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- Google has banned the Infowars Android app over false coronavirus claims
- Lyft is referring drivers to jobs at Amazon after massive ridership decline
- “With me” videos on YouTube are seeing huge spikes in viewership as people stay home
- Postmates couriers are eligible for unemployment benefits, rules New York appeals court
- Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy
- Amazon is giving workers a letter to prove they are doing an ‘essential’ job
- Tesla’s shrinking its workforce at the Nevada Gigafactory because of the coronavirus
- What happens when extreme heat collides with a pandemic?
- House approves $2 trillion coronavirus bill as members struggle with infection
- In an unprecedented move, Disney parks will remain closed until further notice
| Google has banned the Infowars Android app over false coronavirus claims Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:48 PM PDT  Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Google has banned the Infowars Android app from the Google Play store, the company confirmed to Wired on Friday. Google also confirmed the app's removal to The Verge, and we couldn't find the Infowars app in a search on the Play Store this evening. The app was apparently removed because of a video posted by radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that, according to Wired, "disputed the need for social distancing, shelter in place, and quarantine efforts meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus." Before it was removed, the app had more than 100,000 downloads, Wired reports. "Now more than ever, combating misinformation on the... |
| Lyft is referring drivers to jobs at Amazon after massive ridership decline Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:22 PM PDT  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Lyft is now referring drivers on its platform to jobs at Amazon in a partnership between the two companies designed to alleviate financial hardships from a massive drop in ride-hailing usage. Lyft notified drivers of the program on Friday via email, which the company has shared with The Verge, and said it's encouraging them to apply to roles in Amazon warehouses and as part of the e-commerce company's grocery and package deliveries platforms. Unlike Uber, which operates a food delivery platform, Lyft does not currently delivery meals or groceries, and its ridership has plummeted in recent weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the company announced last week it would be expanding its delivery network to start delivering test kits,... |
| “With me” videos on YouTube are seeing huge spikes in viewership as people stay home Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:05 PM PDT  YouTube creators are performing everyday tasks or taking on crafts and activities that people can do at home because everyone is stuck indoors right now. The genre has boomed as a result of social distancing. Daily views of videos with "#withme" in the title have increased by 600 percent since March 15th compared to the rest of the year, according to YouTube. Uploads of videos from creators with "at home" in the title have also increased by more than 590 percent. Of those two types of videos, titles like "cook with me," "work out at home" and "home office" have seen their average daily views grow by 100, 200, and 130 percent respectively. YouTube has asked people to stay home (#StayHome) and encouraged creators to participate in a new... |
| Postmates couriers are eligible for unemployment benefits, rules New York appeals court Posted: 27 Mar 2020 04:07 PM PDT  Image: Postmates New York's Court of Appeals has reinstated a 2015 decision determining that couriers for on-demand delivery app Postmates should be classified as employees, making them eligible for unemployment insurance at a time when the US is seeing record job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2015 decision by the state's Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board originally found that a terminated Postmates courier, Luis Vega, should be classified as an employee and therefore eligible for unemployment benefits when he was kicked off the platform. That decision also required the company to pay into New York's Unemployment Insurance Fund for that employee and for "all other persons similarly employed." The ruling could be significant for... |
| Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy Posted: 27 Mar 2020 03:04 PM PDT  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft says it will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition companies following a controversy around its funding of Israeli startup AnyVision, which critics and human rights activists say powered a surveillance program in the West Bank following an NBC News report about the company's relationship with the Israeli government. Microsoft now says an independent investigation led by former US Attorney General Eric Holder and his team at international law firm Covington & Burling found that "AnyVision's technology has not previously and does not currently power a mass surveillance program in the West Bank that has been alleged in media reports." Had it done so, Microsoft says it would have constituted a breach of the finance... |
| Amazon is giving workers a letter to prove they are doing an ‘essential’ job Posted: 27 Mar 2020 02:29 PM PDT  As a growing list of states order "nonessential" businesses closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, Amazon is giving warehouse and delivery workers letters to carry saying that they are engaged in essential work. "This letter is provided as evidence that the carrier of this letter is an Amazon employee and, as such, an employee of an essential business," reads a letter given to fulfillment center workers. "This employee is providing essential work to support Amazon's delivery of critical supplies directly to the doorsteps of people who need them. In doing so, this employee enables members of the community to remain at home and reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure and transmission, including the elderly and other vulnerable persons." The... |
| Tesla’s shrinking its workforce at the Nevada Gigafactory because of the coronavirus Posted: 27 Mar 2020 02:22 PM PDT  Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge One week after Tesla said it would keep up "normal" operations at the Gigafactory in Nevada, the company now plans to scale back the workforce there by "more than 75 percent" as the state shelters in place to fight the novel coronavirus. Panasonic, which helps make Tesla's batteries in a section of the Gigafactory, suspended its operations there last week. Legacy automakers have also halted manufacturing operations in the United States amid the pandemic. Tesla has already paused some nonessential operations at the factory and is encouraging employees to work from home if possible, which has "significantly" reduced the number of people showing up to work every day, according to an email obtained by the Reno Gazette-Journal. The company... |
| What happens when extreme heat collides with a pandemic? Posted: 27 Mar 2020 02:01 PM PDT  Photo by Avijit Ghosh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic is on the verge of colliding with another public health threat: extreme heat, which kills more people in the US each year than any other weather-related event. Public health officials usually recommend that people without air conditioning head to places like malls and libraries where they can cool off, but that's not an option for a lot of people sheltering at home. The problem could soon begin to affect India, where temperatures begin to climb in April and have reached as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). India's 1.3 billion residents have been ordered to stay indoors until April 14th to stop the spread of disease, and only about 5 percent of the... |
| House approves $2 trillion coronavirus bill as members struggle with infection Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:49 PM PDT  Photo By Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images After weeks of negotiations, Congress approved its $2 trillion coronavirus relief package on Friday. But that measure's final approval was threatened by the same virus that made it necessary. Over the past few weeks, more than 30 lawmakers have been exposed to the novel coronavirus or showed some degree of symptoms that have led them to self-quarantine. But so far, only three have tested positive for the virus, including Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) and Ben McAdams (D-UT) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Paul announced that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday as senators continued to negotiate provisions in their relief package on Capitol Hill. Both Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) were advised to... |
| In an unprecedented move, Disney parks will remain closed until further notice Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:34 PM PDT  Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service Disney originally aimed to reopen its various theme parks by April 1st, but in light of the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus and recommendations from both local authorities and health experts, Disneyland and Disney World will remain closed until further notice. "While there is still much uncertainty with respect to the impacts of COVID-19, the safety and well-being of our guests and employees remains The Walt Disney Company's top priority," a tweet from an official Disney Parks account reads. The company will continue paying its hourly parks and resorts employees through April 18th, the statement added. It's unclear if this also applies to parks around the world, including in Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, but The Verge has... |
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