|
June 18, 2023, 8:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A US federal judge signs off on a temporary agreement between Binance, Binance.US, and the SEC to ensure only Binance.US employees can access US customer funds — The proposed agreement addresses the SEC's motion for a temporary restraining order. — A federal judge signed off … | Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Intel agrees in principle to build a $25B chip manufacturing plant in Israel, which is slated to begin operations by 2027 and remain active until at least 2035 — Intel Corp. has agreed in principle to build a new manufacturing plant in Israel, part of a push by the US semiconductor giant …
More: Reuters, Globes Online, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Oregonian, Livemint, Tech Xplore, and Ketzele. Twitter: @kareem_nasser
| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
Microsoft says hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan' DDoS attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of Azure, Teams, Outlook, and more services in early June 2023 — In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite …
More: Microsoft Security …, Reuters, BleepingComputer, The Verge, Engadget, Neowin, GovInfoSecurity.com, Cybersecurity Dive, and The Record
Twitter: @gossithedog, @fbajak, @uk_daniel_card, @cyberknow20, @aejleslie, @fbajak, and @hackinglz
| Boone Ashworth / Wired: |
Reddit's management risks putting the company in a death spiral as users revolt, dedicated moderators quit, and its vibrant discussions move to other platforms — When the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit's community won't ever be the same. — It's pretty easy to piss people off on Reddit.
More: The Guardian, The Verge, Forbes, Insider, Financial Times, Reuters, Techdirt, gHacks Technology News, Beehaw, Android Police, Tech Xplore, NBC News, Social Media Today, CrackBerry, and New York Times
Bluesky: @ronmiller.bsky.social and @mikalfm.bsky.social
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @halfcocked@mstdn.social
Twitter: @jonerp, @mukund, @happyroadkill, @davemcclure, @nicholasadeleon, and @merrittk
Forums: r/ModCoord, r/CryptoCurrency, r/neoliberal, and Slashdot
| Michael Holden / Reuters: |
The UK names Ian Hogarth to lead its AI Foundation Model Taskforce; Hogarth co-founded concert discovery service Songkick, which Warner Music acquired in 2017 — The British government said on Sunday that tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth would head its new taskforce to look at the safety risks posed by artificial intelligence.
More: GOV.UK. LinkedIn: Matt Clifford. Twitter: @scitechgovuk, @soundboy, @matthewclifford, and @soundboy
| Bloomberg: |
How Huawei lost a ~$200M contract to build Danish telecom TDC's 5G network in 2019, after TDC opened a probe suspecting Huawei of unethical business practices — At a hastily scheduled meeting on March 5, 2019, the bidding to upgrade Denmark's cellular network crossed over into something strange.| Lisa Bannon / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at US hospitals using sometimes flawed AI-based diagnosis tools, as some clinicians say they feel pressure from administrations to defer to the algorithm — Artificial intelligence raises difficult questions about who makes the call in a health crisis: the human or the machine?
LinkedIn: Srinivasan Iyengar. Bluesky: @hypervisible.bsky.social. Twitter: @nationalnurses and @calnurses. Forums: r/singularity
| Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
Report: a group of central banks developed 33 API functionalities to test 30+ CBDC online, offline, and in-store use cases, via QR codes, phones, and more — An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown.
More: Quant, CryptoPotato, NewsBTC, BIS, crypto.news, and Cryptopolitan
Twitter: @bis_org and @quant_network
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Investors of Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found “financial irregularities” at the health care startup, which has raised ~$23M from Sequoia India and others — Mojocare investors have found “financial irregularities” at the Indian health and wellness startup and are moving …
More: Entrackr, The Morning Context, Inc42 Media, Livemint, Moneycontrol, and Entrackr
Twitter: @akm1410, @chandrarsrikant, @goenka_tushar1, @upadhyay_harsh1, @upadhyay_harsh1, and @upadhyay_harsh1
| Washington Post: |
Hands-on with an Adobe Photoshop beta's Generative Fill AI feature, which lets users add objects to, remove content from, and expand images using text prompts — A new ‘generative fill’ AI capability can create joyful Photoshop edits — and frightening deepfakes
More: Nikon Rumors. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. Twitter: @washingtonpost, @cpassariello, @damianpaletta, and @yunheekim22
| New York Times: |
WhatsApp keeps banning Taliban officials' accounts due to US sanctions, causing disruptions at the nascent government, which relies on the app for communication — The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the nascent government because of U.S. sanctions.
More: Insider. Twitter: @nytimes, @oviosu, @pstasiatech, @jeffrigsby2, @waheedwafa222, and @andreasharsono
| Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt: |
Block announces an open beta program for Bitkey, its self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, offering Coinbase and CashApp integrations; Block plans to add BTC trading — Bitkey will allow beta users to withdraw Bitcoin from Coinbase and Cashapp using “copy and paste.”
More: Coinbase Blog, CryptoPotato, The Daily Hodl, CoinDesk, and The Block
Twitter: @coinbase, @ltgrossman, @ltgrossman, @alejandro_btc, @jack, and @ltgrossman
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:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
Zoho:
How EQ plays a defining role in workplace communication — What if everyone you worked with had a psychic ability to understand how you're feeling and respond accordingly? Wouldn't that be great?
How EQ plays a defining role in workplace communication — What if everyone you worked with had a psychic ability to understand how you're feeling and respond accordingly? Wouldn't that be great?
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
Invest Like the Best:
Royce Yudkoff & Rick Ruback - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Diggnation:
Quitting Booze, Quitting Alexa, and AI Tries to Replace Us All
Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht give you their unique, sometimes awkward, and always hilarious take on the edges of the internet.
Subscribe to Diggnation.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Saudi Arabia Enters The AI Race
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball's John Gruber
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Grit:
How Matt Murphy Made Marvell Essential to AI and Cloud
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:05 PM ET, June 18, 2023.
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
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Farah Nayeri / New York Times: |
LinkedIn: Kurt Evans, Bernardo Scheinkman, and Steve Zoegall
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: Financial Times, Insider, PCMag, and Livemint
Twitter: @eric_young_1, @supbagholder, @mrinaldesai, @jimpethokoukis, and @_karenhao
Earlier Picks
| Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: |
More: Business Insurance, The Record, LAW.com, Federal Trade Commission, Washington Post, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, and Forbes
Twitter: @montezumachavez, @cyberscoopnews, and @montezumachavez
| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
More: Wyre Blog, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin News, Crowdfund Insider, Inside Bitcoins, San Francisco Business Journal, and The Information. Twitter: @sendwyre
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
More: Neowin, Wired, The Guardian, Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, Tom's Guide, The Record, NBC News, and StateScoop
Twitter: @wired, @nc_governor, and @snlyngaas
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, and Slashdot