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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Apple says COVID-19 contact tracing apps can include duration of proximity when deciding what is a proximity event, potentially limiting false positive pings — Adoption is the hard part of contact tracing apps so far — but if it's baked into the operating system, it gets a lot easier
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| Ross Anderson / Light Blue Touchpaper: |
A list of issues that make contact tracing an impractical solution in the real world, from trolling others to cheating to insufficient adoption — There have recently been several proposals for pseudonymous contact tracing, including from Apple and Google.
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
NHSX will test an app for users to send a “yellow alert” if they self-diagnose with COVID-19 symptoms and a “red alert” if they test positive to recent contacts — The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity …
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| The Guardian: |
Leaked docs reveal the extent of UK's cooperation with Faculty and Palantir on a “Covid-19 datastore” to power the previously announced NHS pandemic dashboard — Technology firms are processing large volumes of confidential UK patient information in a data-mining operation …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning an iPad Pro-like design with flat edges and a smaller notch for iPhones, a smaller, cheaper HomePod, and Apple Tags for the fall — - iPhone's fall refresh to add 5G on as many as four new models — Smaller HomePod speaker, location tags for keys in development
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| Ben Smith / New York Times: |
Sources: after handing over to the new CEO, Bob Iger effectively returned to run Disney in March, as the pandemic decimated its most profitable businesses — The former C.E.O. thought he was riding into the sunset. Now he's reasserting control and reimagining Disney as a company with fewer employees and more thermometers.| AFP: |
SoftBank forecasts a $7B net loss for the year ending in March, due to coronavirus and losses related to WeWork, and expects an operating loss of $12.5B — Struggling Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group on Monday forecast a $7-billion net loss for the year ended March due to the negative impact …
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| Bloomberg: |
Oyo's founder borrowed $2B to buy Oyo shares as its valuation soared, with loans personally guaranteed by Masayoshi Son, leading to a messy ordeal amid pandemic — - India startup puts thousands of workers on indefinite furlough — Oyo founder borrowed money to buy more of his company's shares| Garrett Bridges / Android Police: |
Instagram has now added support for watching Live streams on the web for some users — Instagram Live has become one of the largest platforms for personal streaming, but broadcasts were only viewable from the mobile app, which can be a drag for longer streams.
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| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Amazon says it will put new online grocery delivery customers on a waitlist and prioritize existing customers amid surging demand — (Reuters) - Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders … | Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
PayPal and Intuit say they have been approved by the Small Business Administration to distribute funds from its $350B emergency lending program — - PayPal and Intuit are among the first non-bank, fintech companies to be approved for the Small Business Association's emergency lending program.
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| New York Times: |
Cam girl sites report a 37% to 69% rise in new model sign-ups over 2019 as stay-at-home orders around the world cause a spike in traffic — The online sex industry is surging during the coronavirus pandemic. For performers, though, what's good for business isn't necessarily good for them.
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