|
July 14, 2023, 3:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Twitter's creators program makes its first payouts, including to far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who made over $20K, Ian Miles Cheong, and Benny Johnson — The platform is paying high-profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app
More: PCMag, Thurrott, Insider, NBC News, Gizmodo, Deadline, Tech.co, Business Today, and Phandroid
Bluesky: @davechen.bsky.social. Mastodon: @maxeddy@infosec.exchange, @peter@thepit.social, and @RevXenoFact@dobbs.town
Twitter: @krassenstein, @krassenstein, @cobratate, @sawyermerritt, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @junlper, @stclairashley, @elonmusk, @lrozen, @saeeddicaprio, @stevenmarkryan, @alx, @junlper, @taylorlorenz, @wallstreetsilv, @atrupar, @xerocooleth, @taylorlorenz, @wholemarsblog, @stclairashley, @kimdotcom, @catturd2, @taylorlorenz, @culturecrave, and @shark3ozero
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets — Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts.
More: Twitter Help Center, Twitter Help Center, Dexerto, The Verge, Forbes, Vox, New York Post, Insider, Silicon Republic, Android Headlines, gHacks Technology News, TweakTown, iMore, Livemint, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Social Media Today, BGR, Engadget, Neowin, Wall Street Journal, and MobileSyrup
LinkedIn: Olivier Delfosse. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @twitter, @stclairashley, @dc_draino, @lindayacc, @mattnavarra, @jason, @elonmusk, @shl, @pt, @taylorlorenz, @levie, @pt, @jason, @edzitron, @jason, @mosquitocapital, @dexerto, @eve6, @mattbinder, @taylorlorenz, @rmac18, @josephpolitano, @pitdesi, @bobsaietta, @karlbode, @ianzelbo, @jake_k, @huegolden, @gergelyorosz, @levelsio, @tomwarren, and @paleofuture
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
SAG-AFTRA: the AMPTP's AI proposal lets studios scan a background actor to create a digital likeness, for a day's pay, for perpetual use without consent or pay — During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland …
More: NPR, Variety, Deadline, New York Times, Disconnect, NBC News, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, HotHardware, PCMag, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Polygon, Los Angeles Times, Cointelegraph, O'Grady's PowerPage, Coinspeaker, Music Ally, gHacks Technology News, Business Today, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, The Overspill, The Hollywood Reporter, Dexerto, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, Consequence, USTimesPost, Vanity Fair, Gearrice, Gamereactor UK, IGN, USA Today, Engadget, Mashable, and Decrypt
LinkedIn: Dempsey Gibson, Doyal Bryant, and Gustavo Garcia G
Bluesky: @akelacooper.bsky.social and @annleckie.com
Mastodon: @esther@strangeobject.space, @maxkennerly@mstdn.social, @botwiki@mastodon.social, and @jaredwhite@indieweb.social
Twitter: @massawyrm, @sentammoses, @scalzi, @bostonjerry, @nowthisnews, @sillysyntax, @latimes, @3cfilmss, @jstylman, @shauniedarko, @a_webster, @valerie_tosi, @kvanaren, @discussingfilm, @womenscribes, @crecenteb, @albinokid, @embryethan, @thr, and @meisteralready
Forums: Hacker News, r/WorkReform, r/ArtistHate, r/boxoffice, r/television, r/HouseOfTheDragon, r/television, r/RedLetterMedia, r/LiveFromNewYork, r/WednesdayTVSeries, r/LosAngeles, r/IATSE, r/OnlyMurdersHulu, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/blankies, r/comiccon, r/oscarrace, r/boxoffice, r/FilmIndustryLA, r/Fauxmoi, and r/television
| Michael Schulman / New Yorker: |
Netflix's Orange Is the New Black was an early indicator of how lopsided the streaming economy would be, as 10 actors from the show detail tiny residual incomes — The innovative and daring show was a worldwide hit for Netflix, but some of the actors say that they were never fairly compensated.
More: UPROXX and New York Times
Twitter: @kattenbarge, @discussingfilm, @runwithskizzers, @ynb, @lindaholmes, @samuelaadams, @awolfeful, @timsassoon, and @mjschulman. Forums: r/Screenwriting
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Sensor Tower: from July 8 to July 11 and 12, Threads DAUs fell ~20% and time spent fell 50% to 10 minutes; Similarweb: Android DAUs fell 25%+ from July 7 to 10 — - Facebook's Twitter-killer, Threads, has seen drops in daily active users and time spent on app since the weekend, according to SensorTower and SimilarWeb.
More: Gizmodo, PCMag, Fortune, PetaPixel, Android Headlines, Tech Startups, Neowin, and Social Media Today
Twitter: @patrickmoorhead, @elonmusk, @ascottreid, @mattnavarra, @danielernsttmt, @elonmusk, and @davidgerard
Threads: @n0ahpinion and @thestalwart
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta confirms taking “additional steps” to prevent EU-based users from accessing Instagram's Threads; users report no longer being able to use Threads via a VPN — After multiple EU-based users complained about not being able to access Instagram's Threads app through VPN, Meta confirmed that it is blocking such efforts.
More: Thurrott, Engadget, PCMag, Ars Technica, Appuals.com, and Neowin
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Crypto bridging protocol Multichain ceases operations after confirming Chinese police detained its CEO, Zhaojun, and his sister, who held ~$220M of user assets — - Multichain confirmed its CEO has been detained in China. — It said the CEO's sister moved $220 million of funds …
More: Cointelegraph, Bitcoin News, Crypto Briefing, Metaverse Post, Watcher Guru, Ethereum World News, CoinDesk, Cryptonews, Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, DL News, Crowdfund Insider, Blockworks, CoinJournal, CryptoSlate, and Bloomberg
Twitter: @multichainorg, @bradmillscan, @eking0x, @mdudas, @moo9000, @fluffypony, @plumferno, @0xfoobar, @poordart, @cryptoseq, and @chrisblec. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Binance has fired over 1,000 people in recent weeks; the cuts are global, ongoing, and could result in the company losing more than a third of its staff — Crypto exchange reduces workforce as Justice Department investigation continues — Binance, the giant crypto exchange …
More: CoinDesk, Reuters, The Block, Cointelegraph, Fortune, Cryptonews, and Livemint. Forums: Hacker News
| Reuters: |
Twitter sues four unnamed entities in Texas for “unlawfully scraping data” and seeks $1M+ in relief; Elon Musk: “that is why we had to put rate limits in place” — Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping last week …
More: Ars Technica, CNBC, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear, and WFAA-TV
Forums: r/DataHoarder and Ars OpenForum
| Semafor: |
Sources: Elon Musk claimed xAI was worth $20B, as he was trying to recruit top AI talent and offering equity in his new startup — Elon Musk sought to recruit top AI talent to his new artificial intelligence company with equity in the venture he claimed was already worth tens of billions of dollars … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter aims to reduce DM spam with a setting that moves messages from Blue users you don't follow back to the Message Request inbox instead of the main inbox — As Twitter fends off new competition from Instagram Threads, the company today announced a change designed to cut down on spam in users' inboxes.
More: Dexerto, Techlusive, Social Media Today, and Engadget
Bluesky: @jww.wtf and @setia.ink. Twitter: @twittersupport. Threads: @carnage4life. Forums: r/RealTesla
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft names Aptos as the next default font for its Microsoft 365 productivity apps, replacing Calibri; Aptos was available for two years as Bierstadt — - After considering user feedback on five options, Microsoft has picked the next default font for its productivity apps like Word and Outlook.
More: Microsoft Design, The Register, The Verge, Ars Technica, Insider, ZDNet, gHacks Technology News, PC Gamer, Techlusive, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, Gizchina, TechRadar, Pixel Envy, Neowin, BetaNews, and Thurrott
Mastodon: @mwichary@mastodon.online, @hitext@typo.social, @aegir@toot.wales, and @mattsevits@super-gay.co
Twitter: @joeygrundl, @mattrosoff, @_barbi_k, @parismarx, @anelf3, @microsoftdesign, and @cathrinew
Forums: r/typography and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard consider selling UK cloud-based game rights to a telecom, gaming, or internet company to appease US and UK regulators — - Companies may give up some control of UK cloud gaming unit — US, UK regulators have come out against the $69 billion deal| Bloomberg Law: |
More: VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Reuters, Techdirt, Gizmodo, Silicon Republic, Gameranx, Android Headlines, The Verge, Eurogamer.net, BBC, TheGamer, Dow Jones Newswires, Wall Street Journal, and Kotaku
Twitter: @doratki, @tomwarren, and @leah_nylen
| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
After the US court ruling in Ripple's favor, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges and Gemini is exploring listing the token — U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.
More: Kraken Blog, CCN.com, CNBC, Cryptopolitan, Ethereum World News, Coinspeaker, DL News, Watcher Guru, ZyCrypto, Cryptonews, Crypto Daily, The Crypto Basic, The Block, Decrypt, CoinJournal, BeInCrypto, Fortune, CryptoGlobe, CryptoGlobe, Cryptopolitan, Ethereum World News, The Block, Decrypt, and Blockworks
Mastodon: @gulovsen@mastodon.social. Twitter: @coinbaseassets, @gemini, @iampaulgrewal, @iamdcinvestor, @iampaulgrewal, and @dylanleclair_
| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
More: CourtListener, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Crypto Daily, Protos, Wall Street Journal, CCN.com, Coinmonks, Tech Startups, The Block, Cryptopolitan, New York Times, Bitcoin News, gHacks Technology News, CNBC, The Block, Watcher Guru, NewsBTC, CoinGeek, Forkast, Cryptonews, The Crypto Basic, Reuters, Bitcoinist.com, SiliconANGLE, Unchained Crypto, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, The Verge, Blockworks, Financial Times, and The Block
LinkedIn: Tobias Bauer and Brian Naughton
Twitter: @bgarlinghouse, @watcherguru, @gopmajoritywhip, @tier10k, @eleanorterrett, @metalawman, @jason, @cz_binance, @prestonjbyrne, @davidsacks, @colinwilhelm, @colinwilhelm, @colinwilhelm, @leomschwartz, @danprimack, @bgarlinghouse, @meattc_, @meattc_, @meattc_, @meattc_, @spreekaway, @arthurb, @hosseeb, @aeyakovenko, @autismcapital, @spreekaway, @haydenzadams, @spreekaway, @adamscochran, @jesse_hynes, @watcherguru, @metalawman, @milesdeutscher, @whalewire, @tree_of_alpha, and @eleanorterrett
Forums: Hacker News, r/btc, and r/Buttcoin
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:
Passkeys Week for a passwordless future: Learn how Zoho is embracing passkeys — Passkeys are the modern-day alternative authentication method that was introduced to replace traditional passwords for enhanced security and convenience.
Passkeys Week for a passwordless future: Learn how Zoho is embracing passkeys — Passkeys are the modern-day alternative authentication method that was introduced to replace traditional passwords for enhanced security and convenience.
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:
Mon. 11/18 - More Smartglasses On The Horizon
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 3:05 PM ET, July 14, 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
Brian Stelter / CNN:Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Max Tani / Semafor:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: PCMag, TechCrunch, Mashable, Android Authority, and Nyxelestia
Bluesky: @dannyomo.bsky.social. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @personaidata, @vampirevore, @platnumsparkles, @polisisti, and @quinnypig. Threads: @jaypetersplus
Forums: r/reddit, r/technews, r/Futurology, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Bloomberg: |
More: Washington Post, Reuters, Cointelegraph, DealStreetAsia, CNBC, Reuters, TechCrunch, and Tech in Asia
Twitter: @lukolejnik, @hlntnr, @mattsheehan88, and @_szheng
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
More: Ars Technica, PingWest, Trusted Reviews, Gadget Tendency, Mashable India tech, CNET, GSMArena.com, Droid Life, GSMArena.com, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Bloomberg, PhoneArena, Android Authority, T3, Android Police, Tom's Guide, 9to5Google, Forbes, BGR, Engadget, Android Central, and Wccftech
| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
More: Knight First Amendment …, Washington Post, CNN, SiliconANGLE, and Associated Press
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
More: PlayStation.Blog, Techlusive, TechRadar, Android Headlines, KitGuru, GamesIndustry.biz, and MobileSyrup
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, and r/PS5
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
More: BBC, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Keyword, Android Headlines, MediaNama, Analytics Insight, The Verge, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Financial Times, and Politico
Twitter: @maxvonthun, @sundarpichai, @pkedrosky, @elonmusk, @adrianweckler, @mattbrittin, @mattbrittin, @mattbrittin, @bentossell, @googleeurope, and @jackk