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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19 — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he has turned all of his attention to the impact of COVID-19, the tech giant's response …
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
As Amazon prioritizes household staples and other high-demand items, some non-essential items are now showing April 21 delivery dates even with Amazon Prime — The e-commerce giant is prioritizing household staples and other high-demand items during the coronavirus outbreak.
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| Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Taiwan rolls out a mobile phone-based “electronic fence” that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based …
Tweets: @milohsieh, @mediocrickey, @arrington, @shamikaravi, @davedufournba, and @arrington
| CNBC: |
Apple has updated Siri to help US users asking if they have COVID-19, with answers coming from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC — - iPhone users who are wondering whether they have COVID-19 can now turn to Siri. — Apple has updated its voice assistant …
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Tweets: @acordova, @tpgoebel, @aylaferrone, @toddkunzkidk, @eliasmakos, and @tom2x_
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
IBM, Department of Energy, White House OSTP, others launch a consortium to give COVID-19 researchers access to supercomputers, 330+ petaflops of computing power — Following the launch of its 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge, IBM today announced that it will help coordinate an effort …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Nextdoor launches Help Map, a new interactive tool that lets neighbors offer help to one another with tasks like grocery shopping — Help shop for groceries or just check in on your at-risk neighbors — Nextdoor, the social networking app designed around local communities … | Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times: |
Satya Nadella details Microsoft's response to COVID-19 as he writes a memo to employees worldwide: “We are in uncharted territory” — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits to feeling the personal anxieties many of his employees have shared about the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Gian Volpicelli / WIRED UK: |
How data sources like satellite images and internet traffic are helping researchers track the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks better than official government data — Satellite images, internet speed and traffic information tell a whole new story about Covid-19 — Something was wrong with Malaysia's internet.| Bloomberg: |
Source: on March 14 Lime recorded 147K trips globally with $617K in revenue, which dropped to ~52K trips and ~$192K revenue on March 17; rides in Paris fell 98% — Scooter-sharing service Lime is considering further cuts to its workforce in the U.S. as sales and scooter trips plummeted with the coronavirus pandemic.
Tweets: @coryweinberg, @mdudas, @bloombergasia, and @business
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Facebook says it will temporarily reduce streaming rates for videos on its platform and on Instagram in Europe — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook said on Sunday that it would temporarily reduce streaming rates for videos on its platform and also on Instagram in Europe to help alleviate … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Reports: data on 538M Weibo users, including real names, site usernames, gender, location info, and 172M phone numbers, is up for sale on the dark web — Data for 538 million Weibo users, including 172 million phone numbers, has been put up for sale on the dark web.
Tweets: @campuscodi
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Ampere Analysis study of Disney+ US subscriptions finds 50% of households with kids under 10, 42% with kids under 18, and 41% of 18-24-year-olds are subscribers — Disney Plus is one of the few bright spots in the Mouse House's business portfolio amid the global coronavirus pandemic.| Bruce Haring / Deadline: |
Disney presses ahead with March 24 launch of Disney+ in Europe, except in France where it is delayed until April 7, will reduce bandwidth use by at least 25% — Disney+ is cutting back on its bandwidth utilization by 25 percent in the markets where its debuting on March 24.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
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