NBCUniversal is considering moving up the nationwide launch date for its Peacock subscription video service. Peacock is scheduled to launch for everyone on July 15. Comcast Xfinity subscribers will have access to Peacock's library of TV shows and movies starting Wednesday.
Apple said it wants to help public health authorities and governments figure out whether social distancing guidelines are being followed but that it won't infringe on any individual's privacy.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told CNBC "a few hundred" employees have contacted him directly with health-care concerns during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some unions had been calling for the complete closure of Amazon's activities in France, or at the very least a further clampdown, after raising concerns over health standards and working conditions as the coronavirus outbreak continues.
Vox is trying to avoid layoffs altogether as executives estimate future advertising revenue, which is set to decline significantly this year as the world economy has been ravaged by the coronavirus and subsequent quarantines.
Personal information shared for contact tracing purposes need to be limited so that it doesn't turn into a mass invasion of privacy long term, according to Josephine Wolff.
The more people in a region that have downloaded the area's contract tracing app, the more effective it's going to be at identifying people who may have been infected.
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