Facebook says it will invest $100M to support the news industry during COVID-19: $25M in emergency funding for local news and $75M in additional marketing spend
With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising.
Report: CDC, state, and local authorities in the US have started using anonymized location data from mobile ads to help plan their response to the pandemic
The use of phone location tracking to keep tabs on COVID-19 is becoming increasingly common, and the US appears to be no exception. Source: Wall Street Journal .
Foxconn posted a $1.58B profit in Q4 2019, down 24% YoY; sources say the 5G iPhone will launch in the fall, but future Apple products may be delayed
- The company known as Foxconn grappling with Covid-19 upheaval — Apple's key partner getting back on track after the outbreak
Data from a whistleblower appears to show Saudi Arabia tracking the location of its citizens in the US by exploiting flaws in the SS7 phone network protocol
Exclusive: Whistleblower's data suggests millions of tracking requests sent over four-month period
Sources: Facebook's security team had disinfo concerns about The Daily Wire's sites in 2019, clashing with the policy team, which prevented action being taken
After spending billions to avoid a repeat of 2016, the tech giants are careening from crisis to crisis as their foes change tactics.
After changing its rules, Twitter is cracking down on COVID-19 misinformation from prominent accounts, including Brazilian President Bolsonaro and Rudy Giuliani
It's notable that Twitter, like other social networks, has announced stricter rules on virus-related misinformation than other types of false posts.
HQ Trivia, which laid off its entire staff and shut down in February, has been acquired by an undisclosed investor and has already returned, airing another show
HQ Trivia, the live game-show app that shut down in February and laid off its entire staff, is unexpectedly returning tonight with a new show.
Sources: production ramp-up for 5G iPhones at some of Apple's suppliers has been postponed; one key display supplier mulls lowering production targets by 17%+
Microsoft debuts a Family Safety mobile app, AI-powered PowerPoint and Excel features as part of Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions coming April 21
Microsoft today announced that on April 21, Office 365 will become Microsoft 365, or “the subscription for your life.”
As the Authors Guild voices its opposition to Internet Archive's National Emergency Library, a look at the legal issues related to digital book lending
publishers, authors, translators, booksellers—at a time when this could be mistaken for charity. https://twitter.com/... Maria DahvanaHeadley / @mariadahvana : Two of my books are in here, permission ...
Preply, an online language tutoring service that uses machine learning to pair tutors with students, raises €9M led by London-based Hoxton Ventures
Today the edtech startup Preply has announced an additional €9 million of funding, doubling the total raised in its previous rounds.
A look at video chat service Houseparty, which has topped the Australian, Canadian, and UK iOS App Stores and is like Zoom but with built-in games
ast Saturday night, Jason Shaverin, a 36-year-old project manager in London, spent three hours talking to friends on Houseparty …
Facebook says it has struck a deal to buy all of the augmented reality displays made by British firm Plessey, which sources say Apple recently looked at buying
Facebook has struck a deal to buy all of the augmented reality displays made by British firm Plessey, as the social network looks …
Microsoft says Chromium Edge is getting Vertical Tabs, Smart Copy to help you copy web content into docs, Password Monitor to alert users of stolen credentials
Microsoft today announced upcoming features for its Edge browser based on Google's Chromium open source project, the same browser Google's Chrome is based on.
The ruling against Telegram obliterates private sale of tokens as a method of financing public blockchain projects, further stymying crypto innovation in the US
Josh Lawler is a partner at Zuber Lawler, which focuses on mergers & acquisitions, securities law and technology transactions.
Microsoft says it has seen a 775% increase in use of its cloud services worldwide in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders
I'm just old enough to remember the days … Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Microsoft makes tweaks to Xbox Live and Teams to handle spike in demand Simon Sharwood / The Register : Microsoft reveals ...
UK telcos, including BT, Virgin Media, Sky, and TalkTalk, have agreed to remove all data caps on fixed-line broadband services during the coronavirus crisis
Paul Sandle / Reuters :
Big Tech's response to COVID-19 may have paused the tech backlash that dominated the coverage of companies like Facebook and Amazon over the past 3+ years
Casey Newton / The Verge :
A look at the 3D animals and other objects viewable in Google Search using AR on a variety of smartphones and tablets, added since Google's 2019 I/O Conference
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
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
Leo Kelion / BBC :
Before using the tools built by data harvesting companies to track the coronavirus pandemic, we must assume that the tools will be abused
Our worlds are so upside-down and backwards right now that Wired claims Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis …
Apple and Google should add contact tracing functionality, similar to Singapore's TraceTogether app, in a privacy-respecting way to iOS and Android
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Q&A with CA Rep. Ro Khanna on COVID-19's impact on tech industry, how stimulus' SMB loans work for VC-funded companies, unemployment protections for gig jobs
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol and @demianbulwa Tweets: @protocol : .@RepRoKhanna says tech workers and the companies that employ them will need support beyond the new stimulus package...
Helm.ai, which develops autonomous car software that it claims can sidestep the need for on-road testing, emerges from stealth with $13M in seed funding
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure should let startups and small businesses defer their cloud infrastructure payments for three to six months
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Forager, which lets users book, track, and manage shipments between the US, Mexico, and Canada, raises $10M Series A led by US Venture Partners
A coalition of UK grassroots UK tech initiatives form the COVID19 Tech Response to coordinate tech talent and solve problems, with 400+ volunteers so far
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
MX Player, an ad-supported video streaming service that has 175M MAUs in India, expands to new international markets including the US, UK, and Australia
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
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.