Enrique DansBusiness Zoom’s daily active users jumped from 10 million to over 200 million in 3 months VentureBeat - Reuters(Reuters) — Zoom’s daily users ballooned to more than 200 million in March from a previous maximum total of 10 million, the video conferencing app’s boss Eric Yuan said on Wednesday, as it fought to dispel
Enrique DansCoronavirus (Covid-19) The coronavirus test that might exempt you from social distancing—if you pass MIT Technology Review - Neel V. Patel There is a lot of hype around the potential for antibody testing to help get us back outside sooner rather than later. Here’s how it works. On Monday, …
Enrique DansTechnology ‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform The Guardian - Kari PaulAs coronavirus lockdowns have moved many in-person activities online, the use of the video-conferencing platform Zoom has quickly escalated. So, too, have concerns about its security. In the last month,
Enrique DansAutos New vehicle sales fell by 40-50 percent in March thanks to COVID-19 Ars Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin Q1 2020 was already looking tough for automakers without the pandemic's help. On Wednesday, the auto industry started reporting its sales results for …
Enrique DansBusiness Zoom's tarnished moment of glory Axios - Scott Rosenberg This is clearly Zoom's moment in the spotlight, as the public has embraced the videoconferencing provider's service during the coronavirus lockdown. …
Enrique DansBusiness Streaming spikes during coronavirus Axios - Sara Fischer Streaming video has shot up dramatically in the U.S. over the past month, as more people turn to their screens for comfort during the nationwide …
Enrique DansAnthropology Don’t Believe the COVID-19 Models The Atlantic - Zeynep TufekciEditor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. The Trump administration has just released the model for the trajectory of the
Enrique DansTechnology ‘Content network effect’ makes TikTok tough to copy – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Josh ConstineMany TikTok videos don’t start from scratch, so neither can its competitors. TikTok is all about remixes where users shoot a new video to recontextualize audio pulled from someone else’s clip, or riff
Enrique DansTechnology People with coronavirus may be most infectious in the first week of symptoms MIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee That could lend more weight to the argument in favor of wearing a mask while in public. The news: People with coronavirus appear to be most infectious …
Enrique DansTechnology Uber Eats beefs up its grocery delivery offer as COVID-19 lockdowns continue – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Natasha LomasUber Eats has beefed up grocery delivery options in three markets hard hit by the coronavirus. Uber’s food delivery division said today it’s inked a partnership with supermarket giant Carrefour in France
Enrique DansMobile Technology Microsoft’s Skype struggles have created a Zoom moment The Verge - Tom WarrenIf the coronavirus pandemic had swept across the world in 2011, everyone would have been using Skype to connect over video and voice calls. Instead, rivals like Zoom and Houseparty are having a moment
Enrique DansTechnology Mass school closures in the wake of the coronavirus are driving a new wave of student surveillance The Washington Post - Drew Harwell“Online proctor” services like these have already policed millions of American college exams, tapping into students’ cameras, microphones and computer screens when they take their tests at home. Now these
Enrique DansApple Apple Lets Some Video Apps Sell Shows Without Taking 30% Cut Bloomberg - Mark Gurman Apple Inc. has relaxed a controversial policy that took a 30% cut of payments when video apps on its platform sold TV shows and movies. Amazon.com …
Enrique DansCoronavirus (Covid-19) Is the U.S. 'Flattening the Curve?' See Daily Updates TIME - Elijah WolfsonEvery day, the number of Americans confirmed as infected by the virus that causes COVID-19 is higher than the day before. Such is the brutality of exponential growth: Not only does the raw number of COVID-19
Enrique DansPaleo Diet COVID-19: WHY WE SHOULD ALL WEAR MASKS — THERE IS NEW SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE Medium - Sui Huang COVID-19: WHY WE SHOULD ALL WEAR MASKS — THERE IS NEW SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE The official recommendation in the United States (and other Western …
Enrique DansScience The missing puzzle piece for getting to 100% clean power Vox - David RobertsAcross the country, dozens of cities and states have passed laws or resolutions targeting 100 percent carbon-free electricity — most recently 20 communities in Utah and the state of Virginia. But is it
Enrique DansElectric Vehicles The coronavirus is showing us how clean the air can be if electric cars were the norm - Electrek Electrek - Fred LambertWith all the loss of lives and financial destruction that the coronavirus has brought us, it’s hard to look at silver linings from this crisis, but there’s one that’s becoming obvious: cleaner air. It
Enrique DansNews Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing The Intercept - Micah LeeYael Grauer Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption, widely understood as …
Enrique DansTechnology We’re not going back to normal MIT Technology Review - Gideon Lichfield Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever. To stop coronavirus we will …
Enrique DansDigital Health Telemedicine is essential amid the covid-19 crisis and after it The Economist This is a by-invitation contribution to the series “The world after covid-19”. More articles are at Economist.com/openfuture FOR MILLENNIA the …
Enrique DansTech Industry Amazon Fires Worker Who Led Strike Over Virus Bloomberg - Josh Eidelson Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center employee, said the company fired him after he led a strike at a warehouse in Staten Island, New …
Enrique DansCoronavirus (Covid-19) Ford, GE plan to produce 50,000 ventilators in 100 days CNBC - Michael Wayland "We are really excited and applaud Ford, how quickly it's mobilized its manufacturing facilities to address the challenges we all face with …
Enrique DansTechnology Facebook deletes Brazil President’s coronavirus misinfo post – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Josh ConstineFacebook has diverted from its policy of not fact-checking politicians in order to prevent the spread of potentially harmful coronavirus misinformation from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Facebook
Enrique DansTech Industry Amazon fires warehouse worker who led Staten Island strike for more coronavirus protection CNBC - Annie Palmer Amazon has fired a Staten Island warehouse worker who organized a strike to demand greater protections for employees amid the coronavirus …
Enrique DansTechnology Amazon warehouse workers walk out in rising tide of COVID-19 protests The Verge - Josh DziezaWorkers at Amazon’s Staten Island, New York, fulfillment center walked out today to protest the company’s response to COVID-19 infections among its warehouse employees. Amazon has confirmed one case of
Enrique DansClimate Examining the impact of coronavirus on climate change boingboing.net - Thom Dunn Professor Katharine Hayhoe is one of the leading voices on climate action in North America. In the most recent episode of her Global Weirding …
Enrique DansCarbon It’s Time for the Business World to Declare a Climate Emergency bthechange.com - Jay Coen Gilbert The money generated from Allbirds’ internal carbon tax will fund emissions-reducing projects, such as planting trees that capture and store carbon, …
Enrique DansTechnology Microsoft Teams is coming to consumers — but Skype is here to stay – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Frederic LardinoisMicrosoft today announced that later this year, it will launch what is essentially a consumer version of Teams, its Slack-like text, audio and video chat application. Teams for your personal life, as likes
Enrique DansTechnology We’re all video chatting now. But some of us hate it. The Washington Post - Travis M. AndrewsSince she shares her apartment with her boyfriend and their dog, she’s relegated to sitting on her bed during class, always hyper-conscious of how she appears, especially since anyone can take a screenshot
