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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Twitter plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages as they ask their staff, including in Bay Area, to work from home — Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter all told Axios on Thursday night that they plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages …
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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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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Oppo unveils €1,199 Find X2 Pro with 5G, Snapdragon 865, 6.7-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz display, a 10x hybrid zoom camera, and 4,260mAh battery with 65W charging — Even though Oppo isn't as well-known in the US, chances are you might have come across one of its recent tech demos.
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| 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 …
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| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
Researchers: Virgin Media's exposed marketing database included 1,100+ records of customer requests to block or unblock websites with porn and extreme “gore” — Records linking accounts to gambling and pornography sites may have been accessed — More than 1,000 records linking …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Quibi will offer a free 90-day trial for users who sign up before it launches on April 6 with 50 shows and movies; Quibi will cost $4.99 with ads, $7.99 without — Longer than what Disney Plus current offers — Quibi is finally almost here, and in an effort to entice people …
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| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Beijing Kunlun Tech says it has agreed to sell gay dating app Grindr for about $608M to investor consortium San Vicente Acquisition — (Reuters) - Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd (300418.SZ) said on Friday that it has agreed to sell Grindr LLC, a popular gay dating app it acquired in 2016, for about $608.5 million.| Steven Levy / OneZero : |
Profile of Whitfield Diffie, one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography, which ushered in digital signatures and now underlies the security of ecommerce — Longtime tech journalist Steven Levy's new book, Facebook: The Inside Story, details how Mark Zuckerberg transformed … | Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Sources: Waymo is now valued at more than $30B, after raising $2.25B this week — Windfall pushing Alphabet division above rivals comes at turning point for group — When outside investors lined up this week to pour $2.25bn into Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving technology division, it brought strong validation for a decade of work.| 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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| 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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Business Insider, MSPoweruser, New York Times, Yahoo Finance, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, International Business Times, TechCrunch, Wccftech, iMore, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, Gizmodo, WebProNews, Input, Mashable, CNET, The Verge, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
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| 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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TechCrunch, SwiftStack, ZDNet, and Forbes
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Millions of users in India are struggling to make online transactions and use popular services, like PhonePe, after the central bank seized control of Yes Bank — Tens of millions of merchants and users in India are struggling to make online transactions and use several popular services …
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| 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, Android Police, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Input, Thurrott, Yahoo Finance, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, The Next Web, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, and TechSpot
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| 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, Axios, and The Merkle Hash
Tweets: @ico_analytics, @emiliemc, @ariannasimpson, and @joshconstine
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
eBay bans new listings for hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and surgical masks, including N95 and N100 masks, in the US “effectively immediately” — - EBay issued a notice to sellers Thursday telling them it's banning all listings for N95 and N100 masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes.
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| 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
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Dorsey's weak defense of his leadership at Twitter indicates corporate raiders might do a better job than him of pushing Twitter to improve — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey might not spend six months a year in Africa, claims the real product development is under the hood, and gives an excuse for deleting Vine before it could become TikTok.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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