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Instagram says it is internally testing a Snapchat-like ephemeral feature that clears chat messages after all members have viewed the thread and closed it (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram says it is internally testing a Snapchat-like ephemeral feature that clears chat messages after all members have viewed the thread and closed it  —  Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat’s most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn’t already cloned. Instagram says it is internally testing a

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Sources: Apple's supply chain still disrupted by COVID-19-related shutdowns in countries like Malaysia; 5G iPhones still expected to launch by fall (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Apple’s supply chain still disrupted by COVID-19-related shutdowns in countries like Malaysia; 5G iPhones still expected to launch by fall  —  – Virus responses in Malaysia, U.S., Europe disrupt suppliers  — 5G iPhone currently still on schedule, but timeline could slip Sources: Apple's supply chain still disrupted by COVID-19-related shutdowns in countries like

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Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty to stealing Google trade secrets

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Anthony Levandowski, the self-driving car engineer and former Google executive who joined Uber via an acquisition of his autonomous truck company Otto, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing Google trade secrets, according to Reuters. The decision is just the latest chapter in the multi-year legal saga involving Levandowski’s roles

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Twitter broadens its definition of harm to address content with deceptive language around COVID-19, including "denial of established scientific facts" (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

Alex Hern / The Guardian: Twitter broadens its definition of harm to address content with deceptive language around COVID-19, including “denial of established scientific facts”  —  Site changes rules to ban content aimed at making people act against official advice  —  Twitter will remove tweets that run … Twitter broadens its definition of harm to

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Court filing: Anthony Levandowski, ex-Uber self-driving head, pleads guilty to trade secrets theft from Google in exchange for 32 other charges being dropped (Reed Albergotti/Washington Post)

Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: Court filing: Anthony Levandowski, ex-Uber self-driving head, pleads guilty to trade secrets theft from Google in exchange for 32 other charges being dropped  —  The guilty plea, which could lead to a prison sentence, is the latest twist in a years-long saga of conflict and courtroom drama Court filing: Anthony

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Netflix lowers video quality in Europe because of coronavirus-induced strain

{$inline_image}People are staying home because of coronavirus, and what adtivity is better suited for the millions of newly-minted homebodies than watching a whole lot of Netflix? There’s just one problem: Too many people are watching Netflix in Europe, it seems. Netflix today announced it will temporarily lower bitrates – and therefore, image quality – in Europe

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Government efforts to track virus through phone location data complicated by privacy concerns

Cellular location data could help authorities fight the coronavirus. But gaining access to this data, even amid a global pandemic, is made more complex by the legal and ethical issues surrounding government access to information that can reveal intimate details about citizens’ lives. Government efforts to track virus through phone location data complicated by privacy

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