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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: |
Amazon confirms at least five workers at its warehouses in Spain and Italy have tested positive for the coronavirus, says the facilities will remain open — At least five workers at Amazon.com Inc. warehouses in Europe have contracted the coronavirus, a sobering development …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube say they're working with each other and healthcare agencies to tackle misinfo about COVID-19 — Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube put out joint statement promising to fight COVID-19 fraud and curb misinformation.
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| 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.
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| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Universal Pictures to offer $19.99 online rentals for some new movies, currently in theaters, and do the same for an upcoming DreamWorks film on its release day — In light of the movie theaters being brought to a standstill, Universal Pictures is changing the game.
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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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| Tina Bellon / Reuters: |
Uber suspends pooled rides in the US and Canada to limit the spread of coronavirus — (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday began suspending shared rides on its ride-hailing platform in the United States and Canada to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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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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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, raises $175M Series E from Franklin Templeton Investments at a $5.1B valuation — The rise of the cloud over the past decade has forced software developers and DevOps engineers to completely rearchitect the modern web application …
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
US ITC to investigate alleged touchscreen patent violations in parts used by Apple, Amazon, ASUS, Microsoft, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and Sony — The U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday said it plans to probe a number of tech companies, including Apple, on patent infringement claims … | 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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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Gojek has raised $1.2B for expansion, defying the coronavirus pandemic, taking its total raised to just under $3B — - Gojek gets the capital to fight Grab despite talk of a merger — The funding belies sector turbulence and global uncertainty
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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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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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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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