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Facebook launches COVID-19 symptom map to help authorities track virus spread

By Maria Deutscher Apr 20, 2020

Facebook Inc. today launched a COVID-19 symptom map as part of a project with Carnegie Mellon University aimed at giving authorities the ability to forecast coronavirus hospitalization numbers weeks in advance. Before health officials can start…

Cloud

In global expansion, Alibaba will invest $28B in cloud infrastructure over the next 3 years

By Maria Deutscher Apr 20, 2020

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. today announced plans to invest 200 billion yuan, or about $28 billion, over the next three years to bolster its cloud infrastructure, an investment equivalent to more than half of its revenue…

Security

Google launches BeyondCorp Remote Access for virtual workers

By Mike Wheatley Apr 20, 2020

Google LLC today updated its BeyondCorp security framework to help organizations secure their most important applications and data at a time when many workers are confined to their homes from the COVID-19 pandemic. BeyondCorp…

Blockchain

Ant Financial launches OpenChain blockchain platform for small business developers

By Kyt Dotson Apr 20, 2020

Chinese financial technology firm Ant Financial announced Friday that its OpenChain distributed ledger blockchain platform is now open to small business developers to help with the creation of distributed apps. Ant Financial, formerly known…

Cloud

Tech earnings preview: Weakness looms amid pandemic, but some companies thrive

By Paul Gillin Apr 19, 2020

What is arguably the most unpredictable earnings season for technology companies in modern history kicks off this week as investors try to navigate the unknowable to figure out which companies will crash, hold the…

Apps

Instagram co-founders launch coronavirus contagion tracking site

By Duncan Riley Apr 19, 2020

Instagram co-founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom have teamed up to launch a new COVID-19 website that tracks contagion levels across U.S. states. Called Rt.live, the tracking service uses a data analysis algorithm to…

Blockchain

$25M in cryptocurrency stolen in hack of Lendf.me and Uniswap

By Duncan Riley Apr 19, 2020

About $25 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from Uniswap and Lendf.Me over the weekend by hackers who exploited a technology underlying the Ethereum blockchain. Of the two, Lendf.Me, a decentralized lending platform with instant borrowing and…

Policy

COVID-19 forces Tor Project to lay off a third of its staff

By Mike Wheatley Apr 19, 2020

The Tor Project, a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains the privacy-focused Tor browser, is laying off a third of its staff as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement came Friday…

Blockchain

AirAsia launches transparent tracking blockchain network Freightchain for air cargo

By Kyt Dotson Apr 18, 2020

AirAsia Group Bhd’s logistics arm Teleport announced Thursday the launch of Freightchain, a digital network for transparently confirming and tracking air cargo based on distributed ledger blockchain technology. Shippers and freight forwarders can now…

Infra

How CIOs and CISOs are dealing with the pandemic budget hit

By Dave Vellante Apr 18, 2020

Chief information officers and chief information security officers in some of the hardest-hit industries now see significant near-term and many permanent shifts to their information technology and security strategies. That’s the consensus of four…

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Facebook launches COVID-19 symptom map to help authorities track virus spread

Ant Financial launches OpenChain blockchain platform for small business developers

Instagram co-founders launch coronavirus contagion tracking site

$25M in cryptocurrency stolen in hack of Lendf.me and Uniswap

COVID-19 forces Tor Project to lay off a third of its staff

AirAsia launches transparent tracking blockchain network Freightchain for air cargo

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