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Alex Hern / The Guardian: WhatsApp now limits forwarding of viral messages, forwarded five or more times, to one group at a time, to fight the spread of misinformation -
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Microsoft buys corp.com, a domain that receives sensitive info from misconfigured Windows PCs, for an undisclosed sum to keep it out of the hands of bad actors -
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft expands xCloud beta registration to 11 European countries, rolling out the preview gradually to avoid overloading the internet -
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: Book excerpt from Sarah Frier's No Filter covers how Mark Zuckerberg's jealousy held back Instagram and drove off founders, who gradually lost independence -
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: WeWork sues SoftBank over alleged breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, a few days after SoftBank said it would not consummate its $3B tender offer -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sensor Tower: Quibi had more than 300,000 downloads on its launch day; heavily promoted in Apple's App Store, it reached #3 but just #29 on Google Play -
Chris Welch / The Verge: Quibi app review: works reliably, auto-flips between landscape and portrait, but no tablet-optimized mode, no family member profiles, and lacks a TV experience -
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Alex Konrad / Forbes: Interview with Masayoshi Son on WeWork and the role of the Vision Fund within SoftBank; he expects 15 companies in the Vision Fund portfolio to go bankrupt -
Financial Times: Inside two weeks of turmoil at SoftBank, as Masayoshi Son was forced to take drastic action, including share buybacks, to shore up confidence in his tech empire -
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: Book excerpt: Apple's Information Systems & Technology group, which makes internal tools, operates in tumult, hampering its output and alienating contractors -
Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: Samsung forecasts Q1 2020 operating profit of $5.2B, up 2.7% YoY, beating analyst estimates, and consolidated sales of ~$44B; stock is up 3%+ -
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Italian email service Email.it confirms breach; hackers claim they have data of 600K+ users, including plaintext passwords, and are selling it on the dark web -
The Guardian: Facebook says it will start actively removing false claims that link Covid-19 to 5G, which have started entering the mainstream -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Pinterest adds Shop tabs connected to in-stock inventory, style guides, and more, and says user engagement with Shopping on Pinterest has grown by 44% YoY -
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: SoFi says it's acquiring Galileo, a Utah-based financial services API and payments platform, in $1.2B cash and stock deal; sources say Accel's return is 4x -
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: Trump signs an executive order to formalize a committee for evaluating national security concerns that could stem from foreign ownership of US telecom assets -
John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Source: the 2020 iPad Pros do not have a U1 Ultra Wideband chip — Joe Rossignol, MacRumors, “2020 iPad Pro May Not Have a U1 Ultra Wideband Chip After All”: -
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: Cato Networks, which offers a cloud-based security service that protects remote workforces, raises $77M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners -
Feargus O'Sullivan / CityLab: A look at Airbnb's challenges amid the pandemic crisis, as global bookings fall and prospects for the travel accommodation industry turn murky -
CNBC: Airbnb raises $1B in debt and equity from Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners; source: the funding doesn't depend on its performance or a target date for IPO -
New York Times: Some teachers in the US say under 50% of their pupils participate in online learning; absence rate seems higher in low-income households, marking digital divide -
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters: UN says China was the biggest source of applications for international patents last year, with Huawei its biggest filer, pushing US out of long-held top spot -
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: CyberMDX, which sells software to improve medical device security and hospital network security, raises $20M led by European insurance provider Sham -
Taylor Lyles / The Verge: Google updates Pixel 4 to require open eyes to use the phone's face unlock feature by default, with the option to disable it — Apple's had a similar feature since 2017