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Apple does not expect to meet revenue guidance for March quarter due to constrained iPhone supply and low demand due to store closures amid coronavirus crisis — As the public health response to COVID-19 continues, our thoughts remain with the communities and individuals most deeply affected by the disease …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Jeff Bezos says he is launching the Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change and committing $10B “to start”, with first grants slated to be issued this summer — The Bezos Earth Fund will begin issuing grants this summer — Today, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Tests of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's “Ultra Thin Glass” display show durability is on par with plastic screens; Samsung to offer one-time $119 screen replacement — The Z Flip's display scratches as easily as plastic — Samsung's claim that the new Galaxy Z Flip uses “Ultra Thin Glass” …
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| Amelia Lucas / CNBC: |
Sources: US Commerce Department is proposing restrictions requiring foreign companies to obtain licenses in order to make chips for Huawei using US equipment — - The Commerce Department is considering requiring chip factories globally to obtain licenses if they want to use American equipment …
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
As the EU debates new rules for its digital economy, including AI regulations, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and others head to Brussels to meet key lawmakers — Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai have journeyed to Brussels as the European Union drafts regulation for A.I. and the digital economy.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
An extortion scam is allegedly threatening website operators with junk ad clicks that trigger Google's fraud detection to limit or ban a site's AdSense account — A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google's AdSense program.
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| JP Mangalindan / Protocol: |
A look at the recent shifts in HR across the tech industry and the rising role of Chief People Officer, expected to be more strategic than traditional HR heads — The CPO is a coveted role at morale-focused tech companies. But being responsible for a staff, a culture and often a whole lot …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Indonesia's ride-hailing service Gojek purchased a 4.3% stake in local taxi operator PT Blue Bird, for $30M — Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need. — Indonesia's on-demand services app Gojek purchased a minority stake … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Strategy Analytics: global smart speaker shipments hit 146.9M in 2019, up 70% YoY; Amazon led with 38.5M, down from 49.5M in 2018, followed by Google with 29.8M — In 2019, both Amazon and Google ceded smart speaker market share to Chinese rivals, according to a survey published today by Strategy Analytics.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Redbox launches ad-supported Free Live TV, which offers a curated set of movies and TV shows organized into channels, from brands like TMZ, USA Today, NowThis — Redbox has entered the ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Redbox Free Live TV. The company, best known … | Susan Fowler / TIME: |
In a book excerpt, Susan Fowler discusses the nightmare she went through after her Uber essay: being followed, people digging through her past, anxiety, more — Susan Fowler is the author of Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber.
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| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Microsoft's Office app for Android is now generally available, after releasing a public preview in November, but lacks support for tablets and Chromebooks — Once upon a time, you could view and edit Google Docs files from a single Drive app, but Google later split them up into multiple editing applications.
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