Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Airbnb cuts 1,900 jobs as Covid-19 hits home rentals

The laid off employees in the United States will get 14 weeks of base pay plus one additional week for every year at Airbnb https://ift.tt/2ywo8FN https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Aarogya Setu app: Data safe, for limited period, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Aarogya Setu app has given rise to fears of surveillance by the state as well as the security of the personal data that a user needs to fill in after downloading it. https://ift.tt/2yn7cSg https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Aarogya Setu app has no vulnerability; no data, security breach has happened: App developers

The government has mandated public and private sector employees to download the app, as well as people who are in the containment zone https://ift.tt/3b79ySk https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Peanut, a social network originally for moms but now for all women, raises $12M Series A led by EQT Ventures, bringing the total raised to $21.8M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Peanut, a social network originally for moms but now for all women, raises $12M Series A led by EQT Ventures, bringing the total raised to $21.8M  —  Peanut, an app that began as a tool for finding new mom friends, has evolved into a social network now used by 1.6 million women to discuss a range of topics …



Adult livestreaming website CAM4 exposes 10B+ records, including names, sexual orientations, payment logs, and email transcripts, on an unsecure database (Brian Barrett/Wired)

Brian Barrett / Wired:
Adult livestreaming website CAM4 exposes 10B+ records, including names, sexual orientations, payment logs, and email transcripts, on an unsecure database  —  CAM4 has taken the server offline, but not before it leaked 7TB of user data.  —  It's all too common for companies to leave databases chock full …



Love during lockdown: How Covid-19 is changing online dating

Some have attempted socially distanced outings, others have turned to steamy video chats, while still others have tried international online dating https://ift.tt/2yoVTZM https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Sources: Magic Leap is in talks to raise $100M in funding from a major health company after laying off around half of its workforce (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Hugh Langley / Business Insider:
Sources: Magic Leap is in talks to raise $100M in funding from a major health company after laying off around half of its workforce  —  - Magic Leap is turning to a “major” health care company to raise money, according to an internal memo obtained by The Information.



After tests on twttr prototype app, Twitter is rolling out a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make conversations easier to follow (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After tests on twttr prototype app, Twitter is rolling out a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make conversations easier to follow  —  Twitter announced today it's introducing a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make it easier …



Redmi Note 9 Pro Will Go on Sale Today at 12 Noon via Amazon, Mi.com

Redmi Note 9 Pro will be going on sale in India today at 12pm (noon). The phone was launched in March and boasts impressive specifications, like a quad rear camera setup and octa-core processor. https://ift.tt/2L4uAGF

Rural India to drive Internet usage in the country: Report

Overall, Kantar puts the number of monthly active internet users in the country at 574 million, a growth of 24% in 2019. https://ift.tt/2L1LiGz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Govt has no liability if Aarogya Setu data leaks

Security researcher Robert Baptiste said on Tuesday that he found a 'security issue' and tagged Aarogya Setu app's Twitter handle https://ift.tt/3c99u5R https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Disney+ has seen paid subscribers grow from 33.5M in March to 54M in May, nearly meeting its launch date projection of 60M-90M users by the end of 2024 (Jessica Bursztynsky/CNBC)

Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Disney+ has seen paid subscribers grow from 33.5M in March to 54M in May, nearly meeting its launch date projection of 60M-90M users by the end of 2024  —  - Disney announced Tuesday that it saw growth across all of its streaming service platforms in the past quarter.



Monday, May 4, 2020

UPSC 2020 – Indian Forest Service Exam Postponed

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has postponed exam date for the post of Indian Forest Service Exam 2020.

UPPSC Engineering Service Exam Date 2020 – Exam Date Postponed

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released exam date postponed notice for Combined State Engineering Services Exam 2019.

UPPSC 2020 – Combined State Engineering Service Exam Date Postponed

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released exam date postponed notice for Combined State Engineering Services Exam 2019.

Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing ...