Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced another round of Start Small business grants. During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and protests across the US against the death of George Floyd in police custody, Dorsey says $3 million will go to former NFL player and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp, which works to educate, empower …

Facebook’s former employees are reportedly calling on CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take action on President Donald Trump’s online posts after current staffers have criticized his stance on not fact-checking or labeling them. In a letter published online Wednesday by The New York Times, around three dozen of the social media company’s longest-serving employees said the chief executive’s position is a “betrayal” of Facebook’s community values.  …

Facebook employees are reportedly unhappy with the social media giant’s stance on the fact-checking and warning labels being applied this week to posts by US President Donald Trump about the Minnesota protests and mail-in ballots. Internal message board posts showed employees calling on Facebook execs to explain their stance, The Verge reported Friday. The internal Facebook complaints follow a week of …

Amazon has recovered from its outage Thursday afternoon, after the site wouldn’t load for tens of thousands of users. Both desktop and mobile users were being served “this site can’t be reached” or “something went wrong on our end” messages when attempting to load Amazon. Complaints spiked to more than 53,000 at around 12 p.m. PT on Down Detector. Users complained …

The criminal trial against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou will go ahead, a Canadian court ruled Wednesday. The court decided the case meets the double criminality requirement for being charged in both Canada and the US, meaning the extradition process to the US can proceed. “Huawei is disappointed in the ruling today by the Supreme Court of British Columbia,” the Chinese …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking to scale back how much equipment from Huawei is being used in British 5G networks, according to a report Friday. The plan could see the Chinese networking giant completely removed from the UK’s next-gen mobile networks by 2023, the Telegraph said. Now playing: Watch this: Huawei P40 Pro and Plus first impressions: CNET editors… …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The personal data of people seeking coronavirus-related unemployment benefits was exposed over the weekend, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) confirmed Wednesday. Deloitte, which administers the program, notified ODJFS that about a dozen people were able to view other claimants’ data …

Verizon has announced switching on 5G upload capabilities, bringing faster speeds to its network for people uploading content like HD videos and playing massive online multiplayer games. Speeds will be around 30% faster than current 4G LTE upload speeds, Verizon said Wednesday. 5G uploads are available in all cities across the US with Verizon’s next-gen network. Verizon is also switching …

Samsung is releasing the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition aimed at Department of Defense and federal government users. The device will come with “military-grade security” with two layers of encryption based on NSA standards, and customized software and features for tactical and classified applications. The Galaxy S20 TE is “designed to help operators navigate complex terrain, expansive distances, and the potential loss …

Google is working on a prototype headphone cord with touch sensing for controls. Twisting, flicking, pinching, grabbing and patting the wire, or sliding your fingers along it, triggers different functions — tapping for play and pause, for example, double tapping to move to the next track, rolling between the fingers for volume. The braided wire also has fiber optic strands …