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'Astounding': Johnson cabinet using Zoom video for meetings despite MOD ban

Images of the PM using the app with colleagues so they comply with coronavirus social-distancing rules were released by Number 10.

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Maybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all

Now that we’re all stuck at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, video calls have gone from a novelty to a necessity. Zoom, the popular videoconferencing service, seems to be doing better th

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Join the FirstMark Capital squad for a live Q&A on Zoom tomorrow at 9am PDT

Stuck at home?JK! I know you are! You’re not alone.FirstMark Capital partners Rick Heitzmann, Amish Jani, Matt Turck and Beth Ferreira are also working from home. But neither distance nor virus

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Bay Area effort to feed hospital workers partners with Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen

An effort I’ve been following in the Bay Area to deliver meals to front-line hospital clinicians dealing with the results of COVID-19 is announcing a big new partnership today that should give it a na

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Anorak’s Greg Castle on early-stage investing during a crisis

As the venture landscape adjusts to the COVID-19 pandemic and seismic shifts in public markets, early-stage VCs are reassessing which bets they’re making, along with questions they’re aski

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Zoom video conferencing app in the spotlight amid COVID19 outbreak

02:07 An unprecedented number of people are cooped up in their homes. Many are turning to video conferencing platforms to learn, work, and play. No platform is gaining more attention t

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John Borthwick & Matt Hartman of betaworks discuss coronavirus adaptation strategies

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hopping on Zoom with betaworks’ John Borthwick and Matt Hartman to discuss the tech world’s adaptation to this new locked-down world, the future of new med

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Huawei P40 series released via online event

01:33 The coronavirus pandemic is rattling the telecoms sector as well. Chinese tech giant Huawei this week was forced to launch its flagship P40 smartphones during an online streaming

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Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian on how to survive these crazy days (and what to learn from them)

Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian founded Initialized Capital roughly nine years ago and they’ve closed four funds since, including most recently in late 2018.That $225 million vehicle is roughly tw

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A Norwegian school quit using video calls after a naked man ‘guessed’ the meeting link

A school in Norway has stopped using popular video conferencing service Whereby after a naked man apparently “guessed” the link to a video lesson.According to Norwegian state broadcaster N

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A Norwegian school quit Zoom after a naked man ‘guessed’ the meeting link

A school in Norway has stopped using Zoom, the popular video conferencing service, after a naked man apparently “guessed” the link to a video lesson.According to Norwegian state broadcast

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Huawei announces the P40 and tries to stay relevant without Google

Huawei has unveiled new flagship phones today, the P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+. These are beautiful phones with great specs. But it would only take you a few minutes to realize that there’s something od

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Xinhua Headlines: Spreading COVID-19 disrupts Americans' life, triggering economic downturn

The United States is "way-behind" the cycle as yet in getting to terms with confronting the virus's rapid spread. The wider the spread, the greater the damage.by Xinhua writers Yang Shilong, Chang Yua

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DataGuard, which provides GDPR and privacy compliance-as-a-service, raises $20M

Watchdogs have started to raise the issue that new working practices and online activity necessitated by the spread of the coronavirus pandemic are creating new sets of privacy, security and data prot

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Monday.com surpassed $130M ARR before the remote-work boom

As efforts to flatten the spread of COVID-19 pushes employees from their offices, remote work is undergoing a surge in popularity. Well-known remote-work friendly companies like Zoom have seen a rise

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Join betaworks’ John Borthwick and Matt Hartman on a live WFH conference call tomorrow at 3pm EDT

The world is changing fast. With the spread of coronavirus keeping folks in their homes, there’s no time like the present to connect with people online.Tomorrow at 3pm EDT, betaworks’ John

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Entertainment moves online amid lockdowns

01:53 Public events have been cancelled and social spaces have been closed across Europe in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.Life and entertainment is now becoming increasingl