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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 … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Zoom will require passwords to enter calls via Meeting ID and will turn on Waiting Rooms by default to prevent trolls from disrupting calls, starting April 5 — Zoom is making some drastic changes to prevent rampant abuse as trolls attack publicly shared video calls.
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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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US federal law enforcement warns that invading Zoom meetings to broadcast “disruptive content” will result in fines or possible imprisonment — Hacking into a conference call seems like a fun prank — until you get arrested — Federal prosecutors are now warning pranksters …
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| 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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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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Google temporarily rolls back its SameSite policy in Chrome, to allow stability for essential service websites that may not meet third party cookie requirements — Google says it wants to provide stability during the COVID-19 outbreak — With the launch of Chrome 80 in February …
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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 …
| Abhilash Kumar / Counterpoint Research: |
Global online music streaming grew 32% YoY in 2019, reaching 358M total subs; Spotify led with 31% market share of paid subs, followed by Apple Music at 19% — - Spotify continues to be the market leader and recorded a 23% YoY growth in total revenue during CY 2019.
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Forbes: |
Profile of Larry Ellison, who has turned the Hawaiian island of Lanai into a data-powered wellness lab and is building a COVID-19 database for the White House — As Larry Ellison sits in one of several idyllic bubbles he has created for himself, a lush 249-acre estate in Rancho Mirage … | 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| Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post: |
4Paradigm, a China-based startup providing AI-powered real-time data analytics, raises $230M from Cisco, Lenovo, and others, at a post-money valuation of ~$2B — The funding round has attracted new strategic investors including American technology conglomerate Cisco and the world's largest …
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