7 meditation and mindfulness apps with free tools for coronavirus anxiety
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Stephen Colbert mocks Pence’s search for positives as U.S. coronavirus cases reach record high
Despite President Donald Trump’s previous claims that the coronavirus would magically disappear in April, the deadly pandemic reached an all-time peak in the U.S. this week. The country set a new personal record for most new cases in a single day on Wednesday — then...
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Coronavirus lockdowns mean bad business for drug dealers, too
The fate of your favorite bar or takeout place may have crossed your mind during lockdown, but have you taken a moment to consider how your local drug dealer’s been making out during the crisis, too? According to a new report by cybersecurity firm Sixgill,...
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Security lapse at India’s Jio exposed coronavirus symptom checker results
Since the start of the outbreak, governments and companies have scrambled to develop apps and websites that can help users identify COVID-19 symptoms. India’s largest cell network Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance, launched its coronavirus self-test symptom checker in late March, just before the Indian...
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Airbnb ups its debt by $1BN amid the coronavirus travel crunch
Airbnb has secured commitments of $ 1 billion for a syndicated term loan from institutional investors, it said. The emergency cash injection comes as the coronavirus travel freeze continues to hammer vacation rentals, with holidaymakers locked down at home and global travel banned or heavily...
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How to help domestic violence victims during the coronavirus pandemic
“They’re, as what I like to say, walking on eggshells,” said Rhonda Voss, a survivor of domestic violence. She described what current victims might be going through: “You just never know what little thing that you do that might set them off — or even...
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Startups, VCs in India request ‘relief package’ from the government to fight coronavirus disruption
More than six dozen startup founders, venture capitalists and lobby groups in India have requested the government to grant them a “robust relief package” to help combat severe disruptions their businesses face due to the coronavirus outbreak. In a joint letter to India’s Prime Minister...
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Big Tech drastically reverses course on coronavirus ad policies
When tech companies roll out new policies, it’s usually after long periods of meticulous internal discussion and review. Big reversals aren’t the norm. Then Covid-19 hit. As the looming threat of the coronavirus began hitting the U.S. in February, many tech companies started to roll...
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Using AI responsibly to fight the coronavirus pandemic
Mark Minevich Contributor Share on Twitter Mark Minevich is president of Going Global Ventures, an advisor at Boston Consulting Group, a digital fellow at IPsoft and a leading global AI expert and digital cognitive strategist and venture capitalist. More posts by this contributor The American...
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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost made a ‘Shaun of the Dead’-style PSA about coronavirus
The coronavirus is bad — really bad — but, experts have said, it is not an existential threat… i.e. not the end of the world. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, stars of the 2004 zombie-apocalypse comedy Shaun of The Dead, posted a PSA about the...
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