Samsung copies the Apple Card, announces “Samsung Money” | Ars Technica | Link SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launch Wednesday: Launch is postponed, NASA to try again Saturday | CNBC | Link New Raspberry Pi 4: 8GB RAM model out now for $75 – plus you get a new 64-bit OS | ZDNet | Link Steam Cloud Play Unveiled; Supports GeForce NOW, Other Cloud Services May Be Added in the Future | Link Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies – CNNPolitics | Link Trump tweets threat that ‘looting’ will lead to ‘shooting.’ Twitter put a warning label on it – CNN | Link European Commission and German Government agree on Lufthansa rescue package – The airline surrenders 8 aircraft and 24 slots in Frankfurt/Munich – Aviation24.be | Link SpaceX successfully launched its Crew Dragon mission to orbit – The Verge | Link Apple’s Cook Says ‘Painful Past Is Still Present Today’ in Memo – Bloomberg | Link Apple Music Joins Music Industry’s Blackout Tuesday Awareness Campaign – MacRumors | Link Google in $5bn lawsuit for tracking in ‘private’ mode – BBC News | Link Looters find that iPhones stolen from Apple Stores are bricked – BGR | Link Slack and Amazon are joining hands to take on Microsoft; here’s what it means for users – The Financial Express | Link Google Currents’ launch next month marks the final days of Google+ – SlashGear | Link Fire tears through Amazon distribution center in Redlands, California | Link
Huawei faces ‘big blow’ from new U.S. rules to cut off chips | Link Japan Falls Into Recession, and Worse Lies Ahead – The New York Times | Link Apple details how it’s reopening stores – CNN | Link Alibaba’s Jack Ma quits SoftBank board after huge Vision Fund losses | Link Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change | ZDNet | Link Uber lays off 3,000 more staffers, shutters dozens of offices – The Washington Post | Link Australian-designed artificial intelligence (AI) unmanned combat aircraft prototype unveiled by Boeing | Link Disney’s Head of Streaming, Kevin Mayer, Becomes TikTok C.E.O. – The New York Times | Link AWS Outposts now available in UAE and Saudi Arabia – BroadcastPro ME | Link Tom Hanks WWII movie ‘Greyhound’ will premiere on Apple TV+ | Engadget | Link Amid COVID-19, iFixit releases repair database for ventilators – CNET | Link Facebook launches shopping feature as pandemic pushes businesses online | Technology | The Guardian | Link SD Express 8.0 specs released, 4 GB/s transfer speeds now possible for SD cards – NotebookCheck.net News | Link Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends Pixel team, says “hardware is hard” | Ars Technica | Link 24th Annual Webby Award Winners Announced – Variety | Link Apple and Google launch digital contact tracing system – ABC News | Link Google Rolls Out Action Blocks and Other New Android Accessibility Features – Voicebot.ai | Link Google Pixel 4a apparently won’t launch until July at the earliest – 9to5Google | Link Updated: Intel buys Rivet Networks and its Killer Networking brand to beef up its Wi-Fi tech | PCWorld | Link Amazon Targets Fall for Prime Day as it Tries to Return to Pre-Pandemic Operations – WSJ | Link
It Happened: Bitcoin Just Experienced Third Halving in Its History | Link Google Play Music dies this year, YT Music library imports begin today | Ars Technica | Link Report: Google loses the Pixel’s chief camera engineer – 9to5Google | Link Uber is discussing a takeover deal with Grubhub for roughly $6 billion: report – MarketWatch | Link Senate votes to allow FBI to access your browsing history without a warrant – 9to5Mac | Link Facebook, telcos to build huge subsea cable for Africa and Middle East | TechCrunch | Link Apple acquires NextVR virtual-reality startup in entertainment push – Business Insider | Link Kuo: New 10.8-inch iPad and 9-inch iPad mini on the way, Apple Glasses in 2022 ‘at the earliest’ – 9to5Mac | Link Google Pixel 4a to undercut iPhone SE starting price with double the storage – GSMArena.com news | Link Netflix is starting to restore normal streaming quality in parts of Europe – The Verge | Link Facebook acquires Giphy to integrate with Instagram | VentureBeat | Link
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Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly mull a movie in space – GeekWire | Link Hot On The Heels Of Mellanox, Nvidia Snaps Up Cumulus Networks | Link WWDC 2020 date set: Apple’s (online-only) developer conference starts June 22 – CNET | Link Airbnb to lay off nearly 1,900 people, 25% of company | Link The UAE is going to Mars. Here’s the plan for its Hope orbiter | Link Microsoft Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3 announced | Link Tesla to sue Alameda County over shelter-in-place order, CEO Elon Musk threatens to move headquarters out of California – ABC7 San Francisco | Link WHO will launch a COVID-19 app for countries that don’t make their own | Engadget | Link
Hubble Space Telescope Releases New 30th Birthday Image – The New York Times | Link Google details new Fast Pair features, coming first to the Pixel Buds | Android Central | Link DJI’s New Mavic Air 2 Is a Sleeker, Longer-Flying Drone | WIRED | Link UAE tells iPhone, iPad users to delete Apple mail app – News | Khaleej Times | Link USB 4 will support 8K and 16K displays so you can ax another PC port – CNET | Link Amazon Sells More, but Warns of Much Higher Costs Ahead – The New York Times | Link The Automatic connected car dongle is shutting down in May – SlashGear | Link
Mini LED iPad Pro with 5G reportedly pushed back to early 2021 | Link Hundreds of Amazon Workers Are Not Going to Work in Nationwide Protest – VICE | Link Uber expands delivery with Direct and Connect offerings as coronavirus continues – CNET | Link Apple’s App Store, Music services launch in dozens of new countries – CNET | Link Apple and Google will release COVID-19 contact-tracing tools next week | Engadget | Link China’s Digital Currency To Be Given A Test Drive By U.S. Companies | Link
ESRB introduces a new label to indicate that a game has loot boxes – The Verge | Link Amazon to begin allowing third-party sellers to resume shipping nonessential items – MarketWatch | Link Google may be working on its own processors for Pixels and Chromebooks – CNET | Link Microsoft makes core GitHub features free for everyone, reduces paid Team plan prices » OnMSFT.com | Link Coronavirus: Amazon ordered to deliver only essential items in France – BBC News | Link Coronavirus: Amazon boss Jeff Bezos adds $24bn to fortune – BBC News | Link Ecobee launches new Haven home monitoring platform, SmartCamera and more | Link DJI Mavic Air 2 launch on April 27, ‘Up Your Game’ at 9:30 pm ET – DroneDJ | Link Apple unveils a new, cheaper iPhone into a market vastly changed by coronavirus | Link Sony Is Said to Limit PlayStation 5 Output in Its First Year – Bloomberg | Link Plex Labs releases updated Plexamp and new Plex Dash for servers – SlashGear | Link Western Digital, Seagate Are Shipping Slow SMR Drives Without Informing Customers: Reports [Updated] – ExtremeTech | Link Google is reportedly making a smart debit card, claims report – Business Insider | Link Coronavirus: Cuomo says New York will grant marriage licenses remotely | Link
European Space Agency scales back missions as pandemic intensifies – Axios | Link YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month – Bloomberg | Link Plasma Bigscreen Is A New Smart TV Experience Powered By Raspberry Pi 4 And KDE | Link Disney+ beat Netflix in recent US downloads (report) | TechCrunch | Link Cloudflare debuts 1.1.1.1 for Families, comes under fire for blocking LGBTQIA+ sites | ZDNet | Link Apple references unreleased AirTag item trackers in new support video – 9to5Mac | Link Amazon restricts sale of N95 face masks, surgical gloves to the public – CNET | Link Apple’s newest product is a face shield to protect against COVID-19 | Link Tesla furloughs staff and slashes salaries as Covid-19 pandemic worsens – CNN | Link Of course Huawei will have its own credit card | Engadget | Link
Coronavirus: Amazon employee in Seattle office tests positive | Link Amazon’s new mini-fulfillment centers speed up same-day deliveries – SlashGear | Link Meet ‘Perseverance’: NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has a new name | Space| Link ‘The Last of Us’ Series in the Works at HBO From ‘Chernobyl’ Creator | Hollywood Reporter | Link Major tech companies ask Seattle employees to work from home after coronavirus cases | Link Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy – BBC News | Link Trump Caught Google Off Guard With a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement | WIRED | Link Alphabet’s Verily launches a limited coronavirus screening website | Link Coronavirus: Microsoft launches disease tracker that shows worldwide cases in real-time – Mirror Online | Link Apple fined $1.2 billion by French competition authorities | Link 6 Bay Area counties order residents to stay at home to reduce coronavirus spread | KRON4 | Link Apple’s updated iPad Pro has depth-aware cameras and trackpad support | Engadget | Link Coronavirus: Amazon suspends all nonessential shipments to warehouses – Business Insider | Link Netflix will reduce streaming birates in Europe to ease congestion | Engadget| Link YouTube, Amazon and Netflix cut picture quality in Europe | Financial Times | Link
Amazon Go Grocery brings fresh produce to the cashierless shopping experience | Link Panasonic drops out of solar-panel partnership with Tesla – MarketWatch | Link Game Developers Conference 2020 has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns | PC Gamer | Link
