Tech
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White House and House Democrats agree to funding package for paid sick leave, funding for tests
While stocks rose sharply after the President’s address, delaying the bill could cause further economic uncertainty and continue what has been a...
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Amazon cancels re:MARS 2020 event amid COVID-19 outbreak
Amazon has canceled re:MARS 2020, an annual AI event that focuses on machine learning, automation, robotics and space, over concerns about the...
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581Despite Trump’s claims, Google isn’t building the coronavirus screening site — and it’s not ready
In a press conference at the White House, President Trump today announced that 1,700 Google engineers were working on a coronavirus screening...
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Three travel startups tell us how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis
With the globalized world going into partial or complete lock down over the Covid-19 pandemic, startups in the travel sector are facing...
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White House teams up with Google to build Coronavirus screening site
During a press conference at the White House, President Trump today announced that the government is working with Google to build an...
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Delta Air Lines cuts capacity by 40%
Industries across the spectrum are struggling to meet the challenges that the current Coronavirus outbreak presents. Few, though, are as immediately impacted...
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As remote work booms, Slack stumbles
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. As COVID-19...
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FDA approves new Coronavirus test that could speed rate of testing up to tenfold
The U.S. Food and Drug and Administration has granted emergency approval for use of a new test that can increase the range...
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517Microsoft moves its 2020 Build developer conference online
May is traditionally a month of big developer conferences, with Facebook F8, Google I/O and Microsoft Build often happening within the same...
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Coronavirus could force ISPs to abandon data caps forever
Pressure from the global pandemic has broadband companies loosening the arbitrary restrictions on the connections users pay for — and this may...