Techmeme: The tech industry, with an eye towards improving its reputation, is quickly pivoting to offer remedies to the pandemic crisis (Shelly Banjo/Bloomberg)

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Music on the web exits beta and is available to all subscribers worldwide — Last September, Apple launched a web-based Apple Music experience, offering users a similar experience to the Mac version of the Music app with “For You,” “Browse,” and “Radio” sections, along with playlists, recommendations and more.

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Tweets: @kevinlozandier and @aplusplus

Tomislav Maljic / ReversingLabs Blog:

Researchers discovered 725 Ruby libraries on the official RubyGems repository contained malware intended to copy users' clipboards, targeting bitcoin payments — Typosquatting barrage on RubyGems software repository users — Tomislav Maljic, Threat Analyst at ReversingLabs. ,

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Maggie Miller / The Hill:

FBI says it is receiving ~3,000-4,000 cybersecurity complaints per day during the pandemic, up from ~1,000 complaints it was receiving daily before the outbreak — The FBI has seen a spike in cyber crimes reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic …

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Tweets: @spy_stations, @shanvav, @velvetblade, and @aspeninstitute

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix is releasing ten documentary films and series on YouTube for free for use by teachers, accompanied by study guides and Q&As with creators — Netflix has unlocked a selection of educational documentary films and series — available now for free on YouTube — saying it's a way to help teachers during the COVID-19 quarantine.

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Tweets: @burknphs, @historysandoval, @docfilmmakerssa, @wwf_africa, @kyl33t, @lewiep, and @xpangler

Reuters:

Sources: Amazon has started replacing thermometers with thermal cameras at its US warehouses to speed up screening for workers with fevers — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters.

Tweets: @sushubh, @__anoop, and @frankeliason

Owen Hughes / TechRepublic:

Sales of Raspberry Pi's single-board computers hit 640K in March, its second biggest month ever, as Pi evolves from hobbyist toy to general purpose computer — From ending battles over the only PC in the house to supporting 3D printing and ventilator projects, the tiny single-board computer is suddenly in great demand.

Tweets: @raspberry_pi and @ihnatko. Thanks:@steveranger

Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg:

The tech industry, with an eye towards improving its reputation, is quickly pivoting to offer remedies to the pandemic crisis — Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was called to a higher purpose.

Tweets: @neweconforum, @sbanjo, @jessefelder, and @sbanjo

David Shepardson / Reuters:

In a setback to Amazon, a federal judge put its JEDI cloud contract lawsuit on hold, following a DOD report failing to establish White House interference — A U.S. judge on Friday put on hold a suit by Amazon.com Inc challenging the Pentagon's decision to award a $10 billion contract to Microsoft Corp.

More: Wall Street Journal and Seeking Alpha

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:

Interview with and profile of Xu Lei, CEO of JD Retail who is viewed as heir apparent to JD.com, as founder and CEO Richard Liu retreats from the spotlight — - Richard Liu is grooming lieutenant Xu Lei for key roles — The sales and marketing expert shares his thoughts on JD 2.0

Tweets: @pingroma, @pingroma, @business, and @pingroma

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Google says it is now displaying information for over 2,000 COVID-19 testing centers across 43 US states in search results for terms related to the disease — It will list more than 2,000 COVID-19 testing centers across 43 states — Google searches for terms related to COVID-19 …

More: 9to5Google, Google Maps Help, and CNET. Tweets: @jaypeters

Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg:

Shopify CTO says the platform is “now handling Black Friday level traffic every day”; Shopify stock gained 50% in the last 7 days, adding $23B in market value — Shopify Inc. shares are on track for a record high after an executive said the e-commerce company was experiencing traffic similar …

More: Input, Decrypt, and TheStreet

Tweets: @jmwind, @nateberkopec, @aaronmcdnz, @jowyang, @benjsto, @scottkessler, @firstadopter, and @carnage4life

The Atlantic:

Trump's campaign is poised to replicate its 2016 success on Facebook, exploiting how FB's AI ad tools automatically distribute ad spend and target audiences — Look at a thousand of the millions of Facebook ads Donald Trump has run, and it's hard to believe that they represent a winning strategy.

Tweets: @therealquags, @brianweeden, @antoniogm, @larryrosenthal, @venkatananth, @signaljams, @pernillet, @robhorning, @zagrrl, @ibogost, @moonalice, @whotargetsme, @justinhendrix, and @kevinroose

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