Valve ends SteamVR support for macOS, three years after Apple announced it at WWDC; Valve's survey found only 4% of Steam users were using macOS
Valve just ended SteamVR's support for macOS. ‘Legacy builds’ will continue to be available. — SteamVR is Valve's PC-based virtual reality platform, supporting Windows and Linux.
India's government has mandated all private sector employees to download its COVID-19 contact tracing app, following its mandate for all the public sector staff
Privacy activists said a diverse group of organisations and individuals had endorsed a representation to the Prime Minister's Office …
India says 75M+ people downloaded its contact tracing app, but privacy advocates worry about its potential as a tool for state surveillance beyond the pandemic
the app will soon include state-issued e-passes to let people move around the country + gig workers are already required to have it installed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @PranavDixit Sarah Emers...
CDC issues new criteria for evaluating contact tracing tools to be used by public health authorities, opening the door for Apple-Google approach
- A new document published by the Centers for Disease Control outlines what it sees as the critical features for digital contact tracing apps.
Automatic Labs, which was recently acquired by SiriusXM, shuts down its vehicle-tracking service, tells users to remove its connected car adapters from vehicles
Automatic has announced that it'll be abruptly shutting down on May 28th because “the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted our business.”
ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital
Kickstarter reaches agreement with its union on four months of severance pay, up to six months of healthcare coverage, and more for laid off employees
The workers voted to unionize in Feburary — The union for Kickstarter employees reached an agreement with management on Friday …
Federal judge rules FCC must give access to logs containing IP addresses behind public comments for the 2017 net neutrality vote, after repeated fraud claims
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled the Federal Communications Commission must provide two reporters access to server logs … Tweets: @karlbode and @switch_d Tweets: @karlbode : the thot plickens https...
House Judiciary Committee demands Jeff Bezos testify at a hearing on Amazon's alleged misuse of third-party seller data or face a potential subpoena
Dems & Republicans on the House Judiciary have sent a letter to Jeff Bezos insisting that he testify. The letter says that Amazon appears to have “exploited its role” to harm competition & appears to ...
An inside look at the dropshipping scene in Bali, where expats typically purchase items on AliExpress and have them shipped directly to buyers in the West
In Bali, western immigrants are selling products they've never handled, from countries they've never visited, to consumers they've never met Tweets: @unhedgedchatter , @ramit , @thedalstonyears , and ...
While the pandemic has driven sales for VR makers like Oculus, it has yet to give the tech mass-market appeal as a social or collaborative experience
Virtual escapism is perfect for a pandemic, but V.R. still seems far from a mainstream technology. — I have wanted to love virtual reality for a really long time.
Google's Messages app, which isn't part of Google's apps package often pre-installed on phones by 3rd-party Android OEMs, passes 1B+ installs on the Play Store
Google's Messages app is packed with features, including a built-in markup tool, reminders, context-aware recommendations, a dark mode, RCS support, and a web interface.
How researchers are working to build AI with common-sense reasoning, such as the COMET system, which combines symbolic reasoning and neural language modeling
The problem of common-sense reasoning has plagued the field of artificial intelligence for over 50 years. Tweets: @quantamagazine and @mslima Tweets: Quanta / @quantamagazine : COMET, a new AI system ...
Workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, FedEx, Target, and Walmart join together in striking on May 1, demanding better workplace safety conditions
not now, not ever. https://onezero.medium.com/... @munchies : “I'm a number on a body bag. They don't care if I live or die working this job. There are more people who can replace me.”—anonymous Shipt...
Q&A with CEO of Apple subsidiary Claris who says FileMaker, Claris' low-code app development software, has seen a spike in interest amid the pandemic
- Apple owns enterprise software company Claris and its low-code application development software called FileMaker.
Xiaomi defends its data practices, says it collects aggregated data that can't be used to identify users and syncs browsing history if data sync is turned on
even if it is wrong! — without doing any basic scrutinizing. For anyone following the Xiaiomi story, read @cybergibbons' excellent tweet thread on the matter. https://twitter.com/... Mishaal Rahman / ...
One year after the passage of Russia's domestic internet law, a look at the uneven past and uncertain future of Moscow's attempts to regulate the internet
The Kremlin's path toward censorship, surveillance, and repression has many more layers than meets the eye.
Poland floats plans to introduce a 1.5% “Netflix tax” on the revenue of streaming platforms in the country to be paid directly to the Polish Film Institute
Bitfinex's parent firm has applied for subpoenas in three US states asking federal courts to aid in recovering $800M+ in user funds seized by legal authorities
The Bitfinex crypto exchange is making a new push to find and potentially recover more than $800 million in user funds seized … Tweets: @andyspqr and @coindesk Tweets: @andyspqr : First @Tether_to and...
Profile of Canada-based Draganfly, which is piloting “pandemic drones” that use machine vision and AI to track social distancing and monitor health vitals
Like the rest of the world, Canadian drone maker Draganfly has been anxiously watching the spread of the novel coronavirus.
IDC: Global smartphone shipments dropped 11.7% YoY to 276M during Q1 2020, the largest YoY decline ever
Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet :
Amazon Q1: $75.5B revenue, up 26% YoY, net income of $2.5B, down from $3.6B in Q1 2019, AWS revenue of $10.2B, up from $7.7B YoY
an estimated $4 billion — on responding to the coronavirus pandemic...Some of the $4 billion will also fund higher wages for workers, personal protective equipment.” https://www.cnbc.com/... Jon Erlic...
Federal judge rules that Uber must face a lawsuit claiming its anticompetitive practices stifled competition, and drove Sidecar out of business
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
Apple has missed an opportunity by not introducing a product like Facebook Portal by combining different aspects of the Apple TV and HomePod with FaceTime
M.G. Siegler / 500ish : Tweets: @mgsiegler , @500ish , and @msliwinski Tweets: M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : @Techmeme https://twitter.com/... @500ish : Apple TV should own the living room with FaceTim...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, cloud infrastructure spending grew 37% YoY to $29B in Q1, with Amazon at 32% market share followed by Microsoft at 18%
Synergy Research Group :
Sources: Microsoft is in talks to buy UK-based robotic process automation software startup Softomotive
Bloomberg :
UK launches the Cyber Discovery Virtual Cyber School, an online initiative aimed at teaching teenagers cybersecurity concepts
Danny Palmer / ZDNet :
Israel-based Otonomo raises $46M Series C for its software that helps automotive OEMs monetize data generated by connected cars
Globes Online :
California state judge certifies a lawsuit against Oracle's allegedly discriminatory pay practices as a class action on behalf of more than 4,000 women
Bloomberg : Tweets: @mattmday , @business , and @technology Tweets: Matt Day / @mattmday : Three women suing Oracle got a judge to certify their class action gender-discrimination lawsuit, prevailing...
Cliqz is shutting down its anti-tracking browser and search engine but says it will keep Ghostery subsidiary running
Yesterday we've announced with a heavy heart the Cliqz story is over. Tweets: @cliqz : Yesterday we've announced the end of Cliqz and our hearts are still heavy. We hope someone continues this importa...
Ontic, whose “protective intelligence software” lets companies identify potential physical threats to employees and facilities, raises $12M Series A
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
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.