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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
| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Many US government and banking systems still use a 60-year-old COBOL, which makes it hard to find programmers to fix the systems when they break under pressure — Retired engineers are coming to the rescue — ver the weekend, New Jersey governor, Phil Murphy, made an unusual public plea during …
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| 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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| 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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| 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: @nicoemoe, @32bjseiu, @californialabor, and @legalaidnyc
| Will Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
The pandemic has companies like Netflix and Equinix expediting network and server upgrades, driving the biggest expansion of internet infrastructure in years — Far from breaking it, the surge in usage the internet is seeing right now is driving a major upgrade.| 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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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Sources: Microsoft won't be delivering its Windows 10X-powered Surface Neo dual-screen devices this year, nor will it ship Windows 10X to third-party OEMs — Microsoft is shifting its Windows focus to reflect the new world where virtualization and single-screen devices are more of a priority than brand-new form factors.
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The Verge, Digital Trends, CNBC, Neowin, Softpedia News, Petri, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @maryjofoley, and @mcwm
| 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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MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and iMore. Tweets: @caseynewton
| 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, Android Authority, TalkAndroid.com, SlashGear, ExtremeTech, Android Police, and Forbes
Tweets: @geoffblaber, @anandtech, @rdrv3, @anshelsag, @extremetech, @patrickmoorhead, and @bgos10. Thanks:@iancutress
| 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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Tweets: @anildash and @andreasgal
| 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.| 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
| 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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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
CloudKitchens blames rogue staffer for “Internet Food Court” PR campaign, after it created an impression that Kalanick was launching it during COVID-19 crisis — The Hollywood kitchen facility seemed perfect for the coronavirus crisis — but then suddenly vanished from the internet
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @daveleeft, @therideshareguy, @sindap, @financialtimes, @tim, @mattgarrahan, @thekenyeung, @daveleeft, and @martinsfp
| Craig S. Smith / New York Times: |
An overview of how machine learning is being used in sports to assess athletic talent, detect and predict injuries, improve the betting odds, and more — The pattern-recognizing power of machine learning is affecting players, teams, sports medicine and even betting.| 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, The Overspill, infosecurity-magazine.com, Dark Reading, Decipher, SC Media, SiliconANGLE, Wired, ZDNet, Threatpost, TechRepublic, SecurityWeek, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @r00tbsd, @security_craig, and @_vventura
| Katie Robertson / New York Times: |
Some AI-enabled streaming cameras are using machine learning to help pet owners detect unusual behavior in their pets, alerting them if the behavior is abnormal — New technology in streaming cameras can flag unusual behavior or suggest why the dog might be barking.
Tweets: @nytimestech
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