As Amazon prioritizes household staples and other high-demand items, some non-essential items are now showing April 21 delivery dates even with Amazon Prime
An Amazon delivery man in Paris, France, on March 19, 2020. Getty Images — The e-commerce giant is prioritizing household staples …
Civil liberties experts argue that governments turning to electronic surveillance to track COVID-19 opens the door to future abuses, as happened after 9/11
Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.
Kuo: Apple is planning a high-end 6.7-inch iPhone in 2020 with sensor-shift image stabilization, expanding to two or three new iPhone models in 2021
Apple is rumored to be planning a high-end 6.7-inch iPhone model for release in 2020, and multiple reports have indicated that the device …
In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19
There's a debate emerging … Justine Coleman / The Hill : Amazon doubling overtime pay for warehouse workers Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers, but hol...
Taiwan rolls out a mobile phone-based “electronic fence” that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based …
Facebook launches a program to partner with developers to use Messenger to support government health agencies with timely and reliable info about coronavirus
Today, we're announcing two initiatives to support government health organizations in combating the coronavirus pandemic.
Ban on targeted behavioral advertising may be the single best way to fix the internet, from protecting privacy and sanitizing social media, to saving journalism
From protecting privacy to saving the free press, it may be the single best way to fix the internet.
Mobile operators in Italy, Germany, and Austria are now sharing anonymized aggregated data with health authorities, to map people's concentrations and movements
MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy, Germany and Austria …
SoftBank plans to raise up to $41B via sale or monetization of its assets which include stakes in Alibaba and Uber; establishes up to $18B share buyback program
and silence critics Associated Press : SoftBank to buy back $41 billion in assets to trim debt Reuters : SoftBank to raise US$41 billion to expand share buy-back, cut debt Tweets: Tim Bray / @timbray ...
Uber and Ola will suspend ride-hailing services in Delhi until March 31 to help contain coronavirus following a government order for city lockdown
Uber and Ola have suspended all ride options in Delhi till March 31 and the Indian ride-hailing firm is restricting ride options across …
Apple has updated Siri to help US users asking if they have COVID-19, with answers coming from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC
The Director of Content Ecosystem at Oculus, Chris Pruett, says 90% of users who got an Oculus Quest for Christmas never owned an Oculus headset before
Today during the introduction video for the F acebook: Game Developers Showcase, Chris Pruett, Director of Content Ecosystem, Oculus …
Satya Nadella details Microsoft's response to COVID-19 as he writes a memo to employees worldwide: “We are in uncharted territory”
in quite personal Seattle Times interview and company-wide email — to stay strong and help others personally + professionally. https://www.seattletimes.com/ ... #Microsoft #Covid_19 #WeGotThisSeattle ...
IBM, Department of Energy, White House OSTP, others launch a consortium to give COVID-19 researchers access to supercomputers, 330+ petaflops of computing power
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
After banning ads for medical face masks over a week ago, ads served by Google for masks have shown alongside COVID-19 news on sites like CNN, NYT, CNBC, WaPo
New York (CNN Business)Some of the country's biggest news organizations are showing ads for face masks on their websites. Tweets: @slpng_giants , @chelseaclinton , @tonyromm , @hshaban , and @donie Se...
Cazoo, a UK-based portal for buying used cars, raises £100M led by DMG Ventures, bringing its total raised to £180M over the last 18 months
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Source: on March 14 Lime recorded 147K trips globally with $617K in revenue, which dropped to ~52K trips and ~$192K revenue on March 17; rides in Paris fell 98%
in Paris, once its biggest market, scooter trips slumped 98% within 3 days https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mike Dudas / @mdudas : “As recently as January, @Limebike had about $50 million of cash. But wi...
The New York Times Company acquires Audm, a subscription-based audio app offering listeners longform articles read by actors and celebrities for $8.99 per month
Audm, a startup that turns longform journalism into audio content, has been acquired by The New York Times Company, it announced this morning.
Facebook has facilitated the formation of an estimated 300 local coronavirus support groups in the UK, whose combined membership now totals 1M+ people
As coronavirus forces communities online, support groups are realising Facebook's promise to truly connect us — About 25 years ago, “face time” was a new phrase. Tweets: @ianclucas Tweets: Ian Lucas...
Reports: data on 538M Weibo users, including real names, site usernames, gender, location info, and 172M phone numbers, is up for sale on the dark web
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Facebook says it will temporarily reduce streaming rates for videos on its platform and on Instagram in Europe
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters :
Twitch is becoming an increasingly valuable way for independent electronic musicians to connect with their fans via live-streamed recording sessions
Cherie Hu / DJMag.com : Tweets: @djmag and @cheriehu42 Tweets: DJ Mag / @djmag : Video game live streaming platform Twitch has become an increasingly valuable way for electronic musicians to connect ...
How data sources like satellite images and internet traffic are helping researchers track the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks better than official government data
for Now Tweets: @wireduk : As the coronavirus crisis engulfs the planet, some think that using official data to make sense of the situation only helps so much. So they're turning to satellite images, ...
Nextdoor launches Help Map, a new interactive tool that lets neighbors offer help to one another with tasks like grocery shopping
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Ampere Analysis study of Disney+ US subscriptions finds 50% of households with kids under 10, 42% with kids under 18, and 41% of 18-24-year-olds are subscribers
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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