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New York's AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service — As the videoconferencing platform's popularity has surged, Zoom has scrambled to address a series of data privacy and security problems.
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| The Intercept: |
Zoom's marketing and product make the claim that it uses “end-to-end encryption”, but video and audio content from meetings is not end-to-end encrypted — Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
After reports in tabloids of Houseparty users having social media accounts hacked, Houseparty offers $1M reward to unmask those behind apparent “smear campaign” — App maker denies getting hacked after multiple reports in British media. — Houseparty, a video conferencing desktop …
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| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Around 60 employees staged a walkout at a Staten Island, NY fulfillment center to protest the impact of Amazon's COVID-19 response on warehouse workers — As Amazon workers across the country test positive for the virus, employees believe collective action is the only way to get the company to meaningfully clean its facilities
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon confirms that it fired the worker who led the Staten Island warehouse strike for violating its quarantine measures; worker says firing was in retaliation — - Worker Chris Smalls says labor activism led to his dismissal — Amazon says Smalls violated safety conditions, quarantine
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify for Kids launches in the US, Canada, and France on the $14.99/month Spotify Premium Family tier with 8,000 songs, of which 50% is localized — Spotify is giving more housebound parents — and their cooped-up kids — a new tool to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OnePlus says its OnePlus 8 flagship phone will have Snapdragon 865 for 25% better performance, 120Hz display, 5G, and more; launch event will be on April 14 — As most of you already know, OnePlus has focused on creating a “fast and smooth” user experience since day one.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple commits to paying its contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, after initially saying some jobs would be suspended without pay — As shutdowns caused by COVID-19 remain in place, Apple has committed to paying its contractors. The Wall Street Journal reports that initially … | Victoria Song / Gizmodo: |
Fitbit unveils the Charge 4 fitness tracker, its first new product under Google, with built-in GPS, NFC payments, and Spotify compatibility, starting at $150 — As we entered a new decade, Fitbit's fortunes looked uncertain. Last year, the company was acquired by Google for a neat $2.1 billion …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Comcast says internet traffic from voice and video calls has risen 212% on its network over the past month and the overall peak traffic is up by 32% — Traffic zooms up as more people work from home — Voice and video calls have more than tripled on Comcast's network …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap launches App Stories, which lets developers syndicate Stories in other apps, where they will default to a seven-day expiration — If you can't stop them, power them. That's the strategy behind Snapchat App Stories, which launches today to let users show off their ephemeral content in other apps too.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire CloudGenix, which competes with SD-WAN providers like Cisco, for $420M — CloudGenix competes with Cisco and other incumbents in the SD-WAN space. — Palo Alto Networks said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire software-defined wide-area networking …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft debuts a Family Safety mobile app and AI-powered PowerPoint and Excel features as part of its 365 Family and Personal subscriptions, coming April 21 — Microsoft today announced that on April 21, Office 365 will become Microsoft 365, or “the subscription for your life.”
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| New York Times: |
How the Biden campaign is ramping up its digital operation amid the COVID-19 crisis, as Democrats look to close the technological divide with the Republicans — In the era of big data, memes and disinformation, the Democrats are trying to regain their digital edge as the president and his loyalists dictate the terms of debate.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Seegrid, which builds autonomous industrial vehicles for transporting materials, raises $25M from G2VP — Seegrid, a company that builds autonomous industrial vehicles for transporting materials, has raised $25 million in round of equity funding from venture capital firm G2VP.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei reports net profit of $9B for 2019, up 5.65% YoY, its slowest growth since 2016, on revenue of $123B, up 19.1% YoY, says it's impacted by US blacklist — - Huawei reported revenue of around 858.8 billion yuan or $123 billion for 2019, in line with its target at the start of last year.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Transportation software company Via, which offers a carpooling service in NYC, raises $200M Series E led by Exor at a $2.25B valuation — Via, a transportation software company best-known for its carpool service in New York City, has raised $200 million in Series E funding led by Exor …
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Strivr, which offers a VR platform that companies including Verizon and BMW use to train employees, raises $30M Series B led by Georgian Partners — Strivr, the company behind a virtual reality (VR) platform that companies uses to train employees, has raised $30 million in a series B round …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: in early March, Apple started letting some engineers take home early versions of future devices to continue work during the lockdown period — With its 175-acre campus in Cupertino, California, and several dozen more offices across the rest of the world, Apple Inc. wasn't designed as a work-at-home company.
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