A tool called AllVoices is designed to make it easier for employees to anonymously send feedback to company leadership and report harassment and bias. The eponymous company has raised $3 million in seed funding, it said in a Thursday blog post. TechCrunch earlier reported the news. AllVoices is an encrypted platform that lets people send …
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The race for 5G goes beyond just faster download speeds for the average phone user. Concerned about Chinese tech companies such as Huawei taking the lead on the next-generation wireless technology, the US attorney general says the United States should take a stake in foreign tech companies to compete. Attorney General William Barr proposed that the US could take a …
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The Apple TV 4K is a more-than-capable streamer, even two years after its September 2017 debut. That said, its A10X Fusion processor is getting a bit long in the tooth. However it looks like an update may finally be on the horizon. According to 9to5Mac, beta code for an upcoming version of the company’s TVOS includes references for an unreleased …
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Netflix has revealed which shows and movies it has removed after being asked by governments around the world. In its Environmental Social Governance 2019 report, published Friday, the streaming giant said just nine pieces of content have been taken down since it launched services over a decade ago as a result of government demands. Netflix only got two takedown demands …
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Another company has decided to skip Mobile World Congress due to concerns over the global coronavirus outbreak. Graphics-chip maker Nvidia said late Friday that it’s shelving plans to attend this year’s MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show. “Given public health risks around the coronavirus, ensuring the safety of our colleagues, partners and customers is our highest concern,” the company said …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 phone likely will be officially revealed at the company’s Unpacked event on Tuesday. But even though its debut is still days away, the new flagship phone has already made an appearance on Amazon and Sprint‘s website. A now-deleted listing for the Galaxy S20 appeared Friday on Amazon AE, the company’s site for the United Arab Emirates, for a …
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The long-sought-for holy grail for those who use a laptop and phone is a seamless handoff between the two for anyone who doesn’t want to stop what they’re doing on one screen to do something else on the smaller display. Now Microsoft helps bridge the divide by letting you make and answer phone calls right from your PC. You can also send …
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been asked to stop providing social media services to Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. In a letter published Friday, US Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn told Dorsey that allowing those leaders to hold Twitter accounts violates an executive order issued in June 2019 …
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This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. Apple Arcade added another game to its $4.99/month gaming service on Friday: Charrua Soccer. The game aims to capture the spirit of the indigenous South American Charrúa people, and the importance of Uruguayan football in their culture. Uruguay has won …
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They say love don’t cost a thing. But according to figures from app data and analytics platform App Annie, that might not be true. In search of love or lust, consumers dropped $2.2 billion on dating apps last year, according to data culled from App Annie’s State of Mobile Report, which came out earlier in the year. The amount is …
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