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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Numerous tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Facebook are asking Seattle-based staff to work from home because of coronavirus — Amazon and Facebook have shut down individual offices as well — Numerous tech companies have asked their Seattle-based employees to work from home …
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Microsoft on the Issues, Business Insider, Variety, CNBC, MCV/DEVELOP, WinBuzzer, Deadline, CCN.com, MSPoweruser, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @bradsmi, @satyanadella, @nickwingfield, @inafried, @mattifestation, @calamur, @ow, @kf, @tweetsbytwito, @bizcarson, @shanselman, @mattyglesias, @sarahconnor2017, and @donasarkar
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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The Verge, CNBC, GeekWire, Windows Central, Thurrott, BuzzFeed News, MSPoweruser, coinspeaker.com, ABC News, CHS Capitol Hill Seattle, Business Insider, Kotaku, Silicon Valley Business …, Axios, CNN, Zero Hedge, The Daily Beast, NBC News, New York Times, and Daily Mail
Tweets: @benioff, @tomwarren, @kurtwagner8, @naveedajamali, @kyweise, @chrisbrogan, @tedlandk5, @danjohnsoninc, @bromano, @aweary, @fruney, @mr_berman, @lisatozzi, @annehelen, and @buzzfeednews
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
An unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in last five years allows sophisticated attackers access to mask ROM of its chipsets and microprocessors — Converged Security and Management Engine flaw may jeopardize Intel's root of trust. — Virtually all Intel chips released … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple is rejecting apps related to COVID-19 that do not originate from “recognized institutions” like governments or hospitals — - Apple is cracking down on apps related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that aren't from recognized institutions like governments or hospitals, iPhone developers say.
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ZDNet, Yahoo Finance, iPhone Hacks, Wccftech, Input, International Business Times, Digital Trends, iMore, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Mashable, CNET, The Verge, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, CNN, and WebProNews
Tweets: @bzamayo, @_danielsinclair, @ecclisiastamort, @entirelyamelia, @maddow, @nitotv, @lisahopeking, and @rock_health
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Sonos says it is getting rid of its controversial recycle mode, which bricked its older devices, while continuing to offer a trade-in discount — Sonos has been under fire lately for the way it has handled a few decisions around its oldest products. Last fall, the company introduced a …
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The Verge, Yahoo Finance, Input, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, TechSpot, Business Insider, iMore, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @ifixit and @repaircoalition
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Facebook reverses course and says it will remove 1K+ deceptive census ads being run by the Trump campaign, after initially saying they do not violate its policy — November's election will have an enormous impact on politics in the United States for the next four years.
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, Politico, SiliconANGLE, Vox, and The Hill
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Oppo unveils Oppo Watch, its first smartwatch with 1.91-inch OLED screen, fitness tracking, music playback, available on March 24 in China for ~$215 — Out in China this month for $215 — As repeatedly teased by Oppo itself, Oppo is making a watch called the Oppo Watch, and today it got revealed in full.
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OPPO, 9to5Google, Thurrott, CNET, South China Morning Post, Yahoo Finance, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, and Android Headlines
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
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The Verge, Android Authority, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, CNET, Technology Personalized, and SlashGear
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands its rules around hateful conduct to include language that dehumanizes people on the basis of their age, disability, or disease — Last year, Twitter expanded its rules around hate speech to include dehumanizing speech against religious groups.
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Twitter, Twitter, Input, MediaNama, and Geek.com
Tweets: @arthurwyatt, @chadloder, @arischulman, @technosucks, @digiphile, @tonyromm, @letsgoayo, @jaybwood, @hawkize, @mattmcgee, @untimelygamer, and @rlewisreports
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Investigation details Apple's struggles to create a device manufacturing supply chain in India — Several years ago, employees at Apple investigated whether components for the iPhone could be made in India. The results weren't encouraging. — While the employees found some companies …
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iMore, 9to5Mac, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @amir, @viditb, @therealjpk, @tombschrader, @raffasadun, @waynema, @sub8u, @benedictevans, @radnus0, and @jessicalessin
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey says he is reevaluating plans to spend part of the year in Africa amid the coronavirus outbreak and “everything else going on” — The Twitter CEO is facing down an adversarial investor who wants him gone — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is reevaluating his plans …
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The Interface, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, Tubefilter, and KnowTechie
| Michael H. Keller / New York Times: |
Five Eyes nations release guidelines for platforms to fight child porn; US senators introduce a bill to remove Section 230 for failure to police such content — Legislation announced on Thursday aimed at curbing the spread of online child sexual abuse imagery would take the extraordinary step …
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Wired, United States Senate Committee …, Ars Technica, TechFreedom, Reuters, Stanford CIS Blog, ACLU, Engadget, and Techdirt
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Clearview AI's facial recognition app was used by the company's investors, clients, and friends to “test” its tech for over a year prior to public scrutiny — Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.
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OneZero, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @kashhill, @reckless, @xor, @mdudas, @shiraovide, @dlberes, @ozm, and @moelleithee
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Appeals court declines to invalidate one of the WiFi-related patents underlying a $1.1B verdict Caltech has won against Apple and Broadcom — Apple in January was ordered to pay the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) $838 million for infringing on Caltech patents related to WiFi transmissions.
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Reuters, ZDNet, iMore, Bloomberg Law, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @perryecooper
| 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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DuckDuckGo Blog, SlashGear, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Neowin, and Engadget
Tweets: @johnwilander, @duckduckgo, @benbajarin, @ashk4n, @ldrogen, @whatthebit, @duckduckgo, @duckduckgo, and @stshank
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Arweave, which uses a blockchain to perpetually host sites and apps, raises $8.3M seed from a16z, USV, and Coinbase Ventures, four months after raising $5M — The Chinese government has been removing criticism of its coronavirus response from apps like Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter.
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The Arweave Project and The Market Refresh
Tweets: @ariannasimpson, @joshconstine, @ico_analytics, and @emiliemc
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
UK's Virgin Media says a marketing database with personal details of ~900K customers, including names and addresses, had been left unsecured since last April — At least one person from outside Virgin Media accessed non-financial details — Almost a million Virgin Media customers …
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Financial Times, Virgin Media, SecurityWeek, infosecurity-magazine.com, BleepingComputer, CNET, ZDNet, The Sun, PYMNTS.com, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @jimwaterson, @gossithedog, @lukolejnik, and @zackwhittaker
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Rigetti Computing's $71M raise was at a significant cut to valuation, because quantum computing is hard, and commercial applications are still few — The $71 million in financing that quantum computing technology developer Rigetti Computing recently raised came at a significant cut …
Tweets: @nick_farina
| Chris Mellor / Blocks and Files: |
Nvidia acquires SwiftStack, a small AI-focused data storage and management platform it currently uses, for an undisclosed sum — Nvidia is buying SwiftStack, an object storage software company. Terms were undisclosed but the takeover looks like a white knight move by Nvidia.
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SwiftStack, ZDNet, TechCrunch, and Forbes
| Financial Times: |
Didi Chuxing's daily active users dropped over 50% after China acknowledged coronavirus outbreak; Beijing drivers waiting up to two hours for a passenger — Disruption yet another obstacle on Chinese ride-hailing app's long road to profitability — The streets of Baotou …
Tweets: @jonrussell and @modestproposal1
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