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Robot cleaners are coming, this time to wipe up your coronavirus germs

Rachel Lerman The Washington Post
Sep 12, 2020 6:18 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Every day at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, custodial teams wheel two boxy robots down the halls from one patient room to the next, using ultraviolet light to...
Hot new job title in a pandemic: 'Head of remote work'

By Jena McGregor
Sep 12, 2020 6:17 am - On any given day, Darren Murph can wear many hats at work. He might play relocation expert, helping co-workers leaving a big city like San Francisco think through which ...
Six tech tips for remote learning: Protect your kid's data and make sure they look good on Zoom

Heather Kelly The Washington Post
Sep 05, 2020 6:25 am - For most parents right now, tinkering with computer settings and reading endless privacy policies are not a priority. Heck, they weren't even particularly appealing task...
Khan Academy's Sal Khan's advice for online learning: Do less, turn off the camera

Heather Kelly The Washington Post
Sep 05, 2020 6:22 am - For the past 12 years, Salman Khan has been touting online learning as the future of education. But even he didn't imagine us crashing into that future so suddenly and w...
Nintendo is releasing Mario games on Switch for a limited time. But why?

Elise Favis The Washington Post
Sep 05, 2020 6:20 am - Thursday morning, a 10-minute Nintendo Direct announced some unexpected news: A slew of classic Super Mario games are coming to the Switch. "Super Mario 64," "Super Mari...
Those symptoms you Googled could help researchers better understand coronavirus

Heather Kelly The Washington Post
Sep 05, 2020 6:17 am - The first thing people should probably do when they fear they have contracted the novel coronavirus is call their doctor. The first thing most people actually do is Goog...
Change allows states to use Apple, Google coronavirus software without creating apps

Reed Albergotti The Washington Post
Sep 05, 2020 6:10 am - Apple and Google said Tuesday they're expanding coronavirus warning software so that state health agencies can participate without having to create customized apps. The ...
Amazon's creepy new health wearable analyzes your voice and body

Geoffrey A. Fowler The Washington Post
Aug 29, 2020 6:25 am - I couldn't pick just one crazy thing to say about the Halo, Amazon's new wearable health gadget. So here are three: 1. Mirror, mirror on the wall, Amazon thinks you're f...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is fulfilling another Steve Jobs vision

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer
Aug 29, 2020 6:24 am - BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be doing so well at it that his eventual successo...
Burnout, splinter factions, deleted posts: Online moderators struggle to manage divided communities

Heather Kelly The Washington Post
Aug 29, 2020 6:23 am - For four to six hours a day every day, Caitlin Welch busies herself as a volunteer moderator for a number of Facebook groups while her baby sleeps. Much of that time is ...

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