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Jack Dorsey tells Twitter staff they can work from home indefinitely even after the pandemic passes; policy won't apply to some jobs requiring physical presence — Some Twitter employees will never return to their office. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook will pay $52M in a settlement covering 11,250 content moderators as compensation for mental health issues developed on the job — Current and former moderators will all be paid a minimum of $1,000 — In a landmark acknowledgment of the toll that content moderation takes on its workforce …
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| CNBC: |
Sources: Uber has been in off and on talks for a year to acquire Grubhub, but the parties remain at odds about price; Grubhub's stock closed up 29.07% today — - Uber has made an offer to buy food delivery company Grubhub, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC Tuesday.
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Instagram adds bulk comment deletion and control for who can mention or tag you on iOS, to help fight bullying; the ability to pin comments is being tested — Instagram is rolling out some changes today to keep the platform a more positive place for users.
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| Robert Stevens / Decrypt: |
Chat app Telegram says it's abandoning its TON blockchain project, after the SEC challenged the legality of its $1.7B ICO and delayed the network's launch — Telegram, the operator of the 400 million-strong messenger app, today announced that it has given up on its upcoming blockchain network …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Profile and behind-the-scenes story of Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins, who helped stop the WannaCry attack and pled guilty to selling the Kronos banking malware — At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to return employees to offices sooner than rival tech companies, with staff coming back in phases — - Company to start letting more workers return to major offices — Google, Facebook will allow remote work through end of 2020 — Apple Inc. plans …
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Tweets: @alistairmbarr, @patrickmoorhead, @markgurman, @markgurman, @thekenyeung, and @benbajarin
| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
Hackers say they have breached a law firm used by Lady Gaga, Drake, and others, obtaining 756GB of data, including contracts; firm confirms an attack occurred — A law firm used by A-list stars including Rod Stewart, Lil Nas X and Robert De Niro has been hacked.
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: JPMorgan Chase has extended banking services to two bitcoin exchanges, Coinbase and Gemini Trust, the first time it has accepted crypto clients — JPMorgan Chase has taken on two well-known bitcoin exchanges, Coinbase and Gemini Trust, as banking customers, say people familiar with the matter …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: Facebook is quietly helping to launch American Edge, a political advocacy group in DC, to battle regulators who want to rein in the tech industry — The organization, called American Edge, arrives at a time when the industry is facing withering antitrust scrutiny in Washington.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Slice, an online ordering platform for small pizzerias, raises $43M Series C in round led by KKR as the company sees increased demand due to COVID-19 — Slice, an online ordering platform designed to help small pizzerias compete with large chains, has raised $43 million in a series C round of funding led by KKR.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook says it took action on 9.6M pieces of hate speech content in Q1, up by 3.9M, and AI now proactively detects 88.8% of it, up from 80.2% last quarter — Facebook sheds light on its new AI-powered moderation — Facebook on Monday released a new report detailing how it uses a combination …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's contact tracing app, which is mandatory to travel on railways, surpasses 100M unique users 41 days after launch — New Delhi's contact-tracing app, called Aarogya Setu, has reached 100 million users in 41 days since its release. A representative at think-tank NITI Aayog told TechCrunch …
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Tweets: @prasanto, @jackerhack, @zafaraafaq, @nicdawes, @prateekwaghre, and @pranavdixit
| Joann Muller / Axios: |
Waymo says it's raised another ~$750M, expanding the size of its first external investment round to $3B — Waymo said Tuesday that it has raised another roughly $750 million for its self-driving technology, expanding the size of its first external investment round to $3 billion.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Adobe data: US e-commerce sales rose 49% in April compared to early March, led by online grocery, up 110%; electronic sales rose 58% and book sales have doubled — Online retailers are seeing Black Friday-like sales due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Huawei's P30 Pro, its flagship from before the 2019 US restrictions, gets rereleased at a discounted price and still offers Google's apps and services — Super Huawei P30 Pro Turbo HD remix — Huawei is rereleasing its flagship phone from last year as the P30 Pro “New Edition.”
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Democrats introduce bills in House and Senate making it illegal for telcos to shut off internet service during pandemic, a step beyond FCC's voluntary pledge — Democrats also pitch $50 monthly discounts with low-income broadband fund. — A proposed US law would make it illegal …
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| Josh Horwitz / Reuters: |
Smartphone shipments in China rose 17% YoY in April according to government data, suggesting a potential return to normalcy for the consumer hardware market — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Smartphone shipments from China's factories to vendors rose 17% in April compared to the same month a year ago …
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
Amazon is being asked by AGs from 13 states to provide information on “inadequate” safety measures, sick leave policies, death rates, and more — Amazon.com Inc. is being asked by several U.S. states to provide information about health and safety measures following the death …
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Tweets: @athenaforall, @amazonworkersla, @agowa, @massago, @terrigerstein, and @saraashleyo
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn adds polls and live video-based events tools, which let users create and broadcast video events, to encourage engagement — With a large part of the working world doing jobs from home when possible these days, the focus right now is on how best to recreate the atmosphere of an office virtually …
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Official LinkedIn Blog, Socialive Support Center, Social Media Today, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, and YouTube
Tweets: @chrismessina, @jangles, and @jr91ryan
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
The 2016 hit Pokémon Go saw revenue decline in 2017 but returned to growth in 2018 and had its best year in 2019, now with $3B+ in est. lifetime gross revenue — ‘Pokémon Go’ maker crafts plan to become the go-to provider of augmented reality tech
Tweets: @aaronvalue, @ftreports, @nianticlabs, @objective, @ballmatthew, @dan_rowinski, and @msquinn
| Apple: |
Apple unveils an update to Logic Pro X with Live Loops, a redesigned sampling workflow, and new beat-making tools — New Creative Tools for Electronic Music Production Make Logic Pro X 10.5 a Breakthrough Release for Musicians and Producers — Cupertino, California …
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| New York Times: |
With large overheads, little revenue, and the need for more on-road testing, self-driving car companies face delays and layoffs during the pandemic — Perfecting the technology has taken longer than expected. The coronavirus pandemic has made it even more difficult.
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