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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Weather app Dark Sky says it's been acquired by Apple along with its team; the Android app is no longer available and the API will shutter on Dec. 31, 2021 — In a big move to improve its weather app, Apple has purchased the highly popular iOS app Dark Sky.
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| The Intercept: |
Zoom's marketing and product make the claim that it uses “end-to-end encryption”, but video and audio content from meetings is not end-to-end encrypted — Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption …
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| New York Times: |
New York's AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service — As the videoconferencing platform's popularity has surged, Zoom has scrambled to address a series of data privacy and security problems.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
After reports in tabloids of Houseparty users having social media accounts hacked, Houseparty offers $1M reward to unmask those behind apparent “smear campaign” — App maker denies getting hacked after multiple reports in British media. — Houseparty, a video conferencing desktop …
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| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Xerox plans to end its $30B+ tender offer for HP and proxy fight to replace HP's board after the pandemic undercut its ability to execute a merger — Coronavirus pandemic prompts copier maker to walk away from challenging merger attempt — Xerox Holdings Corp. is pulling the plug …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Pokemon Go maker Niantic says it's acquired AR startup 6D.ai, which will shut down its dev tools and have its tech integrated into Niantic's Real World Platform — Even as the pandemic forces Niantic to shift the way its outdoor-friendly titles are played, the gaming company is charging ahead …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple commits to paying its contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, after initially saying some jobs would be suspended without pay — As shutdowns caused by COVID-19 remain in place, Apple has committed to paying its contractors. The Wall Street Journal reports that initially …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify Kids launches in the US, Canada, and France on the Spotify Family tier with 8,000 songs and 60 hours of stories, of which 50% is localized by market — Spotify is giving more housebound parents — and their cooped-up kids — a new tool to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Victoria Song / Gizmodo: |
Fitbit unveils the Charge 4 fitness tracker, its first new product under Google, with built-in GPS, NFC payments, and Spotify compatibility, starting at $150 — As we entered a new decade, Fitbit's fortunes looked uncertain. Last year, the company was acquired by Google for a neat $2.1 billion …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Macworld, SlashGear, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Fitbit Blog, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Mashable, and Ars Technica. Tweets: @gizmodo
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Tech trade groups and congressional leaders send letters to the Trump administration requesting VC-backed startups not be excluded from the stimulus' SMB loans — In a letter, the lawmakers ask the Trump administration to include the “engine of the innovation economy” in stimulus package loans.Thanks:@emilydreyfuss
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's years of missteps with Skype following its $8.5B acquisition have led to an opening for apps like Zoom and Houseparty to explode during the pandemic — If the coronavirus pandemic had swept across the world in 2011, everyone would have been using Skype to connect over video and voice calls.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
FCC announces that all phone carriers must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication protocols by June 30, 2021 to combat robocalls — The FCC announced today all carriers and phone companies must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol by June 30th, 2021. The regulatory requirement is designed …
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| OnePlus Community: |
OnePlus says its OnePlus 8 flagship phone will have Snapdragon 865 for 25% better performance, 120Hz display, 5G, and more; launch event will be on April 14 — As most of you already know, OnePlus has focused on creating a “fast and smooth” user experience since day one.
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Android Authority, TalkAndroid.com, Wccftech, Droid Life, TmoNews, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Central, TechRadar.com, and PhoneArena. Tweets: @petelau
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire CloudGenix, which competes with SD-WAN providers like Cisco, for $420M — CloudGenix competes with Cisco and other incumbents in the SD-WAN space. — Palo Alto Networks said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire software-defined wide-area networking …
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TechCrunch, FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Light Reading, Silicon Valley Business …, and Dark Reading
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces Azure Edge Zones, now in private preview, to enable new low latency cloud computing suited for 5G networks — Microsoft and AWS are racing to provide tighter ties between 5G and cloud services. Microsoft's strategy for this involves Azure Edge Zones and an expanding number of telco and carrier partners.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Around 60 employees staged a walkout at a Staten Island, NY fulfillment center to protest the impact of Amazon's COVID-19 response on warehouse workers — As Amazon workers across the country test positive for the virus, employees believe collective action is the only way to get the company to meaningfully clean its facilities
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| Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @stevekovach, @andreawoo, @tomaskenn, @nyguild, @jmschaff, @penamerica, @jenfl23, @business, @josheidelson, @josheidelson, and @josheidelson
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei reports net profit of $9B for 2019, up 5.65% YoY, its slowest growth since 2016, on revenue of $123B, up 19.1% YoY, says it's impacted by US blacklist — - Huawei reported revenue of around 858.8 billion yuan or $123 billion for 2019, in line with its target at the start of last year.
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Tweets: @arjunkharpal and @arjunkharpal
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