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Divesting from one facial recognition startup, Microsoft ends outside investments in the tech

Microsoft is pulling out of an investment in an Israeli facial recognition technology developer as part of a broader policy shift to halt any minority investments in facial recognition startups, the company announced late last week. The decision to withdraw its investment from AnyVision, an Israeli company ...

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Divesting from one facial recognition startup, Microsoft ends outside investments in the tech

Engadget

Court finds algorithm bias studies don't violate US anti-hacking law

Researchers should be free to look for bias in website algorithms in the future. A federal court in DC has ruled in a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr that studies aimed at detecting discrimination in online algorithms don't violate the...

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Court finds algorithm bias studies don't violate US anti-hacking law

Engadget

UK internet providers will lift data caps during COVID-19 pandemic

The UK is echoing others in lifting internet restrictions to keep people online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Major telecoms like BT/EE, Openreach and Virgin Media have struck an agreement that will remove "all" data caps on current landline broadba...

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UK internet providers will lift data caps during COVID-19 pandemic

The Verge

Latest OnePlus 8 leaks reveal "Interstellar Glow" and other colors

WinFuture.de/Roland Quandt A pair of leaks shows renders for the upcoming OnePlus 8 series that include a slate of new colors, including a purplish-red one called Interstellar Glow. WinFuture and Ishan Agarwal both posted images of the new colors, which also include a Glacial Green and Onyx Black, ...

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Latest OnePlus 8 leaks reveal "Interstellar Glow" and other colors

The Verge

Cuomo announces NY primary will move to June 23rd

Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York will postpone its April 28th presidential primary election until June 23rd, as the Empire State deals with the largest coronavirus outbreak in the US, the New York Times reports. "I don't think it's wise to be bringing ...

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Cuomo announces NY primary will move to June 23rd

Ars Technica

28 years later, a no-disc version of the Sega CD exists?and it rocks [Updated]

We've returned to go hands-on with MegaSD, the coolest retro-niche flash cart yet.

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28 years later, a no-disc version of the Sega CD exists?and it rocks [Updated]

TechCrunch

Fauci: US can expect more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, millions of cases

On CNN's State of the Union Sunday, the leading U.S. authority on the COVID-19 pandemic made some grim predictions about the course of the novel coronavirus as it rages through communities within the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

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Fauci: US can expect more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, millions of cases

Engadget

2020 Detroit Auto Show canceled as venue becomes a field hospital

Yet another major 2020 auto show has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although now it's less about timing and more about supporting the current fight. Organizers have canceled the Detroit Auto Show (officially the North American Internat...

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2020 Detroit Auto Show canceled as venue becomes a field hospital

The Verge

FDA approves Battelle's process to decontaminate N95 face masks but limits it to 10,000 per day

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has approved the limited use of a process that would clean much-needed N95 protective face masks and allow them to be reused, the agency said in a release. Columbus-Ohio based Battelle uses a "vapor phase hydrogen ...

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FDA approves Battelle's process to decontaminate N95 face masks but limits it to 10,000 per day

Engadget

After Math: Can't stop, won't stop talking coronavirus coverage

It's the new sensation that's sweeping the nation: the coronavirus! Maybe you've heard of it. This week's headlines sure have.

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After Math: Can't stop, won't stop talking coronavirus coverage

The Verge

Microsoft tweaks Xbox and Teams services during 775 percent surge in cloud demand

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is seeing a massive increase in demand for its cloud services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "We have seen a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders," explains ...

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Microsoft tweaks Xbox and Teams services during 775 percent surge in cloud demand

TechCrunch

Elizabeth Warren for President open-sources its 2020 campaign tech

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren may have ended her 2020 presidential run, but the tech used to drive her campaign will live on. Members of her staff announced they would make public the top apps and digital tools developed in Warren's bid to become the

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Elizabeth Warren for President open-sources its 2020 campaign tech

The Verge

Kana Quest is a great puzzle game that just so happens to also teach you Japanese

It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play, we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend. Growing up, I played a lot of educational games on the Apple IIe, like Oregon ...

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Kana Quest is a great puzzle game that just so happens to also teach you Japanese

The Verge

Detroit auto show canceled as FEMA prepares venue to be a field hospital for COVID-19

The 2020 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit has been canceled as FEMA officials prepare to use its venue, the TCF Center, as a temporary field hospital for COVID-19, CNBC reports. "Although we are disappointed, there is nothing more important to us than the health, safety ...

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The Verge

Detroit auto show canceled as FEMA prepares venue to be a field hospital for COVID-19

Ars Technica

Insert Coin, the arcade documentary worth feeding all your quarters into

After creating icons from Mortal Kombat to NBA Jam, Midway gets a SXSW doc.

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Insert Coin, the arcade documentary worth feeding all your quarters into

TechCrunch

Test and trace with Apple and Google

After the shutdown, the testing and tracing. "Trace, test and treat is the mantra ... no lockdowns, no roadblocks and no restriction on movement" in South Korea. "To suppress and control the epidemic, countries must isolate, test, treat and trace," say WHO. But what does "tracing" look like exactly? ...

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Test and trace with Apple and Google

WIRED

A Hospital Train, DIY Face Shields, and More Car News This Week

The French repurpose a high-speed TGV to ferry coronavirus patients, while engineers and automakers step up to help those on the medical front line.

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A Hospital Train, DIY Face Shields, and More Car News This Week

WIRED

A Rest Stop Where Flying Cars Can Recharge

Beta Technologies' prototype helipad and base station for electric air taxis could also help route emergency supplies in a crisis.

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WIRED

A Rest Stop Where Flying Cars Can Recharge

WIRED

Collective Cabin Fever Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Now that folks are sheltering in place, they're spending a lot more time online'talking about being sheltered in place.

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WIRED

Collective Cabin Fever Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Ars Technica

Bogus coronavirus claims lead Google Play to finally give Infowars the boot

Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018.

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Bogus coronavirus claims lead Google Play to finally give Infowars the boot

WIRED

This Is the "Cozy Catastrophe" Americans Have Always Wanted

No commitments\! No commutes\! No cares\! Admit it: The coronavirus apocalypse is actually kind of fun for you.

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This Is the "Cozy Catastrophe" Americans Have Always Wanted

Engadget

Dropbox beta for Mac can finally sync your desktop

Dropbox has been less alluring to some Mac users than iCloud in part because of its limited syncing. Where Apple's service can sync your desktop and Documents folder, you've had to be content with syncing a special folder with Dropbox's service. Yo...

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Dropbox beta for Mac can finally sync your desktop

Fast Company

4 expert tips to help you brainstorm while you're working remotely

There are two standard ways folks brainstorm in an office. One: Get in front of a whiteboard and spout off ideas. Two: Bounce around the office and hope something sparks your creativity. You can't do either of those when working remotely–and honestly, that's a good thing. Bouncing from the coffee ...

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4 expert tips to help you brainstorm while you're working remotely

Fast Company

5 ways to build trust when your teams are working from home indefinitely

Whenever folks transition to remote work, they often ask me about accountability. How do remote managers know their people are working" And how can remote employees show their bosses that they're getting stuff done" The uncertainty here can lead to two common problems: Managers end up micromanaging ...

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Fast Company

5 ways to build trust when your teams are working from home indefinitely

Engadget

Russia busts card fraud ring that included an infamous hacker

Russia tends to turn a blind eye to some fraudsters and hackers, but it just clamped down on a particularly large group. Investigators have charged at least 25 people involved in a credit card fraud ring that included a notorious hacker. While Russia...

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Russia busts card fraud ring that included an infamous hacker

TechCrunch

Detroit Auto Show canceled in preparation for FEMA to turn venue into field hospital

The North American International Auto Show, which was scheduled for June in Detroit, has been canceled as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and the city prepares to repurpose the TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS is held each year in the TCF Center, formerly known as the Cobo ...

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Detroit Auto Show canceled in preparation for FEMA to turn venue into field hospital

Ars Technica

Review: Elegiac Star Trek: Picard brings all the feels in bittersweet finale

How much you like the series may depend on how wedded you are to classic serial format.

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Review: Elegiac Star Trek: Picard brings all the feels in bittersweet finale

WIRED

"Star Trek: Picard," Fancy Sheets, and the Meaning of Home

In the show's first season, the aging explorer, played by Patrick Stewart, returns to the final frontier on a journey of remembrance.

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WIRED

"Star Trek: Picard," Fancy Sheets, and the Meaning of Home

TechCrunch

Startups Weekly: A new era for consumer tech

TechCrunch is out hunting for bright spots in the startup world as we all come to grips with the pandemic – particularly where checks are actually being written despite everything. D2C is back to the future First up this week, we surveyed top direct-to-consumer investors, and they seemed pretty optimistic ...

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Startups Weekly: A new era for consumer tech

WIRED

Business as Usual Is On Hold?Even at the EPA

The Trump administration is adding environmental protection regulations to the list of temporary cancelations due to the pandemic.

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Business as Usual Is On Hold?Even at the EPA

Ars Technica

>4,000 Android apps silently access your installed software

Android API lets apps collect a list of all other installed apps, no permission needed.

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>4,000 Android apps silently access your installed software

Ars Technica

MacBook Air 2020 review: The most boring Mac is among the best

It has a new keyboard, and that's all most folks need to know.

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MacBook Air 2020 review: The most boring Mac is among the best

Fast Company

Bored celebs + cooped-up fans = Cameo is booming during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled industries from tourism to theme parks to movie theaters, as widespread self-isolating mandates have ground to a halt pretty much anything that has to do with groups of people in one space. While a record shattering 3.3 million people filed for unemployment in the ...

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Fast Company

Bored celebs + cooped-up fans = Cameo is booming during COVID-19

Fast Company

I'm a doctor. Here are 5 ways employers must help flatten the curve

Employers should be doing more to protect their workers' well-being as the COVID-19 outbreak continues. Millions of working parents are bearing the brunt of the outbreak as they attempt to do their jobs while scrambling to find childcare options. Company leaders have been accommodating, offering many ...

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Fast Company

I'm a doctor. Here are 5 ways employers must help flatten the curve

Fast Company

The plastic industry is using the coronavirus to fight plastic bag bans

As the groundswell against single-use plastic has grown, a recent study about the new coronavirus could lend more ammunition: The virus, SARS-CoV-2, can live on plastic for two to three days, versus 24 hours on cardboard. (Another study that looked at related viruses, SARS and MERS, found that some ...

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Fast Company

The plastic industry is using the coronavirus to fight plastic bag bans

Fast Company

4 ways to make communicating asynchronously better when you work from home

One remote work best practice that we live by at Buffer is asynchronous communication. This concept simply means that work doesn't happen at the same time for everyone. Communication and collaboration are complex issues, especially for remote workers&x2013;in our last three years of State of Remote ...

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Fast Company

4 ways to make communicating asynchronously better when you work from home

Recode

The people running the world's biggest companies have no idea what's going to happen, either

Rani Molla Companies to Wall Street: Remember those projections we gave you recently" Forget those, please. We know the coronavirus pandemic is bad. We know it is wreaking havoc on the world's health and the world's economy. Beyond that, we don't really know that much. Especially when it comes ...

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Recode

The people running the world's biggest companies have no idea what's going to happen, either

Recode

Trump is finally using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators. But that might not solve the problem.

President Trump has been widely criticized for his slow and erratic response to the coronavirus pandemic. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Making ventilators is hard. Getting politicians to agree on paying for them is harder. The ventilator shortage created by the novel coronavirus has forced President ...

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Recode

Trump is finally using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators. But that might not solve the problem.

Recode

Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with Bill Gates to try to find a drug to treat coronavirus

Mark Zuckerberg is making his biggest donation yet to tackle the coronavirus. | Facebook The $25 million gift is Zuckerberg's biggest donation yet to tackle the coronavirus. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are putting $25 million of their money behind an effort to develop therapeutic ...

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Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with Bill Gates to try to find a drug to treat coronavirus

Recode

This social network for churches is thriving in the coronavirus pandemic

As church pews remain empty, religious leaders are improvising ways to reach their congregations, including using a religious social network called Pray.com. | Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images In response to the coronavirus, churches are playing catch-up to get themselves online. ...

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Recode

This social network for churches is thriving in the coronavirus pandemic

Recode

Amazon says it unintentionally hid some competitors? faster delivery options

Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images The company is working on a fix after Recode alerted it to the issue. Amazon surprised millions of customers last weekend when it confirmed it had pushed back delivery of many nonessential items until late April so it could more urgently fulfill orders for ...

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Amazon says it unintentionally hid some competitors? faster delivery options