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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.| Apple: |
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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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Disney+ has seen paid subscribers grow from 33.5M in March to 54M in May, nearly meeting its launch date projection of 60M-90M users by the end of 2024 — - Disney announced Tuesday that it saw growth across all of its streaming service platforms in the past quarter.| Hugh Langley / Business Insider: |
Sources: Magic Leap is in talks to raise $100M in funding from a major health company after laying off around half of its workforce — - Magic Leap is turning to a “major” health care company to raise money, according to an internal memo obtained by The Information.| 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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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Adult livestreaming website CAM4 exposes 10B+ records, including names, sexual orientations, payment logs, and email transcripts, on an unsecure database — CAM4 has taken the server offline, but not before it leaked 7TB of user data. — It's all too common for companies to leave databases chock full …
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| Shannon Liao / CNN: |
Activision Blizzard CEO says people may turn to free mobile games during the pandemic, after the company beat Q1 expectations with sales of $1.52B, up 21% YoY — New York (CNN Business)While much of the economy is hurting during the pandemic, video games are thriving.| 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 …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Toll Group, one of Asia Pacific's top logistics companies with ~44,000 employees in 50+ countries, has been hit with ransomware for a second time this year — The Toll Group has suffered its second ransomware cyberattack in three months, with the latest one conducted by the operators of the Nefilim Ransomware.| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
After tests on twttr prototype app, Twitter is rolling out a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make conversations easier to follow — Twitter announced today it's introducing a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make it easier …
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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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| 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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| 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: @tomwarren, @mayawiley, @drewharwell, @shiraovide, @facttank, @chrisensingcbc, and @reprokhanna
| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Peanut, a social network originally for moms but now for all women, raises $12M Series A led by EQT Ventures, bringing the total raised to $21.8M — Peanut, an app that began as a tool for finding new mom friends, has evolved into a social network now used by 1.6 million women to discuss a range of topics … | 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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| 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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