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    • Microsoft says it is pausing new hires except in some "strategic areas", citing uncertainty due to the pandemic; sources: the company is still hiring for Azure (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)

    Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: Microsoft says it is pausing new hires except in some “strategic areas”, citing uncertainty due to the pandemic; sources: the company is still hiring for Azure  —  – Microsoft is “temporarily pausing recruitment” for some roles amid uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis, the company confirmed Tuesday. Microsoft says it

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    • Overview of how apps from Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and others are helping users in China check their exposure, get care, and more during the COVID-19 outbreak (Dan Grover)

    Dan Grover: Overview of how apps from Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and others are helping users in China check their exposure, get care, and more during the COVID-19 outbreak  —  Summary: China’s apps played a pivotal role in supporting some of the most effective tactics the country used in fighting Covid-19 … Overview of how apps

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    SimilarWeb and Apptopia: amid quarantines, Americans increasingly use online platforms on computers, not smartphones; Nextdoor.com traffic is up 73% from Jan. (New York Times)

    {$inline_image} New York Times: SimilarWeb and Apptopia: amid quarantines, Americans increasingly use online platforms on computers, not smartphones; Nextdoor.com traffic is up 73% from Jan.  —  Stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, with movie theaters closed and no restaurants to dine in, Americans have been spending more of their lives online. SimilarWeb and Apptopia:

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    Australia-based Myriota, which is building a satellite constellation for connecting IoT devices, raises $19.3M Series B, bringing total raised to $37M (Caleb Henry/SpaceNews.com)

    {$inline_image} Caleb Henry / SpaceNews.com: Australia-based Myriota, which is building a satellite constellation for connecting IoT devices, raises $19.3M Series B, bringing total raised to $37M  —  WASHINGTON — Myriota announced April 6 it raised $19.3 million to continue developing a constellation of at least 25 satellites to connect internet-of-things devices globally. Australia-based Myriota, which

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    On Twitter, almost 60 percent of false claims about coronavirus remain online — without a warning label

    A study by Oxford University researchers examined 225 pieces of content that independent fact checkers had rated false or misleading between January and March. They found that 59 percent remained on Twitter, 27 percent, on YouTube and 24 percent, on Facebook. On Twitter, almost 60 percent of false claims about coronavirus remain online — without

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