New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs an executive order allowing people to get a marriage license remotely and letting clerks perform ceremonies over video
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed an executive order Saturday allowing New Yorkers to obtain marriage licenses and perform ceremonies remotely.
Riot launches one of the biggest bug bounty programs in gaming, offering up to $100K for finding security flaws in its controversial Vanguard anti-cheat system
Riot has posted one of the biggest—if not the biggest—bounties in gaming, offering people up to $100,000 if they can find …
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Rt.live, an up-to-date tracker of how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each US state
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have teamed up to launch their first product together since leaving the Facebook mothership.
Pokémon Go developer Niantic names its current board member Megan Quinn as COO; Quinn was most recently a general partner at VC firm Spark Capital
Former employee leaves position at Spark Capital to return to Pokmon Go developer — Niantic has appointed a new COO — and it's a familiar face for the firm.
Profile of and Q&A with pioneering computer scientist Donald Knuth, who is still writing his magnum opus The Art of Computer Programming, which he began in 1962
For pioneering computer scientist Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautiful expression.
COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of tech and ecommerce that will impact the lives of people who aren't online, especially in the developing world
At the beginning of this year (which now feels like 100 years ago), I gave a presentation on macro trends in tech, at an event in Davos.
Profile of Stacy Mitchell, the driving force behind Athena, a coalition of ~50 labor, small business, and social justice groups aiming to curb Amazon's power
Stacy Mitchell knew that taking on a trillion-dollar company would be a lopsided fight. But the pandemic has not only made Amazon more essential. Tweets: @alexbmorse , @zephyrteachout , @bloombergme ...
Spontaneous social apps that let users join video, voice, and chat rooms on a whim have become popular under lockdowns, like exclusive voice chat app Clubhouse
Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That's the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised … Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @bdsams , @ericbahn , @julialipton , @db , @thek...
Researchers say an unsecured server storing info on 42M messaging accounts, nearly all from Iran and tied to Telegram, was part of Iran's spying operation
- ‘Hunting System’ contained data on 42 million chat accounts — Information on server from users of Telegram and its imitators Tweets: @rj_gallagher Tweets: Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : New: Da...
A look at PTT, a 25-year-old Reddit-like forum in Taiwan that is gaining attention for its role in warning the country early about COVID-19 on December 31
Taiwan's 25-year-old forum PTT helped limit the spread of the coronavirus — In the early hours of December 31st, Luo Yi-jun couldn't sleep. Tweets: @che_huai Tweets: Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang / @che_hu...
US District Court dismisses Twitter's 2014 lawsuit against DOJ asking for permission to reveal details of surveillance requests it received from the government
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Filing: NLRB is looking into claims that Amazon retaliated against workers who participated in labor protests on the pretext they broke social distancing rules
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Some Instacart workers are frustrated over the delay in safety kits the company promised them on April 2; Instacart says it caps the daily number of kit orders
containing masks, hand sanitizer, and thermometers—but two weeks later, Instacart workers told me they've been nearly impossible to order and have yet to materialize. #scoop for @WIRED: https://www.wi...
Uber's sick pay policy for drivers has changed several times amid the pandemic, excluding some who need it the most and increasing the documentation required
The pandemic makes clear that Uber sees its own well-being as divergent from that of its workers. Tweets: @vice , @vicelife , @bigblackjacobin , @bigblackjacobin , @gigworkersrise , and @vice Tweets: ...
Cameo, which lets fans pay for shoutout videos from celebs, has become a gig economy for celebs during the pandemic as some use it to compensate for income loss
On March 20, Steven Galanis, the CEO and co-founder of Cameo, took a call from Akon, the R&B singer behind the 2006 hit “Smack That.” Tweets: @thesskate , @jessicagolds , @zzzzaaaacccchhh , @noiseymus...
Group-IB: the average price of phishing kits rose 149% YoY to $304 in 2019 and the number of kit sellers grew 120%
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In a setback to Amazon, a federal judge put its JEDI cloud contract lawsuit on hold, following a DOD report failing to establish White House interference
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Kebotix, which is developing a machine learning and robotic process automation suite to expedite the discovery of chemicals, raises $11.5M Series A
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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.