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FCC approves a $50/month high-speed internet subsidy for low-income households and a one-time discount of up to $100 on a computer or tablet for eligible homes — The money, aimed at low-income households, is part of an effort to bridge the access gap to broadband connectivity amid the pandemic.
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
More than a dozen current and ex-Amazon corporate employees say its Black staff often face direct and insidious bias that harms their careers and personal lives — Interviews with diversity managers and internal data obtained by Recode indicate that Black Amazon employees are promoted less frequently …
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Inside Google Stadia's failure as sources say it missed targets for controller sales and MAUs by hundreds of thousands after spending tens of millions on games — The tech giant likes to test and tweak. Stadia promised to change the industry and failed to deliver.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Twitter's Super Follows represent a surge of interest in tools that let individuals create real economic value for themselves on social networks — Will Super Follows shake up the media industry? — 16 hr ago — Today let's talk about Twitter's move into subscriptions … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Vignesh Ramachandran / Stanford News: |
Researchers identify causes for Zoom fatigue: intense close-up eye contact, constantly seeing own reflection, reduced mobility, and increased cognitive load — It's not just Zoom. Popular video chat platforms have design flaws that exhaust the human mind and body. But there are easy ways to mitigate their effects.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple begins showing a repair index for devices like the iPhone and Mac in France, due to local regulations set by the Minister of Ecological Transition — Apple surprisingly began to show a repair index for devices like the iPhone and Mac in the Apple Store app and the Apple Online Store in France this week.
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| Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast: |
Shockingly real deepfakes of Tom Cruise are going viral on TikTok, with the account deeptomcruise amassing 200K+ followers in a few days — FOR THE LOVE OF XENU — Be afraid. Be very afraid. — Three days ago, a TikTok account going by @deeptomcruise began posting video clips …
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| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Security researcher finds seven embedded trackers in the Android app for LastPass password manager; its maker says users can opt out if they want — Third-party code in security-critical apps is obviously suboptimal, but company says you can opt out — A security researcher has recommended …
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| Jan Stryjak / Counterpoint Research: |
European smartphone market shrank by 14% YoY in 2020, with Xiaomi up 85% and Huawei down 62%; Apple hit record market share of 30% in Q4 helped by iPhone 12 — Boston, Toronto, London, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul - February 26, 2021 — 2020 was a rollercoaster year for the European smartphone market.| Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple, Google, and Amazon are training their voice assistants to better understand people with speech disorders such as stutter — Voice assistants like Alexa and Siri often can't understand people with dysarthria or a stutter; their creators say that may change
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| Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN: |
Best Buy says it laid off 5,000 workers and will close more stores as it expects 40% of sales to come from online purchases this year, up from 19% two years ago — New York (CNN Business)Best Buy said Thursday that it laid off 5,000 workers this month and is planning to close more stores … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Fi, whose connected dog collars send users notifications when their dogs travel out of AI-determined geofenced areas, raises $30M Series B at a $200M valuation — Pet tech company Fi today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B. The round, led by Chuck Murphy of Longview Asset Management …
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| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook's Andrew Bosworth told staff that Facebook is considering building facial recognition into future smart glasses products, weighing legal implications — Facebook is discussing building facial recognition into its upcoming smart glasses product and has been weighing the legal implications …
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| Vanessa Romo / NPR: |
Biden revokes Trump's freeze on green cards for immigrants and temporary work visas for skilled workers in H-1B and other categories — President Biden on Wednesday revoked a freeze that his predecessor had put on many types of visas due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the order …
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Facebook is rolling out an opt-in feature, allowing “Hey Facebook” to be used as a wake word for its Portal displays and Oculus Quest platform — Available on Portal smart displays and rolling out on Oculus Quest headsets — Facebook has introduced a new “Hey Facebook” …
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| Reuters: |
ByteDance has agreed to a $92M class action settlement over data privacy claims from some US TikTok users, according to court documents — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ByteDance has agreed to a $92 million class-action settlement to settle data privacy claims from some U.S. TikTok users …
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