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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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| 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, @thevowel, @bdsams, @aarongreenberg, @aceybongos, and @tomwarren
| 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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Business Insider, Input, CNET, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tubefilter, and Wccftech
| 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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| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @jenniferjjacobs, @jenniferjjacobs, @shanvav, @gregotto, @apolyakova, @johnastoehr, @robt_gibbs, @ericgeller, @danprimack, @gregotto, and @joyce_karam
| 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.| 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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iMore, CNET, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, Mashable, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @filipeesposito
| 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.| 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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Tweets: @panos_panay, @tomwarren, and @digitallybones
| 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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| 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, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Messari Crypto, BitcoinExchangeGuide, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @bakkt, @fintechfrank, @jeffjohnroberts, @mdudas, and @cryptonator1337
| 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
| 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 …, Nextgov, Telecompetitor, Light Reading, Lifehacker, Android Authority, and FierceWireless
Tweets: @masasoncap, @sprintnews, @mytechmusings, @nevilleray, and @fcc
| 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).| 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 … | 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
| Brian Schwartz / CNBC: |
Source: 35+ execs from Silicon Valley companies joined a call led by Cisco's CEO on Friday to discuss how they could effectively invest to stem COVID-19 fallout — - Silicon Valley executives huddled on a conference call on Friday to discuss ways they can use their money and vast resources …
Tweets: @bt_harman, @schwartzbcnbc, and @mdubowitz
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