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EU calls on streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube to limit broadband use and offer programs only in standard, rather than high, definition — Brussels tells streaming companies to limit services as Facebook says managing traffic is a “challenge” — The EU has called on streaming services …
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Netflix says it will reduce its bit rates across all its streams in Europe for 30 days, in effect cutting traffic on its European networks by 25% — Netflix said on Thursday it would reduce its bit rates across all its streams in Europe, in effect cutting traffic on its European networks …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Twitter broadens its definition of harm to address content with deceptive language around COVID-19, including “denial of established scientific facts” — Site changes rules to ban content aimed at making people act against official advice — Twitter will remove tweets that run …
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Court filing: Anthony Levandowski, ex-Uber self-driving head, pleads guilty to trade secrets theft from Google in exchange for 32 other charges being dropped — The guilty plea, which could lead to a prison sentence, is the latest twist in a years-long saga of conflict and courtroom drama
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's supply chain still disrupted by COVID-19-related shutdowns in countries like Malaysia; 5G iPhones still expected to launch by fall — - Virus responses in Malaysia, U.S., Europe disrupt suppliers — 5G iPhone currently still on schedule, but timeline could slip
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils DirectX 12 Ultimate, which promises to better unify the features and capabilities of PC gaming and the Xbox platform, coming later this year — Bringing a suite of software advancements in gaming graphics onto a single platform — Microsoft has a new version …
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| Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter: |
GDC announces a new San Francisco event, GDC Summer, from August 4-6 after initially postponing the March event — The three-day event will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center from August 4-6. — Informa Tech, the organizer of the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft says Teams passed 44M DAUs, up from 32M earlier this month, unveils new features like real-time noise suppression that are coming later this year — Microsoft Teams, which launched worldwide in March 2017, passed 32 million daily active users (DAUs) this month.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it is internally testing a Snapchat-like ephemeral feature that clears chat messages after all members have viewed the thread and closed it — Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat's most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn't already cloned.
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The Next Web, CNET, Social Media Today, Seeking Alpha, and MSPoweruser
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| Stefan Seltz-Axmacher / Starsky Robotics 10–4 Labs: |
Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics is shutting down; CEO cites “unmet promise of AI” and says investors rejected the operator business model — In 2015, I got obsessed with the idea of driverless trucks and started Starsky Robotics. In 2016, we became …
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Transport Topics, Automotive News, The Robot Report, and SlashGear
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| Phillip Prado / Android Authority: |
Google says Android Go, its OS aimed at low-end devices, now has more than 100M users and announces a new Camera Go app optimized for devices with 1GB of RAM — Today, Google made two exciting announcements. Android Go now officially has more than 100 million users, and the company will soon release a new Camera Go app.
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The Keyword, The Verge, Neowin, SlashGear, Wccftech, XDA Developers, Digital Trends, and Android Central. Tweets: @stshank
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook starts rolling out its sweeping desktop redesign, which offers dark mode, tabbed home screen, larger fonts, and a cleaner profile, to all users — Facebook today officially rolled out its sweeping desktop redesign that offers dark mode, tabbed homescreen, and a cleaner profile.
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9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, The Verge, KnowTechie, Engadget, The Next Web, and Android Police
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| Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times: |
Kinsa Health's smart thermometers, which have been successful in predicting the spread of flu in previous years, could be used to track the spread of COVID-19 — A company that makes internet-connected thermometers has followed the flu more closely than the C.D.C. can.
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Tweets: @brianstelter, @maddowblog, @digiphile, @maddowblog, @mikebettes, @marcacaputo, and @fangirlsmash
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Uber says ride volume is down by ~70% in cities like Seattle, it has “ample liquidity” with $10B in cash, and is considering delivering medicine; stock up 35%+ — Uber — the on-demand transportation and food delivery behemoth — has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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The Verge, GeekWire, CNBC, Reuters, CNET, KnowTechie, GeekWire, TechSpot, The Verge, Wccftech, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @juliaferraioli, @andyjayhawk, and @geekwire
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon temporarily closes its Prime Pantry delivery service throughout the US due to “high order volumes” tied to the coronavirus outbreak — - Prime Pantry is temporarily closed due to “high order volumes” tied to the coronavirus outbreak. — An Amazon spokesperson confirmed … | Torsten Ingvaldsen / HYPEBEAST: |
Report: total streams for Spotify's top 200 most-streamed songs fell 23% in Italy from March 3 to March 17; US, UK, France, Spain markets have also decreased — Data from Spotify may suggest that widespread self-isolation is to blame. — Olly Curtis/Getty Images
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