Sources: Apple is weighing a delay of the launch of the iPhone 12 by months over fears of low sales and supply chain constraints amid the coronavirus pandemic
US tech giant assesses coronavirus impact on global demand — PALO ALTO/TAIPEI — Apple is preparing the ground to possibly delay …
Preview of Huawei's P40 flagship, which doesn't include any Google services: the hardware is really terrific but is not enough to overcome Google's absence
A preview of what you can expect with the new P40 flagship — Tomorrow Huawei will launch its latest flagship phones, the P40 series, at an event to be streamed online.
Huawei rolls out Celia, its multilingual AI assistant for phones outside China, initially on P40 in UK, France, Spain, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia
Huawei has officially announced its own voice-activated virtual assistant outside of China, as the Chinese technology titan continues to push its own versions of Google's services.
AMD confirms in Dec. 2019 someone claimed to have files related to its current and future graphics products and posted them online; the files have been removed
Graphics cards are big business and AMD is one of the leading brands with an estimated 32% share of the discrete desktop market.
On Twitter, Slack CEO discussed some of the dramatic changes Slack has seen over the last few weeks, like quickly adding 9K net new customers; stock up 14%+
- Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield posted a thread to Twitter telling a story of how wild things have been for Slack this month.
Epic Games launches Epic Games Publishing, says it will cover up to 100% of development costs while game creators retain 100% of IP and full creative control
‘The publishing model we always wanted’ — Fortnite maker Epic Games is getting into publishing in a big way.
Several former TripActions employees say ~100 staff members were fired en masse during a Zoom call, without being told the reason behind the meeting beforehand
Hundreds of tech employees are getting laid off amid the coronavirus outbreak — but now it's all happening over Zoom. Tweets: @edbott , @chrisparry , @pluginfud , @issielapowsky , @djadequate , @ahmed...
Qualcomm introduces ultra-low power Bluetooth audio SoCs for wireless earbuds, with support for hybrid active noise cancellation and voice assistants
Qualcomm introduced two new Bluetooth audio systems-on-a-chip that will power upgraded true wireless headphones hitting stores in the coming months.
WHO partners with Facebook, Microsoft, and other tech companies on #BuildforCOVID19 hackathon to develop software tackling COVID-19 challenges, starting Mar. 26
- The World Health Organization has partnered with Facebook, Microsoft and several other tech companies for a hackathon to promote …
Groupon says CEO Rich Williams and COO Steve Krenzer “no longer” in their roles, but continue to work at Groupon; N. America business head appointed interim CEO
Groupon CEO Rich Williams is out. — The move comes about a month after the Chicago-based deals site reported …
Fast, which is building platform-agnostic login and checkout services for e-commerce, raises $20M Series A led by Stripe
Early this morning, Fast, a startup building platform-agnostic login and checkout services, announced that Stripe has led a $20 million investment into its business.
Reports: amid the pandemic, TripActions, Zeus Living, and Sonder have laid off one third or more of their staff; TripActions and Sonder are each valued at $1B+
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33 US state AGs call on Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Walmart, and Craigslist to take proactive measures to prevent price gouging on products related to COVID-19
- A group of 33 attorneys general from U.S. states and territories called on Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Walmart and Craigslist …
US CFTC publishes guidance on the “actual delivery” of a digital asset, which could impact margin loans where no actual cryptocurrencies change hands
- CFTC explains what ‘actual delivery’ of digital currency means — Guidance distinguishes spot trades from futures contracts
As part of Safari's privacy push, it will delete a site's local storage, like Indexed DB, after seven days of inactivity, hamstringing Safari's offline web apps
time to ditch Chrome? Sleyhane / New board topics in Shopify Community : Safari 13.1 and embedded apps John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Safari Now Has Full Third-Party Cookie Blocking Eli Blumenthal / ...
Airbnb says it wants to provide free or subsidized housing to 100K healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders around the world
- New global initiative will provide free or subsidized housing for healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders, typically closer to where they are working
A self-reporting COVID-19 symptom app developed by Boston-based startup Zoe had 750k downloads in 24 hours in the UK; Zoe is working to bring the app to the US
One of the big challenges (among many) with the coronavirus pandemic is that overwhelmed health services do not always know how best …
Counterpoint: global smartphone sales fell 14% in February as the coronavirus spread in China; China saw sales drop 38% YoY in February
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global smartphone sales tumbled 14% in February as the coronavirus spread in China and overseas, Counterpoint Research said on Thursday …
While traffic surges on Facebook, with messaging up 50% from last month in many countries, their now-remote workforce struggles to handle its own IT snafus
in 2020, GOOG will generate $54.3B operating income (43% margin) and FB will pull in $33.7B (49% margin), per revised forecast by Cowen & Co. https://variety.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Facebo...
FireEye says that between January 20 and March 11 Chinese actor APT41 attempted to exploit bugs in Citrix and Zoho products at organizations in 20+ countries
Dell updates its Mobile Connect app to support iPhone screen mirroring, controlling the keyboard and mouse, and sharing photo and video files
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Slovakia passes a law allowing state use of telecom data to track movements of people infected with the coronavirus to ensure they abide by quarantine rules
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StubHub says it has furloughed some employees, citing the pandemic's impact on live events; source: ~450 staff on unpaid leave, 67% of its N. American workforce
Google brings its Podcasts app to iOS and unveils a redesign of Android app, with users' listening habits syncable across platforms via Google Podcasts for Web
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Pew survey: 57% of Americans who rely mostly on social media for political and election news say they've seen “news” that seemed made up about COVID-19
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iPhone makers Foxconn and Wistron have suspended all production at their Indian plants to comply with a nationwide lockdown
Debby Wu / Bloomberg :
Tech platforms, which had mostly resisted calls for strict moderation, are now taking a “harder line” when it comes to moderating content related to COVID-19
and just in time. On coronavirus, they're working proactively to push good information while trying to contain the bad stuff. Thank gd. https://www.nbcnews.com/... April Glaser / @aprilaser : We talke...
Amazon says it is pausing sellers' repayments of loans from its Amazon Lending program until April 30, with interest not accruing during this period
How Carbon, an industrial-scale 3D printing startup worth $2.4B, is scrambling to design and produce FDA-approved medical equipment for the COVID-19 response
the nation needs us,” says Joe DeSimone, a former professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who launched the company, Carbon, in 2013 https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
IBM and its subsidiary The Weather Company announce real-time COVID-19 maps and data tracking on the Weather Channel's app and weather.com
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
Plastiq, which lets consumers and SMBs use credit cards to pay for anything, raises $75M Series D round led by B Capital Group, bringing total raised to $140M+
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As social interactions become more distant, Nextdoor has seen a spike in engagement as it helps neighbors connect and organize without risking physical contact
John Herrman / New York Times : Tweets: @tmamut , @sjb2448 , @jwherrman , @nytstyles , @thefriley , @jenntakahashi , and @kantrowitz Tweets: Tatyana Mamut / @tmamut : We just launched new ways for ne...
Munich-based Twaice, which builds battery management analytics software for electric vehicles and other devices, raises €11M Series A led by Creandum
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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.