Articles filed under Washington Post
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Zoom has become the movie of our lives, boxed for an occasion we didn't know was comingApr 04, 2020 6:19 am - Some cinematic languages are ahead of their eras. Others arrive just in time. Eons ago - also known as January - Zoom was a semi-obscure service known mostly as a busine...
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Analysis: We're all video chatting now. But some of us hate it.Apr 04, 2020 6:16 am - It's no wonder Samantha Bergeson hates video calls. The 25-year-old's courses at NYU, where she's a senior in the journalism school, transitioned to online video amid th...
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Some companies are pledging not to lay off employees, for nowApr 04, 2020 6:10 am - On the evening of March 19, as statewide stay-at-home orders were just beginning, reports of job layoffs were surging and the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 14,...
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One-quarter of us extra vulnerable to coronavirusApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - The coronavirus is now striking in geographic areas where more Americans are older or have underlying health problems, making them extra vulnerable to complications from...
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Like virus, alcohol drinking on the riseApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - As the coronavirus outbreak and stay-at-home orders spread, so did alcohol consumption. Ward Greenberg, an American lawyer working in Germany, said he was going to give ...
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New rallying cry: No one should pay rent until the coronavirus endsApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - After losing his job as a restaurant cook last month, Casey James began contacting his Atlanta neighbors with an idea: No one should pay rent until the coronavirus pande...
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How to handle growing COVID worriesApr 04, 2020 6:00 am - Nearly half the people in the U.S. say the coronavirus crisis is harming their mental health, according to a survey published Thursday that demonstrates how the COVID-19...
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Everybody seems to be using Zoom. But its security flaws could leave people at risk.Apr 03, 2020 6:00 am - When Georgetown University began advising faculty to use the video-call service Zoom to record their classes during the coronavirus lockdowns, professor James Millward c...
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Uber drivers and other gig economy workers were promised unemployment benefits. It may be a long wait.Apr 03, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - For millions of Americans who drive for Uber, deliver food with Postmates and rent houses on Airbnb, the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package extends an econ...
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Amazon vowed to crack down on coronavirus profiteering. Some sellers have figured out loopholes.Apr 03, 2020 6:00 am - Amazon took a hard line against pandemic profiteering last month, vowing to remove product listings that claim to prevent the coronavirus. But third-party merchants that...