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Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images E3 is the latest major event to be canceled in the wake of the new coronavirus. Ars Technica and Bloomberg were first to report that the Entertainment Software Association, which puts on the annual video game trade show, would announce the cancelation. The ESA later
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Whisper, an anonymous secret-sharing mobile app that rose to prominence more than half a decade ago, has been inadvertently exposing sensitive information about its users for years through a public online database, according to a new report from The Washington Post. The app, while far from as popular
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google sent a memo to all of its North America-based employees recommending they work from until at least April 10th due to coronavirus, the company confirmed to Business Insider. Google had previously told employees in the San Francisco Bay Area, Dublin, and Seattle to work from home in recent
Read MorePhoto by Mark Wilson/Getty Images US health insurance companies will waive copays for testing and cover the cost of treatment for the novel coronavirus, said Vice President Mike Pence during a press briefing today. Medicare and Medicaid will also cover costs without copays. The CEOs of major insurance companies, including Anthem, Cigna, Humana, and Aetna,
Read MorePhoto by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Instacart has announced new updates to its sick leave policies that give more of its workers, including part-time employees, access to sick pay amid the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus. Any part-time employees or full-service shoppers diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel
Read Moreillustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Game Developers Conference will stream many of the talks it would have aired at its canceled event, organizers announced today. “Thanks to submissions from many of the original speakers who had talks accepted for GDC 2020, organizers will be streaming speaker-recorded versions of the talks they would
Read MorePhoto by Yana Paskova / Getty Images Our subways and buses are about to get the delousing of their lives Continue reading…
Read MoreMicrosoft Teams free edition already supports online audio and video calls with support for screen sharing as well. In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, Microsoft is planning to enable two more meeting features that are only available on premium plans. Microsoft Teams free edition users will soon get Scheduled meetings and Meeting recordings features. With
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is allowing and encouraging its employees to work from home as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread in countries around the world. The software giant has updated its guidelines for employees, allowing anyone based in Seattle or San Francisco to work from home through March 9th.
Read MorePhoto: Microsoft Microsoft and the NFL have renewed and expanded their partnership, making Microsoft Teams the league’s official communication platform and keeping Surface products as the official tablet. The expanded partnership is a huge win for the tech giant weeks after IBM chose Slack over Microsoft Teams as the internal communication tool for its employees.
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