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Google is releasing your anonymized location data to help health officials with coronavirus containment 3 days ago – With coronavirus cases crossing the million mark, countries are taking strict actions to clamp down on people moving about, so as to help prevent the spread of the disease. To help health officials to understand how people are moving around, Google is releasing anonymized data from Maps for 131 c...
DevOps isn’t enough — your team needs to embrace FleetOps 3 days ago – Let me ask you a question: How many websites and applications do you think the average medium to large-sized organization runs? Dozens? Hundreds? How about thousands? You’re almost there. Way back in 2015, Forrester Research interviewed digital leaders at enterprise organizations and found that, ...
A Cats butthole cut ‘trailer’ is out — an analysis of its alternative reality 3 days ago – Cats is the greatest movie ever. Somehow it took the mysterious avant-garde sensibilities of Tarkovsky, the frantic new-wave energy of Godard, and the big budget blockbuster bombast of Spielberg, and combined them all into one flawlessly musical package. I was also high as shit when I watched it ...
Zoom is a godforsaken mess — but it can be fixed 3 days ago – Two years ago, after Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal came to the fore, there was a new story of the social network’s privacy and security mishap every other day. In the past couple of weeks, video conferencing Zoom has found itself in a similar boat. Security researchers and experts have f...
The future of black hole images is bright 2 days ago – This month marks the first anniversary of the image of the environment directly surrounding the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy —captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). In the twelve months since this spectacular achievement, researchers have not rested on their laurels. Several...
If you’re at a professional crossroads, this software engineering training might help. 2 days ago – You can get the broad overview training needed to break into this lucrative field with the instruction in The Complete Introduction to Software Engineering Bundle. It’s on sale now from TNW Deals for just $59.99, hundreds of dollars off the regular price.
Daily Distraction: Learn to play an instrument during lockdown 3 hours ago – Do you remember the first time you picked up the guitar and felt that you’re going to rock the world? And soon after failing to even play one note properly, you might’ve wanted the earth to gobble you up. While making songs sounds like a simple task when we listen to them, but it seems incredibly...
Polish electric vehicle advocate lobbies for EV emoji, because why not? 3 hours ago – There are emoji for nearly every conceivable situation these days. There’s a levitating man emoji, an oyster emoji, and even a floppy disk emoji, I mean who in 2020 — other than the odd historian — is even using that one? Sadly, there are no emoji for electric vehicle enthusiasts, but a pro-EV Po...
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Stocks drop as unemployment spikes 3 days ago – Stocks fell in regular trading Friday, as all major American indices fell in the wake of a broadly negative jobs report. With more than 700,000 jobs lost in the March data, unemployment in the United States rose from 3.5% to 4.4%. The markets have been bracing for widespread job losses due to the...
The pandemic is already reshaping tech’s misinformation crisis 3 days ago – Since 2016, social media companies have faced an endless barrage of bad press and public criticism for failing to anticipate how their platforms could be used for dark purposes at the scale of populations — undermining democracies around the world, say, or sowing social division and even fueling ...
‘Artemis Fowl’ is skipping theaters for Disney+ 3 days ago – With movie theaters largely closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney is pushing back its slate of upcoming films. And at least one movie won’t be making it into theaters at all, with “Artemis Fowl” heading straight to streaming instead. The company announced today that the film will debut excl...
This Week in Apps: Zoom has issues, Pinterest founder’s new COVID-19 research app, record Q1 spending 2 days ago – This week... how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting apps and the wider mobile app industry, more leaks about the new version of iOS, Apple bought Dark Sky, and more.
This Week in Apps: Zoom has issues, Pinterest founder’s new COVID-19 research app, record Q1 spending 2 days ago – This week... how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting apps and the wider mobile app industry, more leaks about the new version of iOS, Apple bought Dark Sky, and more.
Zoom admits some calls were routed through China by mistake 3 days ago – Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China, the video conferencing platform has offered an apology and a partial explanation. To recap, Zoom has faced a barrage of headlines this week over its security policies and privacy practices, as...
Before suing NSO Group, Facebook allegedly sought their software to better spy on users 3 days ago – Facebook's WhatsApp is in the midst of a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance outfit NSO Group. But before complaining about the company's methods, Facebook seems to have wanted to use them for its own purposes, according to testimony from NSO founder Shalev Hulio.
Daily Crunch: Quibi finally launches its mobile streaming app an hour ago – Quibi launches its mobile streaming service, Apple sources 20 million protective masks and Red Hat announces a new CEO. Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 6, 2020. 1. Quibi launches its mobile streaming service in the middle of the quarantine era The much-hyped mobile app promising to deliver “qu...
Zoom Video Communications offers 20% off Annual Business plans to Extra Crunch members an hour ago – With the trying times the country is going through due to COVID-19, Extra Crunch is excited to announce a new Partner Perk from video conference software Zoom. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch get 20% off list pricing for all services that Zoom provides (excluding API a...
Luckin Coffee’s alleged fraud has some silver linings (and even more bad news too) an hour ago – Chinese coffee chain super-brand Luckin Coffee has been in the spotlight the past week after the company revealed in an SEC filing that it has undertaken an internal investigation into an alleged $300 million fraud on the part of its former COO. That led the stock to drop nearly 80% on Thursday. ...
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Thousands of Zoom recordings exposed because of the way Zoom names recordings 3 days ago – Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge..... according to a report by The Washington Post. The recordings are apparently named in “an identical way” and many have been posted onto unprotect...
3 days ago – Image: Marvel Disney is making a number of changes to its upcoming theatrical release dates in order to accommodate delayed films like Black Widow and Mulan. The studio’s upcoming Artemis Fowl movie, originally set to release on May 29th, is now ditching theaters entirely for a Disney Plus de...
Save on a Sling TV subscription and discounted gadgets this weekend 2 days ago – Welcome to the weekend. The best deals you can currently get on tech are a mix of new offers and ones that we’ve collected during the past week. All of them should hopefully make your self-isolation time a little more enjoyable. Sling TV is offering a free 14-day trial to Sling Blue, the tier of ...
How to stream Quibi 13 hours ago – Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Quibi is the latest streaming service to launch in an increasingly crowded market — and it might be the weirdest one yet. Instead of relying on big franchise names or extensive catalogs of old content, like Disney Plus, Peacock, or HBO Max are doing, Qui...
TCL reveals prices and specs for its 10-Series smartphones 4 hours ago – TCL — best known for its well-received and wallet-friendly TVs — announced at CES earlier this year that it would be entering the mobile phone business. And now, we’ve finally got the full details on its first three phones — the TCL 10 Pro, 10L, and 10 5G — which will all cost under $500 when the...
Headspace is letting people access free meditations and mindfulness exercises 15 minutes ago – Headspace is giving people free access to some of its mindfulness exercises, meditations, and sleep experiences. The company launched a new landing page today designed with New Yorkers, who are experiencing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, in mind. Headspace says the free offerings a...