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Facebook launches Messenger Rooms for group video chat, rolling out globally in the coming weeks, and says it will allow up to 50 people to join a call — Facebook is greatly expanding its video chat offerings to keep up with rising demand — Facebook is rolling out a suite of new products to expand its capabilities in video chat.
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Sources: Facebook and Zoom worked since January to launch a video call product on Portal in May, but stopped after Zoom decided to pause new feature development — Facebook, Google and other behemoths are training their sights on Silicon Valley's company of the moment.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
John Legere abruptly resigns from T-Mobile board, effective immediately, in order to “pursue other options”, after previously stating he would leave on June 4 — Whatever his next move is couldn't wait until June — John Legere has formally cut ties with T-Mobile US, the company he led as CEO for over seven years.
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| Stephen Pulvirent / HODINKEE: |
As Apple Watch celebrates its 5th anniversary, watch enthusiasts reflect on its impact and how its mainstream appeal brought new interest in mechanical watches — After half a decade, the Apple Watch's lasting impact is clear. — There are certain moments that stand out as true game-changers.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple and Google release FAQ for contact tracing APIs, describe changes made to address privacy concerns, and pledge to disable APIs once pandemic is contained — The companies released more details on their ambitious public health project — On Friday, Apple and Google revised …
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| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Telegram says it now has 400M MAUs, up from 300M a year ago, and will offer secure group video calls sometime this year — Now that the coronavirus pandemic has made video calls increasingly popular and critical, services like Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp and Telegram are vying for attention.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Research: ~150 new domain registrations starting with “reopen”, and many ending with US place names, are tied to state GOP orgs and other conservative groups — The past few weeks have seen a large number of new domain registrations beginning with the word “reopen” and ending with U.S. city or state names.| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
In court documents, WhatsApp claims that NSO Group used US-based servers to direct malware to WhatsApp user devices — The legal battle between software surveillance vendor NSO Group and Facebook continues (Greg Otto/Scoop News Group) — Lawyers for WhatsApp's parent company alleged …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down, President and COO John Stankey will take over the position on July 1 — - AT&T announced CEO Randall Stephenson will retire and President and COO John Stankey will take over the position on July 1. — The transition comes at a tough …
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| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
SF supervisor says Uber is retaliating against the city's temporary cap on food delivery commissions by ceasing deliveries to low income neighborhoods — San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney accused Uber of redlining after it cut off access to Uber Eats for Treasure Island residents …
Tweets: @matthaneysf, @csaid, @vindugoel, and @techchronicle
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A text string in the Sindhi language can crash iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Watch when devices receive a notification with it; bug seems to be fixed in iOS 13.4.5 beta — Every so often, a bug in iOS emerges where a certain string of text will cause your iPhone or iPad to crash.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Sources: China orders ByteDance to temporarily remove its Slack-style office app Feishu, after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter — - Regulators found the app allowed access to Facebook, Twitter — The decision deals a blow to ByteDance's internet ambitions| Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
E-commerce stocks soar amid pandemic as analysts expect upcoming results will reveal a potentially permanent shift in consumer behavior toward online shopping — - Online retail is making in-roads into categories like grocery — Amazon, eBay, Wayfair and Shopify among the outperformers| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Sources: OnePlus downsized some European offices, including UK and Germany, by as much as 80%, while offices in Finland, where it sees potential, are unaffected — It's only been a little over a week since the OnePlus 8 launch, but the company apparently went ahead and announced significant redundancies across Europe since yesterday.
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