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Reddit: Technology
- Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 …
- Fake News About Mark Zuckerberg Goes Viral After Anti-Fact Checking Comments
- All 3 major telecom companies in Canada will be working with Ericsson instead of Huawei.
- Facebook is getting slammed by civil rights leaders and losing business as employee strife rages …
- Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use
- Hackers Jammed Chicago Police Scanners With Internet Classic ‘Chocolate Rain’
- Amazon “Stands in Solidarity” Against Police Racism While Selling Racist Tech To Police
- K-Pop Fans Take Over #whitelivesmatter Hashtag, Drown Out Racist Posts
- Snapchat will no longer promote content from Trump's account
- Google is sued in U.S. for tracking users' 'private' internet browsing
- Facebook shuts down far-right group planning to bring weapons to protests
- Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit For Collecting User Information via Chrome's Incognito Mode
- Net Neutrali-what? AT&T's New Streaming Service Won't Count Against Its Broadband Caps. But N…
- Bell, Telus to use Nokia and Ericsson, not Huawei, in building their next-generation 5G networks
- Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones: spokesman
- Twitter says it's not tackling all misinformation on the app, only that with 'the highest potenti…
- Suit Claims Google’s Tracking Violates Federal Wiretap Law
- Amazon's details on COVID-19 infections aren't good enough, workers and officials say
- Lenovo To Certify Their Full ThinkPad/ThinkStation Line For Linux
- Google pulls ‘Remove China Apps’ from Play Store
- Google Sued for Secretly Amassing Vast Trove of User Data
- Misinformation About George Floyd Protests Surges on Social Media: In the universe of false onlin…
- Your Phone Is a Goldmine of Hidden Data for Cops. Here's How to Fight Back
- Black tech CEOs: George Floyd killing hits close to home
Tech blogs
Techcrunch
- Join us to watch five startups pitch off at Pitchers and Pitches on June 10th
- Challenger bank Varo, soon to become a real bank, raises $241M Series D
- Monzo to lay off up to 120 employees as the ‘economic situation’ remains challenging
- Snapchat is no longer promoting Trump’s posts
- University entrepreneurship — without the university
- How to attract more than 10 million TikTok followers in 5 months
- Daily Crunch: Zoom reports spectacular growth
- Robotics startup lets machines get closer as humans keep their distance
- Watch SpaceX launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites, including one with a sun visor
- Black tech leaders issue call to action to fight racial injustice in the Bay Area
Engadget
- SpaceX's latest batch of internet satellites includes one with a sun shield
- Amazon knocks $300 off the price of Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro
- Studio Ghibli's first fully CGI movie will be 'Aya and the Witch'
- The next 'Elite Dangerous' expansion lets players walk on planets
- Google makes it easier to use security keys on iOS devices
- Snapchat stops promoting Trump's account due to his tweets
- CES will go ahead as an in-person event next year
- Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser rolls out through Windows Update
- Fiat may automatically switch hybrids to electric-only mode in city centers
- Annual PS Plus and PS Now memberships drop to $42 at Amazon
ZDNet
- 7 ways companies can deliver better virtual events
- Google apps and websites get support for more security keys on iOS devices
- The Linux Foundation introduces Cloud Engineer Bootcamp for cloud job seekers
- Large-scale attack tries to steal configuration files from WordPress sites
- Windows 10 Enterprise May 2020 update includes promised support for MSIX App Attach
- Windows 10: Microsoft begins automatically pushing Chromium Edge to users
- Best iPhones in 2020: iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE, iPhone XR, and more
- Exclusive: Internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock on the great experiment we’re living through, and…
- Microsoft Teams vs Zoom: We're working on 49 on-screen video-callers too, says Microsoft
- Hands on with the new Amazon Fire HD 8
Wired Magazine
- How To Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok
- Major Hydroxychloroquine Trial Shows No Prevention Benefits
- 16 Health Workers Talk About Their Battles With the Pandemic
- Everything You Need to Know Before Buying a Gaming PC
- Protest Photography Safety Tips: Dos and Don'ts, How to Blur Faces, Essential Gear
- Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg
- On Instagram, Black Squares Overtook Activist Hashtags
- The Pentagon’s Hand-Me-Downs Helped Militarize Police. Here’s How
- Protesting Tips: What to Bring, How to Act, How to Stay Safe
- Protests Renew Scrutiny of Tech's Ties to Law Enforcement
VentureBeat
- The economics of AI: Why scalability isn’t simply a matter of more use cases
- PlayStation Network is down for many PlayStation 4 owners
- CES 2021 organizers are planning a physical event, but who will come?
- How Google is using emerging AI techniques to improve language translation quality
- Tencent hasn’t acquired a stake in Bohemia Interactive
- LightOn researchers explain how they trained an AI model on an optical co-processor
- Caltech AI lab optimizes exoskeleton gait for human comfort
- Stanford lab envisions delivery drones that save energy by taking the bus
- DeepMind releases Acme, a distributed framework for reinforcement learning algorithm development
- How IBM Q Network taps partners to advance quantum computing
Gizmodo
- More Evidence That Mars Once Had a Ring—and Will Again
- Minneapolis Cops Sued for Shooting, Beating, and Gassing Over a Dozen Journalists
- Trump Campaign Accuses Snapchat, a Platform That Still Exists, of ‘Trying to Rig the Election’
- Scientists Raise Concerns Over Data Used in Two Major Covid-19 Studies
- Google Facing $5 Billion Lawsuit for Tracking People Using Chrome's Incognito Mode
- A Brief 'Hiss-tory' of DC's Cheetah, From the Comics to Wonder Woman 1984
- Why Saying 'All Lives Matter' Is a Problem
- Legends of Tomorrow's Timely Season Finale Celebrates Revolution
- Coronavirus Is Delaying MTA's Completion of Contactless Subway Payments
- The First Gaming Laptop With AMD Inside Is Wicked Fast, Wicked Cheap, and Wicked Hot
Techmeme
- Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg's Tuesday meeting with Facebook employees, including his thoughts o…
- Over 30 early Facebook employees, including its first comms chief, write an open letter to Mark Z…
- Snap says it has stopped promoting Trump's account in Discover, after a tweet from days ago about…
- America is awash in cameras, a double-edged sword for protesters, who can record police brutality…
- Protests renew scrutiny of tech companies' ties to law enforcement, as company officials issue st…
- As tech companies cancel events into 2021, Consumer Technology Association says next January's CE…
- Zoom CEO says the app's upcoming end-to-end encryption feature will be available only to paid use…
- Microsoft starts bringing its Chromium-based version of Edge to all Windows 10 users through an a…
- Interview with ex-Uber CTO Thuan Pham, who left last month, on his seven years atop the company, …
- SoftBank launches Opportunity Growth Fund to invest in companies led by founders and entrepreneur…
The Verge
- Some popular Reddit communities go private to protest the platform’s hate speech policies
- Ultimate Ears’ HyperBoom is my desert island Bluetooth speaker
- Full rollout for contactless payments in NYC subways delayed until December
- Space Force review: astonishingly bad show
- Zoom says free users won’t get end-to-end encryption so FBI and police can access calls
- Google accounts now work with NFC, USB-C, and Lightning security keys on iOS
- Apple’s 2021 iPad Pros could have 5G
- AMC Theaters warns of ‘substantial doubt’ about future as pandemic fallout continues
- A rocket launch can’t unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions
- Snap will stop promoting Trump’s account after concluding his tweets incited violence
TNW
- This $350M ‘quant fund’ played the stock market using real-time data — then 2020 happened
- The asteroid that killed dinosaurs hit at worst possible angle, study finds
- AI conference NeurIPS extends paper submission deadline amid BLM protests
- Autonowashing and the dangers of putting too much trust in ‘self-driving’ cars
- The future of electric motorbikes according to post-war inspired BMW concept art
- Xiaomi dual driver earbuds cost only $11, but they handle Zoom calls just fine
- YouTube sells subscriptions with just one word — here’s how you can emulate it
- Apple ‘begs’ Escobar for extension on $2.6B lawsuit — Escobar DENIES
- The BBC has launched a digital assistant to take on Alexa — but Amazon won’t be worried
- The new iPad Air ditching the Lightning connector is the shape of things to come
Slashdot
- From RealPlayer To Toshiba, Tech Companies Cash in on the Facial Recognition Gold Rush
- Snapchat To Stop Promoting Trump's Content
- New Cold Boot Attack Affects Seven Years of LG Android Smartphones
- Stanford Lab Envisions Delivery Drones that Save Energy by Taking the Bus
- Google Removes Viral Chinese-App Scanner From the Play Store
- Microsoft's New Edge Browser Now Rolling Out via Windows Update
- AMC Theatres Has 'Substantial Doubt' it Can Remain in Business
- Huawei Hid Business Operation in Iran After Reuters Reported Links To CFO
- Latest Satoshi Nakamoto Candidate Buying Bitcoin No Matter What
- Zoom Won't Encrypt Free Calls Because it Wants To Comply With Law Enforcement
ArsTechnica
- Frontier users must pay “rental” fee for equipment they own until December
- iPhone looters find devices disabled, with a warning they’re being tracked
- TrueNAS isn’t abandoning BSD—but it is adopting Linux
- Bot test proves Jack ain’t lying—Twitter treats Trump differently
- Archaeologists discover the largest—and oldest—Maya monument ever
- “Let’s start a riot”: Denver cop fired for inflammatory Instagram post
- Game companies delay events, make donations amid police brutality protests [Updated]
- US cop hits Australian cameraman live on national television
- Sega’s tiny Game Gear Micro is 92% smaller than the original
- Doubt looms over hydroxychloroquine study that halted global trials
CNET
- Snapchat: We won't promote content from Trump's account
- Google pledges $12 million in funding to civil rights groups
- CES 2021 plans to be live in Las Vegas physically and digitally
- Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking people in incognito mode
- Workers criticize Amazon's response to protests due to its work with law enforcement
- Amid George Floyd protests, weaponized misinformation floods social media
- Civil rights leaders slam Zuckerberg, Amazon's COVID-19 data not enough video
- DEA reportedly authorized to 'conduct covert surveillance' of George Floyd protests
- Zuckerberg defends Facebook's hands-off response to Trump's controversial post, report says
- Trump vs. Twitter: Here's what you need to know about the free speech showdown
Flipboard: Tech
- New Army ‘Team Ignite’ force prepares for future wars
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- Snapchat will no longer promote Trump's account in Discover
- It's Time To Switch To An Encrypted Communication App
- Could this Swiss start-up shape a new approach to city travel?
- Facebook wanted to offer him a job. Here’s why he publicly turned it down.
The Register
- It's nice y'all like our chips but half our sales are from cloud giants, FYI, says Nvidia's chief…
- Smartphones, PCs, and now wearables... Is there any segment of the tech market COVID-19 hasn't wounded?
- $5bn+ sueball bounces into Google's court over claims it continues to track netizens in 'private …
- Xiaomi has such Huawei with words: Our two new phones have 'easy access' to Google apps... unlike…
- Google signs agreement to offer discounts on cloud services through UK govt's Digital Marketplace
- Amateur astroboffins spot young brown dwarf playing with planet-forming hula hoop just 102 parsec…
- Defending critical national infrastructure... hmm. Does Zoom count as critical now?
- How many? 2.8 million fewer PCs and tablets to find a home in 2020
- Devuan Beowulf 3.0 release continues to resist the Debian fork's Grendel – systemd
- The UK's favourite lockdown cheese is Big and Red but doesn't require a stinking great audit afte…
Medium: Technology
- Where Are All the 5G Hotspots?
- Amazon’s ‘Big Style Sale’ Aims to Boost Retailers Impacted by COVID-19
- Tech Companies Caring About Black Lives Matter Is Too Little, Too Late
- Facebook’s Zuckerberg Defends Trump Post Decisions to Staff
- How to Lock Down Your Phone for a Protest
- Facial recognition search is here — and it is really scary
- We Must Fight Face Surveillance to Protect Black Lives
- Is There Seriously a Sensor in That?
- How Facebook Can Fix Itself
- A New Coder’s Cold Feet
Vox: Recode
- First Twitter, now Snapchat: Trump’s war on social media has a new target
- Read the transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s tense meeting with Facebook employees
- Zoom wants to “work together” with the FBI. That may not be as bad as it sounds.
- From Citizen to Signal, the most popular apps right now reflect America’s protests
- Mark Zuckerberg on leaked audio: Trump’s looting and shooting reference “has no history of b …
- Why people are posting black squares on Instagram
- Facebook’s new feature will help you erase your weird teenage years
- After George Floyd’s death, tech billionaires are wrestling with their responsibilities when it…
- Minnesota law enforcement isn’t “contact tracing” protesters, despite an official’s comment
- Target’s history of working with police is not a good look right now
ReadWrite
- 10 Ways to Skyrocket Business Growth Using Blockchain Technology
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- Top 10 Greatest AI Trends in Business 2020
- Understanding the Role of AI and ML in Sentiment Analysis
- How Entrepreneurial Planning Helps You Have Smoother Sailing
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- Top 25 Father’s Day Gifts For 2020
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- Top 6 Fastest-Growing Industries in Australia 2020
- Smart Cities in the Future: Visions of What’s Possible
MIT Technology Review
- Why filming police violence has done nothing to stop it
- What Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Donald Trump have in common
- Of course technology perpetuates racism. It was designed that way.
- First the trade war, then the pandemic. Now Chinese manufacturers are turning inward.
- SpaceX can now send humans to space. It just needs a market.
- Podcast: To beat a pandemic, try prepping for a tsunami
- Why we can’t count on carbon-sucking farms to slow climate change
- Instagram’s blackout means well—but doing these 4 things is more useful
- The US’s draft law on contact tracing apps is a step behind Apple and Google
- How to protect yourself online from misinformation right now
Mainstream media
NYTimes: Tech
- When Did Instagram Go Dark?
- Suit Claims Google’s Tracking Violates Federal Wiretap Law
- Lawsuit Says Trump’s Social Media Crackdown Violates Free Speech
- People Can’t Stop Watching Videos of Police and Protesters. That’s the Idea.
- Zuckerberg Defends Hands-Off Approach to Trump’s Posts
- Trump Administration Escalates Global Fight Over Taxing Tech
- Protests Captured Unfiltered
- Monster or Machine? A Profile of the Coronavirus at 6 Months
- Twitter Places Warning on Congressman’s Tweet for Glorifying Violence
- Misinformation About George Floyd Protests Surges on Social Media
WSJ: Tech
- Huawei Risks Tougher Line From Britain After Latest U.S. Offensive
- Pinterest Accelerates Tech Projects as Pandemic Boosts User Engagement
- Can India's Homegrown Internet Giant Become the Next Facebook?
- Bill Aims to Stop Theft of U.S. University Research by China, Others
- Lyft Says Traffic Is Picking Up
- Tech Group Files Lawsuit Against President's Social-Media Executive Order
- Facebook's Zuckerberg Defends Decision to Leave Trump Posts Alone
- Zoom Lifts Full-Year Sales Outlook as Coronavirus Boosts Demand
- Contactless Payment on New York City Subway Delayed by Coronavirus
- Warner Music, ZoomInfo Poised to Boost IPO Market
Washington Post: Technology
- Snap says it is no longer promoting Trump’s account, adding to social media backlash against president
- Now you can delete old Facebook posts without deleting Facebook
- Men wearing Hawaiian shirts and carrying guns add a volatile new element to protests
- The Technology 202: Facebook’s stance on Trump’s posts could hurt its efforts to recruit empl…
- America is awash in cameras, a double-edged sword for protesters and police
- Mark Zuckerberg defends decisions on Trump as Facebook employee unrest grows
- Tech group files first lawsuit against Trump over executive order targeting social media
- Why some Black Lives Matter supporters are upset about those black squares on Instagram
- The lessons Riot learned from its Valorant Beta
- The Technology 202: Mark Zuckerberg spoke with civil rights leaders about Trump’s posts. It did…
Guardian: Tech UK
- Embarrassing teenage posts on Facebook? Now you can delete them
- Facebook and Microsoft muscle in on Zoom video-call boom
- Zoom booms as teleconferencing company profits from coronavirus crisis
- Mark Zuckerberg defends decision to allow Trump to threaten violence on Facebook
- US senator: Huawei 5G is like Soviets building west's submarines
- AI firm that worked with Vote Leave given new coronavirus contract
- The Last of Us Part II: so much more than just another zombie story
- Apple 13in MacBook Pro review 2020: going out on a high?
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask at 20 – still eerie and profound
- From Street Fighter to Sonic the Hedgehog: 10 of the best retro games
BBC: Tech UK
- Snapchat stops promoting Donald Trump's account due to 'racial violence'
- George Floyd death: Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks
- Coronavirus: France's virus-tracing app 'off to a good start'
- Google takes down app that removes Chinese software
- OK Beeb: BBC voice assistant will learn regional accents
- Is your boss spying on you as you work from home?
- Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in 'private' mode
- Zoom sees sales boom amid pandemic
- Facebook's Zuckerberg accused of setting dangerous precedent over Trump
- Android: Why this photo is bricking some phones
Computing UK
- Zoom won't encrypt meetings for free users
- Industry Voice: How Intel IT Transitioned to Supporting 100,000 Remote Workers
- Industry Voice: Premium PC Performance for the Modern Business
- BBC's northern-accented voice assistant Beeb released for beta testing
- Why moving to the cloud requires a unified support strategy
- REvil ransomware gang launches auction site to sell stolen data
- Canonical makes MicroK8s Kubernetes available for Windows and Mac
- Industry Voice: Why Intel vPro® Is More than Manageability
- Are your customers who they say they are?
- US federal agencies report 28,581 security incidents across nine attack vector categories in 2019
BleepingComputer
- Windows 10 version 2004 adds new account password policies
- Office 365 phishing baits remote workers with fake VPN configs
- San Francisco retirement program SFERS suffers data breach
- New Microsoft Edge rolling out to Windows 10 via Windows Update
- Patch SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise now to avoid takeover risk
- This wallpaper will crash your Android phone: don’t try it.
- YouTube account access in high demand on hacker forums
- Ransomware gangs team up to form extortion cartel
- How to get the old Twitter layout back if you hate the new one
- You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 For Free, Here's How
Reuters: Technology News
- ZoomInfo looks to price IPO above target in 2020's largest tech listing so far: sources
- Germany bans digital doppelganger passport photos
- Apple must face U.S. shareholder lawsuit over CEO's iPhone, China comments
- Snap removes Trump account from curated promotional section
- Hackers and hucksters reinvigorate 'Anonymous' brand amid protests
- Global smartphone shipments to fall 12% this year on virus woes: IDC
- Israel's Team8 launches VC fund to invest in AI, cybersecurity
- Fiat to test automatic switch to electric mode for its hybrid cars in Turin
- Airbus jobs on wire as underlying output falls 40%: sources
- France says latest U.S. trade threats over digital tax a 'contradiction'