Australia orders the creation of a mandatory code of conduct requiring platforms like Google and Facebook to pay media businesses for news content
The Federal Government has ordered the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct to govern commercial dealings between tech giants and news media companies.
Apple Magic Keyboard with trackpad review: great typing experience and excellent trackpad, but it's heavy and thick, expensive, and has no function row
It's what we've all been asking for — for better or worse — At first glance, Apple's new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro looks …
Facebook releases initial results of Carnegie Mellon's COVID-19 survey in the US and interactive maps based on de-identified, aggregated data, updated daily
Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of Facebook. — As the world fights covid-19 and countries develop plans to reopen …
Facebook to launch a dedicated gaming app to let users create and watch live game streams, available on Android on Monday and on iOS when Apple approves it
Video games are surging in popularity in the pandemic. So Facebook is rolling out an app designed for creating and watching live gameplay.
Alibaba says it will invest $28B over the next three years to expand cloud infrastructure, such as data centers, to extend its cloud services to more countries
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) on cloud infrastructure such as datacenters over the next three years …
Uber says it will test two new delivery initiatives during the pandemic: Direct, aimed at retailers and businesses, and Connect, aimed at personal items
Drivers to transport items ranging from medical supplies to pet food — Uber is reviving an attempt to offer deliveries of goods …
UK government announces a £250M Future Fund, to provide up to £5M of funding to qualifying high-growth companies, and £750M in loans and grants for R&D by SMBs
After mounting pressure from the U.K. tech startup ecosystem, and much debate, the British government today unveiled plans …
Sources: Zoom's business partner Dropbox privately paid hackers to find bugs in Zoom's code and pressed the company to fix them, fearing vulnerabilities
Dropbox privately paid top hackers to find bugs in software by the videoconferencing company Zoom, then pressed it to fix them. Tweets: @kimzetter , @natashanyt , @kimzetter , @racheldonadio , and @sh...
Hackers steal ~$25M worth of cryptocurrency from Lendf.Me, a dForce-based decentralized lending platform, likely using a well-known exploit of an Ethereum token
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs an executive order allowing people to get a marriage license remotely and letting clerks perform ceremonies over video
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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
New Website From Instagram Co-Founders Tracking the Rate of COVID-19 Transmission by State Jon Fingas / Yahoo Finance : Instagram founders reunite to create a COVID-19 spread tracker Tweets: Mike Krie...
Alan, a SaaS startup for the private health insurance market in France, raises €50M Series C led by Temasek, bringing its total raised to €125M
French startup Alan has raised a $54.4 million (€50 million) Series C funding round. Temasek is leading the round with existing investors …
Cloudflare debuts Is BGP Safe Yet, a site that checks if ISPs have added security protections and filtering that make Border Gateway Protocol less vulnerable
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Esports and gaming lifestyle media company FaZe Clan raises $40M led by Jimmy Iovine and mobile e-commerce company NTWRK
E.T.; Adds the value of the raise and additional names of individual investors. — Esports company FaZe Clan announced that it has closed a $40 million round …
Amid the pandemic, some Israeli tech companies have cut salaries by up to 40% and many have turned to repricing stock options as a means of retaining talent
With Israeli tech companies having to cut employees' salaries by up to 40%, many have turned to repricing stock options as a means of maintaining their talent
A slump in digital ad prices is allowing Internet gaming, e-commerce, and online learning companies to buy ads at a discount amid a growth in usage
- Facebook, Google and Twitter are seeing ad prices drop precipitously as companies in travel, entertainment and physical retail freeze spending. Tweets: @villi and @megancgraham Tweets: @villi : This...
Legal experts say any goodwill towards tech giants generated during the pandemic will have little impact on the ongoing antitrust probes
- Tech companies have played a key role in the coronavirus response, but antitrust experts say it's unlikely to curry favor with law enforcement.
Amazon says its six French warehouses will remain closed until after April 21, the date of its appeal of a court order to limit deliveries to “essential goods”
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Venture capital invested in startups worldwide in Q1 2020 is projected to be $63.8B, down 17% from the previous quarter and down 8% YoY
Gené Teare / Crunchbase News : Tweets: @crunchbase , @crunchbase , and @crunchbase Tweets: @crunchbase : Despite hopes that 2020 would be a big year for unicorn market debuts, the pace of IPOs was sl...
As Amazon and eBay crack down on listings for masks and PPE, suppliers, brokers, and even scammers are reaching out to prospective buyers via LinkedIn
Mara Hvistendahl / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @chinalawtransl8 , @marahvistendahl , and @ourobororoboruo Tweets: @wired : Many new PPE buyers and sellers are making legitimate efforts to get equipment ...
Parsyl, which uses an IoT supply chain data service to offer cargo insurance for shippers of perishable goods, raises $15M Series A led by GLP and Ascot Group
Facebook launches Fundraisers in India and expands partnerships with state governments for WhatsApp and Messenger helplines to tackle coronavirus misinformation
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Greenbits, a San Jose-based cannabis retail platform provider, raises $23M Series B led by Tiger Global Management and Casa Verde
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.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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