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In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19 — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he has turned all of his attention to the impact of COVID-19, the tech giant's response … | Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Amazon says it will stop shipping non-essential products from third party merchants via Fulfillment by Amazon to consumers in Italy and France — (Reuters) - Amazon.com will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, according to an announcement the company published … | Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Amazon hourly workers at the warehouses will receive double pay for overtime from March 15 to May 9, up from the previous 1.5-times rate — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses, as the world's largest …
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A look at the rise of “Zoombombing”, where trolls disrupt public Zoom conferencing calls by using the service's screen-sharing feature to share graphic content — As its user base rapidly expands, the videoconference app Zoom is seeing a rise in trolling and graphic content.
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Disney says it has paused the rollout of Disney+ in India, which was set to launch March 29 alongside the now-delayed Indian Premier League cricket season — Disney said on Friday that it is postponing the launch of its eponymous streaming service in India, one of the largest entertainment markets … | Liam Frost / Decrypt: |
The Tezos Foundation says it has agreed to settle for $25M a class action suit that alleged it ran an unregistered securities sale through its $232M ICO — The project behind a $232 million initial coin offering has decided the lawsuit is too “expensive and time-consuming.” — Tezos — In brief| New York Times: |
A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming subject to persecution — Gabriel Jiménez hated the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. But he loved cryptocurrency.| CNBC: |
Apple has updated Siri to help US users asking if they have COVID-19, with answers coming from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC — - iPhone users who are wondering whether they have COVID-19 can now turn to Siri. — Apple has updated its voice assistant …
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The mass move towards remote work could put corporate data at risk, as hackers move to take advantage of weaker home security systems and relaxed restrictions — TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As people disperse to their homes to work and study because of the coronavirus pandemic … | Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
In an internal doc, Apple informed authorized service providers that some iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 users may experience issues with the Personal Hotspot feature — In an internal document distributed to Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, obtained by MacRumors, Apple has acknowledged …
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Snap Camera, which lets users overlay their faces with AR filters in services like Zoom, Hangouts, and Twitch, has seen 10X surge in downloads since March 1 — Workers around the world are suddenly confined to their homes and apartments to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google launches a dedicated COVID-19 website, focused on locally relevant info in the US, as well as enhanced Search results for terms related to the disease — After lots of complicated drama, a simple website — One week ago, President Donald Trump held a press conference wherein …
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