Topic > coronavirus
Google launches Android 11 Beta 3, lets COVID-19 apps work with location off
University mandates wearable COVID-19 tracker, sparking student protest
Amazon reports $88.9 billion in Q2 2020 revenue: AWS up 29%, subscriptions up 29%, and ‘other’ up 41%
Spotify paid subscribers rose 6% in Q2 2020 to 138 million, profits fall short
Microsoft reports $38 billion in Q4 2020 revenue: Azure up 47%, Surface up 28%, and LinkedIn up 10%
Intel has worked with 100 groups on pandemic response and invested $30 million in 100 days
Uber launches COVID-19 contact tracing service
GDC: Pandemic is clobbering indie game devs and freelancers
Backed by Google, Heroes Health app tracks mental wellbeing of frontline workers
How live sports is addressing the problem of invisible fans
PC shipments grew 3-11% in Q2 2020 despite coronavirus
The Future Society, UNESCO, and others partner on pandemic decision-making platform
App Annie: Mobile gamers broke app store records in Q2 2020
Roblox: How teens are using games to cope with the pandemic
What startups aren’t getting about how COVID-19 has sliced their runway
The DeanBeat: How to have peace of mind in the face of multiple crises
Boston Dynamics will ship Spot with a robot arm ‘in a few months’ and for home use ‘someday’
Realife Tech taps big data to help live event venues reopen
COVID-19 tracing apps now live in Germany, France, and Italy; U.K. rethinks its plans
Twitter removes more than 170,000 accounts linked to Beijing-backed propaganda campaign
Ford launches Spin internationally as escooter demand surges
Working under a tech-fueled microscope in the coronavirus era
Coronavirus contact tracing apps face consistency challenges
CES 2021 organizers are planning a physical event, but who will come?
Robot helps SK Telecom disinfect, detect gatherings, and check employee temperatures
8 ways to bring your employees back to work
AI Weekly: Autonomous vehicle companies pivot to charitable deliveries during the pandemic
ProBeat: Throw out all your pre-coronavirus surveys and start again
COVID-19 HPC Consortium pours 437 petaflops of compute power toward virus research
Google now lets merchants accept bookings for online services
HTC cofounder Peter Chou launches XRspace to bring social VR to the masses
Understanding VC cycles for post-pandemic success
4 sectors where we’ll see the first post-pandemic stars emerge
The Pentagon’s Joint AI Center wants to be like Silicon Valley
AI Weekly: Getting back to work under the watchful eye of technology
Researchers use predictive models to calculate more accurate COVID-19 case fatality ratios
Facebook leverages AI to improve kids’ safety in Messenger
A fight for the soul of machine learning
