China arrested five former employees who had discussed the tech giant’s Iranian sales in a chat group, raising questions about its government ties. Jailed Huawei Workers Raised a Forbidden Subject: Iran Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIan Sherr / CNET: A look at the challenges workers of Silicon Valley giants like Apple, Facebook, and Google encounter working from home and how the companies are responding — Apple, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber set new policies for employees working from home as tech culture clashes with family life. A look at the
Read MoreLinda Kinstler / Protocol: Interview with IBM’s Executive VP John Kelly III on the company’s plans to build ethical AI systems during and after the COVID-19 pandemic — IBM’s Executive Vice President John Kelly III tells Protocol how the company has ramped up its efforts to build ethical AI systems and tracking tools in the
Read MoreRyan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: E-commerce stocks soar amid pandemic as analysts expect upcoming results will reveal a potentially permanent shift in consumer behavior toward online shopping — – Online retail is making in-roads into categories like grocery — Amazon, eBay, Wayfair and Shopify among the outperformers E-commerce stocks soar amid pandemic as analysts expect upcoming
Read MoreBrian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Research: ~150 new domain registrations starting with “reopen”, and many ending with US place names, are tied to state GOP orgs and other conservative groups — The past few weeks have seen a large number of new domain registrations beginning with the word “reopen” and ending with U.S. city
Read MoreExplore your options for high-quality beef, pork, chicken and seafood all delivered to your door. The best meat delivery services in 2020: ButcherBox, Rastelli's, Holy Grail Steak Co. and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNo-fuss, oven-ready meal kits. The best prepared meal delivery services in 2020: Home Bistro, Gobble, Freshology and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreShannon Vavra / CyberScoop: In court documents, WhatsApp claims that NSO Group used US-based servers to direct malware to WhatsApp user devices — The legal battle between software surveillance vendor NSO Group and Facebook continues (Greg Otto/Scoop News Group) — Lawyers for WhatsApp’s parent company alleged … In court documents, WhatsApp claims that NSO Group
Read MoreZheping Huang / Bloomberg: Sources: China orders ByteDance to temporarily remove its Slack-style office app Feishu, after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter — – Regulators found the app allowed access to Facebook, Twitter — The decision deals a blow to ByteDance’s internet ambitions Sources: China orders ByteDance to temporarily remove its
Read MoreConor Humphries / Reuters: Ireland’s prime minister says the government should consider copying Australia’s plan to force Facebook and Google to share advertising revenue with local media — DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government should consider copying Australia’s plan to force Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s … Ireland's prime minister says the government should
Read MoreOlivia Solon / NBC News: Distribution of child sexual abuse materials increases across major sites including Facebook and YouTube, as moderation efforts are constrained during pandemic — With tech companies’ moderation efforts constrained by the pandemic, distributors of child sexual exploitation material are growing bolder … Distribution of child sexual abuse materials increases across major
Read MoreThe rapper dropped new tracks in a jaw-dropping concert. Catch the next show at midnight. Travis Scott event in Fortnite: How to watch the encore and find the Giant Astro Heads – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber has informed residents of San Francisco’s Treasure Island neighborhood it will no longer make Uber Eats deliveries to the area because of new city regulations temporarily capping delivery commissions. Uber says the regulations limit the company’s “ability to cover operational costs.” But San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney
Read MoreGilad Edelman / Wired: Profile of Mobilize, a tool for helping organizations manage events and recruit volunteers, which has become nearly ubiquitous among Democratic campaigns — Mobilize was the leading events platform for Democrats before the pandemic. Now its organizing is entirely virtual—and it’s getting creative. Profile of Mobilize, a tool for helping organizations manage
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is changing its unpaid leave policies starting next month, according to a report from Bloomberg. On May 1st, hourly employees — a vast majority of which are among the company’s 250,000 or so warehouse workers who cannot work from home — must request an unpaid leave of
Read MoreLiz Alderman / New York Times: Amazon loses appeal of French court ruling to limit customer orders to essential items; must conduct risk evaluations with unions to resume nonessential sales — The ruling is another court victory by French unions against Amazon in a battle over workplace safety. Amazon loses appeal of French court ruling
Read MoreClips of the US president’s coronavirus task force briefing are still floating around the social media platform. Twitter says videos of Trump suggesting disinfectant as COVID-19 treatment don't violate policy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDoctor Strange and Thor have been moved, while Into the Spider-Verse has also been delayed by Sony. Disney reshuffles Marvel movie release dates out to 2022 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto: Sony Pictures Entertainment Like almost every other studio, Sony is moving around its film schedule because of the novel coronavirus. That means its two biggest Spider-Man movies will be delayed. The sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and the third installment in the Spider-Man: Homecoming trilogy (created in partnership with Marvel Studios) will each
Read MoreFrom The Batman to Black Widow, Wonder Woman and the Venom sequel, we round up the new dates for your favorite rescheduled blockbusters. New movie calendar for 2020 and 2021 following coronavirus delays – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge OnePlus launched its latest flagship phones, the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro, less than two weeks ago, but the Chinese phone maker is now laying off employees in regional offices throughout Europe, according to a report from Engadget. It does not appear that the layoffs are coronavirus-related;
Read MoreAnd if that’s not enough hard drive space for you, get a 12TB drive for just $200. Get virtually unlimited storage: Save on a 4TB desktop hard drive – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Imran Chaudhri The original Apple Watch was released five years ago today — April 24th, 2015 — and Imran Chaudhri, a designer who worked on the team for the first Apple Watch, shared some fascinating behind-the-scenes info about the product’s development in a tweetstorm today. Check out Chaudhri’s reproduction of the original sketch of
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge John Legere has formally cut ties with T-Mobile US, the company he led as CEO for over seven years. After steering T-Mobile through a dramatic turnaround that culminated in its successful merger with former rival Sprint, Legere stepped down and Mike Sievert was appointed T-Mobile’s new chief executive
Read MoreLegere says he’s leaving to “pursue other options.” Former T-Mobile CEO John Legere leaves board weeks earlier than expected – CNET Source: CNet
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