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Zoom says it won’t add end-to-end encryption to free calls so it can keep aiding police
Snapchat will no longer promote content from Trump’s account
Amazon’s details on COVID-19 infections aren’t good enough, workers and officials say
Reddit · 22 hours ago
Tech giants pledge funds to fight racial injustice, Facebook employees stage protest
Uber announces an hourly booking feature that lets people book trips for up to seven hours at a time, for $50 an hour
Jeff Bezos says no workers were fired for speaking out on work conditions, as all non-board approved proposals are voted down in Amazon shareholder meeting
Techmeme · 1 week ago
Sundar Pichai told employees Google plans to gradually reopen offices and is targeting July 6, at ~10% building capacity, increasing to ~30% by September
More harm than good? Twitter struggles to label misleading COVID-19 tweets
Reddit · 1 week ago
As the GDPR turns 2, Big Tech should watch out for big sanctions
Google removes QAnon apps from Play Store for violating terms
Mozilla, Twitter, and a coalition that includes Facebook, Apple, and Google, call on Congress to protect search and browser data from warrantless access
Veterans who lost limbs learn to game again with adaptive controllers
Tesla poised to reveal 'million-mile' battery as soon as this year
Zoom is investigating performance and connectivity issues affecting many users in the US and UK
The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals
Facial recognition firms are scrambling to see around face masks
France gives social media 1 hour to delete the worst illegal content
5G coronavirus conspiracy theory leads to 77 mobile towers burned in UK, report says
Deepfakes’ threat to 2020 US election isn’t what you’d think – And if a devastating deepfake does emerge, it’ll hit at the last moment.
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle with viral Plandemic conspiracy video
Eric Schmidt, who led Google’s transformation into a tech giant, has left the company
Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog reminds park visitors to maintain distance
Senators demand answers about Amazon firing activist employees
Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Is anyone actually gonna pay $5 a month to turn their lights on?
Amazon VP resigns in protest over firings of activist employees
Reddit · 4 weeks ago
Firefox now warns when password reuse is particularly dangerous
Xiaomi releases browser update amid accusations it collects private browsing data
Xiaomi defends data practices after being accused of tracking ‘private’ phone use – A security researcher says the company was tracking behavior and harvesting data from his Redmi Note 8.
USB 4 will support 8K and 16K displays
Uber partners with telemedicine service Ro to give US workers free COVID assessments, as Lyft partners with One Medical for one month trial memberships
Intel Core i9-10900K edges up to 5.3GHz, 10 cores for gaming desktops
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft race to bring global access to quantum computing
Reddit · 1 month ago
A look at the challenges workers of Silicon Valley giants like Apple, Facebook, and Google encounter working from home and how the companies are responding
Federal court officially approves the $5B settlement Facebook reached with the FTC last July
These anti-quarantine websites are fakes. Here’s what they’re really after
Google will require advertisers to prove their identity — The search giant is taking steps to increase transparency around ads.
FCC adopts a proposal that opens the 6GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi use, freeing up more than 1,200MHz of additional bandwidth for next-gen Wi-Fi 6E devices
Amazon workers reportedly plan nationwide protest tied to coronavirus
Reddit · 1 month ago
By 2023, some General Motors facilities in Michigan will run on 100% renewables
Apple Music head Oliver Schusser will take over Beats, replacing its president, Luke Wood, who's leaving the company on April 30
Facebook is no longer planning to host local events in place of its F8 developer conference and cancels physical events with 50 or more people through June 2021
Amazon fires three workers who criticized warehouse conditions
Reddit · 2 months ago