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| Nat Friedman / The GitHub Blog: |
GitHub announces it has signed an agreement to acquire npm, which is home to 1.3M+ JavaScript packages with 75B downloads per month, says it will remain free — I'm excited to announce that GitHub has signed an agreement to acquire npm. — npm is a critical part of the JavaScript world.
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The npm Blog, ZDNet, The New Stack, ProgrammableWeb.com, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, Wired, InfoWorld, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, Business Insider, Neowin, and Thurrott
Tweets: @seldo, @seldo, @mrahmadawais, @ow, @nearform, @aral, @stevesi, @npmjs, and @parasight
| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
Microsoft details Xbox Series X specs: custom 8-core 3.8GHz AMD Zen 2 CPU, custom 1.825GHz AMD RNDA 2 GPU, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD with expansion card support — This is it. After months of teaser trailers, blog posts and even the occasional leak, we can finally reveal firm …
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Tweets: @xbox, @xbox, @bdsams, @bdsams, @aarongreenberg, @aceybongos, @tomwarren, and @thevowel
| Dave Clark / The Amazon Blog: |
Amazon plans to hire 100K more warehouse and delivery workers in the US and raise their pay by ~$2/hour in some countries, as more turn to online deliveries — Company will invest over $350 million globally to increase pay by $2/hour in the U.S., £2/hr in the UK …
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Tweets: @jaycarney, @firstadopter, @phillyjoed, and @rdrv3
| The Intercept: |
Leaked docs: TikTok told moderators to suppress posts from those deemed “ugly”, poor, or disabled, and censor political speech in livestreams, to attract users — The makers of TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing app with hundreds of millions of users around the world …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14 code shows Apple is planning an iPhone 9 and iPhone 9 Plus with the A13 Bionic chip, the same processor used in the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro — 9to5Mac has learned several new details about the upcoming iPhone 9 based on iOS 14 code. Now we've discovered evidence that Apple …
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The Next Web, Yahoo Finance, iMore, CNET, Input, Pocket-lint, BGR, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, MacDailyNews, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @filipeesposito
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US Department of Health and Human Services suffered a cyberattack on its computer system Sunday night, apparently aimed at slowing coronavirus response — The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation's response …
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Bloomberg, Vox, ABC News, infosecurity-magazine.com, Government Technology News, SiliconANGLE, Axios, USA Today, TechRepublic, TechSpot, Nextgov, Digital Trends, Input, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, CNET, BleepingComputer, Tom's Hardware, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @jenniferjjacobs, @jenniferjjacobs, @shanvav, @gregotto, @apolyakova, @johnastoehr, @robt_gibbs, @ericgeller, @danprimack, @gregotto, and @joyce_karam
| New York Times: |
As the COVID-19 outbreak discourages moviegoers and theatrical releases get delayed, the ascendancy of streaming services may be accelerating — Cinemas, already contending with streaming services, are now facing the prospect of no audiences and no new films because of the coronavirus pandemic.| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Alphabet's Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account — - Alphabet's Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it would.
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New York Times, Verily Blog, CNET, Input, Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times, HackRead, CNN, The Verge, TalkAndroid.com, Silicon Valley Business …, SDxCentral, Protocol, Adweek, BBC, Search Engine Land, Telecoms.com, and USA Today
Tweets: @natashanyt, @rmac18, @natashanyt, @natashanyt, @drtedros, @laurengoode, @natashanyt, @othermaciej, @davepell, @natashanyt, @othermaciej, @reckless, @rmac18, @shiraovide, and @slpng_giants
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
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| The Keyword: |
YouTube says it will be relying more on automated systems as content moderators stay home, and creators may see fewer strikes against videos but more removals — During the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, many companies are closing their offices and directing their employees to work from home …
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Android Police, XDA Developers, International Business Times, Business Insider, YouTube Creator Blog, Marketing Land, Input, Search Engine Journal, Mashable, Gizchina, Tubefilter, WebProNews, Variety, 9to5Google, Yahoo Finance, Neowin, Bloomberg, The Verge, and CNBC
Tweets: @rkyncl, @youtubeinsider, and @ytcreators
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says 1B devices are now running Windows 10, which includes PCs, laptops, Xbox One consoles, and HoloLens — Microsoft's original milestone has been reached — Microsoft is revealing today that 1 billion active machines are now running Windows 10.
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Windows Blog, VentureBeat, Computerworld, SiliconANGLE, OnMSFT.com, Softpedia News, Wccftech, PCWorld, BetaNews, GeekWire, TechSpot, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, Neowin, Engadget, Thurrott, and Windows Central
Tweets: @panos_panay, @tomwarren, and @digitallybones
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt raises $300M Series B with M12 among the investors, says an app to help consumers manage digital assets is coming in summer — Bakkt has raised a $300 million Series B round of financing, according to a Monday morning announcement.
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Bakkt Blog, Messari Crypto, Decrypt, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Cointelegraph, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @bakkt, @jeffjohnroberts, @mdudas, @fintechfrank, and @cryptonator1337
| CNBC: |
Apple fined €1.1B by French antitrust authorities for anticompetitive behavior within its distribution networks; Apple says it will appeal — Apple was fined 1.1 billion euros ($1.23 billion) for anti-competitive behavior Monday by the French antitrust authorities.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apptopia: grocery delivery apps set a daily download record Sunday, with Instacart's downloads growing 218% month-over-month to 38,500, Walmart Grocery up 160% — As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the U.S., grocery delivery apps have begun seeing record numbers of daily downloads … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Researchers from Intel and Cornell show how Intel's Loihi neuromorphic research chip can accurately identify a range of hazardous chemicals based on their odor — Researchers from Intel Labs and Cornell University have demonstrated the unique ability of Intel Corp.'s neuromorphic research chip Loihi …
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Nature, VentureBeat, Yahoo Finance, Digital Trends, MIT Technology Review, PCWorld, and The Next Web
| New York Times: |
Sources: Israel's Netanyahu has authorized the use of a previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to fight coronavirus; the move still requires approval — The information, intended for use in counterterrorism, would help identify people who have crossed paths with known patients.
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Digital Trends. Tweets: @howelloneill, @ronenbergman, @haaretzcom, @ymurad__, @moorehn, @lorenzofb, and @kashhill
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase's chief legal officer, Brian Brooks, is leaving the crypto exchange to become the second in command at the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — Coinbase's chief legal officer, Brian Brooks, is leaving the crypto exchange to become the second in command at the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft, White House OSTP, and Allen Institute help in identifying and releasing 24,000+ articles on coronaviruses for free, for medical and NLP researchers — The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19), a repository of more than 29,000 scholarly articles about coronavirus family viruses …
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MIT Technology Review, FedScoop, Yahoo Finance, GeekWire, Nextgov, and WinBuzzer
| David Pierce / Protocol: |
Profile of Zoom, which has conquered video chat with a simple service that keeps latency under 150 milliseconds, as COVID-19 forces employees to work remotely — Before coronavrius locked workers at home, Zoom was a leading videoconferencing tool. But it wants to be more. It wants to be your whole office.
Tweets: @pierce
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC grants T-Mobile 60-day emergency access to 600MHz spectrum controlled by Dish and Comcast, a band suitable for covering large, sparsely-populated areas — FCC grants 60-day access to 600MHz spectrum controlled by Dish and Comcast. — T-Mobile will borrow spectrum in the 600MHz band from Dish …
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Federal Communications …, Lifehacker, Nextgov, Telecompetitor, FierceWireless, and Light Reading
Tweets: @masasoncap, @sprintnews, @mytechmusings, @fcc, and @nevilleray
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