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Facebook launches Messenger Rooms for group video chat, rolling out globally in the coming weeks, and says it will allow up to 50 people to join a call — Facebook is greatly expanding its video chat offerings to keep up with rising demand — Facebook is rolling out a suite of new products to expand its capabilities in video chat.
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Sources: Facebook and Zoom worked since January to launch a video call product on Portal in May, but stopped after Zoom decided to pause new feature development — Facebook, Google and other behemoths are training their sights on Silicon Valley's company of the moment.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
John Legere abruptly resigns from T-Mobile board, effective immediately, in order to “pursue other options”, after previously stating he would leave on June 4 — Whatever his next move is couldn't wait until June — John Legere has formally cut ties with T-Mobile US, the company he led as CEO for over seven years.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google release FAQ for contact tracing APIs, describe changes made to address privacy concerns, and pledge to disable APIs once pandemic is contained — The companies released more details on their ambitious public health project — On Friday, Apple and Google revised …
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| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Telegram says it now has 400M MAUs, up from 300M a year ago, and will offer secure group video calls sometime this year — Now that the coronavirus pandemic has made video calls increasingly popular and critical, services like Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp and Telegram are vying for attention.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down, President and COO John Stankey will take over the position on July 1 — - AT&T announced CEO Randall Stephenson will retire and President and COO John Stankey will take over the position on July 1. — The transition comes at a tough …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nintendo says 160K Nintendo accounts were compromised since the beginning of April using credentials obtained illegally by “some means other than our service” — The issues started at the beginning of April — Nintendo is disabling the ability to log into a Nintendo Account through …
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| Stephen Pulvirent / HODINKEE: |
As Apple Watch celebrates its 5th anniversary, watch enthusiasts reflect on its impact and how its mainstream appeal brought new interest in mechanical watches — After half a decade, the Apple Watch's lasting impact is clear. — There are certain moments that stand out as true game-changers.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A text string in the Sindhi language can crash iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Watch when devices receive a notification with it; bug seems to be fixed in iOS 13.4.5 beta — Every so often, a bug in iOS emerges where a certain string of text will cause your iPhone or iPad to crash.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Sources: OnePlus downsized some European offices, including UK and Germany, by as much as 80%, while offices in Finland, where it sees potential, are unaffected — It's only been a little over a week since the OnePlus 8 launch, but the company apparently went ahead and announced significant redundancies across Europe since yesterday.
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Tweets: @nordic_news, @alexdobie, @maxjmb, @benwood, and @richardlai
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
SF supervisor says Uber is retaliating against the city's temporary cap on food delivery commissions by ceasing deliveries to low income neighborhoods — San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney accused Uber of redlining after it cut off access to Uber Eats for Treasure Island residents …
Tweets: @matthaneysf, @csaid, @vindugoel, and @techchronicle
| Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
Federal court officially approves the $5B settlement Facebook reached with the FTC last July — Now, it's Facebook official. The social network said a federal court on Thursday officially approved a settlement Facebook reached with the US Federal Trade Commission last July following … Sponsor Posts
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