A new Zoom update hides meeting ID numbers in videoconference call title bars by default, preventing accidental dissemination of meeting IDs with screenshots
A new update to the Zoom client has been released that removes the meeting ID from the title bar when conducting meetings …
Disney says Disney+ has 50M+ paid subscribers globally, and that its April 3 launch in India accounts for 8M Disney+ subscribers; stock rises 6%+
Disney announced that the company has surpassed 50 million paid subscribers, following their launch in India and eight Western European countries …
Sources: Microsoft won't be delivering its Windows 10X-powered Surface Neo dual-screen devices this year, nor will it ship Windows 10X to third-party OEMs
Microsoft is shifting its Windows focus to reflect the new world where virtualization and single-screen devices are more of a priority than brand-new form factors.
Google makes Stadia free to use for anyone with a Gmail address and will give new users two months of Stadia Pro for free
Stadia Pro is also free for two months — Google's video game streaming platform, Stadia, is now free to anyone with a Gmail address, the company announced on Wednesday.
The Unicode Consortium says it's delaying emojis planned for 2021 but the emoji announced earlier this year will still be available in the fall
An emoji delay — The pandemic is even affecting emoji. The Unicode Consortium, the group behind emoji releases, announced today …
Researchers detail how five China-linked hacking groups targeting high-value Linux servers have managed to stay relatively undetected for almost a decade
Five APT groups have been using remote access trojans to take advantage of a network component that doesn't get much attention from security teams.
Verizon says it is now handling ~800M wireless calls on weekdays, more than double Mother's Day, while AT&T says calls are up 35%; internet usage is up 20-25%
The volume of phone calls has surged more than internet use as people want to hear each other's voices in the pandemic.
Microsoft has seen a new daily record of 2.7B meeting minutes in Teams, up 200% from 900M minutes in mid-March, and video call usage grew by 1,000%+ in March
Microsoft is revealing more about how people are using its Teams app, and it predicts the novel coronavirus pandemic will be a turning point …
FCC grants Google permission to operate a portion of the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network System between the US and Taiwan, but not Hong Kong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday approved Alphabet Inc unit Google's (GOOGL.O) …
The pandemic has companies like Netflix and Equinix expediting network and server upgrades, driving the biggest expansion of internet infrastructure in years
Just like that, our internet connection has become an umbilical to the outside world. We now depend on it to do our jobs, to go to school, and to see other people.
Google's confirms it expanded Duplex, its AI chat agent, to the UK, Australia, and Canada
Google today quietly updated a support page to indicate that Google Duplex, its AI chat agent that can arrange appointments over the phone, is now being used in the U.K., Australia, and Canada in a li...
UK startups have received ample government support already and while COVID-19-related relief might be tempting, the money could be better spent elsewhere
The UK government shouldn't set up a bailout fund for startups. That's their investors' job. — NEWS | COMMUNITIES | 9 Apr
Many US government and banking systems still use a 60-year-old COBOL, which makes it hard to find programmers to fix the systems when they break under pressure
Retired engineers are coming to the rescue — ver the weekend, New Jersey governor, Phil Murphy, made an unusual public plea during …
France orders Google to pay publishers to display article snippets, starting from October of 2019, after Google initially refused to do so
- Watchdog says Google may have caused ‘serious’ harm to press — Antitrust agency issues interim measures after press complaint
Yelp says it is cutting 1,000 jobs and furloughing another 1,100 workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Yelp told employees Thursday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs and furloughing another 1,100 workers amid a massive — Why it matters: It's just the latest company that caters to small businesses …
Apple extends its Apple Pay Express Transit feature, already available in Beijing and Shanghai, nationwide, after a new partnership with China T-Union
From today, iPhone users across China can set up their T-Union cards for Express Transit, Apple's contactless transit payment system.
A look at COVID-19-related health security measures in places like Foxconn's iPhone-making complex and Huawei's factories in China as they restart production
Disinfect hands and shoes at the factory gate. Bring your own towel. No sunny-side-up eggs.
Index Ventures announces it has closed $2B in new funds, with plans to use $1.2B for growth rounds and $800M for emerging startups
It's not quite business as usual in the world of business, but in tech, there is still a significant amount of money being raised and invested …
Sony acquires a $400M, or 5%, stake in Bilibili, a Chinese online entertainment platform that spans video to mobile games and says it has 116M DAUs
Sony is to pay $400 million for a minority stake in Chinese online entertainment platform Bilibili. The deal values Bilibili at $8 billion.
UK startups including Deliveroo, Citymapper, and Graphcore urge the government to create a task force to make lending schemes accessible to tech companies
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CloudKitchens blames rogue staffer for “Internet Food Court” PR campaign, after it created an impression that Kalanick was launching it during COVID-19 crisis
The Hollywood kitchen facility seemed perfect for the coronavirus crisis — but then suddenly vanished from the internet
Twitter removes a tool that let mobile users prevent some data from being shared with advertisers; EU users are exempt and need to opt in to sharing
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
How AI algorithms are being trained to consider the variations in shape, seasonality, sweetness and texture of food products, to optimize the food supply chain
Machines are being trained to consider food the way a cook might, with attention to variations in shape and seasonality and qualities like sweetness or texture. Tweets: @kimseverson Tweets: Kim Severs...
UK's NCSC and US DHS publish a list of 2,500 COVID-19-related threats they are tracking, including malicious websites and email addresses linked to scams
COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal : Hacking Groups Hunt Pandemic Opportunities, Warn U.S., British Officials Dark Reading : Microsoft Releases COVID-19 Sec...
Online ticketing service Eventbrite says it will lay off 45% of its employees; sources say Eventbrite has over 1,000 staff
Matt Drange / Protocol :
Google says Meet, its teleconferencing tool, is adding 2M new users a day and logged 2B minutes of video calls in March with daily usage up 25x from January
Richard Nieva / CNET :
Enterprise-focused data storage startup Cohesity raises $250M Series E, led by DFJ Growth and others, at a $2.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $650M+
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Workers at a CA Amazon warehouse file complaints with state and county regulators, citing delays in notification of COVID-19 cases, dangerous working conditions
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times :
Unions are seeing an uptick in engagement from tech and gig workers who worry the tech industry isn't doing enough to protect them during the pandemic
Tech and gig economy workers are talking to unions about organizing as they worry the industry isn't doing enough to protect them from the coronavirus.
Mozilla says long-time chairwoman Mitchell Baker will become CEO, following Chris Beard's departure last year
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US college campuses turn to AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants to make automated communications with current and prospective students feel more personal
Laura Pappano / New York Times : Tweets: @georgiastateu , @tim_renick , and @drewharwell Tweets: @georgiastateu : With campuses nearly shut down physically, colleges like Georgia State are leaning on...
Some AI-enabled streaming cameras are using machine learning to help pet owners detect unusual behavior in their pets, alerting them if the behavior is abnormal
Katie Robertson / New York Times :
Bugcrowd, a bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure service that acts as an intermediary between security researchers and companies, raises $30M Series D
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Airbnb to block UK rentals from Thursday for everyone except the “key workers and other essential stays”, after gradually increasing restrictions
Alistair Smout / Reuters : Tweets: @mr_ncpa Tweets: MR P-A / @mr_ncpa : Wow, taken how long? https://twitter.com/...
In a letter, about 50 labor groups urge congressional leaders to reject Uber CEO's March 23 proposal to create a new legal category for its workers
Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @32bjseiu , @nicoemoe , @californialabor , and @legalaidnyc Tweets: @32bjseiu : Uber's CEO is using the coronavirus as an excuse to try to take away worke...
An overview of how machine learning is being used in sports to assess athletic talent, detect and predict injuries, improve the betting odds, and more
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Avira, a German-based vendor of antivirus and other cybersecurity tools, has been acquired by PE firm Investcorp Technology Partners at a valuation of $180M
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Human audio transcribers are growing in demand as AI transcription tech still struggles to parse speech from multiple speakers and grasp context
Steve Lohr / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimestech Tweets: @nytimestech : Human transcribers would seem an endangered species. Yet one business has thrived, despite the arrival of automated services ...
Apple and Amazon video deal is part of a long-term strategy to fight a potential Netflix-dominated future after most competing streaming services fold
Ben Thompson / Stratechery : Tweets: @modestproposal1 Tweets: Modest Proposal / @modestproposal1 : On the Amazon-Apple deal, @benthompson posits they are teaming up against a common enemy, Netflix. I...
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.