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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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| 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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| 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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| New York Times: |
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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: videoconferencing apps saw a record 62M downloads during the week of March 14-21, up 45% from the prior week — Work-from-home policies, social distancing and government lockdowns have increased the demand for video conferencing apps, for both business and personal use.
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
A US federal court rules that simply breaking a site's terms of service does not constitute criminal hacking under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — Courts have struggled to interpret the vague Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. — A federal court in Washington, DC, has ruled that violating …
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| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
HackerOne expels mobile voting vendor Voatz from its security program over hostile interactions with researchers, the first time it's cut ties with an org — HackerOne, a company that pairs ethical hackers with organizations to fix software flaws, has kicked mobile voting vendor Voatz off its platform …
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| Alyssa Newcomb / Fortune: |
WeWork is selling the social network Meetup to AlleyCorp and other private investors, sources say at a fraction of the $156M that WeWork paid for Meetup in 2017 — WeWork is selling Meetup, the social network that encourages people to get together in person, to AlleyCorp and a team of private investors … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
After changing its rules, Twitter is cracking down on COVID-19 misinformation from prominent accounts, including Brazilian President Bolsonaro and Rudy Giuliani — It's notable that Twitter, like other social networks, has announced stricter rules on virus-related misinformation than other types of false posts.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Instacart says worker strike had “no impact” on its operations and that its workforce has seen 40% earnings rise in the past month compared to the month prior — Vanessa Bain is one of many Instacart shoppers going on strike for better working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Facebook says it has struck a deal to license tech and purchase AR displays from microLED firm Plessey, which sources say Apple recently looked at buying — Facebook has struck a deal to buy all of the augmented reality displays made by British firm Plessey, as the social network looks …
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| CNBC: |
Airbnb will issue full refunds for trips starting on or before May 31 booked before March 14, will set aside $250M to pay hosts 25% of regular cancelation fee — - Airbnb announced it will allow guests to receive full refunds for trips starting on or before May 31 that were booked prior … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Report: CDC, state, and local authorities in the US have started using anonymized location data from mobile ads to help plan their response to the pandemic — The use of phone location tracking to keep tabs on COVID-19 is becoming increasingly common, and the US appears to be no exception.
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