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14 Tips for Acing Your Next Videoconference Job Interview

Prospective boss wants to video-chat over Zoom? Here's how to make an impression when your F2F is not IRL.

31 minutes ago

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14 Tips for Acing Your Next Videoconference Job Interview

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Covid-19 Symptoms (Coronavirus): What to Do If You Might Have It

Stay calm. Here's our guide to what symptoms you should look out for, and how to respond if you've been exposed.

5 hours ago

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Covid-19 Symptoms (Coronavirus): What to Do If You Might Have It

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A Lot of People Don't Even *Know* They Should Stay Home

A new survey finds that a startling proportion of Americans remain confused or misinformed about the local public-health advice.

5 hours ago

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A Lot of People Don't Even *Know* They Should Stay Home

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Coronavirus Tips and Supplies Guide: What to Buy (and Avoid) to Shelter in Place

Don't: hoard toilet paper and medical masks. Do: make sure you have plenty of food, water, and indoor activities.

5 hours ago

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Coronavirus Tips and Supplies Guide: What to Buy (and Avoid) to Shelter in Place

WIRED

Vote by Mail Isn't Perfect. But It's Essential in a Pandemic

Despite Donald Trump's invective, the spread of Covid-19 has made the expansion of absentee voting critical.

7 hours ago

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Vote by Mail Isn't Perfect. But It's Essential in a Pandemic

WIRED

How to Disinfect Everything: Coronavirus Home Cleaning Tips

These are our in-depth best practices for keeping yourself (and just about everything else) clean and Covid-19 and virus-free.

9 hours ago

WIRED

How to Disinfect Everything: Coronavirus Home Cleaning Tips

TechCrunch

It's "bullshit" that VCs are open for business right now (but that could change in a month)

Earlier today, to get a sense of what's happening in the land of venture capital, the law firm Fenwick & West hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with New York investors Hadley Harris, a founding general partner with Eniac Ventures; Brad Svrluga, a co-founder and general partner of Primary Ventures; ...

6 hours ago

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It's "bullshit" that VCs are open for business right now (but that could change in a month)

TechCrunch

After an extended quarantine, the next ISS crew arrives in orbit

Working from home is easy for some and difficult for others, but one place it's downright impossible is the International Space Station . So pandemic or no pandemic, the latest crew had to get themselves up there. They've just had a successful launch and arrival, but only after a protracted quarantine ...

8 hours ago

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After an extended quarantine, the next ISS crew arrives in orbit

TechCrunch

Starship Technologies is sending its autonomous robots to more cities as demand for contactless delivery rises

Starship Technologies has launched a robot food delivery service in Tempe, Ariz., as part of the autonomous delivery startup's expansion plans following a $40 million funding round announced last August.

9 hours ago

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Starship Technologies is sending its autonomous robots to more cities as demand for contactless delivery rises

TechCrunch

$75M weed giant Caliva ditches Eaze, launches delivery

It's a brutal time for marijuana startups. I'm hearing some are raising at 1/5th of their 2019 valuation amidst rampant competition, tall taxes, and slow legalization. The struggles for marijuana's best-known startup, delivery service Eaze, continue as today it's losing one of its top partners. $75 million-funded ...

9 hours ago

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$75M weed giant Caliva ditches Eaze, launches delivery

TechCrunch

Free tool helps manufacturers map where COVID-19 impacts supply chain

Assent Compliance, a company that helps large manufacturers like GE and Rolls Royce manage complex supply chains through an online data exchange, announced a new tool this week that lets any company, whether they're a customer or not, upload bills of materials and see on a map where COVID-19 is having ...

10 hours ago

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Free tool helps manufacturers map where COVID-19 impacts supply chain

TechCrunch

Seeqc raises $5M to help make quantum computing commercially viable

Seeqc, a startup that is part of a relatively new class of quantum computing companies that is looking at how to best use classical computing to manage quantum processors, today announced that it has raised $5 million from M Ventures, the strategic corporate venture capital arm of Merck, the German pharmaceutical ...

10 hours ago

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Seeqc raises $5M to help make quantum computing commercially viable

The Verge

DoorDash will cut commissions by 50 percent for local restaurants through the end of May

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DoorDash will be reducing commission fees by 50 percent for orders placed on DoorDash and DoorDash-owned Caviar for all of its local restaurant partners, the company announced on Thursday. The commission relief program will begin on Monday, April 13th and ...

6 hours ago

The Verge

DoorDash will cut commissions by 50 percent for local restaurants through the end of May

The Verge

Facebook is adding a Quiet Mode that silences push notifications on mobile

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook announced an all-new "Quiet Mode" for its main mobile app on Thursday, which will pause "most" push notifications and remind you that it's turned on when you try to open the software on your phone while the mode is still active. It's not clear ...

8 hours ago

The Verge

Facebook is adding a Quiet Mode that silences push notifications on mobile

The Verge

Motorola's $1,499 flipping Razr now comes in gold

Motorola Motorola's foldable Razr phone now comes in a blush gold color variant. The gold version features a black-and-gold color scheme, with the bottom back portion of the product featuring the gold coloring. Much like the original "noir black" model, it is still a Verizon-exclusive phone ...

8 hours ago

The Verge

Motorola's $1,499 flipping Razr now comes in gold

The Verge

Google is rebranding Hangouts Chat as just Google Chat

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has officially removed the Hangouts brand from its enterprise G Suite offering with the rebranding of Hangouts Chat as Google Chat, the company confirmed to The Verge on Thursday. The rebranding follows a similar name change, confirmed yesterday, ...

8 hours ago

The Verge

Google is rebranding Hangouts Chat as just Google Chat

The Verge

A spacecraft is about to swing by Earth to get a gravity assist on its way to Mercury

An artistic rendering of BepiColombo as it swings by Earth. | Image: ESA / ATG medialab On Friday, an interplanetary spacecraft will slingshot around Earth in the super early morning hours. The spacecraft, a joint European and Japanese creation, will use our planet's gravity to brake its speed ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

A spacecraft is about to swing by Earth to get a gravity assist on its way to Mercury

The Verge

Twitch is expanding Watch Parties beta to all partners, then all US creators after

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch announced today that it's bringing its beta version of Watch Parties, which allows streamers to broadcast Prime Video content, to all of its partners " and then all American creators. That means every streamer in the US on Twitch will be able to watch ...

9 hours ago

The Verge

Twitch is expanding Watch Parties beta to all partners, then all US creators after

Engadget

Apple makes some of its originals available for free

In case you've already blown through some of the free content streaming from sources like HBO, Comcast and others, Apple is also cracking open its TV+ library. As long as you have a device with the Apple TV app, there are a few series and movies for...

35 minutes ago

Engadget

Apple makes some of its originals available for free

Engadget

Motorola's Razr is still $1,500 but now you can get it in 'blush gold'

The Motorola Razr is now available in blush gold, in case the only thing that's keeping you from spending $1,500 on one is the fact that the phone only came in black. While the new option thankfully doesn't make the foldable device even more expensiv...

3 hours ago

Engadget

Motorola's Razr is still $1,500 but now you can get it in 'blush gold'

Engadget

NASA wants your miniature science payload designs for Moon rovers

NASA says it could send tiny rovers to the Moon one day in addition to its water ice-hunting VIPER robot that's scheduled for launch in 2022. Before the agency can do so, though, it has to develop tiny scientific payloads for its tiny rovers – and it...

5 hours ago

Engadget

NASA wants your miniature science payload designs for Moon rovers

Engadget

WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million

Earlier this year Travelex made news after attackers shut down its computer networks. Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting new details about the incident, including how much the foreign exchange company paid to resolve its problem: $2.3 million i...

6 hours ago

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WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million

Engadget

Google Meet's premium features are now free through Sept. 30th

Google is extending the amount of time its premium video chat features will be available to schools and other organizations. The company's newly-renamed Google Meet software will now be open to all G Suite customers through Sept. 30th.The company had...

7 hours ago

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Google Meet's premium features are now free through Sept. 30th

Engadget

Facebook adds 'quiet mode' to help you manage screen time

Facebook is making it easier to take a break from its app and the notifications that come with it. The company is launching a new "quiet mode" feature in an effort to help users spend less time in the app. With the feature, you can set a schedule for...

8 hours ago

Engadget

Facebook adds 'quiet mode' to help you manage screen time

Fast Company

COBOL, a 60-year-old computer language, is in the COVID-19 spotlight

Some states have found themselves in need of people who know a 60-year old programming language called COBOL to retrofit the antiquated government systems now struggling to process the deluge of unemployment claims brought by the coronavirus crisis. The states of Kansas, New Jersey, and Connecticut ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

COBOL, a 60-year-old computer language, is in the COVID-19 spotlight

Fast Company

SBA loan programs are in disarray, and businesses hurt by COVID-19 need fast cash, says senator

Almost a month after being ordered to shut down–and almost two weeks after the federal government passed an aid package of unprecedented proportions–many small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic say they still haven't received a dime. And time is running out. The Small Business Administration, ...

13 hours ago

Fast Company

SBA loan programs are in disarray, and businesses hurt by COVID-19 need fast cash, says senator

Fast Company

How to stay healthy during a COVID-19 lockdown, according to 64 cities in China

Want to thrive through the lockdown? Look no farther than China, where two months ago, Australian researchers conveniently evaluated 369 adults in 64 cities four weeks into their confinements. Their study, published in Psychiatry Research, offers a crystal ball for the rest of us. They found three ...

14 hours ago

Fast Company

How to stay healthy during a COVID-19 lockdown, according to 64 cities in China

Fast Company

Cities are turning their buildings blue at 8 p.m. tonight for COVID-19 frontline workers

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as most of us huddle in homes safe from the pathogens swarming our streets, essential workers must put themselves in harm's way to offer life-sustaining support to the masses. To thank these workers, New York has hosted a citywide clap each night at 7 p.m., and now cities ...

15 hours ago

Fast Company

Cities are turning their buildings blue at 8 p.m. tonight for COVID-19 frontline workers

Fast Company

An ETF themed around working from home aims to let investors cash in on COVID-19 lockdowns

With millions of the world's population on lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, industries that support work-from-home lifestyles are riding unprecedented waves of popularity (e.g. Zoom, Slack), and Wall Street investors are clamoring to cash in on their success. According to a Securities and ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

An ETF themed around working from home aims to let investors cash in on COVID-19 lockdowns

Fast Company

Bad at phone calls? This simple tool can help

The best way to build business relationships is to communicate in person. But that has become impossible in this era of self-isolation and remote work. So do the next best thing: schedule a phone call, rather than sending an email or text. Calls are far better ways for you to connect on an interpersonal ...

16 hours ago

Fast Company

Bad at phone calls? This simple tool can help

Ars Technica

Disney+ surpasses 50 million subscribers in just 5 months

Disney targeted 60 to 90 million by 2024, but that now looks like a low bar.

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

Disney+ surpasses 50 million subscribers in just 5 months

Ars Technica

French regulator says Google must pay news sites to send them traffic

Officials rejected Google's plan to stop using snippets in news search results.

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

French regulator says Google must pay news sites to send them traffic

Ars Technica

Frontier bungles redaction of network audit that it doesn't want you to see

Blacked-out text is readable, revealing 952,000 potential network problems.

9 hours ago

Ars Technica

Frontier bungles redaction of network audit that it doesn't want you to see

Ars Technica

Counterpoint: MIT scientists translate coronavirus protein structure into music

"It tricks our ear in the same way the virus tricks our cells."

12 hours ago

Ars Technica

Counterpoint: MIT scientists translate coronavirus protein structure into music

Ars Technica

Trump administration pulls funding for drive-through COVID-19 testing

Loss of testing comes as states expect to see peak hospitalizations in next two weeks.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Trump administration pulls funding for drive-through COVID-19 testing

Ars Technica

China suffers its second launch failure in less than a month

Indosat's Nusantara Dua fell back into Earth's atmosphere.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

China suffers its second launch failure in less than a month

Recode

Your food delivery app comes at a cost to restaurants

Aquitane Restaurant in Boston on April 3. | Barry Chin/Boston Globe via Getty Images The pandemic has forced restaurants to offer takeout and delivery. That doesn't mean they"ll survive. In March, just a few days before a looming stay-at-home order would take effect in Chicago, restaurateur ...

11 hours ago

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Your food delivery app comes at a cost to restaurants

Recode

From symptom trackers to games, these apps will help you get through the pandemic

James Bareham for Recode/Vox How to stay informed and entertained during the Covid-19 crisis. So the coronavirus pandemic has you sitting around your house with very little to do and few places you're allowed to go. It's not the best setup, but it doesn't have to be the worst, ...

14 hours ago

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From symptom trackers to games, these apps will help you get through the pandemic

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Bill Gates and the 10 other tech titans with the power to shape how the US fights the coronavirus

Jack Dorsey, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Steve Ballmer are three of the most important philanthropists to watch over the next few weeks. | Getty Images The billionaires" response has been called "lackluster." Here's who can change that. What Silicon Valley billionaires decide to do with their ...

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Bill Gates and the 10 other tech titans with the power to shape how the US fights the coronavirus

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Senators are demanding answers from Amazon about how it treats warehouse workers

An Amazon warehhouse employee on strike over working conditions outside the company's Staten Island, New York, facility. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Pressure is mounting on the company to better protect its workers during the coronavirus pandemic. A group of US senators led by Cory ...

1 day ago

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Senators are demanding answers from Amazon about how it treats warehouse workers

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6 things to know about telehealth

James Bareham for Vox Due to Covid-19, video chats with doctors are becoming mainstream. Here's how it all works. Health care in the United States has never been easy, but with the coronavirus pandemic, a visit to the doctor's office is just plain risky. That's why this crisis ...

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6 things to know about telehealth