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Civil liberties experts argue that governments turning to electronic surveillance to track COVID-19 opens the door to future abuses, as happened after 9/11 — Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.
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Mobile operators in Italy, Germany, and Austria are now sharing anonymized aggregated data with health authorities, to map people's concentrations and movements — MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy, Germany and Austria …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says attackers are exploiting a critical zero-day flaw in font rendering that is found in all supported versions of Windows; no patch is available — Microsoft says attackers are exploiting a previously undisclosed security vulnerability found in all supported versions of Windows, including Windows 10.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is planning a high-end 6.7-inch iPhone in 2020 with sensor-shift image stabilization, expanding to two or three new iPhone models in 2021 — Apple is rumored to be planning a high-end 6.7-inch iPhone model for release in 2020, and multiple reports have indicated that the device …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the Stadia Makers program to attract more indie developers, promising funding, technical assistance from Unity experts, free developer hardware — At the virtual Google for Games Developer Summit today, the company announced “Stadia Makers” to bring more indie titles to the platform.
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| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Foxconn says it has secured enough workers to meet “seasonal demand” at all major Chinese plants ahead of schedule — Recruitment goals ahead of schedule, as Apple prepares for new model releases — TAIPEI — Taiwan's Foxconn, the top assembler of Apple's iPhones …
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| Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg: |
Apple's request for Apple Watches to be excluded from a 7.5% US tariff on Chinese imports has been approved — - USTR notifies company of decision in letter dated Friday — Watches were subject to 7.5% tariff from U.S.-China trade war — Apple Inc.'s request for its popular watches …
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| Chris Nuttall / Financial Times: |
Sources: EU reconsiders its digital strategy, unveiled last month, after the pandemic highlights issues like the limitations imposed by proposed AI regulation — SoftBank's emergency asset sales, voice network under strain, 2020 MacBook Air — The coronavirus crisis is forcing the EU …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
The New York Times Company acquires Audm, a subscription-based audio app offering listeners longform articles read by actors and celebrities for $8.99 per month — Audm, a startup that turns longform journalism into audio content, has been acquired by The New York Times Company, it announced this morning.| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia announces Deep Learning Super Sampling 2.0, hoping to show that using machine learning to upscale a game's resolution boosts both performance and visuals — Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is one of the marquee features for Nvidia's RTX video cards, but it's also one people tend to overlook or outright dismiss.| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
As Amazon prioritizes household staples and other high-demand items, some non-essential items are now showing April 21 delivery dates even with Amazon Prime — An Amazon delivery man in Paris, France, on March 19, 2020. Getty Images — The e-commerce giant is prioritizing household staples …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14 code reveals new features in Find My, including an AR mode and new notification options, like being alerted if someone does not arrive at a place on time — Apple's Find My app will include useful new features in iOS 14, 9to5Mac has learned, including augmented reality mode and new location triggers.
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International Business Times, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, Appleosophy, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, and Wccftech. Tweets: @apollozac
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In a letter to Trump, Uber CEO seeks updated labor laws to provide a “third way” of classifying workers, between contractors and employees — - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi asked President Donald Trump to provide relief to gig workers whose income has been significantly cut due to the coronavirus crisis.
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @dkhos, @davecraige, @fvck_faisal_, @lorenasgonzalez, @julietschor, and @mikeisaac
| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Q&A with Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on COVID-19 and its impact on the company, competing with Microsoft and Zoom, and Slack's new redesign — “We should always be doing what a smart, well-informed customer would have us be doing.” — More than 10 years ago, Stewart Butterfield … | Shirley Zhao / Bloomberg: |
Chinese mobile carriers report losing 20M+ users; the world's largest carrier China Mobile dropped by 8M subs over Jan. and Feb., its first net drop in decades — - China Mobile leads drop with 8 million decline in subscribers — China Telecom, Unicom have also reported drops in usersSponsor Posts
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