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Magic Leap Hires Top Microsoft Executive as C.E.O.

New York TimesJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020010

SAN FRANCISCO — Magic Leap said on Tuesday that it had hired Peggy Johnson, a top executive at Microsoft, to be its chief executive, as the troubled augmented reality headset start-up shifts its focus from consumers to businesses. Ms. Johnson, who starts at Magic Leap in August, is joining at......

A Bird? A Plane? No, It’s a Google Balloon Beaming the Internet

New York TimesJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 7, 2020July 7, 202009

NAIROBI, Kenya — A fleet of high-altitude balloons started delivering internet service to Kenya on Tuesday, extending online access to tens of thousands of people in the first-ever commercial deployment of the technology. The balloons, which hover about 12 miles up in the stratosphere — well above commercial airplanes —......

TikTok to Withdraw From Hong Kong as Tech Giants Halt Data Requests

New York TimesJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 7, 2020July 7, 202008

“We believe freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and support the right of people to express themselves without fear for their safety or other repercussions,” the statement added. The suspension of data reviews also applies to the messaging app WhatsApp, the company said. On Monday, a Google spokesman......

Palantir Technologies Files to Go Public

New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 7, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 7, 202009

SAN FRANCISCO — Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley data start-up, said on Monday that it had filed to go public, setting up one of the largest public listings of a technology start-up since Uber made its debut last year. Palantir is one of the tech industry’s most valuable private companies,......

YouTube’s Power of the Purse

New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020015

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Facebook is a place where people get attention — but not typically where they make much money. YouTube is both. The video site, owned by Google, shares the money it earns from......

Facebook Temporarily Stops Hong Kong Data Requests

New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020018

Facebook said on Monday that it would temporarily stop processing Hong Kong government requests for user data as the company reviews a sweeping national security law that has chilled political expression in the city. The social network’s assessment of the law, which has already been used to arrest people who......

South Korea Denies U.S. Request to Extradite Operator of Child Pornography Site

New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 6, 2020July 6, 202008

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Monday rejected an extradition request by the United States for a South Korean citizen convicted of running one of the world’s biggest child pornography websites on the dark web. The South Korean, Son Jong-woo, 24, completed an 18-month sentence in April......

Uber to Buy Postmates for $2.65 Billion

New York TimesJuly 5, 2020July 6, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 5, 2020July 6, 2020014

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has agreed to acquire the food delivery start-up Postmates for $2.65 billion, said two people with knowledge of the deal, as the ride-hailing firm aims to grow its presence in on-demand food delivery while its core business struggles. The companies plan to announce the all-stock deal......

New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say

New York TimesJuly 4, 2020July 4, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 4, 2020July 4, 2020016

WASHINGTON — When Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of Stephen K. Bannon, recently fired the heads of four U.S. government-funded news outlets, many became alarmed that he would turn the independently operated organizations, as well as the Voice of America, into “Trump TV.” But Mr. Pack, the new......

This Year’s Summer Campground: Our Bedrooms and Living Rooms

New York TimesJuly 4, 2020July 4, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 4, 2020July 4, 2020016

“We’ll do Zoom around the room,” Mr. Geisler said. “Everyone can show their big kick.” Those in an apartment kick the air rather than a soccer ball. Still, counselors try to keep energy high. “We’ll say: ‘OK, everybody, we’re going to unmute for two minutes. Let’s hear your scream,’” Mr.......

What Hong Kong’s Pandemic Experience Taught Uber About Other Cities

New York TimesJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020018

OAKLAND, Calif. — In late February, Uber executives were set to gather in San Francisco to form business plans for the year as the coronavirus steadily spread beyond China. While some executives who were initially invited had been told to stay home, the remaining few huddled at Uber’s headquarters to......

The #Vanlife Business Is Booming

New York TimesJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020020

I do not own a car or a house or even a bicycle. Nor am I prone to following Instagram trends. Yet for weeks I have had an obsession: getting rid of all my possessions, breaking the apartment lease, and moving with my dog and my girlfriend into a tricked-out......

Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves?

New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020011

The Google Flu Trends algorithm, as it is known, performed poorly. For instance, it continually overestimated doctor visits, later evaluations found, because of limitations of the data and the influence of outside factors such as media attention, which can drive up searches that are unrelated to actual illness. Since then,......

Goodbye to the Wild Wild Web

New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020010

More recently, the hallmark of the Wild Wild Web became a kind of shoot-first, aim-later approach to corporate strategy. Terms like “permissionless innovation” and “blitzscaling” entered the tech lexicon, and companies used lofty mission statements to paper over their more craven aspirations for dominance and profit. When things went wrong......

Tati and Devin: The Ultimate TikTok Rom-Com

New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 4, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 4, 202005

On Saturday, Tatayanna Mitchell, 21, will fly from Michigan to Newark, N.J., to spend two days with a boy she met on TikTok. Ms. Mitchell’s TikTok videos have become a fixture of the app’s For You page over the last month. She traffics in a format known as the “duet,”......

New ‘TV’ Is a Lot Like TV

New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020014

There are understandable reasons for most of this. Netflix and most other internet video services grafted existing business approaches or behaviors onto the web. They’re also buying programming in many cases from the same companies that sell stuff for conventional TV channels and theaters. I also suspect that there is......

How Infrared Images Could Be Part of Your Daily Life

New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020012

In a post-quarantine world, heat sensors could help spot sick people with elevated temperatures as they enter public places. But it’s not that simple. July 2, 2020 Welcome to Maplewood, N.J. … in infrared. As the country reopens, you might start seeing more images like these: real-time heat maps that......

Four Top Tech C.E.O.s Will Testify on Antitrust, Panel Says

New York TimesJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020013

WASHINGTON — The chief executives of four of the world’s biggest technology companies will appear before Congress this month as part of its sweeping antitrust investigation into their market power, according to the committee running the inquiry, setting up a high-profile face-off between the companies and skeptical lawmakers. Jeff Bezos......

Bogus Ideas Have Superspreaders, Too

New York TimesJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020025

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. If the Rock encouraged his 58 million Facebook followers to vandalize a fast-food restaurant, Facebook’s policies would treat it the same as if your neighbor blasted this to his 25 friends. President......

How to Make Your Tech Last Longer

New York TimesJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020011

For different types of gadgets, your battery mileage may vary. Generally, a smartphone battery will last about two years, and ones for a laptop or smartphone will last three or four years before needing to be replaced, said Kyle Wiens, chief executive of iFixit, a site that offers instructions on......

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