|
November 12, 2024, 11:50 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Meta plans to ask Facebook and Instagram users in Europe if they want to get “less personalized ads” and cuts subscription prices by 40%, a concession to the EU — Facebook and Instagram owner faces pressure in Europe to ask users before using their data to target ads or train artificial intelligence
More: Meta, RTÉ, Silicon Republic, PYMNTS.com, Thurrott, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Reuters, Hindustan Times, noyb, Bloomberg, WinBuzzer, Axios, Irish Independent, and The Verge
Bluesky: @kint.bsky.social. X: @laz_radic, @laz_radic, @laz_radic, @lexzard, @mikeryanretail, @eric_seufert, and @metanewsemea
| Ming-Chi Kuo: |
Kuo: Apple schedules production of a smart home IP camera for 2026 and is aiming for 10M+ annual shipments; Goertek will be the exclusive assembly supplier — 1. Apple is making its first foray into the smart home IP camera market, with mass production scheduled for 2026, targeting annual shipments in the tens of millions.
More: PCMag, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Thurrott, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, The Ankler, Wccftech, Android Headlines, Neowin, Android Authority, Supercharged, The Shortcut, Tom's Guide, BGR, T3, Cult of Mac, The Information, AppleInsider, Benzinga, iClarified, Sherwood News, and The Mac Observer
Threads: @rsgnl. Bluesky: @ravi64.com. X: @mingchikuo, @andrew_osu, @raywongy, and @mingchikuo. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia launches its Nvidia app for Windows, designed to overhaul and replace the GeForce Experience app, after a beta earlier in 2024 — Nvidia is officially launching its Nvidia app on PC today, designed to overhaul and replace the GeForce Experience app.| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
The EU notifies Apple of “potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices” on the App Store and other apps, and says it must align with EU anti-geo-blocking rules — Alexa's New AI Brain Is Stuck in the Lab … Quicktake
More: European Commission, PYMNTS.com, Thurrott, MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, Reuters, 9to5Mac, BNN Bloomberg, Neowin, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, Benzinga, and MacDailyNews
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Rival search engines Ecosia and Qwant debut European Search Perspective, a joint venture to develop a web index for Europe to reduce reliance on Google and Bing — Generative AI and new rules targeting tech giants are giving Ecosia and Qwant fuel to challenge Google and Microsoft and develop a web index for Europe.
More: TechCrunch, Verdict, International Business Times, Library Journal infoDOCKET, Neowin, and CNBC
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Writer, which makes enterprise generative AI tools, raised a $200M Series C led by Premji, Radical Ventures, and Iconiq at a $1.9B valuation, for $326M raised — Writer has raised $200 million at a $1.9 billion valuation to expand its generative AI platform.| Bloomberg: |
SoftBank reports Q2 net income of ~$7.7B and a Vision Fund gain of ~$2.42B, driven by strong Indian IPOs and valuation gains in startups like Coupang and Didi — - Tech investor rakes in profit on hot Indian IPO market — Legacy-conscious founder Masayoshi Son is readying next gamble| Financial Times: |
Amazon's Annapurna Labs plans to unveil Trainium 2 AI chips in December, as part of taking on Nvidia; Anthropic, Databricks, and others are testing Trainium 2 — Big Tech group's Annapurna Labs is spending big to build custom chips that lessen its reliance on market leader| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Signal rolls out new call features, including the ability to share a link to a call, emoji reactions, a “raise hand” button, and a dedicated calls history tab — Signal is making a bunch of improvements to calls so they are more competitive with Zoom and Google Meet, including the ability to share a link to a call.
More: Signal Messenger, 9to5Mac, Engadget, HotHardware, TechCrunch, PCMag, Android Police, TechRadar, PhoneArena, Neowin, RestorePrivacy, MakeUseOf, and Werd I/O
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Baidu unveils smart glasses, powered by its Ernie LLM, that would “become a private assistant” by tracking calories, playing music, and more, launching in 2025 — Launch comes as Chinese internet groups jostle for dominance in hardware — Baidu has unveiled artificial …
More: Engadget, Reuters, South China Morning Post, WinBuzzer, and Cryptopolitan. Mastodon: @1br0wn@eupolicy.social
| Financial Times: |
Analysts: Nintendo and Sony are heading into the holiday season with little to offer consumers; the Switch is seven years old and the $700 PS5 Pro is overpriced — Video game industry fears its most important quarter will fall flat with few new mass-market offerings
More: TechRadar
| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba, JD, and Xiaomi report a plethora of Singles' Day sales statistics to show how 2024's shopping event was one of the biggest yet, as China's economy sags — - Data shows sales surged, but over a much longer period — Analysts warn shoppers still show signs of moderated spending| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
New York-based ScaleOps, which offers cloud spend management tools, raised a $58M Series B led by Lightspeed, taking its total funding to $80M — Thanks to AI, the appetite for cloud services is growing. Cloud expenditures more than doubled between 2019 and 2023, and are expected …
More: SiliconANGLE and Globes Online
| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
Waymo opens robotaxi rides to anyone in LA within an 80-square-mile area running from downtown LA to Santa Monica and says ~300K users had been on the waitlist — The Alphabet company said about 300,000 people in the second-largest U.S. city have been waiting to use its robotic ridehail service …
More: TechCrunch, NBC News, The Verge, Yahoo Finance, Channel NewsAsia, The Robot Report, Los Angeles Times, and SFist
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:
How you can grow your business with Zoho One — Zoho One is a comprehensive business suite, giving businesses the scalability, stability, security, and features they need for smooth operations.
How you can grow your business with Zoho One — Zoho One is a comprehensive business suite, giving businesses the scalability, stability, security, and features they need for smooth operations.
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:
Wed. 11/13 - Amazon Haul
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 11:50 AM ET, November 12, 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
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
More: The Information, Investor's Business Daily, BetaKit, CNBC, Benzinga, Proactive, Reuters, Shopify, and Motley Fool. X: @harleyf
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Mastodon: @timmy@goblin.camp. X: @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, and @garrytan. Forums: r/ABoringDystopia
| Financial Times: |
More: Decrypt, Watcher Guru, CCN.com, Electrek, Barron's Online, Decrypt, CNBC, New York Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters, The Information, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin Insider, CoinJournal, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Cointelegraph, 6abc, Decrypt, Fortune, CNBC, New York Post, Proactive, Telegraph, CNBC, Tech Startups, CryptoSlate, The Indian Express, Barron's Online, NBC News, Fox Business, CryptoSlate, Reuters, Barron's Online, Semafor, a16z crypto, CoinDesk, and The Block
X: @ericbalchunas, @cryptokaleo, @nayibbukele, @peterschiff, @matthuang, @devahaz, @matt_hougan, @0xgaut, @autismcapital, @mckaywrigley, @cointelegraph, @trungtphan, @peterschiff, @cburniske, @ericbalchunas, @packym, @cameron, @warobusiness, @packym, @tyler, @ericjackson, @twobitidiot, @pitdesi, @rrhoover, @cryptocom, @jason, @architect9000, @scottiepippen, @emperorbtc, @teroterotero, @teroterotero, @defiignas, @cryptokaleo, @udiwertheimer, @awice, @ericbalchunas, @cryptocevo, @ericbalchunas, and @jeffjohnroberts. Forums: Slashdot
Earlier Picks
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
More: Fortune, Cryptonews, Techreport, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, CoinGape, and Reuters
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
| Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
More: financialpost, Reuters, FinSMEs, FinTech Global, Version One, Bloomberg, Neo Financial, and Globe and Mail
| Reuters: |
More: PC Gamer, The Decoder, WinBuzzer, Hindustan Times, Decrypt, Business Insider, Android Headlines, Shelly Palmer, Sherwood News, and Analytics India Magazine
Forums: r/aiwars, r/mlscaling, and Slashdot
| Lucia Moses / Business Insider: |
More: The Verge, Gizmodo, The Wrap, New York Times, Washington Post, MediaPost, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters
Bluesky: @mjanssen.bsky.social. X: @nytguildtech, @lessin, @brianstelter, @corbinbolies, @maxwelltani, @semaforben, and @nyguild. LinkedIn: Lucia Moses
| The Information: |
Bluesky: @mrbrooksher.bsky.social and @nojustdan.bsky.social
X: @amir, @erinkwoo, @srimuppidi, @semaforben, and @amir
| Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: |
More: HotHardware, The Verge, Engadget, The Indian Express, Mashable, Android Authority, Tech Advisor, Guru3D, nextpit, The Overspill, LG Display Newsroom, CNX Software, TechSpot, Android Police, Laptop Mag, Hackster.io, Interesting Engineering, PC Gamer, CNET, Digital Trends, PCMag, Display Daily, Android Headlines, TechRadar, PhoneArena, LG Display, and KED Global
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: Apple, The Sun, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, Android Authority, Business Insider, The Mac Observer, MySmartPrice, Wccftech, Business Standard, Moneycontrol, MacRumors, BetaNews, PhoneArena, MacTrast, Cult of Mac, Neowin, USA Today, Tech in Asia, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, How-To Geek, Thurrott, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, and BGR
X: @bzamayo, @rakeshsfnyc, @aaronp613, and @thechrisflyer
Forums: r/privacy, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums