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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Zuckerberg: Facebook could get to about half of staff working remotely permanently in 5-10 years and will be the “most forward-leaning company on remote work” — In January, as reports about the spread of a novel coronavirus emerged from China, Mark Zuckerberg began to prepare for a potential pandemic.
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| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook says it will let many of its 50,000 employees work from home permanently, “aggressively” open up remote hiring, first in the USA, then elsewhere — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the social media giant will start allowing many of its 50,000 employees …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Internal memo: Magic Leap has raised $350M from new and existing investors and is withdrawing notices laying off remaining employees — Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz told employees Thursday his struggling augmented reality firm had raised $350 million from existing and new investors.
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Netflix says it will ask customers who have been inactive for a year or more if they want to keep their subscriptions, canceling accounts that take no action — - Netflix will start asking customers who haven't used its platform in the past year if they want to keep their subscriptions.
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| Steven Melendez / Fast Company: |
Report: the official COVID-19 contact tracing app for North Dakota is sharing location data with Foursquare and an advertising ID with Google — The official COVID-19 contact tracing app for the state of North Dakota, designed to detect whether people have potentially been exposed to the coronavirus …
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| Yujie Xue / South China Morning Post: |
Report: Chinese investors in US tech companies closed 11 deals worth $400M in Q1, down from 18 deals worth $1.8B in Q1 2019, as China looks to EU for investment — There were 11 deals for Chinese investments into US tech companies in the first quarter, compared to 18 in the same period …
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| David Jagneaux / UploadVR: |
Facebook says its $1,000 enterprise-edition Oculus Quest, which sells as part of the Oculus for Business platform, is now available for companies to purchase — Today Facebook announced that its enterprise-edition Oculus Quest that sells for $1,000 as part of its Oculus for Business platform …
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| Candy Cheng / Bloomberg: |
Shopify says it will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely — - Canadian e-commerce company switching to ‘digital by default’ — Offices will be closed until end of year and redesigned — Shopify Inc. will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is seeking an executive to lead its original podcasts effort and is acquiring podcasts that would tie into shows on its TV+ service — - Company is seeking executive to lead development of new shows — Apple faces threat from Spotify's growing podcast ambitions
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
KKR to invest $1.5B in Reliance Jio for a 2.32% stake; this is Reliance Jio's fifth major raise in just as many weeks — Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms has agreed to sell 2.32% stake to U.S. equity firm KKR in what is the fifth major investment in the top Indian telecom firm in just as many weeks.| BBC: |
Court in Netherlands rules that, under GDPR, a woman must delete photos of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook without their parents' permission — A woman must delete photographs of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook and Pinterest without their parents' permission, a court in the Netherlands has ruled.
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Deel, a payroll service for remote workers, raises $14M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — - Deel, a payroll platform for remote workers, has secured a $14 million series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, sources told CNBC exclusively. As part of the investment … | Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Twitter's plan to let users restrict tweet replies may curb some harassment, but will allow some users to shut down criticism and will reduce random engagement — This could make the platform less toxic — and less magical — The Twitter “reply guy” — a user, usually male …
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Firstpost Tech and GameSpot
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| Sara Harrison / The Markup: |
A look at the accuracy of commercial fitness trackers, as studies show factors like having darker skin or shuffling when walking can throw off sensors — In a 2019 study, 18 senior citizens took a stroll on some treadmills while armed to the hilt with fitness trackers.
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @themarkup, and @davezatz
| Sarah Holder / CityLab: |
Nextdoor is building close ties with local law enforcement and public officials in the US, worrying some civil rights advocates — The hyper-local social media platform Nextdoor is winning over local law enforcement and other government officials in the U.S., alarming civil rights advocates.| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Gen Z TikTok stars have embraced the rise of “collab houses” in Los Angeles, where young social media personalities chasing influence live and work together — Gen Z influencers are settling into life in a shuttered Los Angeles. — When Gianluca Conte, 20 …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces new features for Workplace, including a drop-in video call feature that mirrors Rooms, enhanced tools for Portal, and more — One of the biggest technology takeaways of the last couple of months has been that organizations need confident, wide-ranging digital strategies to stay afloat …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Court rules that turning on a phone to view its lockscreen without unlocking it qualifies as searching the phone and thus would generally need a warrant — Location data requires a warrant since 2018; lock screen may now, too. — Smartphones are a rich data trove not only for marketers but also for law enforcement.
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