March 27, 2020
Fri. 03/27 - Apple's Covid-19 App
Apple has released an official Covid-19 App. Kuo says Arm-based Macbooks are coming next year. Sony is spinning off a lot of the parts of itself that make it a tech company. Instacart workers are planning a nationwide strike on Monday. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Apple releases new COVID-19 app and website based on CDC guidance (Apple Newsroom)
- Kuo: Apple to Launch Several Macs With Arm-Based Processors in 2021, USB4 Support Coming to Macs in 2022 (MacRumors)
- Sony Spins Off Camera Business Into Separate Company (PetaPixel)
- Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike (Motherboard)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Everything Is So Fucked, You Might As Well Get A Facebook Portal (Buzzfeed News)
- We Need A Massive Surveillance Program (IdleWords.com)
- Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software to Keep Tabs on Remote Workers (Bloomberg)
- Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising? (Wired)
- DJI Won the Drone Wars, and Now It’s Paying the Price (BusinessWeek)
- We visited a small Virginia town where drone deliveries have begun for real (Input Magazine)
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