Apple announces a new iPhone SE with a 4.7" display, A13, Touch ID, 12MP camera with portrait mode, 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB storage from $399, shipping April 24
It looks like an iPhone 8, but it has more modern specs — Apple has officially announced the new iPhone SE …
Amazon says a manager at a facility in California died of COVID-19 on March 31, its first warehouse worker death; Amazon claims worker contracted virus offsite
A worker at an Amazon facility in California has died after contracting covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Apple says the Magic Keyboard with trackpad for iPad Pro is available to order and will arrive next week, ahead of the original May launch date
Apple has announced that the Magic Keyboard with trackpad for iPad Pro will be available to order today and begin arriving to customers next week.
Amazon will cut commission rates for its affiliate program starting April 21; amount of drop dependent on category, rates for grocery products dropping 5% to 1%
- Amazon on Tuesday told members of its affiliates program that it will cut commission rates beginning April 21.
Sources: Airbnb raises another $1B in debt from investors including Apollo Global and Silver Lake, after raising a similar $1B funding round last week
New debt finance deal comes a week after an equal-sized funding round to help weather crisis — Airbnb is raising $1bn of senior debt …
Apple has stopped selling the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, after announcing an updated iPhone SE
Apple today stopped selling the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus after announcing the second-generation iPhone SE. — The second-generation iPhone SE is essentially an upgraded iPhone 8 …
Washington AG Bob Ferguson sues Facebook, saying the company violated its commitment to not sell political ads in the state
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a new lawsuit against Facebook claiming the social network continues to violate state laws governing political ad disclosures.
Nest will temporarily reduce the recording quality of its security cameras by default to reduce bandwidth impact amid COVID-19, users can easily revert change
Google is temporarily dropping Nest camera recording quality and bandwidth over the next few days in an attempt to reduce strain on ISPs and the internet in general.
The coronavirus crisis underscores the power and dominance of big tech companies, and that novel legislative approaches are required to regulate them
Apple and Google, who last Friday jointly | announced new capabilities for contact tracing coronavirus carriers at scale …
US DOD inspector general finds the Pentagon's controversial decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft was “consistent” with acquisition standards
- Inquiry didn't find evidence that Trump swayed the decision — Inspector general added that White House limited cooperation
G20 watchdog says stablecoins could undermine financial stability and that major world economies must implement a regulatory framework to confront the risk
Stablecoins could undermine financial stability and major world economies must confront this risk by implementing a suitable regulatory framework …
Houseparty has seen 50M signups in the past month and has been the most downloaded social networking app in the US App Store every day since March 20
Sima Sistani has been getting through the coronavirus outbreak's shelter-in-place order the past month in many of the same ways others have …
Animal Crossing: New Horizons, released on March 20 for Switch after a delay, is the big hit of the lockdown, with 3M+ domestic US sales, not including digital
In the past three weeks, millions of people locked up at home and tired of scanning coronavirus headlines have sought solace …
Medium's opaque moderation of user-created content related to COVID-19 has allowed misinfo to spread, making it harder to tell fact from fiction on the platform
The platform empowers voices — and misinformation — On March 20th, an article about the novel coronavirus started to spread. Tweets: @zoeschiffer , @reckless , @niemanlab , and @knguyen Tweets: Zoe ...
Onfido, which provides a two-step online identity verification service, raises $100M led by TPG Growth, bringing its total raised to $200M
Contactless transactions have become a major priority at a time when people all around the world are minimising their contact with others outside …
Self-driving car startup Zoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla over misappropriation of trade secrets, requiring it to pay an undisclosed amount
(Reuters) - Zoox Inc said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit with Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) after admitting that some new hires from the electric carmaker …
Dell XPS 13 (2020) review: beautiful design, standout keyboard and touchpad, more than adequate for gaming, but bad webcam and limited port selection
Dell improves upon an already winning formula — Every time a new XPS 13 comes out, the question is always the same: is it still the best Windows thin-and-light laptop?
Instagram announces new features to support small US and Canadian businesses during the pandemic, including gift cards, food orders, and fundraisers
- Instagram is making it easier for small businesses to feature gift cards, online food orders and fundraisers in their profiles or stories.
OnePlus 8 review: has great battery life and solid performance with a 90Hz display, but camera could be better and it lacks wireless charging and an IP rating
None of the major flagship phones … Tom Warren / The Verge : The OnePlus 8 Pro has a 120Hz screen, quadruple camera, and costs $899 Andrew Grush / Android Authority : Does the OnePlus 8 offer wireless...
Apple and Google confirm contact tracing update will work on devices running iOS 13 or Android 6+ via Google Play and say only health authorities can access API
the first coming in a mid-May software update. w/@kifleswing https://www.cnbc.com/... Kyle Reddoch / @winphankyle : Keeping it to only iOS 13 will keep a lot of devices out in the dark. We don't need ...
Apple launches a tool that shows how well people are social distancing, using anonymized data from Apple Maps, similar to efforts from Google
Slite, which lets employees collect and organize documentation, share documents, and create a shared company handbook, raises $11M Series A led by Spark Capital
French startup Slite has raised an $11 million Series A round led by Spark Capital with existing investors also participating.
Biocatch, which provides an AI-backed behavioral biometrics service to protect digital identities, raises $145M Series C led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities
Behavioral biometrics startup BioCatch today announced it has raised $145 million, bringing its total raised to $175 million.
Amazon says it's appealing a French court order to limit its customers' orders to “essential” items or face fines of €1M/day, a move that suspends the ruling
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China is ready to launch its first domestic blockchain platform, Blockchain Service Network, for application development; platform hints at global expansion
China is about to launch its national blockchain platform, part of the country's grand strategy to lead the digital transformation of the world economy. Tweets: @coindesk and @androidsaint Tweets: @co...
YouTube launches Video Builder, a simple, free DIY tool to help SMBs create short videos
images, text & logos—w/music. You can generate a short YouTube video (6 or 15 seconds).” https://www.blog.google/... https://twitter.com/... @googlecanada : For businesses of all sizes looking to conn...
Awake Security, which analyzes network traffic to identify and assess internal and external threats, raises $36M Series C led by Evolution Equity Partners
Awake Security, a cybersecurity platform that analyzes network traffic to identify and assess internal and external threats …
GAO report highlights shortcomings in the Pentagon's ongoing cybersecurity efforts, with DOD's initiatives rarely completing goals and lacking status updates
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Austin-based Coder, which offers a secure cloud-based coding service used by the US Air Force, raises $30M led by GGV Capital at a $200M valuation
As the coronavirus outbreak forces workers to stay at home, software engineers have faced a challenge accessing secure networks they'd typically only use at the office.
Push Technology, which provides real-time data streaming and messaging services, raises £10M Series A led by Maven Capital Partners
Push Technology, a Los Gatos, CA- and Belfast, Northern Ireland-based provider of real-time data streaming and messaging solutions, completed a £10m Series A round of financing.
Nifty Games, which is partnering with NFL and NBA to publish officially licensed games, raises $12M Series A led by March Capital Partners
Nifty Games is aiming to reshape the mobile gaming strategies of national sports leagues, partnering with associations like the NFL and NBA …
GE Healthcare and Microsoft announce a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring tool for hospitals; all but the installation costs will be waived until 2021
GE Healthcare is extending its longtime collaboration with Microsoft to launch a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software for health systems.
NVCA report: 285 AI-related startups raised $6.9B in the US during Q1 2020, beating the pace of 2019's investments, as the overall VC market was roughly flat
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
Indian logistics SaaS startup FarEye raises $25M Series D led by Microsoft's M12, bringing its total raised to $40M
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Amid lockdowns, live streaming has emerged as an ad hoc support system for the music and nightlife industry, as artists ponder long-term financial viability
Michelle Lhooq / Bloomberg : Tweets: @thejollofdiary , @lucas_shaw , @bw , @michellelhooq , @stuartlwallace , and @delibeat Tweets: @thejollofdiary : “Guests purchase tickets for $10, or can pay $80 ...
After a researcher finds 49 Chrome extensions posing as crypto wallet apps while stealing users' private keys and more, Google removes them from Web Store
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Current and recently fired Amazon warehouse workers say they faced retaliation as they advocated for better working conditions; Amazon denies charges
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @dseetharaman and @paulpage Tweets: Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman : The tech giant denies allegations by terminated workers that it has targeted ...
YouTube Music replaces “Hotlist” with new “Explore” tab, which has a “New albums and singles” section and “Moods & genres” section for finding playlists
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Folding@Home, a ~20 year-old distributed computing project aiding scientific research, has seen a surge in users, breaking an exaFLOP of compute amid COVID-19
Andy Patrizio / Ars Technica :
Two dozen US state AGs sent a letter to the White House requesting the administration pull blueprints for Defense Distributed's 3D-printed guns offline
Adi Robertson / The Verge : Tweets: @teamtrace Tweets: @teamtrace : A coalition of Attorneys General wants the Trump administration to crack down on the online sharing of 3D-printed-gun blueprints. h...
Edited, a retail tech startup leveraging AI to optimize product pricing, raises $29M led by Boston-based Wavecrest Growth Partners and Beringea UK
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
In letter to senators, Verily says it has tested 7,390 people for COVID-19 as of April 9, less than a month after site launch, will keep Google login mandatory
Hugh Langley / Business Insider : Tweets: @gregbensinger Tweets: @gregbensinger : Q: Do you view the global pandemic as an opportunity to hoover up personal data and beef up accounts for your parent ...
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