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| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
While tech companies push remote work for their employees, gig workers receive little support amid COVID-19 outbreak and face income loss for self-quarantine — Amazon, Uber, and Lyft have sent memos asking workers to follow protocols that might not be feasible
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Postmates adds Drop Options amid COVID-19 concerns, letting users meet Postmates at the door, at curbside, or have no-contact, with deliveries left at the door — The on-demand food delivery industry marches on — Food delivery platform Postmates is starting what the company is calling a …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages as they ask their staff 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 even as they encourage …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple announces free repairs for iPad Air models made from Mar. 2019-Oct. 2019 affected by the “blank screen issue” that leaves the display permanently disabled — Apple on Friday launched a repair service program for third-generation iPad Air models suffering from a so-called …
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
New York power plant sets up its own Bitcoin mining operation, with ~7K crypto miners, using “behind-the-meter” electricity to generate ~5.5 Bitcoins per day — - Atlas Holdings LLC-owned facility starts mining crypto — Dresden-based natural gas plant installed 7,000 crypto miners
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
A look at the growing TikTok trend of “sleep-streams”, where users live-stream their sleep to earn digital coins and gain new followers — Some TikTok users are going viral, gaining followers and even making cash by live-streaming themselves overnight.| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Huawei is projecting that its annual smartphone shipments will fall around 20% this year — Huawei is projecting that its annual smartphone shipments will fall around 20% this year, in what would be its first year-on-year decline, as a result of U.S. sanctions on its business.| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Austin cancels SXSW, scheduled for March 13-22, due to concerns over COVID-19 — - SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. — The conference had been scheduled to take place between March 13 and 22.
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SXSW, Electronic Arts Inc., TechCrunch, The Verge, BuzzFeed News, Dallas Morning News, MarketWatch, Axios, Wall Street Journal, Neowin, Gizmodo, Variety, VG247, ABC News, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, AppleInsider, TechRepublic, dexerto.com, 9to5Mac, iClarified, TechRadar.com, Slashdot, NBC News, IndieWire, MacRumors, CNN, Engadget, Quartz, Cult of Mac, CNET, Business Insider, IGN, Input, Mashable, Vox, Crunchbase News, Variety, Slate, iPhone in Canada Blog, GamesIndustry.biz, BGR, Game Rant, Silicon Valley Business …, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, Dot Esports, The Daily Dot, Fortune, New York Post, Deadline, Politico, and The Hill
Tweets: @sxsw, @mattyglesias, @ea, @jesperpilmprang, @marketwatch, @thecjmorgan, @twittermoments, @mobleywho, @jenny8lee, @bridgetmarie, @wajahatali, @mrmedina, @molly_knight, @jonerlichman, @benballer, @jneece, @txmusicoffice, @byjacobward, @cmclymer, @oliverdarcy, @kevinlehane, @voxdotcom, @ranimolla, @laurengoode, @zeynep, @danprimack, @danawollman, @joshconstine, @slarkpope, @arnoldkim, @loudmouthjulia, @gamespot, @mousejones, @gregbradyto, and @waxpancake
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, has raised $20M in Series B funding at a $100M+ pre-money valuation — Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, announced this week that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Kleiner Perkins closes its 19th fund, KP19, at $700M to focus on early stage investments, reveals 30 out of 34 KP18 investments were either seed or Series A — After going “back to the future” with a $600 million fund last year, VC firm Kleiner Perkins is aiming for some “returns of the Jedi” with its freshest (and refocused) fund.
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| Robert C. Yeager / New York Times: |
A look at Bring a Trailer, an auction site for classic cars that says it has 100K registered bidders, with $230M in sales in 2019, up 41% YoY — Bring a Trailer has 100,000 registered bidders and listed 11,000 cars in a banner 2019, while the traditional auction market shows signs of cooling.
Tweets: @dealbook, @nytimesbusiness, and @nytimesbusiness
| 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, XDA Developers, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, Macworld, Engadget, TalkAndroid.com, Android Central, 9to5Google, Wccftech, Thurrott, CNET, Android Headlines, South China Morning Post, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @imore, @cnet, @macrumors, @appleterminal, and @counternotions
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
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