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Google recommends all North American employees work remotely until at least April 10 — - Google has advised all of its employees in North America to work remotely in response to coronavirus concerns, the company confirmed to Business Insider. — Google had previously instructed workers …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iOS 14 code reveals upcoming Apple hardware refreshes to the new iPad Pro, iPhone 9, AirTags, and a new Apple TV remote — Leaked iOS 14 code obtained by 9to5Mac corroborates many details about what to expect from Apple's upcoming hardware refreshes, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone 9, and AirTags.
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Source: Google plans to launch a 2nd-gen Chromecast Ultra dongle later this year, based on Android TV, with 4K HDR support and a standalone remote — According to a reliable source familiar with the company's plans, Google is planning to launch a second-generation Chromecast Ultra this year based on Android TV.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it worked with partners in 35 countries to take down the Necurs botnet, one of the largest known to date, infecting 9M+ computers worldwide — Microsoft and partners in 35 countries move to bring down Necurs, today's largest malware botnet. — Microsoft announced today … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
The deal to keep Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO has difficult goals to reach: 20% growth in 2020 for DAUs that can see ads, accelerated revenue growth, and more — A deal with activist investor Elliott Management preserves Dorsey's job. But it gives him—and Twitter—tough targets to meet this year.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
A look at EARN IT Act, a bipartisan bill to make firms earn Section 230 protections by meeting standards that reduce child exploitation but weaken data privacy — Backers of the EARN IT Act focus on protecting children from being exploited, but security experts say the bill actually chips away at your encrypted messages.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers: Intel CPUs vulnerable to new “LVI” attacks, which let attackers inject and execute code inside the CPU, theoretically even from a site's JavaScript — Researchers say Intel processors will need another round of silicon chip re-designs to protect against new attack.
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| Bloomberg: |
Two Exabeam employees tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the RSA conference in San Francisco; one is now in a medically induced coma — - Connecticut resident showed symptoms after leaving conference — RSA conference is annual cybersecurity event in San Francisco
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Early look at Amazon's Graviton2 Arm chip, expected to be publicly available in a few months, suggests better performance per dollar on EC2 than Intel chips — It's been a year and a half since Amazon released their first-generation Graviton Arm-based processor core, publicly available in AWS EC2 as the so-called ‘A1’ instances.| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Trump admin announces new rules allowing patients to use apps of their choice to retrieve healthcare data; some groups criticize lack of data safeguards — New federal data-sharing requirements will enable people to use consumer apps to retrieve their medical information directly from their doctors.
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Researchers find anonymous social media app Whisper left hundreds of millions of intimate user messages, tied to personal details like location, exposed online — Hundreds of millions of users' intimate messages, tied to their locations, were publicly viewable until after the company was contacted by The Washington Post.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Report: 83% of internet-connected medical imaging devices run on outdated operating systems, up 56% since 2018 due to the end of Windows 7 support in Jan. — Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 security division said medical equipment is outdated and vulnerable to hacker attacks and health care organizations …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter rewrites Developer Policy to better support academic research, clarifying rules around data usage, the use of “good” bots, and more — Twitter today updated its Developer Policy to clarify rules around data usage, including in academic research, as well as its position on bots, among other things.| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
As COVID-19 spreads, online travel sites face challenges as bookings slump; Airbnb launches “More Flexible Reservations” to refund guests more easily — Online travel sites, including Booking.com and Airbnb, are facing a world of hurt as people all but stop taking trips.| Manuel Vonau / Android Police: |
Video of an alleged Pixel 4a reveals hole-punch front camera, 3.5mm jack, 60Hz 5.8" display with 443 PPI pixel density, Snapdragon 730, 6GB RAM, 3080mAh battery — Remember when a few pre-production Pixel 4 units fell off a truck last year and were extensively reviewed long before the official release of the phone?
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
VMware, a company once seemingly threatened by container technology, overhauls its portfolio of vSphere products to include native support of Kubernetes — Hailing it as its most significant update to its vSphere virtualization manager in a decade, VMware Inc. today is overhauling its portfolio … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Overview of new policies announced by Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates to help gig workers with potential financial burdens caused by COVID-19 — Postmates is also launching a fund for workers' coronavirus-related medical expenses — Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates have announced … | Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
DeepCrawl, a website crawler and SEO management platform, says it raised a €16.7M Series B led by Five Elms Capital and Beringea — Today DeepCrawl, a leading technical SEO cloud-based platform, announced it has raised €16.7 million in a Series B funding round led by Five Elms Capital and Beringea.Sponsor Posts
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