe, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Block, Micky, IPWatchdog.com, Decrypt, Blockworks, and Wccftech
Tweets:
@metalawman and @metalawman
| Ryan Dinsdale / IGN: |
More:
Riot Games, VentureBeat, Dot Esports, The Verge, Game Developer, Pocket Gamer.biz, dot.LA, GameSpot, PC Games Insider, Dexerto, GamesRadar, GamesIndustry.biz, and Dot Esports
LinkedIn:
Jeff Poss and Andy Kleinman
Tweets:
@niiicolo, @riotgames, @tizatryhards, @avvjain, @emmandabomb, @riotmagus, @alexqwok, @dszajnuk, @soupychloe, @niiicolo, @almostjoshua, @marcmerrill, @riotballerina, @gaudep, and @borakocyigit
Earlier Picks
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More:
Anthropic, The Verge, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Windows Central, MobileSyrup, Engadget, TechRadar, and SlashGear
LinkedIn:
Jay Sampath. Tweets:
@anthropicai, @karinanguyen_, @anthropicai, @sarthakgh, @aibreakfast, @_akhaliq, @mathemagic1an, @mattshumer_, @beyang, @jonst0kes, @criticalai, @bowtiedrobin, @patrickjblum, @emostaque, @omarsar0, @goodside, @jerryjliu0, @mlpowered, @itsandrewgao, @alexgraveley, @azeem, @kevinafischer, @matthewclifford, @abacaj, @wintonark, @bentossell, @seconds_0, @gestaltu, @nonmayorpete, and @simonw
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
More:
Meta, Silicon Republic, Search Engine Land, Fortune, Bloomberg, PCMag, Metaverse Post, TechRadar, Tech.co, Music Ally, MarTech, Reuters, Business Post, Fox Business, CNBC, Silicon Valley Business …, AdExchanger, The Information, Decrypt, Marketing Dive, Ad Age, MobileSyrup, SiliconANGLE, Observer, and MarketWatch
LinkedIn:
Kana Aoki-Kino. Tweets:
@metanewsroom, @eric_seufert, @robleathern, @mattnavarra, @austen, and @theo_wayt
| James Cirrone / Blockworks: |
More:
Metaverse Post, Micky, Unchained Crypto, Inside Bitcoins, Watcher Guru, DL News, and Cryptopolitan
Tweets:
@iampaulgrewal, @beeple, @pepelangelo, @allrylhedup, @mrpunkdoteth, and @realcryptojuice
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
| Reuters: |
More:
Ars Technica, The Verge, European Parliament, TechCrunch, ComputerWeekly.com, Music Ally, Finextra, Euractiv, and Financial Times
LinkedIn:
Angela Maragkopoulou. Tweets:
@sarahchander, @jjvincent, @ndiakopoulos, @guyverhofstadt, @sarahchander, @bertuzluca, @ndiakopoulos, @ndiakopoulos, @jduch, @europarlpress, and @bertuzluca
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
More:
CNN, TestingCatalog, Techlusive, Android Headlines, VICE, PCMag, Associated Press, BleepingComputer, Social Media Today, and Twitter Help Center
Tweets:
@elonmusk, @paulmillr, @jsrailton, @scalzi, @harrymccracken, @evan_greer, @katebevan, @rmac18, @cstanley, @mjg59, @a_greenberg, @sweis, @mjg59, @samfbiddle, @kateconger, @rmac18, @rmac18, @samfbiddle, @matthew_d_green, and @matthew_d_green