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| The Verge: |
Apple and Google announce a joint effort to introduce iOS and Android APIs in mid-May for opt-in Bluetooth-based COVID-19 contact tracing — A huge step forward in the fight against COVID-19 — Apple and Google announced a system for tracking the spread of the new coronavirus …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A look at the limits of Bluetooth-based voluntary COVID-19 contact tracing, which faces adoption hurdles, potentially big numbers of false positive pings, more — False positives and rampant privacy issues suggest we need to make a new investment in hiring people| Moxie Marlinspike / @moxie: |
[Thread] Moxie Marlinspike explains how Apple and Google's contract tracing framework will work in practice — First look at Apple/Google contact tracing framework: 1) Once a day, your device derives a new key ("daily tracing key"). 2) It uses that to derive a new “proximity ID” every time your device's bluetooth address changes (15min), which is broadcast to nearby BT sensors. 1/10
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| Tom Maxwell / Input: |
IBM is releasing a free course and forum next week to teach COBOL programming language, as US states struggle to find programmers for old unemployment systems — Many systems that process unemployment claims still run on a 60-year-old programming language that barely any coders understand.
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| Justin Phillips / San Francisco Chronicle: |
SF mayor caps commissions for food delivery startups to 15% during the pandemic; startups say the cap will raise customer fees, hurt delivery people's income — As struggling San Francisco restaurants pin their hopes of staying open on delivery and takeout orders, city officials have stepped …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Research tracking tech startup layoffs across the world since March 11 finds 204 startups have laid off 16,229 employees, nearly doubling between April 2-8 — On Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department reported some staggering figures: the number of unemployment claims filed between March 15-April 4 surged to 16.8 million.
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| New York Times: |
Experts say social distancing directives, likely to continue in some form after the COVID-19 crisis, could prompt various industries to accelerate automation — Broad unease about losing jobs to machines could dissipate as people focus on the benefits of minimizing close human contact.
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: |
Instacart is paying workers about the same to do 2-3 orders at a time as it does for one order as demand rises during the pandemic, interviews and receipts show — Dina W. did her last job for Instacart on March 20. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Dina could easily avoid doing …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google says it will make changes to search results over the coming week to make it easier for users to find virtual health care options — The changes are rolling out over the coming week — Google is making changes to search results to make it easier for people to find virtual health care options …
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| Canalys: |
Canalys: global PC shipments in Q1 declined 8% YoY to 53.7M units because of supply chain issues caused by COVID-19, despite surging demand due to remote work — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Friday, 10 April 2020
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Strip club dancers and promoters are hosting virtual pop-up strip clubs on Instagram Live, accepting tips via Cash app and promoting the events on Twitter — Going digital may be better for dancers. — For the past three weeks, Justin LaBoy, 28, a former professional basketball player …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a site for COVID-19 testing providers to submit info on their testing locations, which, once reviewed, will be displayed on Apple Maps — Continuing Apple's efforts in helping fight the coronavirus, Apple Maps will soon display testing sites directly on the map.
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