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Mobile operators in Italy, Germany, and Austria are now sharing anonymized aggregated data with health authorities, to map people's concentrations and movements — MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy, Germany and Austria …
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| 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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Tweets: @evanselinger, @nytimes, @foxcahn, @math_rachel, and @fightfortheftr
| Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Taiwan rolls out a mobile phone-based “electronic fence” that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based …
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
As Amazon prioritizes household staples and other high-demand items, some non-essential items are now showing April 21 delivery dates even with Amazon Prime — An Amazon delivery man in Paris, France, on March 19, 2020. Getty Images — The e-commerce giant is prioritizing household staples …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is planning a high-end 6.7-inch iPhone in 2020 with sensor-shift image stabilization, expanding to two or three new iPhone models in 2021 — Apple is rumored to be planning a high-end 6.7-inch iPhone model for release in 2020, and multiple reports have indicated that the device …
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| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
Ban on targeted behavioral advertising may be the single best way to fix the internet, from protecting privacy and sanitizing social media, to saving journalism — From protecting privacy to saving the free press, it may be the single best way to fix the internet.
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| Stan Chudnovsky / Messenger News: |
Facebook launches a program to partner with developers to use Messenger to support government health agencies with timely and reliable info about coronavirus — Today, we're announcing two initiatives to support government health organizations in combating the coronavirus pandemic.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
After banning ads for medical face masks over a week ago, ads served by Google for masks have shown alongside COVID-19 news on sites like CNN, NYT, CNBC, WaPo — New York (CNN Business)Some of the country's biggest news organizations are showing ads for face masks on their websites.| John Harris / The Guardian: |
Facebook has facilitated the formation of an estimated 300 local coronavirus support groups in the UK, whose combined membership now totals 1M+ people — As coronavirus forces communities online, support groups are realising Facebook's promise to truly connect us — About 25 years ago, “face time” was a new phrase.
Tweets: @ianclucas
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Uber and Ola will suspend ride-hailing services in Delhi until March 31 to help contain coronavirus following a government order for city lockdown — Uber and Ola have suspended all ride options in Delhi till March 31 and the Indian ride-hailing firm is restricting ride options across …
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WeeTracker, NDTV.com, News18, The Economic Times, Quartz, and Neowin
| David Jagneaux / UploadVR: |
The Director of Content Ecosystem at Oculus, Chris Pruett, says 90% of users who got an Oculus Quest for Christmas never owned an Oculus headset before — Today during the introduction video for the F acebook: Game Developers Showcase, Chris Pruett, Director of Content Ecosystem, Oculus …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cazoo, a UK-based portal for buying used cars, raises £100M led by DMG Ventures, bringing its total raised to £180M over the last 18 months — The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has put a freeze on many in-person sales and transactions for goods and services …
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