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Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Over Security Risks

New York Times
July 10, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon has asked its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok[1] from their cellphones, citing “security risks,” according to a company email sent on Friday. In…

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Robinhood Has Lured Young Traders, Sometimes With Devastating Results

New York Times
July 8, 2020

Richard Dobatse, a Navy medic in San Diego, dabbled infrequently in stock trading. But his behavior changed in 2017 when he signed up for Robinhood, a trading app that made…

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Virus-Tracing Apps Are Rife With Problems. Governments Are Rushing to Fix Them.

New York Times
July 8, 2020

In April, Norway released a smartphone app, Smittestopp[1] or “stop infection,” that records users who come into close contact for more than 15 minutes and sends alerts if they have…

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With Pandemic Keeping Them Apart, Runners Embrace Virtual Races

New York Times
July 7, 2020

On a Friday evening in late June, three women in matching blue-and-white Hoka running shoes leaned over a starting line at Buffalo Park in Flagstaff, Ariz., each with one hand…

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Hong Kong Security Law Sets Stage for Global Internet Fight

New York Times
July 7, 2020

As Hong Kong grapples with a draconian new security law[1], the tiny territory is emerging as the front line in a global fight between the United States and China over…

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How to Make Smartphones Last Longer

New York Times
July 1, 2020

With so many people becoming unemployed[1] in the pandemic-induced recession, we have no choice but to handle our technology differently. Put another way: We need to make our tech last…

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China’s Software Stalked Uighurs Earlier and More Widely, Researchers Learn

New York Times
July 1, 2020

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Before the Chinese police hung high-powered surveillance cameras and locked up[1] ethnic minorities by the hundreds of thousands[2] in China’s western region of Xinjiang, China’s hackers went…

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Uber Makes Offer to Buy Postmates Delivery Service

New York Times
June 30, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has made a takeover offer to buy Postmates, the upstart delivery service, according to three people familiar with the matter, as the on-demand food delivery market…

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The New York Times Pulls Out of Apple News

New York Times
June 29, 2020

The New York Times said on Monday that it was exiting its partnership with Apple News[1], as news organizations struggle to compete with large tech companies for readers’ attention and…

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Mobile Applications

Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Over Security Risks

Robinhood Has Lured Young Traders, Sometimes With Devastating Results

Virus-Tracing Apps Are Rife With Problems. Governments Are Rushing to Fix Them.

With Pandemic Keeping Them Apart, Runners Embrace Virtual Races

Hong Kong Security Law Sets Stage for Global Internet Fight

How to Make Smartphones Last Longer

China’s Software Stalked Uighurs Earlier and More Widely, Researchers Learn

Uber Makes Offer to Buy Postmates Delivery Service

The New York Times Pulls Out of Apple News

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Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Over Security Risks

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