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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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Tweets: @zollotech, @junotecho, @vladsavov, @lapcatsoftware, and @brandonbutch
| 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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| Eric S. Yuan / Zoom Blog: |
Zoom apologizes for security failures, says it has 200M+ DAUs vs. 10M in Dec., and plans to freeze development of new features to focus on security and privacy — Whether you are a global corporation that needs to maintain business continuity, a local government agency working to keep …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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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 … | 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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MacRumors, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, WinBuzzer, Tom's Guide, Macworld, MSPoweruser, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, Business Insider, iMore, MacDailyNews, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, Engadget, AppleInsider, MACお宝 …, and CNET
Tweets: @markgurman, @stroughtonsmith, @jonesonthenba, @raywongy, @snazzyq, @rsgnl, @parkerortolani, @bzamayo, and @stroughtonsmith
| 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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MacStories, iLounge, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @markgurman, @modestproposal1, @benbajarin, and @muckrakery
| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Amazon says it plans to roll out temperature checks and masks for staff at its US and European warehouses and will use ML to improve social distancing measures — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to roll out temperature checks and face masks for staff at all its U.S …
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The Verge, Los Angeles Times, The Amazon Blog, Digital Trends, The Guardian, BGR, TechCrunch, CNN, GeekWire, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @slpng_giants, @dhh, @hjbenjamin, @amazonnews, @gottalaff, @marketurbanism, @demsocialists, and @rashidatlaib
| Paul Blest / VICE: |
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Tweets: @kateconger, @jaycarney, @rmac18, @aoc, @heerjeet, @robferdman, @meaganmday, @martinsfp, @mikeduncan, @hshaban, @vicenews, @caseynewton, @econ_marshall, @learmonth, @leyawn, @caseynewton, @libbycwatson, @heerjeet, @waywardwinifred, @hshaban, @nhannahjones, @jeremyscahill, @athertonkd, @stevekovach, @meaganmday, @hshaban, @meaganmday, @libbycwatson, @ericgeller, and @hshaban
| 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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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, SiliconANGLE, Voicebot.ai, and VentureBeat
| 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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Tweets: @puiwingtam, @ashleeeeean, @starfire2258, @serkantoto, @tha_rami, @glassbottommeg, @zhugeex, and @thekenyeung
| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook launches a standalone Messenger app for MacOS and Windows with unlimited, free group video calls, support for Dark Mode, and more — The Facebook Messenger app is available for MacOS and Windows — Today, Facebook is bringing its Messenger app to desktop.
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About Facebook, Forbes, Windows Central, SiliconANGLE, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, Digital Trends, The Verge, Liliputing, KnowTechie, XDA Developers, Thurrott, LaptopMag, The Next Web, TechSpot, Pocketnow, and Adweek
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