Technology

[ad_1] New York City teachers are banned from using Zoom for virtual teaching after the Department of Education cited safety and privacy concerns.  Schools are instead being directed to use Microsoft Teams, which the department has reportedly already started training …

[ad_1] On March 17, Amazon announced that it would only accept orders for goods such as medical and sanitation supplies, and other high-demand products amid the global coronavirus outbreaks.  Amazon said claimed it would only deliver essential items in Italy …

[ad_1] Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly reportedly told a colleague that President Donald Trump wanted to fire the commander of an aircraft carrier who warned of the coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship. According to a Washington Post column, …

[ad_1] Business Breakthrough University (BBT) in Tokyo, Japan held a virtual graduation ceremony due to the coronavirus. Students called into the ceremony using video-conferencing tool Zoom, and they were displayed on mobile robots. Events including graduations and weddings have been …

[ad_1] Notion, a productivity startup aiming to unseat Google Drive and Microsoft Office, announced a $50 million funding round on Wednesday that valued it at $2 billion at a time when many startups are struggling to gain funding or are …

[ad_1] Hello! I want to start this newsletter with an extract from an internal memo Citadel founder and hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin recently sent to staff. Here goes:  In recent months, we have all been impacted by the coronavirus …

[ad_1] Tesla must confront a world in which gas prices are collapsing amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the US government just weakened fuel-economy standards that had been established under the Obama administration. The company could manage one of those developments, …

[ad_1] Amazon-owned Twitch has seen a viewership boom during the first quarter of 2020 and it could convince a wave of advertisers to buy into the video-game-streaming platform. As traditional media and advertising have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, …

[ad_1] Google is using location data to tell health organizations which global communities are staying at home, and which aren’t. It uses anonymized data taken from smartphones using Google’s apps and services. The new tool shows how important data can …

[ad_1] The lack of cross-platform compatibility between iOS and Windows devices can be the cause of major headaches. In the past, we’ve shown how you can access iCloud on Android, but the process isn’t as streamlined on PC. However, uploading …