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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Like most Americans, Steve Rainwater never used online grocery services. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now his family — Rainwater, his wife and two cats — are getting food using Instacart and Whole Foods deliveries. “Provided all these …

Researchers and scientists across Europe are collaborating to develop apps that can track the spread of the coronavirus without violating the EU’s stringent privacy regulations. The Pan-European Privacy Preserving Proximity Tracing initiative (PEPP-PT) announced on Wednesday that it was releasing code for an app that it believes will allow for contact tracing while still abiding by the General Data Protection …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple is again letting Apple Card users skip monthly payments without incurring interest charges, the company and Goldman Sachs said in an email to customers on Wednesday. The companies also allowed Apple Card users to defer their March payments, an effort to help …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Like many tech companies. Samsung is pitching in to fight the novel coronavirus. In addition to providing funding and medical supplies such as hygiene kits and face masks, the Korean electronics giant is also donating the hardware its most known for: smartphones and …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Roughly four out of five Americans are on government-mandated lockdowns, forcing many of them to work from home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus. Many of these people use technology to access their work called virtual private networks, or VPNs. And now Microsoft …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Instacart has begun sending messages to some of its workers saying they may have been exposed to COVID-19. The move is to let those workers know where the exposure happened and what it’s doing to support them. The company has confirmed at least …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Parents looking for a new way to entertain kids during coronavirus have another option, so long as they have a Spotify Premium Family account. On Tuesday the Swedish streaming service announced that it is expanding its Spotify Kids beta to the US, Canada and …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse took part in a walkout on Monday afternoon to protest what they say are unsafe working conditions. The demonstration came after at least one worker at that facility has tested positive for the coronavirus. Amazon said later …

The UK is reportedly mulling the introduction of a contact-tracking app that’ll alert people if they’ve been near someone with the coronavirus and should therefore self-isolate. A report by Sky News on Tuesday described how NHSX, the innovation arm of the UK’s National Health Service, has teamed with US company Pivotal to develop the app, which could be released when …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Airbnb said Monday it will pay hosts $250 million to help offset losses due to guest bookings canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The payments apply to canceled reservations made before March 14 with check-in dates between March 14 and May …