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This hospital is using Microsoft video chat to protect doctors fighting coronavirus

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. You can’t walk into the intensive care units at St. Luke’s University Health Network because of concerns over spreading the novel coronavirus. But if you did, you’d see something new amid the beds, medical equipment and tubes. It’s …

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Why Apple and Google are moving away from the term ‘contact tracing’

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Two weeks ago, Apple and Google announced a major joint project to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. Health authorities would build contact tracing apps for the tech giants’ mobile platforms, which would use signals from people’s phones to alert them if …

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Uber promised drivers masks weeks ago. Most say they’re still waiting

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Uber said it was shipping tens of millions of face masks to drivers two weeks ago. The ride-hailing giant said it would prioritize full-time drivers working in the cities hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, like New York and Los Angeles. Then it’d …

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Facebook takes on Zoom with new video calling features

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook is releasing a new feature that lets you video chat with multiple people through Messenger even if you don’t have a social media account, a move that could help the company compete with popular videoconferencing app Zoom. The world’s largest social network …

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Telegram says group video calls are coming later this year

To help its users stay in touch during the coronavirus pandemic and after, Telegram will add group video calls this year to its popular messaging app, the company said Friday. Telegram also noted that its app — available on Android, iOS, Windows and Mac, as well as through a web browser — now has 400 million monthly users, up from 300 million …

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Grocery store shelves still empty? 6 smart ways to stock up on food during quarantine

You grabbed the last frozen pizza but snubbed your nose at the last remaining loaf of bread. The area where rice belongs looks like bags were airdropped in and you have two choices of beans: red kidney or none. This is supermarkets’ new normal as millions of people all over the US settle into stay-at-home routines, cooking more meals at …

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Verizon takes a hit from COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Verizon is feeling the effects of the economic slowdown from the coronavirus: The company reported Friday that it lost 68,000 of its highly valued phone subscribers, who pay their bills monthly, during the first quarter of 2020.  As a result of slow phone …

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Quarantine sucks. These services make it easier to get stuff done and stay sane

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Most of us are spending more time at home as a result of coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines. And even when restrictions begin to loosen, it’s going to be a while before things get back to any sense of “normal.” You may still be …

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Amazon extends its higher hourly and overtime pay during coronavirus

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon is extending its increased hourly pay and double overtime pay, offering warehouse employees in the US and Canada $2 extra an hour through May 16. The online retail giant said Friday the higher wages will now cost the company just under $700 …

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Fired Amazon worker says termination was retaliation for speaking out

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon, which continues to endure intense criticism for its treatment of warehouse workers during the coronavirus pandemic, has taken another step deeper into the controversy. The company last Friday fired another warehouse employee who protested against the company’s working conditions. Gerald Bryson, an …

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