ESA says E3, scheduled for early June as a three-day event, has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
The biggest trade show in video games is skipping a year. Michael Kan / PCMag : 2 Attendees at Last Month's RSA Cybersecurity Show Now Have Coronavirus Stephany Nunneley / VG247 : With E3 2020 cancele...
Twitter is making it mandatory for all employees around the world to work from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
After “strongly encouraging” it earlier this month, Twitter said today that working from home is now mandatory for all employees around the world due to COVID-19 concerns.
Kuo: Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards in the second quarter of 2020
Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards in the second quarter of 2020, according to a new research note today from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, obtained by MacRum...
Google recommends all North American employees work remotely until at least April 10
Google is recommending *all* of its North American employees work from home due to #coronavirus concerns. Biggest company to do this so far. Parent company Alphabet has more than 100,000 employees mos...
Sources: the White House sought help from Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and others to combat COVID-19 misinformation and track its spread
The Trump administration implored the companies to use their technical expertise to help those dealing directly with the fallout of coronavirus.
Source: at least one of this year's iPhones will have a 3D depth camera on its back, enabling new photo and video effects, as well as better AR experiences
Our source confirms Apple's plans to put a 3D depth camera on the back of the iPhone. Here's what it'll do.
Sources: Magic Leap is exploring options, including a sale, partnerships, and a possible listing, after a meeting with Facebook never progressed to deal talks
- Florida-based company also weighing partnerships, stake sale — Magic Leap could fetch more than $10 billion in a sale process
Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others sign an open letter opposing more than dozen bills across the US that target LGBTQ citizens
Apple is among 40 companies voicing opposition to recent bills introduced across the United States that target LGBTQ citizens.
On the web's 31st birthday, Tim-Berners Lee warns online harassment and lack of internet access are fuelling abuse and discrimination against women and girls
On the World Wide Web's 31st birthday, our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee reflects on the challenges we face to deliver on our vision of a web for everyone.
Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn, said the resumption of production at its factories in China had “exceeded expectations” after a prolonged halt due to coronavirus
Terry Gou, founder of Apple's major manufacturing partner Foxconn, said on Thursday the resumption of production …
Google says it recommends its employees in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa work from home starting on March 12
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Bitcoin fell to $5,678, its lowest level since May 2019 and a ~25% drop on a 24-hour basis, before bouncing back, now hovering around $6K
Bitcoin is in turmoil on Thursday as another severe sell-off is seen in the traditional markets. — The top cryptocurrency by market value plunged …
Investigation identifies owner of 60+ browser extensions which engaged in a long-running ad fraud scheme and were removed as part of a Google crackdown in Feb
It was a weed that Google kept trying and failing to kill. — The browser extension MyPDF kept appearing and being removed from the Chrome Web Store.
At EARN IT Act hearing, Sen. Blumenthal says the “bill says nothing about encryption”, while industry groups allege it may force them to drop E2E encryption
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Google says G Suite now has more than 2B MAUs
Google's G Suite, which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Hangouts, Meet and other apps, quietly passed a major milestone at the end of last year: It now has more than 2 billion monthly active users, G Sui...
AWS debuts Bottlerocket, an open source OS for using Linux-based containers on virtual machines and bare metal hosts, in dev preview on Amazon EC2 and EKS
Linux-based operating system purpose-built to run containers James / cloudcomputing-news.net : Google Cloud and AWS launch new services on machine learning and containers respectively Mike Wheatley / ...
Investigation finds that books dominating Amazon's search results on COVID-19 are often plagiarized from news outlets, with authors lacking verifiable IDs
and promise — of instant Amazon books in the time of coronavirus Louise Matsakis / Wired : Amazon Quietly Removes Some Dubious Coronavirus Books David Covucci / The Daily Dot : Amazon ebooks about cor...
EU Commission outlines proposals for green initiatives related to tech: right-to-repair laws, ending premature obsolescence, and restricting single-use products
our campaign is only getting bigger and more popular. https://twitter.com/...
Microsoft posts an advisory about a new wormable flaw in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019; there's currently no patch available, but there are workarounds
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Amazon rolls out Alexa-enabled voice shopping in India, available on Android “primarily in English”, the first time Amazon launched the feature outside the US
Amazon today rolled out Alexa-enabled voice-powered shopping feature in India as the e-commerce giant looks for new ways …
Apple says it will close all of its 17 retail stores in Italy from March 12 “until further notice” amid the COVID-19 outbreak
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Comscore announces a partnership with Twitch to measure activity like minutes spent and content minutes per ad minute, starting with audiences in US and Canada
Measurement firm Comscore announced this morning a partnership with Amazon-owned game streaming site, Twitch.
Lyra Health, a mental health platform used by employees of companies like eBay and Uber, raises $75M Series C, says it expects revenues of $100M this year
- Lyra sells its mental-health platform to 35 employer customers — Mental-health startup Lyra Health raised $75 million … Tweets: @hazesyah Tweets: Stephen Hays / @hazesyah : This deal puts my tall...
Deep North, a retail analytics platform that uses videos from CCTVs to measure parameters like daily entries and exits and queue times, raises $25.7M Series A
Amazon and others have raised awareness of how the in-store shopping experience can be sped up (and into the future) …
AI-powered market research platform Remesh raises $25M Series A extension, bringing its total raised to $38M
Remesh, a software company using AI to orchestrate market research, today announced that it's raised $25 million in series 2A funding. CEO Andrew Konya said the proceeds …
Bipartisan congressional committee report gives 75 recommendations for how US government should approach cyber security issues, from Cyber Command's goals to 5G
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YouTube says it will enable ads on a limited number of videos about coronavirus, including from some news partners and creators who accurately self-certify
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Leaked images of billboard mockups show the Pixel 4a will have a starting price of $399, the same starting price as the Pixel 3a
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Inside TikTok's strategy to get a foothold in Africa: signing up Instagram and YouTube creators, hiring staff in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, and more
Alexandria Williams / Quartz : Tweets: @yinkawrites and @brianmbunde See also Mediagazer Tweets: Yinka Adegoke / @yinkawrites : TikTok is quietly snapping up creatives from YouTube and Instagram in a...
A Washington, DC judge struck down a key 2018 Trump admin H-1B visa requirement on Tuesday that IT companies deemed onerous and caused a spike in visa denials
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @issielapowsky , and @protocol . Thanks: @emilydreyfuss Tweets: @protocol : A judge ruled that onerous requirements the White House placed on H-1B visa...
UK will introduce a 2% tax on search engines, social media services, and online marketplaces with $650M+ annual revenue and £25M+ UK revenue starting on April 1
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Beijing-based Neolix Technologies, which says it has sold 225 level 4 autonomous delivery vehicles to clients like Alibaba, adds ~$29M to its ~$14.8M Series A
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
NorthOne, a New York-based digital bank that provides a banking app for small businesses, announces a $21M Series A raise led by Battery Ventures
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
Libra rival The Celo Foundation launches Alliance for Prosperity, a cryptocurrency developer platform, backed by 50+ partners including a16z and Coinbase
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
TikTok says it will open a transparency center in LA in early May, letting experts evaluate its content moderation and later get insights into its source code
Neha Malara / Reuters :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.