|
November 20, 2020, 8:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Congressional staffers say Apple is among companies trying to weaken a bill that would hold US companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor in China — Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers
More:
AppleInsider and Apple Terminal
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump admin is providing only limited cybersecurity assistance to Biden's transition team, which now relies on a standard, paid Google Workspace — The incoming administration is working remotely, operating on a standard, paid Google network — WASHINGTON—When it comes …
More:
Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Google, Washington Post, and Slashdot
Tweets: @andrewrestuccia, @briantylercohen, @dnvolz, @mattrosoff, @benpershing, @kt_so_it_goes, @digiphile, @gossithedog, @ericgeller, @wsj, and @elizacollins1
| Sarah Emerson / OneZero: |
Twitter says it will transfer @POTUS to Joe Biden when he is sworn in as president, along with other official accounts; Facebook says it will do the same — The presidential Twitter account will pass to Biden on inauguration day — January, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president …
More:
Politico and Towards Data Science
Tweets: @nancyscola, @davidfrum, @dominikdiamond, @jerrydunleavy, @drwinarick, @doctor_eon, and @digiphile. Thanks:@dlberes
| TechCrunch: |
a16z closes two new funds totaling $4.5B, focused on early and later-stage investments, bringing total assets under management to $16.5B — Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has closed a pair of funds totaling $4.5 billion, the firm confirmed in a blog post this morning.
More:
Andreessen Horowitz, FinLedger, PitchBook, and Crunchbase News
Tweets: @a16z, @mikebutcher, @bencasnocha, @andrewchen, @shaig, @danielsunread, @stevesi, @abrams, and @sub8u
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is enticing Zoom users to Teams with new free 24-hour meetings, allowing up to 300 people to join calls via the web without an account — Microsoft Teams is now free to use for 24-hour video calls all in a browser — Microsoft is making a big push to entice fans of Zoom …
More:
Microsoft 365 Blog, Engadget, TechRadar, Android Police, Mashable, Forbes, KnowTechie, Protocol, Windows Central, and CNET
Tweets: @sachinrekhi, @sub8u, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @paulobrien, @tomwarren, @jeffteper, and @rishmsft
| Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
Crypto analytics startup Chainalysis raises $100M Series C led by Addition at a $1B valuation, says its revenue grew by around 96% over the past year — A new bitcoin unicorn is about to be born. After days of rumors flying around the cryptocurrency industry, investigation firm Chainalysis …
More:
Chainalysis Blog, Decrypt, CoinDesk, InsideBitcoins.com, Crowdfund Insider, NewsBTC, The Block, The Daily Hodl, blockchain.news, Cointelegraph, and Modern Consensus
Tweets: @cmsholdings, @bgurley, @chainalysis, @kwerb, @coinbureau, @forbescrypto, and @sarahtavel
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb's “chief trust officer” resigned in 2019 over concerns about Airbnb's data sharing with Chinese authorities, who wanted more “real-time data” — Company says it declined to disclose more details with China and is transparent with users …
More:
The Verge. Tweets: @dnvolz, @eliotwb, @zackwhittaker, @mmasnick, @byrontau, @kate_okeeffe, @alexstamos, @repkenbuck, @baldingsworld, and @lizthegrey
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Apple's AR execs on how iPhones and iPads are becoming world-mapping, object-scanning tools that are laying the groundwork for the arrival of AR headsets — Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Apple will reportedly unveil an augmented- or mixed-reality headset. Apple hasn't discussed any headgear yet.
More:
9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, The Mac Observer, and Medium
Tweets: @albn, @briansolis, @ericjhonsa, @sampullara, @oscarfalmer, @mattnavarra, @cnet, @ohmdee, and @techledes
| Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
Craig Federighi, Johny Srouji, and Greg Joswiak on how Apple designed M1, the importance of UMA, non-linear increase in performance at higher power levels, more — Craig Federighi, Johny Srouji, and Greg Joswiak tell us the Apple Silicon story. — Some time ago, in an Apple campus building, a group of engineers got together.
More:
AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, MSPoweruser, iDownloadBlog.com, and 9to5Mac
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
More:
9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Apple Support, iMore, 9to5Mac, Macworld, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @stevesi, @stevesi, @stalman, @jpmanga, @starfire2258, @ukandrewtaylor, @alexbrooks, @danallen46, @apas, @gassee, @lukemiani, @mkbhd, @jonmasters, @detroitborg, and @dcseifert
| Peter Guest / Rest of World: |
Facebook created country-specific community standards for the first time ahead of Myanmar's general election, and seemingly reduced hate speech and misinfo — Accused of enabling genocide, the social media giant has temporarily changed its rules in Myanmar to prevent abuse and misinformation.
Tweets: @lmatsakis, @lifewinning, @yaqiu, @restofworld, and @jason_koebler
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
| BBC: |
YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter say they will join forces with fact-checkers, governments, and researchers to tackle COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies from January — Three of the largest social networks have said they will join forces with fact-checkers, governments and researchers to try to come … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snap has reportedly acquired Voisey, a UK startup that lets users create short music tracks and videos using their own voice overlayed on custom instrumentals — Snapchat helped pioneer the use of lenses on faces in photos and videos to turn ordinary picture messages into fantastical creations …
More:
Business Insider, dot.LA, Social Media Today, Music Business Worldwide, and Music Industry Blog
Tweets: @_danielsinclair, @shonaghosh, and @samharrelson
| Frank Konkel / Nextgov: |
The CIA awards its Commercial Cloud Enterprise contract to AWS, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and IBM; the project's expected value is in the “tens of billions” — The agency has awarded a contract to bring foundational cloud services from multiple cloud service providers into the intelligence community.
More:
SiliconANGLE, Washington …, FedScoop, Washington Technology, and C4ISRNET
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt steps down as co-CEO, leaving Vlad Tenev as sole CEO ahead of a rumored IPO — Robinhood, creator of the popular stock-trading app of the same name, announced on Friday that Vlad Tenev will be the company's sole chief executive, ending an arrangement …
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @yoda, @alex, and @pjux
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, others want to prevent Google's in-house lawyers from accessing “competitively sensitive” docs given to DOJ as part of antitrust probe — - Fight is over documents in U.S. antitrust suit against Google — Apple says Google would have unfair advantage from disclosures
More:
Reuters
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google is testing Project Guideline, an AI-powered system that enables navigation guidance for low-vision people, allowing them to run races by themselves — In collaboration with nonprofit organization Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Google today piloted an AI system called Project Guideline … | Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: Amazon agrees to pull HBO from Fire TV's Amazon Channels next year; WarnerMedia wanted HBO out to maintain a direct relationship with users via its app — - Amazon has agreed to pull HBO from Amazon Channels in the Amazon Fire TV interface when that agreement lapses next year, sources say.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple defends its delayed IDFA changes in iOS 14 and slams Facebook, saying “its intent is to collect as much data as possible” on its users — Last month, a coalition of eight civil and human rights organizations penned an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding …
More:
The Guardian, The Independent, CNET, The Wrap, Lance Ulanoff, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Forbes, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, Fossbytes, Apple Terminal, iDownloadBlog.com, Fast Company, and MyHealthyApple
Tweets: @jason_kint, @caseynewton, @satchelldrakes, @marklevinshow, @peterstringer, @tompainetoday, @alexeheath, and @om
Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
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:
5 common accounting mistakes — This is a guest post by Yaali Bizappln Solutions. A lot of businesses manage their customers and finances on separate platforms. This disconnect often leads to missed invoices …
5 common accounting mistakes — This is a guest post by Yaali Bizappln Solutions. A lot of businesses manage their customers and finances on separate platforms. This disconnect often leads to missed invoices …
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.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
(BNS) Brian's Appearance On Daily Detroit
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 8:25 PM ET, November 20, 2020.
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
Peter White / Deadline:Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
More:
Telegraph, CNBC, CNBC, Law360, San Francisco Business Journal, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, Crunchbase News, and Financial Times. Tweets: @mdudas
| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
More:
CNET, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, iMore, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @ryancarson, @mooreschool, @mjholthaus, @heykandace, @merriew, @erodrigz, @juliechoi, @mineamoore, @sonjaottley, @caro_milanesi, and @lisaspelman
Earlier Picks
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
More:
Roblox, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, CNBC, VICE, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Game Rant, coinspeaker.com, PC Games Insider, Crunchbase News, Gamasutra, TheStreet, and CNN
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
More:
Trustwave, KnowTechie, Lifehacker, Android Central, SlashGear, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, phonearena.com, The Overspill, DataBreaches.net, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Dark Reading, and Threatpost
Tweets: @charlesarthur, @adamsenft, @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, and @zackwhittaker
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
More:
The Verge, Polygon, Android Authority, Axios, TalkAndroid.com, GSMArena.com, CNBC, Ubergizmo, MacDailyNews, KnowTechie, Gamasutra, Android Police, Ars Technica, 9to5Toys, 9to5Google, TechRadar, SlashGear, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and MacRumors
Tweets: @googlestadia, @eric_seufert, @zmknox, @nickstatt, @starfire2258, and @iansherr
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More:
The Keyword, ZDNet, Pocketables, cloudpro.co.uk, Android Headlines, Ubergizmo, Firstpost Tech, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @richardjnieva, @hallstephenj, @backlon, @backlon, @tingftw, @wcathcart, @derekmross, @maxwinebach, @ohmdee, and @backlon