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Tech for good during COVID-19: Sky-high gifts, extra help, and chips

When Roger Lee, the co-founder of Human Interest, heard that San Francisco imposed shelter-in-place orders, he started blogging about layoff news and posting crowdsourced lists of employees who were

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: The 'infodemic' during the pandemic

Editor's note:This is the 52nd article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone.In the face of this previously unknown virus, millions of people have been turning to social media

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Multiple teams target Victor Oladipo after Pacers offer is rejected

Victor Oladipo #4 of the Indiana Pacers reacts in the game against the Boston Celtics at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 10, 2020. /VCG The Indiana Pacers should ta

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Apple gives solutions to mask-wearing users struggling with Face ID

In a newly released beta version of iOS 13.5, Apple made updates to the Face ID for users who have struggled to unlock the phone when wearing masks.Users will no longer need to swipe up from the b

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The world champion swimmer using an inflatable garden pool to train

01:39 Boglarka Kapas is the world champion in 200-meter butterfly and was bronze medallist at the 2016 Olympic Games in 800-meter freestyle, but recently her training regime has looked

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How far will Trump 'retaliate' against China?

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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Bandcamp is waiving fees today in support of artists

Back in March, Bandcamp announced that it was waiving its share of the revenue for a day, in order to support artists whose livelihood have ground to a screeching halt amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The

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Watch how SpaceX’s first human spacecraft performed during its key in-flight escape test

SpaceX is getting ready to launch its first-ever spacecraft with humans on board, the Commercial Crew Demo-2 mission (DM-2) that will take-off from Florida on May 27. There are still a couple things

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Quarantine creates new opportunities for video makers, according to a Butter Works report

While global stay-at-home orders have been a blow to most companies, they’ve also created opportunities for businesses helping to keep people entertained. So if you’re a YouTube creator ho

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Over 130 virus therapies under investigation: Pharma group

VCG More than 130 therapies are being investigated as possible treatments for the new type of coronavirus, a leading pharmaceutical industry association said Thursday.Unprecedented efforts to

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Remember U.S. workers didn't start the class war

A protester holds a sign that reads "Let Us Fish" on a boat on Lake Union near Gas Works Park in Seattle, U.S., April 26, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based America

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New Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier faces a slew of challenges in the midst of pandemic

When former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst moved on to become president at parent company IBM earlier this month, the logical person to take his place was long-time executive Paul Cormier. As he takes ov

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5 tips for starting a business with a stranger

When I first thought of the idea for what would become Jobber, I never could have imagined that I would one day be the CEO of a tech company with nearly 100,000 active customers in more than 45 countr

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Domestic abuse helpline calls jump during epidemic, as experts feared

Women bang spoons against pots and pans next to a banner in Arabic that reads 'lockdown not lockup' with the number of a domestic violence hotline as part of a solidarity campaign in Beirut, Leba

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Conflicting studies doubt remdesivir's ability to treat coronavirus

One of the world's strongest hopes of treating novel coronavirus patients is the antiviral experimental drug remdesivir, but trials are showing varying results.One study shows COVID-19 patients wh

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Gary Neville warns against Premier League plan of resuming in June

Gary Neville, former Manchster United defender who works for Sky Sports as a football expert. /VCG The Premier League's latest plan of bringing football games back in June was warned against b

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Beijing Performance and Arts Group to unveil online show season

The Beijing Performance and Arts Group will unveil its first online season of shows on May 5 for audiences kept at home amid the novel coronavirus epidemic. The two-mo