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Facebook to notify users who liked, commented, or reacted to COVID-19 misinfo and guide them to WHO resources, as report finds debunked claims on the platform — Users who have liked, shared or commented on posts with false claims will be directed to WHO's ‘myth busters’ page
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: at virtual all-hands, Tim Cook reiterated Apple's strong financials when asked about job cuts, said he doesn't know when staff will return to offices — - Tim Cook: Apple to make ‘really significant’ R&D investments — Company's retail staff begin preparing for store re-openings
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Apple and Google's privacy-focused contact tracing APIs could impose limitations on the UK NHS's planned app, allowing only a limited version of contact tracing — Tech firms place limitations on how tracing apps may work in effort to protect users' privacy
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| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Facebook is no longer planning to host local events in place of its F8 developer conference and cancels physical events with 50 or more people through June 2021 — Facebook said Thursday that it's no longer planning to host local events in place of its F8 developer conference …
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple says macOS 10.15.5 will include a battery management tool for MacBooks with Thunderbolt 3 that manages battery life by analyzing the battery's temperature — The way MacBook batteries charge is about to change. Apple has released a new developer preview of macOS Catalina 10.15.5 …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon introduces a long-form speaking style for news and music within third-party Alexa skills, making speech sound natural by inserting conversational pauses — Amazon today announced a long-form speaking style for news and music content within third-party Alexa skills (i.e., voice apps).
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Uber withdraws its 2020 financial guidance, will write down $1.9B-$2.2B on value of some equity investments due to pandemic, lockdowns; stock up 8%+ after hours — - Uber has holdings in Didi and Grab, among other assets. — The company lost $8.51 billion last year.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Analysis of Joe Biden's YouTube, which has just 32,000 subscribers, shows his weakness against Trump's online presence, especially as campaigning goes virtual — The coronavirus has forced the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee into an all-digital campaign, and he's struggling to break through.
Tweets: @asemota, @nytimesbusiness, @ryangrim, @nytimesbusiness, @andrewgauthier, @alxthomp, @helloitsthao, @teamtrump, and @alexstamos
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Google says Gmail business and education users can now directly take video calls on Meet, with a new Zoom-like layout, noise filtering, and more coming later — OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The quadrennial iPhone SEs break from the annual upgrade cycle, arriving 2.5 years after their lookalikes as final versions of popular form factors — The answer: Leap years, the summer Olympics, U.S. presidential elections. — The question: What are things that occur every fourth year?
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
NBA to use Microsoft's Azure cloud to add new features to its website and apps, like showing games in fans' native languages and letting them chat during games — - The NBA will tap Microsoft's Azure public cloud and use its Surface devices. — The league envisions delivering highlight reels …
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Tweets: @east_cap, @kevinpeesker, @astraffon, @swiftstories, @fxshaw, @darrenheitner, and @jordannovet. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
Sources: ICANN delays review period for selling .org registry to Ethos Capital until May 4, after California's AG raised concerns it would hurt non-profits — DNS overseer accused of ignoring the very people it is supposed to represent — ICANN has again delayed a decision on the sale …
Tweets: @anarchistdalek
| Christian Shepherd / Financial Times: |
Pony.ai tests autonomous delivery service in Irvine, CA for purchases on ecommerce site Yamibuy, as lockdowns have suspended testing of its robotaxi service — Chinese autonomous vehicle start-up repurposes fleet to transport goods in California — Chinese autonomous vehicle start … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Trade Republic, a zero-commission mobile trading app for shares, ETFs, and derivatives, raises $67M Series B co-led by Accel and Founders Fund — In the US, Robinhood has led the charge in upending the stock investing model through its mobile-first, minimal-step, commission free trading platform.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft claims it can use AI to distinguish between security and non-security bugs 99% of the time, plans to open-source the methodology in coming months — Microsoft claims to have developed a system that correctly distinguishes between security and non-security software bugs 99% of the time …
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| Jonathan Greig / TechRepublic: |
Qualcomm unveils the 212 LTE modem chip for IoT devices with a focus on minimal power consumption, available by the second half of 2020 — The modem will be available by the end of the year and will usher in a new era for a range of applications, the company said.
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| New York Times: |
Libra scales back ambitions of launching a global currency and will now focus on creating a traditional payment network with coins tied to local currencies — After months of criticism, the cryptocurrency is moving ahead with significant revisions. — OAKLAND, Calif. …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
TikTok lets parents set restrictions on their kids' accounts like limiting screen time, disabling DMs, and restricting content, and disables DMs for under-16s — They can set screen time limits, disable DMs, and restrict content — TikTok is amping up its parental controls today …
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