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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon is facing a minor backlash over the company asking for public donations to a relief fund it created for its contract and seasonal workers. Though the request may look bad, there’s more to the story. In early …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon late last week confirmed its first known coronavirus case in a US warehouse, located in Queens, New York, in the heart of the country’s current virus epicenter. Now, it’s grappling with a handful more cases around the country. Amazon employees in at …

The list of events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic seems to get longer by the day. But one of the first major events to be canceled was MWC, the annual Barcelona mobile show that was due to take place a month ago. A big concern for many exhibitors set to attend the show was the money they’d lose as …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The coronavirus pandemic is most lethal to the elderly and the virus’ spread throughout Spain is the second most deadly in the world. So it’s not surprising that police in Madrid, enforcing the city’s lockdown measures, arrested a 77-year-old on Sunday for being out …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The coronavirus pandemic has already forced major events such as the SXSW music and tech festival and the Olympics to be canceled or delayed. Now — if a new media report turns out to be accurate — Apple may wait a little longer to launch …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple expects to begin reopening its retail stores in the first half of April, according to a new report from Bloomberg, following international closures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The iPhone maker will also allow employees to work remotely through at …

With the coronavirus keeping millions of people locked down in their homes, Pinterest says it’s seeing an increasing number of people coming to the visual bookmarking site for ideas for activities to do while sheltering in place, such as quick cooking recipes, craft ideas and lesson plans for children, among others.  Pinterest said interest in finding this kind of inspiration …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As the novel coronavirus is increasingly impacting Uber drivers’ livelihoods and their ability to get enough rides to make money, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is asking President Donald Trump for help. On Monday, he sent a letter to the White House and to …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Cities throughout the US have emptied out amid the coronavirus outbreak. Millions of people are working from home, children are attending school remotely, and no one’s heading to ballparks, nightclubs or movie theaters. They’ve all turned to their home broadband connections to stay …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Over the weekend, Apple stopped limiting the number of iPhones and iPads you can buy through its online store, after briefly stopping people from buying more than two each of certain models. The restrictions applied to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 …