April 30, 2020 Jeff Bezos warns that Amazon may lose money despite the pandemic shopping surge Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. | David Ryder/Getty Images The company plans to spend at least $4 billion on Covid-19-related expenses between April and June….
April 29, 2020 People are using Facebook more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic — but its business is still taking a hit Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images The company says it’s seeing less money coming in from advertisers. As people…
April 29, 2020 Amazon is cracking down on internal communication after a surge in worker activism Amazon and other tech employees protesting during the global climate strike in September 2019. | Karen Ducey/Getty Images The company says it’s more widely…
April 28, 2020 Phone data shows Americans are moving around more, despite social distancing orders Prospect Park in Brooklyn was crowded on April 25, despite the standing stay-at-home order in New York. | Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Americans likely relaxed…
April 28, 2020 One of America’s key voting rights groups plunged into chaos when it was needed most As the long lines in Wisconsin this month show, the need to make voting-by-mail easy has never been more important. | Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via…
April 26, 2020 A single ***** tweet sums up his media strategy: Confusion ***** speaks at his April 23 coronavirus briefing. Bill Bryan, an official at the Department of Homeland Security, sits nearby. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images…
April 24, 2020 Facebook’s latest ripoff product is a Zoom clone called “Rooms” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The world’s largest social network has improved upon Zoom’s missteps for its newest familiar offering. Facebook…
April 24, 2020 Could contact tracing bring the US out of lockdown? Healthcare workers test people at a COVID-19 testing tent setup outside the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center in downtown Brockton, Massachusetts, on April 23. |…
April 24, 2020 Why America’s coronavirus testing problem is still so difficult to solve The Los Angeles Fire Department at a coronavirus testing site in downtown Los Angeles on April 20. | Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images We need more…
April 24, 2020 Apple and Google’s new contact tracing tool is almost ready. Just don’t call it a contact tracing tool. Pau Barrena/AFP via Getty Images The tech companies’ “exposure notification” tool has more privacy protections. As contact tracing becomes an increasingly hot topic in…