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| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
Google makes Stadia free to use for anyone with a Gmail address and will give new users two months of Stadia Pro for free — Stadia Pro is also free for two months — Google's video game streaming platform, Stadia, is now free to anyone with a Gmail address, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Tweets: @googlestadia, @mrphilharrison, @domsplaying, @gossithedog, @therealandymc, and @kylebrussell
| Eric S. Yuan / Zoom Blog: |
Zoom gives updates on its progress with privacy and security: appointing a CISO Council and Advisory Board and bringing on Alex Stamos as an outside adviser — As I mentioned in my message on April 1, Zoom has seen tremendous growth and new use cases emerge over the past few weeks …
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BuzzFeed News, Alex Stamos, Reuters, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Forbes, Japan Today, New York Times, TIME, NPR, Executive Yuan, VICE, Business Insider, Thurrott, CNBC, Forbes, The Verge, Gizmodo, HealthITSecurity, MSPoweruser, CircleID, Wccftech, BleepingComputer, BetaNews, Input, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, Marketing Land, iMore, CNET, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, TechRadar.com, ZDNet, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexstamos, @zoom_us, @carnage4life, @bdsams, @jolingkent, @cfarivar, @kaepora, @karaswisher, @kaepora, @kimzetter, @fromedome, @zck, @gcluley, @kaepora, @troyhunt, @patrickmoorhead, @cfarivar, @alexstamos, @peterwsinger, and @kreasechan
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A new Zoom update hides meeting ID numbers in videoconference call title bars by default, preventing accidental dissemination of meeting IDs with screenshots — A new update to the Zoom client has been released that removes the meeting ID from the title bar when conducting meetings …
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| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Disney says Disney+ has 50M+ paid subscribers globally, and that its April 3 launch in India accounts for 8M Disney+ subscribers; stock is up ~6% after hours — Disney announced that the company has surpassed 50 million paid subscribers, following their launch in India and eight Western European countries …
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TechCrunch, Variety, CNBC, USA Today, AppleInsider, The Verge, iMore, Business Wire, GameSpot, Hollywood Reporter, iDownloadBlog.com, and Engadget
Tweets: @xpangler, @xpangler, @freepeeper, @sarthakgh, @cnbci, and @getfandom
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Tech giants like Apple, Facebook, and Google are scrambling to create digital internships for this summer, as offices remain shuttered during the pandemic — The major tech companies are scrambling to craft digital options for this year's summer intern class, as businesses remain shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, iMore, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @caseynewton
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitter removes a tool that let mobile users prevent some data from being shared with advertisers; EU users are exempt and need to opt in to sharing — Users in Europe are the exception — Twitter has removed a privacy feature that allowed all users to stop sharing some private information with advertisers.
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help.twitter.com, Mashable, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, Ad Age, Adweek, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @msamymacpherson, @digiphile, @vickerysec, @mshelton, @ct_bergstrom, and @vegix
| Matt Drange / Protocol: |
Online ticketing service Eventbrite says it will lay off 45% of its employees; sources say Eventbrite has over 1,000 staff — Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz announced Wednesday during a companywide meeting that 45% of employees were being laid off, Protocol has learned.
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MarketWatch, San Francisco Business Journal, Seeking Alpha, Billboard, and Digital Music News
Tweets: @mattdrange, @mattdrange, @mattdrange, @tunjiandrews, @martinsfp, @mattdrange, and @joshconstine
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
UK's NCSC and US DHS publish a list of 2,500 COVID-19-related threats they are tracking, including malicious websites and email addresses linked to scams — If you weren't already taking the rise of coronavirus-based cybercrime seriously, take note. A rare joint alert has gone out from U.S …
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Tweets: @hurdonthehill, @stshank, @ericgeller, @msftsecurity, @iblametom, and @coreysanderswa
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google says Meet, its teleconferencing tool, is adding 2M new users a day and logged 2B minutes of video calls in March with daily usage up 25x from January — As people around the world hunker down in their homes to slow the spread of COVID-19, one technology has emerged as a lifeline to the outside world: video chat.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: |
In a letter, about 50 labor groups urge congressional leaders to reject Uber CEO's March 23 proposal to create a new legal category for its workers — A coalition of about 50 labor groups is asking congressional leaders to reject Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi's proposal …
Tweets: @32bjseiu, @californialabor, and @legalaidnyc
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says long-time chairwoman Mitchell Baker will become CEO, following Chris Beard's departure last year — Mozilla Corporation announced today that it has chosen long-time chairwoman Mitchell Baker to be CEO, replacing Chris Beard who announced he would be stepping down at the end of the year last August.
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The Mozilla Blog, SiliconANGLE, The Mozilla Blog, Neowin, and CNET
Tweets: @andreasgal and @anildash
| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
A look at COVID-19-related health security measures in places like Foxconn's iPhone-making complex and Huawei's factories in China as they restart production — Disinfect hands and shoes at the factory gate. Bring your own towel. No sunny-side-up eggs.
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, Patently Apple, and Business Insider
Tweets: @naomiaklein, @gerryshih, @annafifield, and @evadou
| Adam Cancryn / Politico: |
Sources: White House team led by Jared Kushner has reached out to health tech companies about creating a real-time surveillance system for tracking COVID-19 — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner's task force has reached out to a range of health technology companies about creating …
Tweets: @shannonvallor, @natashabertrand, @rmconservative, @raulacarrillo, @public_citizen, and @hjellebrian1
| Luke O'Brien / HuffPost: |
Investigation details facial recognition company Clearview AI's ties to the alt-right, including hiring employees with deep links to far-right extremists — Clearview AI, which has alarmed privacy experts, hired several far-right employees, a HuffPost investigation found.
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VentureBeat and The Verge
| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Many US state, federal, and banking systems still use the 60-year-old COBOL language despite warnings, leading to a variety of issues like difficulty hiring — Retired engineers are coming to the rescue — ver the weekend, New Jersey governor, Phil Murphy, made an unusual public plea during … | Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Evidence of benchmark cheating has been found in MediaTek chipsets used in smartphones from manufacturers including Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Sony — Mobile benchmark cheating has a long story that goes far back for the industry (well - at least in smartphone industry years) …
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MediaTek, TalkAndroid.com, ExtremeTech, Forbes, Android Authority, and Android Police
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple and Amazon video deal is part of a long-term strategy to fight a potential Netflix-dominated future after most competing streaming services fold — Last week, without fanfare, Amazon Prime Video apps on iOS made a subtle change to the experience of purchasing or renting TV Shows and videos:
Tweets: @modestproposal1
| Talos Blog: |
Cisco's Talos security group finds fingerprint scanners from Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and others can be bypassed by fake fingerprints made with 3D printing — Phone, computer fingerprint scanners can be defeated with 3-D printing — By Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura.
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Ars Technica, Decipher, SC Media, Dark Reading, Wired, SiliconANGLE, infosecurity-magazine.com, ZDNet, Threatpost, TechRepublic, SecurityWeek, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @r00tbsd, @security_craig, and @_vventura
| Tatiana Schlossberg / New York Times: |
How scientists are using AI and machine learning to analyze vast data on oceans, including tracking migrations and Google helping to identify whale song — Machine-learning applications are proving to be especially useful to the scientific community studying the planet's largest bodies of water.
Tweets: @sbladen, @globalfishwatch, @nytscience, and @tatertatiana
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers outline three privacy-conscious approaches to COVID-19 app contact tracing: Bluetooth, redacted location tracing, and hashing servers and mix nets — Researchers are racing to achieve the benefits of location-tracking without the surveillance. — Before the Covid-19 pandemic …
Tweets: @roryireland, @wired, @mcgillu, @hypervisible, and @a_greenberg
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb has held talks about raising an additional $500M to $1B in debt, after announcing a $1B debt and equity deal on Monday, to weather the pandemic — - Company considering raising $500 million to $1 billion — Valuation fell to $18 billion in Monday's debt-equity deal
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The Information, Washington Post, Business Insider, Protocol, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @austin_rief, @lisaabramowicz1, @yespropf, @rafat, @modestproposal1, @coryweinberg, and @jessicalessin
| Charles Levinson / Protocol: |
CEO of gay dating app Scruff talks about avoiding partnerships with location data brokers due to privacy concerns and building an in-house analytics operation — A few years ago, a particular type of email began showing up in the inbox of Eric Silverberg, whose gay dating app, Scruff …
Tweets: @protocol, @demianbulwa, @levinsonc, and @wolfiechristl
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