Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams
Some school districts around the country have started to ban the use of Zoom for online learning from home during the coronavirus crisis …
Telecom engineers, considered essential workers in the UK, are facing harassment from anti-5G conspiracy mongers, linking the deployment of 5G to coronavirus
EE suspects telephone mast engulfed by fire in Birmingham was an arson attack as celebrities claim Covid-19 caused by new network
iOS 14 code indicates that Apple is working on a new feature codenamed “Avocado” to enable real, movable widgets on iPad and iPhone home screens
9to5Mac reported last month that Apple is working on a redesigned wallpaper settings panel for iOS, based on an early build of iOS 14 …
Analysis: thousands of people are organizing via private group chats, message boards, Twitter, Instagram, more to execute coordinated “Zoombombing” campaigns
Here's How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of ‘Zoombombing’ Matthew Finnegan / Computerworld : Zoom pauses new feature development to focus on privacy, security Nick Statt / The Verge : US federal law enfo...
Sources: Apple is in the process of acquiring the California-based VR startup NextVR in a deal valued around $100M
It's no secret that Apple has ambitious plans for augmented reality and a future AR-focused headset. Apple is practically building the platform for its future headset out in the open with ARKit.
Zoom apologizes for routing some calls made in N. America through China, says it “mistakenly” allowed Chinese data centers to accept calls due to traffic spike
Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China …
After some cell towers in the UK were set on fire, govt to meet with Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to stop the spread of a conspiracy theory linking 5G to COVID-19
After a spate of fires, the government is stepping in to halt the spread of linking coronavirus to the mobile network
In internal email lists Amazon corporate employees express dismay over the firing of Christian Smalls and a report that management discussed a plan to smear him
Leaked internal emails show employee dismay over how their company is handling escalating labor disputes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington state's facial recognition law, which is championed by Microsoft, was sponsored by State Sen. Joe Nguyen, who also is a program manager at Microsoft
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US Small Business Administration issues new guidance for the $350B stimulus program that still seems to exclude most VC-backed startups
Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed …
Critics say bug bounty programs buy researcher silence, may violate labor law, and are less effective when they are closed and have NDAs placed on them
When Jonathan Leitschuh found a catastrophic security vulnerability in Zoom, the popular videoconferencing platform …
Google temporarily rolls back its SameSite policy in Chrome, to allow stability for essential service websites that may not meet third party cookie requirements
Hello, and welcome to The Edge … Surur / MSPoweruser : Google rolls back SameSite cookie privacy changes in Chrome to “ensure stability for websites … Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Googl...
Uber Eats waived delivery fees in the name of supporting local restaurants, but some restaurants say Uber's 25% commission for take-out orders is too high
Sidney Fussell / Wired :
Apple's deal with Amazon to allow the Prime Video app to process some in-app payments on its own shows how arbitrary, unfair, and outdated App Store rules are
is the price discount demanded by a comic store retailer for carrying a comic a “Comic Book Store Tax”? Is there a “7-Eleven Tax”? https://www.theverge.com/...
How Silicon Valley food caterers, event planners, venue owners, models, DJs, and others who relied on tech parties and events are coping with the loss of income
- Performers, food caterers, event planners, venue owners, models, DJs and others that rely on the tech industry's parties … Tweets: @hunterwalk , @mattrosoff , @sal19 , and @mattrosoff Tweets: @hunte...
Some independent movie theaters are launching “virtual cinemas” to let patrons stream first-tier films from home as a temporary revenue source amid the pandemic
Greg Laemmle never thought he'd recommend anyone to stream a movie at home. The best way to watch a film …
Report: Russia delays the implementation of a law banning devices not pre-installed with Russian software, by six months until January 1, 2021
Andrey Kuzmin / Reuters :
India's Unified Payments Interface eliminated most of the fees apps like Paytm charged for transactions, forcing them to search for other sources of income
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Tweets: @refsrc Tweets: Manish Singh / @refsrc : After signing up hundreds of millions of users in India, mobile payments firms switch to lending and lean on merchants in ...
China's efforts to track COVID-19 cases using personal data has been messy, partly due to sporadic coordination between different agencies and local governments
Financial Times : Tweets: @gladstein , @ajitpaifcc , @yuanfenyang , and @steve_hanke Tweets: Alex Gladstein / @gladstein : “We give location data from cell towers, but compared to GPS data from Alipa...
Profile of Larry Ellison, who has turned the Hawaiian island of Lanai into a data-powered wellness lab and is building a COVID-19 database for the White House
Angel Au-Yeung / Forbes : Tweets: @sameepa and @forbes Tweets: Sameepa Shetty / @sameepa : “Doctors will register every #COVID19 case being treated with a medication on the Oracle-built website” all ...
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