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UK's NHS says it's making a contact tracing app that uses a centralized approach, giving it more insight into COVID-19's spread than Apple and Google's approach — The UK's coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model to the one proposed by Apple and Google, despite concerns raised about privacy and performance.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
As COVID-19 decimates the global economy, tech giants have a unique opportunity to expand their power, crush rivals, and improve their political fortunes — The global pandemic gives Silicon Valley titans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their power, crush rivals and change their political fortunes.
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Many tech startups are successfully applying for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, often to extend their runways despite already raising large sums — Some young companies have turned to the government loans not for day-to-day survival but simply to buy useful time.
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Baseless YouTube conspiracy videos, embraced by CCP media and uploaded to WeChat, Weibo, claim a US Army reservist started the pandemic and are ruining her life — Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist and mother of two, has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely place … | Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple pushes back production of flagship iPhones coming later this year by about a month, as the pandemic weakens demand and disrupts manufacturing — The phones, some with 5G connectivity, will vary in price and come in three sizes — Apple Inc. is pushing back the production ramp …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Automation Anywhere, a robotic process automation firm valued at $6.8B in its $290M Series B last fall, is laying off over 10% of its 2,600 employees — Automation Anywhere, a robotic process automation company valued at $6.8 billion last fall by venture capitalists … | Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Microsoft has patched a vulnerability in Teams that could have been exploited by hackers to hijack accounts by sending malicious links or GIFs — Microsoft has addressed a vulnerability that could have been exploited by hackers to hijack Microsoft Teams accounts by sending specially crafted links …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Review of Google's second-generation $179 wireless Pixel Buds: sound quality has improved, but their silicone “stabilizer arc” can cause discomfort over time — Google's new earbuds finally go truly wireless and have improved sound quality — Google's original Pixel Buds came …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Google's AI screening tool for diabetic retinopathy, trialed in Thailand, proved impractical in real-life testing, despite high theoretical accuracy — AI is frequently cited as a miracle workers in medicine, especially in screening processes, where machine learning models boast expert-level skills in detecting problems.| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Interviews and documents show Europe's GDPR rules have been stymied by a lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources, and tech companies stalling — Nearly two years in, there has been little enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation, once seen as ushering in a new era.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitter turned off the ability to receive tweet alerts via SMS messages in most countries last week — The ability to receive tweet notifications has been disabled — For the most part, you can no longer use Twitter as it was originally built to be used: over text message.| Ben Sandofsky / Halide: |
An in-depth analysis of how iPhone SE leverages machine learning software to generate a portrait effect using a single 2D image — After four years, we have a new budget-conscious iPhone. Like previous SE, it reaches that price point by sticking to components from previous generations. iFixIt found …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Verizon and Comcast both say they will extend a commitment through June 30 to not cancel service or charge late fees because of the coronavirus pandemic — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N), the largest U.S. wireless carrier, said Monday it will extend … | Neha Alawadhi / Business Standard: |
WhatsApp says there has been a 70% reduction in the number of highly forwarded messages sent after its new forwarding limit was enforced — Earlier this month, WhatsApp limited the number of times a frequently forwarded message can be sent further to only one chat at a time
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| Tom Krisher / Associated Press: |
Tesla rolls out a new update for select vehicles to be able to automatically stop at traffic lights and stop signs — DETROIT (AP) — After testing on public roads, Tesla is rolling out a new feature of its partially automated driving system designed to spot stop signs and traffic signals.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches Donation Stickers that creators can embed in videos, livestreams to raise funds for charities, says it will match COVID-19 donations till May 27 — TikTok is making it easier for creators and their fans to donate to favorite charities amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Vjeran Pavic / The Verge: |
DJI unveils Mavic Air 2 with upgraded camera sensor that can take 48MP photos and shoot 4K at 60 fps, claims 34 minutes of flying time, shipping May 11 at $799 — A bigger sensor, a bigger battery, and redesigned controller come to DJI's mainstream drone — Two and a half years … | Reuters: |
Amazon says it is testing a video conference system to verify the identities of new merchants, used by 1,000+ applicants in the US, UK, China, and Japan so far — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is piloting the use of video conference calls to verify the identity of merchants who wish …
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| Alina Selyukh / NPR: |
In a letter to Amazon, NY AG office says that Amazon may have violated US health standards for “inadequate” warehouse safety measures, broke whistleblower laws — Amazon may have violated federal safety standards for providing “inadequate” protections to warehouse workers in New York …
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New York Times and TechCrunch
| Jon Evans / TechCrunch: |
How Magic Leap failed to miniaturize tech used in its early, stunning demos, which wooed high-profile investors, leading to an unspectacular consumer product — Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel …
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