April 24, 2020 How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory went from fringe to mainstream Damaged cabling and telecommunications equipment is pictured following a fire at a phone mast attached to a chimney in Huddersfield, northern England, on April…
April 23, 2020 Did Amazon lie to Congress? Top antitrust lawmakers want to know. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A report on Amazon from the Wall Street Journal appears to contradict statements made…
April 23, 2020 How the coronavirus pandemic will affect an entire generation of students Ellie Lyons, an elementary school teacher, meets with her Natick first-grade students on Google Meet from her home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on March 27….
April 22, 2020 Amazon employees shared an event invite to discuss how the company treats its workers. Then it disappeared. Amazon warehouse workers have been protesting working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some corporate employees are organizing to support these workers, amidst what they…
April 22, 2020 Amazon has been frustrating during the pandemic, but Prime is more popular than ever A delivery person stands before a pile of Amazon packages during the coronavirus pandemic on April 7. | John Nacion/NurPhoto via Getty Images New…
April 21, 2020 Netflix had the best quarter in its history because of the pandemic Netflix’s Tiger King | Courtesy of Netflix The streaming company thought it would add 7 million subscribers. A global lockdown gave it 16 million….
April 21, 2020 Why Instagram’s co-founders made a site to track how fast the coronavirus is spreading A new website from Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger tracks the effective reproduction rate of coronavirus infections in all 50 states. | Noam Galai/Getty…
April 21, 2020 What happens when you go coronavirus viral James Bareham for Recode/Vox Meet three people whose tweets about surviving Covid-19 briefly made them internet famous. As the coronavirus pandemic stretches from spring…
April 21, 2020 This new charity offers scientists coronavirus grants in 48 hours A scientist at UW Medicine runs a clinical test looking for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. | Karen Ducey/Getty Images Researchers working on the virus shouldn’t…
April 20, 2020 Facebook is taking down some, but not all, quarantine protest event pages Facebook is taking down event pages for anti-stay-at-home rallies in some states. | Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images The company says it’s only taking…