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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Zoom is acquiring Keybase, a 25-person startup, to add end-to-end encryption to video calls, the first acquisition in the company's nine-year history — - Zoom is acquiring Keybase, a 25-person start-up in New York, to add end-to-end encryption to video calls.
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| Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: |
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs says it will no longer pursue its smart city project at Quayside in Toronto due to “unprecedented economic uncertainty” — Sidewalk Labs has announced it will no longer pursue its project at Quayside in Toronto. The company noted the decision was due to the current … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
A Facebook SDK crash caused iOS apps like TikTok and Venmo to crash on Wednesday, showing the need for Apple to sandbox third-party SDKs from an app's own code — Facebook's near-ubiquitous SDK broke yesterday, taking major mobile apps with it — Sometime around 6:30PM ET on May 6th …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google brings all of its messaging and communication apps under a single team to be led by Javier Soltero, who is VP and GM of G Suite — Integration isn't on the roadmap, but coherency may be — In October of last year, Google hired Javier Soltero to be the VP and GM of G Suite …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google updates its Lens app for iOS and Android to let users copy and paste some handwritten text to Chrome, read text aloud, and provide information on words — If you handwriting is neat enough — Google has added a very useful feature to Google Lens, its multipurpose object recognition tool.
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| BuzzFeed News: |
In filing, Clearview AI says it is canceling client accounts not associated with law enforcement or other government entity, amid mounting scrutiny — Clearview AI — the controversial face-tracking company known for scraping more than 3 billion photos from social media sites including Facebook … | Babu Mohan / Android Central: |
Samsung says it will launch a debit card in partnership with fintech startup SoFi, this summer — Samsung Pay will help you do more with your money this year. — Source: Android Central — What you need to know — To elevate the Samsung Pay experience, Samsung is partnering with SoFi to launch an “innovative” debit card.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google expands Read Along, its Android app that uses AI to help children read via verbal and visual feedback in nine languages, from India to 180+ countries — Google today launched Read Along, an Android app that taps AI and machine learning to help children learn to read by providing verbal and visual feedback.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook will begin to open most of its offices on July 6 but says most employees will be given the choice to continue to work from home through the end of 2020 — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday will announce that most of the company's employees will be given the choice to continue …
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The Verge and Business Insider
Tweets: @caseynewton, @chloemeyere, @stevetex, @reybango, @trinadelasuerte, and @hshaban. Thanks:@sal19
| Frank X. Shaw / Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft communications VP, Frank Shaw, says Amazon has filed another protest against Microsoft's JEDI deal, this time out of public view, directly with DoD — Many years ago when I was on active duty as a Marine officer in the 1980s, I went through cold weather training carrying …
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Tweets: @fxshaw, @nickwingfield, and @jamesbromley
| Owen Churchill / South China Morning Post: |
Citizen Lab: WeChat screens overseas users for sensitive content, which it then bars from being viewed by Chinese accounts — Research group Citizen Lab finds WeChat screens overseas users for sensitive content, which it then bars from being received by Chinese accounts Findings are likely …
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch review: nice display, lovely keyboard, and great performance, but models with 10th-gen Intel CPUs are pricey and it can get hot — I had a feeling I'd be reviewing a new 13-inch MacBook Pro sooner rather than later. When Apple refreshed the MacBook Air back in March …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber leads a $170M investment in Lime, with Bain Capital Ventures, Alphabet, and GV participating, and will transfer its Jump scooter division to Lime — - Uber is leading a $170 million investment round in Lime, the companies announced Thursday. — Uber will transfer its own electric bike …
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li.me, The Information, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Axios, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, Protocol, Observer, and The Verge
Tweets: @ow, @g_rapier, @stevekovach, and @andyjayhawk
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
NewsGuard report: Twitter is failing to clamp down on COVID-19 misinformation “superspreaders”, including some verified accounts with over 100,000 followers — Posts from high-profile accounts found to be promoting questionable virus therapies and cures| Charlie Wood / Business Insider: |
Sonos cofounder calls out Spotify CEO's criticism of Apple, says it's “significantly more difficult to work within Spotify's ‘closed’ ecosystem than Apple's” — - The cofounder of smart speaker firm Sonos called out Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for his remarks on Apple's closed ecosystem.| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Uber reports Q1 revenue of $3.54B, up 14% YoY, gross bookings of $15.8B, up 8%, net loss of $2.9B; rides gross bookings fell 5%, Eats bookings were up 52% YoY — - Ride-hailing giant Uber reports first-quarter results Thursday after the bell. — This week, Uber laid off about 14% …
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TechCrunch, Protocol, TechCrunch, ZDNet, CNET, Uber, The Verge, Quartz, Business Insider, Associated Press, PYMNTS.com, TheStreet, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @litcapital, @studtrader_ag, and @stevekovach
| Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
Smart home company Wink to require users pay a $4.99 monthly subscription fee starting May 13, or device automations and accessibility via app will be disabled — Smart home company Wink has made a surprising and heavily criticized announcement: it will soon charge a monthly subscription fee.
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Wink Blog, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Android Police, Engadget, 9to5Toys, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, TechHive, Android Central, and ExtremeTech
Tweets: @rgriff, @trixtur, @nick_stevens_gr, @sivavaid, @markbach, and @annemariebridy. Thanks:@c_davies
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Zoox, which has raised $1B, is in talks with automakers about a potential deal or financing, as the self-driving car startup contemplates a sale — Zoox, one of the most ambitious self-driving car developers that was valued at $2.7 billion in 2018, is contemplating a sale.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Square launches Online Checkout to let sellers accept card payments without having to build an entire online store — Square is introducing a new payment tool designed for small businesses looking to rapidly transition to ecommerce. — With billions of people around the world forced …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Zoom reaches agreement with NY AG over security concerns; Zoom agrees to maintain security protocols, including protections for students, admits no wrongdoing — - Zoom reached an agreement with the New York Attorney General Letitia James' office Thursday, closing the state's inquiry …
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NY State Attorney General, The Verge, Spectrum News NY1, Axios, Zoom Blog, and Digital Education
Tweets: @jackposobiec and @raheemkassam
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
AMD launches Ryzen Pro 4000 series of mobile business processors, with better security features and improvements to battery life and performance — AMD promises new security features and big performance gains — AMD has announced its Ryzen Pro 4000 series of mobile business processors.
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Lenovo StoryHub, PCWorld, Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, SiliconANGLE, and Windows Central
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Lyft says it now requires drivers and riders to confirm they are free of COVID-19 symptoms and to wear face masks or coverings during rides — Lyft today announced a new health initiative that will require drivers and riders to wear face masks or coverings during rides.| New York Times: |
Israeli security company says hackers linked to the Chinese military have used Aria-body, a cyberattack tool, on governments and firms in Australia and SE Asia — An Israeli security company said the hacking software, called Aria-body, had been deployed against governments and state-owned companies in Australia and Southeast Asia.
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Check Point Research, CyberScoop, Forbes, Threatpost, TechRepublic, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @jessmarindavis, @damiencave, @crowedm, @checkpointsw, @780thc, and @jacknorton8064
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Roku posts revenue of $320.8M for Q1, up 55% YoY, and a net loss of $54.6M, warns that ad revenue growth will slow this year; stock down 9%+ after hours — Roku's first-quarter revenue beat Wall Street estimates as COVID-19 quarantines have resulted in a massive streaming surge for the company.| Apple: |
Apple awards $10M from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a leader in COVID-19 sample collection kit production — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced it is awarding $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a market leader …
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Fox Business, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, Neowin, TechCrunch, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @tim_cook, @andrewwhiteau, @copanusa, @zacharyparadis, @jcieplinski, and @susanlitv
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Groove, which provides customer service software for SMBs, raises $12M Series A led by Level Equity — Sales engagement solutions provider Groove today announced that it raised $12 million, which CEO Chris Rothstein says will be used to expand awareness and acceleration adoption of the company's platform.
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