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Zoom apologizes for routing some calls made in N. America through China, says it “mistakenly” allowed Chinese data centers to accept calls due to traffic spike — Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China …
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Analysis: thousands of people are organizing via private group chats, message boards, Twitter, Instagram, more to execute coordinated “Zoombombing” campaigns — Zoom, the videoconferencing app, has become a target for harassment and abuse coordinated in private off-platform chats.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14 code indicates that Apple is working on a new feature codenamed “Avocado” to enable real, movable widgets on iPad and iPhone home screens — 9to5Mac reported last month that Apple is working on a redesigned wallpaper settings panel for iOS, based on an early build of iOS 14 …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
US Small Business Administration issues new guidance for the $350B stimulus program that still seems to exclude most VC-backed startups — Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is in the process of acquiring the California-based VR startup NextVR in a deal valued around $100M — It's no secret that Apple has ambitious plans for augmented reality and a future AR-focused headset. Apple is practically building the platform for its future headset out in the open with ARKit.
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| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
Telecom engineers, considered essential workers in the UK, are facing harassment from anti-5G conspiracy mongers, linking the deployment of 5G to coronavirus — EE suspects telephone mast engulfed by fire in Birmingham was an arson attack as celebrities claim Covid-19 caused by new network| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple's deal with Amazon to allow the Prime Video app to process some in-app payments on its own shows how arbitrary, unfair, and outdated App Store rules are — Apple and Amazon very, very quietly unveiled a monumental app deal this week, without fanfare or, sadly, much in the way of transparency.
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| J.M. Porup / CSO: |
Critics say bug bounty programs buy researcher silence, may violate labor law, and are less effective when they are closed and have NDAs placed on them — When Jonathan Leitschuh found a catastrophic security vulnerability in Zoom, the popular videoconferencing platform …
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| Andrey Kuzmin / Reuters: |
Report: Russia delays the implementation of a law banning devices not pre-installed with Russian software, by six months until January 1, 2021 — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday pushed back legislation that would require all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in Russia …
| 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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| Angel Au-Yeung / Forbes: |
Profile of Larry Ellison, who has turned the Hawaiian island of Lanai into a data-powered wellness lab and is building a COVID-19 database for the White House — As Larry Ellison sits in one of several idyllic bubbles he has created for himself, a lush 249-acre estate in Rancho Mirage … | Financial Times: |
China's efforts to track COVID-19 cases using personal data has been messy, partly due to sporadic coordination between different agencies and local governments — Efforts to track cases have been haphazard but technology companies face pressure to hand over informationSponsor Posts
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