Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video say they will reduce their streaming quality in EU to reduce traffic on the network, as millions are confined at home
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Friday it will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union …
Twitter broadens its definition of harm to address content with deceptive language around COVID-19, including “denial of established scientific facts”
Site changes rules to ban content aimed at making people act against official advice — Twitter will remove tweets that run …
EU calls on streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube to limit broadband use and offer programs only in standard, rather than high, definition
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Microsoft unveils DirectX 12 Ultimate, which promises to better unify the features and capabilities of PC gaming and the Xbox platform, coming later this year
Bringing a suite of software advancements in gaming graphics onto a single platform — Microsoft has a new version …
Sources: Apple's supply chain still disrupted by COVID-19-related shutdowns in countries like Malaysia; 5G iPhones still expected to launch by fall
- Virus responses in Malaysia, U.S., Europe disrupt suppliers — 5G iPhone currently still on schedule, but timeline could slip
Court filing: Anthony Levandowski, ex-Uber self-driving head, pleads guilty to trade secrets theft from Google in exchange for 32 other charges being dropped
The guilty plea, which could lead to a prison sentence, is the latest twist in a years-long saga of conflict and courtroom drama
GDC announces a new San Francisco event, GDC Summer, from August 4-6 after initially postponing the March event
The three-day event will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center from August 4-6. — Informa Tech, the organizer of the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco …
Instagram says it is internally testing a Snapchat-like ephemeral feature that clears chat messages after all members have viewed the thread and closed it
Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat's most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn't already cloned.
Slack says it added around 7,000 new customers in the 47 days between February 1 and March 18, compared to the 5,000 it added in its most recent quarter
Today, Slack, a popular internal chat application, announced that it added 7,000 new customers between February 1 and March 18. That is 47 days.
Gene Munster: improved availability time for iPhones and AirPods suggests that China has largely returned to regular production after COVID-19 shutdown
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Storj Labs launches a blockchain-based decentralized cloud storage service for enterprises at 50% lower pricing than AWS to securely store files and documents
Decentralized storage provider Storj Labs says its blockchain-based cloud service is now available for businesses and individuals to securely store files and documents.
Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics is shutting down; CEO cites “unmet promise of AI” and says investors rejected the operator business model
In 2015, I got obsessed with the idea of driverless trucks and started Starsky Robotics. In 2016, we became …
Microsoft says Teams passed 44M DAUs, up from 32M earlier this month, unveils new features like real-time noise suppression that are coming later this year
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Yelp commits $25M to local restaurants in waived fees and free services as its data shows US consumer interest in restaurants fell by 54% over the past week
Yelp announced this morning that it's making a number of changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AWS commits $20M and launches a diagnostics development unit, with 35 partner orgs, to accelerate research to find a faster, more affordable test for COVID-19
- Amazon is launching a diagnostics development unit through its cloud unit, AWS. — The idea is to back researchers with funds …
Report: total streams for Spotify's top 200 most-streamed songs fell 23% in Italy from March 3 to March 17; US, UK, France, Spain markets have also decreased
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YouTube unveils a COVID-19 “news shelf” on its homepage in 16 countries with verified content from authoritative news sources and health officials
Pulling from authoritative sources — YouTube will introduce a new row of verified videos to its homepage for anyone trying …
[Thread] Trackpad support for iPads is not Apple's capitulation, it is a part of a convergent evolution of PC hardware and software from its earliest days
How to correctly use a computer — Apple Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1269: the pandemic plan Trump's team ignored, UK gov tracking Londoners … Dave Mark / The Loop : Gruber: How to corr...
Kinsa Health's smart thermometers, which have been successful in predicting the spread of flu in previous years, could be used to track the spread of COVID-19
something that had been impossible, given the lack of testing for the disease.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Mike Bettes / @mikebettes : Fascinating. Could connected home health devices play a larger r...
Subreddit /r/coronavirus has become one of the most authoritative and up-to-date sites on COVID-19, with 1.2M+ members, 1M+ of which signed up in past two weeks
The Reddit message board /r/coronavirus has grown to more than 1.2 million members — almost a million of whom signed up in the last two weeks.
An Amazon warehouse worker in Queens, NY tests positive for coronavirus; Amazon says it has temporarily closed the facility and sent workers home with full pay
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Quit Genius, which provides personalized digital therapy to help people quit addictions like smoking, raises $11M Series A led by Octopus Ventures
Facebook starts rolling out its sweeping desktop redesign, which offers dark mode, tabbed home screen, larger fonts, and a cleaner profile, to all users
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Google says Android Go, its OS aimed at low-end devices, now has more than 100M users and announces a new Camera Go app optimized for devices with 1GB of RAM
Phillip Prado / Android Authority :
Amazon temporarily closes its Prime Pantry delivery service throughout the US due to “high order volumes” tied to the coronavirus outbreak
Annie Palmer / CNBC :
SEC filing: AT&T called off plans to repurchase $4B in stock during Q2 to keep the cash to invest in its networks and take care of employees during the pandemic
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Sources: Google agrees to a worker council in Europe that could have more power to challenge company decisions after a request from 153 employees in 11 offices
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : Tweets: @teamcoworker , @brishenrogers , @tedonprivacy , @tri_becca90 , @stan_ds , @rj_gallagher , and @histoftech Tweets: @teamcoworker : “Google employees in Europe cou...
Honorlock, a cloud-based proctoring system that combines AI with live proctors and integrates with schools' learning management systems, raises $11.5M Series A
Uber says ride volume is down by ~70% in cities like Seattle, it has “ample liquidity” with $10B in cash, and is considering delivering medicine; stock up 35%+
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft have lost a combined $1.3T in value since the market peak on Feb. 19; Facebook led the decline, dropping ~30%
Ari Levy / CNBC :
StreamElements: gaming viewership is up 10% on Twitch and up 15% on YouTube Gaming over past week; in Italy, minutes watching livestreams grew 66%+ since Feb.
Bijan Stephen / The Verge :
Sources: North, the Canada-based maker of AR glasses that raised about $170M from Intel, Amazon, and others, is looking for a buyer as it runs low on cash
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg : Tweets: @sarahfrier and @sarahfrier Tweets: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : After our scoop last week that Magic Leap was looking for a buyer, sources pointed us to another wear...
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