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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Zuckerberg: Facebook could get to about half of staff working remotely permanently in 5-10 years and will be the “most forward-leaning company on remote work” — In January, as reports about the spread of a novel coronavirus emerged from China, Mark Zuckerberg began to prepare for a potential pandemic.
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Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The Verge, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, The Guardian, Protocol, TechCrunch, Mashable, Silicon Valley Business …, Social Media Today, and Input
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| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook says it will start allowing many of its 50,000 employees and new recruits to work from home permanently — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the social media giant will start allowing many of its 50,000 employees and new recruits to work from home on a permanent basis …
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ZDNet, Axios, Input, Facebook Technology, Washington Post, and Adweek
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @jasonlk, @dylanbyers, @kurtwagner8, @tonyamosley, @joshmedia, @jeffjarvis, @kantrowitz, @mattnavarra, @passantino, @kimmaicutler, @dee_bosa, @kehaulyons, @tonyromm, @martinsfp, @caseynewton, @qwongsj, @dhh, @carnage4life, @hughhowey, @caro, @flyosity, @levie, @scottmaustin, @lizzadwoskin, and @heatherkelly
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Zuckerberg says employees working remotely who move to different locations may have their compensation adjusted based on their new locations — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said he predicts that 50% of the company's employees could be working remotely within the next five to 10 years.
Tweets: @sal19, @pinkpaisley3, @carribugbee, @dadaben_, @aarieff, @nongaap, @juancpedreira, @therealyoon, @eladgil, @chrisjf, @mattdpearce, @stevekovach, @slobotski, @ldignan, @martinsfp, @bbelding, @idothethinking, and @hunckler
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Netflix says it will ask customers who have been inactive for a year or more if they want to keep their subscriptions, canceling accounts that take no action — - Netflix will start asking customers who haven't used its platform in the past year if they want to keep their subscriptions.
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Netflix Media Center, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Android Authority, TechHive, Bloomberg, TechSpot, CNET, PYMNTS.com, Android Police, BGR, Input, Engadget, SlashGear, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Trends, and GameSpot
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is seeking an executive to lead its original podcasts effort and is acquiring podcasts that would tie into shows on its TV+ service — - Company is seeking executive to lead development of new shows — Apple faces threat from Spotify's growing podcast ambitions
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iMore, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Internal memo: Magic Leap has raised $350M from new and existing investors and is withdrawing notices laying off remaining employees — Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz told employees Thursday his struggling augmented reality firm had raised $350 million from existing and new investors.
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Business Insider and TechCrunch
Tweets: @hughlangley, @eringriffith, @scobleizer, @dtunkelang, @brianmcc, @tomgara, and @alexeheath
| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon has decided to move its annual Prime Day event to September and has started allowing unlimited nonessential goods shipments to warehouses — E-commerce giant also allows nonessential goods shipments, indication of wider variety of products — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -.25% …
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TechRadar.com, Engadget, The National Interest, International Business Times, Business Insider Nederland, PYMNTS.com, GameSpot, Tom's Guide, 9to5Toys, Droid Life, GeekWire, Adweek, Android Central, Digital Trends, CNBC, CNET, Laptop Mag, Android Headlines, dot.LA, The Verge, Reuters, and Android Police
Tweets: @joshelman, @caseynewton, @scotwingo, @edbott, @wsj, @ejacqui, @johnholtnews, @danamattioli, @brianroemmele, and @dcseifert
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces new features for Workplace, including a drop-in video call feature that mirrors Rooms, enhanced tools for Portal, and more — One of the biggest technology takeaways of the last couple of months has been that organizations need confident, wide-ranging digital strategies to stay afloat …
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The Next Web, 9to5Mac, TechRepublic, and Engadget
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
| Candy Cheng / Bloomberg: |
Shopify says it will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely — - Canadian e-commerce company switching to ‘digital by default’ — Offices will be closed until end of year and redesigned — Shopify Inc. will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely …
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Reuters, Reuters, Vox, BetaKit, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| BBC: |
Court in Netherlands rules that, under GDPR, a woman must delete photos of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook without their parents' permission — A woman must delete photographs of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook and Pinterest without their parents' permission, a court in the Netherlands has ruled.
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Techdirt and Digital Photography Review
Tweets: @eoinbearla, @nevali, @baekdal, @cengizyar, @paul_clarke, and @mattnavarra
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rolls out new accessibility features for Android, including Assistant-powered, customized buttons called Action Blocks for tasks like playing music — Live Transcribe, Sound Amplifier, and Google Maps also get new updates — For Global Accessibility Awareness Day …
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Tweets: @backlon, @google, and @reneritchie
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook unveils a new Messenger feature to alert users about malicious activity, aimed at preventing scams and unwanted interactions with those under 18 — In an effort to beat back a rise in scams and other unwanted interactions during the pandemic, Facebook today unveiled …
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Messenger News, TechCrunch, International Business Times, Pocketnow, Social Media Today, Input, Android Central, and Vox
Tweets: @messenger, @epro, and @alexvoica
| David Jagneaux / UploadVR: |
Facebook says its $1,000 enterprise-edition Oculus Quest, which sells as part of the Oculus for Business platform, is now available for companies to purchase — Today Facebook announced that its enterprise-edition Oculus Quest that sells for $1,000 as part of its Oculus for Business platform …
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Oculus-blog and Social Media Today
Tweets: @boztank, @mixedknuts, @schrep, @marifes, @vr_sam, @wongmjane, @marifes, and @jasonlk
| Steven Melendez / Fast Company: |
Report: the official COVID-19 contact tracing app for North Dakota is sharing location data with Foursquare and an advertising ID with Google — The official COVID-19 contact tracing app for the state of North Dakota, designed to detect whether people have potentially been exposed to the coronavirus … | Kimberly Chin / Wall Street Journal: |
Insurance policy comparison site SelectQuote closed up nearly 36% on its first day of trading, valued at ~$4.4B, after raising $570M in its IPO — Insurance-policy comparison firm's initial public offering marked largest IPO since February — SelectQuote Inc.'s SLQT 35.00% shares climbed nearly 36% …
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Reuters, Axios, Nikkei Asian Review, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, and Business Wire
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder says it will start testing Global Mode, a new opt-in feature that lets user profiles show up around the world — Meet a foreign cutie — Tinder no longer sees physical closeness as a necessity for dating. The company announced today that it'll soon be testing Global Mode … | Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter: |
ScreenHits launches a streaming video aggregator app that lets users bundle different services like Netflix and Disney+; app subscriptions start at $1.99/month — The app, which allows consumers to manage all their online viewing through a single interface, is betting viewers will pay to simplify their on-demand lives.
Tweets: @jefescott
| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Spotify, which has about 4,400 full-time employees in 79 countries, has told its staffers that they can choose to work from home until next year — As the coronavirus-induced lockdown begins to ease in Europe and the U.S. and people begin to confront the realities of returning … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook introduces a tool in India that makes it easy to lock an account, preventing strangers from viewing and downloading pictures, primarily for women — Facebook has rolled out a new safety feature in India that will enable users to easily lock their account so that people they are not friends …
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Livemint, Times of India, The Indian Express, NDTV Gadgets 360, Business Insider, The Financial Express, India Today, Firstpost Tech, BGR India, and TechRadar.com. Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue of $3.08B, up 39% YoY, and data center revenue of $1.14B, up 80% YoY; gaming segment up 25% despite retail outlet closures — - Nvidia reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday. — The stock is up over 50% on the year, not including Thursday's after-hours move.
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VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Morningstar, and NVIDIA Newsroom. Tweets: @danielnewmanuv
| Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times: |
Amazon India launches a food delivery service called Amazon Food in select areas of Bengaluru and says it will expand to other cities in a few weeks — Amazon has been luring eateries with competitive commissions as a part of its larger plan to build a comprehensive product portfolio
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TechCrunch, Reuters, Gizchina, PYMNTS.com, DealStreetAsia, Entrackr, Indiaretailing.com, The Financial Express, NDTV Gadgets 360, MediaNama, BGR India, and Inc42 Media
Tweets: @rishialwani, @docolumide, @tanvi_madan, @dalanmendonca, @chandrarsrikant, @ettech, and @cristinagberta. Thanks:@tsuvik
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
NoSQL cloud database service Couchbase raises $105M Series G led by GPI Capital, bringing its total raised to $251M — Couchbase. the Santa Clara-based company behind the eponymous NoSQL cloud database service, today announced that it has raised a $105 million all-equity Series G round … | Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
HPE reports Q2 revenue of $6.01B, down 16% YoY, and a loss of $821M, expects to save $1B in future costs with “changes in workforce”; stock down ~5% after-hours — Stock falls 5% in after-hours trading, Neri introduces three-year plan to cut $1 billion in costs — Referenced Symbols| Sarah Holder / CityLab: |
Nextdoor is building close ties with local law enforcement and public officials in the US, worrying some civil rights advocates — The hyper-local social media platform Nextdoor is winning over local law enforcement and other government officials in the U.S., alarming civil rights advocates.
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| Techdirt: |
Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple's exposure notification API enables the most privacy-respecting approach to contact tracing in history — Apple and Google have now released their update to their mobile operating systems to include a new capability for COVID-19 exposure notification.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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