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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will not host an in-person I/O event this year, due to coronavirus fears, and will instead offer a series of online events — Following a string of other tech cancellations in recent days, Google just announced that it will not host an in-person I/O 2020 over coronavirus concerns.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Facebook and Twitter pull out of the SXSW conference citing COVID-19 concerns; event organizers say the conference is proceeding as planned — Twitter pulled out earlier today — Facebook has pulled out of the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, TX, according to a company statement given to Business Insider.
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
Twitter says it strongly encourages its 4,800+ employees to work from home to avoid spreading coronavirus, the first major US company to do so — Twitter on Monday became the first major U.S. corporation to strongly encourage its employees to work from home to avoid spreading coronavirus.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Citing coronavirus concerns, Apple restricts employee travel to Italy and South Korea, following its similar restrictions for China — - Company sends memo to employees about Covid-19 response — Sick employees told to take leave; virtual meetings encouraged
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is working on six products with mini-LED tech including an iMac Pro refresh for Q4'20, a 7.9" iPad mini coming in 2020, and a 14.1" MacBook Pro — Apple has six mini-LED products in the works that are set to debut in 2020 and 2021, and production is not expected to be delayed by the coronavirus … | Alex Heath / The Information: |
Sources: Facebook plans to initially use digital versions of government-backed currencies for its Calibra wallet, debut Libra token at a later date — Recent Popular Stories — When Lucy Guo pitched Andreessen Horowitz in 2016 on an early funding round for her company …
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Robinhood again suffered a “major outage” on Tuesday, after saying issues were resolved on Monday, and will reach out to users about compensation “case by case” — - Robinhood saw a second day of glitches that kept clients from trading as markets rebounded.
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| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
Let's Encrypt discovers a bug in its Certification Authority Authorization code, meaning affected users need to manually force-renew certs to avoid downtime — Let's Encrypt users will need to manually force-renew once to avoid downtime. — On Leap Day, Let's Encrypt announced …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
WhatsApp says a dark mode will become available for iOS and Android users today, after months of testing, on by default for users with system dark mode enabled — Facebook finally says hello to darkness — WhatsApp is finally getting a new dark mode on iOS and Android today.| Bloomberg: |
iPhone maker Foxconn says it expects its Chinese plants to begin operating normally by the end of March, after the disruption caused by the coronavirus — - Hon Hai says its facilities are at 50% seasonal capacity — The epidemic has disrupted Apple's finely tuned supply chain| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Amazon says it will speed up same-day delivery for Prime members in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas thanks to newly built smaller warehouses — Amazon today unveiled its latest initiative to speed up delivery times on millions of items for its growing cadre of Prime members.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Honeywell says it will launch a quantum computer within three months with a quantum volume of at least 64, making it the world's most powerful quantum computer — Under Honeywell's quantum plans, customers will connect directly to systems housed by the company.| Rani Molla / Vox: |
Brookings study: only 10 US cities have grown their share of tech jobs since 2010, resulting in less diversity for companies and no economic windfall elsewhere — Austin is one the few cities to see substantial growth in its share of tech workers. Rick Kern/WireImage — Where tech jobs go, so does wealth.| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Prescription drug companies are ramping up Facebook ads, often accessing user data via loopholes, with the sector's mobile spend roughly tripling in two years — Pharmaceutical companies are ramping up their spending on social media, triggering some patient advocate concerns about privacy| Andrew Marantz / New Yorker: |
Interviews with dozens of people shed light on how Brad Parscale, a political newcomer, leveraged Facebook and its ad platform to help Trump win in 2016 — Brad Parscale used social media to sway the 2016 election. He's poised to do it again. — In September, at a resort hotel in the Coachella Valley …
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| Adrian Chen / New York Times: |
Profile of Hideo Kojima, a legend like few others in the gaming industry, as he looks past Metal Gear Solid with Death Stranding — He's an auteur whose bizarre creations — the Metal Gear Solid series and, most recently, Death Stranding — have become huge blockbusters. Why do gamers find them so captivating?| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Mac Pro 2019 review: beautiful design, very quiet, but most apps don't push performance limits, expansion slots still can't use Nvidia GPUs, and it's pricey — Apple's back in the pro game, but can it keep up? — Reviewing the new Mac Pro has been an interesting challenge.| Joann Muller / Axios: |
Bolt, a Miami Beach-based electric scooter startup co-founded by Usain Bolt, closes $30M Series A at a $100M valuation led by Rokk3r Fuel ExO — Bolt Mobility, a Miami Beach-based electric scooter company co-founded by Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt, announced Tuesday that it closed a Series A funding round …
Tweets: @rmac18 and @coryweinberg
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Physical security startup Deep Sentinel, which uses cameras and AI to prevent break-ins, extends its Series A to $24M and launches Deep Sentinel for Business — Deep Sentinel, a physical security startup that leverages cameras, AI, and around-the-clock monitoring to prevent break-ins … Thanks:@heyunjeong
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Talespin, which uses VR/AR to develop enterprise training tools, raises $15M Series B led by Cornerstone OnDemand, bringing its total raised to $20M — Talespin made itself famous for a virtual reality demo where managers learn how to fire a hapless worker named Barry.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Eden buys Managed by Q, a workplace management competitor, from WeWork for $25M cash, after WeWork bought Q for $220M last year — Managed by Q co-founder Dan Teran had a plan. After selling his office management company to WeWork last year for tidy $220 million … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
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