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| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
While tech companies push remote work for their employees, gig workers receive little support amid COVID-19 outbreak and face income loss for self-quarantine — Amazon, Uber, and Lyft have sent memos asking workers to follow protocols that might not be feasible
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
A look at the growing TikTok trend of “sleep-streams”, where users live-stream their sleep to earn digital coins and gain new followers — Some TikTok users are going viral, gaining followers and even making cash by live-streaming themselves overnight.
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Austin cancels SXSW, scheduled for March 13-22, due to concerns over COVID-19 — - SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. — The conference had been scheduled to take place between March 13 and 22.
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| Kang-Xing Jin / About Facebook: |
Facebook is temporarily banning ads and listings that sell medical face masks, and outlines changes to keep Instagram users “safe and informed” on COVID-19 — We are temporarily banning advertisements and commerce listings, like those on Marketplace, that sell medical face masks.
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| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Huawei is projecting that its annual smartphone shipments will fall around 20% this year — Huawei is projecting that its annual smartphone shipments will fall around 20% this year, in what would be its first year-on-year decline, as a result of U.S. sanctions on its business.| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple announces free repairs for iPad Air models made from Mar. 2019-Oct. 2019 affected by the “blank screen issue” that leaves the display permanently disabled — Apple on Friday launched a repair service program for third-generation iPad Air models suffering from a so-called …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages as they ask their staff to work from home — Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter all told Axios on Thursday night that they plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages even as they encourage …
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Tweets: @bradsmi, @twittercomms, @elisacardnell, @benioff, @caseynewton, @mikeisaac, @wycats, @rosenbergerlm, @hmeisler, @avichal, @geekwire, @vogueandcode, @caro_milanesi, @mor10, @inafried, @inafried, @jhtscherck, @repadamsmith, @markwarner, @etherealmind, @jdaykin, @ksubs1, @davmicrot, @kimzetter, and @inafried. Thanks:@inafried
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @markgurman, @alanzeino, @robaeprice, @lookner, @sccfiredept, @healthyscc, and @azabaro
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
New York power plant sets up its own Bitcoin mining operation, with ~7K crypto miners, using “behind-the-meter” electricity to generate ~5.5 Bitcoins per day — - Atlas Holdings LLC-owned facility starts mining crypto — Dresden-based natural gas plant installed 7,000 crypto miners
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The Next Web. Tweets: @crypto, @alistairmilne, @chrisblec, @harry_jerry, @llsethj, @brianroemmele, and @cryptosbatman
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, has raised $20M in Series B funding at a $100M+ pre-money valuation — Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, announced this week that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.| Mike Orcutt / MIT Technology Review: |
How North Korean hackers laundered $100M in stolen Bitcoin by using hundreds of automated transactions to “peel” small amounts off the original — Hackers working for Kim Jong-un have become experts at covering their tracks on the Bitcoin blockchain.| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Kleiner Perkins closes its 19th fund, KP19, at $700M to focus on early stage investments, reveals 30 out of 34 KP18 investments were either seed or Series A — After going “back to the future” with a $600 million fund last year, VC firm Kleiner Perkins is aiming for some “returns of the Jedi” with its freshest (and refocused) fund.
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Kleiner Perkins, Crunchbase News, FinSMEs, and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @nmasc_, and @ilyaf
| Terje Solsvik / Reuters: |
Online classifieds company OLX Brazil, a leading player in Brazil's digital real estate ads, has agreed to buy rival Grupo ZAP for $642M in an all-cash deal — OSLO (Reuters) - Online marketplace OLX Brazil has agreed to buy competitor Grupo ZAP for 2.9 billion reais ($642 million) …
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Oppo unveils Oppo Watch, its first smartwatch, with 1.91-inch OLED screen, fitness tracking, music playback, available on March 24 in China for ~$215 — Out in China this month for $215 — As repeatedly teased by Oppo itself, Oppo is making a watch called the Oppo Watch, and today it got revealed in full.
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OPPO, XDA Developers, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, Macworld, Engadget, TalkAndroid.com, Android Central, 9to5Google, Wccftech, Thurrott, CNET, Android Headlines, South China Morning Post, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @imore, @cnet, @macrumors, @appleterminal, and @counternotions
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
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