Information Technology
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Instacart workers seek strike as jobs get busier, riskier
Mar 30, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A possible strike by Instacart workers highlights the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the grocery delivery business, where workers are worried abou...
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Analysis: Virtual trading may outlast the virus
Mar 29, 2020 6:17 am - In Hong Kong, bankers have learned to win stock offerings by video chat, and Morgan Stanley is hosting a virtual meeting for a thousand-plus attendees. At Swiss giant UB...
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Suddenly Nextdoor is filled with kind neighbors. But also new kinds of shaming.
Mar 29, 2020 6:14 am - SAN FRANCISCO - The social network known for sniping neighbors, obsessive concern about package theft, and casual racism is finding its more helpful side. Nextdoor, a si...
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Our weekly iPhone Screen Time reports are through the roof, and people are 'horrified'
Mar 28, 2020 6:20 am - Michael Doyle was "horrified" upon receiving his iPhone's weekly Screen Time report. The Toronto-based freelance journalist was already a self-described "heavy phone use...
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Analysis: Working at home should finally bury email
Mar 28, 2020 6:18 am - There's nothing good about the coronavirus pandemic, but maybe there can be collateral benefits. For example, it's already forcing people to use the technology that ever...
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Social distancing is a good excuse to try banking online
Mar 28, 2020 6:09 am - While the coronavirus has you self-isolating, you're likely more concerned about staying in touch with loved ones and carefully planning your grocery excursions than abo...
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Analysis: Bored, isolated citizens are a win for Facebook
Mar 28, 2020 6:09 am - The tension between the media and technology industries has long been characterized as a fight for users' attention. The more of it they have, the greater the opportunit...
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Almost overnight, the $100 billion fitness industry went virtual
Mar 28, 2020 6:00 am - Reese Scott started boxing 17 years ago and dreamed of setting up her studio for almost as long. In 2018 she started Women's World of Boxing, the first female-owned boxi...
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Microsoft Teams adds new features just in time for new world of work from home
Mar 21, 2020 6:17 am - Microsoft unveiled new features for its Teams corporate-chat software, timed to the product's third anniversary and arriving amid a surge of interest in digital workplac...
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Scam robocalls are pitching fake coronavirus tests to vulnerable Americans
Mar 21, 2020 6:11 am - The deadly coronavirus outbreak has shuttered schools and businesses, wreaked havoc on the stock market and left some grocery store shelves bare. And if that isn't enoug...