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Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets (Micah Lee/The Intercept)

Micah Lee / The Intercept: Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets  —  Meetings on Zoom, the increasingly popular video conferencing service, are encrypted using an algorithm with serious … Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by

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Pinterest CEO and a team of multi-disciplinary scientists launch How We Feel app to collect global COVID-19 data daily while respecting user privacy (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Pinterest CEO and a team of multi-disciplinary scientists launch How We Feel app to collect global COVID-19 data daily while respecting user privacy  —  There have been a few scattered efforts to leverage crowd-sourced self-reporting of symptoms as a way to potentially predict and chart … Pinterest CEO and a team

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Microsoft's Azure Cognitive Services gets new voice styles designed to help developers tailor the voice of their apps and services to their brand or scenario (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services gets new voice styles designed to help developers tailor the voice of their apps and services to their brand or scenario  —  Microsoft Corp. today added new “voice styles” to Azure Cognitive Services, its cloud-based suite of application programming interfaces … Microsoft's Azure Cognitive Services gets new

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Google uses aggregated anonymized location data from 131 countries to show which places are complying with social distancing and which aren't (Casey Newton/The Verge)

Casey Newton / The Verge: Google uses aggregated anonymized location data from 131 countries to show which places are complying with social distancing and which aren’t  —  New COVID-19 mobility reports show changes in traffic to stores, parks, transit stations, and more  —  Google is using location data gathered … Google uses aggregated anonymized location

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Google uses location data to show which places are complying with stay-at-home orders — and which aren’t

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is using location data gathered from smartphones to help public health officials understand how people’s movements have changed in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In a blog post early Friday morning, Google announced the release of its COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports. The reports use data from

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Twitter deletes 20K fake accounts linked to governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras, and Indonesia for "attempt to undermine public conversation" (Julian Borger/The Guardian)

Julian Borger / The Guardian: Twitter deletes 20K fake accounts linked to governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras, and Indonesia for “attempt to undermine public conversation”  —  Accounts also linked to Honduras and Indonesia violated policy and were ‘targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation’ Twitter deletes 20K fake accounts linked to governments of

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