THE COMUNICANO for Friday November 20th 2020

The National Cyber Force is part of the UK’s future defence plans. It’s been operational since April and is on the attack

Millions of Americans now have access to free, anonymous coronavirus exposure notifications. Too bad so few people use them.

Glasses are amazing gadgets until they team up with your face mask and decide to fog up. We tried some popular anti-fog tips, and one worked quite well.

Companies that launch robotaxi services in California will be able to charge for and offer shared driverless rides as long as they can navigate a new government approval process that some in the industry argues adds unnecessary bureaucracy that could delay deployments by more than two years. 

FTC executive director David Robbins tells staff the agency will cut its case costs, freeze hiring, and lower IT spending as its resources dry up

The app has over 100 million installs, but has not fixed the vulnerability.

After 17 months later, Google announced today that it has completed a global rollout of RCS, while Messages will start testing end-to-end encryption…

Microsoft is making its Teams service more family-friendly. You can now create a video call that lasts 24 hours and is free for anyone to join, even without the Microsoft Teams app.

Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a senior official at the U.S. social media giant told Reuters.

Walt Disney Co.’s Hulu division is lifting the subscription cost of its live-TV service by 18% to $65 a month, in the latest sign that streaming-video providers are feeling comfortable raising prices for consumers.

Walgreens Boots Alliance’s finance chief downplayed the impact of Amazon.com Inc. just days after the internet giant’s push into online pharmacy sent shares of pharmacies and drug distributors reeling.

Google’s footprint in Seattle just keeps on growing. The Alphabet-owned tech giant signed an agreement to purchase land at a car dealership site in Kirkland…

More than 30 major Japanese firms will begin experiments next year towards issuing a common, private digital currency to promote digitalisation in one of the world’s most cash-loving countries, the group’s organising body said on Thursday.

Curbside pickup is here to stay, and so too is the dining room, judging from restaurant tech startup Olo’s latest announcement. The company announced two new features this week aimed at smoother, more efficient service for off-premises orders. The new features include arrival notifications for curbside orders and order-ahead capabilities for dine-in guests, according to a press release sent to The Spoon.

Papa John’s will be adopting an artificial intelligence phone system launched by voice AI company kea, Nation Restaurant News reports. The new platform, Indecisive AI, integrates into restaurants’ pre-installed ordering systems to manage phone orders, the company announced Thursday.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is set to trim its Singapore office space, as the Japanese bank looks to revamp the workplace in global financial centers in the wake of the pandemic.