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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14 code shows that Apple is working on a “Clips” feature that would let users experience parts of an app's functionality in Safari by scanning a QR code — Apple is working on a new way to offer specific parts of third-party apps across the system without needing to have them installed …
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Business Insider, Daring Fireball, Android Developers, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, TechSpot, iMore, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, Wccftech, MacDailyNews, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @raywongy, @apple_wannab, @benlikestocode, @stroughtonsmith, @apollozac, @llsethj, and @maxwinebach
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google launches a braille keyboard for Android that requires no extra hardware, letting users tap a standard 6-key layout to type letters and words — Google today announced the launch of a virtual braille keyboard for Android that's designed to enable those with low vision or blindness …
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The Keyword, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, Input, TechCrunch, CNET, Yahoo Finance, 9to5Google, and Slashdot
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Sophos: more than 30 “fleeceware” apps on the App Store, including some of the highest-grossing ones, are abusing free trial mechanics to charge obscene fees — More than 3.5 million iOS users installed ‘fleeceware’ apps from the Apple App Store.
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Sophos News, Forbes, Cult of Mac, iMore, iPhone Hacks, Naked Security, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @adam_k_levin, @campuscodi, and @threatresearch
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft has seen a new daily record of 2.7B meeting minutes in Teams, up 200% from 900M minutes in mid-March, and video call usage grew by 1,000%+ in March — Microsoft is revealing more about how people are using its Teams app, and it predicts the novel coronavirus pandemic will be a turning point …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Microsoft 365 Blog, Reuters, Windows Central, SlashGear, Thurrott, Neowin, TechSpot, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, GeekWire, Digital Trends, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @gcaughey, @counternotions, @tomwarren, @aparanjape, @jamielalaporte, and @tomwarren
| David Canellis / The Next Web: |
Report: Travelex paid hackers 285 BTC, worth around $2.3M, to regain access to its systems after a ransomware attack on New Year's Eve — Travelex paid hackers $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin to regain access to its computer systems after a devastating ransomware attack on New Year's Eve, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @spignal, @gossithedog, @wsjmarkets, and @elizabethrkoh
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
TikTok pledges $375M to support COVID-19 relief efforts around the world: $250M in funds, $100M in ad credits, and $25M in public health ads — Including direct funding and ad credits — TikTok has announced a series of relief funds and initiatives to support those fighting the COVID-19 pandemic …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google rebrands its business-focused teleconferencing app Hangouts Meet to Google Meet and Hangouts Chat to Google Chat, leaving Hangouts brand for consumers — Following the official change from Hangouts Meet to Google Meet — Google has officially removed the Hangouts brand …
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9to5Google, 9to5Google, Android Police, Google Cloud Blog, Pocketnow, The Next Web, and Firstpost Tech
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Researcher Jane Manchun Wong: Facebook may be working on a new “Campus” feature, with Groups and Events for college students with .edu addresses — Facebook is apparently hoping to go back to its roots as a service that connects college students with each other.
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TechSpot, Hindustan Times, India Today, and Input
Tweets: @wongmjane, @jeffbigham, @bnj, @alexeheath, @thestalwart, @billbarnwell, @senth1s, @jeffseibert, @wongmjane, and @kevinroose
| Bani Sapra / Business Insider: |
Facebook files lawsuit against Bassant Gajjar, founder of LeadCloak, alleging its software helped scammers run deceptive ads on Facebook and Instagram — - Facebook announced that it filed a lawsuit against the founder of a company called LeadCloak on Thursday, alleging …
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About Facebook, Reuters, ZDNet, The Daily Dot, Adweek, CNET, U.Today, Cointelegraph, Yahoo Finance, and The Block
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
The Unicode Consortium says it's delaying emoji planned for 2021 but the emoji announced earlier this year will still be available in the fall — An emoji delay — The pandemic is even affecting emoji. The Unicode Consortium, the group behind emoji releases, announced today that it's delaying …
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The Unicode Blog, Gizmodo, Emojipedia, Liliputing, Mashable, Business Insider, Fortune, CNET, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, and Android Police
Tweets: @emojipedia, @martinsfp, @andrewgjohnson, @thekenyeung, @unicode, and @so_rudez
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Yelp says it is cutting 1,000 jobs and furloughing another 1,100 workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Yelp told employees Thursday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs and furloughing another 1,100 workers amid a massive — Why it matters: It's just the latest company that caters to small businesses …
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| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Analysis of efforts by 25 governments to track the COVID-19 pandemic using new surveillance programs, such as using location data or releasing an app — At least 28 countries are ramping up surveillance to combat the coronavirus — an attempt to stem the tide of the coronavirus pandemic …
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Slate. Tweets: @drorpoleg, @evanselinger, @elemental, @sarahnemerson, @drewcostley, and @davegershgorn. Thanks:@dlberes
| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Twitch expands Watch Parties beta to all US creators, allowing streamers to broadcast Prime Video content with their viewers; global rollout in following months — Now, you can watch stuff on Amazon Prime with your favorite streamers — Twitch announced today that it's bringing … | Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Verizon says it is now handling ~800M wireless calls on weekdays, more than double Mother's Day, while AT&T says calls are up 35%; internet usage is up 20-25% — The volume of phone calls has surged more than internet use as people want to hear each other's voices in the pandemic.
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Android Headlines, TechSpot, Axios, and Slashdot
Tweets: @farrahmerali, @mnguyen, @nicoleperlroth, @jrosenworcel, @puiwingtam, @dmccabe, @shiraovide, @sambmd, @communitynets, @marknyt, @nytmedia, and @saritasayso
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK startups including Deliveroo, Citymapper, and Graphcore urge the government to create a task force to make lending schemes accessible to tech companies — The U.K. government, like a number of other countries around the world such as the U.S., has stepped up its pace in providing relief …
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| Robin Klein / Sifted: |
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Tweets: @jpwiseuk, @ukpriyaguha, @ukpriyaguha, @jpwiseuk, @xdamman, @yoramdw, @tomskitomski, @mstothard, @johnrobeds, and @robinklein
| Hayden Field / Protocol: |
DARPA selects 17 orgs for its AI defense program, with Intel leading efforts to defend against physical attacks like use of stickers to trick self-driving cars — The Pentagon is teaming up with some of the biggest names in tech to combat hacks designed to mess with the automated systems we'll rely on in the near future.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
The political landscape in 2020 now seems less ominous for tech giants, as critics Warren and Sanders drop out and COVID-19 ramps up need for tech platforms — The candidates calling to break up Big Tech have faded away — There has been concern for months in Silicon Valley …
Tweets: @ericnewcomer and @misyrlena
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google confirms it expanded Duplex, its AI chat agent, to the UK, Australia, and Canada, but only to contact businesses about updated hours for Search and Maps — Google today quietly updated a support page to indicate that Google Duplex, its AI chat agent that can arrange appointments over the phone …
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The Verge, Engadget, Android Police, BBC, The Next Web, XDA Developers, Android Central, 9to5Google, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, Neowin, and Android Authority
Tweets: @charlesarthur, @alexhern, @alexhern, @epro, and @alexhern
| Veronica Combs / TechRepublic: |
Researchers detail how five China-linked hacking groups targeting high-value Linux servers have managed to stay relatively undetected for almost a decade — Five APT groups have been using remote access trojans to take advantage of a network component that doesn't get much attention from security teams.
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Inside BlackBerry, Dark Reading, and infosecurity-magazine.com
Tweets: @780thc and @blackberry
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Sources: Microsoft won't be delivering its Windows 10X-powered Surface Neo dual-screen devices this year, nor will it ship Windows 10X to third-party OEMs — Microsoft is shifting its Windows focus to reflect the new world where virtualization and single-screen devices are more of a priority than brand-new form factors.
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SiliconANGLE, The Verge, PCWorld, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, Petri, Input, CNBC, Gizchina, GeekWire, ExtremeTech, BetaNews, Liliputing, WinBuzzer, Thurrott, Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, Forbes, MSPoweruser, LaptopMag, AskWoody, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Engadget, TechRadar.com, CNET, Windows Central, Patently Apple, Neowin, Softpedia News, OnMSFT.com, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @mcwm, @stroughtonsmith, and @maryjofoley
| Will Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
The pandemic has companies like Netflix and Equinix expediting network and server upgrades, driving the biggest expansion of internet infrastructure in years — Just like that, our internet connection has become an umbilical to the outside world. We now depend on it to do our jobs, to go to school, and to see other people.
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Tom's Hardware, Washington Post, and AVC
Tweets: @fayaz_king, @statistacharts, @catherineadenle, @ramirahim, @elinormills, @icann, and @darpa
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook begins rolling out “Quiet Mode” app feature that mutes most notifications and helps schedule breaks; coming to iOS in April and Android in May — Facebook is rolling out a new feature today that allows users to mute all notifications from the social network.
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNET, TechCrunch, Engadget, Fortune, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, iDownloadBlog.com, and About Facebook. Tweets: @cate_long
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Internal documents: Palantir expects to generate $1B in 2020 revenue, up 38% from $739M in 2019, and break even for the first time in its 16-year history — - Palantir financial documents suggest IPO prep underway — Company expects to break even for first time in its history
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Business Insider, Silicon Valley Business …, CNBC, and Wccftech
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @bencaudron, and @bencaudron
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Index Ventures announces it has closed $2B in new funds, with plans to use $1.2B for growth rounds and $800M for emerging startups — It's not quite business as usual in the world of business, but in tech, there is still a significant amount of money being raised and invested …
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Tech.eu, Index Ventures, FinSMEs, Bloomberg, Crunchbase News, Silicon Valley Business …, and The Next Web
Tweets: @mark_goldberg_, @ninaachadjian, @markfiorentino, @dinobecirovic, @vojtech, and @ingridlunden
| Reuters: |
FCC grants Google permission to operate a portion of the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network System between the US and Taiwan, but blocks access to Hong Kong — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday approved Alphabet Inc unit Google's (GOOGL.O) …
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Wall Street Journal, U.S. Department of Justice, Light Reading, and CNBC
Tweets: @kongtsunggan and @aaronmcn
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