|
January 20, 2022, 10:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter will let iOS users of its Blue subscription service use NFTs as their profile pictures — Service will be available to some users of the company's Blue subscriber service — Twitter Inc. will start allowing some users to use nonfungible tokens as their profile pictures …
More:
Twitter Help Center, The Verge, CoinDesk, Engadget, TheStreet, Benzinga, The Block, CNN, Adweek, BetaKit, Ubergizmo, Blockworks, Social Media Today, Mashable, Crypto Briefing, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @twitterblue, @twitterblue, @tomwarren, @opensea, @quicknode, @jsngr, @g0ffthew, @kayvz, @xanderatallah, @charlesarthur, @ricmac, @kevinroose, @rdrv3, @dbreunig, @icklenellierose, @thesmarmybum, @_tessr, @joncomms, @anthony, @rjcc, and @samfbiddle. Thanks:@sal19
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Google's AR headset could launch in 2024, powered by a custom processor, resembling ski goggles, and no need for an external power connection — Meta may be the loudest company building AR and VR hardware. Microsoft has HoloLens. Apple is working on something, too. But don't count out Google.
More:
CNET, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, Android Police, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada Blog, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Android Central, Engadget, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, TechSpot, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexeheath, @daphnehk, @edenthecat, @benbajarin, @starfire2258, @mishaalrahman, @mhbergen, @anshelsag, @willoremus, and @alexeheath
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta plans to let users create and sell NFTs on Facebook and Instagram, display NFTs on user profiles, and is considering an NFT marketplace — Facebook's parent draws up plans to allow users to create and sell non-fungible tokens, seeking to enter hype-fuelled $40bn market| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $7.71B, up 16% YoY, net income of $607M, 222M paid subscribers, and $30B in 2021 revenue, up 19%; stock down 15%+ on weak guidance — Netflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a dive with a weak Q1 outlook.
More:
Netflix, CNBC, The Verge, Protocol, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Ad Age, MediaPost, Axios, The Wrap, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Variety, Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, Adweek, Investor's Business Daily, New York Post, Light Reading, CNBC, Financial Times, Variety, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @awallenstein, @xpangler, @xpangler, and @ldignan
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
The Senate Judiciary votes 16-6 to advance the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would stop platforms from favoring their products over rivals' — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 Thursday to advance a major tech competition bill, which some experts consider lawmakers' best shot …
More:
wesupportsb2992.medium.com, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Big Technology, Ars Technica, The White House, MacRumors, Free Press, CNBC, Thurrott, TechCrunch, American Prospect, SiliconANGLE, Axios, Congress, The Hill, The Verge, Bloomberg, Punchbowl News, Seeking Alpha, The Verge, New York Post, Engadget, Accountable Tech, and Washington Examiner
Tweets: @neilbradleydc, @wsjpolitics, @duckduckgo, @ggreenwald, @amyklobuchar, @evan_greer, @lutherlowe, @willoremus, @duckduckgo, @chuckgrassley, @markwarner, @senlummis, @senlummis, @senlummis, @daphnehk, @sentedcruz, @attorneynora, @judiciarydems, @citizenalex3, @ronmknox, @daphnehk, @attorneynora, @matthewstoller, @matthewstoller, @davidcicilline, @attorneynora, @matthewstoller, @mrddmia, @ronmknox, @daphnehk, @alexstamos, @ronmknox, @daphnehk, @brianfishman, @netchoice, @jesselehrich, @robpwj, @leah_nylen, @daphnehk, @attorneynora, @jason_kint, @netchoice, @technetupdate, @rileytestut, @daphnehk, and @willoremus
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon Style, the company's first physical fashion store, will launch in LA later this year, with an app that lets shoppers send items to the fitting room — Move over books and groceries, Amazon's latest foray into physical retail is focused on fashion. — The e-commerce giant announced Thursday …
More:
About Amazon, CNBC, CNET, Reuters, The Verge, CNN, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Digital Trends, dot.LA, govtech.com, Tech Xplore, New York Post, chainstoreage.com, and Input
Tweets: @amazon, @ajassy, @lingerie_addict, @philwahba, @nmeyersohn, @mariedenee, @washingtonpost, @latimes, @backlon, @stevenpdennis, @laurenthomas, @amazonnews, @shiraovide, and @skamille
| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: |
Apple names longtime company spokesperson Kristin Huguet as VP of worldwide communications, replacing Stella Low, who is leaving after joining Apple in May 2021 — Apple has tapped a new head of PR: longtime company spokesperson Kristin Huguet. She'll replace Stella Low …
More:
9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @markgurman, @karaswisher, @charlesarthur, @chancehmiller, and @counternotions
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Several services that rely on OpenSea's APIs, including Twitter and MetaMask, are having trouble displaying NFTs as the marketplace suffers a “database outage” — A Thursday outage interfered with the ability of MetaMask, which depends on OpenSea, to automatically display new NFTs.
More:
ZDNet, PC Gamer, Cointelegraph, Input, CoinGape, Bitcoinist.com, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @wongmjane, @kelseyhightower, @dwr, @mattdesl, @lorenzofb, @petersterne, @jedmund, @edent, @kevincollier, @ncweaver, @ylitvinenko, @caseynewton, @silvermanjacob, and @kirbeep
| Lydia Moynihan / New York Post: |
Sources: TikTok ousted its marketing chief Nick Tran for “going rogue” with plans like TikTok Kitchen, NFTs by Lil Nas X and others, and TikTok Resumes — TikTok's marketing chief has been ousted after blindsiding top management with a series of increasingly bizarre campaigns, The Post has learned.| Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt: |
Crypto.com says its breach affected 483 users, resulting in unauthorized cryptocurrencies withdrawals worth ~$33.84M, and all users were reimbursed the same day — Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has lost roughly $34 million in a recent security incident, according to a post-mortem released on Thursday.
More:
Crypto.com, Threatpost, The Register, Slashdot, Deadline, CryptoPotato, Security Affairs, Cointelegraph, Cointelegraph, Input, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @bloomberglive, @cryptocom, @kris_hk, @adam_k_levin, @arossp, and @murfski_
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 15.3 RC and macOS Monterey 12.2 RC with a fix for Safari 15's IndexedDB API, which leaked users' browser history and Google ID to other sites — We recently reported that Apple was working on a fix for a Safari bug that led to the leaking of users' browsing history and Google ID.
More:
MacRumors, MacRumors, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, Forbes, Softpedia News, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, Macworld, and Wccftech
Tweets: @samifathi_ and @9to5mac
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Meta details Data2vec, a self-supervised algorithm that unifies the process of training a neural network to learn the same across speech, images, and text — By eschewing data-specific outputs for internal representations, Meta aims for a more-general sort of AI.
More:
ai.facebook.com, MIT Technology Review, TechCrunch, Meta, GitHub, and SiliconANGLE
| Jeff Cox / CNBC: |
The US Federal Reserve releases its long-awaited report on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position on issuing one, and seeks public feedback for 120 days — - The Federal Reserve on Thursday released its long-awaited exploration of a digital dollar but took no position on the issuance of a central bank digital currency.
More:
Board of Governors …, The Block, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Blockworks, The Block, Washington Post, Financial Times, Crowdfund Insider, Insider, American Banker, Reuters, Barron's Online, Bank Automation News, Forexlive, U.Today, Protocol, Slashdot, Cointelegraph, Crowdfund Insider, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @mckonomy and @noahseidman
| Reuters: |
Russia's central bank proposes banning cryptocurrency use and mining, citing threats to financial stability, citizens' wellbeing, and monetary sovereignty — Russia's central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory …
More:
CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Fortune, Neowin, Wccftech, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, and Agence France-Presse
Tweets: @scottmelker, @el33th4xor, @felix_light, @digieconomist, @alphacharts365, and @stubbornfacts
| Sue Halpern / New Yorker: |
Inside DARPA's Air Combat Evolution program, which aims to design AI that can fly a plane and engage in aerial combat without a human pilot — Artificial intelligence is being taught to fly warplanes. Can the technology be trusted? … On a cloudless morning last May …
Tweets: @michaelluo, @newyorker, and @hoanssolo
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Sources: by March, a16z plans to raise $3.5B for its latest cryptocurrency fund and up to $1B for a fund focused on seed investments in digital asset startups — Planned fundraising illustrates how Silicon Valley firms are fuelling boom in cryptocurrency start-ups
More:
Axios, The Information, Crypto Briefing, and GeekWire
Tweets: @mshannahmurphy, @alphaseeker21, and @kateclarktweets
| New York Times: |
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman is leaving Google to join Greylock Partners; Suleyman was stripped of some duties in 2019 for allegedly bullying staff — Mustafa Suleyman, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, is leaving Google to join the venture capital firm Greylock Partners.
More:
New York Times, Greylock, Financial Times, and Insider
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Meta launches gamified activities on Messenger Kids to help kids learn how to safely use the internet, developed with guidance from online safety experts — Meta (formerly Facebook) knows it has to attract younger users — Facebook parent company Meta has launched new activities …
More:
Meta, Messenger News, Social Media Today, The Statesman, iPhone in Canada Blog, and SuperParent. Tweets: @jeramyutgw
| Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: |
Profile of Hemant Taneja, who became the sole managing partner of General Catalyst in 2021, as the firm raises a seed, venture, and growth fund totaling $4.6B — General Catalyst's idealist investor Hemant Taneja is quietly running the firm — Hemant Taneja somehow finds time to be an idealist and an operator.
Tweets: @somakc, @ericnewcomer, @ericnewcomer, @ericnewcomer, @robgo, @megan_hernbroth, and @semil
| Nesrine Malik / The Guardian: |
How Facebook became indispensable in Africa with its ease of access, importance to small businesses, its facilitating of community organizing, and more — Western users may be logging off, but across the continent of Africa, the social media company is indispensable for everything from running a business to sourcing vaccines.
Tweets: @wa8dzp
| Washington Post: |
Analysis: many right-wing personalities saw their followers surge on sites like Telegram, Gab, and Gettr after the January 6 riot, but growth has since stalled — After a short surge following the Jan. 6 riot last year, the number of people following noted right-wing personalities on services …
Tweets: @coolfacejane, @justsomejoo, @verambergen, @owillis, and @codinghorror
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Prophecy, which lets data engineers build workflows by switching between a visual interface and a code editor, raises a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners — Prophecy, a low-code platform for data engineering, today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series A round led by Insight Partners.| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Current and former members of Google's site reliability group Borg SRE say managers, including the team's leader Pierre Aubert, fostered a toxic environment — When Chewy Shaw left Google's site reliability group in April, he told colleagues in a memo that interactions with his managers had made him depressed and suicidal.
Tweets: @nicoagrant, @nicoagrant, and @nicoagrant
| Mahira Dayal / The Information: |
TikTok says it is testing letting creators charge subscriptions for their content — TikTok is testing the idea of allowing its creators to charge subscriptions for their content, a spokesperson told The Information. Earlier Wednesday, rival Instagram announced it was offering paid subscriptions to a small group of influencers.
| Mark Mulligan / MIDiA Research: |
Research: global music subscribers hit 523.9M in Q2 2021, up 26.4% YoY; Spotify had 31% market share; Apple Music, 15%; Amazon Music, 13%, and YouTube Music, 8% — MIDiA's annual music subscriber market shares report is now available here (see below for more details of the report).
More:
TechCrunch, Variety, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, MobileSyrup, and iThinkDifferent
Tweets: @danielhipskind_, @natisho, and @johnkoetsier
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) 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 (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation — UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation — UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Zoho:
2025: World Password Day is now also World Passkey Day — Since 2013, the first Thursday of May has been recognized as World Password Day to spread awareness about good password practices and protecting our online accounts.
2025: World Password Day is now also World Passkey Day — Since 2013, the first Thursday of May has been recognized as World Password Day to spread awareness about good password practices and protecting our online accounts.
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:
Judge Refers Apple For A Criminal Investigation
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Great Chat:
What's the deal with Deel?
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Lenny's Podcast:
The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can't stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'The Ratchet of Flippancy', With Craig Mod
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.
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View:
The difference between early and late AI adopters
Azeem Azhar explores how AI and exponential technologies are shaping our future.
Subscribe to Azeem Azhar's Exponential View.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:00 PM ET, January 20, 2022.
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
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
More:
YouTube, Android Developers, Softpedia News, Game Rant, ExtremeTech, Gameranx, Gizchina, and Droid Life. Tweets: @jollyroger
| Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: |
More:
Bloomberg, The Verge, TechRadar, Reclaim The Net, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @briankrebs, @hypervisible, @libbycwatson, @quinta, @anildash, @anildash, @sdonnan, and @hackingbutlegal