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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards in the second quarter of 2020 — Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards in the second quarter of 2020, according to a new research note today from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, obtained by MacRumors.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is making it mandatory for all employees around the world to work from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — After “strongly encouraging” it earlier this month, Twitter said today that working from home is now mandatory for all employees around the world due to COVID-19 concerns.
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| Reuters: |
Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn, said the resumption of production at its factories in China had “exceeded expectations” after a prolonged halt due to coronavirus — Terry Gou, founder of Apple's major manufacturing partner Foxconn, said on Thursday the resumption of production …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google says G Suite now has more than 2B MAUs — Google's G Suite, which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Hangouts, Meet and other apps, quietly passed a major milestone at the end of last year: It now has more than 2 billion monthly active users, G Suite boss Javier Soltero told Axios Wednesday.
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| Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
Sources: France's competition watchdog to fine Apple over anti-competitive behavior in its distribution and sales network — PARIS (Reuters) - France's competition watchdog is set to fine iPhone maker Apple Inc (AAPL.O) next Monday over anti-competitive behaviour in its distribution and sales network …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
As COVID-19 hastens the adoption of remote work tools, it deepens the divide between those who can and can't work remotely, and normalizes social distancing — How working from home could reshape society — 8:45 each weekday morning, I drop off my 4-year-old at preschool, hug him goodbye, and drive back home.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others sign an open letter opposing more than dozen bills across the US that target LGBTQ citizens — Apple is among 40 companies voicing opposition to recent bills introduced across the United States that target LGBTQ citizens.
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
IBM sues Airbnb over what it claims is the illegal use of four patents, including one about “improved navigation using bookmarks” — Move threatens to cast shadow over short-term rental company's road to IPO — IBM is taking Airbnb to court over what it claims is the illegal use …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases a patch for the wormable flaw in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 that leaked this week — Fix for CVE-2020-0796 is now rolling out to Windows 10 and Windows Serve 2019 systems worldwide. — Microsoft has released today a patch for a vulnerability in the SMBv3 protocol …
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: Airbnb reported a loss of $276.4M in Q4 before Covid-19 hit, nearly doubling YoY from $143.7M; revenue was up 32% to $1.1B, and it has $2B+ in the bank — - Revenue rose 32% in the period, according to a person familiar — Startup's plans to list on stock market could be at risk
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Source: at least one of this year's iPhones will have a 3D depth camera on its back, enabling new photo and video effects, as well as better AR experiences — Our source confirms Apple's plans to put a 3D depth camera on the back of the iPhone. Here's what it'll do.
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| Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin fell to $5,678, its lowest level since May 2019 and a ~25% drop on a 24-hour basis, before bouncing back, now hovering around $6K — Bitcoin is in turmoil on Thursday as another severe sell-off is seen in the traditional markets. — The top cryptocurrency by market value plunged …
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| Tim Berners-Lee / World Wide Web Foundation: |
On the web's 31st birthday, Tim-Berners Lee warns online harassment and lack of internet access are fuelling abuse and discrimination against women and girls — On the World Wide Web's 31st birthday, our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee reflects on the challenges we face to deliver on our vision of a web for everyone.
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| Bloomberg: |
Telecom Italia says its internet traffic surged 70%+, mostly due to games such as Fortnite, after reports of lost connections during Italy's school shutdown — - It's not just home-working adults who are hogging bandwidth — International network operator sees big increase in traffic
Tweets: @jess_shankleman, @chrisduncania, @business, @marcusjdl, @whatthebit, and @joe_mayes
| Reuters: |
TikTok owner ByteDance says it has appointed two new heads for its China business and aims to raise its global headcount from 60,000 to 100,000 in 2020 — BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing-based ByteDance, owner of global short video hit TikTok, on Thursday appointed new heads for its China business … | Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation identifies owner of 60+ browser extensions that engaged in a long-running ad fraud scheme and were removed as part of a Google crackdown in Feb. — It was a weed that Google kept trying and failing to kill. — The browser extension MyPDF kept appearing and being removed from the Chrome Web Store.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Comscore announces a partnership with Twitch to measure activity like minutes spent and content minutes per ad minute, starting with audiences in US and Canada — Measurement firm Comscore announced this morning a partnership with Amazon-owned game streaming site, Twitch.| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Ride Report, which provides cities and legislators with data and monitoring tools for micromobility vehicles like scooters, raises $10M led by Unusual Ventures — Portland-based micromobility startup Ride Report just closed a $10 million round led by Unusual Ventures to better facilitate relationships between cities and operators.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe beats Q1 expectations with revenue of $3.09B, up 19% YoY, and earnings of $955M, compared to $674M a year ago; subscription revenue was $2.83B, up 22.5% — The company expects enterprise customers to defer bookings, delay consulting services and cut spending amid the worsening global pandemic.| Gordon Gottsegen / Built In Los Angeles: |
LA-based Albert, a platform that helps people automate their finances and connects subscribers to human financial advisers, raises $50M Series B — LA-based fintech startup Albert just announced it raised a $50 million Series B funding round led by CapitalG — the growth equity investment firm from Google parent company Alphabet.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle reports Q3 revenue of $9.8B, up 2% YoY, beating analyst estimates of $9.75B, and Cloud Services division revenue of $6.9B, up 4% YoY — - Oracle's results beat expectations. — The company's stock traded lower on Thursday than it had since 2017.
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| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
Trump signs bill banning federal subsidies of purchases from vendors deemed a threat, like Huawei, and helping small telecoms replace gear with a $1B FCC fund — President Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill banning the use of federal funds to purchase equipment from telecom companies deemed … | Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
ESA says E3, scheduled for early June as a three-day event, has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns — ESA announces it won't hold massive game marketing event for the first time since 1995. — [Update: In a message sent Wednesday morning, the ESA cited “growing concerns over [the] …
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Tweets: @xboxp3, @ubisoft, @devolverdigital, @jasonschreier, @lilcin3, @yoshi_onochin, @ign, @jamiemoranuk, @bdsams, @aarongreenberg, @exabeam, @harada_tekken, @yugstar, @fourzerotwo, @business, and @callmevlad
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out Alexa-enabled voice shopping in India, available on Android “primarily in English”, the first time Amazon launched the feature outside the US — Amazon today rolled out Alexa-enabled voice-powered shopping feature in India as the e-commerce giant looks for new ways …
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