Starting April 30, the app will also automatically disable Direct Messages for users under the age of 16.
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Google Play Replaces Family Apps With ‘Teacher-Approved’ Kids Tab
The tech giant teamed up with academic experts to rate apps based on age-appropriateness and quality of experience, enrichment and delight.
Lyft Drivers Earn Extra Cash Transporting Food, Supplies for Charities, Businesses
Essential Deliveries gets meals and home and medical necessities to government agencies, nonprofits, businesses and healthcare organizations.
Zoom Will Let Paid Customers Control Where Their Calls Are Routed
After a report revealed Zoom was transmitting encryption keys through China, the company will now allow paying customers to opt in or out of a specific data center region so they know exactly where their data is going.
Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey Donates $1 Billion to COVID-19 Fight
Post-pandemic, Dorsey’s fund will shift its focus to girls’ health, education and research into universal basic income because they ‘represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world.’
Autonomous Shuttles Ferry COVID-19 Tests Around Florida
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Beep, and NAVYA teamed up with Mayo Clinic to transport novel coronavirus samples in self-driving vans.
Amazon Workers Plan Staten Island Strike to Demand COVID-19 Protections
Employees at New York’s JFK8 facility are set to ‘cease all operations’ in an effort to pressure Amazon into closing the warehouse and offering paid time off.
Yelp Adds GoFundMe Donation Button for Struggling Local Businesses
Look for the “Donate” option on the web and in the app to help support restaurant, nightlife, beauty and fitness operators.
First 45 U.S. Volunteers Get Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine
The investigational vaccine doesn’t contain any part of the actual coronavirus and cannot cause infection, but instead includes a short segment of lab-grown messenger RNA.