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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Source: Apple's new entry level iPhone will be called iPhone SE, available in white, black, and red, with 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB storage options — 9to5Mac has learned new information about Apple's long-rumored, entry-level iPhone model, including the marketing name, product colors …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Google uses aggregated anonymized location data from 131 countries to show which places are complying with social distancing and which aren't — New COVID-19 mobility reports show changes in traffic to stores, parks, transit stations, and more — Google is using location data gathered …
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| Reuters: |
Researchers are using Facebook's location data to provide daily updates to US cities and states evaluating the effectiveness of social distancing amid COVID-19 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Infectious disease researchers are using Facebook Inc mobile location data to provide daily updates … | Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Zoom has issued a patch for a vulnerability in its Windows client that let attackers steal Windows login credentials from malicious chat links — Update: After this story and others went live April 1, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan addressed Zoom security and other issues in a blog post.
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| Micah Lee / The Intercept: |
Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets — Meetings on Zoom, the increasingly popular video conferencing service, are encrypted using an algorithm with serious … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Pururaj Dutta / Appleosophy: |
Apple references its rumored AirTags item tracking tags in a video uploaded to its Apple Support channel on YouTube — Apple just uploaded a video on their Apple Support YouTube channel titled “How to erase your iPhone”. This tutorial tells us about the process of erasing an iPhone …
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| Julian Borger / The Guardian: |
Twitter deletes 20K fake accounts linked to governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras, and Indonesia for “attempt to undermine public conversation” — Accounts also linked to Honduras and Indonesia violated policy and were ‘targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation’| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Leaked memo: Apple told employees that its retail stores in the US will remain closed and work-from-home procedures will remain in place until early May — - Apple's top retail, human resources exec sends memo to workers — Work from home to also remain in place in U.S. on Covid-19
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
A deep dive into the deal between Apple and Amazon that lets the retail giant process some payments in Prime Video app, and the motivations of both companies — Benjamin Mayo, writing for 9to5Mac yesterday: … I've been digging into this since the news broke, and I think it's even more significant than Mayo suggests.
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Microsoft's Azure Cognitive Services gets new voice styles designed to help developers tailor the voice of their apps and services to their brand or scenario — Microsoft Corp. today added new “voice styles” to Azure Cognitive Services, its cloud-based suite of application programming interfaces …
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| Seth Schiesel / New York Times: |
Amazon reveals plan for interactive games on Twitch, arriving over summer; sources say Amazon is working on a cloud gaming platform codenamed Project Tempo — The internet giant is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the effort, with its first original game, Crucible, to be released next month.
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| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Facebook announces new measures to help businesses including a gift card registry, says applications for its $100M SMB grant program will open next week — Facebook is rolling out some new measures to assist businesses dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 shutdowns … | Paul Blest / VICE: |
Leaked notes from an internal meeting attended by Jeff Bezos reveal Amazon execs discussed a plan to smear fired warehouse employee Christian Smalls — Leaked notes from an internal meeting of Amazon leadership obtained by VICE News reveal company executives discussed a plan …
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
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