For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday asked seven cable and satellite TV providers to cut or eliminate fees linked to live sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies are continuing to charge customers for live sports programming, …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google on Wednesday said it’s making its teleconferencing service, called Google Meet, free to consumers. The move takes aim at Zoom, the rival video chat service that’s become a household name during the stay-at-home era spurred by the novel coronavirus. Previously, Meet was …
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Earlier this month, Apple announced it would be adding coronavirus testing locations to its Maps app for iPhone ($500 at Best Buy), and it’s now live in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The testing sites include hospitals, urgent cares, health departments, but we’re not seeing drive-through locations yet. The company also has a webpage where testing sites can register …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook’s first-quarter revenue and user numbers beat Wall Street expectations Wednesday, even as the social media giant cautioned that the coronavirus pandemic has caused “unprecedented uncertainty” for the future of its ad business. Facebook has seen a surge in people using the social …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple and Google are delivering the first tools for their coronavirus tracking technology on Wednesday to certain public health authorities, with the aim of improving the technology before the software’s full release in mid-May. During the initial testing phase, a limited group will …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing technology they’ve developed to help inform people when they may have been exposed to the virus. The contact tracing technology, which the …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Qualcomm on Wednesday became the latest company to confirm what everyone expected: The novel coronavirus pandemic is going to hurt phones sales. But a bright spot will be 5G, which should be just as strong this year as the company earlier predicted. Qualcomm, …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. You might start seeing Apple Stores opening their doors again in May, weeks after the company closed all its retail locations outside China due to the coronavirus pandemic. Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s vice president of retail and people, told retailer workers that she expects …
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Looking to slow the spread of disinformation about the novel coronavirus, YouTube is expanding its fact-checking feature so it’ll now appear in search results for US audiences, the company said Tuesday. The feature, a box that shows up atop YouTube search results when a user is looking for particular information, launched in India and Brazil last year. For the feature to …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Postmates is the latest gig economy company to become the subject of worker protests. Some delivery workers for Postmates said Tuesday that they’ll hold a three-day strike to call attention to what they say is a lack of adequate safety protections during the …
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