|
November 8, 2022, 4:55 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Sources: Elon Musk pitched charging most or all Twitter users for a subscription; internal estimates show Blue could lose the company ~$6/user/month in the US — Will he go through with it? PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more
More:
New York Times, Wired, International Business Times, GeekWire, CNET, and SlashGear
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Source: Twitter tells advertisers the service added 15M+ mDAUs since the end of Q2, “crossing the quarter billion mark”; Musk also tweeted user numbers are up — Twitter's daily user growth hit “all-time highs” during the first full week of Elon Musk owning the platform … | Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Early Twitter investor Chris Sacca says Elon Musk is “alone right now and winging this” and needs people around him willing to “speak some truth to power” — - Venture capitalist Chris Sacca was one of Twitter's first investors and an early user.
More:
The Atlantic. Tweets: @sacca, @coloradotravis, @joshtpm, @eghosao, @vikramchandra, @johnvoelcker, @jason_paladino, @martinsfp, @dangillmor, @marceloclaure, @janusrose, @karaswisher, @anandramesh, @mmasnick, @nmasc_, @silvermanjacob, @blackgirlinmain, @tedchris, @jayrosen_nyu, @maxapotter, @sacca, and @stevemullis
| Andrew Rummer / The Block: |
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says “FTX is fine” as Binance begins selling FTX's FTT token; an Alameda balance sheet leaked on November 2 showed $8B in liabilities — - FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried insisted his crypto exchange is “fine” after rival Binance announced it would start selling its holdings of FTX's FTT token.
More:
CoinDesk, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, crypto.news, Forbes, The Daily Hodl, CoinGeek, Cryptonews, SiliconANGLE, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, CryptoSlate, and Fortune
Tweets: @cz_binance, @sbf_ftx, @carolinecapital, @ftx_official, @cz_binance, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @milesdeutscher, @ki_young_ju, @sbf_ftx, @starokg, @lawmaster, @asvanevik, @asvanevik, @samuelalpha77, @dystopiabreaker, @cz_binance, @cryptocronkite, @jimcramer, @asvanevik, @timccopeland, @cz_binance, @ftx_official, @johnreedstark, @emilyjnicolle, @adamscochran, @bardstocks, @seldo, @mikeburgersburg, @carolinecapital, @thorhartvigsen, @iamdcinvestor, @iamdcinvestor, @byzgeneral, @cryptoworldjosh, @bitcoinissaving, @patio11, @sassal0x, @imnotthewolf, @kurtwuckertjr, @blockchainchick, @tree_of_alpha, @versusbtc, @aarondbennett, and @bennetttomlin
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
FTX's FTT drops 19%+ to ~$18 as investors fear possible contagion from the collapse of FTX-linked Alameda; Nansen shows FTX outflows reached $450M+ — FTT has declined nearly 20% over the course of an hour, with Solana's SOL down 17% and Serum's SRM off 10%.
More:
BitDAO, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, CoinDesk, CoinDesk, Ethereum World News, Bitcoin Magazine PRO, NewsBTC, ZyCrypto, Inside Bitcoins, The Block, The Block, The Block, The Unhedged Capitalist, and Cryptopolitan
Tweets: @whale_alert, @whale_alert, @whale_alert, @excellion, @fintechfrank, @fintechfrank, @gurgavin, @dylanleclair_, @adamscochran, @byzgeneral, @matthewhyland_, @hsakatrades, @bitbitcrypto, @julianhosp, @nekoztek, @aureliusbtc, @cobie, @asvanevik, @cobie, @ctolarsson, @s1lverboxthor, @frxresearch, @enjoyoor, @ashcryptoreal, @thecryptolark, @cryptoharry_, @wizardofsoho, @cryptocevo, @kacjons, @degenspartan, @bneiluj, @emperorbtc, @milesdeutscher, @coloradotravis, @sheldon_sniper, @wholemarsblog, @hsakatrades, @wublockchain, @laurashin, and @wublockchain
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
An interview with YouTube Shorts Director of Product Management Todd Sherman on UI challenges as YouTube rolls out the TikTok competitor to its TV apps — YouTube Shorts is working. That much Todd Sherman knows for sure. Sherman, the product manager behind YouTube's endless-scrolling …
More:
YouTube Official Blog, YouTube Viewers, MIT Technology Review, The Economic Times, TechCrunch, SamMobile, TechCircle, BGR, Adweek, Tubefilter, Social Media Today, TechRadar, iMore, AdExchanger, XDA Developers, Search Engine Journal, BGR India, Livemint, and Deadline
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @nealmohan, @dcseifert, @gregfinn, and @tdd
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Some NFT marketplaces stop honoring NFT royalties, usually a 5%-10% fee set by the creator and paid by sellers on secondary market sales, rocking the community — Creators sound the alarm after the marketplace reveals its plans, which include blacklisting rivals and potentially optional royalties.
More:
Pandaily, ONE37pm, and Cryptopolitan
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.83B vs. $1.7B est., and MAUs down 6% YoY to 368M; Modern Warfare II made $1B+ in its first 10 days — Activision Blizzard reported that its bookings for the third quarter ended September 30 fell 3% to $1.83 billion compared to a year ago.| Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: |
Intel, Samsung, TSMC, and 62 other companies form the Semiconductor Climate Consortium to cut greenhouse gas emissions “throughout the electronics value chain” — At this week's COP27 climate conference in Egypt, attendees will have a new group to contend with … | Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: |
Nvidia offers Chinese customers the A800 GPU, which the company says meets US export control rules, as an alternative to the A100 that the US banned for export — U.S. chip maker Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) said on Monday it is offering a new advanced chip in China that meets recent export control rules aimed … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Telegram adds voice-to-text video transcription, separate topics in large group chats, NFT-like “Collectible Usernames” on the TON blockchain network, and more — Telegram has updated its app with new features and visual updates, including the addition of voice-to-text transcription for videos … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Signal launches its Stories feature out of beta on Android and iOS, letting users share Stories that expire after 24 hours — End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a new Stories feature to all users on Android and iOS, the company announced on Monday.
More:
Signal Blog, SamMobile, and The Verge
Tweets: @signalapp, @signalapp, @navalang, @chronotope, @kaepora, @popey, @mer__edith, @tante, @cubicleapril, @tehabe, and @caseyho
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:
Automate recurring activities with Zoho One's RPA addition — Robotic Process Automation (RPA) automates manual and routine tasks for businesses by using digital robots that replicate human behaviour.
Automate recurring activities with Zoho One's RPA addition — Robotic Process Automation (RPA) automates manual and routine tasks for businesses by using digital robots that replicate human behaviour.
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
Lenny's Podcast:
Inside Devin: The world's first autonomous AI engineer that's set to write 50% of its company's code by end of year | Scott Wu (CEO and co-founder of Cognition)
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.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Omnibus Week Of 04/28
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Hard Fork:
The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Logan Bartlett Show:
Ben Lamm (Founder & CEO, Colossal Biosciences) On The Breakthroughs Making De-Extinction Actually Possible
A podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett, an investor at Redpoint Ventures, covering tech with industry insiders.
Subscribe to The Logan Bartlett Show.
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:55 AM ET, November 8, 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
Associated Press:Washington Post:
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Lyft, Inc., SiliconANGLE, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Reuters, and Barron's Online
Earlier Picks
| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
More:
U.S. Department of Justice, BBC, Protocol, Ars Technica, Protos, Wired, Infosecurity, CNBC, Security Affairs, Newser, Trustnodes, Wall Street Journal, The Register, Bitcoin News, BTC Times, Watcher Guru, SiliconANGLE, The Guardian, Tech Xplore, The Block, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, and HackRead
Tweets: @tier10k, @tier10k, @coinbureau, @patio11, @moo9000, @tonyajoriley, @hsakatrades, @beranewsnetwork, @ledgerstatus, @factorydoge69, @avi_eisen, @jacqmelinek, @robustus, @benadamso_o, @tradermercury, @marginsmall, @paper_ape, @xamaximus, @4lexellefsen, @moo9000, @williamturton, @degenspartan, and @sdnynews
| Allison Pohle / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Airbnb Newsroom, New York Times, Insider, TechRadar, and BGR
Tweets: @bchesky, @allisonpohle, @immad, @nomadicmatt, and @alexisohanian
| Bloomberg: |
More:
Apple, China Insights on YouTube, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Tom's Guide, Barron's Online, New York Times, Reuters, iMore, Axios, and Fortune
Tweets: @carlquintanilla, @tshampling, @lowresolution, @samifathi_, @6d6f636869, and @manoj_gairola
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
More:
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, Agence France-Presse, VICE, Techdirt, New York Times, Space Explored, Ars Technica, Garbage Day, Washington Post, Newser, USA Today, dot.LA, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @elonmusk, @davidsacks, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @yoyoel, @chadloder, @beijingpalmer, @exclamate_, @elonmusk, @mark_dow, @natematias, @seldo, @nailheadparty, @dellcam, @oneunderscore__, @respectablelaw, @revhowardarson, @mattxiv, @jfrankensteiner, @drmistercody, @chaser, @davidsacks, @verybadllama, @pwnallthethings, @nycsouthpaw, @jack, @stephengraves, @chadloder, @samlymatters, @boredelonmusk, @angryblacklady, and @nickstatt