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Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic work-from-home policies, researchers said.

Facial recognition can unlock devices like computers and phones by recognizing a human face the same way another human would.

Microsoft to become NBA's official artificial intelligence, cloud and laptop partner.

Verizon Communications Inc said on Thursday it agreed to buy video-conferencing company BlueJeans Network Inc, a rival of Zoom Video Communications Inc for less than $500 million at a time that millions work from home due to widely-enforced lockdowns.

Newly discovered Zoom vulnerabilities reportedly allow recorded videos to live on the app's cloud hours after deletion.

Facebook will soon be letting users know if they liked, reacted to, or commented on posts with harmful misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic that was removed by moderators.

Houseparty has become a popular video meeting app alternative to Zoom as friends and families connect online.

Apple is planning to reopen its Seoul, Korea, location on Saturday after closing all stores outside China in March.

Passwords and email addresses from hundreds of thousands of Zoom accounts are being posted online by hackers and sold for less than a penny per account.

The company previously announced at the end of March the Chippendales would be sharing their at-home workouts with social media fans.

Ride-sharing app Lyft is piloting an “essential deliveries” program as a new option for its drivers as the coronavirus pandemic has led to a drop in rides.

Apple and Google are working with public health authorities to launch COVID-19 contact-tracing apps in May, but similar apps and tools already exist.

Company CEO Corie Barry is foregoing 50 percent of her base salary.

 Airbnb is in advanced talks for a new $1 billion debt deal just weeks after it closed a $1 billion investment from private equity firms,

The coronavirus pandemic caused PayPal, Salesforce, GoDaddy and Slack to help small businesses remain open during the crisis.

Verizon, AT&T see surge in voice calls during the coronavirus pandemic.

A mobile coronavirus-tracing effort by Apple and Google will require test verification.

The tool will allow people who are concerned that they may have COVID-19 symptoms to create a profile, input their symptoms and receive a specified list of next steps in return.

The Trump administration is putting billions of dollars toward startups and entrepreneurs fighting the novel coronavirus.