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Zoom apologizes for routing some calls made in N. America through China, says it “mistakenly” allowed Chinese data centers to accept calls due to traffic spike — Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China …
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| Valerie Strauss / Washington Post: |
Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams — Some school districts around the country have started to ban the use of Zoom for online learning from home during the coronavirus crisis …
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Fast Company, Chalkbeat, DataBreaches.net, and New York Post
Tweets: @philonedtech, @drewharwell, @mffisher, @refuturing, and @akstanwyck
| New York Times: |
Analysis: thousands of people are organizing via private group chats, message boards, Twitter, Instagram, more to execute coordinated “Zoombombing” campaigns — Zoom, the videoconferencing app, has become a target for harassment and abuse coordinated in private off-platform chats.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Micah Lee / The Intercept: |
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 14 code indicates that Apple is working on a new feature codenamed “Avocado” to enable real, movable widgets on iPad and iPhone home screens — 9to5Mac reported last month that Apple is working on a redesigned wallpaper settings panel for iOS, based on an early build of iOS 14 …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
US Small Business Administration issues new guidance for the $350B stimulus program that still seems to exclude most VC-backed startups — Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is in the process of acquiring the California-based VR startup NextVR in a deal valued around $100M — It's no secret that Apple has ambitious plans for augmented reality and a future AR-focused headset. Apple is practically building the platform for its future headset out in the open with ARKit.
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Tweets: @alexqgb, @kylebrussell, @jetscott, @yoda, @iamkhayyam, @diegobez, and @ericflo
| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
Telecom engineers, considered essential workers in the UK, are facing harassment from anti-5G conspiracy mongers, linking the deployment of 5G to coronavirus — EE suspects telephone mast engulfed by fire in Birmingham was an arson attack as celebrities claim Covid-19 caused by new network
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| J.M. Porup / CSO: |
Critics say bug bounty programs buy researcher silence, may violate labor law, and are less effective when they are closed and have NDAs placed on them — When Jonathan Leitschuh found a catastrophic security vulnerability in Zoom, the popular videoconferencing platform …
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Schneier on Security. Tweets: @bsdphk, @doctorow, @veenadubal, @toholdaquill, @dguido, and @kimzetter
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple's deal with Amazon to allow the Prime Video app to process some in-app payments on its own shows how arbitrary, unfair, and outdated App Store rules are — Apple and Amazon very, very quietly unveiled a monumental app deal this week, without fanfare or, sadly, much in the way of transparency.
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Tweets: @2rkiva, @jasonlk, @gerryconway, and @modestproposal1
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Google uses aggregated anonymized location data from 131 countries to show which places are complying with social distancing and which aren't — New COVID-19 mobility reports show changes in traffic to stores, parks, transit stations, and more — Google is using location data gathered …
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9to5Google, New York Times, Android Police, CNBC, Fox News, Wired, Protocol, Ars Technica, Technology Personalized, BGR India, Wccftech, Inc42 Media, Social Media Today, CNN, The Keyword, Medium Coronavirus Blog, WeeTracker, BuzzFeed News, Financial Times, Android Central, infosecurity-magazine.com, SiliconANGLE, New York Post, TechRepublic, WinBuzzer, Silicon Valley Business …, Input, KnowTechie, Federal Communications Commission, The Daily Dot, Interdependent Thoughts, SlashGear, Business Insider, Fortune, TechCrunch, and CNET
Tweets: @grahamkates, @laurelcoons, @lorenzofb, @deniseforar, @shahidforchange, @evanderburg, @stanfordcis, @bfriedmandc, @why0hy, @jason_kint, @drzuhdijasser, @googlemaps, @leakissner, @gleemie, @chrissyfarr, @marshacollier, @bhweingarten, @googlehealth, @sundarpichai, @geoffreyfowler, @profgalloway, @privacymatters, @wsj, @gregggonsalves, @rortybomb, @farzad_md, @tonyromm, @alan_karthi, @privacymatters, @poloolop, @nzewok, @doblezeta, @tedonprivacy, @josephmenn, and @agidari
| Andrey Kuzmin / Reuters: |
Report: Russia delays the implementation of a law banning devices not pre-installed with Russian software, by six months until January 1, 2021 — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday pushed back legislation that would require all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in Russia …
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| Financial Times: |
China's efforts to track COVID-19 cases using personal data has been messy, partly due to sporadic coordination between different agencies and local governments — Efforts to track cases have been haphazard but technology companies face pressure to hand over information
Tweets: @steve_hanke, @gladstein, @ajitpaifcc, and @yuanfenyang
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