Google rebrands its business-focused teleconferencing app Hangouts Meet to Google Meet and Hangouts Chat to Google Chat, leaving Hangouts brand for consumers
Following the official change from Hangouts Meet to Google Meet — Google has officially removed the Hangouts brand …
Google creates an application portal to help New York State with the recent surge of unemployment filings, says it could bring a similar service to more states
- The state of New York announced a partnership with Google for an online unemployment application system.
Amazon says it has begun assembling equipment to build a lab to screen its workers for COVID-19, may be working on antigen testing
With workers in at least 64 warehouses and shipping facilities testing positive, the e-commerce giant says it hopes to start testing a small numbers of employees ‘soon’
Facebook begins rolling out “Quiet Mode” app feature that mutes most notifications and helps schedule breaks; coming to iOS in April and Android in May
Facebook is rolling out a new feature today that allows users to mute all notifications from the social network.
Report: Travelex paid hackers 285 BTC, worth around $2.3M, to regain access to its systems after a ransomware attack on New Year's Eve
Travelex paid hackers $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin to regain access to its computer systems after a devastating ransomware attack on New Year's Eve, reports the Wall Street Journal. Source: Wall Stre...
Instagram is rolling out access to DMs on the web to everyone globally, after testing the feature since January
The global rollout starts at 10AM ET — Instagram's making it easier for people to send direct messages from their browser. The company announced on Friday that it's rolling …
Facebook files lawsuit against Basant Gajjar, founder of LeadCloak, alleging its software helped scammers run deceptive ads on Facebook and Instagram
- Facebook announced that it filed a lawsuit against the founder of a company called LeadCloak on Thursday, alleging that it was helping …
Amazon stands to emerge from the pandemic stronger than many of its competitors, with as much as an additional $4B in revenue this year, per Bank of America
(CNN Business)As the coronavirus pandemic has forced people to stay inside, few companies have proven themselves as essential as Amazon.
Cybersecurity service Zscaler said it plans to acquire Cloudneeti, a cloud security startup that helps prevent cloud service and application misconfiguration
Publicly traded cybersecurity provider Zscaler Inc. today said it's acquiring Cloudneeti Corp., a Seattle startup …
How Microsoft Teams plans to use AI for its noise suppression feature to filter out some non-stationary noises like dog barks while keeping others like laughter
Last month, Microsoft announced that Teams, its competitor to Slack, Facebook's Workplace, and Google's Hangouts Chat, had passed 44 million daily active users.
Analysis of efforts by 25 governments to track the COVID-19 pandemic using new surveillance programs, such as using location data or releasing an app
At least 28 countries are ramping up surveillance to combat the coronavirus — an attempt to stem the tide of the coronavirus pandemic …
Sophos: more than 30 “fleeceware” apps on the App Store, including some of the highest-grossing ones, are abusing free trial mechanics to charge obscene fees
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
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
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Critics say UN is validating Chinese state surveillance by using Tencent Meeting to hold global discussions in celebration of UN's 75th anniversary
The United Nations' decision to host global discussions via Chinese tech giant's video service has raised concerns over privacy Tweets: @kennedycsis , @lokmantsui , and @yuanfenyang Tweets: Scott Kenn...
Twitch expands Watch Parties beta to all US creators, allowing streamers to broadcast Prime Video content with their viewers; global rollout in following months
Bijan Stephen / The Verge :
Researcher Jane Manchun Wong: Facebook may be working on a new “Campus” feature, with Groups and Events for college students with .edu addresses
Mariella Moon / Engadget :
In a filing, DOJ and other federal agencies urge the FCC to revoke China Telecom's permission to operate in the United States, which it has held since 2007
- Defense and Justice departments cite national security threat — Security agencies file at Federal Communications Commission
The Unicode Consortium says it's delaying emoji planned for 2021 but the emoji announced earlier this year will still be available in the fall
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
Google launches a braille keyboard for Android that requires no extra hardware, letting users tap a standard 6-key layout to type letters and words
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Smartphone makers are turning to super fast deliveries in China; JD.com launched a trade-in service for Apple products at customers' houses
- Smartphone makers in China including Huawei and Apple are turning to super-fast deliveries and trade-ins at the door of customers.
DARPA selects 17 orgs for its AI defense program, with Intel leading efforts to defend against physical attacks like use of stickers to trick self-driving cars
think facial recognition programs, voice recognition tools, self-driving cars, weapon-detection software, etc. https://www.protocol.com/...
Airbrake, which offers an app monitoring service that looks for coding errors in real time, raises $11M led by Elsewhere Partners
Buggy apps mean lost opportunities for businesses everywhere. — Now a company focused on monitoring for application errors in real-time with code-scanning technology …
France orders Google to pay publishers to display article snippets, starting from October of 2019, after Google initially refused to do so
Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg :
Yelp says it is cutting 1,000 jobs and furloughing another 1,100 workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Ina Fried / Axios :
A look at how Google Classroom has doubled its active users to 100M MAUs amid COVID-19, with the ubiquity of Chromebooks, affordability, deep LMS integrations
Bloomberg :
FCC grants Google permission to operate a portion of the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network System between the US and Taiwan, but blocks access to Hong Kong
Uber says it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the world, and has started shipping to drivers in NYC
Tina Bellon / Reuters :
Index Ventures announces it has closed $2B in new funds, with plans to use $1.2B for growth rounds and $800M for emerging startups
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
TikTok pledges $375M to support COVID-19 relief efforts around the world: $250M in funds, $100M in ad credits, and $25M in public health ads
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Starship Technologies expands its autonomous food delivery robot service to Tempe, AZ, following launches in Washington, D.C., and Irvine, citing rising demand
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
The political landscape in 2020 now seems less ominous for tech giants, as critics Warren and Sanders drop out and COVID-19 ramps up need for tech platforms
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg : Tweets: @ericnewcomer and @misyrlena Tweets: Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer : With Bernie Sanders out of the race, the candidates calling to break up Big Tech have faded aw...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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