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CNN investigation finds troll farms in Ghana and Nigeria exploited US racial tensions and have ties to Russia's IRA; Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts — Accra, Ghana (CNN)The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year's elections.
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
AT&T suspends broadband data caps for home internet customers in response to increased data needs during outbreak, 17 US senators ask large ISPs to follow suit — AT&T is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple confirms all 42 of its China stores will be open as of Friday after closing them in Feb. due to COVID-19, however, they will operate under reduced hours — Apple Inc. has reopened all 42 of its stores in China after it was forced to close them last month due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn, said the resumption of production at its factories in China had “exceeded expectations” after a prolonged halt due to coronavirus — Terry Gou, founder of Apple's major manufacturing partner Foxconn, said on Thursday the resumption of production …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says its Build 2020 developer conference, planned for May 19 through May 21, will be a digital event due to COVID-19 concerns — Microsoft's Build developer event is no longer taking place in Seattle — Microsoft's Build developer conference is the latest tech event to be affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it is recommending that all employees work from home, if they are able to do so, through the end of March — Amazon issued guidance Thursday in response to the COVID-19 outbreak recommending that global employees who are able to work from home to do so through the end of March.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards in the second quarter of 2020 — Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards in the second quarter of 2020, according to a new research note today from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, obtained by MacRumors.
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
As COVID-19 hastens the adoption of remote work tools, it deepens the divide between those who can and can't work remotely, and normalizes social distancing — How working from home could reshape society — 8:45 each weekday morning, I drop off my 4-year-old at preschool, hug him goodbye, and drive back home.
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Source: Airbnb reported a loss of $276.4M in Q4 before COVID-19 hit, nearly doubling YoY from $143.7M; revenue was up 32% to $1.1B, and it has $2B+ in the bank — - Revenue rose 32% in the period, according to a person familiar — Startup's plans to list on stock market could be at risk
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| Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
Sources: France's competition watchdog to fine Apple over anti-competitive behavior in its distribution and sales network — PARIS (Reuters) - France's competition watchdog is set to fine iPhone maker Apple Inc (AAPL.O) next Monday over anti-competitive behaviour in its distribution and sales network …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Slack reports Q4 revenue of $181.9M, up 49% YoY, beating expectations, but issues disappointing Q1 forecast; stock is down ~20% after hours — - Slack shares plunged 20% on a disappointing forecast for the fiscal first quarter. — The stock sank along with the broader market during regular trading on Thursday.
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
IBM sues Airbnb over what it claims is the illegal use of four patents, including one about “improved navigation using bookmarks” — Move threatens to cast shadow over short-term rental company's road to IPO — IBM is taking Airbnb to court over what it claims is the illegal use …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe beats Q1 expectations with revenue of $3.09B, up 19% YoY, and earnings of $955M, compared to $674M a year ago; subscription revenue was $2.83B, up 22.5% — The company expects enterprise customers to defer bookings, delay consulting services and cut spending amid the worsening global pandemic.
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| Bloomberg: |
Telecom Italia says its internet traffic surged 70%+, mostly due to games such as Fortnite, after reports of lost connections during Italy's school shutdown — - It's not just home-working adults who are hogging bandwidth — International network operator sees big increase in traffic
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others sign an open letter opposing more than dozen bills across the US that target LGBTQ citizens — Apple is among 40 companies voicing opposition to recent bills introduced across the United States that target LGBTQ citizens.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google says G Suite now has more than 2B MAUs — Google's G Suite, which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Hangouts, Meet and other apps, quietly passed a major milestone at the end of last year: It now has more than 2 billion monthly active users, G Suite boss Javier Soltero told Axios Wednesday.
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| Aron Garst / The Verge: |
All major esports tournaments and events have been postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus, costing players, coaches, casters involved money and opportunities — Ashley Kang was getting ready for another day covering the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) in late February.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases a patch for the wormable flaw in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 that leaked this week — Fix for CVE-2020-0796 is now rolling out to Windows 10 and Windows Serve 2019 systems worldwide. — Microsoft has released today a patch for a vulnerability in the SMBv3 protocol … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
ACLU files lawsuit against Homeland Security to uncover details about the agency's face recognition program currently installed in over a dozen US airports — A leading civil liberties group is suing Homeland Security, claiming the agency is keeping the details of its airport face recognition program secret …
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