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Microsoft encourages Seattle area and Bay Area employees to work from home if possible through March 25 and asks sick employees to stay home — - People who can work from home in the two affected areas should do that, Microsoft said. — Microsoft said non-essential business travel … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Former Uber self-driving unit head Anthony Levandowski, a key figure in the Uber-Waymo trade secrets trial, ordered to pay $179M to Google over contract breach — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The former head of Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving technology unit must pay $179 million to Google …
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Google launches a version of Anthos cloud platform for telecoms as part of its Global Mobile Edge Cloud strategy, partners with AT&T to test 5G edge solutions — Google LLC today launched a new version of its Anthos application development platform for telecommunications providers …
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| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Emails show Wolfcom, a major body cam provider in the US, is testing integrating live facial recognition on its Halo camera with at least one police department — Police cam manufacturer Wolfcom has contracts with 1,500 organizations — olfcom, a company that makes technology for police …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google starts rolling out 4K gaming for Stadia on the web for Stadia Pro subscribers; until now 4K gameplay was limited to Chromecast Ultra and TVs — Google last month started fulfilling its Q1 2020 roadmap by rolling out its streaming service to Samsung, Asus, and Razer phones.| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
DuckDuckGo makes Tracker Radar, a tool detailing 5,326 domains used by 1,727 companies and organizations that track users online, publicly available — DuckDuckGo, the maker of search engine and browser technology that doesn't track you online, is sharing data it's collected about online trackers …
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| Charles Levinson / Protocol: |
Sources: federal agencies like CBP and ICE are using Locate X, a tool by a company called Babel Street that tracks phones using data from popular apps — Federal agencies have big contracts with Virginia-based Babel Street. Depending on where you've traveled, your movements may be in the company's data.
Tweets: @demianbulwa and @levinsonc
| Amy Castor / Decrypt: |
UK's FCA warns UK citizens against offers from crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, saying it lacks authorization to market financial products in the country — The Financial Conduct Authority cautions UK citizens to avoid the bitcoin derivatives platform. Bitmex is promoting its services without authorization, it says.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
In new App Store review guidelines, Apple now allows push notification advertising if users opt in, raises the quality bar on dating and “fortune telling” apps — Apple today updated its App Store review guidelines regarding some of the features introduced with iOS 13 …
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
OnePlus will roll out Door Step Service for repairing devices at users' homes or offices in six cities in India, including Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad — OnePlus is really pumping resources and investment into the Indian market, with exclusive features for fans and device owners in the region.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Foxconn says its revenue in February fell to $7.26B, down 18.13% YoY and down 40.35% month over month, after it cut production due to coronavirus fears — - Apple supplier Foxconn reported its biggest year-over-year revenue drop since 2013. — Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker … | Kurt Mackie / Redmond Channel Partner: |
Azure IoT and Cisco IoT form partnership to integrate Cisco Edge with Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, say the partnership will enable more edge computing scenarios — Microsoft and Cisco this week announced the “seamless integration” of the two companies' Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud products, enabling more edge computing scenarios.
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Facebook says it is suing Namecheap, and its proxy service Whoisguard, for registering 45 domain names that pretend to be affiliated with Facebook apps — This week we filed a lawsuit in Arizona against Namecheap, a domain name registrar, as well as its proxy service, Whoisguard … | Steven Overly / Politico: |
Federal judge rejects Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's suit against Google that claimed the brief suspension of her Ads account last summer violated her free speech rights — A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit in which Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard accused Google of temporarily suspending …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
DoNotPay launches Digital Health, a $3/month tool that automates CCPA data deletion requests; the fee gives users access to its other services like Robo Revenge — In January, a new law gave consumers the power to stop companies collecting their personal information.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
VSCO unveils Montage, an editing tool that lets users stack and layer multiple photos and videos to create a collage, as it continues to shift focus to video — VSCO, a popular photo editing app (and Gen Z meme), is continuing to shift its focus to video. Last month, the company finally gave … | Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon nixed proposals that indicated the environmental impact of shipping choices, including a “Green” delivery option, to avoid alienating shoppers — A few years ago, Amazon.com Inc.'s quick delivery team debated doing something radical for the e-commerce giant: asking shoppers to consider the environment.
Tweets: @business, @tfadell, @alistairmbarr, @mattmday, @ethan_kraft, @bizboyle, and @shiraovide
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo raises $60M Series B, as it prepares to roll out Hailo-8, its edge chip custom-designed for AI workloads — Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo today announced that it has raised a $60 million Series B funding round led by its existing investors, who were joined … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple retail employees say a memo to technical support staff noted iPhone repair parts and replacement phones would be in short supply for as long as 2-4 weeks — - Company re-opens nearly all of its retail locations in China — Coronavirus begins to strain Apple's global supply chain
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Redmond Pie, Yahoo Finance, CNET, Tom's Guide, Wired, International Business Times, TechSpot, SlashGear, Thurrott, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, and 9to5Mac
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Allies rally around Jack Dorsey as Elliott Management, reportedly with a ~4% stake in Twitter, puts pressure on the CEO, who may not survive the medium term — “The most feared investor in America” has Twitter's CEO in his sights — Were there not a deadly coronavirus spreading across the globe …
Tweets: @steelhouse, @hkanji, and @mslopatto
| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Buenos Aires has had live facial recognition in its subway systems for about a year, which has caused wrongful detentions, even as politicians praise the system — July 2019, Guillermo Federico Ibarrola was heading home on the subway when he was stopped by Buenos Aires police.
Tweets: @davegershgorn, @davegershgorn, @bcmerchant, @ozm, @dlberes, @ipvanish, @ozm, and @fabiochiusi. Thanks:@davegershgorn
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Budgeting software platform Airbase adds a $23.5M extension led by Bain Capital Ventures to its $7M Series A — This morning Airbase, a startup that sells spend and budgeting software for companies, announced a $23.5 million extension to its Series A. TechCrunch covered the company's …
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