Topic > Covid-19
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%
CES is going online-only in 2021
Density raises $51 million to promote social distancing with AI occupancy-tracking sensors
MIT CSAIL employs machine learning to optimize vaccine designs
Microsoft reports $38 billion in Q4 2020 revenue: Azure up 47%, Surface up 28%, and LinkedIn up 10%
Tasso raises $17 million for home blood-testing kits
Uber launches COVID-19 contact tracing service
Zoom for Home launches with dedicated devices for remote workers
Study finds 195 robot deployments worldwide in response to the pandemic
Backed by Google, Heroes Health app tracks mental wellbeing of frontline workers
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
AmazeVR debuts COVID-era concert platform for VR or in-person viewing
COVID-KG uses AI to scan thousands of studies to answer doctors’ coronavirus questions
How technology is helping dine-in restaurants reopen
Microsoft pledges to upskill 25 million workers for the ‘COVID-19 economy’
Lyft resumes autonomous vehicle testing on public roads
Where the U.K. went wrong with its COVID-19 contact tracing app
Microsoft is permanently closing all physical retail stores
Boston Dynamics will ship Spot with a robot arm ‘in a few months’ and for home use ‘someday’
Ujet raises $55 million to expand cloud-based customer support platform
DoNotPay’s legal bots help consumers fight the system during lockdown
Appen: 75% of employees believe AI is critical to their business
Realife Tech taps big data to help live event venues reopen
AI model uses smartphone location data to predict power grid usage
Games for Change unveils sessions on mental health, diversity, and COVID-19
NHS finds VR training boosts coronavirus frontline worker performance
DroneBase raises $7.5 million as demand for commercial drones surges
Amazon unveils Distance Assistant, an open source platform to enforce physical distancing among workers
LinkedIn: AI hiring is slowing down due to the pandemic
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
How scientists are using supercomputers to combat COVID-19
China’s Didi Chuxing says ride-hailing orders are back to pre-pandemic levels
CES 2021 organizers are planning a physical event, but who will come?
