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Disney says it will reduce bandwidth use by at least 25% in EU markets where it is launching Disney+ on Mar. 24 and will delay its French launch until Apr. 7 (Bruce Haring/Deadline)

Bruce Haring / Deadline: Disney says it will reduce bandwidth use by at least 25% in EU markets where it is launching Disney+ on Mar. 24 and will delay its French launch until Apr. 7  —  Disney+ is cutting back on its bandwidth utilization by 25 percent in the markets where its debuting on March

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Disney says it has paused the rollout of Disney+ in India, which was set to launch March 29 alongside the now-delayed Indian Premier League cricket season (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Disney says it has paused the rollout of Disney+ in India, which was set to launch March 29 alongside the now-delayed Indian Premier League cricket season  —  Disney said on Friday that it is postponing the launch of its eponymous streaming service in India, one of the largest entertainment markets …

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A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming subject to persecution (New York Times)

New York Times: A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming subject to persecution  —  Gabriel Jiménez hated the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.  But he loved cryptocurrency. A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming

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Amazon says it will stop shipping non-essential products from third party merchants via Fulfillment by Amazon to consumers in Italy and France (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

Krystal Hu / Reuters: Amazon says it will stop shipping non-essential products from third party merchants via Fulfillment by Amazon to consumers in Italy and France  —  (Reuters) – Amazon.com will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, according to an announcement the company published … Amazon says it will stop shipping

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Snap Camera, which lets users overlay their faces with AR filters in services like Zoom, Hangouts, and Twitch, has seen 10X surge in downloads since March 1 (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg)

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: Snap Camera, which lets users overlay their faces with AR filters in services like Zoom, Hangouts, and Twitch, has seen 10X surge in downloads since March 1  —  Workers around the world are suddenly confined to their homes and apartments to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Snap Camera, which lets users

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