ESA says the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), scheduled for early June as a three-day event, has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns

ESA announces it won't hold massive game marketing event for the first time since 1995. — [Update: In a message sent Wednesday morning …

Ars Technica 2020-03-11 Sam Machkovech

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@devolverdigital @devolverdigital on x
Cancel your E3 flights and hotels, y'all.
@yugstar Guy ‘Yug’ Blomberg on x
E3 cancelled 😳 This is such an unprecedented and wild time to be working in the gaming events industry. https://twitter.com/...
@fourzerotwo Robert Bowling on x
No E3 2020. Time to go back to finding out about new game releases the old way — from your friend who has an uncle who “works at Nintendo” and said Ocarina of Time 2 is coming to PlayStation. https://twitter.com/...
@business @business on x
The coronavirus outbreak has scuppered E3, the world's biggest video games show slated for June https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@sundarpichai Sundar Pichai on x
Contributing to social distancing if you are able to, helps the overall community spread and most importantly, will help offset the peak loads through critical healthcare systems and also saves it for people in need. (based on expert advice). Please contribute if you are able to …
@jolingkent Jo Ling Kent on x
Confirmed — Google is recommending *all* of its North American employees work from home due to #coronavirus concerns. Biggest company to do this so far. Parent company Alphabet has more than 100,000 employees most of whom work in the US.
@inafried Ina Fried on x
Google has also set up a fund to ensure sick pay for temporary workers, hourly workers and contractors globally. https://blog.google/...
@cc_chapman C.C. Chapman on x
“Our goal is to reduce the density of people in offices, which expert advice suggests may slow down the spread of #COVID-19 and reduce the burden on the local community and health resources.” - @Google https://www.cnbc.com/...
@robaeprice Rob Price on x
Scoop: Google is now recommending all of its tens of thousands of North American employees work from home due to COVID-19. It's one of the biggest remote-work orders by any company to date. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
@ekp Ellen K. Pao on x
Kudos to Google for proactively offering paid sick leave to all employees, including temporary staff and vendors https://twitter.com/...
@martinvars Martin Varsavsky on x
In the USA tech platforms do what in other countries the government does. Soon they will be testing patients for coronavirus. https://twitter.com/...
@sullycnbc Brian Sullivan on x
Completely empty massive google campus will be something to see https://twitter.com/...
@ninaandtito K. Louise Neufeld on x
This is what corporate responsibility looks like. And y'all KNOW how I feel about Google. Maybe they're trying to reclaim their old motto: don't be evil. https://twitter.com/...
@jetscott Scott Stein on x
It's only Tuesday https://twitter.com/...
@carlquintanilla Carl Quintanilla on x
Starting to think Google may know a thing or two about data and virality. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/...
@robotbeat Chris on x
I feel like we haven't really grasped the higher order effects of this. https://twitter.com/...
@colettebrowne Colette Browne on x
Airbnb hosts are being asked to do the unthinkable to stem losses from cancellations during the coronavirus crisis — find long-term renters. 🙄 https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jwsthomson Jimmy Thomson on x
The Airbnb hosts who will feel this the most are those who have taken multiple properties off the long term rental market in order to make huge profits at the expense of locals. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@dealbook @dealbook on x
“All we're trying to do is separate what we absolutely believe is the effect of the virus from our ongoing business, so we can prepare ourselves and make that ongoing business as strong as possible when this thing is over,” Expedia's chairman said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesbusiness @nytimesbusiness on x
With travel screeching to a halt in many places to limit spread of the coronavirus, the problems facing Airbnb and other online travel sites, such as http://booking.com/ and VRBO, have rapidly escalated. The pain is already widespread. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@shiraovide Shira Ovide on x
One couple in Tokyo saw their occupancy rate go from 80% to zero. Great @eringriffith story on what's happening in the first real strain on the economy for home rentals. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@exabeam @exabeam on x
We recently learned and are saddened to share that two of our employees have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Please be vigilant in monitoring yourself for symptoms and following guidelines to prevent possible infection. Our thoughts are with our colleagues. https://tw…
@callmevlad Vlad Magdalin on x
~40,000 (mostly out of town) attendees were at the RSA conference in downtown San Francisco two weeks ago. Now there are multiple cases that are traced back to that event... reinforces the point of maximum social distancing, since it's been spreading for weeks mostly silently. ht…
@iancoldwater Ian Coldwater on x
That article only mentions one person at #RSAC with coronavirus. There were at least two https://twitter.com/...
@kennwhite Kenn White on x
Two engineers from the company. Unclear if the second is symptomatic. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@chadloder Chad Loder on x
More possible RSA conference infections. Praying for you and your families. Thank you for announcing. 🙏🏼 https://twitter.com/...
@karaminder @karaminder on x
Awww shiiiiet. *... He types whilst sitting on a train heading into SF* https://twitter.com/...
@riskybusiness Patrick Gray on x
One of them is in a medically induced coma on a ventilator because he has a heart condition (per Bloomberg reporting). Terrible news. Hope his condition improves soon. I had looked forward to travelling to the USA this year... doubt that'll happen. :/ https://twitter.com/...
@kimzetter Kim Zetter on x
Exabeam confirms the coronavirus infection but says two employees, not just one, have been diagnosed https://twitter.com/...
@campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x
RSA: MWC canceled but we're gonna hold our conference in the middle of a worldwide pandemic anyway. A few days later... https://twitter.com/...
@kimzetter Kim Zetter on x
To everyone who attended RSA: attendee in coma w/ coronavirus; 45-yr-old man experienced symptoms after returning to Connecticut Feb 28. Condition deteriorated; he was hospitalized in respiratory distress March 6. He was placed in medically induced coma. https://www.bloomberg.com…
@mishaalrahman Mishaal Rahman on x
bUt iTs JusT tHe FLu bRo https://twitter.com/...
@kennwhite Kenn White on x
RSA attendee with coronavirus “was placed into a medically induced coma and is now on a ventilator in “guarded condition.” https://twitter.com/...
@mterryscrnwrtr Matthew Terry on x
@dnvolz Any idea what flight he was on? How many people were on board? What cab/uber he took back to his place? Where he ate when he was at the airport? Scary and sad at the same time.
@dnvolz Dustin Volz on x
“The 45-year-old man began experiencing symptoms when he returned home to Connecticut from California on Feb. 28 ... His condition deteriorated the following week and was hospitalized in respiratory distress on March 6 ... The man was placed into a medically induced coma.”
@dnvolz Dustin Volz on x
Bloomberg is reporting that an engineer who attended the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco tested positive for the coronavirus and is “seriously ill with respiratory issues.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@jenn_elias Jennifer Elias on x
Since our story originally posted an hour ago, we've received several reader messages w/screenshots, saying they began seeing such ads IN our article. 😬 https://twitter.com/...

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