|
June 27, 2019, 9:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Jony Ive to leave Apple later this year after two decades at the company, will start a creative business called LoveFrom, with Apple as its first client — Jony Ive is leaving Apple after more than two decades in which his iconic designs for the Mac, iPod and iPhone turned …
More:
Bloomberg, Business Wire, The Verge, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, CNBC, New York Times, The Next Web, Business Insider, The Verge, Fortune, Cult of Mac, The Hill, The Register, Vox, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Telegraph, CNN, TIME, Android Authority, CNET, iMore, BBC, USA Today, NEWS.com.au, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, SlashGear, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNBC, Quartz, 512 Pixels, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, MacStories, and Adweek
Tweets: @jonyiveparody, @caro_milanesi, @rocco_botte, @geoffreyfowler, @pkedrosky, @gregotto, @caro_milanesi, @janinegibson, @tim, @tim, @kt_so_it_goes, @tomwarren, @wongmjane, @neilcybart, @lorenzofb, @panzer, @mcwm, @tim, @tobi, @panzer, @rjonesy, @reckless, @damanr, @shortformernie, @martinsfp, @tailosivetech, @snazzyq, @tim, @joshuatopolsky, @tim, @bdsams, @ow, @alexjamesfitz, @wsjmag, @soldierknowbest, @tim, @danielpunkass, @reneritchie, @bxchen, @edzitron, @vusithembekwayo, and @caro_milanesi. Thanks:@tim
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
It's not worrying that Jony Ive is leaving Apple, but it is worrying that he's not being replaced, and the design team reporting to operations makes no sense — First: Wow. There've been rumors for years that Ive had one foot out the door, that his last real interest at Apple was designing Apple Park, not Apple products.
More:
Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Fast Company, MacStories, and CNET
Tweets: @dcseifert, @mkbhd, @kottke, and @reckless
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Interview with Jony Ive on why he is leaving Apple, continuing to work with the company with his new firm LoveFrom, whose name was inspired by Steve Jobs, more — It is the end of an era at Apple. Jony Ive will leave the company later this year to start a new venture of his own, called LoveFrom — with Apple as his first client.
More:
CNET, Business Insider, BuzzFeed News, Patently Apple, The Guardian, Fast Company, Cult of Mac, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @panzer, @mattmiesnieks, @flyosity, @panzer, @smartenlight, @financialtimes, and @tim
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple design team leaders Evans Hankey and Alan Dye will now report to COO Jeff Williams; 24-year Apple vet Sabih Khan named SVP of Operations — Apple's longtime head of design, Jony Ive, is leaving the company to start his own design firm, Apple announced today.| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
More:
Mercury News, Financial Times, and Business Insider
Tweets: @leojtravis10, @yusuf_habu, @vice, @katemitchellwa, and @mcwm
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Following criticism, Twitter rolls out a notice for tweets from political figures, verified users, and accounts with 100K+ followers that break its guidelines — The platform has been criticized for letting politicians break the rules without consequence — Today, Twitter is rolling …
More:
Twitter, CNN, Wired, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Ars Technica, CNBC, Axios, help.twitter.com, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Mashable, New York Times, CNET, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Vox, NBC News, VICE, and Politico
| The Keyword: |
Google rolls out live traffic delays for buses and predictions of transit crowdedness in nearly 200 cities globally for Google Maps on iOS and Android — On days when everything runs smoothly, taking public transit is one of the best ways to get around town.
More:
TechCrunch, The Keyword, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Google AI Blog, CNET, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Android Police, Thurrott, TechSpot, The Verge, Mashable, Droid Life, CNBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Phandroid, and Android Authority
Tweets: @jeremyhfisher and @shannonmattern
| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
After backlash, the creator of DeepNude, which uses AI to remove clothing from images of women, takes it offline, citing server overload and potential harms — An app that algorithmically “undressed” images of women was taken down by its creator, citing server overload and potential harms.
More:
VICE, The Register, CNN, The Next Web, The Verge, Vox, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, Thurrott, Business Insider, The Next Web, Firstpost Tech, The Verge, and CNET
Tweets: @samleecole, @samleecole, @latentexistence, @lorenzofb, @tomlommel, @ernamh, @samleecole, @samleecole, @samleecole, @samleecole, @siomo, @a_w_gordon, and @anrao
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Alphabet to merge its cybersecurity startup Chronicle, which released its first product Backstory in March, into Google Cloud later this year — KEY POINTS — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud and formerly president of product development at Oracle, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2017.
More:
Google Cloud Blog, VentureBeat, Medium, Business Insider, CyberScoop, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @daiwaka, @businessinsider, @rickhholland, and @stevekovach
| CNBC: |
In a first, Apple will begin selling One Drop, a glucose monitor for those with diabetes that works with iPhone and Watch, in select US stores — KEY POINTS — Select Apple Stores now sell One Drop, a blood glucose monitor that closely integrates with the iPhone and the Apple Watch.
More:
CNET, hitconsultant.net, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, Apple Must, iDownloadBlog.com, and The Mac Observer
| Reuters: |
Sources: hackers likely belonging to Five Eyes governments used Regin malware in late 2018 to infiltrate Russian search giant Yandex and spy on users — - Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex (YNDX.O) in late 2018 deploying … | Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Superhuman, a $30/month email service designed for speed that has less than 15,000 users, raises $33M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $260M valuation — One of Silicon Valley's buzziest start-ups, Superhuman, is betting its app's shiny features are worth a premium price.
More:
Andreessen Horowitz and TechCrunch
Tweets: @hunterwalk, @btrenchard, @kevinroose, @jason, @joshchafetz, @db, @mcwm, @bhavicka, @aexm, @kateclarktweets, @caseynewton, @scottgal, @judegomila, @liznotlis, @mikeindustries, @ow, @ferlatte, @saurabh, @triketora, and @nraush
| Charlie Warzel / New York Times: |
Axon, formerly Taser, a supplier of body cams and software for 47 out of the 69 largest US police agencies, to ban the use of facial recognition on its devices — Its ethics board says the technology is not reliable enough to justify using. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.
More:
Axon, The Register, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, NBC News, The Seattle Times, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, Government Technology News, Quartz, VICE, GeekWire, and The Verge
Tweets: @harlanyu, @cwarzel, @lauramoy, and @anncavoukian
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon launches Counter, its package pickup service, in the US, starting with 100 Rite Aid stores; it will expand to 1,500 locations by the end of the year — Amazon is teaming up with national drugstore Rite Aid as part of a new package pickup service that further expands the tech giant's logistics network.
More:
Amazon.com, Inc., Engadget, Fortune, Marketing Land, Neowin, and Droid Life
| Eric Geller / Politico: |
Sources: senior Trump officials have discussed whether to seek legislation prohibiting tech companies from using encryption that law enforcement can't break — Senior Trump administration officials met on Wednesday to discuss whether to seek legislation prohibiting tech companies from using forms …
More:
Gizmodo. Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @weldpond, @ericgeller, @legind, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @ericgeller, @neerajka, @zackwhittaker, @nakashimae, @bkingdc, and @nakashimae
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla launches Firefox Preview, a pilot of its new Android browser powered by its GeckoView engine, to replace the current Firefox for Android app this fall — Mozilla today announced Firefox Preview, a pilot of its new Android browser. Firefox Preview, which is powered …
More:
Future Releases, Mozilla Hacks, Engadget, CNET, Liliputing, and Android Police
| Anna Benckert / Facebook: |
Facebook announces updates to its terms of service, adding details on how the company makes money, content removals, and users' IP rights, effective July 31 — People should have clear, simple explanations of how online services work and use personal information.| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside AMD's battle with the US government over a deal with the supercomputer developer Sugon, which saved AMD but helped China get advanced chip technology — Advanced Micro Devices revived its fortunes through the deal, and sparked a national-security battle
Tweets: @kate_okeeffe, @bobdavis187, @lorandlaskai, @danciuriak, and @michaelcbender
| Joann Muller / Axios: |
Waymo hired 13 robotics experts from Anki, including co-founder and former CEO Boris Sofman, to lead its nascent trucking initiative — In one fell swoop, Waymo hired 13 robotics experts from defunct consumer robot maker Anki, including co-founder and former CEO Boris Sofman, to lead its nascent trucking initiative.
More:
Silicon Valley Business …, Pocket-lint, Engadget, The Robot Report, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo: |
The dissent of SCOTUS' ruling to give gerrymandering a pass from federal judicial review says tech makes it “far more effective and durable than before” — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan held nothing back in a Thursday dissent criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion … | Micah Singleton / Billboard: |
Spotify users who pre-save albums are granting record labels like Sony Music broad access to their accounts and data, the extent of which is often obscured — Users who “pre-save” an upcoming release to their Spotify accounts may be sharing more personal data with the act's label than they realize.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU expert panel recommends that EU should ban AI-based social credit scoring and limit mass surveillance — New recommendations have also been criticized as lacking enforceability — A group of policy experts assembled by the EU has recommended that it ban the use of AI for mass surveillance and mass … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Volkswagen launches WeShare, an on-demand rental car service with only electric cars, initially in Berlin, says it will expand to Prague and Hamburg in 2020 — Making good on plans revealed last year to debut an EV-exclusive car sharing service, Volkswagen is actually launching its fleet for customers … 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 9:40 PM ET, June 27, 2019.
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
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
More:
Philips, Gizmodo, Gotta Be Mobile, ITworld.com, Android Authority, TechSpot, and Engadget
Tweets: @dcseifert, @jessfraz, and @johnvoorhees
| Polina Marinova / Fortune: |
Tweets: @polina_marinova, @katiebaynes, @manuelabarcenas, @karanortman, @mikeslagh, @chrisfralic, @felixsalmon, and @mrp