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Amazon to suspend Amazon Shipping, its delivery service for Amazon Marketplace sellers that was being beta-tested in some US cities, with last pickups on June 5
Techmeme · 23 hours ago
Taiwan bans government officials from Zoom after China fiasco
Zoom CEO says company ‘moved too fast’ and made ‘missteps’ as privacy concerns about the popular video conferencing app have snowballed in recent weeks
A Japanese University used remote-controlled robots to hold a virtual graduation
Meet Eric Yuan, the founder and CEO of Zoom, who has made nearly $4 billion in 3 months as usage of his video conferencing software skyrockets amid the coronavirus pandemic
Zoom’s security and privacy problems are snowballing
Trolls break into meetings on Zoom
Zoom is being sued for allegedly handing over data to Facebook
Vint Cerf, who helped create the internet, has the coronavirus
Zoom is under scrutiny from the New York Attorney General for its privacy practices
The US is using mobile ad data to track people’s movements during coronavirus lockdown
Amazon Care to pick up and deliver at-home coronavirus tests
Reddit · 1 week ago
A major Chinese cyberattack on American companies screeched to a halt during China’s coronavirus lockdown, apparently because the state-sponsored hackers couldn’t work from home
Thousands of spring breakers traveled from one Florida beach to cities across the US — mapping their phone data shows the importance of social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak
How China, the US, and Europe are using robots to replace and help humans fight coronavirus by delivering groceries, sanitizing hospitals, and monitoring patients
11 countries are now using people’s phones to track the coronavirus pandemic, and it heralds a massive increase in surveillance
Google says it has removed ‘millions of ads in the past week’ relating to coronavirus, but users are still seeing ads for products like face masks
Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by an always-on video service to ensure they’re actually working — and the service is seeing a rapid expansion since the coronavirus outbreak
Facebook is wrongly blocking news articles about the coronavirus pandemic
Amazon prioritizes shipments of household staples and high-demand products to its warehouses, partially suspending Fulfillment by Amazon program through April 5
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
YouTube warns more videos than usual could be removed as content moderation is automated amid coronavirus outbreak
Hackers just attacked a US health agency’s computer system in an attempt to slow down its COVID-19 response
USA tried to pay Germans so coronavirus cure vaccine would be exclusive to USA
Activists created a 12.5 million block digital library in ‘Minecraft’ to bypass censorship laws.
Facebook says it is shutting down MSQRD, an AR selfie app it acquired in 2016, on April 13; Facebook has integrated MSQRD tech into its own apps
Google told employees to work from home, but temps have to come in
Shopify is giving its employees $1k to furnish their work-from-home setups
Hacker News · 4 weeks ago
UK says it plans to spend $1B creating an ARPA-like "blue skies" agency to fund high-risk tech R&D aimed at "really big societal challenges"
Google says it recommends its employees in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa work from home starting on March 12
Apple may let you take back that text message you wish you hadn’t sent in the next version of iOS
Angela Merkel estimates 60% to 70% of the German pop. will contract the virus
Sources: Google recommends all North American employees work remotely until at least April 10
What Bloomberg's tax bill would be under Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden – Business Insider
Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during coronavirus outbreak
Apple is reportedly rejecting all coronavirus-related apps unless they come from health organizations in an attempt to prevent the spread of misinformation
A new report shows the most popular web browsers in the world are sending companies your history or personal data. Here’s how each browser’s privacy stacks up. Chrome, Firefox, and Safari were each ranked in the second-lowest privacy tier, while Microsoft Edge and Yandex were ranked as least private
Robinhood suffers major outage for a second day as outrage builds
China enacted a sweeping new law that bars people from posting negative content online, and it could be used to suppress coronavirus news
At least 3,200 Amazon delivery drivers will be laid off by the end of April as the company keeps cutting ties with contractors
Reddit · 1 month ago
Indie game developers and publishers say Stadia's library is sparse because Google wasn't offering devs enough money and may abandon the platform in the future
Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering
Investigation: several staff members of the Chan-Zuckerberg family office have made allegations of assault, sexual harassment, and more, against other staff
Google employee tests positive for novel coronavirus, company restricts travel
Walmart confirms its working on its version of Amazon Prime, a new subscription plan called Walmart +
Reddit · 1 month ago