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Amazon Sells More, but Warns of Much Higher Costs Ahead

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2xrY3Hw E-Commerce, Computers and the Internet, Delivery Services, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shopping and Retail, Company Reports

Amazon Sells More, but Warns of Much Higher Costs Ahead

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2WgTpnQ E-Commerce, Computers and the Internet, Delivery Services, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shopping and Retail, Company Reports

Apple’s First-Quarter Sales Are Up Despite Coronavirus Slowdown

By BY JACK NICAS from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2xnuwi9 Stock Buybacks, Company Reports, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

This Should Be V.R.’s Moment. Why Is It Still So Niche?

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YrYPPA Virtual Reality (Computers), Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Videophones and Videoconferencing, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), 3-D Devices and Effects

The F.B.I.’s Director, a Critic of Strong Encryption, Once Defended It

By BY NICOLE PERLROTH AND ADAM GOLDMAN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2WcdJaa Computer Security, Instant Messaging, Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Conflicts of Interest

I’m Grateful for Bad Virtual Life

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3aUaY2q Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Trump’s Disinfectant Talk Trips Up Sites’ Vows Against Misinformation

By BY SHEERA FRENKEL AND DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KIszzX Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Ultraviolet Light, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Cleansers, Detergents and Soaps, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Fringe Groups and Movements, Corporate Social Responsibility

Facebook Points to ‘Signs of Stability’ as Ad Declines Flatten

By BY MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YmjmVR Online Advertising, Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Advertising and Marketing, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Company Reports

Technology Will Not Save Us

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Yj8aZZ Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Smartphones

Create Your Own Digital Comics Whether You Can Draw or Not

By BY J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3aQCeim Mobile Applications, Comic Books and Strips, Smartphones, Computers and the Internet

You Are Being Influenced

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3cVdMOd Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), E-Commerce

Facebook Restructures Its Security Teams

By BY SHEERA FRENKEL AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VLaPdq Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Engineering and Engineers, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberattacks and Hackers, Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates

New York Attorney General Scrutinizes Amazon for Firing Warehouse Worker

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3eUMvNL Workplace Hazards and Violations, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

No, the Best Doesn’t Win

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YgTmLL Computers and the Internet, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Software, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Start-Ups Pursue ‘Free Money’ With Relief Funds, Prompting Backlash

By BY ERIN GRIFFITH AND DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Ybq2Ge Venture Capital, Small Business, Start-ups, Computers and the Internet, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (2020), Lobbying and Lobbyists

Europe’s Privacy Law Hasn’t Shown Its Teeth, Frustrating Advocates

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3cOSCRL Privacy, Computers and the Internet, Data-Mining and Database Marketing, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Jailed Huawei Workers Raised a Forbidden Subject: Iran

By BY RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KzJbd6 Embargoes and Sanctions

Zoom’s Biggest Rivals Are Coming for It

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KCcxat Computers and the Internet, Mobile Applications, Videophones and Videoconferencing, Social Media, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Enterprise Computing, Security and Warning Systems, Privacy

Our Ingenuity Shapes Facebook

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3aB4Vjp Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Data-Mining and Database Marketing

Preppers Are Quite Prepared to Enjoy Some Vindication

By BY NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VVCKGw Stockpiling, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Rationing and Allocation of Resources, Protective Clothing and Gear, Epidemics, Doomsday

What to Do When Mom Believes Coronavirus Conspiracies

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3axIg7s Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Rumors and Misinformation

Bezos Takes Back the Wheel at Amazon

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3bxXMl1 Computers and the Internet, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), E-Commerce, Labor and Jobs

Reliable Amazon Isn’t Anymore

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3buUgIb E-Commerce, Delivery Services, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shortages, Shopping and Retail, Quarantines

‘Pure Hell for Victims’ as Stimulus Programs Draw a Flood of Scammers

By BY NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2x4uGec Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (2020), Computer Security, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shutdowns (Institutional), Computers and the Internet, Identity Theft, Unemployment, Robberies and Thefts, Cyberattacks and Hackers

Facebook Invests $5.7 Billion in India Internet Giant Jio

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND VINDU GOEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KpW3lW Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Wireless Communications, Instant Messaging, Small Business, E-Commerce, Cellular Telephones, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

This Pandemic Exposes the Downsides of Cheap Uber Rides

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KjGcW2 Headphones and Headsets, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Gaming Sales Are Up, but Production Is Down

By BY JASON SCHREIER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2XQpBAX Computer and Video Games, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shutdowns (Institutional), E-Sports

Why Apple’s iPad Is the Gadget of the Pandemic

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2RVdvCQ Mobile Applications, Tablet Computers, iPad, Computers and the Internet, Computer and Video Games, Computer Keyboards, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Videophones and Videoconferencing, iPhone

New York Needed Ventilators. So They Developed One in a Month.

By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2XSDApR Medical Devices, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Ventilators (Medical), Shortages, Epidemics, Computers and the Internet, Engineering and Engineers, Factories and Manufacturing

New York Needed Ventilators. So They Developed One in a Month.

By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2RQORmM Medical Devices, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Ventilators (Medical), Shortages, Epidemics, Computers and the Internet, Engineering and Engineers, Factories and Manufacturing

Zoom’s Security Woes Were No Secret to Business Partners Like Dropbox

By BY NATASHA SINGER AND NICOLE PERLROTH from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2xIAQ3S Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Cyberattacks and Hackers, Cyberharassment, Science and Technology, Software

Facebook to Introduce an App for Gaming

By BY SETH SCHIESEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3ctwufz Computer and Video Games, Mobile Applications, Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

As Amazon Rises, So Does the Opposition

By BY DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2wPfAJp Labor and Jobs, Organized Labor, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, E-Commerce, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

A Privacy Absolutist Isn’t So Sure Anymore

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2XLhYvI Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Privacy

Uber and Lyft Are Searching for Lifelines

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2RMClop Car Services and Livery Cabs, Wages and Salaries, Delivery Services, Quarantines, Epidemics, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

When Even Amazon Is Sold Out of Exploding Kittens

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VH9LpU E-Commerce, Computers and the Internet, Delivery Services, Customer Relations, Shopping and Retail, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Consumer Protection

Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, DAVEY ALBA AND MARC TRACY from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2yiTnnk Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Philanthropy, Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Vaccination and Immunization, United States Politics and Government, Fringe Groups and Movements, Rumors and Misinformation, News and News Media

Welcome to the ‘Rabbit Hole’

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3acOjOI Online Advertising, Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation

FOMO Has Survived the Coronavirus

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VeBvmA Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Computers and the Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce and Payments, Shopping and Retail

Facebook-Backed Libra Cryptocurrency Project Is Scaled Back

By BY NATHANIEL POPPER AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2KcgnXY Virtual Currency, Libra (Currency), Social Media, Currency, Politics and Government, Computers and the Internet, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Mobile Commerce and Payments

Biden Is Losing the Internet. Does That Matter?

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VqRYmo Presidential Election of 2020, United States Politics and Government, Computers and the Internet, Online Advertising, Political Advertising

John Horton Conway, a ‘Magical Genius’ in Math, Dies at 82

By BY SIOBHAN ROBERTS from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2XCbgYL Deaths (Obituaries), Mathematics, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Why Apple’s New Phone Doesn’t Matter

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3bbIPVL Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Smartphones, Computers and the Internet, Consumer Behavior, Handheld Computers, Rural Areas

Why Apple’s New Phone Doesn’t Matter

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2xwiOli Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Smartphones, Computers and the Internet, Consumer Behavior, Handheld Computers, Rural Areas

Apple, in a Virtual Unveiling, Introduces a $399 iPhone

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3cjTEoF Smartphones, iPhone, Computers and the Internet

The Virus Revealed Our Essential Tech (and Weeded Out the Excess)

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3baCAS7 Computers and the Internet, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Smartphones, Telephones and Telecommunications