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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. To combat the coronavirus delta variant, a new plan from President Joe Biden will require federal employees and contractors, health care workers at Medicare and Medicaid facilities, and employees of businesses with over 100 workers to be vaccinated …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Yelp will be launching a COVID-19 section on each business page, according to a release Tuesday. The new section aims to help businesses share the ways they plan on keeping customers and employees safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 section will include …

Yelp is adding a new tool that allows businesses on the platform to self-identify as black-owned. The new feature aims to make it easier for users to find and support black-owned businesses amid the calls for racial equality in the US. Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said in a blog post Thursday that the new tool follows an increase in user …

Yelp on Tuesday released its first Consumer Alerts Report, revealing how the crowd-sourced review site dealt with fakes in 2019. More than 2,000 reviews for businesses linked to the Trump administration officials were removed. After President Donald Trump suggested that he might hold the 2020 G7 Summit at Trump National Doral Miami, Yelp said, reviewers who’d never stayed at the …

Yelp has added a new feature in honor of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8. The directory is adding the option to search for businesses owned by women.  “We understand that consumers want to champion women entrepreneurs and know that their hard-earned money is going into businesses they care about,” Yelp said in a statement Thursday. The company also said …

When you take screenshots on the daily, it’s easy for them to become buried under the other pictures you’ve taken and harder for you to find the image you’re looking for. Now, a new feature in Google Photos will let you search for pictures with text in them so you can quickly find what you’re looking for. You can even …

Finding a restaurant can be tough if you don’t eat meat, gluten or are on a low-carb diet. Yelp, the local search and review site, wants to make that process easier by personalizing search results for its US users. The company said Tuesday it’s rolling out a section for preferences that includes dietary restrictions to more users. You’ll have seven …

Google wants to become the go-to hub for people searching for restaurants or other local businesses. The search giant on Thursday announced new features to revamp business profiles on Google Maps and search. Those are the pages that give you a restaurant’s rating, a snapshot at popular dishes and general information like store hours or the restaurant’s phone number. Now, …

UK watchdog group Privacy International on Tuesday said while a few Android apps have stopped sharing data with Facebook, many haven’t. In December, Privacy International and German mobile security company Mobilsicher both published reports that many popular apps were automatically sharing user data with Facebook, even if those users don’t have Facebook accounts or were logged out of the Facebook …

It’s hard to ignore Valentine’s Day whether you’re excited about it or absolutely loathe it. The supermarket aisles are full of pink and red things. Cupids dangle from unexpected places. Shelves buckle under heaps of heart-shaped candy. Whether this is your first or your fiftieth Valentines Day with your sweetie, or if you plan to spend the evening with your …