Shannon Bond
Stories
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Technology
Internet Traffic Surges As Companies And Schools Send People Home
People are turning to video streaming and online gaming, while companies scramble to make sure their systems can handle remote workers.
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Health
Uber, Lyft Halt Shared Carpool Service In U.S. And Canada
The San Francisco-based transportation firms say they are acting in line with public health efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Both are still operating their regular ride-hailing services.
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Business
Coronavirus Puts Financial Pressure On Uber Drivers, Other Gig Workers
The outbreak is creating uncertainty for Uber drivers and other gig workers, who face difficult choices about whether to work or stay home and lose their livelihoods.
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Health
Stay Home: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Tell Seattle Workers
U.S. companies are trying to limit disruption from the coronavirus outbreak by curtailing travel and telling some employees to work from home. Several major tech firms are among the latest to act.
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Health
Coronavirus Cancellations And Travel Bans: Google Is Latest
Companies are curbing employee travel and canceling major events as they try to minimize disruption from the growing coronavirus outbreak.
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Health
Google Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Company Expands Travel Restrictions
American companies are curbing travel and pulling out of big events as they try to limit their employees' exposure to the growing outbreak
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Technology
'Facebook: The Inside Story' Reveals A Company Made In Its Founder's Image
Journalist Steven Levy's rich history of the social network traces Facebook's cascading crises to the worldview and early decisions of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
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Business
Losing Sleep Over The Quest For A Perfect Night's Rest
A boom in technology promising to improve sleep has an ironic side effect: orthosomnia. Thanks to sleep trackers, people get so obsessed with perfect sleep that they are losing sleep over it.
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National
Puerto Rico's Internet Voting Plan Threatens Election Security: ACLU
The civil liberties group is urging the U.S. territory's governor to veto a bill that could shift all voting to the Internet by 2028.
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Technology
2020 Political Campaigns Are Trying To Avoid A 2016-Style Hack
Four years after Russians hacked the Clinton campaign's emails, political candidates are scrambling to beef up their defenses against cyberattacks. Many politicians haven't updated their security.