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World Health Organization says it’s too early to declare global emergency over new coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it’s too early to declare an international public health emergency in response to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus from China. The virus is in the same viral family as SARS, which circulated throughout the world in 2002 and 2003. There…
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Layoffs reach 23andMe after hitting Mozilla and the Vision Fund portfolio
Layoffs in the technology and venture-backed worlds continued today, as 23andMe confirmed to CNBC that it laid off around 100 people, or about 14% of its formerly 700-person staff. The cuts would be notable by themselves, but given how many other reductions have recently been announced, they indicate that a…
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Google Cloud can now store all your secrets
Google Cloud has announced a new tool designed to help users securely store their API keys, passwords, certificates and other data called Secret Manager. Secret Manager provides the company’s customers with a single tool to manage their data as well as a centralized source of truth. In a blog post…
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Read the report that concluded Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone
This week, The Guardian posted a huge story reporting that Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone in May 2018 after he received a message from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A report published by the security forensics firm FTI Consulting concluded with “medium to high confidence” that was…
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Switzerland’s drone delivery program to resume after crashes
A Switzerland drone delivery service run by the Swiss Post is set to resume on January 27th, following a suspension of the program in August 2019 after two drone crashes, including one where the drone’s parachute failed to deploy. In that time, Swiss Post and Matternet — the US company…
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Google launches collaborative game to reveal when I/O 2020 is happening
Every year, Google launches a game or puzzle that people can play to eventually learn the dates for the company’s annual I/O conference, and this year’s game is now live (via 9to5Google). It’s a space-themed game where users have to work collaboratively to restore an intergalactic satellite network. When you…
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