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Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Twitter plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages as they ask their staff, including in Bay Area, to work from home — Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter all told Axios on Thursday night that they plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Oppo unveils Oppo Watch, its first smartwatch with 1.91-inch OLED screen, fitness tracking, music playback, available on March 24 in China for ~$215 — Out in China this month for $215 — As repeatedly teased by Oppo itself, Oppo is making a watch called the Oppo Watch, and today it got revealed in full.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Oppo unveils €1,199 Find X2 Pro with 5G, Snapdragon 865, 6.7-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz display, a 10x hybrid zoom camera, and 4,260mAh battery with 65W charging — Even though Oppo isn't as well-known in the US, chances are you might have come across one of its recent tech demos.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
An unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in last five years allows sophisticated attackers access to mask ROM of its chipsets and microprocessors — Converged Security and Management Engine flaw may jeopardize Intel's root of trust. — Virtually all Intel chips released …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Quibi will offer a free 90-day trial for users who sign up before it launches on April 6 with 50 shows and movies; Quibi will cost $4.99 with ads, $7.99 without — Longer than what Disney Plus current offers — Quibi is finally almost here, and in an effort to entice people …
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| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
Researchers: Virgin Media's exposed marketing database included 1,100+ records of customer requests to block or unblock websites with porn and extreme “gore” — Records linking accounts to gambling and pornography sites may have been accessed — More than 1,000 records linking …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Clearview AI's facial recognition app was used by the company's investors, clients, and friends to “test” its tech for over a year prior to public scrutiny — Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.
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| Steven Levy / OneZero : |
Profile of Whitfield Diffie, one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography, which ushered in digital signatures and now underlies the security of ecommerce — Longtime tech journalist Steven Levy's new book, Facebook: The Inside Story, details how Mark Zuckerberg transformed … | Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Beijing Kunlun Tech says it has agreed to sell gay dating app Grindr for about $608M to investor consortium San Vicente Acquisition — (Reuters) - Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd (300418.SZ) said on Friday that it has agreed to sell Grindr LLC, a popular gay dating app it acquired in 2016, for about $608.5 million.| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Sources: Waymo is now valued at more than $30B, after raising $2.25B this week — Windfall pushing Alphabet division above rivals comes at turning point for group — When outside investors lined up this week to pour $2.25bn into Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving technology division, it brought strong validation for a decade of work.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple is rejecting apps related to COVID-19 that do not originate from “recognized institutions” like governments or hospitals — - Apple is cracking down on apps related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that aren't from recognized institutions like governments or hospitals, iPhone developers say.
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| Chris Mellor / Blocks and Files: |
Nvidia acquires SwiftStack, a small AI-focused data storage and management platform it currently uses, for an undisclosed sum — Nvidia is buying SwiftStack, an object storage software company. Terms were undisclosed but the takeover looks like a white knight move by Nvidia.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Millions of users in India are struggling to make online transactions and use popular services, like PhonePe, after the central bank seized control of Yes Bank — Tens of millions of merchants and users in India are struggling to make online transactions and use several popular services … | Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Boston-based HaulHub, an “Uber for dump trucks” for the heavy construction industry, raises $30M Series B led by T. Rowe Price and Durable Capital Partners — HaulHub, a Boston-area startup focused on modernizing the heavy construction industry's approach to transportation management …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Arweave, which uses a blockchain to perpetually host sites and apps, raises $8.3M seed from a16z, USV, and Coinbase Ventures, four months after raising $5M — The Chinese government has been removing criticism of its coronavirus response from apps like Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter.
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Tweets: @ico_analytics, @emiliemc, @ariannasimpson, and @joshconstine
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Sonos says it is getting rid of its controversial recycle mode, which bricked its older devices, while continuing to offer a trade-in discount — Sonos has been under fire lately for the way it has handled a few decisions around its oldest products. Last fall, the company introduced a …
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The Verge, Android Police, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, AppleInsider, Yahoo Finance, Thurrott, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, The Next Web, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, and SlashGear
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
eBay bans new listings for hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and surgical masks, including N95 and N100 masks, in the US “effectively immediately” — - EBay issued a notice to sellers Thursday telling them it's banning all listings for N95 and N100 masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Dorsey's weak defense of his leadership at Twitter indicates corporate raiders might do a better job than him of pushing Twitter to improve — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey might not spend six months a year in Africa, claims the real product development is under the hood, and gives an excuse for deleting Vine before it could become TikTok.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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