Internet Providers React to COVID-19: Data Caps Suspended and Errors Exposed

Has the Coronavirus proven that datacaps from ISPs are a sham? Comcast accidentally published the numbers of customers who paid them not to do that. Airbnb continues to be in trouble. Cool no-code tools from Atlassian, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Housebound Italian Kids Strain Network With Fortnite Marathon (Bloomberg)
• AT&T Suspends Broadband Data Caps During Coronavirus Crisis (Vice)
• Comcast accidentally published 200,000 “unlisted” phone numbers (ArsTechnica)
• Airbnb’s Loss Nearly Doubles in Fourth Quarter, Before Virus (Bloomberg)
• Atlassian brings new automation tools to Jira Cloud (TechCrunch)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The Secret History of a Cold War Mastermind (Wired)
• TIM COOK’S TRICK FOR MAKING IPHONES IS NOW AT RISK FROM THE PANDEMIC (The Verge)
• Why All the Warby Parker Clones Are Now Imploding (Marker)
• How Google kneecapped Amazon’s smart TV efforts (Protocol)
• A Chatty Auction Site Is Taking the Classic Car World by Storm (NYTimes)
• The History of the URL (Cloudflare)

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