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Apple will host a virtual WWDC starting on June 22 in the Apple Developer app and website, free for all developers — Submissions for the Swift Student Challenge Are Now Open Through May 17 — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers …
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| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
UK's NHS contact tracing app won't work unless it's running in the foreground and the phone is kept awake and unlocked, and will also ask for users' location — Herd immunity all over again — Comment Britain is sleepwalking into another coronavirus disaster by failing to listen …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Letter from Brian Chesky to Airbnb employees says the company is laying off 1,900, or ~25% of its workforce, and expects a 2020 revenue decline of 50% YoY — Airbnb is laying off a quarter of its staff. — Airbnb, seen until recently as one of Silicon Valley's most financially secure unicorns, is laying off a quarter of its staff.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook's Oculus division is developing a smaller, lighter Quest VR headset, but the device is facing potential delays due to COVID-19 — - Timing of new mid-range device is being impacted by Covid-19 — Company's planned AR glasses also facing Covid-related delays
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says its goal is to launch the Xbox Series X this year, and it will hold monthly streams to promote games for the next-gen console — Microsoft is revealing the Xbox Series X boot screen animation today and is promising to focus on first-party Xbox Game Studios games during a July event.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Following Facebook, YouTube says it will host an online graduation event on June 6, featuring the Obamas, Sundar Pichai, Malala Yousafzai, Lady Gaga, and others — YouTube announces a stacked, eclectic lineup — YouTube is hosting an online graduation event to give seniors whose ceremonies have been canceled something to tune into.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
California AG, along with city attorneys from Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, file a worker misclassification lawsuit against Uber and Lyft — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra along with city attorneys from Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco are filing …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 76 arrives with password management improvements, including site breach alerts, and support for Audio Worklets, which are used by Zoom — Mozilla today launched Firefox 76 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 76 includes new Firefox Lockwise password functionality, Zoom improvements, and a handful of developer features.
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| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
EA reports Q4 revenues of $1.39B, beating expectations of $1.19B, up 12% YoY, with strong digital sales and franchise growth; stock down ~5% on weak guidance — Electronic Arts delivered financial results today above Wall Street expectations. The publisher generated $1.39 billion in revenues for Q4 … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Security researchers and experts say Apple's lawsuit against iOS and Android virtualization company Corellium has had a chilling effect on security research — Last year, Apple accused a cybersecurity startup based in Florida of infringing its copyright by developing and selling software …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
With one in four Americans lacking high-speed internet at home, some resort to sitting outside closed cafes and libraries to access free Wi-Fi — With cafes and libraries closed, Americans without internet access are sitting outside them to get free and fast connections.
Tweets: @mayawiley and @reprokhanna
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q1 revenue of $272M, vs. $270M est., up 35% YoY, and user base grew to 367M MAUs, up 26% YoY; stock down 15%+ after hours — - Shares of Pinterest fell more than 10% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported its first quarter results.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter is testing a prompt for iOS users that asks them to consider revising a tweet they are writing when it includes “harmful” language — To let you revise the tweet before you post it — Twitter is experimenting with a new moderation tool that will warn users …
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| Mike Murphy / Protocol: |
3D-printing companies have stepped in to help plug gaps in the supply chain during the pandemic, including HP, which has printed and shipped 50,000+ items — When the spread of COVID-19 decimated supply chains around the world, countries scrambled for important medical supplies — face masks … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sweden-based Sinch, an enterprise messaging service for customer engagement, says it is buying SAP's Digital Interconnect messaging business for $250M — M&A activity has generally slowed down in the weeks since the novel coronavirus took a grip on the world, but there have been some pockets …
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| George Anadiotis / ZDNet: |
Cockroach Labs, the company behind CockroachDB, raises $86.6M Series D co-led by Altimeter Capital and BOND, bringing its total raised to $195M — Stay-at-home means more remote work and more online business globally. Global business online means a global database makes more sense …
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| Amanda Meade / The Guardian: |
Google responds to Australia's plan to make online platforms pay for news content, arguing search results are like publishers' posters in a newsstand's window — Google Australia responds to government's move to force it to pay for content by arguing it provides publishers with free advertising
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