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Investigation: popular analytics platform Sensor Tower has used VPN and ad-blocking apps on iOS and Android with 35M+ downloads to quietly collect data on users — Sensor Tower, a popular analytics platform for tech developers and investors, has been secretly collecting data from millions …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iOS 14 code reveals upcoming Apple hardware refreshes to the new iPad Pro, iPhone 9, AirTags, and a new Apple TV remote — Leaked iOS 14 code obtained by 9to5Mac corroborates many details about what to expect from Apple's upcoming hardware refreshes, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone 9, and AirTags.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a feature to allow accounts to cross-post Stories from Facebook to Instagram — Facebook's latest colonization of Instagram has begun. Facebook is testing the option to cross-post Stories to Instagram, instead of just vice-versa. Hopefully, that means the two apps …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Source: Apple will give retail and hourly workers unlimited sick leave if they show COVID-19-like symptoms and will not require a doctor's note for the time off — In addition to offering many of its employees the ability to work from home this week, Apple is also taking steps to ensure …
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| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Amazon tells its employees in the Bay Area, New York, New Jersey, Seattle/Bellevue, and the Lombardy region/Asti province of Italy to work from home until April — Amazon has told employees in two major markets—New York and New Jersey—to stay home until at least the end …
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| Mike Murphy / Protocol: |
IBM's blockchain tech, marketed heavily as solving supply chain issues, has mostly seen limited adoption by big companies, including Walmart and Nestlé — Big Blue has been pushing the blockchain for the food supply chain for years now — are companies actually using it?
Tweets: @sbmeunier and @kerrymflynn
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Iran's official app for tracking COVID-19 infections removed from Play Store; sources: app was likely removed due to misleading claims about detecting COVID-19 — Google removes Iran's official COVID-19 detection app from the Play Store. — Google has removed today an Android app … | Aaron Gregg / Washington Post: |
Judge's legal opinion unsealed Friday sided with Amazon in lawsuit over Trump's intervention in the JEDI contract process, saying Amazon's key argument is sound — A legal opinion unsealed Friday indicates what the ruling may be in a high-stakes lawsuit over the Pentagon's JEDI cloud| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple now says it's OK to use disinfectant wipes to clean “nonporous surfaces of your Apple product, such as the display, keyboard, or other exterior surfaces” — - Apple now says it's OK to use Clorox Disinfecting Wipes and other disinfectants to clean your iPhone and other Apple gadgets.
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| Tanya Basu / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the politicization of niche knitting site Ravelry, whose users, predominantly older women, were divided after its ban on pro-Trump knitting patterns — When knitting site Ravely banned all pro-Trump content it caused a schism in the community—but it also shone a spotlight on how women are using niche sites to politicize.
Tweets: @techreview
| Jim Vinoski / Forbes: |
Overhaul, which provides its customers end-to-end real-time supply chain visibility, raises $17.5M led by Edison Partners — The latest in a long line of disruptions thrown our way by the harsh real world, coronavirus has been another dash of cold water in the face of supply chain executives everywhere.
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| Jathan Sadowski / OneZero : |
The ubiquitous marketing of “smart tech” hides the politics of data collection and control that is embedded in the design of modern smart devices — ‘Smart tech’ is a buzzword that's been applied to everything from toothbrushes to TVs — and the cute marketing helps hide what's really going on
Tweets: @jathansadowski, @ozm, @jathansadowski, and @meganmorrone
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Sequoia is giving away $21M to Finix, a payments startup it recently funded, as it walks away from deal over alleged conflicts of interest with Stripe — In the world of venture capital, where trust between investors and founders is paramount to the success of both …
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