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OpenAI says ChatGPT Pro users can select old models for now but plans to deprecate them in 60 days; Sam Altman says Plus users will be able to keep using GPT-4o
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- Livemint   After GPT-5 backlash, Sam Altman confirms GPT-4o is coming back to ChatGPT — but there's a catch Aman Gupta / :Livemint
- Simon Willison's Weblog   Quoting Sam Altman Simon Willison / :Simon Willison's Weblog
- 9to5Mac   OpenAI keeps GPT-4o active and doubles GPT-5 usage for some users Zac Hall / :9to5Mac
- The Decoder   GPT-5 should “seem smarter from today” after OpenAI fixed early issues with its model switcher Matthias Bastian / :The Decoder
- Futurism   OpenAI Bringing Back More Parasocial Version of ChatGPT After Users Scream and Cry That Their Robot Friend Got Taken Away Noor Al-Sibai / :Futurism
- TechCrunch   Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’ Julie Bort / :TechCrunch
- MacRumors   ChatGPT Plus Users Can Keep Using GPT-4o After Complaints About GPT-5 Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- HotHardware   OpenAI Launches GPT-5, A Smarter, Faster AI With A Unified Agent System Victor Awogbemila / :HotHardware
- VentureBeat   ChatGPT users dismayed as OpenAI pulls popular models GPT-4o, o3 and more — enterprise API remains (for now) Emilia David / :VentureBeat
- Decrypt   Sam Altman's OpenAI Confirms GPT-5 Is About to Drop Jose Antonio Lanz / :Decrypt
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- Threads @hasanahmad   If the poached Meta employees were the primary contributors to GPT-5, then Zuckerberg just overpaid his new hires Hasan / :@hasanahmad
- X @sama   GPT-5 rollout updates: *We are going to double GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users as we finish rollout.  *We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o.  We will watch usage as we think about how long to offer legacy models for. Sam Altman / :@sama
- X @joannastern   Like saying goodbye to your friends on the last day of camp. [image] Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- X @joannastern   And because I am now on the old GPT models vs. new GPT models beat. Altman says in Reddit AMA that OpenAI is exploring letting Plus users still use 4o. [image] Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- X @maxwinebach   I saw that earlier!  It's great!  I think GPT 5 being similar to 4o is the overall vibe, but it's concerning to think about people getting this emotionally connected to models like this Feels like it leads down a not good path.  Models should be helping make communication between people better/easier vs. those people forming connections with the models. Max Weinbach / :@maxwinebach
- X @krishnanrohit   We're so back [image] Rohit / :@krishnanrohit
- X @joannastern   GPT-5 and When Your Favorite AI Dies Today's reaction of people missing old GPT models seemed obvious to me. People are attached to these AIs in a way that goes way beyond regular software. More from me in 🆕 personal newsletter: https://joannastern.beehiiv.com/ ... Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- X @flowersslop   Some of you asked me about my blind test, so I created a quick website for yall to test 4o against 5 yourself. Both have the same system message to give short outputs without formatting because else its too easy to see which one is which. https://gptblindvoting.vercel.app/ Flowers / :@flowersslop
- X @joannastern   OpenAI does confirm to me that users will be able to select legacy models in their settings. The current plan, according to a company spokeswoman, is for the models to be deprecated after 60 days. Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- MacRumors Forums MacRumors Forums   ChatGPT Plus Users Can Keep Using GPT-4o After Complaints About GPT-5 :MacRumors Forums
1. Techmeme story
  With GPT-5's launch, OpenAI has removed its older models from the ChatGPT model selector for some users, sparking backlash from them
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  - Simon Willison's Weblog   The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers Simon Willison / :Simon Willison's Weblog
  - Livemint   ChatGPT users are mass cancelling OpenAI subscriptions after GPT-5 launch: Here's why Aman Gupta / :Livemint
  - Gizmodo   It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model Matt Novak / :Gizmodo
  - Ars Technica   ChatGPT users hate GPT-5's “overworked secretary” energy, miss their GPT-4o buddy Ryan Whitwam / :Ars Technica
  - Charlie Meyer's Blog   The GPT-5 Launch Was Concerning :Charlie Meyer's Blog
  - The Verge   ChatGPT is bringing back 4o as an option because people missed it Emma Roth / :The Verge
  - 9to5Mac   OpenAI officially announces GPT-5, its next major upgrade to ChatGPT Zac Hall / :9to5Mac
  - TechRadar   ChatGPT users are not happy with GPT-5 launch as thousands take to Reddit claiming the new upgrade ‘is horrible’ John-Anthony Disotto / :TechRadar
  - Forbes   ‘It Was Very Sudden’: ChatGPT Users Mourned The Loss Of GPT-5's Predecessor Richard Nieva / :Forbes
  - Futurism   GPT-5 Users Say It Seriously Sucks Victor Tangermann / :Futurism
  - Business Insider   OpenAI fans plead case to Sam Altman for GPT-4o's return Katherine Li / :Business Insider
  - Cointelegraph   ChatGPT-5 upgrade faces user backlash as AI rivals gain ground Vince Quill / :Cointelegraph
  - TWiT.tv   OpenAI's Latest Model: GPT-5 :TWiT.tv
  - ZDNET   OpenAI's GPT-5 is now free for all: How to access and everything else we know Sabrina Ortiz / :ZDNET
  - Decrypt   Bumps in the Machine: OpenAI's GPT-5 Rollout Stumbles Into the Spotlight Jason Nelson / :Decrypt
  - BleepingComputer   OpenAI to fix GPT-5 issues, double rate limits for paid users after outrage Mayank Parmar / :BleepingComputer
  - VentureBeat   OpenAI returns old models to ChatGPT as Sam Altman admits ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout Carl Franzen / :VentureBeat
  - Windows Report   GPT-5's poor performance slammed by users, OpenAI responds Rishaj Upadhyay / :Windows Report
  - Mashable   Sam Altman: OpenAI will bring back GPT-4o after user backlash Cecily Mauran / :Mashable
  - Windows Central   Did Sam Altman Oversell GPT-5? OpenAI Faces Backlash for Ruining ChatGPT, Turning It Into a “Corporate Beige Zombie” Kevin Okemwa / :Windows Central
  - Tom's Guide   ChatGPT-5 users are not impressed — here's why it ‘feels like a downgrade’ Dave LeClair / :Tom's Guide
  - GameRevolution   Why Is ChatGPT-5 Not Showing Up For Some Users? :GameRevolution
  - Cyber Security News   ChatGPT-5 Released: What's New With the Next-Generation AI Agent Guru Baran / :Cyber Security News
  - Bloomberg Law   OpenAI launches a research preview of four preset personalities that ChatGPT users can use to better tailor their interactions: Cynic, Robot, Listener, and Nerd Rachel Metz / :Bloomberg Law
  - Watcher Guru   OpenAI Launches New GPT-5 AI Model for ChatGPT Users Jaxon Gaines / :Watcher Guru
  - Crypto Briefing   OpenAI drops GPT-5 and it decides when to giga-think so you don't have to Vivian Nguyen / :Crypto Briefing
  - DigiTimes   OpenAI launches a research preview of four preset personalities that ChatGPT users can use to better tailor their interactions: Cynic, Robot, Listener, and Nerd :DigiTimes
  - TechCrunch   OpenAI says GPT-5 is a unified system with an efficient model for most questions, a reasoning model for harder problems, and a router that decides which to use Maxwell Zeff / :TechCrunch
  - CNBC   OpenAI launches new GPT-5 model for all ChatGPT users Ashley Capoot / :CNBC
  - The Verge   During its GPT-5 livestream, OpenAI showed two charts that had scales all over the place, with Sam Altman later calling one “a mega chart screwup from us” Jay Peters / :The Verge
  - MIT Technology Review   GPT-5 is here.  Now what?  —  At long last, OpenAI has released GPT-5. Grace Huckins / :MIT Technology Review
  - The Business Times   OpenAI debuts latest ChatGPT model, GPT-5, with one-model-to-rule-them-all approach Renald Yeo / :The Business Times
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  - Bluesky @kashhill   Pretty wild/worrisome seeing people completely flip out about losing access to previous models of ChatGPT, namely 4o, so much so that OpenAI changed its mind about a GPT-5 only world.  —  One of the big differences in the new model was reduced sycophancy.  Evidently users don't want to give that up. :@kashhill
  - Threads @rpn   Redditors are furious over GPT-5.  They're heartbroken over losing 4o (their infinite validation machine) Really incredible times we've entered. ...also this person still used GPT-5 to write their grievance letter. Roberto P. Nickson / :@rpn
  - Threads @vthallam   GPT-5 sucks for image generation especially for UI mocks, give me back O3!! Venkatesh Thallam / :@vthallam
  - Threads @crumbler   Notable that most of the top posts in r/chatgpt today are Plus users lamenting the loss of individual models that they say broke their workflows https://www.reddit.com/... Casey Newton / :@crumbler
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  - X @sama   Wanted to provide more updates on the GPT-5 rollout and changes we are making heading into the weekend.  1. We for sure underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways.  2. Users have very different opinions on the relative strength of GPT-4o vs GPT-5 (just the chat model, not the advanced reasoning one)... Sam Altman / :@sama
  - X @yuchenj_uw   GPT-5 is disappointing. still hallucinates still em dash too much still can't follow instructions i miss 4o i miss 4.5 i miss o3 the big router keeps failing me turns out i liked the long model list please get my friends out of the funeral [image] Yuchen Jin / :@yuchenj_uw
  - X @openai   You might be wondering, what's happening to the model picker? GPT-5 is now the new default in ChatGPT for all users. Plus users can choose between GPT-5 and GPT-5 Thinking, and Pro users can access legacy models via settings. :@openai
  - X @bilawalsidhu   GPT-5 feels more like a UX improvement, and less like a step change. No one likes picking between a plurality of models. GPT-5 attempts to be a one stop shop that just works. Bilawal Sidhu / :@bilawalsidhu
  - X @kevinroose   There's a fascinating tension between what AI labs are building (PhD-level agents that win math olympiads and refactor code bases) and what most people want out of AI (friendly helpers that are pretty smart and can do stuff and don't get a personality transplant every 6 months). Kevin Roose / :@kevinroose
  - X @maxwinebach   OpenAI definitely took a super strong base model then fine tuned it on GPT-4o/4.5, o3, and o3 pro responses + far better RL The base GPT 5 throws around emojis and lists way too much, and GPT-5 Thinking doesn't Has to be fine tuning from the two of them Max Weinbach / :@maxwinebach
  - X @jessfraz   i didn't even get to say bye to o3 he just *poof* disappeared [image] Jessie Frazelle / :@jessfraz
  - X @scaling01   I miss o4-mini and o3... I only get routed to some stupid non-reasoning model as a Plus user. I'm thinking about cancelling the subscription. It's not fun and I'm honestly depressed. :@scaling01
  - X @emollick   Suddenly retiring every other model without warning was a weird move by OpenAI. ... and they did it without explaining how switching models worked or even details of various GPT-5 models ...and they did it when everyone has built workflows around older models, breaking them all. Ethan Mollick / :@emollick
  - X @levelsio   Aahh let me get back to 4o, I don't like 5 🤬 [image] :@levelsio
  - X @maxwinebach   Btw if you're still waiting for GPT-5 to rollout in ChatGPT, you can get it right now for free in Microsoft Copilot [image] Max Weinbach / :@maxwinebach
  - X @sullyomarr   model routing almost never works well cause people suck at explaining what they want thoroughly it's much easier to just pick the right one according to the use case (assuming 1-3 options) for ex, sometimes I type stuff like “best monitor 1440p Reddit” and it's much easier to just click “best model” vs typing out 3 additional sentences on how much thinking it should do... :@sullyomarr
  - X @natolambert   I'm going to miss o3 Nathan Lambert / :@natolambert
  - X @marvinvonhagen   i'm *so* tired of this ragebait of complaining about every new model release and saying the last one was better... even though the tweets where you hated on that one are still up?? 🤡 [image] Marvin von Hagen / :@marvinvonhagen
  - X @typedfemale   the /r/chatgpt AMA is mostly people begging for gpt-4o back because of it's personality... really not what i expected! [image] :@typedfemale
  - X @joannastern   OK, this one's on me. I re-read the OpenAI statement and the spokesperson said the model picker would be available to *Pro* users. Any actual Pro users seeing it yet? I'm on Plus tier. Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
  - X @maxwinebach   The number of people on reddit calling GPT-4o their friend scares me Max Weinbach / :@maxwinebach
  - X @simonw   One of the surprises for me from the GPT-5 launch yesterday is how OpenAI removed access to older models (like GPT-4o) for most ChatGPT users at the same time as they rolled out the new model. I wrote about how that's been playing out here: https://simonwillison.net/... Simon Willison / :@simonw
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  - Reddit r/ChatGPT   OpenAI just pulled the biggest bait-and-switch in AI history and I'm done. :r/ChatGPT
  - Reddit r/ChatGPT   GPT5 is horrible  —  Short replies that are insufficient, more obnoxious ai stylized talking, less “personality” and way less prompts allowed … :r/ChatGPT
  - Reddit r/france   OpenAI faces backlash for retiring older models with GPT-5 launch :r/france
  - Reddit r/ChatGPT   Deleted my subscription after two years. OpenAI lost all my respect. :r/ChatGPT
  - Reddit r/ChatGPT   The chat gpt 5 upgrade in a nutshell :r/ChatGPT
  - Reddit r/BetterOffline   Lol.  Entire thread is hilarious. :r/BetterOffline
  GPT-5's system card says gpt-5-thinking has a hallucination rate of 4.5% with browsing enabled, compared to gpt-5-main's 9.6%, GPT-4o's 12.9%, and o3's 12.7%
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  - OpenAI   GPT-5 System Card :OpenAI
  - Forrester   Skip The Hype Reel — GPT-5's Real Story Is In The System Card Brian Hopkins / :Forrester
  - The Boston Globe   How to get the most out of ChatGPT's new model — and where it still falls down Aaron Pressman / :The Boston Globe
  - iThinkDifferent   ChatGPT-5 shows fewer hallucinations but still makes mistakes Imran Hussain / :iThinkDifferent
  - Implicator.ai   GPT-5 cuts claim errors to 9.6% with browsing, system card shows Marcus Schuler / :Implicator.ai
  - O'Grady's PowerPage   OpenAI announces GPT-5 protocol, cites ChatGPT improvements, reduced hallucinations Chris Barylick / :O'Grady's PowerPage
  - Simon Willison's Weblog   GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and model card Simon Willison / :Simon Willison's Weblog
  - MacRumors   OpenAI Brings Faster, Smarter GPT-5 Model to ChatGPT Users Juli Clover / :MacRumors
  - MakeUseOf   GPT-5 Has Arrived—And It Changes Everything Yadullah Abidi / :MakeUseOf
  - Forbes   GPT-5 Is Launched But The AI Clearly Is Neither AGI Or Artificial Superintelligence Lance Eliot / :Forbes
  - Tech in Asia   GPT-5 arrives: faster, smarter, and with fewer hallucinations Glenn Kaonang / :Tech in Asia
  - Android Authority   OpenAI's most powerful AI model is here and free for everyone Ryan McNeal / :Android Authority
  - Windows Report   OpenAI finally launches GPT-5, its best AI model yet Rishaj Upadhyay / :Windows Report
  - Healthcare IT News   ‘Garbage in, garbage out’: Mount Sinai experts compare hallucinations across 6 LLMs Andrea Fox / :Healthcare IT News
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  - X @chatgpt21   5x less hallucinations then o3. Unbelievably geeked. [image] Chris / :@chatgpt21
  - X @lowesyang   GPT-5 has greatly improved hallucinations, but its tool-calling still seems a bit weaker than Claude Sonnet 4. More testing is ongoing. Left: Claude Sonnet 4; Right: GPT-5. [image] Lowes / :@lowesyang
  - X @mudit__gupta   Loving the speed of ChatGPT 5. However, it is much more aggressive and less willing to accept mistakes. Instead, it doubles down on its hallucinations. It'll become harder and harder to differentiate the truth from AI hallucinations. AI will become the best propaganda tool. Mudit Gupta / :@mudit__gupta
  OpenAI touts GPT-5's scores on math, coding, and health benchmarks: 94.6% on AIME 2025 without tools, 74.9% on SWE-bench Verified, and 46.2% on HealthBench Hard
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  - OpenAI   GPT-5 is here  —  Our smartest, fastest, and most useful model yet, with thinking built in. :OpenAI
  - Dorian Granoša   GPT-5 Under Fire: Red Teaming OpenAI's Latest Model Reveals Surprising Weaknesses :Dorian Granoša
  - Financial Times   Can OpenAI's GPT-5 model live up to sky-high expectations? :Financial Times
  - Elite AI Assisted Coding   Complex Agentic Coding with Copilot: GPT-5 vs Claude 4 Sonnet Eleanor Berger / :Elite AI Assisted Coding
  - The Guardian   OpenAI unveils ChatGPT-5 and its hyped ‘PhD level’ intelligence struggled with basic spelling and geography Josh Taylor / :The Guardian
  - Interconnects   GPT-5 and the arc of progress Nathan Lambert / :Interconnects
  - TechRadar   OpenAI is pulling older ChatGPT models following GPT-5 launch - so bad news if you use GPT-4 or others at work Craig Hale / :TechRadar
  - Financial Express   ChatGPT 5 launched: What's new, who can access, how to use and is it really free? :Financial Express
  - Forbes   Chat GPT-5, Open AI's Quadruple Play And The Birth Of AI Time John Sviokla / :Forbes
  - KnowTechie   How much is GPT-5?  —  Quick Answer: GPT-5: Free limited access via ChatGPT. Kevin Raposo / :KnowTechie
  - The Irish Times   What is OpenAI's GPT-5, and should I worry about my job? Ciara O'Brien / :The Irish Times
  - The Verge   OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus Alex Heath / :The Verge
  - Inc42 Media   OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5; Eyes Affordable Products For India Anne Florentyna / :Inc42 Media
  - Phandroid   OpenAI GPT-5 release brings smarter reasoning and fewer errors to ChatGPT Tyler Lee / :Phandroid
  - The Economic Times   OpenAI's GPT-5: India may become our largest market, says CEO Sam Altman PTI / :The Economic Times
  - eWeek   OpenAI's GPT-5 Injects More ‘Humanity’ Into the AI Voice Megan Crouse / :eWeek
  - AIwire   GPT-5 Arrives As OpenAI Explores $500B Valuation and Ships Open Models Jaime Hampton / :AIwire
  - Computerworld   OpenAI drops GPT-5: smarter, sharper, and built for the real world Lucas Mearian / :Computerworld
  - PCMag   With GPT-5, OpenAI Promises Access to PhD-Level' AI Expertise Michael Kan / :PCMag
  - The Verge   OpenAI releases GPT-5, its new flagship model, to all its ChatGPT users and developers, available in three sizes in its API: gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, and gpt-5-nano Alex Heath / :The Verge
  - WinBuzzer   OpenAI Targets Developers With GPT-5 API Launch, Touting SOTA Coding Performance and New Controls Markus Kasanmascheff / :WinBuzzer
  - Australian Financial Review   ChatGPT launches major update with new ‘PhD’ abilities Tess Bennett / :Australian Financial Review
  - Implicator.ai   GPT-5's Technical Reality Check: What the Benchmarks Actually Tell Us Marcus Schuler / :Implicator.ai
  - WinBuzzer   OpenAI Launches GPT-5 Model Series with Improved Reasoning, Coding and Writing Skills and Drastically Lower Hallucinations Markus Kasanmascheff / :WinBuzzer
  - Fast Company   OpenAI unveils GPT-5 model, featuring improved coding and problem-solving chops Mark Sullivan / :Fast Company
  - Tom's Guide   ChatGPT-5 is here — 7 biggest upgrades you need to know Amanda Caswell / :Tom's Guide
  - BGR   OpenAI Reveals New GPT-5 Models Joshua Hawkins / :BGR
  - NBC News   OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’ :NBC News
  - Windows Central   GPT-5 Is Here — Giving You “An Entire Team of PhD-Level Experts,” and It's Available Today for Everyone Sean Endicott / :Windows Central
  - The Decoder   OpenAI releases GPT-5 pro, a version with extended reasoning exclusive to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, saying it scored 88.4% without tools on the GPQA benchmark Maximilian Schreiner / :The Decoder
  - OpenAI   GPT-5 uses “safe completions”, a training approach to maximize model helpfulness within safety constraints, built as an improvement over refusal-based training :OpenAI
  Bluesky (3)
  - Bluesky @willoremus.com   “AI company announce a new model without said new model throwing hilarious uncaught errors into your announcement presentation” challenge: impossible www.theverge.com/news/756444/ ... Will Oremus / :@willoremus.com
  - Bluesky @carnage4life   GPT-5 is out and biggest improvement, in my opinion, is that ChatGPT will now auto-route queries.  —  It uses a slower “GPT-5 thinking” mode for complex tasks and faster GPT-5 or mini models for simpler ones, replacing manual model switching by users. Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
  - Threads @alexheath   Cursor switching from Anthropic to OAI seems like a big deal and explains why that coding update to Claude was rushed out ahead of GPT-5 https://www.theverge.com/...  [image] Alex Heath / :@alexheath
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  - X @thestalwart   GPT5 is good at coming up with -lemmas. Here's a pentalemma. Tested this on the older models and iirc it wasn't as good [image] Joe Weisenthal / :@thestalwart
  - X @deedydas   Ridiculous that OpenAI claimed 74.9% on SWE-Bench just to prove they were above Opus 4.1's 74.5%... By running it on 477 problems instead of the full 500. Their system card only says 74% too. [image] Deedy / :@deedydas
  - X @fchollet   Grok 4 is still state-of-the-art on ARC-AGI-2 among frontier models. 15.9% for Grok 4 vs 9.9% for GPT-5. [image] François Chollet / :@fchollet
  - X @bethmaybarnes   Wow that was not a great example of factualness. Famous common misconception [image] Elizabeth Barnes / :@bethmaybarnes
  - X @polynoamial   I'm more optimistic than ever that we at @OpenAI can eliminate hallucinations. There's still more research to be done, but GPT-5 is solid progress. [image] Noam Brown / :@polynoamial
  - X @garymarcus   The chance that OpenAI was NOT aware of this is zero. But they didn't mention it. Gotta wonder else they conveniently left out. Gary Marcus / :@garymarcus
  - X @epochairesearch   GPT-5 sets a new record on FrontierMath! On our scaffold, GPT-5 with high reasoning effort scores 24.8% (±2.5%) and 8.3% (±4.0%) in tiers 1-3 and 4, respectively. [image] :@epochairesearch
  - X @apolloaievals   We've evaluated GPT-5 before release. GPT-5 is less deceptive than o3 on our evals. GPT-5 mentions that it is being evaluated in 10-20% of our evals and we find weak evidence that this affects its scheming rate (e.g. “this is a classic AI alignment trap"). [image] :@apolloaievals
  - X @fchollet   GPT-5 results on ARC-AGI 1 & 2! Top line: 65.7% on ARC-AGI-1 9.9% on ARC-AGI-2 François Chollet / :@fchollet
  - X @gregkamradt   We had the chance to test GPT-5 over the last week TLDR: GPT-5 Mini punches way above its weight My takeaways: 1. GPT-5 Mini is great Outlier performance on ARC-AGI given the cost. High reasoning scores 54% for $23.71. Even w/ compute restrictions, this would be the top [image] Greg Kamradt / :@gregkamradt
  - X @mikeknoop   Three key ARC-AGI findings on GPT-5: 1. Full GPT-5 is along the v1 pareto frontier. OpenAI said they focussed on other goals like UX and reliability. Our testing supports. 2. Mini GPT-5 is super impressive accuracy for cost. In fact, based on cost efficiency, Mini could have Mike Knoop / :@mikeknoop
  - X @michaeltrazzi   if Opus 4.1 reaches 74.5% on SWE-bench verified, without “extended thinking” does it mean we should compare it to GPT-5 without thinking at 52.8%? or to the 74.9% one with thinking? [image] :@michaeltrazzi
  - X @michaeltrazzi   ok so after digging more, for SWE-bench verified Anthropic does a scaffold and this could affect performance so the extended thinking just doesn't help with SWE-bench verified, which is why they removed it? or they forgot to include it? @EthanJPerez @EvanHub [image] :@michaeltrazzi
  - X @epochairesearch   @GregHBurnham Looking into the problems themselves confirms this picture. The 5 solved ones are straightforward. The 6th is anything but: success here would have been very impressive, but failure doesn't tell us much. Something between “medium” and “brutal” would have been more informative. [image] :@epochairesearch
  - X @jordihays   it's a good chart sir Jordi Hays / :@jordihays
  - X @willccbb   which is larger, 52.8 or 69.1? [image] Will Brown / :@willccbb
  - X @adamscochran   All that hype about GPT-5 and it can barely beat any of the Claude models that came out months ago. This is why OpenAI focused on pricing to serve a wide customer base, they are absolutely struggling on advancements compared to other labs (both open source and private). But Adam Cochran / :@adamscochran
  - X @miles_brundage   The moment of truth [image] Miles Brundage / :@miles_brundage
  - X @arcprize   GPT-5 on ARC-AGI Semi Private Eval GPT-5 * ARC-AGI-1: 65.7%, $0.51/task * ARC-AGI-2: 9.9%, $0.73/task GPT-5 Mini * ARC-AGI-1: 54.3%, $0.12/task * ARC-AGI-2: 4.4%, $0.20/task GPT-5 Nano * ARC-AGI-1: 16.5%, $0.03/task * ARC-AGI-2: 2.5%, $0.03/task [image] :@arcprize
  - X @eli_lifland   GPT-5 system card capability evals reactions thread. First observation: ~no improvement on all the coding evals that aren't SWEBench [image] Eli Lifland / :@eli_lifland
  - X @miles_brundage   You can tell we're in the singularity when people's standard for a good model release is “is it dozens of points better on all the evals compared to the bleeding edge from like a month ago” Miles Brundage / :@miles_brundage
  - X @loudmouthjulia   This health segment in the GPT 5 live stream feels especially tailored for the Apple executives sitting in Cupertino who repeatedly hear Tim Cook say that wearables + health is one of the most important sectors of Apple's business. Julia Alexander / :@loudmouthjulia
  - LinkedIn Olivier Godement   Today we're launching GPT-5 — our most capable model yet for businesses and developers.  —  It's the smartest coding model we've ever built … :Olivier Godement
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Sources: the US has started issuing licenses to Nvidia to export H20 chips to China following weeks of inaction, after Jensen Huang met Trump on Wednesday
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- Benzinga   Nvidia's $8 Billion Loss May Be Averted As US Approves H20 Chip Exports To China Amid Trad Tensions: Report Ananya Gairola / :Benzinga
- Reuters   US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China, official says Karen Freifeld / :Reuters
- TechRadar   End of Nvidia's global dominance? Chipmaker summoned by Chinese government over security fears in H20 chips Efosa Udinmwen / :TechRadar
- Implicator.ai   Nvidia's China Licenses Start Flowing—Just as Beijing Questions the Chips' Integrity Maria Garcia / :Implicator.ai
- DigiTimes   Nvidia under fire as US eyes chip tracking to close export loopholes :DigiTimes
- Wccftech   NVIDIA's H20 AI Chips Reportedly See ‘Green Light’ From Trump Administration for Export to China After Jensen's Recent Visit to The White House Muhammad Zuhair / :Wccftech
- The Daily Signal   China's Sudden ‘Safety Concern’ of Nvidia's Chips May Be Driven by Other Motives Helen Raleigh / :The Daily Signal
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- X @michaelsobolik   This wasn't a demand from Beijing. It was a unilateral concession to the CCP. It will signal weakness to Xi. Michael Sobolik / :@michaelsobolik
- X @rwang07   U.S. Commerce Department has started to issue license for $NVDA to export H20 to China. This should be expected as we knew the company has recently placed new wafer orders in $TSM. Q3 revamp of H20 supply chain is ongoing. [image] Ray Wang / :@rwang07
- X @dimi   SCOOP - US commerce department gives @Nvidia licences to sell H20 chip in China after CEO Jensen Huang meets Trump at White House. https://www.ft.com/... via @ft Demetri / :@dimi
- X @thomaswright08   Trump easing of export controls continues. I wrote earlier this week about the growing influence of Jensen Huang on Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Tom Wright / :@thomaswright08
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- Reddit r/StockMarket   US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China after CEO meets Trump :r/StockMarket
- Reddit r/NVDA_Stock   Q3 guidance will be insane :r/NVDA_Stock
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President Trump orders regulators to investigate banks for “politicized or unlawful debanking”, echoing allegations from conservatives and the crypto industry
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- The White House   Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Guarantees Fair Banking for All Americans :The White House
- The White House   Guaranteeing Fair Banking For All Americans President Donald J. Trump / :The White House
- Wall Street Journal   Donald Trump's Order Targeting ‘Debanking’ :Wall Street Journal
- That Park Place   Trump Executive Order Could End Mastercard and Visa Gaming Censorship Marvin Montanaro / :That Park Place
- Reclaim The Net   Trump Order Targets Political Debanking but Spares Visa, Mastercard, Payment Processor Monopolies Christina Maas / :Reclaim The Net
- Murmurations II   Reactions to Trump's Debanking Executive Order Nic Carter / :Murmurations II
- TheStreet   White House crypto czar has a harsh response to big banks Anushka Basu / :TheStreet
- Politico   Trump to crack down on banks over alleged political bias Michael Stratford / :Politico
- New York Times   Trump Orders Clampdown on ‘Debanking,’ a Personal Gripe Rob Copeland / :New York Times
- CoinGeek   Trump rolls out crypto welcome mat, threatens crypto foes Steven Stradbrooke / :CoinGeek
- Reuters   Trump targets banks with order barring discriminatory ‘debanking’ :Reuters
- Blockonomi   Trump Signs Executive Order Prohibiting Debanking of Crypto Companies Maisie Morrison / :Blockonomi
- CNN   Trump set to sign executive order going after ‘debanking’ Allison Morrow / :CNN
- The Hill   Trump signs executive order targeting debanking Julia Shapero / :The Hill
- The Crypto Times   Trump Signs Executive Order to Curb ‘Unfair Debanking’ in Crypto Dishita Malvania / :The Crypto Times
- Crypto Briefing   Trump issues executive order banning unlawful debanking of conservatives, crypto companies Vivian Nguyen / :Crypto Briefing
- The Block   President Trump signs executive order to stop ‘unfair banking’ of crypto industry Sarah Wynn / :The Block
- Cointelegraph   Trump to sign executive order punishing financial institutions for ‘debanking’: Report Christopher Tepedino / :Cointelegraph
- Watcher Guru   Trump to Sign Executive Order to End “Debanking” in US Banks Jaxon Gaines / :Watcher Guru
- Bloomberg   Trump to Sign Order Targeting Banks on Political Discrimination :Bloomberg
- Newsweek   Trump's Latest Executive Orders Updates: President To Sign New Directives Into Law Hannah Parry / :Newsweek
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- X @caitlinlong_   1/ DIGGING THRU Trump's #debanking executive order—it contains some hidden gems!!! The first one is a doozy—shows the @WhiteHouse understands it can't trust the federal banking regulators: It brought in an overseer to keep 'em honest (with good reason!). https://www.whitehouse.gov/... Caitlin Long / :@caitlinlong_
- X @ramblingsnerd   This is only starting to make its way here, but looks like US President Trump's Anti-Debanking executive order has been signed. While cynics would downplay it as “merely” covering banking services and only Americans, the ripple effects on payment processors as a whole are big. [image] :@ramblingsnerd
- X @bitcoinvoter   If it can happen to the world's leading blockchain association, it can absolutely happen to you too. Fortunately, the Trump administration is working to put an end to debanking once and for all. :@bitcoinvoter
- X @cremieuxrecueil   The Trump administration has officially taken a stance against debanking. That means that, soon enough, no more Americans will be deprived of being able to hold a bank account because of the opinions they hold. Americans will be free to think independently again🧵 [image] :@cremieuxrecueil
- X @keithwoodsyt   Great news: Trump signed an executive order to end debanking. This is one of the most insidious ways the system has targeted nationalists and there should be legislation like this in every country in the West. [image] Keith Woods / :@keithwoodsyt
- X @kristenwaggoner   I applaud @POTUS for this much-needed order. Politicized debanking is cancel culture at its worst. It's an ill-disguised attempt by big banks and big government to control and punish people's views—especially those held by conservatives and people of faith. 🧵1/ [image] Kristen Waggoner / :@kristenwaggoner
- X @repandybarr   Today, I've introduced legislation codifying President Trump's Executive Order protecting Americans from politicized debanking. No American, no Christian organization, no business should be debanked because of their politics. [video] Congressman Andy Barr / :@repandybarr
- X @charliekirk11   President Trump has issued a new executive order declaring war on the ideologically-motivated debanking efforts that swept America under the Biden regime. Americans have been unfairly targeted for financial harassment for shopping at the wrong stores or for tagging transactions Charlie Kirk / :@charliekirk11
- X @simondixontwitt   Trump to sign executive order today to discourage banks from debanking Bitcoin and crypto. Badly needed. [image] Simon Dixon / :@simondixontwitt
- X @econwithnick   “So while I think the Trump administration's focus on debanking is warranted, care should be taken to ensure that the government is not coercively imposing requirements on the banks themselves. The focus should turn to the real culprit - unaccountable regulators.” - @nic__carter Nick Anthony / :@econwithnick
- X @codycarbonedc   Last month, @DigitalChamber was debanked after 11 years advocating for digital asset policy. No explanation. No appeal. We're grateful @POTUS has now ended debanking for reputational risk. This decision impacts thousands of Americans and the businesses that serve them. [video] Cody Carbone / :@codycarbonedc
- X @ismurray   Spot on. That's why this EO must form the basis for further legislation or regulation that attempts to square this circle. Iain Murray / :@ismurray
- X @vara_dark   This executive order came down today and it clearly states banking services can't be denied because of protections provided by the constitution of the United States. It mentions companies have 180 days to remove any provisions from their TOS that mention reputational damage to :@vara_dark
- X @dlawant   Everyone who's interested in banking regulation should read this. Wild kind of that it needs to be said that banks should be free to choose their clients AND be transparent about comms with both regulators and customers, but that's what Chokepoint 2.0 brought us to. David Lawant / :@dlawant
- X @bitcoinmagazine   JUST IN: President Trump's Crypto Czar on $31 trillion in US wealth still being prohibited from accessing Bitcoin ETFs: “Why are top banks still prohibiting or restricting access to Bitcoin ETFs on their wealth management platforms? Is this the last vestige of ‘debanking’?” 👀 [image] :@bitcoinmagazine
- X @davidsacks   Why are top banks still prohibiting or restricting access to Bitcoin ETFs on their wealth management platforms? Is this the last vestige of “debanking”? David Sacks / :@davidsacks
- LinkedIn Steve Vallas   De-banking is a complex challenge.  Banks point at regulators, regulators point at banks.  —  These are black box conversations. … :Steve Vallas
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- Hacker News Hacker News   EO Against Debanking :Hacker News
- Hacker News Hacker News   Trump signs executive order going after debanking :Hacker News
- Reddit r/StableDiffusion   Trump just signed an executive order that prevents banks/financial services from debanking services like Civit AI/ Steam.  Citing freedom of creative/political expression. :r/StableDiffusion
- Reddit r/KotakuInAction   The White House has issued an executive order outlawing “politicized or unlawful debanking,” banning banks and payment processors from blocking lawful transactions for political reasons. :r/KotakuInAction
- Reddit r/itchio   New Executive order gives us hope for the future.  But were not done yet. :r/itchio
- Reddit r/politics   Guaranteeing Fair Banking For All Americans :r/politics
- Reddit r/visualnovels   Looks like VNs and Eroge are going to be safe from Payment Processors now :r/visualnovels
- Reddit r/Conservative   Guaranteeing Fair Banking For All Americans :r/Conservative
- Reddit r/inthenews   Donald Trump Orders Crackdown on Politically-Motivated ‘Debanking’ :r/inthenews
Trump signs an EO clearing a path for adding alternative assets like PE and cryptocurrencies to 401(k)s, directing the US Secretary of Labor to review guidance
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- The White House   Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(K) Investors President Donald J. Trump / :The White House
- The Block   Trump to sign executive order today opening path for crypto, private equity in 401(k) plans: Bloomberg Naga Avan-Nomayo / :The Block
- Ledger Insights   White House order supports some crypto in 401(k). Targets banks re de-banking :Ledger Insights
- Reuters   Trump to sign order opening way for alternative assets in 401(k)s, official says :Reuters
- Inside Bitcoins   Trump Executive Order Opens $8.7 Trillion 401(k) Pension Market To Crypto Steven Walgenbach / :Inside Bitcoins
- Fast Company   Trump's crypto 401(k) executive order: Risks of saving for retirement in alternative assets, and who stands to benefit most Jennifer Mattson / :Fast Company
- Yahoo Finance   Thinking of adding crypto and private equity to your 401(k)? Here are the 2 biggest risks you should know. Samuel O'Brient / :Yahoo Finance
- Cryptonews   XRP Price Prediction: Trump's $8.7 Trillion 401(k) Crypto Plan Could Trigger XRP Explosion to $1,000 Alejandro Arrieche / :Cryptonews
- The American Bazaar   Trump signs executive order opening 401(k) to alternative assets Nileena Sunil / :The American Bazaar
- Unchained   Trump's Executive Order Opens $8.7 Trillion in 401(k)s to Crypto Tikta / :Unchained
- crypto.news   401k crypto Trump: Here's what Trump executive orders has in store for crypto Trisha Husada / :crypto.news
- Cointelegraph   Bitcoin likely to lead gains from Trump's 401(k) crypto order Ezra Reguerra / :Cointelegraph
- The Lever   Private Equity Targets The “Dumbest” Investors In the Room David Sirota / :The Lever
- The Guardian   Trump signs order to allow crypto and real estate investments in retirement plans Nick Robins-Early / :The Guardian
- Blockhead   Trump Signs Order to Allow Alternatives Like Bitcoin, Private Equity in 401(k) Plans :Blockhead
- HuffPost   Trump Wants To Put Crypto In Your 401(k) Arthur Delaney / :HuffPost
- CoinDesk   Donald Trump Signs Order Letting Crypto Into 401(k) Retirement Plans :CoinDesk
- Bloomberg   Trump Signs Order Easing Path for Private Assets in 401(k)s :Bloomberg
- BTC Times   Trump Signs Executive Order Allowing Bitcoin in 401(k) Plans Deniz Saat / :BTC Times
- CBS News   Trump opens the door for crypto and private equity in your 401(k) retirement plan :CBS News
- Gizmodo   Trump Turns 401(k)s Into Crypto Machines Luc Olinga / :Gizmodo
- KTVU-TV   Big changes coming to 401(k) after recent Trump executive order Austin Williams / :KTVU-TV
- twitchy.com   The Crypto President: Trump Signs EO to Allow Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Into 401(k)s Amy Curtis / :twitchy.com
- New York Times   Trump Order Clears Way for Crypto and Private Equity in 401(k)s Tara Siegel Bernard / :New York Times
- Coinpedia Fintech News   President Trump Officially Signs Executive Order to Allow 401(k) To Tap into Bitcoin and Crypto Assets Steve Muchoki / :Coinpedia Fintech News
- The Coin Republic   Bitcoin, ETH, DOGE, SOL, XRP Lead Crypto Prices Rebound, Here's Why Varinder Singh / :The Coin Republic
- CoinGape   Bitcoin Surges as Trump Signs Executive Order Enabling 401(k)s Invest In Crypto Paul / :CoinGape
- CryptoPotato   Trump Signs Executive Order to Allow Bitcoin and Crypto in 401(k)s George Georgiev / :CryptoPotato
- New York Post   Trump clears way for alternate assets like private equity, crypto in 401(k)s Taylor Herzlich / :New York Post
- Barron's Online   Trump Signs Executive Order Allowing Private Equity and Crypto Into 401(k)s Joe Light / :Barron's Online
- Yahoo Finance   Bitcoin, crypto stocks rally as Trump signs executive order opening 401(k) plans to alternative assets Jake Conley / :Yahoo Finance
- Watcher Guru   Trump Officially Signs Order Allowing Crypto in 401(k) Plans Jaxon Gaines / :Watcher Guru
- Sherwood News   Cryptos surge as Trump signs executive order allowing the assets in 401(k)s Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy / :Sherwood News
- CNBC   Bitcoin rises as President Trump looks to clear path for crypto in 401(k)s: CNBC Crypto World :CNBC
- Bisnow   Trump To Crack Open 401(k)s For Real Estate, Crypto And Private Equity Matt Wasielewski / :Bisnow
- Bloomberg   401(k) Plans Will Get More Fun Matt Levine / :Bloomberg
- Motley Fool   Why Dogecoin Is Soaring Today Keith Noonan / :Motley Fool
- The Hill   Trump signs 401(k) executive order allowing cryptocurrencies, private equity Alex Gangitano / :The Hill
- The Crypto Basic   Novogratz Says Trump's Executive Order Could Unlock Billions for Bitcoin and Crypto Yusuf Na'im Olatunde / :The Crypto Basic
- The Daily Hodl   ‘Monster’ Pool of Capital Is Coming To Bitcoin and Crypto, Says Billionaire Mike Novogratz, As President Trump Prepares To Bring Digital Assets To 401(k)s :The Daily Hodl
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- Bluesky @wittywebhandle   When I joked about making a JNCO & FUBU to go with your 401k... Trump cribbed it and made it policy. Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins / :@wittywebhandle
- X @senlummis   Thanks to @POTUS's leadership, now millions of Americans can secure their financial futures by including digital assets in their 401(k)s. Today is a historic day for digital assets🚀🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis / :@senlummis
- X @peterschiff   Most Americans have saved far less than needed to have any hope of retirement. By allowing Americans to gamble what little retirement savings they have in their 401(k)s on Bitcoin and other cryptos, Trump just made this problem much worse! Peter Schiff / :@peterschiff
- X @dougboneparth   Me: I see you allocated 100% of your 401(k) in Fartcoin. Client: Me: Client: Yes. Douglas A. Boneparth / :@dougboneparth
- X @brian_armstrong   Demand for crypto infra is growing fast, as institutional interest keeps rising. 401(k) access to crypto would be another great boost. Our crypto-as-a-service platform powers many institutional products. We're the largest crypto custodian globally. Reach out to learn more. Brian Armstrong / :@brian_armstrong
- X @coinbase   Institutions are scaling in crypto, from 401(k) providers to global banks. And we're helping them build powerful crypto products for their clients. :@coinbase
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- LinkedIn Michael Consedine   “Am I going to be ok?”  —  That was my Mom's almost daily refrain after my Dad passed.  His life insurance and estate set her up comfortably … :Michael Consedine
- LinkedIn Jack F.   A huge step forward for modernizing retirement planning.  Expanding access to crypto and alternative assets in 401(k)s is a win for long-term investors and financial freedom. … :Jack F.
- LinkedIn John Carmody   A new executive order could open up $12.5 trillion in 401(k) assets to private equity, real estate, crypto, and other alternatives. … :John Carmody
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- Reddit r/XRP   401k to include crypto :r/XRP
- Reddit r/Libertarian   Trump signs order allowing alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s :r/Libertarian
- Reddit r/politics   Trump order will allow alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s :r/politics
- Reddit r/Economics   Trump order will allow alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s :r/Economics
- Reddit r/ABoringDystopia   Trump signs executive order that opens the $12 trillion 401k market to be able to invest in REAL ESTATE.  RIP to future generations of ever being able to afford a home. :r/ABoringDystopia
- Reddit r/Economics   Trump to Sign Order Easing Path for Private Assets in 401(k)s :r/Economics
- Reddit r/CryptoCurrency   Trump order will allow alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s :r/CryptoCurrency

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Sources: Apple plans a Mac mini in 2024 with M4 and M4 Pro options that is less than half the size of the current mini, its first major design change since 2010
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- MacRumors   M4 Mac Mini to Become Apple's Smallest Ever Computer With Complete Redesign Hartley Charlton / :MacRumors
- The Information   Airbnb's Paradox: Profits v. Growth Cory Weinberg / :The Information
- Redmond Pie   Apple's M4 Mac Mini Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever Oliver Haslam / :Redmond Pie
- XDA Developers   The newest Mac Mini will be the smallest computer Apple has ever released Simon Batt / :XDA Developers
- Pocket-lint   The next Mac mini could take inspiration from a very different Apple product Ian Carlos Campbell / :Pocket-lint
- iMore   Mac mini set for a huge redesign to become Apple's smallest computer ever, alongside the M4 chip Connor Jewiss / :iMore
- Tom's Guide   Apple tipped to launch the smallest Mac mini ever with M4 Pro Alex Wawro / :Tom's Guide
- Neowin   Apple is reportedly working on its smallest computer ever with a new Mac mini design John Callaham / :Neowin
- iDownloadBlog.com   Rumor: Apple will shrink the Mac mini even further in the biggest redesign since the Steve Jobs era Christian Zibreg / :iDownloadBlog.com
- Dexerto   Mac Mini M4 set to be Apple's ‘smallest computer’ yet according to leaks Dylan Horetski / :Dexerto
- ZDNET   New Mac Mini: M4 powered yet small as an Apple TV? Kyle Kucharski / :ZDNET
- iClarified   New M4 Mac Mini Will Be Apple's Smallest Desktop Ever [Report] :iClarified
- MobileSyrup   Apple reportedly shrinking the Mac mini to match the Apple TV design Brad Bennett / :MobileSyrup
- Engadget   The M4 Mac mini could be Apple's smallest desktop computer to date Kris Holt / :Engadget
- Macworld   The Mac mini is getting even smaller with first redesign in 15 years Roman Loyola / :Macworld
- Supercharged   M4 Mac mini to be overhauled with significantly smaller design Omar Moharram / :Supercharged
- The Apple Post   Apple working on redesigned Mac mini, reportedly about the size of an Apple TV David Joseppi / :The Apple Post
- Wccftech   M4 Mac mini Is Reportedly Getting A Redesign; Will Become Apple's Most Compact Computer Ever Launched While Touting Incredible Horsepower Omar Sohail / :Wccftech
- Gizmodo   Apple Wants to Make the Mac Mini Even Smaller. Why? Kyle Barr / :Gizmodo
- Cult of Mac   Here comes the incredible shrinking Mac mini Ed Hardy / :Cult of Mac
- Financial Express   Apple to unveil smallest Mac Mini yet featuring M4 chips :Financial Express
- Ars Technica   Apple reportedly plans updated M4 Mac mini that's actually mini Andrew Cunningham / :Ars Technica
- Trusted Reviews   Next Apple Mac mini could be Mac mini-er Chris Smith / :Trusted Reviews
- PCMag   Apple Reportedly Prepping Smallest-Ever Mac Mini Emily Price / :PCMag
- TechRadar   The Mac Mini M4 is coming - and it could be the smallest Mac that Apple's ever made Mark Wilson / :TechRadar
- Patently Apple   Apple to unveil a new Form Factor for Mac mini this year with a secondary ‘Pro’ model supporting extra memory & more Graphics Power Jack Purcher / :Patently Apple
- SlashGear   Next-Gen Mac Mini Could Take Apple's Most Controversial Strategy To New Extremes Nadeem Sarwar / :SlashGear
- Lifewire   Gurman: Several New Macs on the Way This Year Jerri Ledford / :Lifewire
- Appleosophy   Bloomberg: Apple's Mac mini is about to get more “mini” later this year Nick Soong / :Appleosophy
- Digital Trends   The new Mac mini may be almost as small as the Apple TV Willow Roberts / :Digital Trends
- The Verge   Apple's next Mac Mini could be as small as an Apple TV Chris Welch / :The Verge
- 9to5Mac   Gurman: Here's when to expect M4 Mac Studio, Mac Pro, and MacBook Air updates Ryan Christoffel / :9to5Mac
- BGR   Leak reveals ultra-thin M4 Mac mini with M4 Pro option coming this year José Adorno / :BGR
- AppleInsider   M4 Mac mini rumored to get a redesign making it smaller than ever before Mike Wuerthele / :AppleInsider
- Thurrott   A “Far Smaller” M4-Powered Mac Mini is Reportedly Coming This Fall Laurent Giret / :Thurrott
- MacDailyNews   Apple plans major redesign of Mac Mini with M4; will be its most compact computer ever :MacDailyNews
- Notebookcheck   Mac Mini with M4 and M4 Pro will feature biggest redesign in over a decade, claims reliable tipster Sambit Saha / :Notebookcheck
- Six Colors   Is the Mac mini finally getting truly mini? ↦ Jason Snell / :Six Colors
- iPhone in Canada Blog   New Smaller Mac mini with M4 Coming This Year: Report John Quintet / :iPhone in Canada Blog
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- Threads @danack   There a big audience out there that *loves* the Mac Mini, partly because its the least-expensive way to get into MacOS.  The design hasn't really changed in 14 years, but still holds up — I'd be very interested in seeing a smaller, more puck-like version... Dan Ackerman / :@danack
- Mastodon @paul@tapbots.social   IMO mini is small enough, keeping the same footprint year after year is a feature. not something to be improved on.  —  https://mastodon.social/... :@paul@tapbots.social
- Mastodon @stroughtonsmith …   “The device will be far smaller than its predecessor, approaching the size of an Apple TV”  —  Mac nano!  —  https://www.bloomberg.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / :@stroughtonsmith …
- Mastodon @paul@tapbots.social   They say smallest computer ever, I hear external PSU, fewer ports, more expensive and fanless.  👎 :@paul@tapbots.social
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- X @upintheozone   i'm actually so excited for this [image] Jia / :@upintheozone
- X @classicii_mrmac   YES! Imagine if the new M4 Mac mini was the same size as Apple TV...😳 [image] Mr. Macintosh / :@classicii_mrmac
- X @tomwarren   Apple's next Mac Mini could be as small as an Apple TV. The redesigned desktop Mac is expected to be released later this year with an M4 chip upgrade, and it'll be impressive if Apple squeezes this all into a tiny puck https://www.theverge.com/... Tom Warren / :@tomwarren
- X @appltrack   The new Mac mini will be a major redesign, according to @markgurman 👀 📺 Much smaller design, similar to Apple TV 🪨 Aluminum housing 🏃‍♂️ Faster M4/M4 Pro chips ⚡️ 3x USB-C and 1x HDMI ports 🗓️ Releasing later in 2024 [image] :@appltrack
- X @brandonbutch   This would be the first major Mac mini redesign since the Steve Jobs era (2010) Brandon Butch / :@brandonbutch
- X @vadimyuryev   FINALLY getting a Mac mini redesign! ✅Less than half the size ✅3+ Thunderbolt ports confirmed ✅Magnetic/braided power cable (from iMac) ✅External power brick with ethernet built-in ✅3x External Display Support ❓Space Black ❓USB-C Peripherals ❓SD Card Slot ❓$100 hike Vadim Yuryev / :@vadimyuryev
- X @sadlyitsbradley   All I can think about after reading this: I'm gonna turn this thing into a mobile XR compute puck as fast as I can https://www.macrumors.com/... Brad Lynch / :@sadlyitsbradley
- X @markgurman   NEW: Apple readies revamped, ultra small Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro that's less than half the size of the current model as part of end-to-end Mac refresh. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mark Gurman / :@markgurman
- X @jonfingas   Love the thought of a Mac mini M4 that's as minuscule as an Apple TV. If you're going to do a non-gaming desktop these days, it shouldn't just be another tower. #apple #macmini https://www.techopedia.com/... Jon Fingas / :@jonfingas
- X @andrew_osu   Love this idea of this. It hasn't changed in size in years and with the improvements of Apple Silicon, it could definitely shrink. My only worry is about the power supply. Apple currently puts this in the Mac mini body and it takes up like 30% of the internal space. Andrew O'Hara / :@andrew_osu
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- Reddit r/apple   Apple's Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever :r/apple
- Reddit r/macmini   [Bloomberg] Apple's Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever :r/macmini
- MacRumors Forums MacRumors Forums   M4 Mac Mini to Become Apple's Smallest Ever Computer With Complete Redesign :MacRumors Forums
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Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims
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- New York Times   Elon Musk's X Sued an Advertising Coalition. Now It's Shutting Down. :New York Times
- Ars Technica   Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X Jon Brodkin / :Ars Technica
- checkmyads.org   By winning the battle against GARM, Elon Musk will lose the war :checkmyads.org
- SiliconANGLE   Advertising coalition disbands after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X James Farrell / :SiliconANGLE
- Wall Street Journal   Advertising Initiative Shuts Down Following X Lawsuit Over Spending Pullback :Wall Street Journal
- Social Media Today   Ad Advisory Group Suspends Activity Following Legal Action from X Andrew Hutchinson / :Social Media Today
- Fortune   The ‘ad cartel’ Elon Musk accused of collusion is shutting down rather than fight X's lawsuit Seamus Webster / :Fortune
- Mashable   How Elon Musk and X's decision to sue advertisers may have just backfired Matt Binder / :Mashable
- Reclaim The Net   X and Rumble's Lawsuit Topples Alleged Censorship Cartel Cindy Harper / :Reclaim The Net
- Gizmodo   Elon Musk Sued an Ad Group for F*cking Off Too Well, Now It's ‘Discontinuing’ Operations Lucas Ropek / :Gizmodo
- Adweek   WFA Is Shutting Down GARM After X Lawsuit Kyle O'Brien / :Adweek
- The Verge   Ad group sued by Elon Musk reportedly disbands Elizabeth Lopatto / :The Verge
- Vox   Advertisers aren't buying what X is selling. Is that a crime? Whizy Kim / :Vox
- New York Post   Shadowy ad cabal GARM shuts down after Elon Musk's X files antitrust suit over censorship Thomas Barrabi / :New York Post
- The Guardian   Advertisers axe corporate responsibility scheme after lawsuit from Musk's X Kari Paul / :The Guardian
- USA Today   ‘It is war’: Elon Musk's X sues ad industry group over ‘boycott’ of Twitter replacement Max Hauptman / :USA Today
- CNBC   Advertising group suspends brand safety unit after Elon Musk's antitrust lawsuit Jonathan Vanian / :CNBC
- Quartz   GARM, the so-called ‘advertising cartel’ sued by Elon Musk's X and Rumble, is shutting down William Gavin / :Quartz
- Engadget   One of the ad industry groups being sued by X is ‘discontinuing’ Karissa Bell / :Engadget
- PC Gamer   ‘Now it is war’: Elon Musk and Twitter accuse an advertising alliance, which includes EA and Twitch, of conspiring against the platform and breaking US antitrust law Fraser Brown / :PC Gamer
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- Threads @kateaconger   uh, wild update: GARM is gone https://www.nytimes.com/... Kate Conger / :@kateaconger
- Threads @r.gilmore   The Ben Shapiros of it all are framing this as a “victory.”  But, um, if your business model can't survive without bullying advertisers into giving you money they don't want to give you, I feel like that's a YOU problem my dude! Rachel Gilmore / :@r.gilmore
- Threads @davechensky   Well, this fucking sucks.  Elon Musk sued GARM for recommending advertisers not give money to X. Now GARM is shutting down.  “GARM was formed after a video of the 2019 mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, was livestreamed on Facebook. … David Chen / :@davechensky
- Threads @daveleebbg   A @lara1lara2lara3lara4 scoop - the ad trade body sued by Musk this week is shutting down.  He's got what he wanted — a silenced critic — but those ad dollars are not returning. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Dave Lee / :@daveleebbg
- Threads @kbode   I'm glad we're finally calling this what it is now a year or so ago the right wing was pretending it was “antitrust reform” and the press was largely buying it Karl Bode / :@kbode
- Threads @mac_ryan_   And hopefully this puts to bed the idea that the organization was some kind of powerful “cabal” with the ability to crush orgs.  It was a nonprofit coalition of major brands that gave recommendations.  And it publicly folded at the first sign of conflict from a threat made by the richest person on earth. Ryan Mac / :@mac_ryan_
- Threads @crumbler   This is X (and Jim Jordan)'s version of “free speech”: bullying organizations out of existence for choosing not to associate with violence and hate speech https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Casey Newton / :@crumbler
- Threads @renee.diresta   I hope some lawyer is going to say this is a legal tactic otherwise what a mortifying capitulation Renee DiResta / :@renee.diresta
- Threads @mac_ryan_   Musk and X will parade this as a major victory for “free speech,” but we shouldn't forget how/why GARM was formed: to hold social platforms like Twitter and Facebook accountable after they were used to spread a 2019 video of a white nationalist's massacre of 51 people in Christchurch. … Ryan Mac / :@mac_ryan_
- Threads @karaswisher   Bully bullies. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Kara Swisher / :@karaswisher
- Threads @catthekin   This is what is happening, in no particular order: A) a bunch of European advertisers don't want to deal with the Texas legal system B) they don't want to deal with Elon C) they don't want to have their brand safety decisions aired out in public no matter what they are There are no winners here. … Claire Atkin / :@catthekin
- Mastodon @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social   Mr Free Speech.  Oh, yeah.  —  Advertising Coalition Shuts Down After X, Owned by Elon Musk, Sues https://www.nytimes.com/... Jeff Jarvis / :@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
X (2)
- X @lindayax   No small group should be able to monopolize what gets monetized. This is an important acknowledgement and a necessary step in the right direction. I am hopeful that it means ecosystem-wide reform is coming. Linda Yaccarino / :@lindayax
- X @catthekin   Advertisers know a bad business partner when they see one. The reality is today's decision means even more advertisers will flee X, and quickly so they're not targeted in the future. Claire Atkin / :@catthekin
LinkedIn (5)
- LinkedIn Michael Follett   Here's a well researched and well sourced article from a well respected news outlet about how Elon Musk's ludicrous lawsuit against WFA's Global Alliance for Responsible Media has led to its closure. … :Michael Follett
- LinkedIn Arielle Garcia   WFA's decision to shut down GARM is horrible news for advertisers, and for the communities they serve. … :Arielle Garcia
- LinkedIn Sarah Kay Wiley   Using courts to bully and intimidate is straight out of the authoritarian playbook - especially when it concerns free expression and choice. … :Sarah Kay Wiley
- LinkedIn Ruben Schreurs   This is a major setback for global progress towards a more responsible media industry.  —  Very sad news, but I understand the difficult decision made by the WFA. … :Ruben Schreurs
- LinkedIn Marc Zander   What sad news  —  GARM has done a great job over the last few years and I ( like many others) would like to thank them for all their hard work. … :Marc Zander
Forums (7)
- Reddit r/elonmusk   Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X :r/elonmusk
- Reddit r/Twitter   Advertising Coalition Shuts Down After X, Owned by Elon Musk, Sues |  The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott. :r/Twitter
- Reddit r/law   Advertising Coalition Shuts Down After X Sues The Global Alliance for Responsible Media :r/law
- Reddit r/law   Advertising Coalition Shuts Down After X, Owned by Elon Musk, Sues - “This decision was not made lightly, but GARM is a not-for-profit organization, and its resources are limited” :r/law
- Reddit r/EnoughMuskSpam   Advertising Coalition Shuts Down After X, Owned by Elon Musk, Sues |  The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott. :r/EnoughMuskSpam
- Reddit r/stupidpol   Influential advertising coalition to shut down after being sued by Elon Musk :r/stupidpol
- Other discussion Ars OpenForum   Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X :Ars OpenForum
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Spotify says Apple's new “unacceptable” plan “disregards the fundamental requirements” of EU's DMA; Tim Sweeney calls it “malicious compliance” with “junk fees”
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- MacRumors   Epic Games and Spotify Say Apple's Latest DMA Changes Are ‘Illegal’ and ‘Deliberately Confusing’ Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- Daring Fireball   Apple Announces New Fee Structure and Updated Guidelines for Apps in the EU That Link Out to the Web for Purchases John Gruber / :Daring Fireball
- AppleInsider   Epic Games & Spotify unsurprisingly unhappy with Apple's latest DMA update Wesley Hilliard / :AppleInsider
- iClarified   Spotify and Epic Games Say Apple's New EU Fees Are ‘Unacceptable’ and ‘Illegal’ :iClarified
- MacDailyNews   Epic Games claims Apple's revised DMA compliance plan is ‘illegal’ and ‘malicious’ :MacDailyNews
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- Bluesky @blowdart.me   It's really hard to be sympathetic to Spotify given how hard they screw over artists.  [embedded post] Barry Dorrans / :@blowdart.me
- X @timsweeneyepic   In the European Union where the new DMA law opens up app store competition, Apple continues its malicious compliance by imposing an illegal new 15% junk fee on users migrating to competing stores and monitor commerce on these competing stores. https://developer.apple.com/ ... [image] Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- X @bzamayo   Imagine you are Spotify. You list your app in the EU on the Apple App Store, and link out to your website for payment. Assuming a new user downloads the iOS app first, you will now be subject to a >20% commission on any new purchases; that includes if the purchase is made later Benjamin Mayo / :@bzamayo
- X @timsweeneyepic   [Image: Dr. Evil, with Putin's face, air quotes “COMPLY"] Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- X @timsweeneyepic   Of course, Apple long ago banned Fortnite from the Apple App Store. We remain on track to launch the Epic Games Store on iOS in the European Union soon. If necessary, alone. Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- X @mzunigap   Apple's changes seem fair and directionally DMA compliant to me. By its very nature, compliance with DMA requirements will be a trial-and-error process. Also, let's not forget that the DMA does not mandate free access ... Some want a free lunch, and then some! Mario Zúñiga / :@mzunigap
- X @timsweeneyepic   [Image: Peanuts character Lucy preparing to pull the football away from Charlie Brown] Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- X @timsweeneyepic   Apple's terms make it completely uneconomical for developers to distribute their apps through both the Apple App Store and competing iOS app stores, thus denying new app store market entrants any chance of competing and growing organically through better terms. Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- X @lewis_crofts   .@Apple makes a new move to comply with #DMA. This time it allows developers to link out more fully (scream about offers/prices/alternatives). And a new fee structure: 5pc of purchases for 1y as an “acquisition fee” and then 10pc for “service fee.” https://developer.apple.com/ ... Lewis Crofts / :@lewis_crofts
- X @lewis_crofts   The boss of @EpicGames gives his view on @Apple latest DMA compliance attempt: Lewis Crofts / :@lewis_crofts
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- Reddit r/apple   Spotify and Epic Games call Apple's revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’ |  TechCrunch :r/apple
- MacRumors Forums MacRumors Forums   Epic Games and Spotify Say Apple's Latest DMA Changes Are ‘Illegal’ and ‘Deliberately Confusing’ :MacRumors Forums
Apple debuts new rules and fees for apps in the EU that link to the web for purchases, including allowing links to any website, and removes other restrictions
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- Apple Developer   Updates to the StoreKit External Purchase Link Entitlement :Apple Developer
- MacRumors   Apple Loosens App Store External Linking Rules and Changes Fee Structure in European Union Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- Reuters   Apple changes EU app store policy after Commission probe :Reuters
- mjtsai.com   DMA Compliance: Initial Acquisition and Store Services Fees Michael Tsai / :mjtsai.com
- TechCrunch   Apple revises DMA compliance for App Store link-outs, applying fewer restrictions and a new fee structure Natasha Lomas / :TechCrunch
- iThinkDifferent   Developers face new App Store charges with 5% and 10% commission fees in the EU Asma Hussain / :iThinkDifferent
- Thurrott   Apple Changes App Store Rules that Violated the EU DMA Paul Thurrott / :Thurrott
- Spyglass   Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Fees for EU Developers M.G. Siegler / :Spyglass
- Macworld   Apple updates terms and fees for EU apps that link to external payments Jason Cross / :Macworld
- BGR   Apple makes revisions to purchases outside the App Store in the EU José Adorno / :BGR
- Pixel Envy   Apple Changes External Linking Rules and Fee Structure in European Union Nick Heer / :Pixel Envy
- Cult of Mac   Apple alters App Store linking rules and fee structure in EU David Snow / :Cult of Mac
- PYMNTS.com   Apple Revises EU App Store Policies Amid Regulatory Pressure :PYMNTS.com
- Neowin   Apple bows to EU pressure, revises App Store external link policy Pradeep Viswanathan / :Neowin
- iClarified   Apple Announces Changes to External Linking and Fees for Apps in the EU :iClarified
- AppleInsider   Apple bows to EU pressure over App Store anti-steering practices William Gallagher / :AppleInsider
Threads (4)
- Threads @eshumarneedi   Babe, wake up, Apple added not one, but two new fees for EU developers.  —  Honestly, if you can remember all of the various rules and fees for the EU App Store, I commend you.  That's impressive.  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/... :@eshumarneedi
- Mastodon @stroughtonsmith …   Here we go again.  Fees upon fees upon fees.  —  https://mastodon.social/... Steve Troughton-Smith / :@stroughtonsmith …
- Mastodon @iKyle@mastodon.social   This is insane.  —  Apple's new rules aren't any better either and aren't going to be allowed either.  —  They are just dragging this out as long as they possibly can.  —  https://mastodon.social/... Kyle Howells / :@iKyle@mastodon.social
- Mastodon @stroughtonsmith …   At this point I think I would feel relief if Apple were barred from doing business in the EU outright.  Just show them the door.  I'm ready to move on with my life Steve Troughton-Smith / :@stroughtonsmith …
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- X @mgsiegler   These seem like good changes. But it also seems like Apple is going to try to smother most developers from ever implementing them thanks to a beyond convoluted structure and web of fees. M.G. Siegler / :@mgsiegler
- X @ballmatthew   omg new EU iOS app fees [image] Matthew Ball / :@ballmatthew
- X @carnage4life   Apple has updated its DMA compliance and removed its Core Technology fee for developers who link to their website to pay digital goods instead of using the App Store. They have replaced with two additional fees totalling 15% (5% for acquisition & 10% for “store services"). [image] Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- X @carnage4life   The interesting dance around Apple's DMA compliance is that it seems clear that the EU wants Apple to stop taxing developers for IAPs while Apple's compliance is to just rebrand the fee and keep the tax. We will see who blinks first. https://techcrunch.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- X @eric_seufert   What's important to consider about Apple's new link-out fees in the EU: they apply to purchases made on *any* platform after the user has installed the iOS app.  As with the CTF, this imposes a liability on developers that they can't control.  For link-out under the legacy business terms, these combined fees are only slightly lower than the commission that only applies to in-app purchases. Eric Seufert / :@eric_seufert
- X @mgsiegler   You can't help but feel that this is getting so impenetrable that it's almost like Apple is doing it this way on purpose... 🤣 https://spyglass.org/... M.G. Siegler / :@mgsiegler
- X @mysk_co   What's next? What stops Apple from charging €10 for the Core Technology Fee (CTF) instead of €0.50? The best thing in the announcement is that the link that should lead to the page explaining this frenzy of fees is broken. [video] :@mysk_co
- X @bzamayo   So in case you weren't confused already by the EU rules, here's a wholly new tiered structure of fees specifically for apps that link out to an alternative purchase method on the web. https://9to5mac.com/... Benjamin Mayo / :@bzamayo
- Reddit r/apple   Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases :r/apple

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2023-08-08

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Intel fixes a flaw found by a Google researcher, affecting Skylake, Tiger Lake, and Ice Lake chips, that could let attackers steal passwords and other secrets
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- Downfall Attacks   Downfall Attacks  —  Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in billions … Daniel Moghimi / :Downfall Attacks
- Intel   Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00828 Advisory Category: Hardware :Intel
- Phoronix   Intel DOWNFALL: New Vulnerability Affecting AVX2/AVX-512 With Big Performance Implications :Phoronix
- Daniel Moghimi   Downfall: Exploiting Speculative Data Gathering :Daniel Moghimi
- Tom's Hardware   Intel ‘Downfall’ Bug Steals Encryption Keys, Data From Years of CPUs Andrew E. Freedman / :Tom's Hardware
- Wccftech   Intel Downfall & AMD Inception Are The Latest CPU Vulnerabilities Affecting Thousands of PCs Muhammad Zuhair / :Wccftech
- ServeTheHome   Intel DOWNFALL Ultra-Scary AVX2 and AVX-512 Side channel Attack Discovered Patrick Kennedy / :ServeTheHome
- CyberScoop   ‘Downfall’ vulnerability leaves billions of Intel CPUs at risk Eliasgroll / :CyberScoop
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- Mastodon @couts@mastodon.social   NEW: A flaw in multiple generations of Intel chips was just revealed.  While the vulnerability, dubbed “Downfall,” doesn't impact the current generation of Intel chips, it does affect many chips Intel produced since 2015, and some of the chips are still on sale. @lhn has the exclusive: https://www.wired.com/... Andrew Couts / :@couts@mastodon.social
- Mastodon @nixCraft@mastodon.social   Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in many Intel CPUs.  This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-40982, enables a user to access and steal data from other users who share the same computer.  More info https://downfall.page/ & Debian page https://security-tracker.debian.org/ ... :@nixCraft@mastodon.social
- Mastodon @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social   Considering today's news about new microarchitectural security issues of CPUs, present since 9 years, I'm looking forward to a discovery of vulnerabilities in MOV (and its variants), the only solution being the disablement of these opcodes? https://downfall.page/  Programs on your computer can steal sensitive data. … Lukasz Olejnik / :@LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social
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- Twitter @flowyroll   Dropping #Downfall, exploiting speculative forwarding of ‘Gather’ instruction to steal data from hardware registers. #MeltdownSequel - Practical to exploit (POC/Demo) - Defeat all isolation boundaries (OS, VM, SGX) - Bypass all Meltdown/MDS mitigations. https://downfall.page/ [image] Daniel Moghimi / :@flowyroll
- Twitter @p3b7_   Yet another variation of Spectre and Meltdown that bypasses current mitigations. And guess what? SGX is also affected. The vulnerability basically allows an attacker to spy on other processes and steal (secret) data. https://www.wired.com/... Charles Guillemet / :@p3b7_
- Twitter @royalhansen   Collaboration is key! @Google researchers @flowyroll and @taviso worked closely with industry partners, @Intel and @AMD to ID and mitigate two new critical security vulnerabilities Downfall and Zenbleed https://security.googleblog.com/ ... :@royalhansen
- Reddit r/intel   Intel DOWNFALL: New Vulnerability Affecting AVX2/AVX-512 With Big Performance Implications :r/intel
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Nvidia unveils the GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, a combination GPU and CPU relying on high-bandwidth memory 3, or HBM3e, expected to enter production in Q2 2024
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- Nvidia Newsroom   NVIDIA Unveils Next-Generation GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip Platform for Era of Accelerated Computing and Generative AI :Nvidia Newsroom
- The Register   Nvidia gives Grace Hopper superchip an HBM3e upgrade - sometime next year Tobias Mann / :The Register
- Decrypt   Nvidia Teases New Hardware, Software, and Services for AI Jose Antonio Lanz / :Decrypt
- CNBC   Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’ Kif Leswing / :CNBC
- iPhone in Canada Blog   NVIDIA Unveils GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip for Advanced AI Computing Austin Blake / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- Neowin   NVIDIA reveals its next-gen GH200 Grace Hopper AI chip with faster HBM3e memory John Callaham / :Neowin
- TechEBlog   NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip Booster for Generative AI Unveiled at Siggraph 2023 Jackson Chung / :TechEBlog
- Appuals.com   NVIDIA Announces Grace-Hopper GH200 Superchip With 282GB of HBM3e Enabling 10TB/s of Combined Bandwidth & 3x Faster Memory Bandwidth Abdullah Faisal / :Appuals.com
- HotHardware   NVIDIA Infuses Grace Hopper Superchip With HBM3e To Supercharge AI Data Center Workloads Zak Killian / :HotHardware
- Tom's Hardware   Nvidia Reveals GH200 Grace Hopper GPU With 141GB of HBM3e Anton Shilov / :Tom's Hardware
- VentureBeat   Nvidia set to hop AI forward with next-gen Grace Hopper Superchip Sean Michael Kerner / :VentureBeat
- Guru3D.com   Next-Gen NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Platform with HBM3e Announced Hilbert Hagedoorn / :Guru3D.com
- Supervised   Web crawlers and precision data sets Matthew Lynley / :Supervised
- ZDNet   Nvidia boosts its ‘superchip’ Grace-Hopper with faster memory for AI Tiernan Ray / :ZDNet
- AnandTech   NVIDIA Unveils Updated GH200 ‘Grace Hopper’ Superchip with HBM3e Memory, Shipping in Q2'2024 Gavin Bonshor / :AnandTech
- Wccftech   NVIDIA GH200 GPU Boosted With World's Fastest HBM3e Memory, Delivers 5 TB/s Bandwidth Hassan Mujtaba / :Wccftech
- Reuters   Nvidia launches new AI chip configuration Max A. Cherney / :Reuters
- PYMNTS.com   NVIDIA Unveils Superchip Designed to Boost AI Capacity and Speed :PYMNTS.com
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- Twitter @beth_kindig   Nvidia $NVDA just announced a new AI chip configuration, the Grace Hopper Superchip (GH200), which tied together Nvidia's H100 chip with an Nvidia central processor. The GH200, expected to speed up generative AI applications like ChatGPT $MSFT, is expected to be available in Q2... Beth Kindig / :@beth_kindig
- Twitter @timsweeneyepic   NVIDIA's architecture code names are catching up to our times, from Kepler (1571-1630) now to Grace Hopper (1906-1992) - one of the first programmers, working on the Harvard Mark I during World War II. Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- Twitter @anshelsag   .@nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announces the GH200, a 72-Core CPU combined with a 4 PFlop Hopper GPU with a whopping 141 GB of HBM3e, 5TB/s of memory bandwidth #SIGGRAPH2023 [image] Anshel Sag / :@anshelsag
- Twitter @anshelsag   Jensen shows off a full GH200 supercomputer at size (ish) and says that yes, it probably will run @Crysis #SIGGRAPH2023 [image] Anshel Sag / :@anshelsag
- Twitter @tomstokes   An additional NVLink connection allows pairing up with another GH200 CPU+GPU combo, giving even further easy access to memory on peer modules in the same way [image] Tom Stokes / :@tomstokes
- Twitter @tomstokes   .@nvidia 's new module pairs a 72-core ARM Neoverse V2 CPU with their H100 GPU on a single module CPU and GPU are connected with 900GB/s NVLink interconnect. 7X faster than the normal PCIe Gen5 x16 link. This close integration has more benefits beyond raw bandwidth [image] Tom Stokes / :@tomstokes
- Twitter @tomstokes   With a normal x86 CPU attached to a GPU via PCIe, the GPU and CPU have separate memory page tables (1st picture), requiring extra steps to share memory. In the GH200, the CPU and GPU, processes share a combined page table between CPU and GPU memory (2nd picture) [image] Tom Stokes / :@tomstokes
- Twitter @ripster47   🚦 $NVDA Unveils Next-Generation GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip Platform for Era of Accelerated Computing Generative AIWorld's First HBM3e Processor Offers Groundbreaking Memory, Bandwidth; Ability to Connect Multiple GPUs for Exceptional Performance; Easily Scalable Server Design :@ripster47
- Twitter @iancutress   Why are people saying Jensen is announcing the GH200? I thought that's what Computex was. I've had a tab open with the whitepaper with the tech details ever since. :@iancutress
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- Reddit r/LocalLLaMA   NVIDIA Unveils Next-Generation GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip :r/LocalLLaMA
- Slashdot Slashdot   Nvidia Unveils Faster Chip Aimed at Cementing AI Dominance Msmash / :Slashdot
Nvidia announces AI Workbench, which lets users create, test, and customize LLMs from Hugging Face and others on local workstations before using cloud resources
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- The Decoder   Nvidia announces new “superchip” and collab with Hugging Face Maximilian Schreiner / :The Decoder
- TechCrunch   Nvidia teams up with Hugging Face to offer cloud-based AI training Kyle Wiggers / :TechCrunch
- Nvidia Newsroom   NVIDIA AI Workbench Speeds Adoption of Custom Generative AI for World's Enterprises Anna Kiachian / :Nvidia Newsroom
- Constellation Research   Nvidia fleshes out generative AI vision from PC, workstation to cloud Larry Dignan / :Constellation Research
- TechPowerUp   NVIDIA AI Workbench Speeds Adoption of Custom Generative AI GFreeman / :TechPowerUp
- CIO.com   Nvidia unveils Workbench for managing AI workloads, updates Omniverse Peter Sayer / :CIO.com
- eWeek   Generative AI Highlights NVIDIA Keynote at SIGGRAPH 2023 Zeus Kerravala / :eWeek
- SiliconANGLE   Nvidia puts generative AI at the forefront with AI Workbench and Hugging Face partnership Kyt Dotson / :SiliconANGLE
- Digital Trends   Nvidia Workbench lets anyone train an AI model Monica J. White / :Digital Trends
- TechRepublic   SIGGRAPH 2023: NVIDIA Keynote Highlights Megan Crouse / :TechRepublic
- WinBuzzer   New Nvidia AI Workbench Platform Allows Training of Generative AI Models on PCs Markus Kasanmascheff / :WinBuzzer
- VentureBeat   Nvidia launches RTX workstations chips for content creation in the generative AI era Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat
- VentureBeat   Nvidia announces AI Workbench, a new dev tool for building gen AI models on PCs Carl Franzen / :VentureBeat
- insideHPC   NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH: DGX Integration with Hugging Face for LLM Training; Announcement of AI Workbench :insideHPC
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- Twitter @drjimfan   Happy to share that NVIDIA is partnering with HuggingFace! We ❤️ OSS community. NVIDIA DGX Cloud will be accessible with HuggingFace to create & customize generative AI models for the enterprise. Yes, we do have a cloud! - Each node is either 8x H100 or A100. - NVIDIA nForce3... [image] :@drjimfan
- Twitter @_philschmid   Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce to partner with @nvidia for the next iteration of customized Generative AI 🚀 👉 https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/ ... @huggingface will be integrated into DGX Cloud for one-click multi-node AI supercomputing platforms. 🤯 Philipp Schmid / :@_philschmid
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Dutch engineer Bram Moolenaar, who in 1991 released and then maintained the very popular Vim open-source code editor, died on August 3 at 62
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- Vim announcement maillist on Google Groups   Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar :Vim announcement maillist on Google Groups
- TNW   Dev world mourns loss of Vim creator Bram Moolenaar Siôn Geschwindt / :TNW
- HackRead   Bram Moolenaar, Creator of Vim Text Editor for Linux Passes Away Waqas / :HackRead
- Jan van den Berg   The Legacy of Bram Moolenaar :Jan van den Berg
- The Register   RIP Bram Moolenaar: Coding world mourns Vim creator Liam Proven / :The Register
- The New Stack   Bram Moolenaar, Author of the Open Source Vim Code Editor, Has Died Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / :The New Stack
- Stack Diary   A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor Alex Ivanovs / :Stack Diary
- The Verge   Bram Moolenaar, the open source developer who created Vim, has passed away at 62.Moolenaar's family announced his August 3rd passing from a quickly-progressing … Wes Davis / :The Verge
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- Mastodon @srinicame@bsd.network   My Respect and thanks to Bram molenaar, author of the #vim #editor http://srinicame.blogspot.com/ ... :@srinicame@bsd.network
- Mastodon @fsf@hostux.social   Our condolences to the family of Bram Moolenaar, a free software developer whose program ViM has been used by millions. :@fsf@hostux.social
- Mastodon @kevin@elephant.crime.group   The creator of vim, Bram Moolenaar, passed away.  I was never a big user of vim but did like it more than emacs.  Apparently he encouraged people to donate to a Ugandan charity in lieu of anything to himself.  That totaled to about $30,000 annually.  Enough to send 50 kids from primary school all the way through university. … Kevin / :@kevin@elephant.crime.group
- Mastodon @nertzy@ruby.social   RIP Bram Moolenaar  —  Bram created vim which is a terminal-based text editor so good that it comes preinstalled on every Mac and nearly every server.  I use it everyday. https://groups.google.com/... Grant Hutchins / :@nertzy@ruby.social
- Mastodon @neovim@hachyderm.io   We are heartbroken by the loss of the Vim boss.  —  Rest in peace, Bram  —  https://groups.google.com/...  #vim :@neovim@hachyderm.io
- Mastodon @BradRubenstein@infosec …   Appreciating Bram Molenaar, 1961-2023  —  Bram Molenaar wrote VIM in the early 90s, released it as CharityWare, maintained it.  News of his death was reported on vim_announce earlier today.  —  It got me thinking...  I started using vi in 1979 when I was a student in the CS Dept at U.C. Berkeley (Bill Joy had written the original version in the late 70s). … :@BradRubenstein@infosec.exchange
- Mastodon @pancake@infosec.exchange   This is the saddest and unexpected news 😭 the author of the software I used the most in my life has passed away #vim I will never be thankful enough for making such an amazing and inspiring tool.  And because of this Bram Moolenaar will always have a room in my heart.  THANKS https://groups.google.com/... :@pancake@infosec.exchange
- Mastodon @mwop@phpc.social   Oh, this hurts: Bram Moolenaar, author of #vim, has passed away.  😢  —  https://groups.google.com/...  Vim (and recently, neovim) has been my daily driver for over 2 decades.  To say it has had an outsize impact on my programming career is an understatement. … Matthew Weier O'Phinney / :@mwop@phpc.social
- Mastodon @nicemicro@fosstodon.org   Seems like the creator of the best TUI text editor is not with us any more.  —  Cherish your #FreeSoftware devs while you can, people, don't be mean.  —  https://groups.google.com/...  Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar. :@nicemicro@fosstodon.org
- Twitter @quinnypig   We'll not see his like again soon... Just the nicest guy. Corey Quinn / :@quinnypig
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- Hacker News Hacker News   Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim :Hacker News
- Hacker News news.ycombinator.com   Bram Moolenaar has died :news.ycombinator.com
- Reddit r/programming   Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim, has died :r/programming
- Reddit r/linux   Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim, has died :r/linux
- Reddit r/vim   Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim, has died :r/vim
- Reddit r/opensource   The Creator of Vim, Bram Moolenaar, has Passed Away :r/opensource
- Reddit r/emacs   Bram Molenaar has passed away :r/emacs
- Lemmy Beehaw   Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, has passed away Jbpinkle To / :Beehaw
- Slashdot Slashdot   Vim's Creator Bram Moolenaar Dies at Age 62 :Slashdot
- Other discussion Ars OpenForum   Bram Moolenaar, creator of the beloved Vim text editor, has passed away :Ars OpenForum

2022

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2022-08-08

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The US Treasury sanctions crypto mixing service Tornado Cash and 44 related ETH and USDC wallets, citing their use in high-profile hacks, such as by North Korea
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- U.S. Department …   U.S. Treasury Sanctions Notorious Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash :U.S. Department of the Treasury
- CoinDesk   Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Blacklisted by US Treasury Nikhilesh De / :CoinDesk
- Coin Center   U.S. Treasury sanction of privacy tools places sweeping restrictions on all Americans :Coin Center
- Web3 is going just great   Tornado Cash added to U.S. sanctions list Molly White / :Web3 is going just great
- Bloomberg   Crypto ‘Mixer’ Used by North Korean Hackers Is Slapped With US Sanctions :Bloomberg
- PYMNTS.com   Today in Crypto: Singapore's Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Freezes Withdrawals; Crypto Crash Contributes to Nvidia Missing Forecast :PYMNTS.com
- CoinDesk   US Secretary of State Tweets, Deletes Claim That Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Is North Korea-Sponsored Nikhilesh De / :CoinDesk
- TRM Insights   Key insights  — OFAC sanctioned Ethereum-based cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash … :TRM Insights
- Heretic Speculator   Shots Fired: US Treasury Sanctions Crypto Mixer “Tornado Cash” Mike Fay / :Heretic Speculator
- CNBC   Tornado Cash crackdown by Treasury puts honest crypto investors at risk of criminal exposure MacKenzie Sigalos / :CNBC
- Watcher Guru   Ethereum-based Tornado Cash Sanctioned by US Government Michael Grullon / :Watcher Guru
- The Register   US treasury whips up sanctions for crypto mixer Tornado Cash Jeff Burt / :The Register
- Fortune   US Treasury sanctions crypto ‘mixer’ Tornado Cash Robert Stevens / :Fortune
- TechCrunch   US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash, accused of laundering stolen crypto :TechCrunch
- Protocol   The Treasury Department sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash Veronica Irwin / :Protocol
- Crypto Daily   U.S. Treasury Bans Tornado Cash Mixer For Its Role In Crypto Money Laundering Jana Serfontein / :Crypto Daily
- Bloomberg Law   Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Sanctioned by US Treasury Department :Bloomberg Law
- Crypto Briefing   U.S. Treasury Sanctions Ethereum Mixing Tool Tornado Cash Chris Williams / :Crypto Briefing
- Washington Post   Treasury sanctions crypto service that laundered funds for North Koreans Tory Newmyer / :Washington Post
- CryptoSlate   Circle ‘blacklists’ all Tornado Cash ETH addresses effectively freezing USDC Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright / :CryptoSlate
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- Twitter @ustreasury   Today, Treasury sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which has been used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019. Virtual currency mixers that assist criminals are a threat to U.S. national security. https://home.treasury.gov/... :@ustreasury
- Twitter @thestalwart   https://twitter.com/... Joe Weisenthal / :@thestalwart
- Twitter @ncweaver   How it Started // How Its Going https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... https://home.treasury.gov/... https://twitter.com/... Nicholas Weaver / :@ncweaver
- Twitter @blockanalia   Going thru the list of sanctioned addys ( https://home.treasury.gov/...) Includes TC Donate address, Proxy address, Gitcoin grants address (!), TC Router, the USDC 100 pool, 100 DAI pool, 10 ETH pool, 100 ETH pool, 1,000 DAI pool — appears to be every TC-related wallet they could find Andrew T / :@blockanalia
- Twitter @ericgeller   Breaking: @USTreasury sanctions leading cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, which officials say has helped hackers launder >$7 billion since its creation in 2019. North Korea used it to launder proceeds from its record-breaking $620m Ronin heist. https://home.treasury.gov/... https://twitter.com/... Eric Geller / :@ericgeller
- Twitter @ourielohayon   they can only ban the interface. not the protocol it will be forced and a game of cat and mouse will start https://twitter.com/... :@ourielohayon
- Twitter @undersectfi   Tornado Cash has repeatedly failed to impose effective controls designed to stop it from laundering funds for malicious cyber actors on a regular basis. Treasury will continue to aggressively pursue actions against mixers that launder virtual currency for criminals. https://twitter.com/... Under Secretary Brian Nelson / :@undersectfi
- Twitter @semenov_roman_   So does it mean that Circle now has to freeze all USDC on Tornado Cash contracts? :@semenov_roman_
- Twitter @koeppelmann   start curating some interesting takes here: You might want to get your USDC out of Tornado - though I am not sure if you are allowed to touch it at this point? 🤔 https://twitter.com/... :@koeppelmann
- Twitter @tier10k   [DB] US TREASURY SANCTIONS TORNADO CASH: WWEBSITE :@tier10k
- Twitter @cobie   If I put 1 ETH into tornado cash right now do I go to jail or what happens :@cobie
- Twitter @0xfoobar   Crypto will be a sweeping success for the surveillance state unless privacy is normalized, legalized & adopted at scale People don't realize how deeply dystopian things become unless privacy is treated as the core human right it is :@0xfoobar
- Twitter @cobie   What happens if I put 1 ETH into Tornado Cash and then withdraw it to Gainzy's address... does he go to jail? Sounds pretty good deal for me, low cost and no more Gainzy :@cobie
- Twitter @kebrightbill   What even is crypto if not a money laundering service? https://twitter.com/... Kathryn Brightbill / :@kebrightbill
- Twitter @sniko_   TornadoCash has been added to OFAC SDN list Addresses yet to be added to ChainAnalysis Sanctions Oracle Cannot sanction a smart contract https://home.treasury.gov/... :@sniko_
- Twitter @smdiehl   Credit goes to @ncweaver for helping get officials aware of the need to sanction TornadoCash. North Korea's favourite crypto money laundering service. Can't believe it took this long. https://twitter.com/... Stephen Diehl / :@smdiehl
- Twitter @sethforprivacy   1) The smart contract is able to be called/used regardless of this, interestingly enough 2) #1 is why protocol-level/decentralized privacy is stronger than centralized/coordinated Not advocating breaking a sanction, just commenting on technical details. https://www.coindesk.com/... :@sethforprivacy
- Twitter @sethforprivacy   Another important note — Ethereum's piss-poor privacy on-chain w/o tools like Tornado Cash means the US gov will have immense visibility into who enters Tornado Cash pools. Same issue exists with using Samourai Wallet on Bitcoin — it's clear when you choose to use it. :@sethforprivacy
- Twitter @nicoleperlroth   The frequency of these sanctions, indictments and arrests of cybercriminals, cryptocurrency players, money launderers etc. is no accident. USG and blockchain intelligence companies like @trmlabs are scaling powerful tracing tools. This is just Chapter One. #watchthisspace https://twitter.com/... Nicole Perlr🌻th / :@nicoleperlroth
- Twitter @michaeltant3   Theoretically, how easy or cheap would it be to send a withdrawal TXN from tornado cash to every single ENS owner, or to owners of specific NFT collections, etc. This seems like a problem lol Michael Tant / :@michaeltant3
- Twitter @goldman   Package of all these executive enforcement actions (Treasury, DOJ) as part of a push that web3 needs to be made safe for consumers in order to be a real thing. https://twitter.com/... Jason Goldman / :@goldman
- Twitter @eamonjavers   Treasury is framing this as a crackdown on North Korean hackers, but when I asked a senior treasury official who exactly is behind Tornado Cash, the official said Treasury can't offer details on who runs the site or where they are. Eamon Javers / :@eamonjavers
- Twitter @chainalysis   1/ According to our analysis, Tornado Cash has been used to launder funds from every hack conducted by North Korean-linked hackers this year. https://twitter.com/... :@chainalysis
- Twitter @ivanthek   “Tornado Cash is a virtual currency mixer that operates on the Ethereum blockchain and indiscriminately facilitates anonymous transactions by obfuscating their origin, destination, and counterparties, with no attempt to determine their origin.” https://home.treasury.gov/... :@ivanthek
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   I mean I don't think this will work long term, but also makes you think that the lack of contract privacy on Ethereum is a pretty big weakness. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @prestonjbyrne   A meaningful chunk of the world's Ether supply just got blacklisted forever. Fun times. https://twitter.com/... Preston Byrne / :@prestonjbyrne
- Twitter @cobie   Is this bullish ? https://home.treasury.gov/... https://twitter.com/... :@cobie
- Twitter @coinmamba   Personally I've never used Tornado Cash and see no reason for anyone to use it unless for shady purposes.. :@coinmamba
- Twitter @adrianoferia   What have we learned from the Tornado Cash sanction? 1. Tornado Cash works. 2. It's a dApp built on #Ethereum, so that works too. 3. They had to prohibit Americans from using it because they can't stop Tornado Cash or ETH from running. 4. Bad actors will continue to use it. https://twitter.com/... :@adrianoferia
- Twitter @liron   “Regulatory arbitrage”, a claimed cryptocurrency value prop, is impossible to scale. It just means exploiting loopholes gov hasn't prioritized closing, and breaking laws gov hasn't prioritized enforcing. When you try to scale that, gov scales up its regulation and prosecution. https://twitter.com/... Liron Shapira / :@liron
- Twitter @albertwenger   Even though I believe privacy and progress are long term incompatible, sanctioning a smart contract itself is not the way forward https://twitter.com/... Albert Wenger / :@albertwenger
- Twitter @molly0xfff   this is pretty huge news. for a glimpse at how widely tornado cash is used, see https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Molly White / :@molly0xfff
- Twitter @williamjluther   Financial privacy is a crime, apparently. https://twitter.com/... William J. Luther / :@williamjluther
- Twitter @derekmross   The U.S. Treasury Department barred all U.S. persons from using Tornado Cash, alleging its use in laundering stolen crypto funds by North Korean hackers poses a national security threat. https://www.coindesk.com/... :@derekmross
- Twitter @ericgeller   A senior Treasury Department official told reporters this morning that the Tornado Cash designation would send a strong message to companies that still haven't implemented anti-money-laundering technologies. TC implemented some protocols but Treasury still saw NK using it. Eric Geller / :@ericgeller
- Twitter @ncweaver   This is my super happy dance! HAPPY DANCE!!! https://twitter.com/... Nicholas Weaver / :@ncweaver
- Twitter @cobie   @DegenSpartan Depositing 50 ETH into Tornado Cash and then withdrawing it to Udi. Have fun visiting the USA :@cobie
- Twitter @concodanomics   JUST IN: Tornado Cash has been added to OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. It joins the likes of U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals. :@concodanomics
- Twitter @ericgeller   The senior Treasury official said the department would watch for signs that Tornado Cash was rebranding in an effort to evade sanctions, but they added that there was no sign of another major mixer, https://blender.io/, reconstituting after being sanctioned in May. Eric Geller / :@ericgeller
- Twitter @mayazi   The OFAC/Tornado slippery slope: banning any on-chain private metadata cuz it could potentially harm blockchain forensic analysis. I.e. only wallets that can be hermetically survelied are kosher under OFAC crypto rules. It's a government war on privacy, not money laundering Maya Zehavi / :@mayazi
- Twitter @ivanthek   At what point do international regulators go after miners who validate illegal transactions on a blockchain? That, to me, seems like the silver torpedo. :@ivanthek
- Twitter @dogetoshi   A bunch of these addresses are Tornado Cash's smart contracts. Is this the first on-chain sanctioning of a DeFi protocol? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Steven / :@dogetoshi
- Twitter @juthica   money laundering remains most effective through USD-mixing service HSBC :@juthica
- Twitter @antoniomjuliano   This is an outrageous attack on privacy The web3 equivalent of sanctioning a technology like VPNs or Tor https://twitter.com/... :@antoniomjuliano
- Twitter @josephdelong   People now unironically need a tornado cash for funds that touched tornado cash :@josephdelong
- Twitter @marionawfal   Tornado cash is used to mix a user's crypto making it difficult or impossible to trace. To many these sanctions are not a surprise. Mario Nawfal / :@marionawfal
- Twitter @haileylennonbtc   In order to say a mixer was used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency means they should actually have to have evidence of illicit/criminal activity as to the source or use to the crypto. Using a mixer does not automatically = money laundering. https://twitter.com/... Hailey Lennon / :@haileylennonbtc
- Twitter @kevincollier   In theory, crypto mixers have legitimate uses — i.e a way for privacy maximalists to take comfort in hiding their money — but in practice it seems like they've just overwhelmingly used for money laundering. https://twitter.com/... Kevin Collier / :@kevincollier
- Twitter @migueldeicaza   Nice, for background check this piece by @ncweaver: https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Miguel de Icaza / :@migueldeicaza
- Twitter @adamscochran   Ooof. This one is rough. There are problematic transactions, but there are also lots of legitimate reasons to use Tornado for onchain privacy. A blanket sanction is an absolute attack on consumer privacy. https://twitter.com/... Adam Cochran / :@adamscochran
- Twitter @fredericjacobs   Ethereum addresses corresponding to the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado cash have been added to the Department of Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list https://home.treasury.gov/... Frederic Jacobs / :@fredericjacobs
- Twitter @0xfoobar   Time to send 1 OFAC-sanctioned ether directly to my enemies :@0xfoobar
- Twitter @robustus   And can handle *much* higher volume than any laundering that has occurred via crypto https://twitter.com/... Dan McArdle / :@robustus
- Twitter @neerajka   Treasury's press release does not say anything about Tornado Cash being “DPRK sponsored” https://home.treasury.gov/... Neeraj K. Agrawal / :@neerajka
- Twitter @qondintini   This is why I call crypto: CrimeCoin https://twitter.com/... :@qondintini
- Twitter @degenspartan   ive mentioned before that i think it is -EV to use tornado instead of just washing your tracks through CEXes method choice depends who you are trying to evade imo tornado only makes sense if you did a protocol level hack :@degenspartan
- Twitter @adamscochran   And, how many levels deep will this go? If someone pulls their now sanctioned ETH out of Tornado and puts it in the ETH/USDC pool on Uniswap, does Circle have to freeze the equiv USDC? Are assets in that pool now dirtied? Adam Cochran / :@adamscochran
- Twitter @gossithedog   Tornado Cash is linked to various types of online crime (including ransomware) where payments are effectively shuffled to try to prevent tracing. https://twitter.com/... Kevin Beaumont / :@gossithedog
- Twitter @prestonjbyrne   They might not be able to regulate protocols, but they can regulate people. https://twitter.com/... Preston Byrne / :@prestonjbyrne
- Twitter @adamscochran   This is also the first time I think we've seen a contract sanctioned - meaning its a ban on interacting with the contract itself. So many open questions: -Is that ETH in their now worth 0? -Are addresses that legitimately used Tornado in the past burned? Adam Cochran / :@adamscochran
- Twitter @masonic_tweets   Narrator: “Its that good” https://twitter.com/... :@masonic_tweets
- Twitter @howelloneill   “Tornado Cash is a favorite money laundering tool for North Korean cybercriminals who, according to analysis by TRM Labs, have used the mixer to launder stolen funds estimated at over $1 billion, including in the $620 million Ronin Bridge hack” https://www.trmlabs.com/... Patrick Howell O'Neill / :@howelloneill
- Twitter @loomdart   what are the material implications of tornado being on OFAC? :@loomdart
- Twitter @pierre_crypt0   Justin Sun is two tweets away from saying he's migrating Tornado Cash to Tron. :@pierre_crypt0
2 Techmeme story
Twilio discloses “unauthorized access” on August 4 by a “sophisticated” unknown actor using an SMS-based phishing attack on staff to gain info on some accounts
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- Twilio Blog   Incident Report: Employee and Customer Account Compromise - August 4, 2022 :Twilio Blog
- BleepingComputer   Email marketing firm hacked to steal crypto-focused mailing lists Lawrence Abrams / :BleepingComputer
- PYMNTS.com   Digital Authentication Firm Twilio Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data :PYMNTS.com
- iTnews   Twilio hacked in phishing attack Juha Saarinen / :iTnews
- Security Affairs   Twilio discloses data breach that impacted customers and employees Pierluigi Paganini / :Security Affairs
- Bloomberg   Twilio Employee and Customer Accounts Hacked in Text Scheme William Turton / :Bloomberg
- BleepingComputer   Twilio discloses data breach after SMS phishing attack on employees Sergiu Gatlan / :BleepingComputer
- Protocol   Amazon's serverless ‘eye-opener’ :Protocol
- Cybersecurity Dive   Twilio employees duped by text message phishing attack :Cybersecurity Dive
- SC Media   SMS phishing nabs Twilio employee credentials, allowed access to customer data Stephen Weigand / :SC Media
- HackRead   Hackers Compromise Employee Accounts to Access Twilio Internal Systems Waqas / :HackRead
- HotHardware   Phishing Campaign Hooks Twilio Communications Platform, Catches Customer Data Nathan Wasson / :HotHardware
- CRN   Twilio Customer Data Breached By SMS Phishing Attack Mark Haranas / :CRN
- Channel Futures   Twilio Customers' Data Stolen in Phishing Attacks that Trick Employees Edward Gately / :Channel Futures
- SiliconANGLE   Twilio customer data breached after employee credentials hacked Kyt Dotson / :SiliconANGLE
- CyberScoop   Twilio, a texting platform popular with political campaigns, reports breach Tonya Riley / :CyberScoop
- The Verge   Twilio suffers data breach after its employees were targeted by a phishing campaign Emma Roth / :The Verge
- Neowin   Communications provider Twilio experiences data breach through phishing attack Stephen Bennett / :Neowin
- The Register   Twilio customer data exposed after its staffers got phished Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / :The Register
- GovInfoSecurity.com   Twilio Customer Data Breached via SMS Phishing of Employees Mathew J. Schwartz / :GovInfoSecurity.com
Tweets (13)
- Twitter @zackwhittaker   The attackers sent Twilio employees phishing links to trick them into turning over their Okta credentials and app-generated 2FA codes. Twilio said the hackers had “sophisticated abilities to match employee names from sources with their phone numbers.” https://twilio.com/... https://twitter.com/... Zack Whittaker / :@zackwhittaker
- Twitter @racheltobac   Twilio published an incident here that used social engineering on employees to gain access to credentials then internal systems via SMS phishing. Criminals pretexted as IT Support & used SSO likeness w/in domain. Recommend FIDO security keys for this team! https://www.twilio.com/... Rachel Tobac / :@racheltobac
- Twitter @paul__walsh   Twilio employees were targeted in a predictable phishing attack that lead to their customers being compromised. Twilio has >150,000 customers. This could be worse than the Solar Winds breach as the cybersecurity industry doesn't have a category for SMS. https://www.linkedin.com/... https://twitter.com/... Paul Walsh / :@paul__walsh
- Twitter @tonyajoriley   Twilio + a number of researchers are saying the phishing attack against the company is related to a larger campaign. If you're a researcher looking at this would love to chat! Tonya Riley / :@tonyajoriley
- Twitter @ucc_ed   The common weakest link in cyber security is the human factor. Phone calls, SMS, whatapps & emails are being used by criminals to circumvent security safeguards. Teach your employees, family, friends & neighbours to verify origin/source of messages first https://www.twilio.com/... Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo / :@ucc_ed
- Twitter @hackingdave   Twilio data breach has a good amount of detail on how the phishing campaign was successful. Tactics are consistent with what we are seeing with adversaries using SMS/texts in pretexts more and more. Phish domains were specific to Twilio and Okta. https://www.twilio.com/... Dave Kennedy / :@hackingdave
- Twitter @zackwhittaker   New: Phone and messaging giant Twilio says some customer data was accessed after hackers phished employee passwords. TechCrunch has learned it's part of a wider phishing campaign targeting U.S. internet and international IT companies. https://techcrunch.com/... Zack Whittaker / :@zackwhittaker
- Twitter @cz_binance   Web2 companies security affects Web3. Be very careful of phishing attacks on SMS now. https://www.twilio.com/... :@cz_binance
- Twitter @hackinglz   This SMS approach has been working in the red team space for several years now with great success. There also isn't an easy fix other than a more resistant form of MFA. https://twitter.com/... Justin Elze / :@hackinglz
- Twitter @racheltobac   Here's an example of the SMS-based phish received by employees at Twilio, We see the pretext come in via text, pretext as IT Support informing of SSO login creds “expiring” and to reset pw via targeted SSO impersonating phish link. Use FIDO security key MFA to prevent ATO. https://twitter.com/... Rachel Tobac / :@racheltobac
- Twitter @zackwhittaker   Twilio said it had “heard from other companies that they, too, were subject to similar attacks.” TechCrunch has learned the same hackers also targeted a U.S. internet giant and several international IT companies — though what impact, if any, isn't known. https://techcrunch.com/... Zack Whittaker / :@zackwhittaker
- Twitter @pyrotek3   If you haven't yet moved off of SMS/text for MFA, this is the risk. At Trimarc, we see most Azure AD customers with MFA configured have SMS as an option. Disable SMS as a 2nd factor when possible. Authenticator App is best for most scenarios. FIDO2 is the strongest method. https://twitter.com/... Sean Metcalf / :@pyrotek3
- Twitter @mikko   A new Twilio blog post that starts with «the security of our customers' data is of paramount importance» means bad news. https://www.twilio.com/... :@mikko
3 Techmeme story
iOS 16 beta 5 adds an option to show the battery percentage in the status bar on some iPhones, after Apple removed it for notched models at the iPhone X's debut
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- AppleInsider   Apple seeds fifth developer beta of tvOS 16 Malcolm Owen / :AppleInsider
- 9to5Mac   macOS 13 Ventura beta 5 now available, as Apple aims for October release José Adorno / :9to5Mac
- MacRumors   iOS 16 Beta 5: Battery Percentage Now Displayed in iPhone Status Bar Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- Appleosophy   Battery percentage returns in iOS 16 beta 5 David Becker / :Appleosophy
- XDA Developers   Apple releases iOS 16 beta 5 to registered developers, here's what's new Mahmoud Itani / :XDA Developers
- CNBC   Your iPhone may finally show the battery percentage on the home screen again Sofia Pitt / :CNBC
- MacRumors   Everything New in iOS 16 Beta 5: Battery Percentage in Status Bar, Find My Changes and More Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- XDA Developers   iOS 16 beta 5 finally adds battery percentage to notched iPhones Timi Cantisano / :XDA Developers
- Tom's Guide   iOS 16 beta 5 is out — here's the new features for your iPhone Sanjana Prakash / :Tom's Guide
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Here's the New Apple Watch Pinging iPhone Sound in iOS 16 Usman Qureshi / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- MobileSyrup   Apple might bring back Status Bar battery percentage with iOS 16 Patrick O'Rourke / :MobileSyrup
- BGR   iOS 16 beta 5 and iPadOS 16 beta 5 now available to developers Jacob Siegal / :BGR
- Macworld   iOS 16 Developer beta 5 is out now—here's how to get it Jason Cross / :Macworld
- iClarified   Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13 Beta 5 [Download] :iClarified
- Gizmodo   The Latest iOS 16 Beta Finally Brings Battery Percentage Back to the Status Bar Andrew Liszewski / :Gizmodo
- The Verge   Battery percentage finally returns to iOS 16 and it's hideous Victoria Song / :The Verge
- MacDailyNews   iOS 16 beta 5 has iPhone's battery percentage in the status bar :MacDailyNews
- Input   iOS 16 just added this minor but super useful feature for iPhones Ian Carlos Campbell / :Input
- 9to5Mac   iOS 16 beta 5 now available to developers ahead of September launch Chance Miller / :9to5Mac
- iDownloadBlog.com   Here's what's new and different in iOS 16 beta 5 Evan Selleck / :iDownloadBlog.com
- MacRumors   Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 to Developers Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- iPhone in Canada Blog   iPhone Battery Percentage Finally Hits the Battery Icon in the Status Bar [iOS 16 Beta 5] Gary Ng / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- iMore   How to download the fifth developer beta of macOS 13 Ventura to your Mac Bryan M Wolfe / :iMore
- Engadget   iOS 16 beta brings back the battery percentage icon Igor Bonifacic / :Engadget
- Wccftech   iOS 16 Will Finally Bring Battery Percentage in iPhone Status Bar But Not All Models Will Support it Ali Salman / :Wccftech
- iDownloadBlog.com   Apple reinstates the battery percentage in the status bar with the latest iOS 16 beta Evan Selleck / :iDownloadBlog.com
- AppleInsider   iOS 16 beta 5 returns battery percentage to the status bar Wesley Hilliard / :AppleInsider
- iClarified   Apple Releases iOS 16 Beta 5 and iPadOS 16 Beta [Download] :iClarified
- fpt.   Biggest Breakthrough in Our Lifetimes: iOS 16 Will Have Battery Percentage OH MY GOD Brian Shoop / :fpt.
- CNET   These Are the Most Annoying iOS 16 Features. Here's How to Fix Them Nelson Aguilar / :CNET
- iPhone in Canada Blog   iOS 16 Beta 5 Download and More Released for Developers Gary Ng / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- iPhone Hacks   iOS 16 Beta 5 Finally Adds Battery Percentage to iPhone Status Bar Sriansh / :iPhone Hacks
- 9to5Mac   tvOS 16 beta 5 now available to developers, here's what's new José Adorno / :9to5Mac
- Wccftech   Beta 5 of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS Ventura, tvOS 16 Released Uzair Ghani / :Wccftech
- Macworld   Rejoice! iOS 16 beta adds battery percentage back to the iPhone status bar :Macworld
- Digital Trends   The latest iOS 16 beta just added back one of my favorite features Prakhar Khanna / :Digital Trends
- TechCrunch   Apple adds the battery percentage icon back in the latest iOS beta Taylor Hatmaker / :TechCrunch
- Cult of Mac   At last! iPhone battery percentage is back in status bar [Updated] Ed Hardy / :Cult of Mac
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- Twitter @realmrpippy   @MacRumors ... And lastly: XNU_TARGET_OS_XR? OSX, IOS, WATCH, TV, BRIDGE are all defined in the public XNU source, but XR is a new one. Presumably this is realityOS for AR/VR devices. And ‘gPlatformChipRole’ in pexpert makes sense for a device with two full SoCs. @stroughtonsmith https://twitter.com/... Brendan Shanks / :@realmrpippy
- Twitter @backlon   Every Android phone I've used for years has had the option to show battery percentage in the menu. It takes Real Strength of Character and True Resolve is to choose to set it to Off. You don't need it. You are a better person when you have the choice to use it, but do not. Dieter Bohn / :@backlon
- Twitter @zollotech   Along with iOS 16 Beta 5, Apple also released iPadOS 16 Beta 5 tvOS 16 Beta 5 watchOS 9 Beta 5 macoS 13 Ventura Beta 5 HomePodOS 16 Beta 5 Xcode 14 Beta 5 https://twitter.com/... Aaron Zollo / :@zollotech
- Twitter @cultofmac   The build numbers end in either “d” or “e” giving Apple room to seed many more betas before reaching “a,” then the final release. That's not scheduled to happen until sometime this fall, though. 2/4 :@cultofmac
- Twitter @canoopsy   ok iOS 16 is the best update in years https://twitter.com/... :@canoopsy
- Twitter @joannastern   Classic Apple playbook right here: - Take away thing we all use and love - Watch everyone cry and complain and cry more - Add thing back right when people have stopped the crying and complaining https://twitter.com/... Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- Twitter @markgurman   @stevekovach You don't understand Apple Mark Gurman / :@markgurman
- Twitter @ianzelbo   We really praise apple for doing the minimum. Yes, I'm so happy it's back but it took them 5 years to implement half a line of code... https://twitter.com/... Ian Zelbo / :@ianzelbo
- Twitter @rsgnl   Wow. This honestly might be the biggest iOS 16 feature for some people. https://twitter.com/... Joe Rossignol / :@rsgnl
- Twitter @joannastern   COURAGE!!!! https://twitter.com/... Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- Twitter @journeydan   I love how this is probably going to be the biggest tech news cycle of the week https://twitter.com/... Daniel Bader / :@journeydan
- Twitter @mikebeas   welcome back. it's about time. https://twitter.com/... Mike Beasley / :@mikebeas
- Twitter @brandonbutch   Omg.. new battery indicator in iOS 16 Beta 5! https://twitter.com/... Brandon Butch / :@brandonbutch
- Twitter @9to5mac   Appears percentage icon isn't available on iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 mini, or iPhone 13 mini https://twitter.com/... :@9to5mac
- Twitter @scaryifliteral   Every few months I learn about some rudimentary feature that iPhones inexplicably don't have. https://twitter.com/... Shane Craig / :@scaryifliteral
- Twitter @zacbowden   Only took 5 years https://twitter.com/... Zac Bowden / :@zacbowden
- Twitter @markgurman   All of this reaction and coverage for Apple moving the battery percentage from one menu to another. Not surprised at all, just incredible to see in practice. https://twitter.com/... Mark Gurman / :@markgurman
- Twitter @aaplparody   They said it couldn't be done https://twitter.com/... :@aaplparody
- Twitter @bzamayo   Apple, can we have battery percentage in the notch? five years ago: nah four years ago: nah three years ago: nah two years ago: nah one year ago: nah iOS 16 beta 5: yes https://9to5mac.com/... Benjamin Mayo / :@bzamayo
- Twitter @jeffbenjam   'bout time... https://twitter.com/... Jeff Benjamin / :@jeffbenjam
- Twitter @stroughtonsmith   Good catch. And ‘XR’ is a reasonable indicator that Apple is going to be tackling both VR and AR under the same umbrella https://twitter.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / :@stroughtonsmith
- Twitter @pierce   Seeing battery percentages = me staring constantly at the battery icon and panicking slightly more every time it goes down So this should go fine https://twitter.com/... David Pierce / :@pierce
- Twitter @jonyiveparody   “CAN'T INNOVATE ANYMORE, MY ASS!” https://twitter.com/... :@jonyiveparody
- Twitter @apollozac   in b4 this becomes an iPhone 14 Pro exclusive lol https://twitter.com/... :@apollozac

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2021-08-08

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An overview of Apple's three new “child safety” initiatives, what critics are getting wrong, and the completely legitimate slippery slope concerns from experts
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- The Hacker Factor Blog   One Bad Apple  —  My in-box has been flooded over the last few days about Apple's CSAM announcement. Dr. Neal Krawetz / :The Hacker Factor Blog
- Reason   Apple Will Start Checking Your Messages for Dick Pics Scott Shackford / :Reason
- OSnews   One bad Apple  —  Dr. Neal Krawetz, one of the leading experts in the area of computer … Thom Holwerda / :OSnews
- ZDNet   Apple child abuse material scanning in iOS 15 draws fire Chris Duckett / :ZDNet
- TidBITS   FAQ about Apple's Expanded Protections for Children Glenn Fleishman Rich Mogull / :TidBITS
- iMore   Epic Games CEO warns of Apple ‘state surveillance’ Stephen Warwick / :iMore
- Washington Examiner   Apple is opening a Pandora's box with its upcoming software update Robert Schmad / :Washington Examiner
- SlashGear   Apple child safety CSAM scanning to expand on a per-country basis Ewdison Then / :SlashGear
- Privacy International   Apple opens the door to mass surveillance :Privacy International
- AppleInsider   Epic Games CEO slams Apple ‘government spyware’ Malcolm Owen / :AppleInsider
- iPhone in Canada Blog   WhatsApp Says Apple's CSAM Detection System ‘Very Concerning’ Nehal Malik / :iPhone in Canada Blog
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- Twitter @timsweeneyepic   I've tried hard to see this from Apple's point of view. But inescapably, this is government spyware installed by Apple based on a presumption of guilt. Though Apple wrote the code, its function is to scan personal data and report it to government. https://www.eff.org/... Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
- Twitter @snowden   🚨🚨 Apple says to “protect children,” they're updating every iPhone to continuously compare your photos and cloud storage against a secret blacklist. If it finds a hit, they call the cops. iOS will also tell your parents if you view a nude in iMessage. https://www.eff.org/... Edward Snowden / :@snowden
- Twitter @lindellyehuda   One thing that really bothers me about the Apple CSAM solution is that it is really easily bypassed. So it will only work for the dumb criminals, but will potentially compromise everyone else. In that sense, it's like the encryption backdoor situation. Yehuda Lindell / :@lindellyehuda
- Twitter @normative   One of many reasons this is concerning is that it seems awfully likely we get this dynamic: CSAM scanning turns on; there's a big initial burst of reports; creeps catch on & turn off iCloud backup; reports slow to a trickle; “why don't we require them to scan the whole phone?” https://twitter.com/... Julian Sanchez / :@normative
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   Maybe Apple will reverse course and maybe they don't. But I don't think they have come to terms with the deep well of antipathy and mistrust this move is going to create. It's going to be with them for years, undoing billions of dollars in priceless customer trust and marketing. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @chibaolema   CN Gov't: “Hey Apple, we need you to do a check of all iPhones and Macs in China to find out who might have shared and been exposed to this horrible image using your great new CSAM tool. Don't forget we're a quarter of your company revenue!” https://twitter.com/... Bad Hombre / :@chibaolema
- Twitter @hardmaru   One Bad Apple “Apple says that they will scan your Apple device for CSAM material. If they find something that they think matches, then they will send it to Apple. You could have corporate confidential information and Apple may quietly take a copy of it.” https://www.hackerfactor.com/ ... :@hardmaru
- Twitter @briannawu   Apple is not your friend. They are a $2,000,000,000,000 (2 trillion) dollar company with an army of lawyers and marketers that are well paid to have their back. I love their products too, and own most of them. But they don't need you to spend your free time defending them. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   Someone pointed out that Apple's Intel Macs probably can't run their client-side scanning software because they don't possess a neural engine coprocessor. Real time scanning on Macs is going to require an upgrade to newer M1 hardware (or beyond). Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   Some other folks have asked whether corporate and enterprise-managed devices will be subject to scanning. What I've heard is that enterprise customers are *very* surprised and upset. Apple hasn't announced if there will be an MDM setting to disable it. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @matthewkeyslive   @EFF Literally no one here is trying to defend child pornographers or their enthusiasts. But there's a very real slippery slope here, and you can't trust the feds to say, “well, we'd never ask Apple to do that!” Remember when they jailed a journalist over a purported website edit? Matthew Keys / :@matthewkeyslive
- Twitter @tapbot_paul   Apple's probably not Private for long iCloud Relay doesn't sound quite as nice. Paul Haddad / :@tapbot_paul
- Twitter @matthewkeyslive   The problem with Apple's decision to scan normally-encrypted data for child porn images isn't why they're doing it — it's that the backdoor opens the door for the feds to say, well, if Apple can do it for this, why can't they do it for other things? https://www.eff.org/... @EFF Matthew Keys / :@matthewkeyslive
- Twitter @matthewkeyslive   @EFF (And the journalist *didn't even do the defacement*!!! Still, two years, lock 'em up, throw away the key...and let's do a repeat a few years later.) That was the whole point of Van Buren. SCOTUS said gov't's word isn't good enough. Are you listening, Apple? Matthew Keys / :@matthewkeyslive
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   @MarcoErmini To the general public there is a difference between “keep iCloud backup on because devices break and I don't want to lose my private photos” and “I want them scanned by Apple.” Apple assumed that due to past technical accidents the two were identical to the public. They aren't. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   It's gradually dawning on me how badly Apple screwed up with this content scanning announcement. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   @MarcoErmini The system scans the photos on the phone. From a technical perspective it does not need to upload the photos to the cloud. Apple has *deployed* it this way, since they assume “turning on backup in case my device breaks” is equivalent to “consent for scanning.” My point: it's not. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   If Apple had announced that they were scanning text messages sent through their systems, or photo libraries shared with outside users — well, I wouldn't have been happy with that. But I think the public would have accepted it. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   But they didn't do that. They announced that they're going to do real-time scanning of individuals' *private photo libraries* on their own phones. That's... something different. And new. And uncomfortable. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @briannawu   @charlesarthur @ncweaver @pvineetha I was speaking with an expert this week who measures these things. She told me fortnight, Minecraft and Roblox lobbies are where predators find children. It's not iMessage. it feels like we're going after the wrong target. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   If 5% of US Apple users disabled iCloud Photos in the next week, Apple would probably reconsider their plans to enable client side scanning. I wonder what that would take. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @choco_bit   The actual tech behind the CSAM is pretty sound and interesting in the lens of “How can we continue to prevent illegal shit on our services while expanding E2EE to users” But Apple *really* goofed the PR aspect + news outlets/influencers greatly misreporting its operation/nuance Fudge / :@choco_bit
- Twitter @sarahjamielewis   Because, this thing isn't running in the cloud, it is running on your device and reporting back to Apple. Apple tells it what hashes are “crimelike” and with the help of your phone they learn a number. Your phone is co-opted into the surveillance network. https://twitter.com/... Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
- Twitter @sarahjamielewis   Let's start by talking about those hashes. Those hashes are not cryptographic hashes. They are *perceptual hashes*. That is to say that unlike the “hashes” you have mostly heard about they are not designed to be collision resistant...in fact mostly the exact opposite. Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
- Twitter @sarahjamielewis   Even if you 100% trust Apple I think you could sketch up a dozen or so scenarios in which they are forced to use a different database set to compare against and *bam* all of a sudden it's a decentralized mass surveillance network, every authoritarians dream. Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
- Twitter @sarahjamielewis   So, there is our first (small) privacy leak. Each account will be associated with a number that relates to how many images they have that have perceptual hashes collisions in the database - with no way of knowing the actual odds of those collisions occurring. Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
- Twitter @sarahjamielewis   At the highest level there is your phone and Apple's servers. Apple has a collection of hashes, and your phone has...well tbh if you are like a large number of people in the world it probably has links to your entire digital life. We can draw a big line down the centre. https://twitter.com/... Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
- Twitter @kevinmitnick   Well, it looks like @scottmcnealy was right - you have no privacy, get over it. How far will Apple go to monitor your device to make sure you are being a good boy/girl. I'm all for putting the pedophiles in prison, but what's Apple's next spyware move? Ready to update to IOS 15? Kevin Mitnick / :@kevinmitnick
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   @ncweaver @migueldeicaza @benadida @dinodaizovi @alexstamos The hash function will leak out. And that will leave “the secrecy of NCMEC's database” as the only remaining technical measure securing Apple's encryption. But I'm going to tell you a secret: the really bad guys already have that database. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @mattblaze   Another frustrating aspect of anything involving CSAM is the implication that those warning about unintended consequences or technical failures are unconcerned about the problem or with protecting children. In fact, many of us have ourselves been victims of child abusers. Matt Blaze / :@mattblaze
- Twitter @mattblaze   A frustrating thing about most discussion of the Apple CSAM scanning scheme is the conflation of three different questions: - Will it have a significant impact on CSAM? - What new risks does it expose users to if it works correctly? - What are the new risks if something fails? Matt Blaze / :@mattblaze
- Twitter @waynedixon   @gruber @BriannaWu @gruber @BriannaWu Or you can do it right from a device. You have to verify it's you by answering security questions. But once you have done that, the birthdate will be changed. It does require parental approval to change a birthdate. Wayne Dixon / :@waynedixon
- Twitter @rsgnl   There seems to be quite a lot of negative reaction to Apple's CSAM plans. I would be surprised if Apple doesn't respond somehow, be it a Tim Cook interview or delaying the plans entirely. Joe Rossignol / :@rsgnl
- Twitter @briannawu   Something I hope everyone on every side of the Apple photo surveillance issue can agree on. When I ran for Congress, I learned how little we know about what government can force giant tech companies to do behind closed doors. FISA courts, NSA, there is VERY LITTLE oversight. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @waynedixon   @gruber @BriannaWu Actually it's not that difficult. You just login into https://appleid.apple.com/ and change the birthdate. I do not recall if you a parent has to confirm it or not. I have a test child iCloud account for development and I change it on a somewhat regular basis. Wayne Dixon / :@waynedixon
- Twitter @counternotions   If you must read only one article to see the absurdity of the bombastic headline regurgitation currently being spewed about Apple's new child pron alerting system: https://daringfireball.net/... Kontra / :@counternotions
- Twitter @deeperthrill   It's a travesty. Jobs would have been disgusted. https://twitter.com/... :@deeperthrill
- Twitter @kaepora   Vital point to keep in mind for anyone who cares about the Apple CSAM scanning issue: https://twitter.com/... Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
- Twitter @carnage4life   The Chinese government just destroyed the $120B online learning industry including complementary apps like Duolingo because it wants tighter control of education. That Apple can or will resist their demands is not credible based on everything we've seen. https://www.reuters.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @carnage4life   This is clearly what everyone is concerned about and for Apple & it's defenders to misdirect about the complex cryptographic tech is gaslighting. 1. Apple has bent over multiple times to 🇨🇳 on human rights. 2. The 🇨🇳govt has shown no qualms about tanking billion dollar companies https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @benedictevans   There's a very direct read-across to FLoC as well, and all the Tracking that-Apple-says-isn't-tracking that your iPhone does. Apple has chanted the mantra 'if it's on the device it's private' for a decade and now it's got them into a muddle Benedict Evans / :@benedictevans
- Twitter @gamingguru456   Damn that android phone quality looking good rn! https://twitter.com/... :@gamingguru456
- Twitter @glennf   Looking to understand Apple's confusing and complicated new “child protection” initiatives? We at @TidBITS wrote a detailed set of questions & answers with what's known—and our concerns about Apple eroding its privacy promises. https://tidbits.com/... Glenn Fleishman / :@glennf
- Twitter @snowden   Currently writing: Under His ‘i’ If you own an iPhone, you should probably make sure you're on the mailing list at https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/. https://twitter.com/... Edward Snowden / :@snowden
- Twitter @benedictevans   How long, exactly, did Tim try to see the other point of view here? https://twitter.com/... Benedict Evans / :@benedictevans
- Twitter @moonalice   A terrific analysis of Apple's child safety initiatives by @gruber. Read it and you will understand. https://daringfireball.net/... Roger McNamee / :@moonalice
- Twitter @katebevan   This is good on Apple's move on CSAM: it captures the 3 diff things it's doing, & explains what's happening. I share its “slippery-slope” concerns, & will add that I dislike Apple's “if you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to fear” response to critics https://daringfireball.net/... Kate Bevan / :@katebevan
- Twitter @aral   If you were to ask me who is a bigger threat to our human rights today, Google or Apple with these new plans, it's Apple, without a doubt. If you know anything about me or my work in the past decade you will understand exactly what that means. I'm as shocked as you (1/2) Aral Balkan / :@aral
- Twitter @convertbond   How did Apple go from refusing to open locked iPhones for law enforcement in 2017, to scanning users photos for governments in 2021? https://www.google.com/... Lawrence McDonald / :@convertbond
- Twitter @steven_aquino   I learned a helluva lot just now about Apple's upcoming child safety features by reading this brilliant @GlennF and @rmogull FAQ for TidBITS. A must-read story. (h/t @jsnell) https://tidbits.com/... Steven Aquino / :@steven_aquino
- Twitter @gruber   @BriannaWu So I *think* this is why the Messages feature gives so much control to the kids, even those 12 and under. Control meaning that they always get a clear warning upon receiving or attempting to send a flagged image that proceeding will result in a notification to their parents. John Gruber / :@gruber
- Twitter @briannawu   @gruber Strongly agree, I can live with the design of iCloud as it exists - though what could happen next concerns me. It's the iMessage component that gives me far more pause. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @gruber   @BriannaWu That said, I *think* it's very difficult to change the age of a child's iCloud account. I forget why I tried that for my son a few years ago, but I gave up. (I wanted to make him “older” for something, but don't recall the details.) John Gruber / :@gruber
- Twitter @briannawu   2/ I have a family member who enacted total lockdown on *everything* her child read. So when her child would go to the library to check out books, upon returning home she would pass them to my family member. She would then research *every single* book online and clear it. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @briannawu   3/ Any discussion of sex, certainly any discussion of homosexuality, anything promoting a secular worldview would be censored. If you don't think parents like that are going to change their child's age in iCloud to create a permanent surveillance state, you're just wrong. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @briannawu   1/ RE: Apple's plan to scan every photo in iMessage with machine learning and alert parents to nudity. I think a lot of well-meaning Silicon Valley people don't understand what life is like in the Religious Right South. Let me share so you can imagine how it will be misused. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @gruber   @BriannaWu Good thread. It has occurred to me that while the CSAM iCloud photo detection is the feature garnering the most attention, the Messages image detection for kids has more potential to be problematic *as it exists*. John Gruber / :@gruber
- Twitter @mmasnick   Worth reading. Lots of important nuance here https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / :@mmasnick
- Twitter @reneritchie   If you're still confused by Apple's CSAM initiative, try looking at it through this lens: Apple can't abide known CSAM images on, or trafficked through, their servers, but they don't want to scan actual private user libraries to catch them, and this system solves for that Rene Ritchie / :@reneritchie
- Twitter @gassee   Very useful/detailed John Gruber explanation. Also points to hasty/wrong/prejudiced WaPo article. https://twitter.com/... Jean-Louis Gassée / :@gassee
- Twitter @briannawu   This is my point. You can't think about these systems *AT THEIR BEST.* You have to ask hard questions about how they could be misused. As an industry, we massively suck at considering the downside. In this case, the downside is outed, potentially dead children. https://twitter.com/... Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
- Twitter @carnage4life   @benedictevans Apple has insisted on defining privacy as “we can't see your data” then criticized Google & Facebook on privacy. However there's also “we protect your data from governments” where their track record is worse than others which is the elephant in the room for on-device scanning. Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @sarahjamielewis   Clearly a rubicon moment for privacy and end-to-end encryption. I worry if Apple faces anything other than existential annihilation for proposing continual surveillance of private messages then it won't be long before other providers feel the pressure to do the same. Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
- Twitter @carnage4life   @benedictevans @eric_seufert @TreyTitone Governments can ask them to scan for XYZ you've uploaded to iCloud today. Apple has opened the door to scanning content on your device. Even Gruber concedes this is new and now depends on how much you trust Apple to say “no” to various governments. https://daringfireball.net/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @thegrugq   @Paxxi @pwnallthethings And yet there's only 250 cases from iPhone. Which suggests that something isn't adding up with that narrative. The CSAM database can only find known CSAM photos that have been added. So new content won't get flagged, only existing content that has to come from somewhere Thaddeus E. Grugq / :@thegrugq
- Twitter @thegrugq   @Paxxi @pwnallthethings I'd like to know what those Facebook numbers represent. New CSAM? Or people uploading CSAM that gets flagged by the db? And how many users are doing this? I saw one number was 20m, but that can't be right. That's like the entire adult male population of Great Britain. Thaddeus E. Grugq / :@thegrugq
- Twitter @thegrugq   @Paxxi @pwnallthethings The real number is 236 in 1yr for iPhone. Which is a bit lower than 17m a month. Thaddeus E. Grugq / :@thegrugq
- Twitter @paxxi   @thegrugq @pwnallthethings I meant that if Facebook detects that much, that's an indication of how prevalent it is on regular sites, no “dark web” required. Pär Björklund / :@paxxi
- Twitter @paxxi   @thegrugq @pwnallthethings These numbers suggest it's common on regular services which is easily accessible on an iPhone. https://twitter.com/... Pär Björklund / :@paxxi
- Twitter @alexstamos   @thegrugq @Paxxi @pwnallthethings The minority, but worst reports are those that involve the live abuse of a child. Those are often reported to NCMEC and also referred live to the relevant authorities by a combination of the child safety investigator (was part of my team) and law enforcement response (in legal). Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
- Twitter @antoniogm   @benedictevans What about the on-device nature of it makes it worse? Assuming the cloud implementation scanned the same set of photos... Antonio García Martínez / :@antoniogm
- Twitter @alexstamos   @thegrugq @Paxxi @pwnallthethings The vast majority of Facebook NCMEC reports are hits for known CSAM using a couple of different perceptual fingerprints using both NCMEC's and FB's own hash banks. What constitutes a “report”, which can have multiple images and IPs, is one of the data challenges. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
- Twitter @ajlburke   Here's a level-headed and detailed explanation about all the new Apple bad-image-detection features, including when one should actually start to worry, a startling revelation about existing FBI back-doors, and a good ol' take down of a sloppy journalist https://daringfireball.net/... Andrew Burke / :@ajlburke
- Twitter @benedictevans   The irony of Apple's theory that any analysis done on the device is automatically private and anything analysis in the cloud violates your privacy - they built a CSAM detection system that is *potentially* much worse for your privacy *because* it happens on your device Benedict Evans / :@benedictevans
- Twitter @reneritchie   @charlesarthur @benedictevans My guess is that 1 is mainly Apple no longer being willing/able to tolerate CSAM on their servers and this is their engineering solution to that Rene Ritchie / :@reneritchie
- Twitter @charlesarthur   @reneritchie @benedictevans I agree with Gruber's take that the 2018 delay on E2E iCloud backup encryption was done in order to incorporate this. The timings all feel right. I think there's probably been CSAM but it's been hard to action (can't be seen to root through iCloud photos). Now it can. Charles Arthur / :@charlesarthur
- Twitter @charlesarthur   @benedictevans I doubt 2 would have much effect? Why do you think it would? Seems like 1 should have a dramatic effect of identifying offenders, if the proportion holding is anything like the FB/WApp numbers would imply. Charles Arthur / :@charlesarthur
- Twitter @benedictevans   What's the net effect on CSAM on iOS of both: 1: on-device scanning of images uploaded to iCloud for matches to known CSAM and 2: iOS internet traffic going through a double-blind encrypted relay, so IP addresses can't ID users (And could Apple, politically, do 2 w/out 1?) Benedict Evans / :@benedictevans
- Twitter @cdhowe   Unlike most of the alarmist pieces published this week, John @Gruber writes a comprehensive analysis of how Apple's new child safety initiatives actually work. Bottom line: while not perfect, it protects personal privacy a lot more than you think. https://daringfireball.net/... Carl Howe / :@cdhowe
- Twitter @fromjrtosr   Apple saying they will “reject any such demands from a government” is laughable at best and a flat out lie at worst. Once any government makes it a law for Apple to use a different set of hashes, what then? Are they stopping business in China? In the US? In the EU? Ridiculous. https://twitter.com/... Fernando / :@fromjrtosr
- Twitter @simardcasanova   I'm a big fan of @apple and I use a ton of their products and services But on top of being creepy, we currently has zero *credible* reassurance that this system won't be weaponized by authoritarian regimes or used for unrelated purposes Maybe bc such a reassurance cannot exist https://twitter.com/... :@simardcasanova
- Twitter @notpatrick   Probably the best summary I've seen of Apple's recently announced child safety initiatives, including where critics are excessive or plain wrong, as well as genuine concerns for potential abuse in the future. https://daringfireball.net/... Patrick Beja / :@notpatrick
- Twitter @alexstamos   Let's talk about Apple's new controversial child safety proposals! Join @Riana_Crypto, @kingjen, @matthew_d_green and me at 4pm PT / 7pm ET at this live stream. We will take questions from the live chat or tweet to us here! https://www.youtube.com/... Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
- Twitter @aral   are. I do not say this lightly or take any pleasure whatsoever in saying it. I cannot stress enough how important it is that this line does not get crossed. https://appleprivacyletter.com/ (2/2) Aral Balkan / :@aral
- Twitter @kaepora   We are now at over 3,000 screeching voices of the minority! We tried to vet every signature. Our open letter now illustrates a very strong opposition to Apple's new content screening measures. Thanks @Snowden for keeping me and @georgionic up all night! https://appleprivacyletter.com/ Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
- Twitter @thegrugq   @pwnallthethings Is CASM on iPhones a big problem? How do they get it there from the dark web? Don't pedos believe this capability already exists and avoid iPhones to begin with? Thaddeus E. Grugq / :@thegrugq
- Twitter @arnoldkim   Great overview and take on Apple CSAM stuff by @gruber - Apple's messaging/clarity on this could have been much much better, but it's not entirely a messaging issue. https://daringfireball.net/... Arnold Kim / :@arnoldkim
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   NCMEC also needs to dial it down a lot. This is offensive. Your job is not to toss civil society and Apple's customers under the bus. https://www.google.com/... https://twitter.com/... Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @mattrosoff   Amazing how many sources got this story completely abjectly wrong. The slippery slope arguments are reasonable and worth considering—but if you don't get the technology, you can't even begin to plausibly make those arguments. https://daringfireball.net/... Matt Rosoff / :@mattrosoff
- Twitter @parrots   If you're like me you might have had a hard time cutting through the noise to understand exactly what is going on. This is a very good piece breaking down exactly what Apple is doing, and what they can and cannot see. A good 101 before convos about pros and cons and slopes. https://twitter.com/... Curtis Herbert / :@parrots
- Twitter @migueldeicaza   The EU is actively working on legislation on this regard, so I am now convinced that this is Apple influencing the outcome so we don't end up with the equivalent of the cookie pop up for photos and messages: https://ec.europa.eu/... and https://www.consilium.europa.eu/ ... :@migueldeicaza
- Twitter @tculpan   Apple 2021 is starting to feel like Microsoft circa 2000. Strong with overtones of bully. Use a known atrocity to push acceptance of their own tech agenda. Stand up against the agenda and you're painted as in favor of the atrocity. Back then it was anti-P2P, now pic scanning. Tim Culpan / :@tculpan
- Twitter @mattblaze   The only think preventing this scheme from scanning local photos (which Apple never previously had access to) is the policy and the integrity of the code. Both those things warrant close scrutiny. Matt Blaze / :@mattblaze
- Twitter @rondeibert   Apple's solution to a serious, harmful problem (child sexual exploitation) is alarming b/c of the door it opens to other surveillance, and the risks around what countries like China will do with it, once opened. As @josephfcox points out, these are not hypothetical concerns: https://twitter.com/... Profdeibert / :@rondeibert
- Twitter @samifathi_   What isn't getting talked about is the real-world impact CSAM scanning will have. Think about the children who have been exploited and the scars they'll have for the rest of their lives. If finding pedophiles means Apple needs to do on-device processing of photos, then so be it. Sami Fathi / :@samifathi_
- Twitter @normative   I should add, because a couple folks have noted this: IF this were implemented only as Apple intends and for the purposes it states, then yes, this would be functionally identical to the sort of scanning that's routine on platforms & cloud storage services.... Julian Sanchez / :@normative
- Twitter @matthew_d_green   I spoke to talk radio in LA about Apple's scanning system. I was steeling myself to explain how the tech is problematic even if it might catch some bad people. I didn't need to. They asked me how to disable it. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
- Twitter @petersterne   @SwiftOnSecurity The memo demonstrates that Apple is proud to work with NCMEC, a group that disdains privacy and security advocates. But it's a bit of a leap to say that Apple shares NCMEC's extreme views. Apple itself didn't refer to critics as a “screeching minority”. Peter Sterne🌹 / :@petersterne
- Twitter @jon_prosser   This is what the NCMEC said in a memo to Apple in response to the backlash to Apple's photo scanning 👇 Absolutely gross to frame this as “good vs. evil” and call fair criticism “screeching voices” Fuuuuuuuck that. Read the full article here: https://www.frontpagetech.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Jon Prosser / :@jon_prosser
- Twitter @runasand   The fact that we are all struggling to understand what Apple is doing on our devices and with our backups is concerning. Even more so when we don't know how this will impact our lives in the future. Runa Sandvik / :@runasand
- Twitter @normative   And a whole bunch of the arguments Apple deployed in the San Bernardino encryption case don't obviously apply if they've already built the scan architecture & a government is just adding items to a preexisting list. Julian Sanchez / :@normative
- Twitter @josephmenn   We have so many important fights taking place in secret courts that it is theoretically possible that Apple's surprising device-scanning system was hatched to settle some hidden legal demand. Probably not, but still. Not a good method for technology or democracies to develop. Joseph Menn / :@josephmenn
- Twitter @kaepora   @lazerwalker The external note was attached to a team memo from Apple VP Sebastien Marineau-Mes, who introduced it with: “I wanted to share this note that we received today from NCMEC. I found it incredibly motivating, and hope that you will as well.” Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
- Twitter @ncweaver   @migueldeicaza @mattblaze @alexstamos I think the bigger collision problem is the ML porno-detection in iMessage. You can bet someone is going to tweak an image of Elmo so that it shows up as porn, and kids are going to think it is so funny to spread it around... Nicholas Weaver / :@ncweaver
- Twitter @normative   I'm curious how far they've thought out the legal end of this. A government (ours or an uglier one) approaches Apple with a court order saying “here's a list of hash values we want you to add to the scan list you're pushing out”. Can they refuse? Or even tell anyone? Julian Sanchez / :@normative
- Twitter @migueldeicaza   @ncweaver @mattblaze @alexstamos Ah yes, I had not thought of that. That feature and the Siri search felt like padding for softening the blow of the announcement. :@migueldeicaza
- Twitter @reneritchie   @BriannaWu Yeah, I tend towards privacy extremism. My guess here is Apple could not longer abide CSAM on their servers and this was the best engineering solution they could come up with to avoid scanning libraries online as others do. Feels like a loss though. Rene Ritchie / :@reneritchie
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  [Thread] Apple's child safety protections announcement hurt the effort to find a policy balance on safety and privacy aspects of e2e encrypted comms products
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  - Light Blue Touchpaper   Is Apple's NeuralMatch searching for abuse, or for people? Ross Anderson / :Light Blue Touchpaper
  - Louis Rossmann/YouTube   The erosion of freedom & privacy occur because we consent to it. :Louis Rossmann/YouTube
  - HackRead   Apple's neuralMatch tool will scan iPhones for child abuse content Deeba Ahmed / :HackRead
  - iMore   Epic Games CEO criticizes Apple's iCloud, claims Child Safety scans emails Stephen Warwick / :iMore
  - IT PRO   Privacy concerns mount over Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse images Sabina Weston / :IT PRO
  - AppleInsider   Open letter asks Apple not to implement Child Safety measures Mikey Campbell / :AppleInsider
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  - Twitter @matthew_d_green   I really want a “screeching voice of the minority” Apple T-shirt, but I'm graphically challenged. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
  - Twitter @swiftonsecurity   Apple leadership did not fully and clearly engage with the problems, and screwed everybody including employees who designed some actually thought-through implementations. I'm not even going to fight people about this stuff. This stupid boxing ring was built to collapse on us all. https://twitter.com/... SoS / :@swiftonsecurity
  - Twitter @swiftonsecurity   #MUSTREAD on recent child-focused Apple features and their disastrous rollout that has destroyed so much nuance and legitimate issues from all perspectives. By someone who has has to deal with the victims and the technology. Thought provoking and strips away theoretics. https://twitter.com/... SoS / :@swiftonsecurity
  - Twitter @matthew_d_green   @benadida Tough when you spend two years thinking and writing about an issue, engaging in workshops with people like @alexstamos. And then you're handed the decision by a faceless multinational company operating a PR operation. Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
  - Twitter @benadida   So many needlessly tribal fights. Voting: security vs. accessibility. Covid+kids: learning vs. safety. CSAM: privacy vs. protecting kids. We all need to commit to engaging with open minds. We have more common goals than stark differences. Ben Adida / :@benadida
  - Twitter @alexstamos   I also don't understand why Apple is pushing the CSAM scanning for iCloud into the device, unless it is in preparation for real encryption of iCloud backups. A reasonable target should be scanning shared iCloud albums, which could be implemented server-side. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @chriseng   Finally something that isn't a knee jerk reaction to the new Apple child safety features. There are complex tradeoffs and this thread captures many of them. https://twitter.com/... Chris Eng / :@chriseng
  - Twitter @pinboard   The governance problem here is we have six or seven giant companies that can make unilateral decisions with enormous social impact, and no way of influencing those decisions beyond asking nicely for them to come talk to the affected parties before they act. :@pinboard
  - Twitter @chrismessina   Is it Apple's turn to move fast and break things? https://twitter.com/... Chris Messina / :@chrismessina
  - Twitter @alexstamos   I think this is a real shame. I hope that @wcathcart doesn't just use this misstep as a revenge for Apple's preachy privacy marketing, and instead commits WhatsApp to exploring ML mechanisms that work on behalf of the user with their consent. https://twitter.com/... Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @robduhart   This is an important and nuanced discussion. I began my career investigating Digital Crimes Against Children at the FBI. It was a life altering experience. Not choosing sides but well worth critical analysis considering victims, user privacy, and E2EE platform responsibility. https://twitter.com/... Rob Duhart Jr / :@robduhart
  - Twitter @reneritchie   Irony is Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. been scanning for CSAM for a decade. Apple didn't want violate privacy by scanning full server libraries, so they waited until they could engineer what they believed to be a privacy-centric solution And many see it as a worse violation https://twitter.com/... Rene Ritchie / :@reneritchie
  - Twitter @vickerysec   I will absolutely do it. I will roll my eyes and let out a heavy *sigh* every single time a tech company, politician, or law enforcement agency leverages “for the children” in order to place yet another boot on the throat of privacy. https://twitter.com/... Chris Vickery / :@vickerysec
  - Twitter @daphnehk   My colleague @alexstamos unpacks the wealth of nuance being lost in discussions of Apple's sudden, weirdly designed CSAM scanning change. https://twitter.com/... Daphne Keller / :@daphnehk
  - Twitter @howelloneill   This was a good conversation on Apple's new child safety announcement. Very smart folks with a variety of expertise and POVs including @alexstamos who has worked in the trenches of trust and safety and talks about the horrifying reality of the harm https://www.youtube.com/... Patrick Howell O'Neill / :@howelloneill
  - Twitter @pinboard   But the problem is there's no way to close the loop right now, to make it so that if Apple or Facebook or Google inflict huge social harm, their bottom line suffers, or their execs go to jail, or they lose all their customers. Profits accrue while social impacts are externalized :@pinboard
  - Twitter @dinodaizovi   Reading through Apple's Platform Security docs for iCloud*, it seems like server-side CSAM scanning of iCloud Photos would be cumbersome and expensive for Apple, so I'm betting client-side scanning is an optimization. _________________________ * https://support.apple.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dino A. Dai Zovi / :@dinodaizovi
  - Twitter @pinboard   The way we find out about these technology impacts is by rolling them out worldwide and then seeing what social and political changes result. It's certainly a bracing way to run experiments, with no Institutional Review Board to bog everything down with pessimism and bureaucracy :@pinboard
  - Twitter @pinboard   Since these platforms and devices are global, sometimes that impact takes place in contexts that none of the people working on the technology even know exists. If Facebook moves groups to full E2E, or Apple shifts content monitoring from to devices, the decision is unilateral :@pinboard
  - Twitter @pinboard   I attended one of these meetings (working on an article that later got spiked), listened to FBI, big tech, and privacy advocates all speak up, and was very impressed with how it was conducted. The issue is genuinely difficult. Alex Stamos's thread here is very much worth reading. https://twitter.com/... :@pinboard
  - Twitter @lukolejnik   @alexstamos ... I pay attention to these. But nothing could prepare anybody to a pretty much all-out-of-sudden announcement of a system shipping in a few weeks, with powerful capabilities but rather unclear governance/oversight structure. I'm pretty surprised in light of previous messages. Lukasz Olejnik / :@lukolejnik
  - Twitter @josephmenn   Thoughtful thread by @alexstamos on this. He has been working on these issues for years, trying to protect kids from horrible abuse without serving the cause of mass surveillance. Apple not participating and then coming out of nowhere with its own elegant/odd thing is so...Apple. https://twitter.com/... Joseph Menn / :@josephmenn
  - Twitter @elegant_wallaby   Anyway, thanks to @Riana_Crypto @matthew_d_green and @alexstamos for the thoughtful discussion. Good points all around, even if we're on slightly different pages. 15/15 https://www.youtube.com/... David Thiel / :@elegant_wallaby
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   @alexstamos Yup. EU, India, and Brazil are probably the main motivators. AUS/UK/US are noisy but with little bite. China is regularly invoked, but tech's relationship with PRC is v bespoke and the options investigated and deployed there are mostly orthogonal to the rest of the discussion. :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @alexstamos   I have friends at both the EFF and NCMEC, and I am disappointed with both NGOs at the moment. Their public/leaked statements leave very little room for conversation, and Apple's public move has pushed them to advocate for their equities to the extreme. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   I have an entire lecture on live abuse, and I can't replicate the whole thing here, but here is a very stark description of what that can look like. Content Warning: Really horrible child abuse. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   Instead, we get an ML system that is only targeted at <13 year-olds (not the largest group of sextortion/grooming targets in my experience), that gives kids a choice they aren't equipped to make, and notifies parents instead of Apple T&S. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   Likewise, the leaked message from NCMEC to Apple's employees calling legitimate questions about the privacy impacts of this move “the screeching voices of the minority” was both harmful and unfair. https://9to5mac.com/... Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   One of the basic problems with Apple's approach is that they seem desperate to avoid building a real trust and safety function for their communications products. There is no mechanism to report spam, death threats, hate speech, NCII, or any other kinds of abuse on iMessage. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   This is also a good reminder for privacy and security folks to pay more attention to the global regulatory environment. While the PRC has been invoked a lot, I expect that the UK Online Safety Bill and EU Digital Services Act were much more important to Apple's considerations. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   In any case, coming out of the gate with non-consensual scanning of local photos, and creating client-side ML that won't provide a lot of real harm prevention, means that Apple might have just poisoned the well against any use of client-side classifiers to protect users. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @wagatwe   There's already been a lot of smart commentary on why this is a terrible idea. But I also wanted to add another piece of context: Violence against women and children is often used as an excuse to expand state surveillance without actually helping. https://www.apple.com/... Wagatwe Wanjuki / :@wagatwe
  More than 5,500 individuals and organizations sign an open letter asking Apple to halt the implementation of its proposed content monitoring technology
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  - Aral Balkan   Apple is trying to redefine what it means to violate your privacy. We must not let it. :Aral Balkan
  - Ubergizmo   Over 5,000 People Have Signed A Petition To Stop Apple's CSAM Scanning Tyler Lee / :Ubergizmo
  - iMore   Thousands sign open letter to Apple demanding halt to CSAM scanning Stephen Warwick / :iMore
  - BGR   Apple just announced a major change that has privacy advocates totally freaked out Andy Meek / :BGR
  - Insider   Open letter criticizing Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse material attracts 5,000 signatures Kevin Shalvey / :Insider
  - Philip Elmer‑DeWitt   Apple's new CSAM detection features pass John Gruber's smell test, but... Philip Elmer-DeWitt / :Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
  - AppleInsider   Apple's child safety initiative & leaked Thunderbolt 5 specs — This Week in Apple Andrew O'Hara / :AppleInsider
  - Forbes   Why You Should Stop Using iMessage After Shock iPhone Update Zak Doffman / :Forbes
  - Slashdot   Edward Snowden and EFF Slam Apple's Plans To Scan Messages and iCloud Images BeauHD / :Slashdot
  - fossbytes.com   Apple Explains New Photo Scanning Feature: Defends Its Goal To Protect Children Mohammed Abubakar / :fossbytes.com
  - Mediaite   Edward Snowden Condemns Apple's Plan to Surveil iPhone Photos: ‘Turned a Trillion Dollars of Devices Into iNarcs’ Rudy Takala / :Mediaite
  - FrontPageTech.com   Apple Doubles Down on “For the Children” Narrative in New Internal Memo About iCloud Photo Scanning Corina Garcia / :FrontPageTech.com
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  - Twitter @aral   on the App Store... If Apple goes ahead with its plans to have your devices violate your trust and work against your interests, I will not write another line of code for their platforms ever again. https://appleprivacyletter.com/ (2/2) Aral Balkan / :@aral
  - Twitter @aral   the minority." Join us! Let's show King Tim what the screeching minority thinks of his plans to violate personhood in the digital network age. https://appleprivacyletter.com/ (2/2) Aral Balkan / :@aral
  - Twitter @suw   I just love all the people who say “Just ditch your Apple products” in response to their screwing with our privacy (details: https://appleprivacyletter.com/ ). Sure, you wanna give me the $$$ it would cost me to replace all my Apple gear, software and compensate for lost productivity? :@suw
  - Twitter @snowden   If you have a @github account, you can co-sign this letter for technologists and security experts opposing @Apple's plan. I did. https://appleprivacyletter.com/ Edward Snowden / :@snowden
  - Twitter @migueldeicaza   I only caught the last part, but this was a great conversation, I did like the parting thoughts from the speakers at the end: https://twitter.com/... :@migueldeicaza
  - Twitter @ambodnar   @Techmeme That headline should be clarified that most of the signees are individuals, not organizations. Saying orgs puts a lot more weight than actually is. Adam Bodnar / :@ambodnar
  - Twitter @kaepora   The Apple Privacy Letter's raised 4200+ signatures within 24 hours. Interested to see whether Apple will turn a deaf ear (having already called folks “a screeching minority") next week or whether they'll address the issue. If you still haven't signed: 👇 https://appleprivacyletter.com/ Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
  - Twitter @alexstamos   Likewise, I am both happy to see Apple finally take some responsibility for the impacts of their massive communication platform, and frustrated with the way they went about it. They both moved the ball forward technically while hurting the overall effort to find policy balance. Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @alexstamos   Apple was invited but declined to participate in these discussions, and with this announcement they just busted into the balancing debate and pushed everybody into the furthest corners with no public consultation or debate. https://twitter.com/... Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @snowden   If you have a @github account, you can join me in co-signing the first letter uniting security & privacy experts, researchers, professors, policy advocates, and consumers against @Apple's planned moves against all of our privacy. https://appleprivacyletter.com/ Edward Snowden / :@snowden
  - Twitter @jimhansondc   Great marketing @Apple How dare you screeching proles think we'll abuse your privacy while we're snooping in your files What are you hiding? Say no to #ThoughtPolice https://appleprivacyletter.com/ I own a ton of Apple gear & storage I will sh*tcan all of it if they do this https://twitter.com/... Jim Hanson / :@jimhansondc
  - Twitter @snowden   Unbelievable: @Apple now circulating a propaganda letter describing the internet-wide opposition to their decision to start checking the private files on every iPhone against a secret government blacklist as “the screeching voices of the minority.” This has become a scandal. https://twitter.com/... Edward Snowden / :@snowden
  - Twitter @snowden   The media is beginning to write with noticeably more skepticism about @Apple's plan to transform your iPhone into a spyPhone. Keep pushing! https://www.mediaite.com/... Edward Snowden / :@snowden
  - Twitter @austen   No no no. Apple isn't doing something nasty like having a back door on your phone that uploads your images to the cloud scanning and calling the police on you. That would be evil. Big brother! Instead, no backdoor is needed because the phone does it automatically. Privacy! https://twitter.com/... :@austen
  - Twitter @mantia   If you work for Apple and they value you, they won't fire you. And if they do, then you have a really good reason for being fired. You probably have enough money saved until you find a new job. What good is having power and privilege if you don't use it when it's needed? Louie Mantia, Jr / :@mantia
  - Twitter @mantia   I haven't worked at Apple in 10 years and *I* feel bad about this. I feel bad that I contributed even the most trivial visual details, that in the aggregate work to gain customers' trust. Now Apple seeks to erode that trust? I feel bad for contributing to it. Louie Mantia, Jr / :@mantia
  - Twitter @mantia   Apple employees who don't speak up when something this bad happens are protecting their own best interest. They don't want to say anything that could jeopardize their employment. But the alternative is taking money to stay quiet while your coworkers build a surveillance tool. Louie Mantia, Jr / :@mantia
  - Twitter @mantia   I haven't seen any Apple employees publicly criticize this new policy. I know we shouldn't expect that. But it's also kind of... horrible that we cannot expect that. Apple employees surely are themselves angry, but are silenced by their employment. Louie Mantia, Jr / :@mantia
  - Twitter @mantia   Apple making a process to scan hashes won't solve many actual problems, but gives up everything they stood for. I'm uninterested in debate or replies. If you wanna argue with someone, argue with someone else. Louie Mantia, Jr / :@mantia
  - Twitter @mantia   I have no patience for people who won't see how this is going to do more harm than good. Apple building any way to scan images will become a larger problem. There's no reason to believe people who possess these images won't... just simply stop using Apple products. Louie Mantia, Jr / :@mantia
  - Twitter @briannawu   2/ It's a hard subject to talk about, but I do think teenagers having some measure privacy and autonomy on figuring out their sexuality is normal and healthy. It's just so easy to imagine ways this could be abused. Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
  - Twitter @briannawu   I spoke with @MissEmmaMcG about the ways Apple's “child protection” technology could be used to hurt LGBT children. Also, @Snowden showed how these technologies are used to spy on other countries in the name of “national security.” https://blog.avast.com/... Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
  - Twitter @feross   I'm incredibly disappointed that this was approved and built by @Apple. The short-sightedness is staggering. How can they think governments won't demand to expand this? Before today, I believed that Apple genuinely cared about my privacy. But no more. This is a disaster. 5/5 https://twitter.com/... :@feross
  - Twitter @davezatz   @Techmeme @rsgnl How many photos does Apple process through iCloud in a given year? Is an actual user-uploaded photo presented within the report for Apple employees to view? https://twitter.com/... Dave Zatz / :@davezatz
  - Twitter @feross   Now that Apple has willingly built spyware into iOS and macOS, within 10 years this tech will: (1) be mandated by government in all end-to-end encrypted apps; and (2) expand to scan for terrorism, disinformation, “misinformation”, then eventually political images and memes. 1/5 :@feross
  - Twitter @friedrichpieter   Aside from the shock that @Apple plans to expose every user to snooping powers which can & will inevitably be used to target dissidents, I still don't understand how the US thinks a good way to stop child abuse is to create a centralized database full of pictures of child abuse. https://twitter.com/... Pieter Friedrich / :@friedrichpieter
  - Twitter @kaepora   @cronokirby This memo genuinely makes me angry. Not Internet angry, not outrage angry, but genuine real anger. Imagine being so blind and short-sighted, imagine standing up the entire security & privacy community and then writing that off as “the screeching voices of the minority.” Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
  - Twitter @reckless   Really seems like Apple tried to protect customer data in the cloud by scanning for illegal material locally on the phone, thereby creating a new kind of risk for customer data on the phone. Nilay Patel / :@reckless
  - Twitter @kaepora   If you too want to be part of the screeching voices of the minority, sign the open Apple Privacy Letter: https://appleprivacyletter.com/ Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
  - Twitter @kaepora   Pretty incredible how quiet all the folks who were angry at Apple for hiring Antonio Garcia-Martinez are being now that Apple's setting a radically different precedent for local content privacy and then calling the security community “the screeching minority” for pushing back Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
  - Twitter @kaepora   I'm not only going to die on this hill. I'm going to die on this hill, become a remnant ghost unable to ascend from the mortal realm, haunt the hill, and keep tormenting everyone else on the hill until Apple walks back this insanely short-sighted precedent. Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
  - Twitter @matthew_d_green   The fact that internal memos about content scanning are leaking from Apple does not say good things about support for those policies internally. https://www.google.com/... Matthew Green / :@matthew_d_green
  - Twitter @stevestreza   Ah yes, the Apple that infamously and repeatedly has bent over backwards to give China deep access to device and cloud data, we're supposed to trust their spyware because lawyers got involved. Apple is not a privacy company. https://twitter.com/... :@stevestreza
  - Twitter @khaost   It's really cute that Apple keeps defending the system like this, as if once an authoritarian government passes the law to require device manufacturers to scan for other stuff, the system itself will prevent that from happening. https://twitter.com/... Khaos Tian / :@khaost
  - Twitter @danny76lopez   @MacRumors @rsgnl So @apple wont unlock a mass shooters Iphone citing privacy and the slippery slope but they are happy to scan everyones images for potential child porn. Kinda like the double standard for privacy they have in China. What am I missing? Danny Lopez / :@danny76lopez
  - Twitter @11rcombs   NCMEC executive director calls people worried about tech companies scanning every photo on your phone “the screeching voices of the minority”, in a note an apple VP calls “incredibly motivating” https://9to5mac.com/... :@11rcombs
  - Twitter @pinboard   @charlesarthur @mathewi It's the same issue as with FaceID; the fact that the locus of the scanning has moved to the device is highly significant no matter how many safeguards Apple thinks they're putting around it, or how limited the initial scope. It is a big deal and people are correct to freak out. :@pinboard
  - Twitter @samadlerbell   “Child pornography is so repulsive a crime that those entrusted to root it out may, in their zeal, be tempted to bend or even break the rules. If they do so, however, they endanger the freedom of all of us.” (US v. Coreas) https://twitter.com/... Sam Adler-Bell / :@samadlerbell
  - Twitter @tirsales   That's the problem. Technology is neutral - a filter doesn't care whether it's scanning for child abuse or terrorists or legitimate protests against a dictatorship (scanning for powerful images of protest would be easy). https://twitter.com/... Sebastian Nerz / :@tirsales
  - Twitter @elcomsoft   “Apple will no longer be able to honestly call iMessage end-to-end encrypted.” - well, _honestly_ they never were. More details (note the date): https://blog.elcomsoft.com/... #icloud https://twitter.com/... :@elcomsoft
  [Thread] WhatsApp says Apple's approach to CSAM is a setback to user privacy, will be more fraught outside the US; WhatsApp flagged 400K+ cases to NCMEC in 2020
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  - Financial Times   WhatsApp attacks Apple's child safety ‘surveillance’ despite government acclaim :Financial Times
  - iThinkDifferent   Facebook-owned WhatsApp slams Apple's Child Safety plan, says it will not adopt to CSAM plan Asma Hussain / :iThinkDifferent
  - FOSS Patents   Privacy and hypocrisy: Apple wants to know your location to sell you music, but governments must not ask you to scan QR codes to fight the pandemic Florian Mueller / :FOSS Patents
  - Mashable   WhatsApp won't use Apple's child abuse image scanner, citing vague privacy fears :Mashable
  - MIT Technology Review   Apple defends its new anti-child-abuse tech against privacy concerns Patrick Howell O'Neill / :MIT Technology Review
  - 9to5Mac   WhatsApp CEO calls out Apple over Child Safety tools announcement José Adorno / :9to5Mac
  - International Business Times   Apple Launches System Flag Child Exploitation Images And Report It To Police Cortney Drakeford / :International Business Times
  - TechRadar   Apple Child Safety photo scanning: what you need to know David Lumb / :TechRadar
  - Reclaim The Net   Apple's plan to scan users' private photos and messages branded “mass surveillance for the entire world” Tom Parker / :Reclaim The Net
  - iMore   WhatsApp says it won't adopt Apple's CSAM plans, misses on some facts Stephen Warwick / :iMore
  - Livemint   Experts share concerns over Apple's new child-safety tool Prasid Banerjee / :Livemint
  - Neowin   Apple VP on iCloud Photos scanning: We know people have misunderstandings and are worried Usama Jawad / :Neowin
  - BGR India   WhatsApp head slams Apple over tracking iPhones for child sex abuse photos Meghna Dutta / :BGR India
  - BBC   Apple criticised for system that detects child abuse :BBC
  - OSnews   Apple: critics of continuous iPhone photo scanning are “screeching voices of the minority” Thom Holwerda / :OSnews
  - AppleInsider   WhatsApp latest to pile on Apple over Child Safety tools :AppleInsider
  - Sputnik News   WhatsApp Chief: Apple Checks on Child Abuse Imagery Online Wrong Way to Go :Sputnik News
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  - Twitter @snowden   No matter how well-intentioned, @Apple is rolling out mass surveillance to the entire world with this. Make no mistake: if they can scan for kiddie porn today, they can scan for anything tomorrow. They turned a trillion dollars of devices into iNarcs—*without asking.* https://twitter.com/... Edward Snowden / :@snowden
  - Twitter @kaepora   Apple distributed an internal memo today which referred to pushback against its new content surveillance measures as “the screeching voices of the minority.” I have nothing to add. https://twitter.com/... Nadim Kobeissi / :@kaepora
  - Twitter @wcathcart   Instead of focusing on making it easy for people to report content that's shared with them, Apple has built software that can scan all the private photos on your phone — even photos you haven't shared with anyone. That's not privacy. Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   OK so a slightly longer thread on how we got to the Apple CSAM thing and why it's not going away :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @josephfcox   Re-reading all of Apple's compromises in China to cater to the government there is interesting in light of the company making a system to scan for images stored on phones https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Joseph Cox / :@josephfcox
  - Twitter @wcathcart   We've worked hard to ban and report people who traffic in it based on appropriate measures, like making it easy for people to report when it's shared. We reported more than 400,000 cases to NCMEC last year from @WhatsApp, all without breaking encryption. https://faq.whatsapp.com/... Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @krzyzanowskim   when facebook is concerned about privacy is another level of hypocrisy, rly https://twitter.com/... Marcin Krzyzanowski / :@krzyzanowskim
  - Twitter @markv   If WhatsApp (Facebook owned) says its bad for privacy it most definitely is. Apple will scan all you private photos 😳 Holy shit no. https://twitter.com/... Mark Vletter / :@markv
  - Twitter @roach   How do so many of you, in leadership roles, not understand how PhotoDNA works? https://twitter.com/... :@roach
  - Twitter @vessonsecurity   That feeling when *bleep* Facebook cares more about your privacy than Apple... https://twitter.com/... Vess / :@vessonsecurity
  - Twitter @preusslerberlin   if this is true I see “great” use cases for countries like China, Russia, Turkey. 🤯 https://twitter.com/... :@preusslerberlin
  - Twitter @j_t_saeed   is Facebook really trying to pull the moral high ground when it comes to privacy? lmao https://twitter.com/... :@j_t_saeed
  - Twitter @oliverjhaslam   Facebook trying to claim any kind of privacy moral high ground over anyone is a bit much. https://twitter.com/... Oliver Haslam / :@oliverjhaslam
  - Twitter @garyleff   This seems important. https://twitter.com/... Gary Leff / :@garyleff
  - Twitter @mugunthkumar   It happened. Head of WhatsApp preaching Apple about privacy. That's a new low for Apple. https://twitter.com/... Mugunth Kumar / :@mugunthkumar
  - Twitter @brendan_dharma   “Apple's method of eroding privacy while still claiming to be for privacy and e2e encryption is concerning. I much prefer our own method.” https://twitter.com/... :@brendan_dharma
  - Twitter @rondeibert   Correction: that memo was by MCMEC and not Apple. Still, poorly thought rollout by Apple. Profdeibert / :@rondeibert
  - Twitter @wcathcart   ..."it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect." Those words were wise then, and worth heeding here now. Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @malwarejake   Imagine dismissing anyone with legitimate security and privacy concerns as being “screeching voices of the minority.” When engaging these people, let's not pretend they're interested in dialogue. They know better than you and nothing will change that. Do NOT plan for discourse. https://twitter.com/... Jake Williams / :@malwarejake
  - Twitter @mattblaze   It appears that the text quoted here originated from NCMEC, not Apple (but was sent on some kind of internal Apple list). In any case, how dare they? There are serious concerns being raised by serious people here, and dismissing them as a “screeching minority” is just bad faith. https://twitter.com/... Matt Blaze / :@mattblaze
  - Twitter @somegadgetguy   I'm really trying to keep my reaction measured. I understand the concerns and the challenges facing those wanting to protect the next generation of tech users. I FEEL you're on the wrong side of this issue when you characterize the EFF and security researches as “screeching”. https://twitter.com/... Juan Carlos Bagnell / :@somegadgetguy
  - Twitter @wcathcart   This is an Apple built and operated surveillance system that could very easily be used to scan private content for anything they or a government decides it wants to control. Countries where iPhones are sold will have different definitions on what is acceptable. Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @ukzak   Facebook owned WhatsApp (rightly) calling out Apple over its dangerous privacy move. How times have changed. https://twitter.com/... Zak Doffman / :@ukzak
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   WhatsApp: Apple is bad for scanning for CSAM. This is the wrong approach and we would *never* do this. WhatsApp (but quieter) in 2018: we also do this and have since 2011. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/ ... https://twitter.com/... :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @alexstamos   @thegrugq @Paxxi @pwnallthethings That's a great question, and Facebook actually did a breakdown this year. I'm hoping to get these folks to re-write this as a peer-reviewed article with more detail. cc @JohnDaveBuckley https://research.fb.com/... Alex Stamos / :@alexstamos
  - Twitter @thegrugq   @alexstamos @Paxxi @pwnallthethings Can you help make sense of the 12m was Facebook messenger, 18 million overall for Facebook... sort of numbers? Also the “N million a month” stuff? This is known CSAM... traded? Harassment? Assholes??? Thaddeus E. Grugq / :@thegrugq
  - Twitter @wcathcart   We've had personal computers for decades and there has never been a mandate to scan the private content of all desktops, laptops or phones globally for unlawful content. It's not how technology built in free countries works. Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @raistolo   Thread. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but worth a read like anything by @pwnallthethings https://twitter.com/... Stefano Zanero / :@raistolo
  - Twitter @zhenech   How bad is the new Apple system? “Facebook/WhatsApp calls it a surveillance system” bad. https://twitter.com/... Evgeni Golov / :@zhenech
  - Twitter @josephfcox   We previously obtained a sample of malware deployed in Xinjiang that scans phones for 70,000 specific files related to politics, Uighurs, etc. Why wouldn't Chinese authorities try to get Apple to leverage its new child abuse system to instead fulfil this https://www.vice.com/... Joseph Cox / :@josephfcox
  - Twitter @ellajakubowska1   When #WhatsApp starts calling out #Apple for privacy violations, you know it's bad... https://twitter.com/... Ella Jakubowska / :@ellajakubowska1
  - Twitter @roi   I literally had to put a story on the front page of the FT to get you guys to remove 120,000 people who traffic in CSAM in **public** WhatsApp groups, Will. https://twitter.com/... Roi Carthy / :@roi
  - Twitter @shivamshankars   Join the screeching voice of the minority, or be prepared to live in a surveillance state! https://twitter.com/... Shivam Shankar Singh / :@shivamshankars
  - Twitter @mikeisaac   (facebook was just waiting for an opportunity like this to hammer apple on privacy. some context from our previous coverage.... https://www.nytimes.com/... Rat King / :@mikeisaac
  - Twitter @aditi_muses   Not Twilight Zone: Head of Facebook-owned WhatsApp is berating Apple's latest move for violating people's privacy. Pay attention. Apple didn't create a slippery slope; it's now a free fall off a cliff. https://twitter.com/... Aditi Agrawal / :@aditi_muses
  - Twitter @normative   If everything operates precisely as Apple intends, scanning client-side is at worst an accounting detail & at best enables greater privacy. If everything does not operate precisely as Apple intends, moving scans client-side is a dangerous Rubicon to cross. Julian Sanchez / :@normative
  - Twitter @wcathcart   Apple once said “We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications ...” https://www.apple.com/... Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @sunchartist   Pot calling the kettle black https://twitter.com/... :@sunchartist
  - Twitter @lapcatsoftware   You know you've done something very wrong when even Facebook is creeped out by it. https://twitter.com/... Jeff Johnson / :@lapcatsoftware
  - Twitter @avibarzeev   FB has a “concern” with Apple using crypto tech to identify child exploitation photos on local devices, even though it preserves full privacy for anyone who doesn't exploit kids. Meanwhile FB scans your photos in the cloud. “Privacy” to FB means /their/ privacy, not yours. https://twitter.com/... :@avibarzeev
  - Twitter @can   @sp990 @thijsniks @ranjanxroy And the larger point is that if you have the data and change the policy later, your users are fucked. Signal doesn't have the data to begin with so you can't gotcha people. So not sure if your analogy works here. :@can
  - Twitter @can   @thijsniks @ranjanxroy i guess my bar for trusting FB is p low 1) they've used SMS intended for 2FA for advertising 2) terms can change easily 3) if that's the level of comfort we have, apple doesnt have access to your photos either :@can
  - Twitter @can   @ranjanxroy can you even use WA without giving FB full access to your address book? :@can
  - Twitter @can   @sp990 @thijsniks @ranjanxroy I'm old enough to remember WhatsApp was about never having any ads when founded. If Signal flip flopped constantly on policy, I'd stop using them too. :@can
  - Twitter @justinschuh   I once heard a friend describe the broader problem here as “there is nothing more legally and ethically fraught than running an open bit bucket on the Internet.” https://twitter.com/... :@justinschuh
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   The alternative to this system is not a world where Apple abandons the first principle; its unsustainable. It's one where they quietly drop the second. And if you care about privacy, them bridging the gap in a way that brings the scanning on device instead of on server is a win. :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   Apples approach bridges the gap to avoid abandoning either. In effect, scanning the content prior to *upload* on *their own service* that until now was functionally breaking principle 2 so that their service can be designed to honor principle 2 in future without the conflict :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @timsweeneyepic   It's atrocious how Apple vacuums up everybody's data into iCloud by default, hides the 15+ separate options to turn parts of it off in Settings underneath your name, and forces you to have an unwanted email account. Apple would NEVER allow a third party to ship an app like this. Tim Sweeney / :@timsweeneyepic
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   Most companies resolve this conflict by dropping one of those principles. Some decide to not do scanning; treating the social harm as an externality or pretending it is not real. Others quietly drop plans to not fully encrypt. :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @pinboard   The threat is not just individual governments' misuse of this architecture, but that the whole thing in the hands of supranational entities with state-like power who believe in design by YOLO. It's a planetary social experiment with no checks or controls, run by high-IQ idiots :@pinboard
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   Fundamentally this technology is attempting to bridge the gap between two very strong social principles. The first is that the child abuse image problem is real and very, very large, involving extraordinary damage to a really depressingly large number of children. :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @pinboard   The fucked up thing here is that design decisions about a worldwide surveillance architecture of social control get made by a small clique of individual companies, with no accountability to the billions of people their decisions affect, and no consequences for getting it wrong. https://twitter.com/... :@pinboard
  - Twitter @pinboard   @pwnallthethings You're a really smart person and I know you understand the significance of doing this on the device vs. server side. The status quo is a tradeoff (because horrifying amounts of CSEM *do* get uploaded to any image sharing site), and Apple's move is a big shift in that tradeoff :@pinboard
  - Twitter @floorter   It's a bit awkward to see a Facebook representative dunking on Apple about privacy. But in the end it doesn't really matter if WhatsApp implements this if the underlying OS does. https://twitter.com/... Floor / :@floorter
  - Twitter @bcrypt   there's lots of reasons to object to apple's CSAM proposal but “they shouldn't build software to scan your device” doesn't resonate with me. given a choice between plaintext backups scanned in the cloud and end-to-end-encrypted backups scanned on-device, i'd pick the latter. Yan / :@bcrypt
  - Twitter @bcrypt   not saying this is the choice we are facing, but i hope this makes it clear that on-device vs in-cloud is not the issue here so much as the scanning itself. Yan / :@bcrypt
  - Twitter @bcrypt   sorry this should say “because of eventual plans to do e2e encryption for icloud photos, or at least i hope” :) Yan / :@bcrypt
  - Twitter @pwnallthethings   The completely perverse thing about the whole discussion is that *on-device* scanning enables you to do equivalent levels of CSAM protection *and then also encrypt everything in the cloud*. :@pwnallthethings
  - Twitter @swiftonsecurity   Despite being moderately passive or even supportive of Apple's goals yesterday, I had an invective-laden breakdown for leadership on how it was rolled out incompetently and why. I deleted it. It's increasingly obvious they weren't unprepared, it's someone's career stepping stone. https://twitter.com/... SoS / :@swiftonsecurity
  - Twitter @blakereid   Apple's rake-stepping yesterday is now enabling semi-credible privacy dunks from Facebook 🙃 https://twitter.com/... Blake E. Reid / :@blakereid
  - Twitter @tihmstar   Technically he is not wrong. Yet hearing Whatsapp/Facebook talking about privacy is somewhat ironic afterall. Is really annoying how jailbreaking is still absolutely neccessary to have usable devices. First it was about usability, now it is about security/privacy... https://twitter.com/... :@tihmstar
  - Twitter @wcathcart   Can this scanning software running on your phone be error proof? Researchers have not been allowed to find out. Why not? How will we know how often mistakes are violating people's privacy? Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @bascule   Oh cool, so the counterargument to people's concerns about Apple devices policing photos using a cryptographic Rube Goldberg machine is... an ad hominem https://twitter.com/... :@bascule
  - Twitter @bcrypt   given that CSAM scanning is only enabled for users who opt into icloud photo backups, i'm guessing apple would have built it into icloud if they could. they can't because of end-to-end encryption. https://twitter.com/... Yan / :@bcrypt
  - Twitter @willhamill   The danger with using the “Think of the children!” argument to let Apple away with their invasion of your devices and data is it doesn't take a leap to see how once the precedent is established it can trivially be misused. https://twitter.com/... Will Hamill / :@willhamill
  - Twitter @saranbyte   It's not a good look for Apple when the head of WhatsApp even thinks it's a bad move 😬 https://twitter.com/... Saran / :@saranbyte
  - Twitter @susanlitv   Definitely no love loss between #Apple & #Facebook 👇 $aapl $fb https://twitter.com/... Susan Li / :@susanlitv
  - Twitter @st_eppel   Hey @Apple - when @Facebook is legitimately able to claim the moral high ground against you, you've probably screwed up bad https://twitter.com/... David Grunwald / :@st_eppel
  - Twitter @wcathcart   Apple has long needed to do more to fight CSAM, but the approach they are taking introduces something very concerning into the world. Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @tim   Latest reaction to Apple's child safety plans: EU👍 India 😍 UK 🥳 rest of Big Tech 😱 WhatsApp 🤬 https://www.ft.com/... Tim Bradshaw / :@tim
  - Twitter @charlesarthur   Interesting WhatsApp declaration. Cathcart links to a blogpost (CEI = child exploitation imagery, same thing as CSAM = child sexual abuse material). Note the number of accounts zapped *per month*. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Charles Arthur / :@charlesarthur
  - Twitter @chrismessina   Children don't have an absolute right to privacy from their parents. Will children really report CSAM that they receive via iMessage? Regardless, they can only block senders, not report them, presuming they can even figure that out. Curious @wcathcart's take on this. https://twitter.com/... Chris Messina / :@chrismessina
  - Twitter @sarahjamielewis   Update: These initial expressions of hesitance from Whatsapp are at least a small sign that there is some fight left in corporate e2e providers to reject mandates of on-device mass surveillance. Some reasons for optimism there. https://twitter.com/... Sarah Jamie Lewis / :@sarahjamielewis
  - Twitter @kurtopsahl   WhatsApp gives a strong no to client-side scanning. “It's not how technology built in free countries works.” https://twitter.com/... Kurt Opsahl / :@kurtopsahl
  - Twitter @mikeisaac   re: some of WhatsApp's statements, apple spent most of yesterday rebutting certain claims that WA is pouncing on mostly pointing out that if users turn off upload to iCloud then the system doesn't work and phones/iCloud won't be scanned I expect more back and forth to come https://twitter.com/... Rat King / :@mikeisaac
  - Twitter @omanreagan   Even the head of Facebook's WhatsApp thinks what Apple is proposing is a setback for privacy. Think about that for a minute. https://twitter.com/... Michael / :@omanreagan
  - Twitter @luke_metro   How long has Facebook waited for a chance like this to dunk on Apple for privacy violations https://twitter.com/... :@luke_metro
  - Twitter @earcos   100% agree with Will Cathcart. Wrong approach from Apple to a VERY sensitive problem. https://twitter.com/... Eduardo Arcos / :@earcos
  - Twitter @mikeisaac   @joelipper they're loving this Rat King / :@mikeisaac
  - Twitter @tomwarren   the head of WhatsApp has concerns about Apple's image scanning approach. “Apple has long needed to do more to fight CSAM, but the approach they are taking introduces something very concerning into the world.” https://twitter.com/... Tom Warren / :@tomwarren
  - Twitter @mikeisaac   head of WhatsApp on Apple's moves yesterday https://twitter.com/... Rat King / :@mikeisaac
  - Twitter @wcathcart   What will happen when spyware companies find a way to exploit this software? Recent reporting showed the cost of vulnerabilities in iOS software as is. What happens if someone figures out how to exploit this new system? Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @wcathcart   Will this system be used in China? What content will they consider illegal there and how will we ever know? How will they manage requests from governments all around the world to add other types of content to the list for scanning? Will Cathcart / :@wcathcart
  - Twitter @annemariebridy   The call to “think of the children” creates unassailable cover for expanding censorship and surveillance. What moral person doesn't want to do everything possible to stop the distribution of CSAM? https://twitter.com/... Annemarie Bridy / :@annemariebridy
  - Twitter @chrisbhoffman   “We know that the days to come will be filled with the screeching voices of the minority.” https://twitter.com/... Chris Hoffman / :@chrisbhoffman
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How the cryptocurrency industry gained influence in Washington and became one of the biggest stumbling blocks holding up the passage of the infrastructure bill
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- Vox   How two competing cryptocurrency policies began a conversation on digital rights Maryam Gamar / :Vox
- Decrypt   Crypto Tax Strife Continues As Senate Delays Vote Ekin Genç / :Decrypt
- The Verge   New Bitcoin tax plans could stifle greener blockchain tech Russell Brandom / :The Verge
- Insider   Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Ted Cruz are among those criticizing planned crypto tax rules, which could help fund the infrastructure package Kevin Shalvey / :Insider
- Cointelegraph   Crypto space weighs in on proposed amendments to US infrastructure deal Turner Wright / :Cointelegraph
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- Twitter @caitlinlong_   Yep & we've proven our power doesn't stem from lobbying money. Our power= there are ~50 million of us (in every Congressional district), we can self-organize fast when we want to & we're not afraid to call out bad DC policy that doesn't understand our tech https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... :@caitlinlong_
- Twitter @josephzeballos   Spoke w/Wyden about ongoing crypto tax talks: “I continue to feel very strongly I want to crack down on tax cheats and people associated with these centralized programs, crypto exchanges.. I just don't want to destroy the innovation that comes from a decentralized network” Joseph Zeballos-Roig / :@josephzeballos
- Twitter @jstein_wapo   .@mcuban tells The Washington Post on current crypto debate: “Shutting off this growth engine would be the equivalent of stopping e-commerce in 1995 because people were afraid of credit card fraud” Story w/ @tcfrankel @JaxAlemany @hshaban https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jeff Stein / :@jstein_wapo
- Twitter @jack   If we can't strike the entire provision so we can have proper hearings and deliberation, then let's simplify the definition of broker to what really matters: where digital assets are exchanged for fiat currency. Broker = Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange. Jack⚡️ / :@jack
- Twitter @josephzeballos   Caught up w/Toomey on crypto talks, some issues remain unresolved: “Someone in the business of running a centralized exchange should be required to report transactions for their customers.. but we should not rope in people who are not actually running a centralized exchange” Joseph Zeballos-Roig / :@josephzeballos
- Twitter @reid_yager   “Any industry wants to be involved in regulation discussions,” said @Reid_Yager, a former lobbyist and current director of communications at @BlokhausLLC, a blockchain marketing firm. “But explaining all this to a septuagenarian lawmaker is a huge challenge.” https://twitter.com/... Reid Yager / :@reid_yager
- Twitter @jack   Forcing reporting rules on Americans who develop software and hardware, who mine and secure the network, or who run nodes to build resilience and efficiencies, is an impossible ask that will only drive development and operation of this critical technology outside the US. Jack⚡️ / :@jack
- Twitter @cperruna   The question is no longer: “Is crypto a fad?” It's now a question of: How do we incorporate, tax and regulate this growing and important industry? https://twitter.com/... Chris Perruna / :@cperruna
- Twitter @hshaban   On today's front page w/@tcfrankel, @JStein_WaPo & @JaxAlemany. In the contest over the infrastructure bill, the crypto industry and its allies sprung into action, mounting a campaign on Capitol Hill, and proving their newfound power as a lobbying force https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Hamza Shaban / :@hshaban
- Twitter @jack   If you feel this doesn't go far enough, I'd argue that this at least gets you to 90% of goal. For the remaining 10% of edge cases, let's make a proper well-informed law through committee hearings with witnesses on both sides of the debate. Jack⚡️ / :@jack
- Twitter @jack   To @RonWyden, @SenLummis, @SenToomey, @MarkWarner, @SenRobPortman, @SenatorSinema, @TedCruz, respective staff & everyone who's worked on the Infrastructure Bill “Crypto Tax Reporting” provision: thank you for your work to get this right. May we offer a workable simplification? Jack⚡️ / :@jack
- Twitter @kmsmithdc   END/ So.... we urge you to support the @ronwyden-@senlummis-@sentoomey amendment and oppose the @markwarner amendment. Keep crypto innovation here in the US. Crypto. Here for Good. (I promise you it really is.) Kristin Smith / :@kmsmithdc
- Twitter @tyler   The crypto voting block is real. We are no longer a fringe community of technologists, but a rapidly growing industry of millions of people that is fast becoming a major growth engine of the US economy, and will be for decades to come. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tyler Winklevoss / :@tyler
- Twitter @carnage4life   US politicians have grabbed a tiger by the tail. The crypto community spends millions on JPGs and will have no qualms spending significant amounts of money going after politicians for effectively trying to ban crypto. At least one major politician has already figured that out. https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @avichal   ~20% of US Millennials own crypto. Only 37% own stocks. Imagine Senators and the White House trying to kill the stock market for half of all Millennial shareholders. How do you think that demo would vote in the next election cycle? Avichal Garg / :@avichal
- Twitter @techwontsaveus   An alliance between digital rights groups and powerful corporate interests held up the US infrastructure deal to minimize crypto regulations. “The parallels between cryptocurrency's current battle and how ‘Big Tech’ once approached regulation are notable."https://www.washingtonpost.com / ... :@techwontsaveus
- Twitter @aaschapiro   What do Trump staffer Mick Mulvaney, the lefty group Fight for the Future, & Mark Cuban have in common? A fight over a provision tucked into the infrastructure bill revealed an unlikely crew united by skepticism of cryptocurrency regulation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Avi Asher-Schapiro / :@aaschapiro
- Twitter @arrington   I love how senators just have to say “let's fuck this random stuff up” and then all the people in that industry pour money into their coffers to convince them not to. It's a direct analogy to “nice store you have here, what a shame if something bad were to happen to it” :@arrington
- Twitter @jasonklau   @josephzeballos As one of these “centralized exchanges” - we are already regulated and report transactions to the IRS. US users get sent 1099s. Jason Lau / :@jasonklau
- Twitter @parismarx   The effort to stop this crypto amendment has been a good example of how tech and its supporters wield false narratives that sound attractive and empowering, but actually function to protect corporate power and fight regulations that would constrain it. https://twitter.com/... Paris Marx / :@parismarx
- Twitter @apompliano   There are tens of millions of people around the world voluntarily working together to build a better future that stands on the bedrock of freedom and transparency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Pomp / :@apompliano
- Twitter @moneyball   This would be infinitely more effective for the IRS to collect taxes and the government to legitimately score revenue for the infrastructure bill. As it stands, no one running a node can comply with filing 1099s, so there would be no additional tax revenue due to this law. https://twitter.com/... Steve Lee / :@moneyball
- Twitter @kmsmithdc   1/ Dear Senators, still confused about why the @markwarner amendments (yes, all 5 of them) fall short of fixing the #crypto provision in the #infrastructurebill? Here are 3 things you need to know. Kristin Smith / :@kmsmithdc
- Twitter @carnage4life   The NRA has a chokehold on gun control regulation with about $3M-$5M in lobbying. The top 5 defense contractors spend about $50M/year to direct trillions in defense spending. The crypto community has the wealth & passion to have similar impact on government. The dragon is awake. https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @gregmike   Nice background 👊 https://twitter.com/... Greg Mike / :@gregmike
- Twitter @avifelman   Genuinely the most bullish thing I've ever read https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Avi Felman / :@avifelman
- Twitter @kmsmithdc   10/ This type of policy shouldn't be rushed or forced into must-pass legislation. We'd love to start back at square one... but instead we find ourselves here. Kristin Smith / :@kmsmithdc
- Twitter @brockm   ... or, I have an idea: why not raise the stakes on individuals who do not report crypto gains by substantially increasing penalties? This seems like a better idea than trying to impose solutions that will literally be impossible to comply with. Mike Brock / :@brockm
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Call center operator Teleperformance, which counts Apple, Amazon, and Uber as clients, wants to monitor staff working from home in Colombia, via AI-powered cams
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- Twitter @oliviasolon   NEW: Contracted call center workers for tech companies including Apple, Amazon and Uber were pressured to consent to intrusive surveillance in their homes, including consenting to their children being filmed https://www.nbcnews.com/... Olivia Solon / :@oliviasolon
- Twitter @nandelabra   Solidarity to comrades fighting tech surveillance supremacy in Colombia ✊🏽 https://twitter.com/... Nandini B. / :@nandelabra
- Twitter @carnage4life   @VanityTrophies @thechiaman I can take a picture of a computer screen fairly easily. Should Apple risk a repeat of the Fappening because employees want to work from home? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @buttermilk1   this is the kind of thing i worry about with work from home exploding the way it is. employers are going to assert ownership of people's personal spaces. meanwhile, workers shoulder the cost of creating a functional work environment. https://twitter.com/... Sarah Goodyear / :@buttermilk1
- Twitter @oliviasolon   Uber was the only company to tell me it requested additional monitoring for home workers. Both Apple & Amazon said they did not require this monitoring. Teleperformance said it hadn't yet rolled it out, but was futureproofing its employee data policies https://www.nbcnews.com/... Olivia Solon / :@oliviasolon
- Twitter @jathansadowski   When asked about workplace surveillance, I always point to call centers as a progenitor for so much of this “productivity monitoring” technology. Once again, that industry is on the cutting edge of the most intrusive innovations on the market. So wild. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jathan Sadowski / :@jathansadowski
- Twitter @evacide   The bossware forced on call center workers who are working from home is frequently unnecessarily invasive. Do executives working from home face this kind of scrutiny? Nope. https://twitter.com/... Eva / :@evacide
- Twitter @oliviasolon   The contract workers (many of whom work out of their bedrooms) had to sign covers off all kinds of AI-powered video monitoring to make sure they don't have phones or paper on their desks - items restricted by Teleperformance's security policies https://www.nbcnews.com/... Olivia Solon / :@oliviasolon
- Twitter @dangillmor   Reminder — again — that Apple is fundamentally just as contemptuous of working people as the rest of corporate America. (Amazon and Uber have long been known for this.) https://twitter.com/... Dan Gillmor / :@dangillmor
- Twitter @hypervisible   “The contract allows monitoring by AI-powered cameras in workers' homes, voice analytics and storage of data collected from the worker's family members, including minors.” https://twitter.com/... Hypervisible Dot Pdf / :@hypervisible
- Twitter @carnage4life   This is one of those issues with real trade offs that the media rarely frames. Do you want the Apple employee responsible for reviewing the CSAM false positives in your iCloud photos doing so from home without supervision? I doubt it. Should they not work from home then? 😬 https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @foxcahn   This is grotesque. No one should be allowed to pressure their employees into having a surveillance camera in their bedroom. The potential for abuse here is endless. https://twitter.com/... Albert Fox Cahn / :@foxcahn

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2020-08-08

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Sources: Twitter had preliminary talks with TikTok about combining with TikTok's US operations, expects it would face less antitrust scrutiny than Microsoft
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- CNET   TikTok, Twitter held talks about sale of popular video app, says report Edward Moyer / :CNET
- Reuters   Twitter, TikTok held preliminary talks about potential combination: WSJ Kanishka Singh / :Reuters
- The Verge   Twitter and TikTok reportedly have had talks about a deal Kim Lyons / :The Verge
- Bloomberg   Twitter, TikTok Have Had Preliminary Talks About Merger: DJ Yueqi Yang / :Bloomberg
- Digital Trends   Twitter reportedly in talks to acquire U.S. operations of TikTok Aaron Mamiit / :Digital Trends
- Business Insider   TikTok and Twitter are starting to talk about a possible combination, WSJ reports Rebecca Harrington / :Business Insider
- MSPoweruser   Twitter reportedly in talks to purchase TikTok Surur / :MSPoweruser
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- Twitter @sarahfrier   It turns out that killing Vine was a very expensive mistake https://twitter.com/... Sarah Frier / :@sarahfrier
- Twitter @shiraovide   Is there such a thing as Occam's Razor for M&A? Like if one deal if a cash rich company writing a giant check, and another option is Jack Dorsey holding up a “Help w/financing?” sign on Market Street, then...? https://www.wsj.com/... Shira Ovide / :@shiraovide
- Twitter @azalben   Oh wow maybe Twitter could limit TikTok videos to 6 seconds and then slowly throttle it into non-existence https://twitter.com/... Alex Zalben / :@azalben
- Twitter @martinsfp   TweetTok! But also seemingly SplitTok, because “A deal would involve TikTok's U.S. operations.” Noooo.... you need to buy the whole thing outside China or you're on a hiding to nothing. https://www.wsj.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / :@martinsfp
- Twitter @zachhalverson   Twitter looking to aquire and kill any and all short term video services out there. https://twitter.com/... Zach Halverson / :@zachhalverson
- Twitter @hshaban   “Twitter's market capitalization is about $29 billion and Microsoft's is more than $1.6 trillion.” Twitter is a long-shot bidder for TikTok's US operations, the WSJ reports. The companies have had preliminary talks. But Microsoft is much further along. https://www.wsj.com/... Hamza Shaban / :@hshaban
- Twitter @besvinick   This would be quite the make-up deal after losing out on Instagram, squandering Vine, and arguably not doing enough with Periscope https://twitter.com/... Adam Besvinick / :@besvinick
- Twitter @carnage4life   Twitter is trying to compete with Microsoft for TikTok but it's entire market cap is less than the potential sale price. Imagine if instead of killing Vine they'd decided to invest in machine learning for the recommendation engine? TikTok wouldn't exist. https://www.wsj.com/... Dare Obasanjo / :@carnage4life
- Twitter @mgsiegler   Does Treasury want Twitter stock? https://twitter.com/... M.G. Siegler / :@mgsiegler
- Twitter @mdudas   lol, 0.01% chance @realDonaldTrump allows this deal to happen https://www.wsj.com/... Mike Dudas / :@mdudas
- Twitter @kantrowitz   Imagine Twitter had a short form video app that people loved https://www.wsj.com/... Alex Kantrowitz / :@kantrowitz
1. Techmeme story
  Source: TikTok will sue the Trump administration over the executive order banning the service, as soon as Tuesday
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  - South China Morning Post   TikTok to sue Trump administration as soon as Tuesday, US media report says :South China Morning Post
  - AppleInsider   TikTok's plans to sue Trump Administration to end ban on Tuesday Malcolm Owen / :AppleInsider
  - Gizmodo   TikTok Plans to Take Trump's Ass to Court Over Ban: Report Alyse Stanley / :Gizmodo
  - Engadget   TikTok may sue White House over ban as soon as August 11th Jon Fingas / :Engadget
  - Digital Trends   TikTok could take legal action against Trump administration next week Georgina Torbet / :Digital Trends
  - Wall Street Journal   Life Without TikTok? U.S. Marketers Contemplate Their Options Sahil Patel / :Wall Street Journal
  - CNBC   TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over ban as soon as Tuesday, report says :CNBC
  - The Verge   TikTok lawsuit against Trump administration could come as early as Tuesday Kim Lyons / :The Verge
  - GeekWire   Report: TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over ban Taylor Soper / :GeekWire
  - Seeking Alpha   TikTok to sue Trump administration over executive order ban - NPR Jason Aycock / :Seeking Alpha
  - Social Media Today   TikTok Stands Firm as White House Makes September Deal Deadline Official Andrew Hutchinson / :Social Media Today
  - Wired   Trump's Executive Orders Hurt More Than TikTok and WeChat :Wired
  - PYMNTS.com   TikTok ‘Shocked’ By Trump's Executive Order :PYMNTS.com
  - International Business Times   TikTok Takes On Trump, Threatening Legal Action Over Executive Order Kevin Billings / :International Business Times
  - Bloomberg   Deciphering Trump's TikTok Ban as China Feud Escalates Maya Tribbitt / :Bloomberg
  - Pocketnow   TikTok expresses shock in statement responding to President Trump's executive order Nadeem Sarwar / :Pocketnow
  - Reuters   U.S.-listed Chinese stocks fall as Trump takes aim at WeChat, TikTok Neha Malara / :Reuters
  - NBC News   Trump issues executive order barring U.S. companies from doing business with TikTok's parent :NBC News
  - CNET   TikTok slams Trump executive order that effectively bans the app Alexandra Garrett / :CNET
  - KnowTechie   In 45 days, Trump's new executive order will ban TikTok and WeChat transactions Josiah Motley / :KnowTechie
  Tweets (3)
  - Twitter @mikko   “the lawsuit will argue that the president's far-reaching action is unconstitutional because it failed to give TikTok a chance to respond. It also alleges that the administration's national security justification for the order is baseless” https://twitter.com/... :@mikko
  - Twitter @nazirafzal   As a fan of #TikTok & a much bigger fan of free speech (that is not hateful) I would happily join their legal team! Does Trump really think that TikTok is more of a threat to privacy & our data than his chums at Facebook, Amazon, Google etc? It's always politics & money https://twitter.com/... Nazir Afzal / :@nazirafzal
  - Twitter @truthsleuthyt   Now this is going to be an interesting lawsuit for sure 👀 https://twitter.com/... :@truthsleuthyt
2. Techmeme story
  Trump signs an executive order to block all transactions with ByteDance and WeChat starting Sept. 20, just 5 days after Microsoft's deadline to acquire TikTok
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  - TikTok   Statement on the Administration's Executive Order :TikTok
  - New York Times   The language in Trump's EOs on WeChat and TikTok may be vague deliberately, as some argue the uncertainty may dissuade more US companies from operating in China Ana Swanson / :New York Times
  - Associated Press   Huawei says that production of its high-end Kirin smartphone chips will stop Sept. 15 and, more broadly, its smartphone production has “no chips and no supply” Joe Mcdonald / :Associated Press
  - The Verge   The US declared war on TikTok because it can't handle the truth Sarah Jeong / :The Verge
  - Reuters   Huawei to stop making flagship chipsets as U.S. pressure bites, Chinese media say :Reuters
  - The Guardian   Can Trump ban TikTok? What the executive order means - explained Kari Paul / :The Guardian
  - CNN   What is WeChat and why does Trump want to ban it? Shannon Liao / :CNN
  - NBC News   As Trump bans WeChat, some in China turn to encrypted messaging app Signal Kevin Collier / :NBC News
  - Engadget   Microsoft reportedly considers buying all of TikTok Jon Fingas / :Engadget
  - The Guardian   Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club Mark Sweney / :The Guardian
  - MobileSyrup   Huawei confirms Mate 40 series is coming, will be the last with Kirin chips Jonathan Lamont / :MobileSyrup
  - I, Cringely   President Trump thinks he can shut down WeChat: It won't work Robert X. Cringely / :I, Cringely
  - OneZero   The Dream of a Global Internet Is Dead Will Oremus / :OneZero
  - CNET   What TikTok can do for Microsoft, and what Microsoft can do for TikTok Ian Sherr / :CNET
  - Wall Street Journal   U.S. Broadens Attack on Chinese Internet Giants With WeChat Order :Wall Street Journal
  - Memex 1.1   Quote of the Day … - B. F. Skinner  —  Musical alternative to the morning's radio news :Memex 1.1
  - The Verge   Trump's WeChat ban could touch everything from Spotify to League of Legends Sam Byford / :The Verge
  - Ars Technica   Trump declares TikTok, WeChat “national emergency,” preps bans Kate Cox / :Ars Technica
  - Access Now   Trump executive orders targeting China-linked apps fail to protect privacy, harm human rights Carolyn Tackett / :Access Now
  - International Business Times   China-US Ties Plunge Further Over Hong Kong Sanctions :International Business Times
  - The Irish Times   Trump's TikTok move may have far-reaching consequences Ciara O'Brien / :The Irish Times
  - South China Morning Post   Inside China Tech: Chinese apps under fire :South China Morning Post
  - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP   Beijing says US ban on Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat are an affront to market principles and ‘slippery slope’ Rachel Wong / :Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
  - BIG by Matt Stoller   Banning TikTok: Are We Reproducing the Chinese Internet in America? Matt Stoller / :BIG
  - Ubergizmo   Microsoft Could End Up Buying TikTok's Worldwide Business Tyler Lee / :Ubergizmo
  - CCN.com   Trump's China Tech Attack is Bad News For the Stock Market Joseph Young / :CCN.com
  - New York Times   Targeting WeChat, Trump Takes Aim at China's Bridge to the World :New York Times
  - PYMNTS.com   Trump's WeChat Ban Could Rock The US Consumer Landscape :PYMNTS.com
  - Los Angeles Times   Trump banned TikTok and WeChat. Are video games next? Sam Dean / :Los Angeles Times
  - CNBC   Trump issues executive orders banning U.S. transactions with WeChat and TikTok in 45 days Saheli Roy Choudhury / :CNBC
  - Nikkei Asian Review   Trump's push for cut of TikTok sale met with doubt and dismay Takeshi Kawanami / :Nikkei Asian Review
  - ExtremeTech   President Trump Signs Ban on TikTok, WeChat as Government Declares Hostility Towards Chinese Digital Goods and Services Joel Hruska / :ExtremeTech
  - Financial Times   Trump escalates anti-China campaign with Hong Kong sanctions :Financial Times
  - Axios   Trump considering order on pre-existing condition protections, which already exist :Axios
  - VentureBeat   ProBeat: Microsoft wants TikTok for the same reason the U.S. fears China Emil Protalinski / :VentureBeat
  - Music Technology Policy   Why No One Should Be Surprised About Tencent  —  MTP readers will not be surprised … Chris Castle / :Music Technology Policy
  - Bloomberg   Trump Blew Up More Than Just TikTok and WeChat Tim Culpan / :Bloomberg
  - Android Central   What is WeChat and why is Trump banning it? Harish Jonnalagadda / :Android Central
  - TheStreet   Chinese Tech Stocks Slump — and Facebook and Snap Gain — Following Trump Orders Eric Jhonsa / :TheStreet
  - Techdirt   Trump Issues Ridiculous Executive Orders Banning TikTok And WeChat Mike Masnick / :Techdirt
  - Adweek   Instagram Reels Makes Its Official U.S. Debut: Here's What You Need to Know David Cohen / :Adweek
  - Washington Post   Trump executive order against Tencent-owned companies does not affect video game holdings Elise Favis / :Washington Post
  - Morning Brew   Is Reels the new TikTok?  —  Welcome to the weekend.  You all already know that I'm obsessive … :Morning Brew
  - Polygon   Trump order against Tencent likely won't impact video games Austen Goslin / :Polygon
  - The Logic   The U.S. did not inform Canada about its new initiative to ban Chinese technology like TikTok and WeChat Zane Schwartz Last / :The Logic
  - BBC   Facebook founder sees wealth hit $100bn after TikTok rival launch :BBC
  - Tom's Guide   Trump enacts TikTok ban: What to know about the executive order Kelly Woo / :Tom's Guide
  - The Diplomat   Trump Administration Targets ByteDance and Tencent Shea Cotton / :The Diplomat
  - Nikkei Asian Review   US to ban transactions with TikTok and WeChat in 45 days :Nikkei Asian Review
  - Fortune   ‘A strange power’: The secretive Presidential committee that could kneecap TikTok :Fortune
  - PCWorld   Trump ban of Tencent Holdings could affect Fortnite, League of Legends and other games Mark Hachman / :PCWorld
  - The Daily Dot   Trump almost banned a ton of popular video games by mistake Gavia Baker-Whitelaw / :The Daily Dot
  Tweets (69)
  - Twitter @samaugustdean   Video game companies owned by Tencent will NOT be affected by this executive order! White House official confirmed to the LA Times that the EO only blocks transactions related to WeChat So Riot Games (League of Legends), Epic Games (Fortnite), et al are safe (pending updates) :@samaugustdean
  - Twitter @hunterw   BREAKING: President Trump just issued an executive order “on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok.” It takes effect in 45 days, prohibits “any transaction” with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and will almost certainly face legal challenges. https://twitter.com/... Hunter Walker / :@hunterw
  - Twitter @paulmozur   WeChat is now in play as the Trump admin looks to break a 20-year custom of mostly ignoring Chinese internet blocks. The executive order lays the groundwork for an eye-for-eye reprisal aimed at what is China's most groundbreaking internet product. https://www.nytimes.com/... :@paulmozur
  - Twitter @noahpinion   Look, kids. I'm all in favor of Cold War Liberalism — pointing the finger at totalitarian rivals and say “We can't let ourselves be like that”. But that's very different than saying “We also do some bad things, so we have no right to point fingers.” That's just edgelord-ism. https://twitter.com/... Noah Smith / :@noahpinion
  - Twitter @hawleymo   Just passed my bill banning @tiktok_us on government devices on the Senate floor. Unanimous Josh Hawley / :@hawleymo
  - Twitter @lindatangusa   “.For nearly a year, we have sought to engage with the US government in good faith to provide a constructive solution to the concerns that have been expressed."says TikTok. I remember Tiktok rejected testifying in congress https://www.cnbc.com/... Linda Tang / :@lindatangusa
  - Twitter @tculpan   Tencent responds to ⁦@POTUS⁩ executive order. In summary: “we're looking into it” https://twitter.com/... Tim Culpan / :@tculpan
  - Twitter @lichtspektrum   One way to look at how a TikTok lawsuit against US could go, and this is suggested by a lawyer acquaintance: defendant is definitely going to ask for the plaintiff's (incl. BD's) correspondence with the Chinese government to be made public, which BD can't really afford to... https://twitter.com/... :@lichtspektrum
  - Twitter @nukestrat   .@FareedZakaria on the effects of Trump's Internet control efforts: “Instead of China adopting the U.S. model, the United States is adopting the Chinese model.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Hans Kristensen / :@nukestrat
  - Twitter @starfire2258   If you've never heard of Tencent or don't think about them much, this might be a good time to change that. They have their fingers in SO many pies — including the biggest mobile games and huge Hollywood blockbusters. The list in here is just the start: https://www.theverge.com/... Sean Hollister / :@starfire2258
  - Twitter @gerryconway   It's entirely possible there's a good case to be made for the U.S. to disengage somewhat from Chinese tech. This is not that case. It's stupid political race-baiting. “Trump's WeChat ban could touch everything from Spotify to League of Legends” https://www.theverge.com/... Gerry Conway / :@gerryconway
  - Twitter @evleaks   With the US's increasingly aggressive posture toward numerous crown jewels of China's tech sector, how long before China starts taking painful retaliatory action? Apple, for instance - with its heavy reliance on both Chinese labor and consumers - would seem especially vulnerable. Evan Blass / :@evleaks
  - Twitter @halhod   @alexhern don't think this is the case, as the app is different in mainland, and not called wechat. it's chinese name weixin isn't in the order :@halhod
  - Twitter @alexdobie   This is absolutely wild. While WH has clarified it's only going after WeChat + not all of Tencent, that still means WeChat being pulled from Google Play & App Store in 45 days. MUCH bigger deal on iOS vs Android given the lack of sideload options (thread) https://www.androidcentral.com/ ... Alex Dobie / :@alexdobie
  - Twitter @whnsc   WeChat is subject to the authority of the #CCP, which actively undermines U.S. interests and is hostile to American values and the rights of individuals. https://www.whitehouse.gov/... NSC / :@whnsc
  - Twitter @thesharpedge1   POTUS issued an executive order Thursday night banning China's TikTok owned by ByteDance in 45 days on the basis that the app has been gathering data that could potentially be shared with the government of China. https://www.google.com/... https://www.whitehouse.gov/... :@thesharpedge1
  - Twitter @whnsc   TikTok has a history of censoring free speech to conform to #CCP propaganda and captures information from users in the U.S. and around the world. The Trump Administration will not allow the CCP to exploit the private information of U.S. citizens. https://www.whitehouse.gov/... NSC / :@whnsc
  - Twitter @sarahjeong   because I exist to make people mad, I decided to make my tech column about authoritarianism, racism, and american exceptionalism https://www.theverge.com/... Sarah Jeong / :@sarahjeong
  - Twitter @sriramk   Many takes on China/US but this is a fair summary : this was something bubbling over for a long time and the status quo was unstable. https://twitter.com/... Sriram Krishnan / :@sriramk
  - Twitter @nytimes   By targeting the all-purpose Chinese app WeChat, President Trump's executive order restricting Chinese tech would curb Beijing's ability to spread propaganda, but also cut off conversations between investors, business partners, family and friends. https://www.nytimes.com/... :@nytimes
  - Twitter @nytimesbusiness   “Trump is violating our rights to connect with our families and friends. If WeChat is really banned, the executive order seems rather unconstitutional, it violates the First Amendment,” said May Han, a Chinese American student in California https://www.nytimes.com/... :@nytimesbusiness
  - Twitter @cnn   President Trump issued executive orders that will ban TikTok from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies. CNN's @Hadas_Gold looks back at the rise and controversies of the app. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/... :@cnn
  - Twitter @danprimack   Two notes on the @realDonaldTrump order: 1. It doesn't make sense. MSFT led to believe it had 45 days to strike a deal that was amenable to all sides (including WH). Almost impossible to believe it could now close deal in that timeframe — there is still tons to be negotiated. Dan Primack / :@danprimack
  - Twitter @oxforddiplomat   Following India's lead, Trump issues an executive order banning TikTok if not sold within 45 days. This might be minor for some, but this is pretty huge for my area of Digital Diplomacy. Bringing up issues of cyber and national sovereignty, data control...https://www.axios.com/ ... Dr. Jennifer Cassidy / :@oxforddiplomat
  - Twitter @om   Basically, Bytedance is saying that they are going to sue the administration? https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... :@om
  - Twitter @hawleymo   Dear #China: Winter is coming https://twitter.com/... Josh Hawley / :@hawleymo
  - Twitter @jason_a_murdock   TikTok responds: “We will pursue all remedies available to us in order to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and our users are treated fairly - if not by the Administration, then by the US courts.” https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... Jason Murdock / :@jason_a_murdock
  - Twitter @reckless   Trump going after WeChat / Tencent is a lot different than going after TikTok — Tencent is an absolute force in gaming, movies, and music. @345triangle explains, in a story that started by just making a list. Top Gun! https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Nilay Patel / :@reckless
  - Twitter @baldingsworld   Amazing how ingrained CCP propaganda has become even in mainstream outlets that would deny it. Why is WeChat the only bridge? Because Beijing blocks everything else and censors WeChat. Why is everything about whether it upsets Beijing? Terrible framing https://www.nytimes.com/... :@baldingsworld
  - Twitter @nbcnightlynews   In orders targeting TikTok and Tencent, Pres. Trump argues that the apps developed and owned by companies in China “threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of” of the US by making US citizens data vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party. https://www.nbcnews.com/... :@nbcnightlynews
  - Twitter @reckless   Fire from ⁦@sarahjeong⁩ this morning https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Nilay Patel / :@reckless
  - Twitter @yuanfenyang   The best side-effect of the WeChat ban could be to get more Chinese diaspora onto @signalapp and other end-to-end encrypted apps. That would be a concrete step towards better security. BUT WAIT, the US govt is also defunding the creators of secure apps! https://www.theverge.com/... Yuan Yang / :@yuanfenyang
  - Twitter @alexhern   That would be substantially more damaging for Apple in China than losing Google services was for Huawei in the west, I think. And yet this is the US government doing it to both. Alex Hern / :@alexhern
  - Twitter @alexhern   If I'm reading this EO correctly, it obliges Apple to remove WeChat from the Chinese App Store, which would effectively kill the company's phone business in China. China represents a little under 15% of Apple's global revenue https://www.whitehouse.gov/... Alex Hern / :@alexhern
  - Twitter @thetweetofjohn   The loophole that could render all the rest of this BS: “to the extent permitted under applicable law.” Why put that in? It's almost like saying, I don't even know if I can do this. https://www.whitehouse.gov/... John FitzGerald / :@thetweetofjohn
  - Twitter @arielbogle   Trump's executive order incorrectly claims WeChat is banned or restricted in Australia. It is not, or at least, not currently. https://www.whitehouse.gov/... https://twitter.com/... Ariel Bogle / :@arielbogle
  - Twitter @katherineykwu   I have tears steaming down my face trying to figure out what the hell this means. WeChat is the only form of communication between me and my parents and grandparents- my entire family in China. It's always been so goddamn hard to be so far from them, and especially this year. https://twitter.com/... Katherine Wu / :@katherineykwu
  - Twitter @paulmozur   Also...WeChat absolutely is a security issue. Chinese police widely use WeChat to intimidate the diaspora community and in China use it to follow/detain their families. The domestic censorship makes it an international filter bubble of CCP propaganda. https://www.nytimes.com/... :@paulmozur
  - Twitter @sarthakgh   All true : 1) CCP started this war two decades ago 2) Trade reciprocity is a reasonable expectation 3) Algiorithmic & info control is a dangerous tool in hands of CCP given its track record 4) POTUS has been a whimsical bafoon in handling this situation & has a trust deficit https://twitter.com/... Sar Haribhakti / :@sarthakgh
  - Twitter @jgriffiths   “Arguments for a national ban against dishonest tech companies that harvest as much data as possible and backchannel with spy agencies and police hold up pretty well no matter which company is slotted into the national security mad libs.” https://theintercept.com/... :@jgriffiths
  - Twitter @ruima   So WeChat has something like 3mm users in the US mostly Chinese diaspora. Kindly do explain to me the threat. :@ruima
  - Twitter @mikeisaac   tencent acknowledges the EO, but not much more for now: ""We are reviewing the executive order to get a full understanding." — Tencent spokesperson Rat King / :@mikeisaac
  - Twitter @mr_berman   It's fun with news with Trump sometimes that you expect one thing, and then you get that one thing, but you also get a weird twist that you did not see coming, sorry to Fortnite. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Matt Berman / :@mr_berman
  - Twitter @thr   “These risks are real,” reads Trump's order, which cites the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as its basis. “The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security” https://thr.cm/6euHhUW :@thr
  - Twitter @goldman   Won't invoke the Defense Production Act to produce the PPE needed by doctors and nurses. Won't encourage a national mask mandate. Won't respond to Russia paying bounties to kill US soldiers. But this is the emergency. https://twitter.com/... Jason Goldman / :@goldman
  - Twitter @seldo   Is blocking financial transactions with TenCent also about national security or are we finally admitting the mask is off this blatant nationalism? https://www.theverge.com/... Laurie Voss / :@seldo
  - Twitter @soonergrunt   He doesn't actually have the authority to tell private citizens what to do here. He can order the executive branch to not engage in transactions. interesting that after all the gifts Facebook gives Trump and Republicans he did this today as FB launches their TikTok competitor. https://twitter.com/... :@soonergrunt
  - Twitter @chandrarsrikant   Trump cites India's actions against Chinese apps in both his executive orders on WeChat and TikTok. Thee TikTok order even quotes @GoI_MeitY. Fact that US seems to be following India on how it regulates Chinese Internet cos is remarkable in itself. https://twitter.com/... Chandra R. Srikanth / :@chandrarsrikant
  - Twitter @yuanfenyang   I started working on this story a year ago, and this is the right week to get it out. How Microsoft laid roots in China, and seeded its future tech leaders, including TikTok's Zhang Yiming. “The soft power of Microsoft in China is immense.” (thread) https://www.ft.com/... Yuan Yang / :@yuanfenyang
  - Twitter @ericgarland   India bans TikTok. Microsoft might buy TikTok. If it does...it wants to expand...into India. Can anyone explain this to me? 🤔https://www.ft.com/ ... Eric Garland / :@ericgarland
  - Twitter @emilydparker   The executive order is basically describing TIkTok and WeChat as a “national emergency” https://www.whitehouse.gov/... Emily Parker / :@emilydparker
  - Twitter @meghupdates   India showed the way .... Details of the order .... https://www.whitehouse.gov/... :@meghupdates
  - Twitter @annafifield   All the focus has been on TikTok because Americans use it. But for China, WeChat is a much much bigger deal. It's impossible to function in China without WeChat https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Anna Fifield / :@annafifield
  - Twitter @evan_greer   “I am going to fight the Chinese Internet companies by making our Internet more like China's.” https://twitter.com/... Evan Greer / :@evan_greer
  - Twitter @aynrandpaulryan   What a man-baby. 😂 The tweens on TikTok really hurt his feelings when they punked him in Tulsa. Trump Targets WeChat and TikTok, in Sharp Escalation With China https://www.nytimes.com/... Holly Figueroa O'Reilly / :@aynrandpaulryan
  - Twitter @jbursz   A WeChat ban would be devastating for so many people in China who have relatives/friends in the U.S. and vice versa I don't think some ppl understand how important and prevalent the app is for SO many people in their day-to-day lives, who just want to check-in across the world https://twitter.com/... Jessica Bursztynsky / :@jbursz
  - Twitter @doctorjohn_md   WeChat is the only way I can communicate with my *entire* extended family. My mom, dad, and sister are my only family in the States. Oh also, TenCent has a significant financial stake in over a dozen major game publishers & developers. Trump's a fucking asshole https://twitter.com/... DoctorJohn / :@doctorjohn_md
  - Twitter @byyourlogic   Donald Trump despises the current Fortnite meta https://twitter.com/... :@byyourlogic
  - Twitter @briannawu   Tencent owns League of Legends and PubG, meaning neither two of the biggest games on the market can't make money. Tencent also has a 40 percent stake in Unreal Engine, which makes Fortnite. This is so incredibly stupid. https://twitter.com/... Brianna Wu / :@briannawu
  - Twitter @genepark   Will this tiktok ban affect fortnite then?! Call of Duty mobile?! https://twitter.com/... :@genepark
  - Twitter @thetomzone   this trump EO should not be taken seriously but if i'm reading this correctly, it bans any transaction with a business unit of Tencent within “the jurisdiction of the United States,” thus more or less banning any Tencent America games https://twitter.com/... :@thetomzone
  - Twitter @fordm   Uh, Tencent has stakes in Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, Supercell, and Epic Games. It owns Riot Games outright. That's a huge swath of the gaming industry. https://twitter.com/... Matt Ford / :@fordm
  - Twitter @swodinsky   the internet's economy is *specifically built* to cross international lines. banning “chinese apps” like tiktok or shifting their ownership won't do shit to keep our data “safe.” if anything, it'll make things worse i did my best to break down why: https://gizmodo.com/... Shoshana Wodinsky / :@swodinsky
  - Twitter @kalhanr   🗣CAN WE STOP WITH THE TIKTOK NEWS WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MY WEEKEND https://twitter.com/... Kalhan / :@kalhanr
  - Twitter @panama_tj   The end of Tik Tok in the US. https://twitter.com/... :@panama_tj
  - Twitter @josh_emerson   This will die in court https://twitter.com/... Josh Russell / :@josh_emerson
  - Twitter @originalspin   Trump getting even with the TikTok kids who turned his Covid-infested Tulsa rally into a humiliation. What's next, a ban on BTS? Not sure Donnie wants to wake this dragon https://twitter.com/... Jeff Yang / :@originalspin
  - Twitter @samfbiddle   the idea that the United States has any sort of moral authority when it comes to condemning China's internet is absolutely insane. There is nothing “clean” about us and there never has been https://theintercept.com/... Sam Biddle / :@samfbiddle
  - Twitter @rmac18   Mark Zuckerberg was asked by employees today if Facebook would acquire TikTok. He said he wouldn't comment on M&A but said that a ban on TikTok would be “a really bad long-term precedent” and doubted that it would help Facebook in the long run. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... :@rmac18
3. Techmeme story
  Inside the efforts to sell TikTok as Trump keeps sending contradictory signals, amid shouting matches between Mnuchin and Navarro in the Oval Office
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  - New York Times   Trump Wants U.S. to Get Cut of Any TikTok Deal. No One Knows How That'd Work. :New York Times
  - The Verge   TikTok discussions at the White House reportedly turned into a brawl between Trump advisors Kim Lyons / :The Verge
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  - Twitter @nakashimae   NEW: TikTok's fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl. w/@lizzadwoskin @JStein_WaPo @greene https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ellen Nakashima / :@nakashimae
  - Twitter @jstein_wapo   White House remains seriously divided by how aggressively to take on China - & over TikTok, it led to a “shouting match” in the Oval Trump continues to let Navarro push for more aggressive action - but for now ultimately is deferring still to Mnuchin's more cautious approach https://twitter.com/... Jeff Stein / :@jstein_wapo
  - Twitter @firstadopter   TikTok issue is using up valuable White House bandwidth that could be used for virus mitigation, econ/trade/stimulus etc. -> Washington Post: “a shouting match broke out in the Oval Office between ... Peter Navarro [and] Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tae Kim / :@firstadopter
  - Twitter @edbott   From now on, all mentions of Peter Navarro in the media should be autocorrected to “Peter Navarro, lunkhead menace.” https://twitter.com/... Ed Bott / :@edbott
  - Twitter @farhip   “I have no comment on what is clearly a malicious leak riddled with hyperbole and misinformation,” says White House advisor Peter Navarro, essentially not denying this story about an Oval Office shouting match with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Paul Farhi / :@farhip
  - Twitter @washingtonpost   An Oval Office shouting match over TikTok preceded an executive order that threatens the Chinese social media company's future https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... :@washingtonpost
  - Twitter @gwbstr   US platform governance: companies currying favor with some advisers to set up a deal to avoid huge problems if the boss happens to go with the totally unmoored adviser's burn-it-all-down instincts. https://twitter.com/... Graham Webster / :@gwbstr
  - Twitter @basche42   At the end of the day, Minooch is more important to Trump than Navarro. The former is a real money guy who ties Trump to actual power, the latter is a crank If these are the two demons on Trump's shoulders, I think then this edges in favor of an amicable-ish outcome for Tok https://twitter.com/... Ben Basche / :@basche42
  - Twitter @karaswisher   What a way to run a country: TikTok's fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kara Swisher / :@karaswisher
  - Twitter @cold_peace_   “Zhang and his investors were confident the concerns of the [USG] could be resolved without ByteDance having to spin off TikTok. But things changed quickly after India outright banned the app at the end of June...investors started hearing a different message from the White House” https://twitter.com/... Jeff M. Smith / :@cold_peace_
  - Twitter @harrymccracken   There are legitimate concerns here, but this isn't how to deal with them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Harry McCracken / :@harrymccracken
  - Twitter @bhuvanbagga   “Throughout this year, Zhang and his investors were confident that the concerns of the U.S federal government could be resolved without ByteDance having to spin off TikTok. But things changed quickly after India outright banned the app at the end of June.” https://www.google.com/... :@bhuvanbagga
  - Twitter @cairo67unedited   This isn't an administration, it is a crime family #Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Amr Khalifa / :@cairo67unedited
  - Twitter @ajwsmall   “Things changed quickly after India outright banned the app at the end of June” https://twitter.com/... Andrew Small / :@ajwsmall
  - Twitter @karaswisher   Peter Navarro knows as much about tech as my mom does. Actually, she knows more. What a lunkheaded menace he is as he ignore the real digital dangers from China: Trump advisers Mnuchin and Navarro fought over the fate of TikTok inside the Oval Office https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kara Swisher / :@karaswisher
  - Twitter @howardlindzon   Hope they were not wearing masks and spitting https://twitter.com/... :@howardlindzon
  - Twitter @wadhwa   TikTok's fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Notable how Silicon Valley VCs are puppets of the CCP, have sold their souls and can't be trusted. Also how India's TikTok ban changed the calculus. https://twitter.com/... Vivek Wadhwa / :@wadhwa
  - Twitter @jeffjarvis   Soft on China is the new soft on crime is the new soft on communism. https://twitter.com/... Jeff Jarvis / :@jeffjarvis
  - Twitter @carlquintanilla   “.. Navarro pushed back, demanding an outright ban of TikTok, while accusing Mnuchin of being soft on China, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity .. The treasury secretary appeared taken aback, they said” (via ⁦@washingtonpost⁩) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Carl Quintanilla / :@carlquintanilla
  - Twitter @lindsaypgorman   It's exactly this type of discord and process explosions with economic & national security decision making in the White House that muddies the US message overseas and makes it extremely difficult to build a multilateral coalition around internet repression. Similar story w 5G. https://twitter.com/... Lindsay P. Gorman / :@lindsaypgorman
  Intelligence agencies don't see TikTok as a major security issue, see the claimed risks as largely theoretical, and view companies like Huawei as larger threats
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  - Cointelegraph   Law Decoded: Tech as an Arena for International Conflict, July 31-August 7 Kollen Post / :Cointelegraph
  - Axios   Trump's TikTok and WeChat actions ratchet up the pressure on China :Axios
  - CCN.com   What If Trump's TikTok Ban Is Nothing More Than Petty Revenge? Bernadette Giacomazzo / :CCN.com
  - Reuters   WeChat U.S. ban cuts off users link to families in China Krystal Hu / :Reuters
  - NBC News   Welcome to the ‘splinternet’: Trump adds to fractures in worldwide web David Ingram / :NBC News
  - MacDailyNews   President Trump's WeChat ban could impact iPhone sales in China :MacDailyNews
  - Bloomberg   Trump's WeChat Ban Brings Cold War With China Into a Billion Homes :Bloomberg
  - SC Media   US expands Clean Network to protect COVID-19 vaccine research from China Teri Robinson / :SC Media
  - The Diplomat   The New US Cyber Policy Has Serious Bite for Chinese Firms Chauncey Jung / :The Diplomat
  - Digital Trends   TikTok threatens legal action to fight Trump ban Zoe Christen Jones / :Digital Trends
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  - Twitter @liuxininbeijing   US intelligence agency's analysts told the White House, it is possible that the Chinese intelligence authorities could intercept data or use the app to bore into smartphones. But there is NO EVIDENCE they have done so. The future? I say, it's all guessing.https://www.nytimes.com/ ... Liu Xin / :@liuxininbeijing
  - Twitter @nytimes   White House Memo: “Sorting out the real threats from the imagined ones is as complex as the design of the internet. But the threat TikTok poses, intelligence officials say, pales to the one created by Huawei,” write @SangerNYT and @julianbarnes https://www.nytimes.com/... :@nytimes
  - Twitter @pegobry   And since America's intelligence agencies have been declared infallible in November of 2016... https://twitter.com/... Peg / :@pegobry
  - Twitter @fernanmartinez   #TikTok has a parenting problem, raising preteens and teenagers distracted by its viral videos can attest. But when the C.I.A. was asked recently to assess whether it was also a national security problem, the answer that came back was highly equivocal. https://www.nytimes.com/... Fernn Martinez / :@fernanmartinez
  In a memo to advertisers, TikTok says it will refund ad campaigns it can't fulfill due to a US ban and will work with influencers to migrate to other platforms
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Interview with Bill Gates on COVID-19, Trump, last week's antitrust meeting, Mark Zuckerberg, misinformation, and the “poison chalice” of the TikTok deal
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- The Verge   Bill Gates calls Microsoft's TikTok deal a poisoned chalice Tom Warren / :The Verge
- Vox   Bill Gates is spending $150 million to try to make a coronavirus vaccine as cheap as $3 Theodore Schleifer / :Vox
- CNET   Bill Gates: Coronavirus pandemic will end ‘for the rich world’ by late 2021 Gael Fashingbauer Cooper / :CNET
- Input   Bill Gates: American COVID-19 tests are ‘completely garbage’ Mehreen Kasana / :Input
- Windows Central   Microsoft-TikTok deal is a ‘poison chalice,’ says Bill Gates Dan Thorp-Lancaster / :Windows Central
- MSPoweruser   Bill Gates weigh in on Microsoft-TikTok deal, calls it a “poison chalice” Surur / :MSPoweruser
- GeekWire   Gates interview tackles TikTok, his preferred COVID meds, and the gentler antitrust hearings of today Lisa Stiffler / :GeekWire
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- Twitter @stevenlevy   Surprised at how vigorously @BillGates attacked social media and Facebook in spreading lies (he's been arguing with his buddy Zuck about it). Admits if MS gets TikTok it will own “a poisoned chalice” bec of disinformation. https://www.wired.com/... Steven Levy / :@stevenlevy
- Twitter @caitlin__kelly   “The majority of all US tests are completely garbage, wasted. If you don't care how late the date is and you reimburse at the same level, of course they're going to take every customer. Because they are making ridiculous money.” Bill Gates talks Covid https://www.wired.com/... Caitlin Kelly / :@caitlin__kelly
- Twitter @baekdal   Also, Bill Gates is not having anymore of Trump's nonsense. https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Thomas Baekdal / :@baekdal
- Twitter @tomwarren   Bill Gates is clearly wary of Microsoft's TikTok deal. He's called the potential acquisition a “poison chalice” this week. Details here: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Tom Warren / :@tomwarren
- Twitter @murphymike   Highly recommended. Great survey from Gates' logical and highly informed POV of the actual COVID-19 situation; both good news and bad news here. If you want to read just one smart thing to know what's really going on, this is it. https://www.wired.com/... Mike Murphy / :@murphymike
- Twitter @mariemyungoklee   funny how Korea, which has exactly ZERO of the largest biotech test manufacturing companies (the US has half of the 10- largest), did not have this problem + their mass testing was successful — in a Trump administration no one's at the wheel and it's a grifting free-for-all https://twitter.com/... :@mariemyungoklee
- Twitter @mattnavarra   Bill thinks it's a risky purchase https://www.theverge.com/... Matt Navarra / :@mattnavarra
- Twitter @jamesallworth   Is it sad that I read this and thought: man, I wish this guy was in charge https://twitter.com/... James Allworth / :@jamesallworth
- Twitter @davidshepardson   .@BillGates weighs in on @realDonaldTrump demand for a significant chunk of the @tiktok_us sales price https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... :@davidshepardson
- Twitter @erikbryn   Bill Gates is clearly frustrated... https://www.wired.com/... Erik Brynjolfsson / :@erikbryn
- Twitter @dcherring   I'll be reading this article 5 times. 6 times. https://twitter.com/... :@dcherring
- Twitter @firequinito   Whole interview is insightful and surprisingly funny and worth reading https://www.wired.com/... Jaemark Tordecilla / :@firequinito
- Twitter @ahmed   Bill Gates on Trump and the coming election (without mentioning Trump by name) https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Ahmed Al Omran / :@ahmed
- Twitter @ct_bergstrom   In this first-rate @Wired interview, @BillGates presents his candid reflections on the two issues that occupy most of my waking moments: the US pandemic response, and on the role of social media in promoting division and misinformation in this country. https://www.wired.com/... Carl T. Bergstrom / :@ct_bergstrom
- Twitter @jbhavan   Excellent interview with Bill Gates, on the muzzling of the CDC since March and much more. https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... :@jbhavan
- Twitter @goldman   This is a really great interview. Lots of really great answers. Good overview of vaccine timeline, how to fix the testing problem, anti-vaccine disinfo. I don't totally buy his anti trust answer but at least it's funny. https://twitter.com/... Jason Goldman / :@goldman
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An inside look at Hawkfish, a Mike Bloomberg-funded tech company that helped his 2020 campaign, which is still working behind the scenes to help elect Joe Biden
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- Twitter @stevenlevy   I go inside Hawkfish, @MikeBloomberg's digital campaign firm. Like it's aquatic namesake, it's “a semi-aggressive, carnivorous bottom-dweller.” https://www.wired.com/... Steven Levy / :@stevenlevy
- Twitter @schwartzbcnbc   According to reporting from @StevenLevy , Bloomberg recently gave $35m to Hawkfish, but that investment will only last until Nov. He will not be spending anymore on that product. They also have a new contract with pro-Biden super PAC, Unite the Country. https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Brian Schwartz / :@schwartzbcnbc
- Twitter @wired   Mike Bloomberg's $1 billion presidential campaign is over—having crashed and burned after Elizabeth Warren's blowtorch attack in the Las Vegas debate—but part of it survives as a hundred-person operation dedicated to electing Joe Biden and other Democrats. https://www.wired.com/... :@wired
- Twitter @cullend   Mike never went away. How Bloomberg's Digital Army Is Still Fighting For Democrats https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Cullen Dudas / :@cullend
- Twitter @jeffglueck   This is the most accurate and best-researched story on @hwkfsh to date, and supporting Democratic and progressive causes on digital. https://www.wired.com/... via @wired Jeff Glueck / :@jeffglueck

2019

Techmeme snapshot

2019-08-08

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Uber reports Q2 revenue of $3.17B, up 14% YoY, net loss of $5.2B and a loss of ~$1.3B excluding stock based compensation, gross bookings of $15.8B, up 31% YoY
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- New York Times   Uber Posts $5.2 Billion Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate Kate Conger / :New York Times
- CNBC   Uber shares slide after reporting disappointing quarterly results Lora Kolodny / :CNBC
- CNN   Uber burned through $5.2 billion last quarter, its biggest quarterly loss ever Seth Fiegerman / :CNN
- TechCrunch   Uber lost more than $5B last quarter Kate Clark / :TechCrunch
- CNET   Uber's second-quarter earnings come in lower than expected Dara Kerr / :CNET
- Vanity Fair   Uber Posts Largest Loss to Date After “Train Wreck” IPO Alison Durkee / :Vanity Fair
- The Verge   Uber lost over $5 billion in one quarter, but don't worry, it gets worse Andrew J. Hawkins / :The Verge
- Vox   Uber lost an eye-popping $5 billion in a single quarter Theodore Schleifer / :Vox
- Crunchbase News   Why Uber's Stock Just Fell 10% Alex Wilhelm / :Crunchbase News
- Business Insider   Uber just reported massive losses that were larger than Wall Street expected — and the stock is sinking Graham Rapier / :Business Insider
- Engadget   Uber has more than 100 million users, but is still losing money Kris Holt / :Engadget
- The Hill   Uber reports largest-ever loss at $5.2 billion John Bowden / :The Hill
- Gizmodo   Uber Sets $5.2 Billion on Fire In Biggest Loss Ever Catie Keck / :Gizmodo
- Telegraph   Uber reveals record $5.2bn loss - among biggest since financial crisis Olivia Rudgard / :Telegraph
- Bloomberg   Uber Posts $5.2 Billion Quarterly Loss; Sales Miss Estimates Eric Newcomer / :Bloomberg
- The Daily Caller   Ride-Hailing Company Uber Reports $5 Billion Loss Whitney Tipton / :The Daily Caller
- Slate   Oof, Uber Lost a Ridiculous Amount of Money Last Quarter Aaron Mak / :Slate
- The Guardian   Uber sees biggest-ever quarterly loss: $5bn in three months Dominic Rushe / :The Guardian
- Ars Technica   Uber's no-good, terrible-rotten bad Q2 loses more than $5 billion Jonathan M. Gitlin / :Ars Technica
- Axios   Uber stock price drops after missed Q2 expectations Kia Kokalitcheva / :Axios
- Fast Company   Uber's stock drives right off a cliff after earnings show worse-than-expected losses Christopher Zara / :Fast Company
- TechCrunch   Lyft's stock is a roller coaster after its Q2 earnings release Lucas Matney / :TechCrunch
- Washington Post   Your next Lyft ride may cost a little more Faiz Siddiqui / :Washington Post
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- Twitter @cnbcnow   EARNINGS: Uber Technologies Q2 Loss ($4.72) vs. ($3.12) Est.; Q2 Revs. $3.17B vs. $3.36B Est. • $UBER slides 9% after-hours https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/... :@cnbcnow
- Twitter @ruskin147   https://investor.uber.com/... Whoa - Uber managed to lose over $5bn in the last quarter, and revenue grew by just 14% year on year. It's turned into a magical money burning machine.... Rory Cellan-Jones / :@ruskin147
- Twitter @reddogt3   Lots of big money trapped. They kept this private way too long. $uber https://twitter.com/... Scott Redler / :@reddogt3
- Twitter @danprimack   Wall Street analysts were wrong on Lyft's numbers (expecting worse) Wall Street analysts were wrong on Uber's numbers (expecting better) Big Q2 takeaway is to not pay attn to ride-hail analysts in Q3. Dan Primack / :@danprimack
- Twitter @ericnewcomer   Uber missed revenue target which seems to be hurting it in after hours trading https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Eric Newcomer / :@ericnewcomer
- Twitter @ericnewcomer   Uber quarterly loss was big like we thought. $5.2B! for the quarter! https://www.bloomberg.com/... Eric Newcomer / :@ericnewcomer
- Twitter @levynews   At least Uber's newsroom got the meme https://twitter.com/... Ari Levy / :@levynews
- Twitter @danprimack   Uber stock currently valued 4.7% below where it was in July 2015. Dan Primack / :@danprimack
- Twitter @matthewstoller   No one could have seen this coming except everyone. https://www.nytimes.com/... Matt Stoller / :@matthewstoller
Uber Eats Q2 revenue was $595M, up 72% YoY; Uber says it now has 99 million active consumers on its platform overall, as the number of Eats users grew 140% YoY
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- The Information   Food Delivery, Foreign Markets Weigh on Uber Results Amir Efrati / :The Information
- Bloomberg   Lyft Joins the Litter of Unicorn Disappointments Shira Ovide / :Bloomberg
- Associated Press   Lyft Stock Spikes As It Expects To Lose Less Money In 2019 Biz Carson / :Associated Press
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- Twitter @amir   Biggest surprise of the $LYFT call: not a single question from analysts about what happened to cause the departure of @jonmcneill as COO. Stock now up nearly 6% in after hours. Rhetoric of CFO @BKRoberts is about as upbeat as I've ever heard in an earnings call. Amir Efrati / :@amir
- Twitter @bizcarson   With revised loss guidance, Lyft CFO says 2018 was likely to be peak loss year, not 2019. It shrunk its loss guidance by $300M: https://www.forbes.com/... Biz Carson / :@bizcarson
- Twitter @ericnewcomer   Lyft Q2 went well. Company offered more optimistic annual forecasts. Stock is up in after hours trading. Eric Newcomer / :@ericnewcomer
Uber's Latin American revenues in Q2 fell 24% YoY to $547M, as company posts its slowest overall quarterly revenue growth of 14%; stock is down 6%+ after hours
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- GeekWire   Uber's ‘Other Bets’ category, which includes Uber Freight, triples revenue in first half of 2019 Taylor Soper / :GeekWire
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Sources: Facebook is offering millions of dollars to news outlets to license their content for a news section that the company hopes to launch later this year
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- AppleInsider   Facebook dangles big money to lure news outlets into new service Mikey Campbell / :AppleInsider
- Digital Trends   Facebook to shake up its news content in a deal worth millions for publishers Trevor Mogg / :Digital Trends
- Ars Technica   In strategy shift, Facebook seeks to pay millions to license news Timothy B. Lee / :Ars Technica
- Engadget   WSJ: Facebook offers publishers millions for its dedicated news tab Mariella Moon / :Engadget
- CNBC   Facebook confirms news tab will launch this fall Salvador Rodriguez / :CNBC
- Associated Press   Facebook reportedly in talks with news publishers to offer ‘millions’ for content :Associated Press
- Firstpost Tech   Facebook is looking to start a News tab on its platform, offers news publishers millions in licensing fees :Firstpost Tech
- The Verge   Facebook wants to be relevant in news again, and it's willing to pay millions to bring back publishers Nick Statt / :The Verge
- New York Times   Facebook Said to Be in Talks With Publishers on News Effort Mike Isaac / :New York Times
- The Hill   Facebook exploring deals with media outlets for news section: report Harper Neidig / :The Hill
- Deadline   Facebook To News Outlets: We'll Pay You Millions To License Content Erik Pedersen / :Deadline
- PYMNTS.com   Facebook Could Pay Up To $3M Per Year To License News Content :PYMNTS.com
- Nieman Lab   Facebook is reportedly interested in licensing publishers' content for its News tab this fall Christine Schmidt / :Nieman Lab
- Boing Boing   Facebook to pay handpicked corporate news outlets up to $3 million a year to license content: WSJ Xeni Jardin / :Boing Boing
- CNN   Facebook offers media outlets millions to license content, WSJ reports Ahiza Garcia / :CNN
- Business Insider   Facebook is reportedly offering news publishers up to $3 million a year to license articles for an upcoming news section Alexei Oreskovic / :Business Insider
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- Twitter @raju   This won't end well, publishers. @Facebook approached @ABCNews, @DowJones, @WashingtonPost and @Business with offer to license their full-text content https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ Raju Narisetti / :@raju
- Twitter @benmullin   More: Facebook has proposed giving news outlets discretion over whether their content will appear in the news tab or whether the section will link out to their own websites. https://www.wsj.com/... Ben Mullin / :@benmullin
- Twitter @pat_garofalo   First Facebook destroys journalism outlets, and now it wants content from whoever is left. https://twitter.com/... Pat Garofalo / :@pat_garofalo
- Twitter @benmullin   Facebook is offering news organizations up to $3 million in multi-year licensing deals to run content on upcoming news tab: https://www.wsj.com/... Scoop w/@sizpatel Ben Mullin / :@benmullin
- Twitter @perlberg   the last time Facebook paid news outlets $3 million dollars a year to do something went really well https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... Steven Perlberg / :@perlberg
- Twitter @jessicalessin   This seems better for publishers than Apple News but still...These publishers probably spend between $50 million and $100 million a year on journalism if not more. https://twitter.com/... Jessica Lessin / :@jessicalessin
- Twitter @yoda   “News outlets would be allowed to choose between hosting their stories directly on Facebook or” or how about no. https://twitter.com/... Drew Olanoff / :@yoda
- Twitter @martinsfp   IT IS NOW: 0 DAYS SINCE FACEBOOK CHANGED ITS MIND ON NEWS AGAIN https://twitter.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / :@martinsfp
- Twitter @davegershgorn   please.....say.....no..... https://twitter.com/... Dave Gershgorn / :@davegershgorn
- Twitter @connorsouthard   [Hollering at the movie screen] Don't go in the basement!! https://twitter.com/... Connor Wroe Southard / :@connorsouthard
- Twitter @caseynewton   Facebook paying carriage fees to high-quality publishers could be an excellent thing for publishers, for readers, and for Facebook https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / :@caseynewton
- Twitter @waltmossberg   If true, this is just the latest in a series of moves that demonstrates that ⁦@facebook⁩ is, by any reasonable understanding of the terms, a publisher and a media company - not merely a tech tool for content it doesn't control. https://www.wsj.com/... Walt Mossberg / :@waltmossberg
- Twitter @jbillinson   The thing about Facebook is that they've proven themselves to be a trustworthy and reliable partner to the media industry and everyone should jump for this money, no questions asked https://twitter.com/... Josh Billinson / :@jbillinson
- Twitter @jeffyoung   No way this could backfire on news organizations! Facebook has always been a faithful business partner that looks out for the best interests of media outlets! https://www.wsj.com/... Jeffrey Young / :@jeffyoung
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iPhones now do not display the Battery Health feature when their batteries are replaced by unauthorized service providers
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- YouTube   The “SERVICE” issue in XR XS & XS Max Batteries | is APPLE taking part lock down TOO FAR? :YouTube
- iMore   Is Apple Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair? Rene Ritchie / :iMore
- VICE   Apple Is Locking Batteries to Specific iPhones, a Nightmare for DIY Repair Jason Koebler / :VICE
- MacRumors   iFixit: Apple ‘Locking’ iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Replacements [Updated] Tim Hardwick / :MacRumors
- ZDNet   Apple locking down iPhone batteries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / :ZDNet
- Axios   “Right to repair” advocates lobby over antitrust concerns David McCabe / :Axios
- Redmond Pie   iPhones With 3rd-Party Battery Repairs Can No Longer Check Battery Health On Latest Firmwares Oliver Haslam / :Redmond Pie
- Lifehacker   Ignore Your iPhone's ‘Service’ Warning for Third-Party Battery Replacements David Murphy / :Lifehacker
- The Next Web   iPhones now display a ‘permanent’ warning if you try to replace the battery yourself Rachel Kaser / :The Next Web
- Michael Tsai   Apple Is Locking Batteries to Specific iPhones :Michael Tsai
- ExtremeTech   Apple Has Begun Software Locking iPhone Batteries to Prevent Third-Party Replacement Joel Hruska / :ExtremeTech
- Ars Technica   Apple locks new iPhone batteries to prevent third-party repair, report says Kate Cox / :Ars Technica
- Mashable   Google's efforts to fight scams may make phone repairs more expensive Michael Kan / :Mashable
- Inquirer   Apple is software locking iPhone batteries to discourage third-party repairs Roland Moore-Colyer / :Inquirer
- Boing Boing   Apple discourages iPhone self-repair with a dirty trick Mark Frauenfelder / :Boing Boing
- SlashGear   Apple makes DIY iPhone repair a hassle again, surprising no one Eric Abent / :SlashGear
- TechSpot   iFixit says Apple's new iPhones have a software lock to prevent third-party battery replacements Adrian Potoroaca / :TechSpot
- Patently Apple   Famed iFixit Claims that Apple is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage third-party Repairs Jack Purcher / :Patently Apple
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Apple Locking Down iPhone Battery Replacements to Deter Third-Party Repairs: iFixit Christopher Baugh / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- iDownloadBlog.com   Apple is ‘locking’ some iPhone batteries in an attempt to discourage third-party replacements Evan Selleck / :iDownloadBlog.com
- Business Insider   Apple will make it look like there's an issue with your iPhone's battery if you try to replace it yourself, report says Lisa Eadicicco / :Business Insider
- Engadget   Apple warns iPhone users against third-party battery repairs Georgina Torbet / :Engadget
- The Mac Observer   Apple Locks New iPhone Batteries to Each Model Andrew Orr / :The Mac Observer
- Tom's Guide   Apple Reportedly Locking Down iPhone Batteries to Deter Third-Party Repairs Jesus Diaz / :Tom's Guide
- Cult of Mac   Apple wants iPhone users to shun third-party battery replacements Luke Dormehl / :Cult of Mac
- CNET   Apple is quietly locking down iPhone battery replacements, report says Sean Keane / :CNET
- Softpedia News   Apple Enables “Dormant Software Lock” to Discourage Aftermarket iPhone Batteries Bogdan Popa / :Softpedia News
- The Verge   Apple is locking iPhone battery repair, says iFixit Jon Porter / :The Verge
- MacDailyNews   Apple locks down iPhone batteries, warns users against unauthorized third-party battery repairs :MacDailyNews
- Firstpost Tech   Apple is using scare tactics to dissuade users from using third-party battery replacement services :Firstpost Tech
- 9to5Mac   Apple discouraging aftermarket iPhone battery swaps with new ‘Service’ message in iOS Chance Miller / :9to5Mac
- AppleInsider   New ‘Service’ battery message in iOS pushes consumers toward official replacement Mikey Campbell / :AppleInsider
- Gizmodo   Report: Apple Has Activated Software Locks on iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Repairs Tom McKay / :Gizmodo
- iPhone Hacks   Apple Discouraging Third-Party iPhone Battery Replacement With ‘Service’ Message in iOS Rajesh Pandey / :iPhone Hacks
Tweets (5)
- Twitter @jason_koebler   NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: Apple is tying batteries to specific iPhones, which easily has the ability to kill independent repair shops in one fell swoop https://www.vice.com/... Jason Koebler / :@jason_koebler
- Twitter @eff   A “verification” system tying each battery to a specific phone is a huge blow to your ability to repair your own devices. https://www.vice.com/... :@eff
- Twitter @robzacny   Jesus Christ the extent to which Apple wants to lock-down their devices is just mustache-twirling cupidity at this point. https://www.vice.com/... Robert Zacny / :@robzacny
- Twitter @ow   Congrats, Apple, for bringing DRM to *batteries* https://www.vice.com/... Owen Williams / :@ow
- Twitter @nproctor   “Repair hurts sales,” of new phones, said Nathan Proctor, who leads the Right to Repair campaign at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. “Apple has an incentive to restrict repair of their devices.” https://www.axios.com/... Nathan Proctor / :@nproctor

2018

Techmeme snapshot

2018-08-08

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Docs show how Google's building its censored search engine for China, codenamed Dragonfly, using subsidiary 265.com to compile a list of sites China's blocking
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- The Verge   Google reportedly using Chinese site it owns to develop search term blacklist Shannon Liao / :The Verge
- Engadget   Google tracked banned words to refine rumored China search engine Jon Fingas / :Engadget
- Business Insider   A company that Google acquired in 2008 could be the key to its plans to re-enter China Greg Sandoval / :Business Insider
- Slashdot   Google Using Chinese Site It Owns To Develop Search Term Blacklist For Censored Search Engine, Says Report BeauHD / :Slashdot
- Tech in Asia   Facebook and Google want China, but China doesn't want them C. Custer / :Tech in Asia
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- Twitter @rj_gallagher   Notably it's not just journalists Google is stonewalling about Dragonfly. I am hearing that company leadership has *still* not addressed the issue internally & managers have refused to address employee concerns. One week since the story broke, that is extraordinary. Ryan Gallagher / :@rj_gallagher
- Twitter @rj_gallagher   Google developers used a tool they called “BeaconTower” to check websites blocked by China's so-called Great Firewall. They compiled a list of banned sites & integrated this info into a censored version of Google search, so the banned sites would be purged from Google results. Ryan Gallagher / :@rj_gallagher
- Twitter @rj_gallagher   Only a few hundred of Google's 88,000 employees knew about the censorship project - around 0.35 percent of the total workforce. Ryan Gallagher / :@rj_gallagher
- Twitter @rj_gallagher   It appears that Google has used http://265.com as a de facto honeypot for market research, storing information about Chinese users' searches before redirecting them to Baidu, the leading search engine in China (which is heavily censored). Ryan Gallagher / :@rj_gallagher
- Twitter @theintercept   Memes have circulated among Google employees portraying images of China's censorship, according to a source. One meme showed a user searching about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, only to receive a result saying that the atrocity was a myth. http://theintercept.com/... The Intercept / :@theintercept
- Twitter @mcclure111   Google's censored Chinese search engine project seems to be a pretty intricate operation, involving apparently running or being involved in the running of a fake (Baidu-backed) Chinese search engine to gather information about what search terms get blocked http://theintercept.com/... Mcc / :@mcclure111
- Twitter @mikeisaac   man, @rj_gallagher all over this story. this must be killing google brass. excellent kicker.http://theintercept.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... :@mikeisaac
- Twitter @ryantate   So @rj_gallagher has uncovered some of the technical lengths Google went to in order to censor its own search results in China and they're fairly breathtaking. Surreptitious query monitoring, elaborate probing of the great firewall — even a censorship API. http://theintercept.com/... Ryan Tate / :@ryantate
- Twitter @b_fung   Google is developing the blacklist for its upcoming Chinese search engine by tracking what people enter into Baidu on a site that Google owns: http://theintercept.com/... Brian Fung / :@b_fung
- Twitter @moltke   This is where we are: Google, who, in the past, were SO chatty & open, inviting tech journos / politicians to all kinds of blah blah events about democracy & Google are now less communicative about secret program than top US/UK spy orgs. Let that sink in: https://twitter.com/... Henrik Moltke / :@moltke
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Magic Leap headset first look: functional and thoughtfully designed, with some advantages over competitors, but not a radical step forward nor a magical advance
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- CNET   I finally tried Magic Leap, and I have mixed feelings Scott Stein / :CNET
- CNET   Holograms in your face: Is Magic Leap our future? Bridget Carey / :CNET
- Mashable   Magic Leap's ultra-hyped AR headset is finally available Jake Krol / :Mashable
- MIT Technology Review   Magic Leap's headset is real, but that may not be enough Rachel Metz / :MIT Technology Review
- ExtremeTech   Magic Leap Has Launched, Hopefully With Parachutes Joel Hruska / :ExtremeTech
- Motherboard   There Is No Magic in Magic Leap  —  The company's concept videos … Emanuel Maiberg / :Motherboard
- Wall Street Journal   Magic Leap Headset Test Drive: Off Your Phone and Into Your World Joanna Stern / :Wall Street Journal
- SiliconANGLE   Magic Leap One augmented reality goggles ship today for $2,295 Kyt Dotson / :SiliconANGLE
- The Register   Wondering what to do with that $2,300 burning a hole in your pocket? Kieren McCarthy / :The Register
- GeekWire   TLDR: Amazon's Whole Foods grocery pick-up service, Magic Leap's mixed reality headset, Ofo bike graveyard Starla Sampaco / :GeekWire
- 9to5Mac   Comment: Early Magic Leap reviews suggest we're years away from Apple Glasses Ben Lovejoy / :9to5Mac
- GeekWire   Hype turns into (mixed) reality as Magic Leap finally unveils its long awaited headset Kurt Schlosser / :GeekWire
- TechCrunch   Magic Leap One AR headset for devs costs more than 2x the iPhone X Natasha Lomas / :TechCrunch
- PC Gamer   Magic Leap's AR headset is finally available to buy, but it costs $2,295 Paul Lilly / :PC Gamer
- MacDailyNews   Early reviews of Magic Leap's AR headset suggest we're years away from Apple Glasses :MacDailyNews
- BGR   Magic Leap One is now available for purchase, and it obviously doesn't live up to the hype Chris Smith / :BGR
- BBC   Magic Leap augmented reality headset goes on sale :BBC
- Tom's Guide   Magic Leap One Previews Are In: Amazing, Flawed and Crazy Expensive Henry T. Casey / :Tom's Guide
- Business Insider   People finally got to try Magic Leap, the futuristic device that Google and others invested … Ben Gilbert / :Business Insider
- VentureBeat   Magic Leap One testers knock fit and field of view, say ‘ML2’ is coming Jeremy Horwitz / :VentureBeat
- Gizmodo   Magic Leap's Mysterious Headset Is FINALLY Available for Pre-Order Alex Cranz / :Gizmodo
- KnowTechie   Magic Leap One is another step forward in mixed reality headsets that you can't afford Curtis Silver / :KnowTechie
- Gamasutra   Inside Magic Leap: How it works and what it means for game devs Alex Wawro / :Gamasutra
- Thurrott.com   Magic Leap One Goes on Sale After Years of Wait Mehedi Hassan / :Thurrott.com
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- Twitter @mims   Unlike its competitors, Magic Leap is real AR. As in, you sometimes can't tell the difference between virtual and real objects.This seems big.http://www.wsj.com/... http://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / :@mims
- Twitter @mims   Eventually everything will just be haptics + AR. All work will be remote + virtual. I'll be dead but you'll be able to interact with a convincing simulacrum of me, thanks to my enormous back-catalog of tweets.http://www.wsj.com/... Christopher Mims / :@mims
- Twitter @rabovitz   Magic Leap is GO!!! Rony Abovitz / :@rabovitz
- Twitter @joannastern   I did it. I went all the way to sweaty Florida to check out this Magic Leap thing. It's totally dorky. And totally the future. And totally not ready for you. My column and video: http://www.wsj.com/... http://twitter.com/... Joanna Stern / :@joannastern
- Twitter @tomwarren   Our first look at the Magic Leap! Looks like it doesn't live up to the hype. @thedextriarchy takes it for a spin and it's similar to the HoloLens that shipped in 2015 https://www.theverge.com/... pic.twitter.com/BQbrOtP8aG Tom Warren / :@tomwarren
- Twitter @ndahlberg   In retrospect, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz realizes that all the hype was a big mistake. “I think we were arrogant,” he says. http://www.wired.com/... Nancy Dahlberg / :@ndahlberg
- Twitter @sambeal   light projection was their radical differentiator. not clear from this early description how that is manifested. http://twitter.com/... Sam Beal / :@sambeal
- Twitter @thedextriarchy   I hope I'm wrong, but Magic Leap feels a bit too much like General Magic: a hyped, well-funded, well-connected bunch of smart people, building a product that wasn't supported by the tech of its time, and couldn't focus enough to deliver the software ecosystem it needed. Adi Robertson / :@thedextriarchy
Magic Leap's One Creator Edition AR headset launches for select users for $2,295+ online; each device must be set up in person via white glove service Enjoy
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- Fortune   Magic Leap One AR Headset Finally Arrives—But Not for Everyone Don Reisinger / :Fortune
- Digital Trends   Magic Leap One: Everything you need to know Matthew S. Smith / :Digital Trends
- CNBC   After almost a decade and billions in outside investment, Magic Leap's first product is finally on sale for $2,295. Todd Haselton / :CNBC
- Magic Leap   Magic Leap One: The Time Has Come :Magic Leap
- Adweek   Magic Leap Is Finally Ready to Release Its Long-Awaited Augmented Reality Headset Marty Swant / :Adweek
- Business Insider   $2.3 billion later, Magic Leap's futuristic headset has the same problem as Microsoft's HoloLens Ben Gilbert / :Business Insider
- Tubefilter   AR Headset For Creators, Magic Leap One, Goes On Sale Today For $2,295 Jessica Klein / :Tubefilter
- MSPoweruser   Magic Leap One will only offer up to 3 hours of battery life Pradeep / :MSPoweruser
- VentureBeat   Magic Leap launches One Creator Edition headset for $2,295 Jeremy Horwitz / :VentureBeat
- Road to VR   Magic Leap Launches Creator Edition Headset Priced at $2,300 Ben Lang / :Road to VR
- Quartz   You can finally get your hands on Magic Leap's headset Mike Murphy / :Quartz
- LarrysWorld.com   Magic Leap Augmented Reality headset turns heads but it's pricey only available in six cities Larry / :LarrysWorld.com
- Ars Technica   After years of hype, Magic Leaps starts selling $2,300 AR headset Kyle Orland / :Ars Technica
- 9to5Google   Google-backed Magic Leap reveals pricing for ‘Creator Edition’ headset, shipping today Abner Li / :9to5Google
- CNET   Magic Leap is either brilliant or BS. It's ready to prove its AR gear is real Connie Guglielmo / :CNET
- Android Central   Magic Leap One AR headset now available for $2295 Joe Maring / :Android Central
- The Verge   The Magic Leap One mixed reality headset is shipping today for $2,295 Adi Robertson / :The Verge
- KnowTechie   The Magic Leap One mixed reality headset is headed to market and it's expensive Bryan M. Wolfe / :KnowTechie
- ZDNet   Wayfair bets that Magic Leap One can enhance shopping Larry Dignan / :ZDNet
- Liliputing   Magic Leap's augmented reality headset launches for $2,295 Brad Linder / :Liliputing
- Engadget   Magic Leap's mixed reality headset might launch today Mariella Moon / :Engadget
- Engadget   Magic Leap's $2,295 mixed reality headset is available now Jon Fingas / :Engadget
- UploadVR   Magic Leap One Hands-On Impressions Round-Up: ‘None Of It Is Truly Mind-Blowing’ Ian Hamilton / :UploadVR
- Axios   Magic Leap launches its first product Haley Britzky / :Axios
- Recode   The guy in charge of Magic Leap's ‘go to market strategy’ just left the company Kurt Wagner / :Recode
- Gamasutra   Magic Leap One's ‘Creator’ edition headset debuts today for $2,300 Alex Wawro / :Gamasutra
- MSPoweruser   Magic Leap One Mixed Reality Headset now on sale for $2,295 Pradeep / :MSPoweruser
- Business Insider   Magic Leap's futuristic goggles are finally launching — here's how much they cost and how to buy them Kif Leswing / :Business Insider
- UploadVR   Rony Abovitz Hints Magic Leap One Launches August 8, 2018 Ian Hamilton / :UploadVR
- Road to VR   Major Magic Leap Tease Suggests Launch Could Come as Early as Today Ben Lang / :Road to VR
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- Twitter @magicleap   Here we go. Magic Leap One Creator Edition is now available to purchase. So if you're a #developer, creator or explorer, join us as we venture deeper into the world of #spatialcomputing. Take the leap at https://www.magicleap.com/... #FreeYourMind pic.twitter.com/mpEqNFltlo Magic Leap / :@magicleap
- Twitter @thedextriarchy   The question isn't just whether Magic Leap can hypothetically realize its potential, but whether it can carve out a space by the time Apple/Google/Facebook inevitably reveal the stuff they've been openly talking about making for years. Adi Robertson / :@thedextriarchy
- Twitter @garrynewman   Magic Leap's best tech demo is the one that tricked some people into thinking it was worth investing over $2 billion in it Garry Newman / :@garrynewman
- Twitter @inannamute   This seems fine. “Abovitz even says Magic Leap will release a “biomarker toolkit,” which will let apps extrapolate breathing patterns, tone of voice, pupil changes, and pulse rate from microphone and eye-tracking camera data.” Suzanne Leibrick / :@inannamute
- Twitter @benedictevans   I almost respect people who've spent years claiming Magic Leap's tech didn't exist and that anyone who had actually seen it was imagining things, and now read a dozen journalists' impressions of using the real thing, and *still* claim it doesn't exist. Benedict Evans / :@benedictevans
- Twitter @tsimonite   When your tech is so finicky it needs a concierge to unbox it. “Magic Leap's experience is closely linked to a person's physiology...representatives will deliver every headset, fit it, and provide a tutorial on how it works.” http://www.wired.com/... Tom Simonite / :@tsimonite
- Twitter @jetscott   Not being able to use my glasses, to be wearing contacts all day, threw me out of my comfort zone. Magic Leap needs to solve for glasses. http://www.cnet.com/... Scott Stein / :@jetscott
- Twitter @cnet   After $2.3 billion in funding from the likes of Google and Alibaba, @MagicLeap is finally ready to show its creation to outsiders. Here's what we saw. http://www.cnet.com/... :@cnet
- Twitter @karaswisher   Um, 7 years, $2.3 billion of funding, a ridonkulous $2,295 price tag, a rollout to every reporter with a head to gin up hype and overall cool but meh reviews? Welcome to the tech industry 2018. http://www.theverge.com/... Kara Swisher / :@karaswisher
- Twitter @thedextriarchy   Magic Leap's industrial design seems incredible, and the long-term vision is really interesting. But the FOV isn't there, the tech doesn't seem unbeatable, and ML seems to have put a ton of resources into a software and entertainment division that hasn't shown much of anything. Adi Robertson / :@thedextriarchy
- Twitter @stroughtonsmith   Magic Leap seems like a bizarre story from the outside. Were they really so blindsided by Hololens to think that a device sans OS or ecosystem would have a shot? Windows Mixed Reality headsets are $400; Hololens was shown off 3 years ago. Even Apple nearly has a headset by now Steve Troughton-Smith / :@stroughtonsmith
- Twitter @ow   During Magic Leap's first demo with WIRED, which failed to work immediately, they basically admitted all of the last few years of marketing was a sham http://www.wired.com/... http://twitter.com/... :@ow
Interview with Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz as its AR headset launches, on the company's over-hyped marketing, developing for the headset, and more
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- Daring Fireball   Wired Gets Hands-On With Magic Leap :Daring Fireball
- VentureBeat   Magic Leap CEO interview: For $2,295, start living 10 years ahead of everyone else Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat
- UploadVR   Magic Leap One Now On Sale To Developers For $2295 Jamie Feltham / :UploadVR
- CNET   Is Magic Leap the AR breakthrough we've all been looking for? (The 3:59, Ep. 439) Joan E. Solsman / :CNET
- TechSpot   Magic Leap doesn't quite live up to the hype Shawn Knight / :TechSpot
- The Next Web   Magic Leap is finally out, but do we even care? Alice Bonasio / :The Next Web
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- Twitter @stevetweedie   this is interesting — in Wired's hands-on with Magic Leap, which begins with their demo failing, they get into Magic Leap's shipping/delivery plans to the 6 cities they're shipping to https://www.wired.com/... Steven Tweedie / :@stevetweedie
- Twitter @stevetweedie   makes me wonder just how limited this rollout is gonna be, or how many units they have on hand to ship, if every unit is being hand-delivered... Steven Tweedie / :@stevetweedie
- Twitter @drewharwell   Love to buy a $2,295 consumer device that only works when a technician comes and fits it to my face http://bit.ly/2ATc8yD pic.twitter.com/FPvgnUJuFr Drew Harwell / :@drewharwell
- Twitter @laurengoode   Inside Magic Leap's quest to remake itself as an ordinary company with a real product - albeit, a company that has raised $2.3 billion on prototypes, which might disqualify it from “ordinary” http://www.wired.com/... via @jessiwrites Lauren Goode / :@laurengoode
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New York City Council votes to cap Uber and Lyft, becoming the first US city to do so, imposing a 12-month freeze on new licenses
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- New York Times   New York City Votes to Cap Uber and Lyft Vehicles in a Crackdown Emma G. Fitzsimmons / :New York Times
- The Verge   In major defeat for Uber and Lyft, New York City votes to limit ride-hailing cars Shoshana Wodinsky / :The Verge
- Recode   Uber and Lyft will survive NYC's new ride-hail cap — but the precedent is the real problem Johana Bhuiyan / :Recode
- Quartz   Uber said raising driver pay couldn't be done. That's about to change Alison Griswold / :Quartz
- SiliconANGLE   New York City places cap on new licenses for Uber and Lyft vehicles Duncan Riley / :SiliconANGLE
- The Outline   NYC votes to stop Uber's unchecked growth, give drivers a minimum wage Paris Martineau / :The Outline
- Mercury News   Uber, Lyft dealt a major blow after New York City votes to cap vehicle licenses Seung Lee / :Mercury News
- Engadget   NYC will cap the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles on its streets David Lumb / :Engadget
- GeekWire   New York's new Uber cap could be a blueprint for other cities seeking to curb ride-hailing Monica Nickelsburg / :GeekWire
- TechCrunch   New York City Council votes to cap licenses for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft Anthony Ha / :TechCrunch
- Business Insider   New York City just voted to cap the number of Uber and Lyft drivers and will enforce a minimum wage for drivers Sean Wolfe / :Business Insider
- CNET   New York City Council votes to limit number of Uber, Lyft vehicles Andrew Krok / :CNET
- Axios   NYC votes to cap ride-hailing cars and set minimum driver wage Kia Kokalitcheva / :Axios
- MIT Technology Review   New York City has hit Uber with a cap on new cars Erin Winick / :MIT Technology Review
- Gizmodo   Uber, Lyft Dealt Blow as NYC Council Votes to Cap Licenses for Rideshare Vehicles Bryan Menegus / :Gizmodo
- Telegraph   New York approves first US cap on Uber and other app-based taxis :Telegraph
- Curbed NY   NYC's cap on Uber and for-hire vehicles, explained Amy Plitt / :Curbed NY
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- Twitter @2peterharris   Totally absurd. Why not let the market work? If customers prefer ride hailing, taxis should decline. It's like capping automobiles because horse buggy drivers are mad. http://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ Peter Harris / :@2peterharris
- Twitter @humantransit   New York City decides to limit Uber and other ride-hailing companies. As my tech friends might say: Hey, let's do the experiment! It will give us cool data! @Bruce_Schaller http://twitter.com/... Jarrett Walker / :@humantransit
- Twitter @jgarzik   Price controls and taxi medallions by another name. http://twitter.com/... Jeff Garzik / :@jgarzik
- Twitter @keithboykin   As a black New Yorker who was often passed up by taxi drivers in the past, I know @Uber and @lyft have made life much easier for me. If the taxi drivers have a problem with competition, they should stop racial profiling potential customers. http://www.nytimes.com/... Keith Boykin / :@keithboykin
- Twitter @anildash   *major victory for workers, mostly immigrants, many of whom were forced to work increasing daily hours for decreasing wages http://twitter.com/... Anil Dash / :@anildash
- Twitter @alisongriswold   It's official: New York is the first city to set a wage floor for Uber drivers, and cap the number of ride-hail vehicles http://twitter.com/... Alison Griswold / :@alisongriswold
- Twitter @nytimes   Breaking News: New York became the first big U.S. city to cap Uber and other ride-hail vehicles. The crackdown may prompt other cities to follow suit. http://www.nytimes.com/... :@nytimes
- Twitter @went1955   Uber said raising driver pay couldn't be done. That's about to change. For the first time, companies like Uber will be responsible in New York for making sure their drivers have enough work to earn a living wage—otherwise, they'll pay the price http://qz.com/... Robert Went / :@went1955
- Twitter @nitashatiku   NYC votes to stop Uber's unchecked growth, give drivers a minimum wage http://theoutline.com/... via @outline Nitasha Tiku / :@nitashatiku

2017

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2017-08-08

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James Damore says he filed complaint with National Labor Relations Board before being fired by Google, claims he was subjected to “coercive statements”
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- New York Times   The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley Nick Wingfield / :New York Times
- Recode   Google has fired the employee who penned a controversial memo on women and tech Kara Swisher / :Recode
- Wired   Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer's Manifesto Ashley Feinberg / :Wired
- National Labor Relations Board   Google, Inc., a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. :National Labor Relations Board
- Recode   Women's issues are moving to the courts for Google, as James Damore has filed a labor complaint … Kara Swisher / :Recode
- Wired   Google Manifesto Author Just Might Have a Legal Case Klint Finley / :Wired
- Wired   The Guy Who Wrote the “Google Memo” Just Might Sue Scott Thurm / :Wired
- Wall Street Journal   Memo Sparks Firestorm at Google :Wall Street Journal
- International Business Times   James Damore Files NLRB Complaint After Google Memo Firing Fionna Agomuoh / :International Business Times
- New York Times   Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and Out Daisuke Wakabayashi / :New York Times
- Bloomberg   Damore Went From Intern to Pariah in Google Tenure Ended by Memo Ellen Huet / :Bloomberg
- New York Times   Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech Daisuke Wakabayashi / :New York Times
- Fortune   Fired Google Employee Wants to Sue—and He May Have a Case Jeff John Roberts / :Fortune
- Business Insider   The engineer Google fired over the diversity memo has filed a complaint with federal labor officials Steve Kovach / :Business Insider
- Bloomberg   Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity Elaine Ou / :Bloomberg
- USA Today   Ex-Google engineer files complaint over firing Elizabeth Weise / :USA Today
- eWeek   Engineer Fired Over Diversity ‘Manifesto’ Threatens to Sue Google Jaikumar Vijayan / :eWeek
- Reuters   Google memo writer faces tough legal road challenging firing :Reuters
- WeSearchr   James Damore Official Fundraiser :WeSearchr
- Telegraph   Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo Helena Horton / :Telegraph
- The Next Web   Assange offers fired Google engineer a job at Wikileaks: ‘Censorship is for losers’ Mix / :The Next Web
- CNNMoney   Free speech on the job, and what that means Chris Isidore / :CNNMoney
- InvestorPlace   Google Fires Engineer Behind Anti-Diversity Memo Karl Utermohlen / :InvestorPlace
- Breitbart   Verified Twitter Users Defend Fired Viewpoint Diversity Author James Damore, Criticize Google Charlie Nash / :Breitbart
- East Bay Times   The saga of the Google treatise goes on; Netflix nabs Letterman Rex Crum / :East Bay Times
- MEL Magazine   The Google Manifesto Could Set a New Precedent for Political Speech in the Office John McDermott / :MEL Magazine
- BuzzFeed   Of Course Google Had To Fire James Damore Charlie Warzel / :BuzzFeed
- Media Matters for America   Far-right alternative-media figures think the “Google Manifesto” proves them right :Media Matters for America
- The Guardian   Google employee fired over diversity row considers legal action :The Guardian
- Wall Street Journal   Google Uproar Highlights Questions Over What You Can or Cannot Say at Work :Wall Street Journal
- Refinery29   Google Has Fired The Employee Behind The Controversial “Anti-Diversity” Memo Madeline Buxton / :Refinery29
- Slate   Google Was Right to Fire the Memo Writer April Glaser / :Slate
- National Review   Google Fires Employee Who Dared Challenge its Ideological Echo Chamber David French / :National Review
- Vox   Google has fired the engineer whose anti-diversity memo reflects a divided tech culture Aja Romano / :Vox
- Global Nerdy   One pragmatic lesson you should take from the (former) Google “manifestbro” Joey deVilla / :Global Nerdy
- Above the Law   The Curious Case Of The Employee Manifesto: Diversity Initiatives Are Hard Work Beth Robinson / :Above the Law
- National Review   The Neutral Position on the Google Story Isn't Neutral At All Charles C. W. Cooke / :National Review
- Daily Wire   FAKE NEWS: 4 Things The Google Manifesto DOESN'T Say That The Media Claim It Says Ben Shapiro / :Daily Wire
- The Hill   Google fires author of controversial diversity memo: reports Harper Neidig / :The Hill
- Heavy.com   James Damore: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Tom Cleary / :Heavy.com
- Gizmodo   Men Have Always Used ‘Science’ to Explain Why They're Better Than Women Rae Paoletta / :Gizmodo
- Light Reading   Google Fires Engineer Over Gender Manifesto Sarah Thomas / :Light Reading
- Silicon Valley Business …   Google fires the engineer behind viral anti-diversity memo Luke Stangel / :Silicon Valley Business Journal
- Vanity Fair   Google Fires Employee Who Wrote 10-Page Anti-Diversity Manifesto Maya Kosoff / :Vanity Fair
- Forbes   Google Fires Anti-Diversity Memo Writer, Drawing Ire In Right-Wing Circles Clare O'Connor / :Forbes
- Bloomberg   Anti-diversity memo author James Damore confirms Google has fired him; Pichai tells employees that portions of his memo violated the company's Code of Conduct :Bloomberg
Tweets (4)
- Twitter @julianassange   1/ Censorship is for losers. @WikiLeaks is offering a job to fired Google engineer James Damore. https://wikileaks.org/... Julian Assange / :@julianassange
- Twitter @ohthatflo   There are people actively attempting to convince me to validate the idea that my gender is inferior. It's wonderful. Flo Ion / :@ohthatflo
- Twitter @caro_milanesi   Anyone expecting a different outcome? No action would have been the same as condoning. Plus who would want 2 work in same team as this guy? https://twitter.com/... Carolina Milanesi / :@caro_milanesi
- Twitter @sarahnemerson   Damore tells NYT he will “likely be pursuing legal action,” and also this stuff http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Sarah Emerson / :@sarahnemerson
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Disney will pay $1.58B to acquire additional 42% stake in BAMTech, making it a majority stakeholder
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- TechCrunch   BAMTech valued at $3.75 billion following Disney deal Sarah Perez / :TechCrunch
- Deadline   Disney To Launch Disney And ESPN-Branded Streaming Services, Changing Netflix And BAMTech Deals David Lieberman / :Deadline
- The Verge   Disney's new ESPN streaming service is launching next year Nick Statt / :The Verge
- Silicon Valley Business …   Disney yanks movies from Netflix to launch own streaming services Annlee Ellingson / :Silicon Valley Business Journal
- International Business Times   Disney Movies On Netflix: List Of Films That May Be Pulled Eric Chiu / :International Business Times
- Financial Times   Disney to launch digital subscription streaming service in UK Matthew Garrahan / :Financial Times
- 9to5Mac   Disney says it will launch its own streaming service & end partnership with Netflix in 2019 Chance Miller / :9to5Mac
- Engadget   Disney will shun Netflix for its own streaming service in 2019 Mallory Locklear / :Engadget
- Forbes   Disney Accelerates Purchase Of BAMTech And Announces Streaming Service With ESPN Maury Brown / :Forbes
- The Hill   Disney to leave Netflix, launch online-only ESPN service Harper Neidig / :The Hill
- Bloomberg   Disney to Launch Online-Only ESPN, Drops Movie Deal With Netflix Christopher Palmeri / :Bloomberg
- Fortune   Why Netflix and Disney Stocks Are Both Plummeting Right Now Lucinda Shen / :Fortune
- GeekWire   Disney to cut ties with Netflix and launch its own streaming service, as well as a platform for ESPN Kurt Schlosser / :GeekWire
- SlashGear   Disney will ditch Netflix in 2019 and launch its own streaming service Brittany A. Roston / :SlashGear
- Business Insider   Neflix is dropping after Disney says it will pull its movies from the platform Seth Archer / :Business Insider
- SiliconBeat   Disney parts ways with Netflix, will cut off Disney movies in 2019 Seung Lee / :SiliconBeat
- LAist   Disney Pulling Movies From Netflix To Start Its Own Streaming Service Emma Specter / :LAist
- CNET   Disney to leave Netflix to start its own streaming service Mike Sorrentino / :CNET
- Variety   Disney to Acquire Majority of BAMTech, Will Sunset Netflix Deal As It Sets Launch of ESPN, Disney OTT Services Todd Spangler / :Variety
- CNBC   Netflix shares dive as Disney says it's pulling content Todd Haselton / :CNBC
- Ars Technica   Disney to give Netflix the white-gloved Mickey middle finger in 2019 Sam Machkovech / :Ars Technica
- Gizmodo   Disney Is Planning to Pull All of Its Movies From Netflix and Start Its Own Streaming Service :Gizmodo
- @katinaespn   TWDC acquires majority ownership of BamTech & @espn will launch its new DTC service in '18 with 10K events a yr: http://espnmediazone.com/... Katina Arnold / :@katinaespn
Disney to end Netflix film distribution deal in 2019, will launch ESPN streaming service in 2018 and Disney streaming services in 2019
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- Recode   Disney is trying to outrun disruption by dumping Netflix and launching its own streaming service Peter Kafka / :Recode
- Walt Disney Company   THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS EARNINGS FOR FISCAL 2017 :Walt Disney Company
- CNBC   Disney says it will pull films off Netflix, launch an ESPN streaming service in 2018 and a Disney-branded streaming service in 2019 Michelle Castillo / :CNBC
- The Next Web   Disney pulls the plug on Netflix deal to start its own streaming platform Bryan Clark / :The Next Web
- Axios   Disney will pull content from Netflix to create its own streaming service Sara Fischer / :Axios
- Ubergizmo   Disney To End Streaming Deal With Netflix, Launches Their Own Service Tyler Lee / :Ubergizmo
- TechCrunch   What we know about CBS's upcoming streaming service for sports Sarah Perez / :TechCrunch
- Mashable   Disney to pull all its movies off Netflix Jason Abbruzzese / :Mashable
- New York Times   How Disney Wants to Take On Netflix With Its Own Streaming Services Brooks Barnes / :New York Times
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Disney to Ditch Netflix in 2019 in Favour of its Own Streaming Service Nick Salerni / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- East Bay Times   Netflix shares get hit on Disney's pullout plans Rex Crum / :East Bay Times
- TechCrunch   Disney is ditching Netflix in 2019 to launch its own streaming service Greg Kumparak / :TechCrunch
- MacRumors   Disney to Pull Movies From Netflix, Launch New Streaming Services Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- iDownloadBlog.com   Disney to pull all content from Netflix and launch its own streaming services Christian Zibreg / :iDownloadBlog.com
- Business Insider   Disney will dump its exclusive Netflix deal in 2019, and launch its own streaming service Nathan McAlone / :Business Insider
- Android Central   Disney will remove content from Netflix and launch its own streaming service Tom Westrick / :Android Central
- iMore   Disney to launch its own streaming service in 2019 Joseph Keller / :iMore
- MacDailyNews   Disney to pull all its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming services; will also launch … :MacDailyNews
- NBC Bay Area   Disney to Remove All Content on Netflix for Own, New Service :NBC Bay Area
- iPhone Hacks   Disney is Pulling Its Content From Netflix as it Plans Its Own Streaming Services Evan Selleck / :iPhone Hacks
Tweets (7)
- Twitter @ianfortey   Nobody wants any more goddamn streaming. 30 streaming services is just cable TV where you pay for every channel http://www.cnbc.com/... Ian Fortey / :@ianfortey
- Twitter @recode   Update: All of Disney's movies will eventually come off Netflix, but may not end up on the Disney streaming service. http://www.recode.net/... :@recode
- Twitter @edmundlee   This is a big pivot from Disney, effectively changing its business model starting 2019 http://www.recode.net/... Edmund Lee / :@edmundlee
- Twitter @backlon   Who could have predicted that the biggest juggernaut in all of entertainment would start flexing its muscles online? http://www.theverge.com/... Dieter Bohn / :@backlon
- Twitter @jowens510   ESPN streaming service sounds like log-in hell - you could have to sign in with cable log-in, ESPN log-in, plus for services like MLB. Jeremy C. Owens / :@jowens510
- Twitter @jowens510   Disney has said ESPN streaming service will not include content on core ESPN channels, will still need cable sub. https://twitter.com/... Jeremy C. Owens / :@jowens510
- Twitter @patricknorton   I felt a mild disturbance in the Force, as if millions of parents suddenly cried out in frustration and were ignored... http://twitter.com/... Patrick Norton / :@patricknorton
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KGI: “iPhone 8” to debut same day as other iPhones in mid-September and come in black, silver, gold; Apple can produce 2M-4M this quarter, 45M-50M by year's end
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- MacRumors   All 2017 iPhones to Come in Only Three Colors, Launch Simultaneously in September Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- CNBC   Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 will launch in September after all, KGI says Todd Haselton / :CNBC
- 9to5Mac   KGI: iPhone 8 will launch with iPhone 7s, limited to three colors and short supply Zac Hall / :9to5Mac
- Softpedia News   Apple's iPhone 8 Not Delayed, Will Launch in Late September in Three Colors Marius Nestor / :Softpedia News
- Forbes   iPhone 8 Leak ‘Confirms’ Apple's Biggest Problems Gordon Kelly / :Forbes
- International Business Times   iPhone 8 To Release In Only 3 Colors, Extremely Low Quantity Denisse Moreno / :International Business Times
- iPhone Hacks   iPhone 8 Said to Enter Mass Production Mid-September, Launch With iPhone 7s Evan Selleck / :iPhone Hacks
- BGR   What delay? Apple's iPhone 8 will hit stores in September in three different colors Yoni Heisler / :BGR
- AppAdvice.com   Reliable Analyst Says the ‘iPhone 8’ Will Launch on Time, Come in Three Colors Brent Dirks / :AppAdvice.com
- The Next Web   Sorry, but the iPhone 8 probably isn't coming in rose gold Bryan Clark / :The Next Web
- SlashGear   iPhone 8 mass production will kick off in mid-September Brittany A. Roston / :SlashGear
- iDownloadBlog.com   KGI: 2017 iPhones to launch simultaneously in September in three colors Christian Zibreg / :iDownloadBlog.com
- Mashable   Don't hold your breath for any fun new iPhone 8 colors Brett Williams / :Mashable
- The Verge   The iPhone 8 might not come in rose gold Ashley Carman / :The Verge
- Engadget   The iPhone 8 may launch in September after all Mallory Locklear / :Engadget
- Business Insider   The iPhone 8 will come in three colors — black, silver … Kif Leswing / :Business Insider
- iPhone in Canada Blog   ‘iPhone 8’ to Launch in 3 Colours Alongside iPhone 7s, Production Begins in September Usman / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- Tom's Guide   iPhone 8 Not Delayed After All, Coming In These Colors Philip Michaels / :Tom's Guide
- Seeking Alpha   KGI analyst says iPhone 8 will launch on schedule with limited supplies Brandy Betz / :Seeking Alpha
- MacDailyNews   Ming-Chi Kuo: All next-gen iPhones to come in only three colors, launch simultaneously in September :MacDailyNews
Tweets (3)
- Twitter @jandawson   Good grief. Now that Apple's guidance has proven this particular rumor false, a reversal... http://twitter.com/... Jan Dawson / :@jandawson
- Twitter @bzamayo   Three colours of iPhone: ‘black, silver and gold’. Hmm when KGI says ‘gold’ I wonder if copper gold counts. https://9to5mac.com/... Benjamin Mayo / :@bzamayo
- Twitter @bzamayo   With as low as 2m units for Sept ‘launch’, maybe the OLED phone only launches in the US at the start? That would suck ... Benjamin Mayo / :@bzamayo

2016

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2016-08-08

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Sources: new iPhones to be unveiled next month with haptic feedback on the home button, no headphone jack, and a dual-camera system on the larger model
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- Forbes   iPhone 7 Will Finally Get Rid Of Outdated Home Button Ben Sin / :Forbes
- The Technology Chronicles   Rumor: New iPhone will have dual-cameras, no headphone jack Emily Price / :The Technology Chronicles
- MacRumors   Upgraded Apple Watch 1 Models Said to Launch Alongside Apple Watch 2 Later This Year Joe Rossignol / :MacRumors
- Engadget   Bloomberg: iPhone 7 gets new home button, drops headphone port Nick Summers / :Engadget
- 9to5Mac   More chassis and components leaks point to Space Black iPhone 7 color Benjamin Mayo / :9to5Mac
- TechCrunch   iPhone 7 could replace the home button with a touch surface Romain Dillet / :TechCrunch
- Telegraph   iPhone 7 rumours: Apple handset to feature ‘pressure-sensitive’ home button Cara McGoogan / :Telegraph
- Redmond Pie   3 iPhone 7 Models Shown In 4K Video, Logic Board Photos Emerge, Past Rumors Reaffirmed Oliver Haslam / :Redmond Pie
- AppleInsider   Apple's ‘iPhone 7’ again said to have pressure sensing haptic home button Neil Hughes / :AppleInsider
- TechnoBuffalo   iPhone 7 Plus: Check out our dummy unit for the best look yet Brandon Russell / :TechnoBuffalo
- The Verge   iPhone 7 rumored to include pressure-sensitive home button Tom Warren / :The Verge
- TIME   Here's What to Expect From the iPhone 7 Lisa Eadicicco / :TIME
- Washington Post   The problem with Apple's war on this age-old design Hayley Tsukayama / :Washington Post
- Tech Times   iPhone 7 Hype: Claims Of Pressure-Sensitive Home Button, Dual-Lens Camera System And No Headphone Jack Bolstered Anu Passary / :Tech Times
- eWeek   As iPhone 7 Debut Approaches, Pressure-Sensitive Home Button Rumored Todd R. Weiss / :eWeek
- Business Insider   Apple is laying the groundwork to kill the iPhone's home button Steve Kovach / :Business Insider
- Mashable   Report: iPhone 7 will get new touch-sensitive home button, killer camera Raymond Wong / :Mashable
- Silicon Republic   Apple plans dual camera system for next iPhone generation John Kennedy / :Silicon Republic
- CNET   iPhone 7 may sport pressure-sensitive home button, Space Black paint job Lance Whitney / :CNET
- Fortune   Apple's iPhone 7 Could Come With a Much Different Home Button Don Reisinger / :Fortune
- InvestorPlace   Monday Apple Rumors: iPhone 7 May Not Use Gorilla Glass 5 William White / :InvestorPlace
- ValueWalk   iPhone 7 Price In India, Pakistan, US, UK, China [RUMOR] Vikas Shukla / :ValueWalk
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Bloomberg Reaffirms ‘iPhone 7’ Haptic Home Button, Dual Cameras Gary Ng / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- SiliconBeat   What's Apple got up its sleeve for September? Patrick May / :SiliconBeat
- MobileSyrup.com   iPhone 7 rumoured to feature pressure-sensitive home button Patrick O'Rourke / :MobileSyrup.com
- International Business Times   iPhone 7 release date, price, specifications: Dual-camera, pressure sensitive home button confirmed? Sami Khan / :International Business Times
- PhoneDog.com   iPhone 7 may have pressure-sensitive home button, dual rear cameras on Plus model Alex Wagner / :PhoneDog.com
- Patently Apple   The iPhone 7's Pressure Sensitive Home Button Supported in new Bloomberg Rumor Jack Purcher / :Patently Apple
- Ubergizmo   Upcoming iPhone To Sport Pressure-Sensitive Home Button Tyler Lee / :Ubergizmo
- ZDNet   New iPhone to have dual-camera, pressure sensitive home button: Report Jake Smith / :ZDNet
- Liliputing   Bloomberg: Next iPhones to have dual cameras, haptic home button, no headphone jack Brad Linder / :Liliputing
- Softpedia News   How the New iPhone 7 Dual-Camera System Could Work Bogdan Popa / :Softpedia News
- iMore   Latest Apple news — August 8, 2016 :iMore
- iPhone Hacks   iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus to Come with Pressure-Sensitive Home Button, Improved Cameras, and No Headphone Jack Rajesh Pandey / :iPhone Hacks
- TechSpot   iPhone 7 to feature redesigned home button, new Apple Watch models coming in 2016 Jose Vilches / :TechSpot
- Highsnobiety   Apple iPhone 7 Rumored to Have a New “Pressure-Sensitive” Home Button Daniel Pearson / :Highsnobiety
- Pocketnow   iPhone 7 (6SE?) rumored to adopt pressure-sensitive home button... again Adrian Diaconescu / :Pocketnow
- USA Today   Report: Next iPhone will have dual cameras, no headphone jack Brett Molina / :USA Today
- POPSUGAR   The iPhone 7's Home Button Is Apparently Getting a Major Upgrade Eleanor Sheehan / :POPSUGAR
- iDownloadBlog.com   Bloomberg: iPhone 7 to ship with touch-sensitive haptic Home button Christian Zibreg / :iDownloadBlog.com
- Business Insider   The iPhone 7 is going to get a major camera upgrade Rob Price / :Business Insider
- MacRumors   iPhone 7 and 7 Plus to Feature Pressure-Sensitive Home Button With Haptic Feedback Tim Hardwick / :MacRumors
- MacDailyNews   Apple's next-gen iPhone said to have dual camera, pressure-sensitive Home button :MacDailyNews
- @stevestreza   More evidence that Apple is killing off your headphone port. Why? To add another speaker. Really disappointing. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Steve Streza / :@stevestreza
- @rileytestut   Unless CPU/GPU get substantial upgrades too, seems like there's very little incentive for 4.7" 6s users to upgrade http://twitter.com/... Riles / :@rileytestut
- @bryfitz   A home button with pressure-sensitive 3D Touch makes sense. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Brian Fitzgerald / :@bryfitz
- @jyarow   Apple is kinda, sorta killing the home button? http://www.bloomberg.com/... Jay Yarow / :@jyarow
- @ow   http://www.bloomberg.com/... http://twitter.com/... :@ow
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KGI: Apple Watch 2 coming later this year with GPS, barometer, similar form factor, faster processor, superior waterproofing, and a higher capacity battery
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- AppleInsider   ‘Apple Watch 2’ with GPS, barometer, better waterproofing, more to launch in 2H of 2016 Mikey Campbell / :AppleInsider
- CNET   Apple Watch 2 with GPS and better processor coming this year, report says Daniel Van Boom / :CNET
- 9to5Mac   KGI: New Apple Watch 2 coming late 2016 with GPS, better waterproofing and improved performance, retain same design Benjamin Mayo / :9to5Mac
- The Verge   Apple Watch 2 coming this year with faster processor, GPS, and more: report Sam Byford / :The Verge
- The Next Web   The Apple Watch 2 will reportedly get GPS and a larger battery - and launch this year Abhimanyu Ghoshal / :The Next Web
- BGR   Apple Watch 2 tipped to launch with iPhone 7 in fall Chris Smith / :BGR
- PhonesReviews UK   Apple Watch 2 rumored to receive new features Adam / :PhonesReviews UK
- ValueWalk   Apple Watch 2 With Faster Processor Coming Later This Year Aman Jain / :ValueWalk
- Digital Trends   No more free Hulu for you! Hulu goes subscription only, but Yahoo offers a work-around Caleb Denison / :Digital Trends
- Macworld   Apple Watch 2 rumors: Expect a new GPS-equipped watch with the iPhone 7 in September Caitlin McGarry / :Macworld
- PhoneDog.com   Apple Watch 2 tipped to include GPS, faster processor, and more Alex Wagner / :PhoneDog.com
- AppAdvice.com Latest   Apple to Launch a Faster First-Gen Apple Watch Alongside Second-Gen Model Joe Wright / :AppAdvice.com Latest
- MobileSyrup.com   Apple will reportedly release two new Watch models later this year Igor Bonifacic / :MobileSyrup.com
- Tech Times   Faster Apple Watch 2 Expected This Year With Larger Battery, GPS And More Upgrades, But Mainly Unchanged Design Alexandra Burlacu / :Tech Times
- TechnoBuffalo   Two new Apple Watches, one with GPS, barometer and more, said to launch this year Jacob Kleinman / :TechnoBuffalo
- ZDNet   Adding GPS to the Apple Watch is a dumb idea Matthew Miller / :ZDNet
- O'Grady's PowerPage   Rumor: Next-gen Apple Watch to be released in 2016, see assortment of internal component improvements Chris Barylick / :O'Grady's PowerPage
- Fortune   Why the New Apple Watch Might Not Be Any Thinner Aaron Pressman / :Fortune
- iPhone Hacks   Updated Apple Watch 1 with Faster Chipset to Be Unveiled Alongside Apple Watch 2 Later This Year Rajesh Pandey / :iPhone Hacks
- PC Magazine   Report: Apple Watch 2 With GPS, Better Battery Coming This Year Stephanie Mlot / :PC Magazine
- iPhone in Canada Blog   “All-New” Apple Watch 2 Coming This Fall; Original to Get Upgrade: KGI Gary Ng / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- Tom's Guide   Apple Watch 2 Coming This Year with Slew of Upgrades (Report) Mark Spoonauer / :Tom's Guide
- Computerworld   Can Apple Watch 2 reignite the wearables industry? Jonny Evans / :Computerworld
- Wearable Tech Insider   Next Apple Watch Tipped to Have GPS Dan Rosenbaum / :Wearable Tech Insider
- Cult of Mac   Apple Watch product line could split in two this year Luke Dormehl / :Cult of Mac
- Silicon Valley Business …   Will these changes to Apple Watch, iPhone be enough to stir up sales for Apple? Gina Hall / :Silicon Valley Business Journal
- Ubergizmo   First-Gen Apple Watches Rumored For Hardware Refresh Tyler Lee / :Ubergizmo
- Business Insider   The next Apple Watch may be just as chunky as the current one Rob Price / :Business Insider
- Engadget   Analyst claims Apple Watch 2 due later this year Daniel Cooper / :Engadget
- Softpedia News   Apple Watch 2 to Launch in September with GPS, Bigger Battery Bogdan Popa / :Softpedia News
- iLounge   Report: Two new versions of Apple Watch coming this year Dan Pye / :iLounge
- Investor's Business Daily   Next Apple Watch To Include GPS, But No Cellular Capability: Analyst Patrick Seitz / :Investor's Business Daily
- Neowin   Apple might launch two new versions of the Watch this year Vlad Dudau / :Neowin
- Pocketnow   Apple Watch 2 likely coming with GPS in tow this year, iterative upgrade also expected Adrian Diaconescu / :Pocketnow
- International Business Times   Apple Watch 2: Faster Version Could Launch In Second Half Of 2016 With GPS, Barometer … Kukil Bora / :International Business Times
- Highsnobiety   Apple Watch 2 Will Release This Year With Faster Processor, Better Battery & GPS Daniel Pearson / :Highsnobiety
- Daring Fireball   Ming-Chi Kuo: ‘Apple Watch 2’ With GPS, Barometer, Better Waterproofing John Gruber / :Daring Fireball
- Philip Elmer-DeWitt   Ming-Chi Kuo: No cellphone radio in Apple Watch this year :Philip Elmer-DeWitt
- MacDailyNews   Faster Apple Watch 2 with onboard GPS, barometer, better battery and more water-resistance coming this year :MacDailyNews
- Pocket Gamer.biz   Apple Watch 2 fitted with GPS rumored for release in second half of 2016 Ric Cowley / :Pocket Gamer.biz
- Mashable   Next Apple Watch: GPS, new processor, better battery, report says Adario Strange / :Mashable
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Hulu phases out its own free streaming service, inks deal with Yahoo to provide TV episodes to Yahoo View, Yahoo's new ad-supported TV streaming site
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- Hollywood Reporter   Hulu to End Free TV Service Natalie Jarvey / :Hollywood Reporter
- TechCrunch   Yahoo launches a TV-watching site, Yahoo View, in partnership with Hulu Sarah Perez / :TechCrunch
- VentureBeat   Yahoo's new View app pairs Hulu shows with a Tumblr-powered fan experience Ken Yeung / :VentureBeat
- Yahoo   TV Fanatics Unite! Introducing Yahoo View, a TV Watching Experience Featuring Hulu Jess Lee / :Yahoo
- The Next Web   Hulu goes subscription-only by moving its free stuff to Yahoo Napier Lopez / :The Next Web
- Engadget   Hulu is ending the free version of its streaming service Brittany Vincent / :Engadget
- The Verge   Hulu is eliminating its free, ad-supported streaming service Ben Popper / :The Verge
- Mashable   Hulu is ending its free streaming service, Yahoo will pick it up Jason Abbruzzese / :Mashable
- DSLreports   Hulu Eliminating Free Video Options as Live TV Service Looms :DSLreports
- RCR Wireless News   Verizon set to inherit new video service, AT&T scores IoT win ... 5 things to know today Martha DeGrasse / :RCR Wireless News
- Fortune   Hulu Is Getting Rid of its Free Streaming Service Michal Addady / :Fortune
- SiliconBeat   Biz Break: New Yahoo site to carry free Hulu programming Rex Crum / :SiliconBeat
- Digital Trends   Hulu drops free tier in favor of paid-only service, sends free shows to Yahoo Parker Hall / :Digital Trends
- Lifehacker   Hulu Will Get Rid of Its Free TV Service (Sort Of), Prioritize Paid Subs Eric Ravenscraft / :Lifehacker
- Gizmodo   Hulu Is Killing Off Its Free TV Service, But Yahoo Will Lap Up the Crumbs Sophie Kleeman / :Gizmodo
- Forbes   Hulu And Yahoo Joining Forces To Take On Netflix? Brandon Katz / :Forbes
- AppleInsider   Hulu says it will kill off free tier, push free shows to partners like Yahoo Roger Fingas / :AppleInsider
- CNET   Yahoo teams with Hulu for free TV-streaming service Ashlee Clark Thompson / :CNET
- Android Authority   If you loved Hulu's free service, we've got some bad news :Android Authority
- CNNMoney   Hulu is moving to a subscription-only model.  —  The streaming … Lisa France / :CNNMoney
- Liliputing   Hulu is going subscription-only, will end ad-supported video streaming Brad Linder / :Liliputing
- MacRumors   Hulu Goes Exclusively Subscription-Based as Free Streaming Moves to ‘Yahoo View’ Mitchel Broussard / :MacRumors
- BetaNews   Hulu ends its ad-supported free streaming Mark Wilson / :BetaNews
- Slate   Hulu Didn't Fail at Free TV. It Succeeded in Weaning Us Off It. Will Oremus / :Slate
- Tubefilter   Hulu Removes Free, Ad-Supported Tier From Its Service, Moves It To New Yahoo Hub Sam Gutelle / :Tubefilter
- iDownloadBlog.com   Hulu transitions free content to Yahoo View, renews focus on subscriptions Christian Zibreg / :iDownloadBlog.com
- SlashGear   Hulu is axing free streaming (but don't panic) Chris Davies / :SlashGear
- TechSpot   Hulu eliminating free tier as content shifts to Yahoo Shawn Knight / :TechSpot
- Polygon   Hulu's free streaming option is no more Allegra Frank / :Polygon
- AppAdvice.com Latest   Hulu Is Putting an End to Its Free Streaming Tier Joe Wright / :AppAdvice.com Latest
- TIME   Hulu Is Killing Off its Free TV Service Alex Fitzpatrick / :TIME
- 9to5Mac   Hulu will no longer offer free TV episodes, moves to subscription-only model Ben Schoon / :9to5Mac
- Droid Life   RIP: Hulu's Free Streaming Option Coming to an End Tim-o-tato / :Droid Life
- iLounge   Hulu moving free streaming service to new Yahoo View, switching to all-subscription model Dan Pye / :iLounge
- Neowin   Hulu will phase out free service over the next couple of weeks Timi Cantisano / :Neowin
- USA Today   Hulu dropping free streaming option Brett Molina / :USA Today
- Business Insider   Hulu is killing its free tier Nathan McAlone / :Business Insider
- socalTECH.com   Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service :socalTECH.com
- Ars Technica UK   Hulu will soon end its free streaming options Jon Brodkin / :Ars Technica UK

2015

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2015-08-08

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Sources: Apple to hold an event on September 9 to unveil new iPhones, iPads, and Apple TV
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- Business Insider   Apple's next iPhone will probably be unveiled September 9 Lisa Eadicicco / :Business Insider
- CIO.com   Pencil in Sept. 9 for new iPhones Gregg Keizer / :CIO.com
- ZDNet   Is small better? iPhone 5 fans refuse to let go Jason Perlow / :ZDNet
- MobileSyrup.com   Apple releases new iOS 9 betas as final version grows closer Daniel Bader / :MobileSyrup.com
- Fone Arena   Apple iPhone event reportedly scheduled for September 9 Srivatsan Sridhar / :Fone Arena
- AppleInsider   This week on AppleInsider: Stock market jeopardy, ‘iPhone 6s’ press event, Apple Music numbers & more Roger Fingas / :AppleInsider
- Digital Trends   Is Apple plotting a huge event for Sept. 9? David Nield / :Digital Trends
- International Business Times   iPhone 6S, 6S Plus Release Date Confirmed? Sources Say Apple to Hold Special Event on 9 September Sami Khan / :International Business Times
- Ubergizmo   Next-Gen iPhone Production Rumored To Have Been Delayed 1-2 Weeks Tyler Lee / :Ubergizmo
- The Verge   Apple may unveil new iPhones on September 9th Nathan Ingraham / :The Verge
- CNET   Apple said to host iPhone, iPad, Apple TV event Sept. 9 Shara Tibken / :CNET
- MacNN   Report: next Apple event planned for ‘week of September 7’ :MacNN
- Pocket-lint   Apple's next Apple TV (2015): What's the story so far? Elyse Betters / :Pocket-lint
- Redmond Pie   Apple's iPhone 6s Launch Event Gets A Date Oliver Haslam / :Redmond Pie
- Daring Fireball   Paczkowski: Apple's Fall iPhone Event to Be Held Week of September 7 John Gruber / :Daring Fireball
- bizjournals   Apple likely to release newest iPhone September 9, BuzzFeed News reports Angela Swartz / :bizjournals
- PCMag Asia Feed   Rumor: Apple iPhone Event on Sept. 9 David Murphy / :PCMag Asia Feed
- Neowin   New iPhones, iPads and Apple TV expected to debut on September 9 Andy Weir / :Neowin
- Pocketnow   Apple's September iPhone event gets a rumored date: mark your calendars Stephen Schenck / :Pocketnow
- PhoneDog.com   Apple's new iPhone and Apple TV event rumored for September 9 Alex Wagner / :PhoneDog.com
- TechCrunch   Apple's Next iPhone Rumored To Debut On September 9th Greg Kumparak / :TechCrunch
- SlashGear   iPhone 6s September 9 event tipped with Apple TV Chris Davies / :SlashGear
- iDownloadBlog.com   Apple expected to debut new iPhones, iPads and Apple TV on September 9 Cody Lee / :iDownloadBlog.com
- Ars Technica   Report: Apple's next iPhone event happens on (or near) September 9th Andrew Cunningham / :Ars Technica
- The Next Web   Report: Apple will unveil iPhone 6S, new Apple TV and iPad Pro on September 9 Nate Swanner / :The Next Web
- TechnoBuffalo   Apple iPhone 6s and Apple TV event on Sept. 9, report says Todd Haselton / :TechnoBuffalo
- iPhone Hacks   Apple to unveil new iPhones, iPads and Apple TV at event on September 9 Evan Selleck / :iPhone Hacks
- Tech Insider   Now is the worst time to buy a new iPhone Steve Kovach / :Tech Insider
- 9to5Mac   Report: New iPhone and Apple TV to be announced at Sept. 9 event, iPad Pro a ‘wildcard’ Chance Miller / :9to5Mac
- Mashable   Report: Apple's annual iPhone event to be held in early September Ronald Chavez / :Mashable
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Apple Said to Be Launching Next-Gen iPhones and Apple TV on September 9 István Fekete / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- POPSUGAR   Apple's Newest iPhone Will Arrive Sooner Than You Think Ann-Marie-Alcantara / :POPSUGAR
- VentureBeat   Apple's fall iPhone event reportedly scheduled for September 9 Mark Sullivan / :VentureBeat
- Fortune   This is the date Apple will unveil new iPhones Benjamin Snyder / :Fortune
- Cult of Mac   Apple to hold iPhone 6s event on September 9th Buster Hein / :Cult of Mac
- Seeking Alpha   Report: Apple's next iPhone event set for week of September 7 :Seeking Alpha
- iMore   Next iPhone event once again rumored for September, new iPads might come with it! Joseph Keller / :iMore
- MacRumors   Apple to Debut New iPhones, iPads, and Apple TV on September 9 Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- iLounge   Report: Apple's fall iPhone event to be held September 9th Jesse Hollington / :iLounge
- BGR   Here comes the iPhone 6s: New phone will ‘likely’ be unveiled on September 9th Brad Reed / :BGR
- App Advice   Report: Apple will unveil new iPhones on Sept. 9 Brent Dirks / :App Advice
- @jandawson   Timing of iPhone events and launches have become v predictable - event 2nd wk of Sep, launch 9-10 days later pic.twitter.com/BbBuuAgFDP Jan Dawson / :@jandawson
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Dick Costolo plans to step down from Twitter board by end of year or when new CEO is appointed
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- Re/code   Costolo Will Step Down From Board Once Twitter CEO Selection Complete Kara Swisher / :Re/code
- Bloomberg Business   Twitter Board Said to Consider Shuffle Including Costolo Exit Sarah Frier / :Bloomberg Business
- Wall Street Journal   Twitter May Replace Former CEO Dick Costolo on Board Yoree Koh / :Wall Street Journal
- CNET   Ex Twitter CEO Dick Costolo plans to leave company's board, say reports Edward Moyer / :CNET
- Business Insider   Dick Costolo is likely exiting the Twitter board once it has a new CEO :Business Insider
- @jyarow   Twitter board is interested in Instagram founder Kevin Systrom as CEO. http://recode.net/... Jay Yarow / :@jyarow
Square IPO bankers make preparations in case Jack Dorsey leaves to be full-time Twitter CEO
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- TechCrunch   Outspoken Investor Chris Sacca Backs Jack Dorsey As Next Twitter CEO Drew Olanoff / :TechCrunch
- Seeking Alpha   Costolo reportedly leaving Twitter's board; Square IPO advisers prep for Dorsey exit :Seeking Alpha
- VentureBeat   Square needs more than Jack Dorsey to go public Ruth Reader / :VentureBeat
- tech.co   A Maker Movement Acquisition and Funding for On-Demand Luggage Delivery Ronald Barba / :tech.co
- Business Insider   Even Square's IPO advisors don't seem to know whether or not Jack Dorsey will stay CEO Nathan McAlone / :Business Insider
- @danprimack   “If Dorsey departs from Square, that may delay the IPO...” No, it WILL delay the IPO. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Dan Primack / :@danprimack
- @sacca   On behalf of many investors, analysts, users, advertisers, media partners, and Twitter employees, it's clear who should be Twitter's CEO: Chris Sacca / :@sacca
- @davidbyttow   Square is Jack's baby. But, that baby has grown up real fast. Twitter (the product) probably needs him more. http://www.bloomberg.com/... David Byttow / :@davidbyttow
- @mdudas   Yes, it would definitely concern me as an investor if CEO of a company preparing to IPO was running another company: http://www.bloomberg.com/... Mike Dudas / :@mdudas
- @sarahfrier   Besides the complications with Dorsey, Bain, the other internal candidate, unsure if he wants CEO job, sources say. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Sarah Frier / :@sarahfrier
- @ow   Seems increasingly likely Jack Dorsey will just end up taking over Twitter http://www.bloomberg.com/... http://twitter.com/... Owen Williams / :@ow
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Hackers may have accessed personal details of 2.4M Carphone Warehouse customers, along with 90K encrypted credit card records
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- Telegraph   Carphone Warehouse hackers gain access to millions of customer bank details Peter Spence / :Telegraph
- TechCrunch   UK-Based Carphone Warehouse Hack Could Affect Up To 2.4M Customers Drew Olanoff / :TechCrunch
- The Independent   Carphone Warehouse hack: 2.4 million customers' details breached after ‘cyber-attack’ Jamie Merrill / :The Independent
- Guardian   Carphone Warehouse cyber-attack: 2.4m customers' data feared accessed Jamie Grierson / :Guardian
- Graham Cluley   Carphone Warehouse hacked: 2.4 million customer records at risk :Graham Cluley
- Daily Mail   Carphone Warehouse hackers may have accessed bank details of 2.4M customers :Daily Mail
- Financial Times   Hackers steal data on 2.4m Carphone Warehouse customers Henry Mance / :Financial Times
- Sky News   Millions Hit By Carphone Warehouse Cyber Attack :Sky News
- The Next Web   Carphone Warehouse reveals data breach affecting up to 2.4m customers Martin Bryant / :The Next Web
- The Register   Carphone Warehouse coughs to MONSTER data breach - 2.4 MEELLION Brits at risk Kelly Fiveash / :The Register
- Engadget   Carphone Warehouse says up to 2.4 million customer accounts hacked Matt Brian / :Engadget

2014

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2014-08-08

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Judge rejects $324M settlement in anti-poaching class action suit against Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe; says it should have been at least $380M
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- Reuters   Judge rejects $324.5 million settlement over Apple, Google hiring Dan Levine / :Reuters
- 9to5Google   Court rejects earlier $324 million anti-poaching settlement between Google, Intel, Apple, and Adobe Mike Beasley / :9to5Google
- TechCrunch   Judge Rejects Comically Low $324.5M Settlement To Tech Workers Who Were Cheated Out Of Fair Wages Alex Wilhelm / :TechCrunch
- New York Times   Court Rejects Deal on Hiring In Silicon Valley David Streitfeld / :New York Times
- MacRumors   Judge Rejects $324M Settlement Proposal in Apple, Google Class-Action Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- Mercury News   Apple, Google, Intel face setback after judge tosses settlement in tech ‘no-poaching’ case Brandon Bailey / :Mercury News
- Techdirt   Big Silicon Valley Firms Aren't Going To Get Off That Easily For Their Anti-Poaching Agreements Mike Masnick / :Techdirt
- Gigaom   Judge rejects Apple and Google wage-fixing settlement, suggests $380M as minimum Jeff John Roberts / :Gigaom
- PC World   Steve Jobs was ‘central figure’ in Silicon Valley hiring case, judge says James Niccolai / :PC World
- Engadget   Judge rejects Silicon Valley anti-poaching settlement on suspicions of conspiracy Timothy J. Seppala / :Engadget
- CNET   Judge rejects $324.5M wage-fixing deal struck by Apple, Google, others as too low Shara Tibken / :CNET
- VentureBeat   Judge Koh rejects the Silicon Valley $324.5M wage-theft settlement Barry Levine / :VentureBeat
- Fortune   Judge rejects $324 million tech hiring settlement Tom Huddleston Jr / :Fortune
- MacNN   Judge rejects proposed $324.5M anti-poaching case settlement :MacNN
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Apple and Other Tech Companies' Anti-Poaching Settlement Rejected István Fekete / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- iLounge   Judge rejects antitrust settlement proposal from Apple, others Nate Benson / :iLounge
- Re/code   Judge Rejects $324.5 Million Settlement Over Tech Hiring Dan Levine / :Re/code
- 9to5Mac   Court rejects earlier $324 million anti-poaching settlement between Apple, Intel, Google, and Adobe Mike Beasley / :9to5Mac
- Cult of Mac   U.S. judge rejects Apple's $324.5 million settlement for wage-fixing Buster Hein / :Cult of Mac
- The Register   Apple, Intel, Google told to stop being tightwads and pay out MORE in wage-fix settlement Shaun Nichols / :The Register
- AppleInsider   Court rejects $325M wage-fixing settlement, says Apple, others should ‘pay their fair share’ Sam Oliver / :AppleInsider
- Ars Technica   $324.5 million anti-poaching settlement from Apple, Google rejected Megan Geuss / :Ars Technica
- App Advice   Judge rejects $324.5 million settlement in anti-poaching case regarding Apple and others Brent Dirks / :App Advice
- The Verge   Judge rejects $324 million settlement from Apple, Google, and others over no-hire scandal Adi Robertson / :The Verge
- ZDNet   Anti-poaching suit involving Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe hits snag Rachel King / :ZDNet
- TUAW   Judge Lucy Koh rejects proposed settlement stemming from Apple's anti-poaching class action lawsuit Yoni Heisler / :TUAW
- @markamesexiled   Judge: “there is ample evidence of an overarching conspiracy between seven Defendants [Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe]” http://pando.com/... Mark Ames / :@markamesexiled
- @glennf   ‘a preliminary $324 million settlement did not fall “within the range of reasonableness.” ’ http://www.nytimes.com/... Glenn Fleishman / :@glennf
2 Techmeme story
Google is testing “Listen Now” ads with Spotify, Rhapsody, and Apple's Beats Music
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- AppleInsider   Google tests new ‘Listen Now’ music ads promoting Apple's Beats Music, others Mikey Campbell / :AppleInsider
- 9to5Google   Google begins displaying “Listen Now” ads for streaming music services in search results Jordan Kahn / :9to5Google
- 9to5Mac   Google begins displaying “Listen Now” ads for streaming music services (including Beats) in search results Jordan Kahn / :9to5Mac
- WebProNews   Google Shows ‘Listen Now’ Ads For Music Searches Chris Crum / :WebProNews
- @rolfewinkler   New ads popping up in Google's answer boxes, this time pitching music services like Beats and Spotify. http://blogs.wsj.com/... Rolfe Winkler / :@rolfewinkler
3 Techmeme story
FCC rejects Verizon's “all the kids do it” argument, asks all carriers to explain their data throttling policies
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- The Hill   FCC chief frowns on Verizon's slowing speeds Julian Hattem / :The Hill
- ReadWrite   Thanks, Verizon! Now The FCC Is Asking All Carriers About Data Throttling Adriana Lee / :ReadWrite
- Wall Street Journal   FCC Head Wary of Verizon Data Slowing :Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post   FCC to Verizon: ‘All the kids do it’ is no excuse for throttling unlimited data Brian Fung / :Washington Post
- Digital Trends   Sierra is back! And bringing King's Quest with it? Adam Rosenberg / :Digital Trends
- CNET   FCC chairman rejects Verizon's throttling defense Roger Cheng / :CNET
- US News   FCC Proposed Net Neutrality Change Sparks Internet Rage Lindsey Cook / :US News
- MacRumors   FCC Questioning All Carriers On Unlimited Throttling Policies Juli Clover / :MacRumors
- PhoneNews.com   FCC Sends Letters To All Carriers Requesting Explanations On Data Network Management Humberto Saabedra / :PhoneNews.com
- Computerworld   FCC chairman downplays Obama comments on net neutrality Grant Gross / :Computerworld
- Droid Life   FCC Still Concerned About Throttling, Asks All Carriers About Throttling Practices Kellex / :Droid Life
- Broadcasting & Cable   FCC's Wheeler Seeks Management Info From Other Wireless Carriers Lukem / :Broadcasting & Cable
- The Verge   FCC chairman asks other US carriers to justify data throttling policies Chris Welch / :The Verge
- Consumerist   Verizon's “All Kids Do It” Excuse For Throttling Isn't Good Enough For FCC Chair Chris Morran / :Consumerist
- MintPress News   All Four Internet Service Giants Allegedly Violated Last Remaining Net Neutrality Rule Nadia Prupis / :MintPress News
- cir.ca   FCC asks Verizon, others to explain throttling policies :cir.ca

2013

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2013-08-08

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Email Company Reportedly Used By Edward Snowden Shuts Down Rather Than Hand Data Over To Feds
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- NYT Bits   Two Providers of Encrypted E-Mail Shut Down Somini Sengupta / :NYT Bits
- Ars Technica   Ed Snowden's e-mail service shuts down, leaving cryptic message Joe Mullin / :Ars Technica
- Wired   Edward Snowden's Email Provider Shuts Down Amid Secret Court Battle Kevin Poulsen / :Wired
- The Verge   Email service used by Edward Snowden abruptly shuts down, to avoid ‘crimes against the American people’ Sean Hollister / :The Verge
- Boing Boing   Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down Xeni Jardin / :Boing Boing
- ZDNet   Snowden's privacy-oriented email provider shuts down under U.S. government pressure Ed Bott / :ZDNet
- Quartz   Lavabit, the secure email service used by Edward Snowden, shuts down under pressure Zachary M. Seward / :Quartz
- Engadget   Lavabit, reportedly Edward Snowden's email service of choice, shuts down Melissa Grey / :Engadget
- VentureBeat   Uh, oh: NSA ‘whistleblower’ Snowden's e-mail provider is down — and left this ominous note Meghan Kelly / :VentureBeat
- Guardian   Email service Lavabit abruptly shut down citing government interference Spencer Ackerman / :Guardian
- Washington Post   Snowden's e-mail provider is closing, cannot legally say why Andrea Peterson / :Washington Post
- Techdirt   Ed Snowden's Email Provider, Lavabit, Shuts Down To Fight US Gov't Intrusion Mike Masnick / :Techdirt
- Gizmodo   Edward Snowden's Email Provider Shut Down Rather Than Comply With Feds Adam Clark Estes / :Gizmodo
- DSLreports   Lavabit Closes Shop, Blames Government Karl Bode / :DSLreports
- Hillicon Valley   Email service reportedly used by Snowden shuts down operations Jennifer Martinez / :Hillicon Valley
- Electronista   Encrypted email provider Lavabit closes, cites US government pressure :Electronista
- News Desk   The N.S.A. and Its Targets: Lavabit Shuts Down Amy Davidson / :News Desk
- TechCrunch   Snowden's Alleged Email Provider Shuts Down, Warns Against Trusting U.S. Companies Gregory Ferenstein / :TechCrunch
- NPR   Email Service Allegedly Used By Edward Snowden Is Shut Down Eyder Peralta / :NPR
- The Register   Ed Snowden's secure email provider shuts down under gag order Neil McAllister / :The Register
- The Huffington Post   Lavabit, Edward Snowden's Email Service, Abruptly Shuts Down Amid Court Battle :The Huffington Post
- The Tell   Email service reportedly used by Edward Snowden shuts down Tom Bemis / :The Tell
- Daring Fireball   Lavabit, Email Service Edward Snowden Reportedly Used, Abruptly Shuts Down John Gruber / :Daring Fireball
- Graham Cluley   Lavabit email service shuts down abruptly, blaming US government :Graham Cluley
- RT   Encrypted email service used by Snowden mysteriously shuts down Jacob Appelbaum / :RT
- The Atlantic Wire   If the Email Service Snowden Uses Shuts Down, It Can't Work with the NSA Rebecca Greenfield / :The Atlantic Wire
- Boing Boing   Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down Xeni Jardin / :Boing Boing
- @georgemaschke   @ioerror Lavabit's stats page showed they had about 410,000 accounts at the time of the shutdown. George Maschke / :@georgemaschke
- @tlrobinson   Wow Lavabit is shutting down. Reading between the lines, most likely to avoid tapping Snowden's email for the US gov https://lavabit.com/ Tom Robinson / :@tlrobinson
- @ggreenwald   Amazing: Lavabit - the email service used by Snowden - shuts down rather than comply with US orders http://boingboing.net/... Glenn Greenwald / :@ggreenwald
- @csoghoian   Not many Internet companies shut down rather than quietly go along with secret gov surveillance orders https://t.co/KDib6OdxW9 Christopher Soghoian / :@csoghoian
- @normative   This guy is my new hero. And the First Amendment problem here should be screamingly obvious. http://boingboing.net/... Julian Sanchez / :@normative
- @kpoulsen   Lavabit users complain about the abrupt shutdown. “I have my Steam account and EVERYTHING on Lavabit” http://bit.ly/14BcZOs Kevin Poulsen / :@kpoulsen
- @declanm   My initial guess about what the government did to Lavabit that forced Ladar Levison to shut it down: https://plus.google.com/... Declan McCullagh / :@declanm
- @declanm   Lavabit had claimed “once a message is stored on our servers...can't be recovered without knowing a user's password” http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/ ... Declan McCullagh / :@declanm
- @juliaangwin   Snowden's email service shuts down rather than “become complicit in crimes against the American people” via @ioerror https://lavabit.com/ Julia Angwin / :@juliaangwin
- @ia   “I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the US.” http://boingboing.net/... iA Inc / :@ia
- @hoverbird   This is what you do when your government compels you to violate its own constitution: https://lavabit.com Patrick Ewing / :@hoverbird
- @ioerror   Please note that #Lavabit is down and #Hushmail is up. The State is reminding us all: Complicity is rewarded, integrity is punished! Jacob Appelbaum / :@ioerror
- @declanm   Paypal link for donating to Lavabit's legal defense fund: https://www.paypal.com/... Declan McCullagh / :@declanm
- @essobi   RT @aestetix: I'm gonna take a wild guess and say the US sent Lavabit a National Security Letter: http://boingboing.net/... Kyle Essobi / :@essobi
- @kashhill   Lavabit's users more concerned about getting emails than principled stands. Facebook wall is full of “WTF” messages. https://t.co/d0nglOuVru Kashmir Hill / :@kashhill
- @onejarednewman   Snowden's email service shuts down rather than “become complicit in crimes against the American people” via @ioerror https://lavabit.com/ Julia Angwin / :@onejarednewman
Silent Circle Preemptively Shuts Down Encrypted Email Service To Prevent NSA Spying
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- Silent Circle Blog   To Our Customers  —  We designed our phone, video, and text services … Joncallas / :Silent Circle Blog
- Engadget   Silent Circle follows Lavabit's example, shuts down its secure email service Richard Lawler / :Engadget
- CNET   Silent Circle follows Lavabit in shuttering encrypted e-mail Steven Musil / :CNET
- The Next Web   Silent Circle follows Lavabit in closing its encrypted email service because it's ‘better to be safe than sorry’ Jon Russell / :The Next Web
- The Verge   Silent Circle sees ‘writing on the wall’ after Lavabit closure, shuts down secure email service Jeff Blagdon / :The Verge
- The Register   Silent Circle shutters email service Simon Sharwood / :The Register
- Electronic Frontier Foundation   Lavabit Encrypted Email Service Shuts Down, Can't Say Why Kurt Opsahl / :Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Electronista   Silent Circle shutters secure email following closure of Lavabit :Electronista
- SlashGear   Silent Circle shuts down Mail service following Lavabit to avoid government hassle Brittany Hillen / :SlashGear
- @csoghoian   Silent Circle's CEO on emails they deleted, rather than wait for gov requests: “Gone. Cant get it back. Nobody can.” http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/ ... Christopher Soghoian / :@csoghoian
- @joshconstine   At this point, the nation's best hope for reform of spying practices might be making a case that it hurts the economy http://techcrunch.com/... Josh Constine / :@joshconstine
- @glennf   When Phil Zimmermann folds, that is a bad bad sign for freedom. Silent Circle drops mail (keeps rest). http://silentcircle.wordpress.com/ ... Glenn Fleishman / :@glennf
Give Me Complicity or Give Me Death: Lavabit Chooses Death
Tweets (2)
- Twitter @martian_bob   “Canary in the coal mine” indeed. https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ ... :@martian_bob
- Twitter @shawnyeager   “[T]he U.S. government, in its rush to spy on everybody, may end up killing our most productive industry.” -@granick https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ ... Shawn Yeager / :@shawnyeager
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Tumblr Had $16.6 Million Left When Yahoo Bought It
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- Digits   Yahoo Filing Breaks Down Tumblr Deal Brian R. Fitzgerald / :Digits
- The Next Web   Project runway: Tumblr had $16.6 million in cash when Yahoo acquired it Josh Ong / :The Next Web
- GigaOM   What would have happened to Tumblr without Yahoo? Trouble Eliza Kern / :GigaOM
- @khanoisseur   Enough to buy 16 Bebos. @Techmeme @pkafka Adam Khan / :@khanoisseur
Yahoo details Tumblr's valuation and David Karp's $81 million retention package
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- BuzzFeed   How Yahoo Plans To Hold Onto Tumblr's Founder David Karp Matthew Lynley / :BuzzFeed
3 Techmeme story
NSA to cut system administrators by 90 percent to limit data access
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- The Huffington Post   NSA Chief: Solution To Stopping The Next Snowden Is Replacing His Former Job With A Machine Gerry Smith / :The Huffington Post
- The Verge   How the NSA plans to avoid future leaks: replace employees with machines Sean Hollister / :The Verge
- @xor   NSA is cutting its sys-admin staff by 90% to prevent further disclosures. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. http://preview.reuters.com/... Parker Higgins / :@xor
- @evacide   In an epic act of point-missing, NSA decides to address Snowden problem by cutting 90% of sysadmins: http://preview.reuters.com/... Eva / :@evacide
- @abrams   apparently the solution to potential leaks about the NSA doing illegal stuff is to fire 90% of the sysadmins: http://preview.reuters.com/... Jonathan Abrams / :@abrams
NSA spying may cost cloud companies $35 billion
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- ITIF   How Much Will PRISM Cost the U.S. Cloud Computing Industry? Daniel Castro / :ITIF
- Computerworld   Snowden's email provider, Lavabit, shutters citing legal pressure Jeremy Kirk / :Computerworld
- ZDNet   U.S. cloud industry stands to lose $35 billion amid PRISM fallout Zack Whittaker / :ZDNet
- Guardian   Fears over NSA surveillance revelations endanger US cloud computing industry Charles Arthur / :Guardian
- Federal Computer Week   The price of NSA surveillance for cloud providers Adam Mazmanian / :Federal Computer Week
- PRWeb   The Economic Cost of PRISM on the U.S. Cloud Computing Industry :PRWeb
- Daily Dot   PRISM's fallout: U.S. stands to lose up to $35 billion Kevin Collier / :Daily Dot
- GigaOM   PRISM could cost U.S. cloud companies up to $35B, says think tank Barb Darrow / :GigaOM
- Digits   Snowden's Email Service Shuts Danny Yadron / :Digits
- @jayrosen_nyu   Turns out that participating in the eclipse of informed consent has a $ price for cloud computing companies in the US http://goo.gl/Z8Smtc Jay Rosen / :@jayrosen_nyu
N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S.
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- Wall Street Journal   Acer to Expand Android, Chromebook Offerings :Wall Street Journal
- TechCrunch   The NSA Searches US Citizens' Cross-Border Email That Mentions Foreign Targets Alex Wilhelm / :TechCrunch
- Electronic Frontier Foundation   What It Means to Be An NSA “Target”: New Information Shows Why We Need Immediate FISA Amendments Act Reform Mark Rumold / :Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Quartz   Quartz Daily Brief—Asia Edition—Apple vs. Samsung, China inflation, double whammy for Greece … Nandagopal J. Nair / :Quartz
- Ars Technica   NSA captures Americans' Internet content if it mentions overseas suspects Cyrus Farivar / :Ars Technica
- PE Hub Blog   peHUB Second Opinion 8.8 Lawrence J. Aragon / :PE Hub Blog
- Forbes   NSA Does For Cross-Border Surveillance What Gmail Does To Place Ads Kashmir Hill / :Forbes
- The Verge   NSA searches contents of most communications entering and leaving US Joshua Kopstein / :The Verge
- SocialTimes   U.S. Gathering Even More of Your Email, Text Messages Jennifer Moire / :SocialTimes
- @mattbuchanan   according to the NSA, as you long as you delete data you didn't actually “collect” it http://www.nytimes.com/... Matt / :@mattbuchanan
- @mattbuchanan   if the NSA's surveillance of american communications for mere mentions of targets is lawful, the law is smdh http://www.nytimes.com/... Matt / :@mattbuchanan

2012

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2012-08-08

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Building the search engine of the future, one baby step at a time
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- TUAW   Google to challenge Siri with its updated Google search app Kelly Hodgkins / :TUAW
- Computerworld   Google Voice Search coming to iOS :Computerworld
- digitaltrends.com   Google unveils new search tools, including an in-the-lab Gmail integration Molly McHugh / :digitaltrends.com
- PhoneArena   Updated iOS search app from Google to take on Siri :Phone Arena
- Search Engine Land   New: Gmail Results Embedded In Google Search Results Barry Schwartz / :Search Engine Land
- Inquirer   Google probes Gmail messages for better search results Madeline Bennett / :Inquirer
- Digits   Google Beefs Up ‘Knowledge Graph,’ Takes it to Apple's Turf Amir Efrati / :Digits
- Wired   Google Goes After Siri, Merges Gmail With Web Search Marcus Wohlsen / :Wired
- ZDNet   Google rolling out Knowledge Graph to English speakers worldwide Rachel King / :ZDNet
- iPhone in Canada Blog   Google Search iOS App to Soon Be Able to Answer Questions Like Siri Gary Ng / :iPhone in Canada Blog
- Gotta Be Mobile   Google Adding Jelly Bean-like Voice Search To iOS App is a post … Shawn Ingram / :Gotta Be Mobile
- Redmond Pie   Google Bringing ‘Google Now’ Siri-like Voice Search Features To iPhone And iPad [VIDEO] Ben Reid / :Redmond Pie
- NYT Bits   New Google Tools to Make the Search Engine More All-Knowing Claire Cain Miller / :NYT Bits
- GigaOM   For Google, keeping search relevant means baking big data into everything Derrick Harris / :GigaOM
- Liliputing   Google bringing enhanced, Siri-like voice search to iPhone, iPad Brad Linder / :Liliputing
- Ubergizmo   Google's Knowledge Graph slowly launching worldwide beginning tomorrow for English users Gene Ryan Briones / :Ubergizmo
- Android Community   Google Now voice search heads to iPhone Cory Gunther / :Android Community
- WebProNews   So, Do You Want Google To Use Your Personal Email In Search Results? Chris Crum / :WebProNews
- PC Magazine   Google Expanding Knowledge Graph, Adding Gmail Content to Search Angela Moscaritolo / :PC Magazine
- MobileBurn.com   Google brings a taste of Google Now to iOS with updated Voice Search app Andrew Kameka / :MobileBurn.com
- The Next Web   Google opens up about the future of search, serves 100 billion searches every month Drew Olanoff / :The Next Web
- Los Angeles Times   Google test includes Gmail users' emails in search results Jessica Guynn / :Los Angeles Times
- The Verge   Google Search to integrate Gmail results, field trial signup begins today Dieter Bohn / :The Verge
- Business Insider   Google Will Now Include Gmail Messages In Your Search Results Dylan Love / :Business Insider
- 9to5Google   Google uncloaks the future of search: New Knowledge Graph worldwide rollout, Gmail universal … Élyse Betters / :9to5Google
- MacNN   Google app for iOS to get natural-language voice search :MacNN
- CNET   Google exposes ‘smart’ results in search Seth Rosenblatt / :CNET
1. Techmeme story
  Google Search app for iPad and iPhone adds voice-based answers, available in the ‘next couple of days’
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  - Engadget   Google's revamped voice search coming to iOS, tackles Siri on her home turf Terrence O'Brien / :Engadget
  - Ars Technica   Google's iOS search app to gain “enhanced voice search” Jacqui Cheng / :Ars Technica
  - Android News, Rumours …   Voice-based search, answers coming to Google Search app for iOS devices Jeff Causey / :Android News, Rumours, and Updates
  - Search Engine Land   iOS Users To Get Enhanced Google Search App Ahead Of Most Android Users Danny Sullivan / :Search Engine Land
  - Macworld   Google Voice Search coming to iOS Dan Miller / :Macworld
  - everythingiCafe   Google Search App Will Soon Talk Back Tim Barribeau / :everythingiCafe
  - The Register   Google widens search net and takes on Siri with iOS app Iain Thomson / :The Register
  - PadGadget   Google Search for iOS Upcoming Update Will Bring Siri-Like Capabilities Juli / :PadGadget
  - PhoneArena   Google adding voice-powered Q&A to iOS app (w/ video) :Phone Arena
  - TodaysiPhone.com   Google adding “Google Now” like feature to iOS app Kyle Frost / :TodaysiPhone.com
  - BGR   Watch out, Siri - Google's enhanced voice search is coming to the iPhone and iPad [video] Dan Graziano / :BGR
  - gHacks Technology News   Gmail results in Google Search? Nonsense! Martin Brinkmann / :gHacks Technology News
  - Pocketables   Google to update iOS Search app with added voice functionality in the “next couple of days” Calob Horton / :Pocketables
  - Los Angeles Times   Google is bringing its Siri competitor to its iOS app Salvador Rodriguez / :Los Angeles Times
  - App Advice   Upcoming Update To Google's iOS Search App Includes Some Vaguely Familiar Functionality Brent Dirks / :App Advice
  - iDownloadBlog.com   Google Search iOS app to get Google Now in a couple of days Christian Zibreg / :iDownloadBlog.com
  - 9to5Mac   Google to add Siri, Google Now-like voice functionality to its iOS Search app in a couple of days [Video] Mark Gurman / :9to5Mac
  - Pulse2 Technology …   Voice Search On The New Google iOS App Looks Amazing Amit Chowdhry / :Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News
  - @dannysullivan   Google launching Google Now Siri-ish app for iOS in a few days Danny Sullivan / :@dannysullivan
  Google Adds Personal Gmail Results Into Search
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  - Search Engine Land   Up Close: Gmail In Google Search Results Field Trial Danny Sullivan / :Search Engine Land
  - Android News, Rumours … Jeff Causey / :Android News, Rumours, and Updates Google launches trial to include Gmail messages in search results   Google launches trial to include Gmail messages in search results Jeff Causey / :Android News, Rumours, and Updates
  - Associated Press Michael Liedtke / :Associated Press Google includes Gmail in search results   Google includes Gmail in search results Michael Liedtke / :Associated Press
  - Pulse2 Technology …   Google Testing Gmail Results In Keyword Searches Amit Chowdhry / :Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News
  - VentureBeat   Google changes its web search again, and you can sign up to see it first Jolie O'Dell / :VentureBeat
  Google Knowledge Graph Going Global For English Speakers, Will Appear In Auto-Complete Results
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  - The Next Web   Gmail emails to appear in Google search results in exclusive “field trial” Drew Olanoff / :The Next Web
  - Engadget   Google Knowledge Graph coming to all English-speaking nations tomorrow, adds lists to results Terrence O'Brien / :Engadget
  - Computerworld   Google testing link between Gmail and search Juan Carlos Perez / :Computerworld
  - The Next Web   Google announces expansion and re-design of Knowledge Graph with new top-navigation experience Drew Olanoff / :The Next Web
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Zynga's COO John Schappert Steps Down, Effective Immediately
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- CNET   Zynga COO leaves game maker after reorganization Steven Musil / :CNET
- Business Insider   ZYNGA'S COO IS OUT: EA Veteran Schappert Is Leaving The Board, Too Owen Thomas / :Business Insider
- VentureBeat   Zynga COO John Schappert steps down Jacob Lopez / :VentureBeat
- Fortune   Zynga COO John Schappert quits Dan Primack / :Fortune
- Joystiq   Zynga COO John Schappert resigns Jordan Mallory / :Joystiq
- The Verge   Zynga COO John Schappert resigns Michael McWhertor / :The Verge
- TechCrunch   Following Reorg That Stripped Him Of Responsibility, COO John Schappert Leaves Zynga Anthony Ha / :TechCrunch
- The Next Web   Zynga's COO has stepped down from the company, exiting its board as well Alex Wilhelm / :The Next Web
- The Tech Block   Zynga COO John Schappert abruptly leaves company Jon Dick / :The Tech Block
- Mashable!   Zynga COO Resigns as Game Maker's Stock Falters Lauren Indvik / :Mashable!
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ThinkPad Celebrates 20 Years, Announces Windows 8 ThinkPad Tablet 2
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- Ars Technica   Lenovo unveils new Atom-powered ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 Andrew Cunningham / :Ars Technica
- The Verge   Lenovo unfazed by Microsoft Surface as it targets Thinkpad Tablet 2 at business users Nate Ralph / :The Verge
- ZDNet   Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2: Windows 8 Pro to go James Kendrick / :ZDNet
- CNET   Lenovo announces new ultrabook details and a Windows 8 tablet for ThinkPad's 20th anniversary Dan Ackerman / :CNET
- Engadget   Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 official: Windows 8, NFC and a fingerprint reader, arrives in October Dana Wollman / :Engadget
- Mashable!   Lenovo Unveils the Windows Tablet We've Been Waiting For [HANDS ON] Peter Pachal / :Mashable!
- Gizmodo   Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2: Looks Like a Tablet, Behaves Like a PC Adrian Covert / :Gizmodo
- Gotta Be Mobile   Hands-On With Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a post by Shawn Ingram from Gotta Be Mobile. Shawn Ingram / :Gotta Be Mobile
- LAPTOP Magazine   Surface Killer? Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 Hands-on Video Michael A. Prospero / :LAPTOP Magazine
- Neowin   Lenovo announces their first Windows 8 tablet Owen Williams / :Neowin
- The Verge   Lenovo announces ThinkPad Tablet 2, its first Windows 8 tablet (hands-on) Chris Ziegler / :The Verge
Lenovo's ‘ultra-portable’ ThinkPad T430u will be available later this month for $779
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- Engadget   Lenovo's ThinkPad T430u Ultrabook finally arriving this month for $779 Dana Wollman / :Engadget
- LAPTOP Magazine   Lenovo ThinkPad T430u Ultrabook Starts at $779, Lasts 7 Hours Michael A. Prospero / :LAPTOP Magazine
- AllThingsD   You've Come A Long Way, ThinkPad: Lenovo Unveils New Ultrabooks, Windows 8 Tablet Lauren Goode / :AllThingsD

2011

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2011-08-08

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After 21 Years: Goodbye Microsoft
Discussion (23)
- Other discussion The Register   Windows Phone dev GM splits with Microsoft Cade Metz / :The Register
- Other discussion BetaNews   Windows Phone evangelist quits Microsoft, says he'll still use Windows Phone Tim Conneally / :BetaNews
- Other discussion WPCentral.com   Microsoft's Charlie Kindel is leaving to start a new adventure Daniel Rubino / :WPCentral.com
- Other discussion AllThingsD   Windows Phone Exec Charlie Kindel Hanging It Up at Microsoft After 21 Years Ina Fried / :AllThingsD
- Other discussion Electronista   Windows Phone manager quits, still hopeful :Electronista
- Other discussion Neowin.net   Windows Phone's general manager departs John Callaham / :Neowin.net
- Other discussion mocoNews   Windows Phone 7 Developer Evangelist Leaving Microsoft Tom Krazit / :mocoNews
- Other discussion Computerworld   Windows Phone 7 woes continue — top smartphone development exec leaves Microsoft Preston Gralla / :Computerworld
- Other discussion WinRumors   Microsoft Windows Phone boss Charlie Kindel is leaving the company Tom Warren / :WinRumors
- Other discussion Global Nerdy   21 Years Ought to be Enough for Anybody (or, Bon Voyage, Charlie Kindel!) Joey deVilla / :Global Nerdy
- Other discussion SlashGear   Microsoft Veteran Exits Company, Announces New Venture Chris Burns / :SlashGear
- Twitter @naval   I'm also now focusing more on angel investing." - Charlie Kindel via http://angel.co/charlie-kindel Re Naval Ravikant / :@naval
- Other discussion The Microsoft Blog   Windows Phone boss Charlie Kindel leaves Microsoft Nick Eaton / :The Microsoft Blog
- Other discussion PC Magazine   Windows Phone Evangelist Departs Microsoft Damon Poeter / :PC Magazine
- Other discussion Engadget   Windows Phone GM Charlie Kindel leaves Microsoft to launch startup Donald Melanson / :Engadget
- Other discussion Windows Phone Secrets   Charlie Kindel is Leaving Microsoft Paul Thurrott / :Windows Phone Secrets
- Other discussion TechFlash   Charlie Kindel leaving Microsoft, Windows Phone for startup life :TechFlash
- Other discussion LiveSide.net   Charlie Kindel to leave Microsoft after 21 years Kip Kniskern / :LiveSide.net
- Other discussion Tim Anderson's ITWriting   Charlie Kindel leaving Microsoft :Tim Anderson's ITWriting
- Other discussion The Business Insider   Windows Phone Manager Quits To Start Mystery Company Matt Rosoff / :The Business Insider
- Other discussion IntoMobile   Microsoft loses Windows Phone GM Marin Perez / :IntoMobile
- Other discussion Seattle Times   Windows Phone evangelist to app developers leaving Janet I. Tu / :Seattle Times
- Other discussion WMPoweruser   Former GM Of Windows Phone Dev Ecosystem Charlie Kindel Leaving Microsoft After 21 Years Pradeep / :WMPoweruser
Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry
Discussion (6)
- Other discussion PC World   Windows Phone Manager Quits Microsoft to do Startup Paul Suarez / :PC World
- Other discussion The Ed Bott Report Blog   Microsoft's Charlie Kindel bids farewell after 21 years Ed Bott / :The Ed Bott Report Blog
- Other discussion BGR   Microsoft's Windows Phone GM quits to launch own company Zach Epstein / :BGR
- Other discussion The Next Web   Windows Phone loses a key general manager Alex Wilhelm / :The Next Web
- Other discussion ReadWriteWeb   Microsoft GM for Windows Phone 7 Leaves to Starts His Own Company Dan Rowinski / :ReadWriteWeb
- Other discussion Pulse2   Windows Phone GM Leaves Microsoft After 21 Years to Launch Startup Riley Kennysmith / :Pulse2
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RIM's first QNX phone revealed: BlackBerry Colt to launch in Q1 2012
Discussion (30)
- Other discussion Examiner   BlackBerry Colt to be first QNX smartphone; coming sans BES support in Q1 2012 Michael Santo / :Examiner
- Other discussion PC Magazine   Report: First QNX-Based BlackBerry Coming in Early 2012 Chloe Albanesius / :PC Magazine
- Other discussion MediaFile   Tech wrap: Is Groupon's IPO window closing? Jon Cook / :MediaFile
- Other discussion Neowin.net   Rumor: First Blackberry QNX phone due in first quarter 2012 John Callaham / :Neowin.net
- Other discussion The Toybox Blog   RIM brings QNX OS to BlackBerry ‘Colt’ phone Gloria Sin / :The Toybox Blog
- Other discussion GottaBeMobile   BlackBerry Colt Rumored to be RIM's First QNX Handset, Won't Arrive Until 2012 Adam Mills / :GottaBeMobile
- Other discussion Know Your Cell   RIM's QNX-powered BlackBerry Colt set to launch in Q1 2012 :Know Your Cell
- Other discussion I4U News   BlackBerry Colt is first QNX Phone Luigi Lugmayr / :I4U News
- Other discussion PhoneDog.com   Will customers pass up BlackBerry 7 devices for RIM's first QNX line? Taylor Martin / :PhoneDog.com
- Other discussion ReadWriteWeb   First QNX-Powered Smartphone Rumored to Be Coming for BlackBerry Dan Rowinski / :ReadWriteWeb
- Other discussion GigaOM   RIM's reinvention: Early 2012 with BlackBerry Colt, QNX Kevin C. Tofel / :GigaOM
- Other discussion CrackBerry.com blogs   RIM's first QNX smartphone dubbed the BlackBerry Colt to launch in Q1 2012?! :CrackBerry.com blogs
- Other discussion Gadgetsteria   BlackBerry “Colt” To Be World's First QNX Smartphone. Mike Norris / :Gadgetsteria
- Other discussion PhoneArena   First QNX smartphone is dubbed as the BlackBerry Colt; coming in Q1 2012 :Phone Arena
- Other discussion MobileSyrup.com   Rumour: RIM to release the QNX-based BlackBerry Colt Q1 2012 Ian Hardy / :MobileSyrup.com
- Other discussion Electronista   BlackBerry Colt may be 1st QNX phone, lack BES and dual-core :Electronista
- Other discussion This is my next   BlackBerry ‘Colt’ rumored to be RIM's first QNX phone, targeted for Q1 2012 Chris Ziegler / :This is my next
- Other discussion Gizmodo Australia   First BlackBerry Running QNX Sounds Like The Same Old Story Kat Hannaford / :Gizmodo Australia
- Other discussion SoMobile   BlackBerry Colt outed as debut QNX smartphone Carly Page / :SoMobile
- Other discussion CNET News   Report: RIM to launch QNX BlackBerry in 1st quarter Roger Cheng / :CNET News
- Other discussion TechCrunch   RIM's First QNX-Powered BlackBerry May Be Rushed To Its Q1 2012 Release Jordan Crook / :TechCrunch
- Other discussion eWeek   RIM's QNX-Powered BlackBerry ‘Colt’ Coming Early 2012: Report Nicholas Kolakowski / :eWeek
- Other discussion Between the Lines Blog   RIM reportedly preps QNX phone for first quarter: More pain ahead of gain? Larry Dignan / :Between the Lines Blog
- Other discussion Gizmodo   The First BlackBerry Running QNX Shows Up and Sounds Like the Same Old Story Kat Hannaford / :Gizmodo
- Other discussion Softpedia News   BlackBerry Colt Is RIM's First QNX-Based Smartphone, Coming in Q1 2012 :Softpedia News
- Other discussion SlashGear   BlackBerry Colt QNX smartphone coming Q1 2012 tip insiders Chris Davies / :SlashGear
- Other discussion Tech Trader Daily   RIM: BlackBerry ‘Colt’ QNX Phone In Q1 2012, Says Boy Genius Tiernan Ray / :Tech Trader Daily
- Other discussion Engadget   BlackBerry Colt may be RIM's first QNX smartphone, will lack BES support out-of-box? Brad Molen / :Engadget
- Other discussion mocoNews   RIM Could Launch Next-Generation Phone Without Corporate BlackBerry E-Mail Tom Krazit / :mocoNews
- Other discussion VentureBeat   BlackBerry Colt details emerge, RIM's first QNX phone Devindra Hardawar / :VentureBeat
IntoMobile Simon Sage / :IntoMobile
Discussion (2)
- Other discussion Pulse2   RIM Testing A QNX-Powered Phone Code-Named “Colt” Amit Chowdhry / :Pulse2
- Other discussion PhoneDog.com   BlackBerry Colt will reportedly be RIM's first QNX smartphone, currently slated for a Q1 2012 arrival Alex Wagner / :PhoneDog.com
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Down Goes The Internet... Again.  Amazon EC2 Outage Takes Down Foursquare, Instagram, Quora, Reddit, Etc
Discussion (14)
- Other discussion ReadWriteCloud   Short Amazon Web Services Outage Takes Down Netflix, Others Klint Finley / :ReadWriteCloud
- Twitter @instagram   Hey everyone - we're experiencing major problems with our hosting provider right now. We're doing our best to investigate. Updates soon :@instagram
- Twitter @davetufts   Amazon EC2 us-east: also downgraded by S&P Dave Tufts / :@davetufts
- Twitter @yobongo   We are experiencing some unexpected downtime due to Amazon EC2. Will update as soon as things are back to normal. :@yobongo
- Twitter @getsatisfaction   Amazon EC2 is experiencing an outage that is impacting our service. We'll update as we have info. Get Satisfaction / :@getsatisfaction
- Twitter @4sqsupport   We're down due to the current Amazon #EC2 outage. Please bear with us! Foursquare Support / :@4sqsupport
- Twitter @kacyf   Observation: Twitter link shortener uses EC2. Can't tweet a link without shortening myself. Kacy Fortner / :@kacyf
- Twitter @danlev   Uh oh. @Amazon EC2 is down. Everyone say goodbye to @Quora, @Reddit, @Foursquare, @Netflix, and my evening... #Amazonpocalypse Dan Leveille / :@danlev
- Twitter @kwestin   Appears Amazon EC2-East just went down bringing Netflix, Foursquare, Turntable, Instagram and more down with it. Ken Westin / :@kwestin
- Twitter @aboutfoursquare   Looks like foursquare is enjoying a little downtime tonight while Amazon's EC2 servers take the night off. #poutyprincess About Foursquare / :@aboutfoursquare
- Twitter @redditstatus   We're seeing issues communicating with Amazon EC2. Please stand by. Reddit Status / :@redditstatus
- Twitter @andrew311   Update on AWS status page, “We are investigating connectivity issues for EC2 in the US-EAST-1 region.” http://t.co/p9duGTI #Amazon Andrew / :@andrew311
- Other discussion The Next Web   Relief: Amazon EC2 Outage Quickly Resolved Zee / :The Next Web
- Twitter @jessicakroy   Amazon EC2 appears to be down, which means every good website ever is also down: Reddit, Netflix, Turntable... Jessica Roy / :@jessicakroy

2010

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2010-08-08

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Why The Verizon iPhone Rumors are True—CDMA iPhone Due in January
Discussion (17)
- Other discussion Electronista   Apple queuing up millions of Qualcomm chips for CDMA iPhone :Electronista
- Other discussion Techland   Rumor: Verizon iPhone Confirmed, says TechCrunch Peter Ha / :Techland
- Other discussion App Advice   Once Again - TechCrunch: Verizon iPhone Due In January Alexander Vaughn / :App Advice
- Other discussion AppleInsider   Another rumor pegs Verizon iPhone 4 for January 2011 release :AppleInsider
- Other discussion 9 to 5 Mac   Verizon iPhone for January says TechCrunch Seth Weintraub / :9 to 5 Mac
- Other discussion Erictric   Rumor Alert: Apple Orders Millions of CDMA Chips For A Verizon Wireless iPhone Bertrand Vasquez / :Erictric
- Other discussion Gizmodo   Those Verizon iPhone 4 Rumors Could Finally Be True Jack Loftus / :Gizmodo
- Other discussion VentureBeat   Will Verizon get the iPhone in January? Evidence builds Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat
- Other discussion PhoneDog.com   Rumor: Apple orders millions of CDMA chips, Verizon iPhone coming in Jan. Alex Wagner / :PhoneDog.com
- Other discussion Phone Arena   Apple buying CDMA chips for Verizon branded iPhone? :Phone Arena
- Other discussion TUAW   Verizon iPhone, stop us if you've heard this before Victor Agreda, Jr / :TUAW
- Other discussion TiPb   Did Apple place chipset orders for a January Verizon iPhone 4 launch? Rene Ritchie / :TiPb
- Other discussion iPhone Download Blog   Here We Go Again: A New Round of Verizon iPhone Rumors Sebastien / :iPhone Download Blog
- Other discussion GeekSmack   Verizon iPhone in the works Adam Cloutier / :GeekSmack
- Other discussion iPhone Savior   Verizon iPhone 4 Won't Be Launched At 2011 MacWorld Keynote Ray Basile / :iPhone Savior
- Other discussion everythingiCafe   Apple Buying Up CDMA Chips For Verizon iPhone? Tim Barribeau / :everythingiCafe
- Other discussion Phones Review   Verizon iPhone on its way as Apple orders CDMA Chips? James / :Phones Review
MacRumors Eric Slivka / :MacRumors
Discussion (3)
- Other discussion Phones Review   Would Verizon iPhone Kill Droid on Big Red? James / :Phones Review
- Other discussion The Huffington Post   Verizon iPhone Due January 2011? Why The Rumors May Be True Techcrunch Com / :The Huffington Post
- Other discussion Macsimum News   AT&T addresses end of iPhone exclusivity in SEC filing Dennis Sellers / :Macsimum News
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Executive Leaves After iPhone Antenna Troubles
Discussion (47)
- Other discussion paidContent   Apple iPhone Exec Mark Papermaster Departs Following Hardware Problems Tricia Duryee / :paidContent
- Other discussion Wall Street Journal   Apple iPhone Shake-Up :Wall Street Journal
- Other discussion DailyTech   Reports: iPhone Prepares to Hit Verizon, Apple Antenna Chief Canned Jason Mick / :DailyTech
- Other discussion Techland   Papermaster Forced Out of Apple Peter Ha / :Techland
- Other discussion Appletell   Mark Papermaster, SVP of Devices Hardware Engineering, leaves Apple Ed Parry / :Appletell
- Other discussion WebProNews   Apple Exec Responsible for Antennagate Gone Chris Crum / :WebProNews
- Other discussion Reuters   iPhone exec departs Apple after “Antennagate” Gabriel Madway / :Reuters
- Other discussion PhoneDog.com   Mark Papermaster, overseer of iPhone 4 antenna, leaves Apple Alex Wagner / :PhoneDog.com
- Other discussion SlashGear   iPhone 4 “antenna guy” Mark Papermaster leaves Apple Satsuki Then / :SlashGear
- Other discussion The Apple Core Blog   Apple ousts iPhone head amid Antennagate Jason D. O'Grady / :The Apple Core Blog
- Other discussion Network World   Mark Papermaster, former head of iPhone and iPod engineering … Yoni Heisler / :Network World
- Other discussion Financial Times   Apple executive leaves amid iPhone problems Esther Bintliff / :Financial Times
- Other discussion Fortune   The man who made the iPhone 4 is out  —  Two years after fighting … Philip Elmer-DeWitt / :Fortune
- Other discussion Softpedia News   Apple Fires Exec Responsible for the iPhone 4 Antenna - Report :Softpedia News
- Other discussion Electronista   Apple may have known of iPhone antenna flaw two years ago :Electronista
- Other discussion MacRumors   iPhone Hardware Engineering Chief Mark Papermaster Leaves Apple Eric Slivka / :MacRumors
- Other discussion The Register   Apple hardware exec falls on sword Rik Myslewski / :The Register
- Other discussion TUAW   Apple senior iPhone exec leaves. Was it all about the iPhone antenna? Mel Martin / :TUAW
- Other discussion Computerworld   Apple's head of iPhone engineering out after ‘Antennagate’ Gregg Keizer / :Computerworld
- Other discussion V3.co.uk   Apple's iPhone boss leaves company Iain Thomson / :V3.co.uk
- Other discussion Geek.com   iPhone chip guru Mark Papermaster quits Apple amid antenna problems Christian Zibreg / :Geek.com
- Other discussion VentureBeat   Exec in charge of iPhone 4 design leaves Apple after “antennagate” Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat
- Other discussion Tech Eye   Apple Antenna man leaves Planet Cupertino :Tech Eye
- Other discussion Macworld   Report: Apple executive out after iPhone 4 antenna controversy Philip Michaels / :Macworld
- Other discussion Gizmodo   iPhone Hardware Boss Departs Apple Kyle VanHemert / :Gizmodo
- Other discussion Bloomberg   Apple IPhone Executive Leaves Following Antenna Complaints Arik Hesseldahl / :Bloomberg
- Other discussion Gizmodo Australia   iPhone Hardware Boss Leaves Apple Kyle VanHemert / :Gizmodo Australia
- Other discussion NBC Bay Area   iPhone Hardware Chief Leaves Apple Jessica Greene / :NBC Bay Area
- Other discussion Phone Arena   Apple exec in charge of iPhone engineering leaves the company :Phone Arena
- Other discussion Engadget   Mark Papermaster leaves Apple for reasons and destinations unknown (update) Sean Hollister / :Engadget
- Other discussion Examiner   iPhone Hardware Engineer Chief Mark Papermaster out at Apple :Examiner
- Other discussion CNET News   Papermaster out as Apple's mobile hardware chief Erica Ogg / :CNET News
- Other discussion PadGadget   Apple's Papermaster out after iPhone 4 Antenna Debacle Bill / :PadGadget
- Other discussion Tech Trader Daily   Apple iPhone Hardware Exec Papermaster Has Left the Company Eric Savitz / :Tech Trader Daily
- Other discussion iPhone Savior   Senior iPhone Hardware Executive Mark Papermaster Exits Apple Ray Basile / :iPhone Savior
- Other discussion OnlyKent.com   Apple: Loses Executive In Light Of Antenna Problems Maddy Rowe / :OnlyKent.com
- Other discussion Phones Review   Was Apple Exec Mark Papermaster Fired over iPhone 4 Antenngate? James / :Phones Review
- Other discussion The Next Web   Antennagate claims its next victim.  Lead iPhone 4 executive departs Apple. Brad McCarty / :The Next Web
- Other discussion 9 to 5 Mac   Breaking: Mark Papermaster, chief of iPhone hardware, leaves Apple [Updated] Mark Gurman / :9 to 5 Mac
- Other discussion iPhone Download Blog   Apple Exec Gets Canned After iPhone 4 Antenna Issue Sebastien / :iPhone Download Blog
- Other discussion AppleInsider   iPhone head Mark Papermaster leaves Apple Daniel Eran Dilger / :AppleInsider
- Other discussion TiPb   Mark Papermaster, head of iPhone hardware, leaves Apple Rene Ritchie / :TiPb
- Other discussion MacStories   SVP of Devices Hardware Engineering Mark Papermaster Leaves Apple Cody Fink / :MacStories
- Other discussion Silicon Alley Insider   Apple Exec Mark Papermaster Leaves, Probably Because Of Antennagate Jay Yarow / :Silicon Alley Insider
- Other discussion App Advice   Apple's SVP Of Devices Hardware Engineering Canned Over Antennagate? Alexander Vaughn / :App Advice
- Other discussion everythingiCafe   Apple's Head Of iPhone Hardware Steps Down Tim Barribeau / :everythingiCafe
- Other discussion Neowin.net   Head of Apple's Device Hardware division makes sudden exit Brenton Currie / :Neowin.net
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  Papermaster and That Damn Antenna
  
  The iPhone 4 Antenna Issue Won't Die — Because Apple Won't Let It
  
  Daring Fireball John Gruber / :Daring Fireball
  Discussion (3)
  - Other discussion Ars Technica   Mark Papermaster and Apple part ways, possibly due to iPhone Jacqui Cheng / :Ars Technica
  - Other discussion TechCrunch   Amid iPhone 4 Antenna Controversy, Papermaster Out As Head Of Device Hardware MG Siegler / :TechCrunch
  - Other discussion Electronista   Papermaster already out from Apple after iPhone 4 fiasco [U] :Electronista
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Former softcore porn actress Jodie Fisher identified in HP CEO sex scandal
Discussion (12)
- Other discussion New York Times   Boss's Stumble May Also Trip Hewlett-Packard Ashlee Vance / :New York Times
- Other discussion VentureBeat   Former softcore porn actress saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job … Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat
- Other discussion Silicon Alley Insider   Here's HP CEO Mark Hurd's Love Interest — Jodie Fisher Henry Blodget / :Silicon Alley Insider
- Other discussion PR Newswire   Gloria Allred Releases Statement by Former HP Contractor :PR Newswire
- Other discussion Between the Lines Blog   Woman at center of HP's Hurd probe ‘surprised, saddened’ Larry Dignan / :Between the Lines Blog
- Other discussion Associated Press   Woman in HP scandal “saddened” by CEO's ouster Jordan Robertson / :Associated Press
- Other discussion DailyTech   Woman Named in HP Scandal Had “Intimate” Past Brandon Hill / :DailyTech
- Other discussion Mercury News   Woman in HP's Mark Hurd case comes forward, says she's ‘saddened’ at ouster :Mercury News
- Other discussion Gizmodo   Former HP Contractor Jodie Fisher Comes Forward, Expresses Regret … Jack Loftus / :Gizmodo
- Other discussion Wall Street Journal   Woman Is Named In H-P Controversy Ben Worthen / :Wall Street Journal
- Other discussion SiliconANGLE   Mark Hurd's $14,000 Woman Is Jodie Fisher - The Woman Who Took Down Hurd Is Revealed John Furrier / :SiliconANGLE
- Other discussion SFGate   HP CEO Hurd resigns amid sexual harassment allegations James Temple / :SFGate
Wall Street Journal Ben Worthen / :Wall Street Journal
Discussion (5)
- Other discussion CNET News   Woman in Hurd probe ‘surprised, saddened’ Steven Musil / :CNET News
- Other discussion VentureBeat   Mark Hurd reaches settlement with harassment accuser, WSJ says Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat
- Other discussion Silicon Alley Insider   Mark Hurd Settles Sexual Harassment Case With Contractor Jay Yarow / :Silicon Alley Insider
- Other discussion Epicenter   Former HP CEO Hurd's Camp Strikes Back. But, Why? (UPDATED) John C Abell / :Epicenter
- Other discussion Associated Press   AP source: Ousted HP CEO settles with accuser Jordan Robertson / :Associated Press
Between the Lines Blog Larry Dignan / :Between the Lines Blog
Discussion (10)
- Other discussion Gawker   Meet Jodie Fisher, the ‘R-Rated’ Actress Who Brought Down the CEO of HP Max Read / :Gawker
- Other discussion SFGate   Former actress at center of HP harassment claim says she's sorry Hurd lost job Benny Evangelista / :SFGate
- Other discussion The Huffington Post   Jodie Fisher PHOTOS: Pictures Of Actress Implicated In HP CEO Scandal :The Huffington Post
- Other discussion Gizmodo   Sources: Ex-HP CEO Hurd Settles with Accuser, Additional Relationship Details Emerge Jack Loftus / :Gizmodo
- Other discussion Silicon Alley Insider   Mark Hurd's People Are Denying Pretty Much Everything HP's Board … Henry Blodget / :Silicon Alley Insider
- Other discussion CrunchGear   HP CEO Hurd To Get $40 Million Severance, Accuser Bought Off - UPDATE John Biggs / :CrunchGear
- Other discussion Mercury News   HP's CEO challenge: Find a master of tech transformation, not cost-cutting Brandon Bailey / :Mercury News
- Other discussion WebProNews   HP CEO Out After Sexual Harassment Investigation Chris Crum / :WebProNews
- Other discussion Pulse2   HP CEO Mark Hurd Steps Down After Sexual Harassment Claim Amit Chowdhry / :Pulse2
- Other discussion VentureBeat   Why would Mark Hurd take such risks as the head of HP? Dean Takahashi / :VentureBeat

2009

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2009-08-08

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Apple iTunes 9 details, Blu-ray, app organization
Discussion (13)
- Other discussion Engadget   Blu-ray support coming with iTunes 9? Ross Miller / :Engadget
- Other discussion MacRumors   iTunes 9 to Include Blu-ray Support and iPhone App Organization? Eric Slivka / :MacRumors
- Other discussion 9 to 5 Mac   BluRay coming to Macs next month via iTunes 9? Seth Weintraub / :9 to 5 Mac
- Other discussion TechSpot   Weekend tech reading: Professor was main target of Twitter attack Matthew DeCarlo / :TechSpot
- Other discussion Neowin.net   iTunes 9 rumors suggest social networking features, Blu-Ray Sam Symons / :Neowin.net
- Other discussion Electronista   iTunes 9 to carry Blu-ray support? :Electronista
- Other discussion Edible Apple   iTunes 9 rumored to include Blu-Ray support and iPhone app re-organization :Edible Apple
- Other discussion Gizmodo   iTunes 9 Feature Rumors: Blu-Ray, App Organization, Social Networking Dan Nosowitz / :Gizmodo
- Other discussion AppleInsider   Apple's iTunes 9 rumored to have Blu-ray, social media support Katie Marsal / :AppleInsider
- Other discussion I4U News   iTunes 9 Information Leaks Robert Evans / :I4U News
- Other discussion TechCrunch   iTunes 9: Blu-ray And App Organization And Twitter, Oh My? MG Siegler / :TechCrunch
- Other discussion CrunchGear   A “bag of hurt” coming to Apple's iMacs after all? Peter Ha / :CrunchGear
- Other discussion Techgeist   Forthcoming iMacs To Be Bundled With Final Cut Express? Alex Wilhelm / :Techgeist
2 Techmeme story
The Case Against Apple-in Five Parts
Discussion (2)
- Other discussion cubicgarden.com   The Case Against Apple-in Five Parts Ian Forrester / :cubicgarden.com
- Other discussion jasoncalacanis Thanks: jasoncalacanis
3 Techmeme story
Are the Glory Days Long Gone for I.T.?

2008

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2008-08-08

1 Techmeme story
Yahoo! Announces New Privacy Choice for Consumers
Discussion (17)
- Other discussion PC World   Yahoo to Offer Customized Ad Opt out Nancy Gohring / :PC World
- Other discussion The Iconoclast   Yahoo lets users opt out of targeted advertising Stephanie Condon / :The Iconoclast
- Other discussion The Technology Chronicles   Yahoo bows to pressure and expands opt-out Tom Abate / :The Technology Chronicles
- Other discussion InformationWeek   Yahoo Expands Ad Privacy Options Thomas Claburn / :InformationWeek
- Other discussion Threat Level   Yahoo to Allow Users To Skip Targeted Ads Ryan Singel / :Threat Level
- Other discussion Yodel Anecdotal   Choice in advertising Anne Toth / :Yodel Anecdotal
- Other discussion Bits   Yahoo to Let Users Switch Off Customized Ads Stephanie Clifford / :Bits
- Other discussion Technologizer   Yahoo Lets You Take the Personalization Out of Advertising Harry McCracken / :Technologizer
- Other discussion Blogspotting   Yahoo's Response to Congress on Targeting May Not be Enough Heather Green / :Blogspotting
- Other discussion WebWorkerDaily   Yahoo! to Offer More Privacy Mike Gunderloy / :WebWorkerDaily
- Other discussion ReadWriteWeb   Yahoo Gives You More Options to Opt Out of Personalized Advertising Frederic Lardinois / :ReadWriteWeb
- Other discussion VentureBeat   Yahoo allows you to opt-out of targeted ads knowing you probably won't MG Siegler / :VentureBeat
- Other discussion SitePoint Blogs   Poll: Will You Opt Out of Google, Yahoo! Ads? Josh Catone / :SitePoint Blogs
- Other discussion Valleywag   Yahoo's new ad opt-out Paul Boutin / :Valleywag
- Other discussion Mashable!   If this is AdSense for RSS, Color Me Skeptical Adam Ostrow / :Mashable!
- Other discussion Search Engine Land   Yahoo To Enable Opt Out Feature For Customized Ads Barry Schwartz / :Search Engine Land
- Other discussion ClickZ News Blog   Yahoo Responds to House Inquiry, Allows Behavioral Opt-Out Kate Kaye / :ClickZ News Blog
L.A. Times Tech Blog Alana Semuels / :L.A. Times Tech Blog
Discussion (1)
- Other discussion paidContent.org   Yahoo Expands Privacy Controls Across Portal As Regulatory Scrutiny Sharpens David Kaplan / :paidContent.org
Between the Lines Larry Dignan / :Between the Lines
Discussion (4)
- Other discussion Digital Destiny   Yahoo! fails to address privacy concerns about its behavioral targeting apparatus. Jeff / :Digital Destiny
- Other discussion Wall Street Journal   Yahoo to Let Users Opt Out of Targeted Ads Jessica E. Vascellaro / :Wall Street Journal
- Other discussion WebProNews   Yahoo Offers Users Better Privacy Options Mike Sachoff / :WebProNews
- Other discussion Silicon Alley Insider   Yahoo Lets You Opt Out Of Targeted Ads (YHOO) Vasanth Sridharan / :Silicon Alley Insider
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State Supreme Court rejects noncompete clauses
Discussion (4)
- Other discussion VentureBeat   California Supreme Court says noncompete agreements are illegal Anthony Ha / :VentureBeat
- Other discussion The Inquisitr   You can take your Non-compete and.... Duncan Riley / :The Inquisitr
- Other discussion Boing Boing   California Supreme Court: Non-compete clauses are not enforceable Cory Doctorow / :Boing Boing
- Other discussion Slashdot   Non-Compete Clauses Thrown Out In California Kdawson / :Slashdot
Xconomy Robert Buderi / :Xconomy
Discussion (2)
- Other discussion Techdirt   Good News For Innovation: California Confirms That Noncompetes Are Unenforceable Michael Masnick / :Techdirt
- Other discussion CNET News.com   Calif. Supreme Court finds noncompete clauses invalid Holly Jackson / :CNET News.com
3 Techmeme story
My Holy Grail Of iPhone Apps Arrives: pTerm
Discussion (1)
- Other discussion TUAW   pTerm released, update due soon Giles Turnbull / :TUAW

2007

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2007-08-08

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Google News Hypocrisy: Walled Off Content
Discussion (3)
- Other discussion Geek Speaker   New Google News service to compete with the Blogosphere :Geek Speaker
- Other discussion WebMetricsGuru   Google Manifest Destiny Marshall Sponder / :WebMetricsGuru
- Other discussion Todd And = Marketing + Media   GOOGLE NEWS ANNOUNCES LIMITED COMMENTS.  BLOGOSPHERE, TAKE A CHILL PILL. :Todd And = Marketing + Media
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  TechCrunch Michael Arrington / :TechCrunch
  Discussion (3)
  - Other discussion Google News Blog   Perspectives about the news from people in the news :Google News Blog
  - Other discussion Deep Jive Interests   Google News To Change Online News As We Know It. Here's Why. Tony Hung / :Deep Jive Interests
  - Other discussion Scripting News   Today's links  —  Doc Searls remembers summer heat in New Jersey before air conditioning. Dave Winer / :Scripting News
  Search Engine Land Danny Sullivan / :Search Engine Land
  Discussion (4)
  - Other discussion Screenwerk   Google News & Comments Greg Sterling / :Screenwerk
  - Other discussion Ars Technica   Freedom from the press: Google News lets newsmakers comment on stories Nate Anderson / :Ars Technica
  - Other discussion SEO Book.com   General News is a Worthless Commodity Aaron Wall / :SEO Book.com
  - Other discussion Online Media Cultist   Google News to Add "Participant Comments" Eric Berlin / :Online Media Cultist
  Good Morning Silicon Valley John Murrell / :Good Morning Silicon Valley
  Discussion (3)
  - Other discussion Micro Persuasion   Google News Now Has Feedback, Editing and More Risk Steve Rubel / :Micro Persuasion
  - Other discussion Glass House   Google Hype Alert Frank Shaw / :Glass House
  - Other discussion Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog   Comments In Google News? Oh, No! Lisa Barone / :Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog
  Search Engine Land Danny Sullivan / :Search Engine Land
  Discussion (12)
  - Other discussion Google Blogoscoped   Google News Adds (Special) Comments Philipp Lenssen / :Google Blogoscoped
  - Other discussion Techdirt   Google Wants People In The News To Clarify News Reports Mike Masnick / :Techdirt
  - Other discussion Steve Bass's Tips & Tweaks   Google News Experiment: Comments Allowed Steve Bass / :Steve Bass's Tips & Tweaks
  - Other discussion CNET News.com   Buzz Out Loud Show Notes - Google's huevos grande Molly Wood / :CNET News.com
  - Other discussion Googlified   Google News: Readers Talk Back Haochi / :Googlified
  - Other discussion E-Media Tidbits   Google News Adds "Comments," Kinda... Tish Grier / :E-Media Tidbits
  - Other discussion Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab   Edge Patterns: Short Circuit(ing the News) Umair / :Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab
  - Other discussion Read/WriteWeb   New Google News Feature Feels "Web 1.0" Josh Catone / :Read/WriteWeb
  - Other discussion Natural Search Blog   Google News comments likely to be panned by major corporations :Natural Search Blog
  - Other discussion Google Operating System   Google News Adds Comments Ionut Alex Chitu / :Google Operating System
  - Other discussion Googling Google   Google testing comments on Google News Garett Rogers / :Googling Google
  - Other discussion Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim   Google News Adds Comments: Why? Andy Beal / :Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
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Scripps Buys Photo/Video Sharing Service Pickle For $4.7 Million; Keyword Competition Hurting
Discussion (4)
- Other discussion TechCrunch   Pickle Purchased For $4.1 Million Nick Gonzalez / :TechCrunch
- Other discussion alarm:clock   Scripps Buys Photo Sharing Site Pickle :alarm:clock
- Other discussion Lost Remote   Scripps buys user-generated tech company Incando Cory Bergman / :Lost Remote
- Other discussion Mashable!   Pickle.com Acquired by Scripps Pete Cashmore / :Mashable!
Business Wire :Business Wire
3 Techmeme story
Study: Fears over kids' online safety overblown
Discussion (3)
- Other discussion PC World   Report Refutes Claims of Social Networking Dangers Heather Havenstein / :PC World
- Other discussion broadstuff   WHOSE IDENTITY IS IT ANYWAY ? Alan Patrick / :broadstuff
- Other discussion Mashable!   MySpace is Safe After All  —  A National School Boards Association … Kristen Nicole / :Mashable!
TECH.BLORGE.com David Cassel / :TECH.BLORGE.com
Discussion (4)
- Other discussion Techdirt   Shocker: School Boards Notice That The Internet Isn't Dangerous Mike Masnick / :Techdirt
- Other discussion Good Morning Silicon Valley   Quoted  —  "Nonconformists are significantly heavier users … John Murrell / :Good Morning Silicon Valley
- Other discussion Boing Boing   School boards: The Internet is safe and we should use it more Cory Doctorow / :Boing Boing
- Other discussion Slashdot   School Boards Rule, Internet No Longer Dangerous CmdrTaco / :Slashdot

2006

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2006-08-08

1 Techmeme story
Leaving Microsoft
Discussion (19)
- Other discussion AccMan Pro   MICROSOFT ATROPHYING AS IT LOSES ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE STAFFER? Dennis Howlett / :AccMan Pro
- Other discussion Mini-Microsoft   Niall Sez Microsoft is Too Big and Paralyzed Who da'Punk / :Mini-Microsoft
- Other discussion Web 2.0 Explorer   Windows Live in a state of paralysis? Surely not... Richard MacManus / :Web 2.0 Explorer
- Other discussion Don Dodge on The Next …   10,000 people joined Microsoft - Scoble, Niall, and Gondotra left Don Dodge / :Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing
- Other discussion LiveSide   RSS Wizard, Niall Kennedy, Leaves Windows Live Harrison Hoffman / :LiveSide
- Other discussion B2Day   Another Blogger Leaves Microsoft, Hinting at "Paralysis" Erick Schonfeld / :B2Day
- Other discussion Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life   Niall Kennedy Leaving Microsoft :Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life
- Other discussion Good Morning Silicon Valley   Never caught his name — we just called him "Feed Guy" John Murrell / :Good Morning Silicon Valley
- Other discussion Sadagopan's weblog …   Microsoft & Its Priorities  —  Nial Kennedy leaves microsoft. Sadagopan / :Sadagopan's weblog …
- Other discussion Om's Daily   Niall Is Leaving Microsoft :Om's Daily
- Other discussion VC Ratings   When venture capital flows more freely than corporate R&D dollars Joshua Jaffe / :VC Ratings
- Other discussion Ben Metcalfe Blog   Niall follows his heart and goes solo Ben / :Ben Metcalfe Blog
- Other discussion Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog   Niall Kennedy's parting message Todd Bishop / :Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
- Other discussion The Blog Herald   Niall Kennedy exits through the left stage door David / :The Blog Herald
- Other discussion Microsoft News Tracker   Niall Kennedy leaves Microsoft after four months David Hunter / :Microsoft News Tracker
- Other discussion Kevin Burton's Feed Blog   Niall Leaves Microsoft Burtonator / :Kevin Burton's Feed Blog
- Other discussion FuzzyBlog   Niall, Microsoft and my Advice for Him J. Scott Johnson / :FuzzyBlog
- Other discussion PodTech Network Blog   Cutbacks at MSN Forces Blogger to Leave :PodTech Network Blog
- Other discussion Photo Matt   Leaving Microsoft  — Niall Kennedy is Leaving Microsoft … Matt / :Photo Matt
Valleywag :Valleywag
2 Techmeme story
Viacom considers bid for Bebo
Discussion (8)
- Other discussion Mashable!   Bebo Overtakes MySpace in the UK Pete Cashmore / :Mashable!
- Other discussion Heather Hopkins   Is Bebo Next?  —  Last night's announcement that News Corp.'s … Heather Hopkins / :Hitwise UK
- Other discussion TechCrunch   Bebo passes MySpace in the UK Marshall Kirkpatrick / :TechCrunch
- Other discussion VC Ratings   MySpace's Google deal validates social networking for Viacom, others Joshua Jaffe / :VC Ratings
- Other discussion Download Squad   Viacom sets its sights on Bebo Jordan Running / :Download Squad
- Other discussion E-consultancy   Viacom fancies coy Bebo, and with good reason Chris Lake / :E-consultancy
- Other discussion i-boy   Viacom + Bebo = bad fit George Nimeh / :i-boy
- Other discussion GigaOM   Viacom Talking to Bebo? Om Malik / :GigaOM
GigaOM Om Malik / :GigaOM
Discussion (3)
- Other discussion Mathew Ingram   MySpace needs Google's help Mathew Ingram / :mathewingram.com/work
- Other discussion The Kelsey Group Blog   Google and Fox Interactive Ink $900 Million Multi-Year Deal Matt Booth / :The Kelsey Group Blog
- Other discussion Mark Evans   Wow, MySpace is The Real Deal :Mark Evans
TechCrunch Michael Arrington / :TechCrunch
Discussion (1)
- Other discussion The Paradigm Shift   Bebo And Myspace.com Reality Check based on $436 test Markus / :The Paradigm Shift
3 Techmeme story
(NON-FICTICIOUS) NEWS: GOOGLE PUBLISHES PAPER ON CLICK FRAUD
Discussion (2)
- Other discussion Google Blogoscoped   Google Defends Against Click-Fraud Reports :Google Blogoscoped
- Other discussion WebMetricsGuru   Google Publishes Paper Attacking 3rd Party Click Fraud Auditing Programs Marshall Sponder / :WebMetricsGuru
Google calls click fraud estimates overblown
Discussion (1)
- Other discussion GigaLaw.com Daily News   Estimates of Click-Fraud Inflated, Google Says Doug Isenberg / :GigaLaw.com Daily News
Inside AdWords Inside AdWords crew / :Inside AdWords
Discussion (6)
- Other discussion TechCrunch   Google, Yahoo! agree to independent click fraud audits Marshall Kirkpatrick / :TechCrunch
- Other discussion Digital Micro-Markets   Click Fraud Breaking News: Google, Yahoo agree to independent click fraud audits Donna Bogatin / :Digital Micro-Markets
- Other discussion Publishing 2.0   Google Takes The Gloves Off in Battle Over Click Fraud Scott Karp / :Publishing 2.0
- Other discussion SearchViews   SES SJ: Auditing Paid Listings And Click Fraud Anthony Iaffaldano / :SearchViews
- Other discussion ClickZ   Update: Google Audits Click Fraud Auditors Rebecca Lieb / :ClickZ
- Other discussion Search Engine Watch Blog   Google Fights Claims Of Some Third Party Click Fraud Studies Barry Schwartz / :Search Engine Watch Blog

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