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ENEMY OF MY ENEMY
Apple and Google team up
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1175943-the-world-must-have-ended-apple-and-google-join-forces-against-covid-19/
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52246319
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/apple-google-coronavirus-us-app-privacy
MIT working on contact tracing system
http://news.mit.edu/2020/safe-paths-privacy-first-approach-contact-tracing-0410
https://youtu.be/yuXzAh4slNw
CAN’T HANGOUT, SORRY
Google rebrands Hangouts to Google Chat/Meet
https://www.xda-developers.com/hangouts-chat-rebrand-google-chat/
https://www.slashgear.com/google-meet-is-hangouts-meets-new-name-everything-else-is-the-same-10616210/
Premium features are free
https://www.engadget.com/google-extends-free-access-to-google-meet-230402977.html
New feature
https://9to5google.com/2020/04/09/hangouts-chat-forward-gmail/
Teams allows custom backgrounds
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-teams-now-lets-you-use-custom-backgrounds-during-video-calls/
US Senate banned from using Zoom
https://www.cnet.com/news/us-senate-reportedly-tells-members-to-avoid-zoom/
ANIMAL CROSSING THE LINE
Animal Crossing pulled from Chinese retailers after in-game protests
https://kotaku.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons-pulled-from-some-chinese-1842794206
https://time.com/5818993/animal-crossing-china-removed/
https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/10/21216525/animal-crossing-new-horizons-china-hong-kong-demonstrations
https://twitter.com/joshuawongcf/status/1243405035096035330
https://twitter.com/studioincendo/status/1245414753058426881
QUICK BITS
DONNEZ-MOI L’ARGENT
France trying to get Google to pay news publishers
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-france/france-rules-google-must-pay-news-firms-for-content-idUSKCN21R14X
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/09/french-publishers-win-decisive-battle-against-google-177686
DO YOU XE IT?
Intel big boi GPU?
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1175187-intels-xe-hp-gpu-the-big-boi/
https://wccftech.com/intel-xe-hp-dg2-gpu-workstation-enthusiast-graphics-cards-spotted/
DROOLING NOISES
800 GbE Ethernet standard announced
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1175157-800gbsec-ethernet-spec-announced/
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/800-gigabit-ethernet-gbe-spec-standard
BUTT-PRINT SENSOR
Buttprints will save us
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21215425/smart-toilet-disease-detection-analprint
I’M MELTINGGGG
Engineered enzyme breaks plastic down to raw materials
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/huge-step-forward-mutant-enzyme-could-vastly-improve-recycling-plastic-bottles
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