This briefing has ended. Read global live updates on the coronavirus here. Here’s what you need to know: Countries around the world are weighing the costs and benefits of reopening society. A Times examination reveals the extent of President Trump’s slow response to the virus, which has now claimed more …
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COVID-19 waits for no one, and the speed of its spread has forced the world to act quickly. From world governments to individual households, all of sudden everyone has had to scrap plans, make new ones, and try to hang on to some kind of new normal as the pandemic …
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BANGKOK — His whole family back in Myanmar depended on him. But Ko Zaw Win Tun, one of an estimated four million migrant workers in Thailand, lost his job at a Bangkok toy store when the city went into a coronavirus lockdown. With little hope of a new job there, …
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On Monday the EU data protection watchdog called for the development of a single COVID-19 contact-tracing app that would be coordinated at European level. As it stands the spread of coronavirus over the past weeks has seen governments forced to develop and roll-out new technologies at a speed that previously …
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CD Projekt Red is pushing ahead with its launch plans for Cyberpunk 2077. The open-world sci-fi role-playing adventure is due out September 17, and the studio expects to stick to that date. During a conference call today with financial analysts, the company revealed it has plans in place to deal …
Read More »Photo by Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com The novel coronavirus respects few boundaries. When you drive, everything from your car’s interior to the pump at the gas station poses risks. The source of the disease COVID-19 also can contaminate your home’s interior — and even your clothes. Although it’s easy to overlook …
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When we came out of the financial crisis of 2008, cloud computing kicked into high gear and started to become a pervasive, transformational technology. The current COVID-19 crisis could provide a similar inflection point for AI applications. While the implications of AI continue to be debated on the world stage, …
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Last month, Dr. Bertha Mayorquin, a New Jersey physician, told her soon-to-be ex-husband that there was a change in plans. After two weeks of providing treatment by video as a precaution against the coronavirus, she would resume seeing patients in person. But when she left work on a Friday to …
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As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, we’re working to answer the questions on many parents’ minds. This is a fast-moving situation, so some information may be outdated. For the latest updates, read The New York Times’s live coronavirus coverage here. If you have a newborn and have tested …
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