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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. It’s back to school season in the US. But as the coronavirus pandemic rolls on across the country with 4.4 million reported cases at the end of July, education will look different this year for a lot of students. Many …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Back-to-school season is upon us, and districts in many states have unveiled plans for trying to safely reopen schools this fall amid coronavirus spikes. While some studies suggest that younger children are less susceptible to COVID-19, it’s still possible that they could infect teachers …

Beyond the masks, distancing and the development of an eventual vaccine, the novel coronavirus is being fought on the streets with data: Who has it and who have they been in contact with? But people are pushing back on the idea of contact tracing in an era when many of us have had enough of the ways technology tracks us. Now what?  …

Facebook said Tuesday that the coronavirus affected how many people could review posts on the social network for violations of rules against content promoting suicide or self-injury. The COVID-19 pandemic also impacted how many workers could monitor Facebook-owned Instagram for child nudity and sexual exploitation. From April to June, Facebook said in a blog post, it took action on fewer pieces of …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. When the coronavirus pandemic gripped the US, California was one of the first states to act, issuing a stay-at-home order in March that covered its roughly 40 million residents. At the time, there wasn’t much public information on just how badly COVID-19 was …

Disney will release its live-action film Mulan online through its Disney Plus service on Sept. 4, but it won’t be included as part of a standard subscription. Mulan will cost $30 in the US in addition to Disney Plus’ regular subscription fee, and it will be priced at roughly the same amount in international markets where it’ll be available online too, including Canada, …

WhatsApp has released a new feature to make fact-checking a message a little easier. The Facebook-owned app added on Monday a magnifying-glass button to the chat that allows you to search the web for answers on questionable forwarded information. By tapping the magnifying glass button, the forwarded message is uploaded to your browser, where you can see if the information …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Booking.com will reduce its 17,000-person workforce by around 25% due to the coronavirus pandemic‘s impact on its business, the company confirmed to CNET via email on Tuesday. The travel website’s parent company is based in Norwalk, Connecticut, and its main office is in …

Huawei shipped more phones worldwide than any other vendor for the first time in 2020’s second quarter, tech market analysts Canalys, Counterpoint and IDC reported. It’s the first time in nine years anyone other than Samsung or Apple has been market leader, Canalys said. The embattled Chinese phone-maker shipped 55.8 million devices, down 5% year on year, compared to Samsung’s …

Apple’s iPhone sales showed resilience between April and June, despite the coronavirus pandemic’s continued spread, upending lives and disrupting business across the globe. Apple, in the midst of a strong fiscal third-quarter report, signaled its success navigating the global health emergency has its limits, and that means the new iPhone will be coming later than usual. The tech giant twice …