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AT&T suspends broadband data caps for home internet customers in response to increased data needs during outbreak, 17 US senators ask large ISPs to follow suit — AT&T is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker …
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CNN investigation finds troll farms in Ghana and Nigeria exploited US racial tensions and have ties to Russia's IRA; Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts — Accra, Ghana (CNN)The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year's elections.
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Microsoft says its Build 2020 developer conference, planned for May 19 through May 21, will be a digital event due to COVID-19 concerns — Microsoft's Build developer event is no longer taking place in Seattle — Microsoft's Build developer conference is the latest tech event to be affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast accidentally published 200K “unlisted” phone numbers, with names and addresses, of customers who paid monthly fees to make their numbers unlisted — Comcast made the same mistake once before and had to pay $33 million. — Comcast mistakenly published the names …
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Apple confirms all 42 of its China stores will be open as of Friday after closing them in Feb. due to COVID-19, however, they will operate under reduced hours — Apple Inc. has reopened all 42 of its stores in China after it was forced to close them last month due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it is recommending that all employees work from home, if they are able to do so, through the end of March — Amazon issued guidance Thursday in response to the COVID-19 outbreak recommending that global employees who are able to work from home to do so through the end of March.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Firefox 74 comes with an enhanced Facebook Container Extension that lets users add custom sites so they can login with Facebook wherever they need — Prompt to install enhanced extension is the first thing you'll see — The first thing users will see after updating to Mozilla's latest browser …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
After acquiring Code Barrel in Oct., Atlassian launches native no-code automation across Jira Cloud products with support for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and others — A few months ago, Atlassian acquired Code Barrel, the Sydney-based company behind the popular Automation for Jira low-code tool for …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
As COVID-19 hastens the adoption of remote work tools, it deepens the divide between those who can and can't work remotely, and normalizes social distancing — How working from home could reshape society — 8:45 each weekday morning, I drop off my 4-year-old at preschool, hug him goodbye, and drive back home.
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Sources: ZTE is the subject of a new bribery investigation by the DOJ; ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating US sanctions against Iran and North Korea — ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea and just ended its probation period.
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| Kana Inagaki / Financial Times: |
SoftBank to spend ~$4.8B to buy back 7% of its shares following demands from activist fund Elliott Management — Announcement comes on day markets plunged due to fears over spread of coronavirus — SoftBank will buy back ¥500bn ($4.8bn) of its own shares following demands …
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| Aron Garst / The Verge: |
All major esports tournaments and events have been postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus, costing players, coaches, casters involved money and opportunities — Ashley Kang was getting ready for another day covering the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) in late February.Sponsor Posts
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