A Chinese office worker eats their meal surrounded by one of Meituan’s fold out protective “shields”. The company says that this free cover can help protect people from catching coronavirus in densely populated areas like offices and canteens. Meituan Meituan, one of China’s biggest food delivery firms, is delivering a paper “shield” to diners ordering […]
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Google tells all North American employees to stay home
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is telling all of its North American employees to stay home until at least April 10, as the COVID-19 coronavirus spreads. […]
Apple China stores all open apart from four
Apple staff and customers, wearing facemasks to protect against the COVID-19 coronavirus, are seen on the shop premises in Beijing on February 22, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images All of Apple’s retail stores in mainland China apart from four are now open after the coronavirus outbreak forced the iPhone maker to close […]
Coke, Clorox, other brands urge attorney general Barr to fight price gouging
William Barr, U.S. attorney general, listens during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement in Wichita, Kansas, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Nick Oxford | Bloomberg | Getty Images A lobbying group representing some of America’s largest consumer brands wants the Justice Department to stop retailers from jacking up prices on hand sanitizer, masks and […]
Amazon won’t dock warehouse workers for missing shifts during coronavirus crisis
A worker handles a package at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 2019. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Amazon is relaxing its attendance policy for warehouse workers and other employees due to the continued spread of the coronavirus. The company informed employees Sunday that it will not count any unpaid time (UPT) off […]
Salesforce asks California employees to work remotely amid coronavirus
A Salesforce corporate logo sign hangs outside their office building in New York City. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Salesforce is now encouraging all its employees across California to work remotely during the month of March as concerns grow over the spread of coronavirus. “We’ve made this decision out of an abundance of […]
Facebook bans ads, listings for medical face masks due to coronavirus
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Chesnot | Getty Images Facebook on Friday announced it is temporarily banning ads and commerce listings selling medical face masks as the company continues to grapple with the reaction of its users to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Facebook Director of Product Management Rob Leathern announced the change […]
Microsoft says two employees have been diagnosed with coronavirus
Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, Satya Narayana Nadella speaks during a presentation at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), on the eve of the world’s biggest mobile fair, on February 24, 2019, in Barcelona. GABRIEL BOUYS | AFP | Getty Images Two Microsoft employees in Washington state have contracted the coronavirus. They are among the more […]
Tesla customers in China irate over cars delivered with older hardware
A worker in a face mask walks past gates at the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 17, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla customers in China are complaining the company delivered new Model 3s with a version of Autopilot hardware that was not as advanced as promised. According to a […]
Zoom (ZM) earnings Q4 2020
Eric Yuan, CEO, Zoom Video Communications Source: CNBC Shares of videoconferencing software company Zoom dropped as much as 10% after-hours on Wednesday, even though the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and guidance that exceeded analysts’ expectations. Zoom had been on a tear during the coronavirus outbreak, as companies turned to remote work — the stock […]
