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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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| Dylan Byers / NBC News: |
Facebook says it will let many of its 50,000 employees work from home permanently, “aggressively” open up remote hiring, first in the USA, then elsewhere — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the social media giant will start allowing many of its 50,000 employees …
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| 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.| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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Washington Post, AppleInsider, Jumbo Blog, al.com, and Mashable
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @joshelman, @sub8u, @caseynewton, @scotwingo, @edbott, @wsj, @ejacqui, @johnholtnews, @danamattioli, @brianroemmele, and @dcseifert
| 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, @kent_walker, and @reneritchie
| 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, TechRepublic, 9to5Mac, and Engadget
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
| 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, Pocketnow, BGR, Input, Android Central, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @messenger, @alexstamos, @epro, and @alexvoica
| Yujie Xue / South China Morning Post: |
Report: Chinese investors in US tech companies closed 11 deals worth $400M in Q1, down from 18 deals worth $1.8B in Q1 2019, as China looks to EU for investment — There were 11 deals for Chinese investments into US tech companies in the first quarter, compared to 18 in the same period …
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| Sara Harrison / The Markup: |
A look at the accuracy of commercial fitness trackers, as studies show factors like having darker skin or shuffling when walking can throw off sensors — In a 2019 study, 18 senior citizens took a stroll on some treadmills while armed to the hilt with fitness trackers.
Tweets: @davezatz
| 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.| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Gen Z TikTok stars have embraced the rise of “collab houses” in Los Angeles, where young social media personalities chasing influence live and work together — Gen Z influencers are settling into life in a shuttered Los Angeles. — When Gianluca Conte, 20 …
Tweets: @jonacuff, @aishamoodmills, @laurenstrapa, @crtejada, @karlusss, @bigtucsondad, and @taylorlorenz
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Twitter's plan to let users restrict tweet replies may curb some harassment, but will allow some users to shut down criticism and will reduce random engagement — This could make the platform less toxic — and less magical — The Twitter “reply guy” — a user, usually male …
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The Daily Dot. Tweets: @willoremus, @jack, @drewcostley, @theabridgedzach, @mattnavarra, @willoremus, @jhweissmann, @willoremus, and @willoremus
| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung has started construction on a 5nm fabrication facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea to take on TSMC's contract chipmaking business — - Korea's largest company started building a new 5nm chip line — Expansion coincides with U.S. rules threatening TSMC's clients
| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Sources: Deel, a payroll service for remote workers, raises $14M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — - Deel, a payroll platform for remote workers, has secured a $14 million series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, sources told CNBC exclusively. As part of the investment … Sponsor Posts
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