Intro

We have an actual smartphone launch event to report on! Google is apparently close to powering it’s devices with its own custom-design silicon. Microsoft Teams is getting closer to Zoom in a good, feature-wise way. An update on the venture funding environment and new gaming ratings to alert people to loot boxes.

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Links:

• OnePlus Announces OnePlus 8 & OnePlus 8 Pro: Step-Up 2020 Flagships (AnAndTech)
• ONEPLUS 8 PRO REVIEW: BIG LEAGUE (The Verge)
• Q&A: Apple and Google discuss their coronavirus tracing efforts (TechCrunch)
• iPhone China Shipments Rebound as Manufacturing Resumes (Bloomberg)
• Scoop: Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks (Axios)
• Zoom will let paying customers pick which data center their calls are routed from (The Verge)
• Over 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums, the dark web (BleepingComputer)
• New Microsoft Teams features: Video to show 9 people on screen with more coming soon (ZDNet)
• Amazon to Expand Shipments of Nonessential Items, Continue Adding Staff (WSJ)
• VC Firms Raised $21 Billion Last Quarter Despite Pandemic Chaos (Bloomberg)
• ESRB introduces a new label to indicate that a game has loot boxes (The Verge)

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• https://zen.ly/jobs

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