Uber to cut 3,700 jobs as rides plunge
Uber said Wednesday that it will cut 3,700 jobs due to a sharp decline in its ride-hailing business brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Uber made the job cut announcement
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Face Masks Now Required for Businesses in Santa Clara County
The County has revised its Shelter-in-Place order to include face coverings. We predicted this two weeks ago when Los Angeles established a similar order. The County of Santa Clara Public Health Officer issued
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Notarize to add 1,000 online notaries to address demand for remote transactions
Notarize, the platform that enables digital notarizations, announced that it is adding 1,000 notaries to address demand as more Americans are ordered to shelter in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but
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The Trump administration paid a bankrupt company with zero employees $55 million for N95 masks, which it’s never manufactured
The coronavirus pandemic has created a desperate clamber for vital medical supplies, like N95 masks, that has led the federal government to award massive contracts to third-party vendors to help
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White supremacists are targeting Jewish groups on Zoom
Mindy* listened to the rabbi preside over her uncle’s funeral on Zoom. The virtual event has become commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still felt surreal to her. Her
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Moscow rolls out digital tracking to enforce lockdown. Critics dub it a ‘cyber Gulag’
Moscow has introduced a digital tracking system to enforce a coronavirus lockdown — but critics say the technology represents an unprecedented threat to privacy.The capital is the epicenter of Russia’s
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Why is Russia reporting so few COVID-19 cases? Some say it’s a cover-up
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world, there are growing questions in Russia about the official number of cases that have been declared. According to the count
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Disney halting annual pass payments while parks are closed, refunding some payments
Walt Disney World Resort is giving annual passholders an update while the park remains closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The park says all active annual passes will be extended for
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Disney to furlough some park employees starting April 19
The coronavirus pandemic has caused businesses from around the world — both big and small — to suffer and it appears the Walt Disney Company is no exception. Disney announced
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These Silicon Valley businesses are booming in the coronavirus era
Traffic at Coursera, the Mountain View-based online learning platform with university classes for anyone, is four to five times higher than usual, with thousands of universities requesting free access to
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