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Sources: the US government is in active talks with Facebook, Google, and others to use location data from Americans' smartphones to stem COVID-19's spread — The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube say they're working with each other and healthcare agencies to tackle misinfo about COVID-19 — Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube put out joint statement promising to fight COVID-19 fraud and curb misinformation.
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Twitter, XDA Developers, The Next Web, Financial Times, Vox, Facebook Announces $1 Million …, The Verge, TechCrunch, CNET, BBC, Thurrott, LaptopMag, WinBuzzer, International Business Times, Silicon Valley Business …, 9to5Google, Mashable, Android Police, MediaNama, Social Media Today, TechRadar.com, Wccftech, Neowin, USA Today, Bloomberg, and Business Insider
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Facebook says it plans to award $100M in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses in 30+ countries to address COVID-19's economic impact — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Tuesday it plans to award $100 million in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses …
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| Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: |
Uber suspends its Uber Pool feature in the US and Canada, and Lyft says it is pausing Shared rides across all its markets to reduce the spread of COVID-19 — Uber has suspended its Uber Pool feature in the United States and Canada due to the worsening outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon to prioritize shipments of household staples and other high-demand products, partially suspending its Fulfillment by Amazon program through April 5 — Amazon's ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’ (FBA) program, through which it provides warehousing and shipment services for products from third-party sellers …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Google Translate debuts Transcribe for Android, letting users transcribe conversations in real-time across eight languages, with future plans to ship on iOS — Google Translate today launched Transcribe for Android, a feature that delivers a continual, real-time translation of a conversation.
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Sources: Facebook says all employees will get a $1,000 bonus and earn at least their full bonus for their first 6-month review of 2020 amid COVID-19 crisis — The Information writes deeply reported articles about the technology industry you won't find elsewhere.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says on its website that stores will be closed “until further notice”, after first saying they'd be closed until March 27 — Late on Friday, Apple announced that it would close all Apple Stores outside of Greater China until March 27th. Over the weekend … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
GitHub launches Android and iOS apps out of beta, letting developers stay in touch with their team, triage issues, and even merge code from their mobile device — Microsoft's GitHub today launched its native Android and iOS app out of beta. With the app hitting general availability …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google postpones the rescheduled, online version of its Cloud Next conference until further notice, after canceling the in-person conference a few weeks ago — the in-person version of Cloud Next, its largest conference of the year, amid a flurry of similar coronavirus-related cancellations of major events.
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Google Cloud Blog, Business Insider, The Verge, 9to5Google, and Android Police. Tweets: @fredericl
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Financial companies Advantage Capital Funding and Argus Capital Funding left 425GB of data exposed online, including 500K+ sensitive files and legal docs — Half a million confidential legal and financial documents, at least, were exposed online. — An open database is the source … | BuzzFeed News: |
Some warehouse workers say Amazon isn't doing enough to limit the spread of coronavirus within its fulfillment centers and demand additional protections — As Americans retreat to their homes to weather the coronavirus pandemic, they are increasingly turning to Amazon to get basic necessities …
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| Washington Post: |
Around the world, coronavirus misinformation spreads rapidly across WhatsApp, TikTok, texts, and emails, mediums lacking oversight that elude the authorities — The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Smart ring startup Oura raises $28M Series B from Google's Gradient Ventures, Square, and Forerunner Ventures, says it's sold 150K of its smart rings to date — Oura, a Finnish startup that creates a smart activity- and sleep-tracking ring, has raised $28 million in a series B round of funding … | New York Times: |
As the COVID-19 outbreak discourages moviegoers and theatrical releases get delayed, the ascendancy of streaming services may be accelerating — Cinemas, already contending with streaming services, are now facing the prospect of no audiences and no new films because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hollywood Reporter, Comcast Corporation, and AppleInsider
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