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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
WhatsApp now limits forwarding of viral messages, forwarded five or more times, to one group at a time, to fight the spread of misinformation — Restrictions on frequently forwarded messages intended to disrupt false Covid-19 claims — WhatsApp is to impose a strict new limit …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Microsoft buys corp.com, a domain that receives sensitive info from misconfigured Windows PCs, for an undisclosed sum to keep it out of the hands of bad actors — In February, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a private citizen auctioning off the dangerous domain corp.com for the starting price of $1.7 million.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft expands xCloud beta registration to 11 European countries, rolling out the preview gradually to avoid overloading the internet — Microsoft is rolling out the preview gradually due to coronavirus internet impact concerns — Microsoft is starting to open up its xCloud game streaming beta to countries across Europe.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: Quibi had more than 300,000 downloads on its launch day; heavily promoted in Apple's App Store, it reached #3 but just #29 on Google Play — Quibi, the oddly-named mobile streaming service founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, was downloaded over 300,000 times on launch day … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Interview with Masayoshi Son on WeWork and the role of the Vision Fund within SoftBank; he expects 15 companies in the Vision Fund portfolio to go bankrupt — Covering venture capital, software and startups — Between the WeWork debacle and the coronavirus, the markets …
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Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @arjunkharpal, @jasonlk, @mattysino, @forbes, and @forbes. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 75 comes with a revamped address bar designed to make searches faster and a few performance tweaks — Mozilla today launched Firefox 75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 75 includes a revamped address bar with significant search improvements, a few performance tweaks, and a handful of developer features.
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The Mozilla Blog, Mozilla, CNET, Thurrott, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, Yahoo Finance, gHacks Technology News, and Slashdot. Tweets: @epro
| The Guardian: |
Facebook says it will start actively removing false claims that link Covid-19 to 5G, which have started entering the mainstream — Perfect storm of conditions helped nonsense theories about 5G and coronavirus to take hold — A year ago, hoax theories about the dangers of 5G had barely pierced …
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| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Samsung forecasts Q1 2020 operating profit of $5.2B, up 2.7% YoY, beating analyst estimates, and consolidated sales of ~$44B; stock is up 3%+ — - Samsung said it expects 6.4 trillion Korean won ($5.23 billion) in first-quarter operating profit for 2020, up 2.7% from the 6.23 trillion won it posted for the same period a year earlier.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Italian email service Email.it confirms breach; hackers claim they have data of 600K+ users, including plaintext passwords, and are selling it on the dark web — Italian email provider Email.it confirms security breach. — The data of more than 600,000 Email.it users is currently being sold …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
A book excerpt from Sarah Frier's No Filter covers how Mark Zuckerberg's jealousy held back Instagram and drove off founders, who gradually lost independence — Over the past decade, Instagram has become an engine of commerce and cultural influence with few peers—aside from its parent company …
Tweets: @silviakillings, @sarahfrier, @kylerhasson, @jason_kint, and @sarahfrier
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
WeWork sues SoftBank over alleged breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, a few days after SoftBank said it would not consummate its $3B tender offer — Just days after SoftBank announced that it would not consummate its $3 billion tender offer for WeWork shares that would have bought …
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| Feargus O'Sullivan / CityLab: |
A look at Airbnb's challenges amid the pandemic crisis, as global bookings fall and prospects for the travel accommodation industry turn murky — The short-term rental market is reeling from the coronavirus-driven tourism collapse. Can the industry's dominant player stage a comeback after lockdowns lift?
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Business Insider. Tweets: @ericacbarnett, @traveltf, @redlightvoices, @citylab, @neil_lovitt, @strongtowns, and @hkanji
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Trump signs an executive order to formalize a committee for evaluating national security concerns that could stem from foreign ownership of US telecom assets — It has the simplest name, but the sort of shadowy overtones that national security writers lust after.
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The White House, Telecoms.com, and Nextgov
| New York Times: |
Some teachers in the US say under 50% of their pupils participate in online learning; absence rate seems higher in low-income households, marking digital divide — Teachers at some schools across the country report that less than half of their students are participating in online learning.
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Computerworld, Government Technology News, and Nieman Lab
Tweets: @whipclyburn, @naithanjones, @reprokhanna, @grace4ny, @gpollowitz, @williegarson, @jeromehuntphd, and @nytimes
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest adds Shop tabs connected to in-stock inventory, style guides, and more, and says user engagement with Shopping on Pinterest has grown by 44% YoY — Given the rise in online shopping attributed to the coronavirus outbreak which has forced consumers to stay home from stores … | Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Book excerpt: Apple's Information Systems & Technology group, which makes internal tools, operates in tumult, hampering its output and alienating contractors — Life in Apple's Information Systems & Technology division reminds some of a sweatshop. An exclusive excerpt from Always Day One … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Cato Networks, which offers a cloud-based security service that protects remote workforces, raises $77M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Cato Networks has raised $77 million in venture capital as the company expands the reach of its cloud-based security service.
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FinSMEs and SiliconANGLE
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Source: the 2020 iPad Pros do not have a U1 Ultra Wideband chip — Joe Rossignol, MacRumors, “2020 iPad Pro May Not Have a U1 Ultra Wideband Chip After All”: … So the tech specs don't mention it, Apple never mentioned it, and the U1-enabled features in iPhone 11 models aren't there.
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MacRumors, Wccftech, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, and iMore
| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
Google updates Pixel 4 to require open eyes to use the phone's face unlock feature by default, with the option to disable it — Apple's had a similar feature since 2017 — Google released an update for the Pixel 4 today requiring users to have their eyes open when using face unlock to open the phone.
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Android Police, support.google.com, Android Open Source Project, Android Police, Droid Life, SecurityWeek, XDA Developers, PCWorld, Thurrott, International Business Times, Tom's Guide, Neowin, BGR India, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Neowin, Android Beat, The Next Web, TmoNews, Gotta Be Mobile, Android Central, and TalkAndroid.com
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Glassbox, which provides automated tools to optimize web and mobile apps, raises $40M Series C led by Brighton Park Capital, bringing its total raised to $70M — Glassbox, which designs automated solutions to optimize web and mobile apps, today announced that it raised a $40 million funding round.
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AdExchanger, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, Tech.eu, CTech, and PR Newswire
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Facebook says it's releasing new Data for Good tools, including Disease Prevention Maps, to help public health researchers track social distancing efforts — - Facebook's Data for Good team is working on tools for public health researchers to help them figure out if preventative measures …
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About Facebook, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Protocol, Forbes, Silicon Republic, Social Media Today, Gizchina, Neowin, Engadget, Carnegie Mellon School …, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Digital Trends, MSN, Politico, Bloomberg, and TechCrunch
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| Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters: |
UN says China was the biggest source of applications for international patents last year, with Huawei its biggest filer, pushing US out of long-held top spot — GENEVA (Reuters) - China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world last year …
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