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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 notification system won’t work in a vaccum

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The researchers picked Boston because of the quality of available data, according to senior author Yamir Moreno, a professor at the institute for biocomputation and physics of complex systems at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Nick Statt / The Verge ). A charming throwback to the days when we cared about screen time.

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Turning off political ads on Facebook could have unpredictable consequences

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Nick Statt / The Verge ). Nick Statt / The Verge ). That changes the way the incident is interpreted,” this author writes. Trending up : Facebook wants to help register 4 million voters this year with its new Voting Information Center. Zoom says free users will get end-to-end encryption after all.

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Here’s what Apple’s new rules about cloud gaming actually mean

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Arguing over whether Apple’s guidelines did or didn’t include a thing is kind of pointless, though, because Apple has ultimate authority. Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge. Apple’s App Store Guidelines didn’t actually include an explicit rule that required submitting each game as its own app. We checked.

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Why TikTok may not survive being sold

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Every time Facebook releases these numbers, it is asking us to think about all the people the company didn’t harm, this author says. US companies operating in China say Trump’s WeChat ban could hurt their ability to effectively communicate with staff and local authorities. Nick Statt / The Verge). We’re not punchlines.

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

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The story picks up with Nick Statt in The Verge : The Twitter accounts of major companies and individuals have been compromised in one of the most widespread and confounding hacks the platform has ever seen, all in service of promoting a bitcoin scam that appears to be earning its creator quite a bit of money. That brings us to today.

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The antitrust case against Google is gathering steam

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Nick Statt / The Verge ). Compiled by students and volunteers, the atlas is a database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement authorities across the United States — including drones, body cameras, facial recognition, and more. The Dash Cart automatically detects the items you’ve picked up.

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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

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How much of Reddit’s delegation of authority was really just a dereliction of duty? “So Leads don’t go through any formal training from Nextdoor before receiving the authority to strike posts, and the guidelines listed on the site are vague enough for leads to interpret them in different ways. Nick Statt / The Verge ). ??

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