Mon. 03/16 - What REALLY Happened W/That Google Coronavirus Project?

Apple fined by France, the FCC nets a bundle at auction, new Beats earbuds, all the specs for the new Xbox Series X, and how Google got caught by surprise by President Trump’s announcement regarding Coronavirus work.

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Links:

• Apple fined a record $1.2 billion by French antitrust authorities (CNBC)
• FCC’s largest spectrum auction nets $4.47 billion for 5G mmWave bands (VentureBeat)
• Beats announces $149 Powerbeats with 15 hours of battery life (The Verge)
• Inside Xbox Series X: the full specs (Eurogamer)
• Microsoft hits its goal of 1 billion devices running Windows 10 (The Verge)
• Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus (NYTimes)
• Trump’s Google testing announcement mixed up several real projects (The Verge)
• Silicon Valley Was First to Send Workers Home. It’s Been Messy. (WSJ)
• Coronavirus Impact: Netflix Shuts Down Film, TV Work in U.S. and Canada as Production Nears Standstill (The Hollywood Reporter)

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