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    • AST & Science raises $110M Series B led by Rakuten and Vodafone to build a broadband network via a constellation of satellites that link directly to smartphones (Caleb Henry/SpaceNews.com)

    Caleb Henry / SpaceNews.com: AST & Science raises $110M Series B led by Rakuten and Vodafone to build a broadband network via a constellation of satellites that link directly to smartphones  —  WASHINGTON — Japanese online shopping giant Rakuten and global telecom leader Vodafone led a $110 million investment … AST & Science raises 0M

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    Hackaday Links: March 8, 2020

    {$inline_image} A lot of annoying little hacks are needed to keep our integer-based calendar in sync with a floating-point universe, and the big one, leap day, passed us by this week. Aside from the ignominy of adding a day to what’s already the worst month of the year, leap day has a tendency to call

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    • Researchers detail how Android apps can steal one-time 2FA codes from Google Authenticator by taking screenshots, a flaw that was first disclosed in 2014 (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

    Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Researchers detail how Android apps can steal one-time 2FA codes from Google Authenticator by taking screenshots, a flaw that was first disclosed in 2014  —  Google Authenticator app lets other apps take screenshots of its code.  Issue was first reported to Google in October 2014, but it was never addressed. Researchers

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    • A look at the state of telecommuting as ICANN holds its four-day Public Meeting, with ~3,000 people from 150 countries, remotely for the first time (Sam Dean/Los Angeles Times)

    Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: A look at the state of telecommuting as ICANN holds its four-day Public Meeting, with ~3,000 people from 150 countries, remotely for the first time  —  On Thursday morning, as the number of new coronavirus cases in California climbed, crates of telecommunications equipment … A look at the state

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    A look at the state of telecommuting as ICANN holds its four-day Public Meeting, with ~3,000 people from 150 countries, remotely for the first time (Sam Dean/Los Angeles Times)

    {$inline_image} Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: A look at the state of telecommuting as ICANN holds its four-day Public Meeting, with ~3,000 people from 150 countries, remotely for the first time  —  On Thursday morning, as the number of new coronavirus cases in California climbed, crates of telecommunications equipment … A look at the

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    • In an internal memo, Tim Cook outlines measures Apple is implementing in response to COVID-19, says office employees in all affected regions can work remotely (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

    Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: In an internal memo, Tim Cook outlines measures Apple is implementing in response to COVID-19, says office employees in all affected regions can work remotely  —  – Apple CEO outlines work from home, other steps in new memo  — ‘This is a challenging moment’, Apple CEO tells employees In an internal

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    As ARM narrows the performance gap with x86 and chips from startups like Ampere rival Intel Xeon, transitioning even Mac Pros to "Axx" CPUs may be feasible (Jean-Louis Gassée/Monday Note)

    {$inline_image} Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: As ARM narrows the performance gap with x86 and chips from startups like Ampere rival Intel Xeon, transitioning even Mac Pros to “Axx” CPUs may be feasible  —  Once again, we look at what needs to happen for the Mac to shed its old x86 processors and make the

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