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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Numerous tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Facebook are asking Seattle-based staff to work from home because of coronavirus — Amazon and Facebook have shut down individual offices as well — Numerous tech companies have asked their Seattle-based employees to work from home …
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Microsoft on the Issues, Business Insider, GeekWire, GeekWire, CNBC, GeekWire, NPR, Digital Trends, and Reuters
Tweets: @bradsmi, @satyanadella, @ow, @donasarkar, @inafried, @tweetsbytwito, @mattyglesias, @kf, @bizcarson, and @sarahconnor2017
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple is rejecting apps related to COVID-19 that do not originate from “recognized institutions” like governments or hospitals — - Apple is cracking down on apps related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that aren't from recognized institutions like governments or hospitals, iPhone developers say.
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CNET, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNN, Mashable, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, TechCrunch, iMore, Fast Company, Android Headlines, BGR, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @bzamayo, @ecclisiastamort, @entirelyamelia, @nitotv, @lisahopeking, and @rock_health
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft encourages Seattle area and Bay Area employees to work from home if possible through March 25 and asks sick employees to stay home — - People who can work from home in the two affected areas should do that, Microsoft said. — Microsoft said non-essential business travel … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
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Bloomberg, Deadline, ABC News, CNBC, Reuters, CNET, Daily Mail, New York Times, NBC News, Business Insider, Axios, Zero Hedge, Gizmodo, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, and Tom's Hardware
Tweets: @aweary, @kurtwagner8, @naveedajamali, @taylor_soper, @tedlandk5, @danjohnsoninc, @fruney, and @eugenekim222
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
DuckDuckGo makes Tracker Radar, a tool detailing 5,326 domains used by 1,727 companies and organizations that track users online, publicly available — DuckDuckGo, the maker of search engine and browser technology that doesn't track you online, is sharing data it's collected about online trackers …
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DuckDuckGo Blog, GitHub, Gizmodo, Neowin, Yahoo Finance, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @johnwilander, @stshank, @duckduckgo, @duckduckgo, @benbajarin, @ldrogen, @duckduckgo, @ashk4n, and @whatthebit
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
An unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in last five years allows sophisticated attackers access to mask ROM of its chipsets and microprocessors — Converged Security and Management Engine flaw may jeopardize Intel's root of trust. — Virtually all Intel chips released … | Michael H. Keller / New York Times: |
Five Eyes nations release guidelines for platforms to fight child porn; US senators introduce a bill to remove Section 230 for failure to police such content — Legislation announced on Thursday aimed at curbing the spread of online child sexual abuse imagery would take the extraordinary step …
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Wired, United States Senate Committee …, Ars Technica, Reuters, TechFreedom, Yahoo Finance, Techdirt, Protocol, CNET, TechCrunch, CNBC, and The Verge
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Sonos says it is getting rid of its controversial recycle mode, which bricked its older devices, while continuing to offer a trade-in discount — Sonos has been under fire lately for the way it has handled a few decisions around its oldest products. Last fall, the company introduced a …
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The Verge, The Next Web, MacRumors, Input, iMore, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, and TechSpot
Tweets: @ifixit and @repaircoalition
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Facebook reverses course and says it will remove 1K+ deceptive census ads being run by the Trump campaign, after initially saying they do not violate its policy — November's election will have an enormous impact on politics in the United States for the next four years.
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Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Hill, Washington Post, Bloomberg Law, Mashable, and Security
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey says he is reevaluating plans to spend part of the year in Africa amid the coronavirus outbreak and “everything else going on” — The Twitter CEO is facing down an adversarial investor who wants him gone — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is reevaluating his plans …
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Financial Times, Bloomberg, Tubefilter, Telegraph, CNN, Axios, and KnowTechie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands its rules around hateful conduct to include language that dehumanizes people on the basis of their age, disability, or disease — Last year, Twitter expanded its rules around hate speech to include dehumanizing speech against religious groups.
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Twitter, The Verge, Input, and help.twitter.com
Tweets: @arthurwyatt, @chadloder, @arischulman, @technosucks, @untimelygamer, @letsgoayo, @jaybwood, @tonyromm, and @mattmcgee
| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : |
Emails show Wolfcom, a major body cam provider in the US, is testing integrating live facial recognition on its Halo camera with at least one police department — Police cam manufacturer Wolfcom has contracts with 1,500 organizations — olfcom, a company that makes technology for police …
Tweets: @jeffbercovici, @iwillleavenow, @gabrielrossman, @kevinroose, @willoremus, @dlberes, @davegershgorn, @mer__edith, @mallorytmcmahon, @trevortimm, @dlberes, @dlberes, @aclu, @zittrain, @matt_cagle, @emanuelmaiberg, @olaasm, @fightfortheftr, and @michellelegro. Thanks:@dlberes
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Clearview AI's facial recognition app was used by the company's investors, clients, and friends to “test” its tech for over a year prior to public scrutiny — Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.
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OneZero, Gizmodo, Business Insider, IT Management, The Surveillance, CNET, Mashable, and The Daily Dot
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
South Korea passes crypto legal framework legislation, letting the country's regulators oversee and develop rules for cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges — The South Korean National Assembly passed new legislation today that will provide a framework for the regulation and legalization of cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges.
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TheNews.Asia, Yonhap News Agency, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, and coinspeaker.com
Tweets: @johnkim77 and @simonyusea
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Appeals court declines to invalidate one of the WiFi-related patents underlying a $1.1B verdict Caltech has won against Apple and Broadcom — Apple in January was ordered to pay the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) $838 million for infringing on Caltech patents related to WiFi transmissions.
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Reuters, AppleInsider, Bloomberg Law, 9to5Mac, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Emily Dreyfuss / Protocol: |
Elizabeth Warren changed the discussion about tech companies through her call to break up big tech, influencing debate even after her withdrawal from the race — Warren's campaign may be dead, but her call to break up big tech lives on. — Elizabeth Warren's decision to end her campaign means …
Tweets: @ekp, @emilydreyfuss, @profgalloway, and @reckless
| Chris Mellor / Blocks and Files: |
Nvidia acquires SwiftStack, a small AI-focused data storage and management platform it currently uses, for an undisclosed sum — Nvidia is buying SwiftStack, an object storage software company. Terms were undisclosed but the takeover looks like a white knight move by Nvidia.
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SwiftStack, TechCrunch, and Forbes
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Google launches a version of Anthos cloud platform for telecoms as part of its Global Mobile Edge Cloud strategy, partners with AT&T to test 5G edge solutions — Google LLC today launched a new version of its Anthos application development platform for telecommunications providers …
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TechCrunch, Google Cloud, Light Reading, TechRepublic, PR Newswire, ZDNet, and Fortune
Tweets: @mhbergen, @mhbergen, and @zachtratar
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Facebook says it is suing Namecheap, and its proxy service Whoisguard, for registering 45 domain names that pretend to be affiliated with Facebook apps — This week we filed a lawsuit in Arizona against Namecheap, a domain name registrar, as well as its proxy service, Whoisguard … | Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google says it will switch to mobile-first indexing for all sites from September and 70% of sites shown in its search results have already shifted over — Google has said currently 70% of sites shown in search have already been switched over. — Google has announced that by September 2020 …
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, TechCrunch, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @ludobos, @marie_haynes, @aleyda, @campuscodi, @davewsmart, and @googlewmc
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
UK's Virgin Media says a marketing database with personal details of ~900K customers, including names and addresses, had been left unsecured since last April — At least one person from outside Virgin Media accessed non-financial details — Almost a million Virgin Media customers … | Amy Castor / Decrypt: |
UK's FCA warns UK citizens against offers from crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, saying it lacks authorization to market financial products in the country — The Financial Conduct Authority cautions UK citizens to avoid the bitcoin derivatives platform. Bitmex is promoting its services without authorization, it says.
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FCA, InsideBitcoins.com, The Merkle Hash, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
Tweets: @timccopeland, @ahcastor, and @nlw
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