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Samsung’s preliminary Q1 results show how coronavirus is impacting tech

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Samsung on Monday became one of the first tech companies to show how the novel coronavirus is impacting business. The company said its sales for the March quarter will rise from the previous year but won’t be quite …

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Quibi bet $1.75 billion you’d stream on the go. Then the pandemic hit

For unconventional streaming-video service Quibi, there’s at least one optimistic glimmer as it launches in the middle of a life-altering pandemic: Even if its $1.75 billion bet on mobile video is exactly wrong for this moment, CEO Meg Whitman says that Quibi is willing to change. Want to watch on your TV? Tell the company so, and it might happen.  …

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Amazon warehouse workers plan another protest in Staten Island

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island, New York, are holding another demonstration Monday to protest their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.  The protest is the second in as two weeks at this warehouse, called JFK8. The location gained national attention last …

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Disney is releasing a new series of adorable, homemade Frozen shorts on YouTube

Disney animator Hyrum Osmond is creating a new series of Frozen shorts called At Home with Olaf to help keep kids entertained while stuck at home during coronavirus quarantines. The new series features the lovable snowman Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad) and his quirky adventures in Arendelle.   The first episode, Fun in the Snow, shows Olaf chucking snowballs in …

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New York hospital to get 3,000 phone chargers for coronavirus patients

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. New York-Presbyterian Hospital is expecting a delivery of nearly 3,000 phone chargers for coronavirus patients after a nurse called for them Sunday morning, as previously reported by the New York Post. People were apparently forgetting their chargers at home as they were being …

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YouTube bans videos falsely claiming 5G causes COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. YouTube has banned videos that falsely claim 5G next-generation mobile networks cause the symptoms of COVID-19, the respiratory illness actually caused by the new coronavirus, Google’s massive video service said Tuesday. That’s a lightning-quick change from its policy less than a day earlier, when it …

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The OtterBox antimicrobial screen protector is now available

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Back in January at CES in Las Vegas, the folks at OtterBox stuck a new Amplify Glass screen protector on my iPhone 11 Pro. It didn’t look any different from other screen protectors, but it had an interesting feature: According to OtterBox, the …

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12 sports games to play on iOS while live sports are benched

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. To try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many people are practicing social distancing or sheltering in place, while tourist hotspots have closed down temporarily, movie releases have been pushed back, and major sporting events have been suspended worldwide. Though not every sports …

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Amazon Prime Day reportedly delayed due to coronavirus

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon’s annual shopping event Prime Day is reportedly being delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Day is being postponed “at least until August,” according to a report Friday from Reuters.  Prime Day is typically held in July. The 48-hour sale last year …

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Feds threaten to cut off service providers allowing illegal COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The US Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission are demanding that telecommunications service providers help stop illegal coronavirus-related robocalls. On Friday the agencies warned three gateway providers that are facilitating COVID-19-related scam robocalls originating overseas to cut off these calls or face …

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