Microsoft will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition firms, including AnyVision, after the Israeli company was accused of surveilling Palestinians
AnyVision was accused of helping the Israeli government surveil the West Bank — Microsoft says it will no longer invest …
Crowdsourced data from Candor shows 267 tech companies have frozen hiring, 44 had layoffs, 36 rescinded offers, while 111, like Zoom and Twitter, are hiring
The coronavirus has taken a toll on the workforce, and now you can see a list of who's hiring, freezing hires, laying off people … Source: Candor .
AppBrain: Google Classroom, which wasn't in the top 100 most popular apps in the Play Store at the start of March, surpasses 50M installs, joins top 5 in the US
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, most schools and universities around the world have had to close.
An in-depth look at China's Twitter propaganda machine, which uses over 10K fake Twitter accounts to promote the Chinese government's image abroad
Kalen Keegan, a college student at the University of Nebraska Omaha, immediately noticed when her Twitter account unleashed a torrent of posts in Chinese.
UK's NHS says it is working with Microsoft, Google, Palantir, and Faculty AI on a dashboard that shows the spread of the virus and NHS' ability to deal with it
The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities …
Internal doc: Amazon is offering higher pay to recruit its warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries amid rising demand and a worker shortage
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is offering higher pay to recruit its own warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries amid rising demand …
OneWeb files for bankruptcy after failing to secure new funding amid COVID-19 crisis; sources: OneWeb was in talks to raise ~$2B from SoftBank before the crisis
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China proposes an internet architecture called New IP to UN's ITU; critics say its top-down design would give governments granular control over the internet
New architecture would enable cutting-edge technologies but western countries fear more control for state-run internet services Tweets: @martinsfp , @bakerluke , @amir , @jgriffiths , @madhumita29 , @...
Booz Allen report details 200+ cyber operations by Russia's GRU between 2004 and 2019, shows attack patterns can be predicted based on Russian military doctrine
Booz Allen: Russia uses its GRU military hackers following predictable patterns based on a public military doctrine.
Zoom updates its iOS app to remove Facebook SDK after concerns were raised over Zoom's failure to disclose Facebook data sharing in privacy policy
or Facebook, for that matter. https://twitter.com/... @dhh : What's astounding about this privacy policy is just how transparent Zoom is about the nastiness of adtech. That data provided by Zoom to Go...
An in-depth look at China's New IP proposal, whose plans are being spearheaded by Richard Li, chief scientist at Futurewei, Huawei's California-based R&D arm
Huawei is developing the technology for a new network. But what does this mean for the rights of users? Tweets: @rafabueno59 , @dctwining , @christinespolar , @lionelbarber , @drchrisparry , @juanof9...
Venezuela's mobile infrastructure, which was far from robust before the nation went into lockdown over COVID-19, is straining to handle surging internet traffic
- Data use has marked a new record every day during quarantine — Fuel shortages, tower vandalism strain neglected network
Q&A with Jeffrey Katzenberg on launching Quibi on April 6 in the middle of a global pandemic, why Quibi only licenses rather than owns the content, and more
Quibi is one of the most anticipated platform launches of the year and it's also one of the most talked about in Hollywood circles.
Profile of DJI, which has a 77% share of the US consumer drone market but is in a precarious spot amid US-China trade war, fraud accusations, COVID-19 pandemic
China's flashiest global brand has a 77% share of America's consumer drone sales. It also has to deal with coronavirus … Tweets: @dronedj , @valleyhack , @leibelmichael , @valerieinsinna , and @brads...
With 3M+ people filing for unemployment benefits last week, US states are seeing their aging tech systems get overwhelmed and experts say it will only get worse
that's a huge problem https://www.wired.com/...
Research: the number of coronavirus-related domains has grown to 68K+ this year; coronavirus.com, reportedly owned by GoDaddy, currently forwards to WHO's site
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News : Tweets: @brandyzadrozny Tweets: Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny : The man behind Ebola dot com is hoping for a similar payday for several coronavirus websites. I talked...
Interview with Huawei CEO Richard Yu on the impact of COVID-19, the launch of the P40 series, and the continuing issues brought upon by the US ban
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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.