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| Eric S. Yuan / Zoom Blog: |
Zoom apologizes for security failures, says it has 200M+ DAUs vs. 10M in Dec., and plans to freeze development of new features to focus on security and privacy — Whether you are a global corporation that needs to maintain business continuity, a local government agency working to keep …
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| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Zoom has issued a patch for a vulnerability in its Windows client that let attackers steal Windows login credentials from malicious chat links — Update: After this story and others went live April 1, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan addressed Zoom security and other issues in a blog post.
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| New York Times: |
Zoom says it's now disabled a feature that let users covertly access data from some people's LinkedIn profiles, even when they were in the meeting anonymously — After an inquiry from Times reporters, Zoom said it would disable a data-mining feature that could be used to snoop on participants during meetings without their knowledge.
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BuzzFeed News, Social Media Today, The Verge, ExtremeTech, MSPoweruser, Business Insider, Fortune, and Mashable. Tweets: @jkeefe
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Source: Apple's new entry level iPhone will be called iPhone SE, available in white, black, and red, with 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB storage options — 9to5Mac has learned new information about Apple's long-rumored, entry-level iPhone model, including the marketing name, product colors …
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| Paul Blest / VICE: |
Leaked notes from an internal meeting attended by Jeff Bezos reveal Amazon execs discussed a plan to smear fired warehouse employee Christian Smalls — Leaked notes from an internal meeting of Amazon leadership obtained by VICE News reveal company executives discussed a plan …
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
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| Pururaj Dutta / Appleosophy: |
Apple references its rumored AirTags item tracking tags in a video uploaded to its Apple Support channel on YouTube — Apple just uploaded a video on their Apple Support YouTube channel titled “How to erase your iPhone”. This tutorial tells us about the process of erasing an iPhone …
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MacRumors, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, Macworld, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, iMore, MacDailyNews, SlashGear, AppleInsider, MSPoweruser, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, CNET, Engadget, and MACお宝 …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
A deep dive into the deal between Apple and Amazon that lets the retail giant process some payments in Prime Video app, and the motivations of both companies — Benjamin Mayo, writing for 9to5Mac yesterday: … I've been digging into this since the news broke, and I think it's even more significant than Mayo suggests.
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MacStories, 9to5Mac, iLounge, Redmond Pie, and Android Authority
Tweets: @markgurman, @modestproposal1, and @benbajarin
| Julian Borger / The Guardian: |
Twitter deletes 20K fake accounts linked to governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras, and Indonesia for “attempt to undermine public conversation” — Accounts also linked to Honduras and Indonesia violated policy and were ‘targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation’| Seth Schiesel / New York Times: |
Amazon reveals plan for interactive games on Twitch, arriving over summer; sources say Amazon is working on a cloud gaming platform codenamed Project Tempo — The internet giant is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the effort, with its first original game, Crucible, to be released next month.
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Tweets: @puiwingtam, @ashleeeeean, @starfire2258, @thekenyeung, @serkantoto, @tha_rami, @glassbottommeg, and @zhugeex
| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook launches a standalone Messenger app for MacOS and Windows with unlimited, free group video calls, support for Dark Mode, and more — The Facebook Messenger app is available for MacOS and Windows — Today, Facebook is bringing its Messenger app to desktop.
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Messenger News, Windows Central, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Liliputing, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, XDA Developers, Thurrott, LaptopMag, KnowTechie, The Next Web, TechSpot, Digital Trends, Adweek, OnMSFT.com, Techweez, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, USA Today, MSPoweruser, MacRumors, and CNET
Tweets: @wongmjane, @michaelbabich, @satya164, @benawad, @richdemuro, @wongmjane, @wongmjane, @geminiimatt, @om, and @epro
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says VC-backed startups will become eligible for $350B in small business loans guaranteed via the CARES Act — Venture capital-backed startups will become eligible for $350 billion in small business loans guaranteed by the federal government … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Leaked memo: Apple told employees that its retail stores in the US will remain closed and work-from-home procedures will remain in place until early May — - Apple's top retail, human resources exec sends memo to workers — Work from home to also remain in place in U.S. on Covid-19
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @markgurman and @whatthebit
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel announces its first 10th-gen Comet Lake H-series CPUs for high-end gaming laptops, with clock speeds that can boost past 5.0GHz — Intel's best laptop chips get better — Intel is announcing the next wave of its Core processors, and it's finally bringing out the big guns …
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Intel Newsroom, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Windows Experience Blog, The Register, Forbes, Macworld, SiliconANGLE, OnMSFT.com, The Next Web, MacDailyNews, and GSMArena.com. Tweets: @iancutress
| Reuters: |
Researchers are using Facebook's location data to provide daily updates to US cities and states evaluating the effectiveness of social distancing amid COVID-19 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Infectious disease researchers are using Facebook Inc mobile location data to provide daily updates …
Tweets: @josephmenn, @agidari, and @simulacrandrew
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