|
May 2, 2024, 4:47 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Apple adds carveouts to its EU core tech fee, exempting free app developers and giving those with annual global revenue under €10M a three-year “free on-ramp” — Apple is tweaking how it applies a new fee that can apply to iOS developers in the European Union as it continues … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google says 400M+ Google Accounts have used passkeys since the rollout, logging 1B+ authentications, and expands passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program — Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its efforts toward replacing the often hacked, guessed, and stolen form of authentication with passkeys.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out passkey support for all consumer accounts; Microsoft account owners can generate passkeys across Windows, Android, and iOS — Microsoft is fully rolling out passkey support for all consumer accounts today. After enabling them in Windows 11 last year … | Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Universal Music Group and TikTok strike a new music licensing deal to bring UMG music back to the platform, including “improved remuneration” and AI protections — The months-long standoff between Universal Music Group and TikTok over royalty payments and AI policies is finally over …
More: UMG, PCMag, Yahoo News, CNET, BBC, CNBC, mxdwn Music, The Verge, Irish Examiner, HipHopDX, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, The Hollywood Reporter, POCIT, CBS News, Bloomberg, Entertainment Weekly, Dexerto, New York Times, South China Morning Post, Telegraph, KEYE, Forbes, Cryptopolitan, CMU, ChannelX, XXL Mag, Financial Times, Nigerian Entertainment Today, Android Headlines, Sky News, Digital Music News, masslive.com, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, Yahoo Finance, Legit.ng, American Songwriter, London Evening Standard, BNN Bloomberg, BroadwayWorld, Mashable, Far Out Magazine, Neowin, The Mirror, DJ Mag, Koreaboo, Variety, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, MusicTech, Consequence, The Independent, Hypebeast, City A.M., Music Ally, TechCrunch, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Music Business Worldwide, NME, RTÉ, Music Week, Hotpress, Mixmag, and NationalWorld
Forums: r/Fauxmoi and r/popheads
| Apple: |
Apple reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to $90.75B, vs. $90.01B est., net income down 2% to $23.64B, and announces largest-ever $110B share buyback — Services revenue reaches new all-time record — EPS sets March quarter record — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2024 second quarter ended March 30, 2024.| Senator Scott Wiener / @scott_wiener: |
[Thread] California State Senator Scott Wiener defends his AI safety bill, SB 1047, after criticism that it will “crush OpenAI's competitors” and open-source AI — AI policy is a new & fast-moving field & it's healthy & important to have a diversity of perspectives. However, this thread contains some extreme inaccuracies — indeed outright fear-mongering — about our AI safety legislation (SB 1047) that need to be corrected: 🧵
More: Answer.AI. X: @youraimarketer, @thezvi, @sambreed, @perrymetzger, @psychosort, @quintinpope5, @bgurley, @krishnanrohit, @opensauceai, @psychosort, @rao_hacker_one, @kevinbankston, @perrymetzger, @mahoneymatic, @chrislengerich, @jeremyphoward, @deanwball, @psychosort, @psychosort, @argleave, @adamthierer, @typewriters, @kavinstewart, @nathanleamerdc, @jeremyphoward, @cfgeek, @sftombu, @psychosort, @jonaskonas, @psychosort, @jeremyphoward, @adamthierer, @danhendrycks, @angrynoah, @perrymetzger, @simonesyed, and @anjneymidha
| New York Times: |
A US federal judge grills the DOJ and Google in the closing arguments of US v. Google, as the most consequential tech antitrust case since the 1990s concludes — Judge Amit P. Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighs a ruling that could reshape tech.
More: Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Financial Times, Business Insider, Legit.ng, Channel NewsAsia, and Quartz
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
More: AppleInsider, Search Engine Land, New York Post, Cult of Mac, Android Police, Semafor, TweakTown, PhoneArena, MSPoweruser, MacRumors, Macworld, New York Times, Business Insider, The Register, iPhone in Canada Blog, Barron's Online, Business Times, Quartz, The News International, Android Headlines, iMore, Trusted Reviews, Benzinga, The Verge, Wccftech, Hindustan Times, and The Hindu
Threads: @benedictevans. X: @d_feldman, @carnage4life, @arpitrage, @joshm, @darius, @rustybrick, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @timsweeneyepic, @matthewstoller, and @jason_kint
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| The Verge: |
Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy steps down, as the company lays off ~15% of its workforce, or ~400 people, its fifth cut since its 2021 peak, when it had 8,600 staff — Peloton's CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down after announcing yet another round of layoffs, this time affecting about 15 percent … | Molly White / Citation Needed: |
As people yearn for the web's “good old days”, bringing those days back is possible with new tech, the possibility of new protocols, and more internet users — Listen to a voiceover of this post, download the recording for later, or subscribe to the feed in your podcast app.
More: Sheep.Horse and Simon Willison's Weblog
Mastodon: @JamesGleick@zirk.us, @angusm@mastodon.social, @mike@flipboard.social, @poga@g0v.social, @JMarkOckerbloom …, and @sarahhbickerton@mastodon.nz
X: @aaronsdevera, @molly0xfff, @ethanz, @katylcowan, @darius, and @philebloomfield. Forums: Hacker News
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft confirms the April 2024 Windows security updates break VPN connections across client and server platforms on Windows 11, 10, and Server 2008 or later — Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2024 Windows security updates break VPN connections across client and server platforms.
More: Engadget, CNET, The Verge, Laptop Mag, Ars Technica, Tech.co, Windows Central, ZDNet, Guru3D, and TweakTown
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft bans US police departments from using integrations with Azure OpenAI Service, including integrations with OpenAI's text- and speech-analyzing models — Microsoft has changed its policy to ban U.S. police departments from using generative AI through the Azure OpenAI Service …
More: Microsoft Learn and Techdirt
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft announces plans to invest $2.2B in cloud and AI services infrastructure in Malaysia over four years and train 200K people in AI skills in the country — - Nadella announces plan for more AI infrastructure in Malaysia — Tech companies are targeting Southeast Asia as new growth area
More: Microsoft, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Register, Associated Press, Maginative, DatacenterDynamics, Tech in Asia, RTÉ, Thurrott, Nikkei Asia, Cryptopolitan, CCN.com, Cointelegraph, CNBC, Silicon Republic, Neowin, and Benzinga
X: @melgohcna, @adamkhairun_, @stratcommpmx, @ridhuanriz, @syarmines, @azrulmohdkhalib, @ikhwanridzwan, @satyanadella, @gunlebang, @taksesal, @saritharai, @petercheong10, @1amychew, and @fxwxb
LinkedIn: Craig Scroggie, Shamila Nair, Laurence Si, Kevin Wo, and Matthew Barsing
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Tether says it is working with Chainalysis to identify crypto wallets that could be used for bypassing sanctions or illicit activities like terrorist financing — The monitoring system would help Tether identify risky crypto addresses that could be used for bypassing sanctions or illicit activities …
More: Tether, Crowdfund Insider, and The Crypto Times
Bluesky: @dmnd.me and @lazylazyjane.bsky.social
| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
Ethan Zuckerman sues to stop Meta from blocking his planned Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension that would let Facebook users tune or even turn off their Feed — Academic Ethan Zuckerman is suing Meta to win protections for add-ons that help researchers study the platform and give users more control over their feeds.
More: Knight First Amendment …, Techdirt, 9to5Mac, Media Nation, MediaPost, Android Headlines, Knight First Amendment …, and Engadget
Mastodon: @RonaldTooTall …, @eff@mastodon.social, and @ethanz@octodon.social
X: @louisbarclay, @lexnfx, @joshconstine, @daphnehk, @eff, @drleighmjohnson, @zephyrteachout, @telliotter, @ifatgazia, @juliaangwin, @daphnehk, @daphnehk, @rao_hacker_one, @daphnehk, @bengrosser, @louisbarclay, @moonalice, @christophbusch, and @ethanz
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/privacy, and r/business
| Kate O'Keeffe / Bloomberg: |
Sources and documents: Huawei is secretly funding cutting-edge research at US universities including Harvard through an independent Washington-based foundation — - Chinese telecom maker is sole funder of optics competition — Blacklisted company's role kept private by DC-based group
More: The Register, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, and Light Reading
| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Sony plans to remove Horizon Zero Dawn, one of its biggest first-party PS4-only games, from PlayStation Plus on May 21, adding to speculation of a PS5 remaster — Horizon Zero Dawn to leave later this month. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief — Follow Horizon: Zero Dawn| Tess Owen / Wired: |
Tech Transparency Project: US extremist militias are quietly coordinating across ~200 Facebook groups and profiles, after lying low since the January 6 riot — After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, exclusive reporting shows, militia extremist groups and profiles … | David Pierce / The Verge: |
Rabbit R1 review: $199 is the right price, fun design, and a good mic, but the best features are all MIA, finicky and slow, and using a phone is better — Artificial intelligence might someday make technology easier to use and even do things on your behalf. All the Rabbit R1 does right now is make me tear my hair out.| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Block Q1: revenue up 19% YoY to $5.96B, vs. $5.82B est., gross profit up 22% to $2.09B, Square profit up 19%, Cash App profit up 25%; SQ jumps 7%+ after hours — Block Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. — Block reported first-quarter earnings after the bell that exceeded analysts' estimates.
More: Benzinga, Block, and Cryptopolitan
| Russell Brandom / Rest of World: |
WhatsApp told Delhi High Court last week that it will be forced to leave India if required to maintain “traceability” for messages as part of 2021's IT rules — Tracing the origins of messages is more complicated than it sounds. — Russell Brandom is the U.S. Tech Editor at Rest of World.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Trend Micro: cybercriminals and nation-state spies are coexisting inside the same compromised name-brand routers, using the devices to disguise their attacks — How and why nation-state hackers and cybercriminals coexist in the same router botnet. — Cybercriminals and spies working …
More: Trend Micro, TechRadar, The Hacker News, and Beyond Search
Mastodon: @kim_harding@mastodon.scot and @arstechnica@mastodon.social. X: @privacydigest. Forums: Ars OpenForum
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro 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 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:
AI-orchestrated digital workspace — Work is no longer confined to one place, one app, or even one screen. With so many tasks and applications, we juggle between chats, meetings, tasks, documents, and dashboards, all while trying to stay productive.
AI-orchestrated digital workspace — Work is no longer confined to one place, one app, or even one screen. With so many tasks and applications, we juggle between chats, meetings, tasks, documents, and dashboards, all while trying to stay productive.
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:
The "Holy Grail" Of AI Models
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Spotlight On:
*Live from Accel's 2025 People Summit* Behind the Netflix Culture Deck with Patty McCord and Jessica Neal
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the future of search, AI agents, and selling Chrome
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Invest Like the Best:
Graham Weaver - Building Alpine
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'A Monkey on a Rock', With Stephen Hackett
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Grit:
Inside Aurora's Push to Make Autonomous Trucking Real | Chris Urmson
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:47 PM ET, May 2, 2024.
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
David Folkenflik / NPR:Bloomberg:
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
More: Ollama and Towards Data Science
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
More: Finextra, VC News Daily, Wealth Management, and FinSMEs
Bluesky: @onesieind.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Olivia Anastasi, Adrian Garcia-Aranyos, Nick Beim, Mazi Bahadori, and Ryan Barrows
Earlier Picks
| Kyle Chayka / New Yorker: |
More: The Overspill. Mastodon: @paul_irish@toot.cafe and @michellemanafy@journa.host
X: @chrismoranuk, @michaelluo, @maxwelltani, @voxmedia, @chaykak, @michaelroston, @chaykak, @maxrivlinnadler, @chaykak, @chaykak, @amandakhurley, and @mjnblack. LinkedIn: Justin B. Smith. Forums: Hacker News
| Sofia Barnett / Wired: |
More: FDD. Mastodon: @SteveThompson@mastodon.social. X: @gabidolceb, @fdd, @_sofiabarnett, @wired, @wired, @waterslicer, @wired, and @wired
| Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN: |
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
More: House Committee on Energy and Commerce, CNN, Cybersecurity Dive, Nextgov/FCW, CSO, CBS News, CNBC, The Hill, Star Tribune, MarketWatch, Washington Post, and PYMNTS.com
Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange. X: @senator77billy, @malwarejake, @aapatel09, @wbm312, @harlemedic, @arryinseattle, @wbm312, @infinitedly, and @ronwyden
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |