Apple unveils new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with a lidar scanner for depth-sensing, backlit keyboard and trackpad, available to order today for $799+ and $999+
New Magic Keyboard Designed for iPad Pro Features a Floating Design, Backlit Keyboard and Trackpad, Delivering the Best Typing Experience Ever on iPad
Apple launches new MacBook Air with a Magic Keyboard featuring scissor-style keys, 13.3" display, Touch ID, and 10th-gen Intel Core CPUs, starting at $999
The Most Popular Mac Now Has Up to 2x Faster Performance, the New Magic Keyboard and Twice the Storage
Sources: the US government is in active talks with Facebook, Google, and others to use location data from Americans' smartphones to stem COVID-19's spread
The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts …
Apple updates Mac Mini with double the storage capacity in standard configurations, with the $799 base model now coming with a 256GB SSD
Apple today updated the Mac mini so that standard configurations now come with double the storage capacity. — The $799 configuration now comes …
Slack unveils a new design with an updated navigation bar, collapsible sections within the sidebar, improved ways to respond to threads and mentions, and more
It arrives today, and it's more customizable and simplified — Slack is unveiling a big redesign to its communications app …
Amid COVID-19 crisis, tech platforms are making a premature bet on AI, as human moderators shift to moderating less sensitive content while working from home
Today, let's talk about some of the front-line workers at Facebook and Google working on the pandemic: the content moderators who keep the site running day in and day out.
Israel approves emergency measures, it says lasting 30 days, for its security agencies to track the mobile phone data of people suspected to have COVID-19
Joe Tidy / BBC :
Apple adds full trackpad support to iPadOS 13.4, available to all iPad models running it on March 24, and unveils a new Magic Keyboard with built-in trackpad
Available on March 24th — Apple is adding support for trackpads to iPads with its new iPadOS 13.4 software update …
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube say they're working with each other and healthcare agencies to tackle misinfo about COVID-19
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Live stream of Sony's Road to PS5 event, providing a deep dive into its system architecture
PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny provides a deep dive into PS5's system architecture and how it will shape the future of games.
Facebook says it plans to award $100M in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses in 30+ countries to address COVID-19's economic impact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Tuesday it plans to award $100 million in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses …
Researchers say Facebook's content moderation policies aren't enough because the core problem stems from ad targeting and algorithmically optimized content
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
WhatsApp announces two initiatives to combat COVID-19 misinformation: an Information Hub in partnership with WHO and others, and a $1M grant to Poynter
but is was fake. How @WhatsApp is now the misinformation frontline https://www.politico.eu/... w/ @JanoschDelcker & @zosiawanat See also Mediagazer
Opera partners with e-payments startup Wyre to enable US users of its browser-based crypto wallet to buy bitcoin and ether using a debit card or Apple Pay
The Opera browser app has partnered with e-payments startup Wyre to expand its built-in wallet's crypto buying power, the Norwegian web developer announced Tuesday.
This pandemic has generated a surge in online community building, creating cautious optimism that our virtual efforts can offset some in-person losses
We've always hoped that our digital tools would create connections, not conflict. We have a chance to make it happen. Tweets: @cnalive , @nbcnews , @salilkallianpur , @ediplomat , @f_kaltheuner , @br...
HHS waives penalties for the use of non-HIPAA compliant video chatting services, like FaceTime and Skype, for telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak
The coronavirus crisis is pushing the US government to loosen one of its only laws on data privacy. The Department of Health and Human Services …
Tencent Q4 earnings miss estimates with net profit of $3.1B, up 52% YoY, from revenue of $1.5B, up 25% YoY, amid delays to cloud projects
China's biggest social media and gaming company just misses fourth quarter estimates amid delays to cloud projects It warned there will be an impact …
Sources: Facebook says all employees will get a $1,000 bonus and earn at least their full bonus for their first 6-month review of 2020 amid COVID-19 crisis
giving all employees at least their full normal bonuses — in its 16-year history Sam Biddle / @samfbiddle : Full story here: https://theintercept.com/... Facebook's argument is that a $1000 payment to...
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the fragile situation of gig economy workers around the world, many of whom are losing their main income source
Gig companies promoted their flexible hours as an economic lifeline for workers. In the coronavirus outbreak, it has been anything but. Tweets: @andreas212nyc and @satariano Tweets: Andreas Sandre / ...
Facebook details its new time keeping service and says it's improved the accuracy from 10 milliseconds to 100 microseconds on its Network Time Protocol servers
The social network says it's improved the accuracy of time telling from 10 milliseconds to 100 microseconds. — Who keeps time on the internet?
Amazon prioritizes shipments of household staples and high-demand products to its warehouses, partially suspending Fulfillment by Amazon program through April 5
Eugene Kim / Business Insider :
Some warehouse workers say Amazon isn't doing enough to limit the spread of coronavirus within its fulfillment centers and demand additional protections
but isn't giving them enough time to do so, says worker Jonathan Bailey. The nearest bathroom is a 2-3 minute walk each way, reducing the amount of time workers have to meet company shipping expectati...
Google says Advanced Protection program users will no longer be able to sideload apps or turn off Google Play Protect, which scans apps for malicious behavior
Google has announced a handful of Android-related security features today as the company looks to plug any critical gaps in its operating system …
Study: Microsoft Edge sends frequent hashed IDs tied to hardware to its back-end servers, making it one of the least private browsers available
Microsoft Edge is one of the least private web browsers — even more so than other popular browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox — according to academic researchers.
How one researcher is using Facebook's anonymized data sets and new colocation maps to identify social distancing habits
Facebook's mapping tools are helping researchers in California track whether people are following social distancing orders. — As the COVID-19 outbreak continued … Tweets: @emilydreyfuss , @issielapo...
Fox is buying ad-supported streaming service Tubi in $440M cash deal; Tubi remains separate company, deal mostly financed with proceeds from sale of Roku stake
Julia Alexander / The Verge :
GitHub launches Android and iOS apps out of beta, letting developers stay in touch with their team, triage issues, and even merge code from their mobile device
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
One, a neobank aimed at middle income users in the US, raises $17M Series A from Obvious Ventures and others, bringing its total raised to $26M since Jan. 2019
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
Google Translate debuts Transcribe for Android, letting users transcribe conversations in real-time across eight languages, with future plans to ship on iOS
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
FireEye: 76% of all enterprise ransomware attacks occur outside business hours, when IT staff support is reduced, overall ransomware attacks up 860% since 2017
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
A look at print-on-demand companies that let users upload any design for products like T-shirts and the challenges of policing IP violations
Roger Sollenberger / Wired : Tweets: @sollenbergerrc , @wired , and @stanfordlaw Tweets: Roger Sollenberger / @sollenbergerrc : SCOOP, in @WIRED: Is your shirt even legal? How untold millions of doll...
TikTok announces the first members of its US content moderation committee, including experts in child safety, hate speech, and misinformation
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios :
China's COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the country's digital divide in education, as many rural students lack the connections or hardware to learn remotely
Raymond Zhong / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @nanduan , @yuanfenyang , @nytimesbusiness , @mckenziecnn , and @puiwingtam Tweets: @nytimesbusiness : For all of China's economic progress...
Deepgram, which provides high-quality, real-time speech recognition, raises $12M Series A led by Wing VC
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch :
A look at video chat service Around, launching today, which uses auto-zoom and noise canceling to keep faces and voices in focus, letting users multitask
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine , @kantrowitz , @yoda , and @thekenyeung Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : This is one of the smartest startups I've seen recently. Video chat...
As new high-resolution satellites, supercomputers, and AI networks collect massive amounts of geospatial science data, they pose threats to civil liberties
its rapidly accelerating growth, enormous potential for good (including tracking COVID-19), & some creepy-as-hell possible downsides. https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : “It's just mind-boggling t...
Chinese video sharing app Likee is looking to expand in the US, following in the footsteps of TikTok, as the app's MAUs grew to 115.3M, up 208%, in Q4
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :
Overview of the companies from Y Combinator's W20 Demo Day, which debuted presentations online to invited investors and media
TechCrunch :
Axis Security, an Israeli startup that provides an alternative to VPNs for private application access, has emerged from stealth with a $17M Series A
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu :
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.