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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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| 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: |
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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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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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| 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 …
| 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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Tweets: @dseetharaman, @evanderburg, @stanfordcis, @doblezeta, @josephmenn, @agidari, and @simulacrandrew
| 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 … | 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.
Tweets: @alexqgb, @yoda, and @kylebrussell
| Aliya Chaudhry / The Verge: |
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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Chromium Blog, Engadget, gHacks Technology News, TechCrunch, ZDNet, 9to5Google, and Android Police. Tweets: @stshank
| 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
| 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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