• Google announced four new features rolling out for Google Meet on Tuesday.
• Google Meet now supports up to 16 people on tiled view, where it previously only supported 4.
• Google is also adding low-light mode, noise cancellation, and the ability to share a Chrome tab.
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Zoom’s video conferencing software has been making headlines for weeks. Two months ago, most people had never heard of Zoom, and now it’s being used as a verb in casual conversation. One of the reasons Zoom has had such an outsized impact is that most other video chat applications can’t match Zoom’s approachability and range of features. For millions of users, the benefits of using Zoom outweigh the potential privacy concerns endemic to the platform (some of which have been addressed). But Google isn’t going down without a fight.

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• Doctors are fighting a battle against the novel coronavirus in the lungs, brain, kidneys, and heart.
• Questions remain regarding how the virus affects different organs and why some patients fare worse than others.
• The virus’s effects on the blood, including clotting, may be to blame for the most severe damage.
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The novel coronavirus produces a number of symptoms in patients who come down with an infection. They range from minor (low-grade fever, fatigue, cough) to incredibly severe (labored breathing, low blood oxygen levels, low-functioning kidneys), but they don’t all appear at once.

In a new article in Science, input from doctors on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19 reveals how the disease evolves from trivial discomfort to life-threatening organ failure in individuals who ultimately succumb to the worst the virus can muster.

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• The iPhone 12 release may be pushed back to October or November due to design delays caused by the coronavirus.
• The iPhone 12 Pro Max may not enter mass production until October, which might mean that Apple’s high-end iPhone model may not arrive until December.
• Given the impact the coronavirus has had on the economy, iPhone 12 sales will be drastically lower than many analysts initially anticipated.
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Apple typically unveils new iPhone models in early September followed by a worldwide release on a Friday about 10 days later. Apple adheres to this pattern to the best of its ability and, in turn, it’s been quite easy to accurately predict iPhone launch schedules over the past few years.

The iPhone 12 release, however, has Apple swimming in unchartered waters. For starters, there are reports that travel restrictions associated with the coronavirus impacted the iPhone 12 development process as it precluded Apple engineers from traveling to China and inspecting prototypes. Additionally, the economic impact of the coronavirus has been so drastic that it may compel Apple to slightly push back the iPhone 12 release until the economy picks back up.

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• Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords from several organizations that are involved in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic have been shared online.
• Email accounts from the CDC, Gates Foundation, NIH, WHO, and the World Bank were shared online. Some of the WHO credentials were verified.
• Far-right groups have been using the information to spread disinformation and fuel COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
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One of the worst things that can happen to authorities scrambling to deal with a life-threatening disease like COVID-19 is a security breach. And that’s apparently what has happened, as unknown individuals published nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords from various organizations, including the CDC, Gates Foundation, NIH, WHO, and the World Bank.

The login credentials were dumped online, and right-wing activists have been making use of them. It’s unclear when the security breaches occurred and who was responsible for the hacks and the dissemination of information, but the results are troubling nonetheless. Some of these passwords can still be used to access email addresses.

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• Verizon is giving subscribers a free 15GB of data for the month of May. The announcement covers both consumers and small business shared data plans.
• The 15GB of additional data will be added to subscriber plans automatically.
• With the coronavirus still spreading across many parts of the country, Verizon said it will waive overage charges for individuals economically impacted by the pandemic.
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With millions of Americans still quarantined at home due to the coronavirus, Verizon today announced that it’s planning to give subscribers a free 15GB of data for the month of May. Verizon announced a similar initiative for the month of April and it’s nice to see the company decided to keep it in place for the next few weeks.

Even better, subscribers will be able to take advantage of the additional data without having to jump through any hoops. According to a Verizon representative, the company is “automatically adding an additional 15GB of 4G LTE data to consumer and small business shared data plans, hotspots and jetpacks to be used from May 1 through May 31.”

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• Coronavirus cases and deaths are, sadly, still continuing to climb in the US, where more than 830,000 cases (and more than 45,000 deaths) have been confirmed as of the time of this writing, per the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.
• Meanwhile, officials are now learning that the virus may have actually been quietly at work in the US weeks before it was originally believed, with the first US deaths from the coronavirus now understood to have come in early February (as opposed to late February, the previous understanding).
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New autopsy data out of California has revealed a surprising fact about the novel coronavirus pandemic that continues to ravage the US and the rest of the world: People were dying from the virus in the US weeks earlier than we previously believed.

That’s according to a news release from Santa Clara County in Northern California, which notes that two California residents actually died from the coronavirus in the first weeks of February (on February 6 and 17). That was some three weeks before what was originally thought to be the first US death from the virus, a revelation that’s causing health experts and public officials to re-examine what they thought they knew about the spread of the deadly and highly contagious virus.

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• Zoom today rolled out Zoom 5.0, an app update with a huge number of important security features and improvements.
• Zoom’s video chatting software exploded in popularity once the coronavirus quarantine began, but the app has been plagued by privacy issues.
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Whether you like it or not, there’s no denying that the coronavirus has turned the majority of the country into hermits. With stay-at-home orders in place across the vast majority of U.S. states, millions of Americans have been stuck at home for weeks on end at this point. As a result, Zoom’s video conferencing software has skyrocketed in popularity over the past few weeks as people have been looking to virtually connect with friends and family.

While there is certainly no shortage of video chat options out on the market, Zoom managed to become the app of choice because it’s easy to use and offers a superior user experience. While video chatting with friends on FaceTime, for example, can result in frustrating lags and choppy video, Zoom’s technology manages to avoid such problems.

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• Former FDA chief says the real number of coronavirus cases in the United States is likely 10 to 20 times higher than reported.
• Many people with mild symptoms were never tested, painting an unclear picture of how widespread the virus is.
• The good news is that the overall fatality rate is likely much lower than has been reported based on the figures.
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Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that he believes the true number of cases of novel coronavirus in the United States is far higher than the reported number. In fact, he estimates that the real figure is anywhere from 10 to 20 times higher than the 787,900 confirmed cases reported by doctors across the country.

If Gottlieb’s estimates are accurate, that would put the true number of coronavirus cases in the US as high as nearly 16 million. That’s roughly 5% of the entire US population. It sounds incredibly frightening, but if this is true it would actually be good news, at least in some ways.

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• HBO Max launches on May 27th and will cost $15 per month.
• Millions of AT&T customers will be able to access HBO Max free of charge, some for a limited time and some forever, depending on their video, internet, or wireless plan.
• HBO Now and Charter video subscribers will also get HBO Max for free.
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The streaming service market got even more crowded this week with AT&T announcing that HBO Max will launch on May 27th. HBO Max, similar to HBO Now, will feature the entire library of HBO’s original programming stretching back decades, as well as licensed content from other studios and new Max Originals. HBO Max also has a $15 per month subscription fee, but some AT&T customers will get access to the service for free.

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• SpaceX is sending another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today, and you can watch it live.
• The Starlink mission will be flown on a Falcon 9 rocket that has already traveled to space three times.
• Starlink satellites have been a headache for astronomers, but SpaceX has shown no signs of slowing its deployment of the Starlink grid.
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The coronavirus pandemic has derailed a lot of plans and affected just about every industry you can imagine, but SpaceX has done a remarkably stellar job of staying on schedule with its various launch dates. Today marks the fourth time the company will send a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, and you can watch it live right here.

The launch, which is currently scheduled for 3:37 p.m. EDT will take place from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. As has been typical of many Starlink launches, there will be 60 of the tiny satellites aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 when it heads skyward. That’s a whole bunch of satellites, and many astronomers aren’t particularly crazy about it.

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