
Microsoft rebrands Visual Studio Online as Visual Studio Codespaces, cuts pricing by over 60%

Vida Health raises $25 million to treat chronic health conditions remotely

Researchers develop smart contact lenses to monitor and treat diabetes

Facebook now lets U.S. users transfer images and videos directly to Google Photos

Udemy: Online course enrollment surged 425% amid lockdowns

LinkedIn’s AI gives job candidates feedback on their interview answers

Duolingo’s AI drives its English proficiency tests

HTC launches Vive Sync app to let remote teams collaborate in VR

Microsoft Teams passes 75 million daily active users

Facebook apps now used monthly by more than 3 billion people

Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta with coronavirus exposure notification (Updated: Google too)

Twitter’s new data stream lets researchers and developers study real-time coronavirus conversations

Amazon bought cameras from Chinese company on U.S. blacklist to screen for coronavirus

Researchers propose ways to apply AI to agriculture and conservation

Current Health partners with the Mayo Clinic for remote coronavirus patient monitoring

Spotify: Listening habits during the pandemic make every day look like the weekend

Google Meet one-ups Zoom with free 60-minute meetings for consumers

Yandex deploys autonomous delivery robots in Moscow’s Skolkovo district

Samsung forecasts solid chip sales, but profits will drop due to decline in smartphone and TV sales

Zillow now lets you e-sign your leases

Alphabet reports $41.2 billion in Q1 2020 revenue: Google Cloud up 52%, YouTube up 33%, and Other Bets down 21%

Strategy Analytics: More 5G phones shipped in Q1 2020 than all of 2019

Secret Double Octopus raises $15 million to authenticate employees without passwords

Specialist unites service provider booking, payment, and video in 1 app

DJI’s Mavic Air 2 has a flight time of 34 minutes

Companies equip cameras with AI to track social distancing and mask-wearing

Medici raises $24 million as telehealth demand surges

Amazon’s AI uses a microphone array to localize multiple speakers in a room

Australia launches controversial coronavirus contact tracing app

AI Weekly: AI models illustrate the importance of continued social distancing

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Apple Watch at 5: Essential for health, nice for work, bad at faces

Facebook launches Messenger Rooms, group calls for up to 50 people with no time limit

Apple and Google build more privacy and flexibility into Bluetooth contact tracing tech

Flytrex launches drone delivery service in Grand Forks, North Dakota

Terminal taps AI to help companies build remote engineering teams

Google plans to verify all advertisers

MIT aims for energy efficiency in AI model training

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Magic Leap’s consumer retreat is good news for the AR/XR industry

Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 3 with app exit reasons, ADB Incremental, and wireless debugging

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