With 3M+ people filing for unemployment benefits last week, US states are seeing their aging tech systems get overwhelmed and experts say it will only get worse
Laid-off workers struggle to file claims for unemployment benefits; economists say the situation will likely get worse. Tweets: @nxthompson and @parismartineau Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson ...
In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19
There's a debate emerging … Justine Coleman / The Hill : Amazon doubling overtime pay for warehouse workers Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers, but hol...
Alphabet's Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account
now. https://twitter.com/... @voxdotcom : It's more clear than ever that the Google website Trump described last week is not exactly what the American public will use to find coronavirus testing, @ada...
A look at WikiProject Medicine, a collection of ~35,000 English Wikipedia articles checked rigorously by ~150 editors with public health and medical expertise
many with medical degrees and expertise — are closely monitoring and scrutinizing edits to articles about COVID-19. Here's how @WikiProjectMed operates to protect the facts and keep misinformation off...
Google says it is working with the US government to develop a nationwide COVID-19 website on symptoms, risks, and testing info, in addition to other measures
but Not Like Trump Said New York Times : Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus Sean Collins / Vox : Despite his experts' grave warnings, Trump wants everyone to just “relax” Jon Fingas / E...
An overview of the COVID-19-related work Google is doing, and how it falls far short of the comprehensive testing system implied by President Trump on Friday
Did we call? If you're interested in fighting misinformation, this would be a good place to start. https://twitter.com/... Daniel Dale / @ddale8 : False. Media outlets contacted Google. Google said si...
Twitter is suspending 70 accounts linked to Michael Bloomberg's campaign for violating its policies, citing platform manipulation and duplicative content
hate speech, millions of fake accounts, russian trolls, trump lies & bigotry & incentivized violence are all ok — but Bloomberg sock puppets? hey THAT'S WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE. #FiddlingWhileRomeBurns...
Behind Signal's push to go mainstream by adding features like iPad support, ephemeral images and video, downloadable customizable stickers, and emoji reactions
The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream. Tweets: @a_greenberg , @nxthompson , @thevowel , @...
Analysis: among the 10K most popular sites, right-leaning outlets placed 227 cookies in a user's browser, versus 131 for their left-leaning counterparts
Andy Greenberg / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @nxthompson , and @janelytv Tweets: @wired : A recent analysis of news outlets found that the median popular right-wing site planted 73 percent more cookies ...
How the big companies like Marriott, Disney, and IBM, are pushing to limit Section 230 of the CDA, challenging Facebook, Google, and the internet as we know it
David McCabe / New York Times : Tweets: @edbott , @david_boaz , @mchui , @nxthompson , @riana_crypto , @ktummarello , @nytimesbusiness , @mathewi , @annemariebridy , @nytimesbusiness , @gigibsohn , @...