Rust is not so easy to learn, but Microsoft engineers really like the programming language for coding for the cloud. Microsoft: Why we used programming language Rust over Go for WebAssembly on Kubernetes app Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft is ready to roll out its ‘spring refresh’ of WVD, while working on a grander plan to make WVD more of a full-fledged cloud-managed desktop. Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop spring refresh: What's new and next Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTaylor Lyles / The Verge: Facebook rolls out a tool that lets users in the US and Canada transfer their photos and videos to Google Photos as part of the Data Transfer Project — Facebook launched the tool in Ireland last year — Facebook is rolling out a new tool today allowing users in the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter usage spiked to 166 million daily users in the first quarter of 2020, as more people flocked to the site to keep up with news on the coronavirus pandemic. The usage growth is the largest Twitter has ever reported year-over-year, up from 134 million during this same
Read MoreThe social network is the place to go for real-time information. Twitter's user growth soars amid coronavirus pandemic – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Twitter reports Q1 sales up 3% YoY to $808M as it swings to a net loss of $8M due to COVID-19, mDAUs hit record 166M, up 24% YoY — Despite traffic for many online properties being at an all-time high, advertising has fallen off a cliff because of the downturn in
Read MoreParents desperate to catch up on emails, get dinner ready or just take a shower are turning to professional virtual babysitters and paying them to video chat with their kids. Watch my kids, please: Parents hire Zoom babysitters so they can shelter in peace Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The process Quibi used to verify new users’ email addresses sent them to multiple third-party advertising and analytics companies including Google, Facebook, and Twitter, a new report has claimed. When a new user signed up to the streaming service, they received an email with a verification link. Clicking
Read MoreDark matter, although invisible, makes up most of the universe’s mass and creates its underlying structure. Shining a Light on Dark Matter Source: NASA
Read MoreTom Krazit / Protocol: Wall Street has been slow to shift to the cloud, using mainframes until recently, but issues like handling spikes in demand amid COVID-19 may change that — Financial services companies were skeptical of cloud computing’s benefits and wouldn’t hand over control of their data. But the pressure is rising. Wall Street
Read MoreCISA is concerned hasty deployments of Office 365 and Teams may lead to missed key security configurations. Microsoft Office 365: US issues security alert over rushed remote deployments Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIf you can’t get your hands on a Nintendo Switch, you can still play the mobile version of the popular game. Play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp if you don't have a Nintendo Switch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Programming note: The Interface will be off on Thursday. Today Apple and Google released an initial version of the API that represents the first phase of their joint effort to enable public health authorities to quickly identify people who may have been exposed to new cases of COVID-19.
Read MoreImage: Facebook Facebook is rolling out a new tool today allowing users in the US and Canada to transfer their photos and videos to Google Photos. The tool can be accessed by heading to your Facebook settings, then heading to the tab that reads “Your Facebook Information.” There you’ll find the option to transfer your
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Zoom admits it doesn’t have 300M DAUs, quietly correcting a misleading claim in its original blog post, which now says 300M “daily Zoom meeting participants” — Zoom quietly updated a blog post earlier this month — Zoom has admitted it doesn’t have 300 million daily active users. Zoom admits it
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new camera board that should dramatically improve the photographic capabilities available to the popular DIY computer’s enthusiasts and hobbyists. It’s called the High Quality Camera, and it’s built around a 12.3-megapixel backside-illuminated Sony IMX477 sensor with 1.55-micron pixels. There have been official Raspberry Pi camera boards before, but
Read MoreThe House of Lords tried questioning the government over Teams. The effort was there, but the result was rather chaotic. Parliament's first attempt at using Microsoft Teams to live stream hasn't gone all that well Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More“Little Eyes,” about stuffed animals operated remotely by strangers, may be the Argentine author Samanta Schweblin’s most unnerving work yet. In This Creepy New Novel, the Toys Are Watching Us Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFacebook, Twitter and YouTube have declined to remove the president’s statements about unproven coronavirus treatments. Trump’s Disinfectant Talk Trips Up Sites’ Vows Against Misinformation Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Zoom has admitted it doesn’t have 300 million daily active users. The admission came after The Verge noticed the company had quietly edited a blog post making the claim earlier this month. Zoom originally stated it had “more than 300 million daily users” and that “more than 300
Read MoreThe Nintendo Switch may not have a proper Virtual Console, but it’s still a great system for classic games, and today sees one of its most unusual retro releases in a while. To celebrate the Neo Geo’s 30th anniversary this week, SNK is re-releasing Neo Geo Pocket Color title SNK Gals’ Fighters for the first
Read More{$inline_image} Paayal Zaveri / Business Insider: Salesforce is moving all of its events in 2020 online, including Dreamforce, which drew over 170K attendees in 2019, contributing $150M+ to the SF economy — – Salesforce is cancelling all its events for the rest of 2020 and making them virtual, including its annual Dreamforce conference. Salesforce is
Read MoreThe company says its been cracking down on false ads for products like face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Google blocked, removed 2.7 billion bad ads last year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMostly they make no sense, but some will mess with entire whole world view. These AI generated memes are bizarre and profound – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company said it delivered 88,400 vehicles in the first quarter of 2020. Elon Musk launches into expletive-laden rant, calling quarantine measures ‘fascist’ Source: Washington Post Tech
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