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Microsoft says attackers are exploiting a critical zero-day flaw in font rendering that is found in all supported versions of Windows; no patch is available — Microsoft says attackers are exploiting a previously undisclosed security vulnerability found in all supported versions of Windows, including Windows 10.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces that the App Store is launching in 20 new countries this year, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Serbia, Morocco, and Myanmar — In a post on its developer website this afternoon, Apple has announced that the App Store is launching in 20 new countries this year.
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Google unveils the Stadia Makers program to attract more indie developers, promising funding, technical assistance from Unity experts, free developer hardware — At the virtual Google for Games Developer Summit today, the company announced “Stadia Makers” to bring more indie titles to the platform.
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| Ariel Shapiro / Forbes: |
Streaming services see signup spikes over the past week, boosted by free trials, with Disney+ up 300%+, HBO Now 90%, Showtime 78%, Netflix 47%, and Apple 10% — Topline: As Americans brace for spending weeks (or months) inside as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, they are subscribing … | Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News: |
Amazon now offers all US part-time and seasonal delivery employees paid time off amid COVID-19 outbreak; an employee group had been pressuring Amazon since Dec. — Thousands of Amazon Logistics employees will start accruing paid time off for the first time today, according to photos …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Study: speech recognition systems from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft misidentify words 19% of the time with white people vs. 35% with black people — Technology from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM and Microsoft misidentified 35 percent of words from people who were black.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India launches a WhatsApp chatbot to create awareness about coronavirus and asks social media services to curb spread of misinformation — India is turning to WhatsApp, the most popular app in the country, to create awareness about the coronavirus pandemic and has urged social media services … | Nikkei Asian Review: |
Foxconn says it has secured enough workers to meet “seasonal demand” at all major Chinese plants ahead of schedule — Recruitment goals ahead of schedule, as Apple prepares for new model releases — TAIPEI — Taiwan's Foxconn, the top assembler of Apple's iPhones …
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| Chris Nuttall / Financial Times: |
Sources: EU reconsiders its digital strategy, unveiled last month, after the pandemic highlights issues like the limitations imposed by proposed AI regulation — SoftBank's emergency asset sales, voice network under strain, 2020 MacBook Air — The coronavirus crisis is forcing the EU …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In a letter to Trump, Uber CEO seeks updated labor laws to provide a “third way” of classifying workers, between contractors and employees — - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi asked President Donald Trump to provide relief to gig workers whose income has been significantly cut due to the coronavirus crisis.
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| Eleanor Cummins / OneZero : |
The spread of COVID-19 has marked an uptick in livestreamed funerals and ancestor ceremonies, forcing the technological stagnant death industry to adapt — It's easier than ever to bury your loved ones online — Shanghai last spring, more than two million people flocked to their local cemeteries … | Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Q&A with Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on COVID-19 and its impact on the company, competing with Microsoft and Zoom, and Slack's new redesign — “We should always be doing what a smart, well-informed customer would have us be doing.” — More than 10 years ago, Stewart Butterfield … | New York Times: |
Civil liberties experts argue that governments turning to electronic surveillance to track COVID-19 opens the door to future abuses, as happened after 9/11 — Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.
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