Surveillance-tech companies have flourished in recent years as law enforcement and spy agencies around the world have sought new methods for countering adversaries who now often communicate through encrypted mobile apps. The firms argue that their experience helping governments track shadowy networks of militants makes them uniquely qualified to uncover the silent spread of a novel disease.
Sectors like health care or financial services have been less impacted by the pandemic so far, but Omnicom foresees demand for marketing services to decline as advertisers cut costs in the short term.
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many companies and schools to remote work, which allowed Zoom to emerge as a key player. The videoconferencing software company last week surpassed 300 million daily users, up from 200 million in just weeks.
The House speaker said the extended timeline of the coronavirus pandemic and resulting recession should cause Congress to look at different ways to guarantee that Americans' basic needs are met.
After asking workers back to its U.S. car plant this week, Tesla canceled its plans and California authorities extended health orders which limit the car maker to "minimum basic operations" there.
The Google Pixel Buds go on sale on Monday for $179. I've been testing them for the past several days, and I think they're a great buy for folks who want some of the features of AirPods but who use an Android phone instead of an iPhone.
The FTC has sent warning letters to ten multilevel marketing companies, including doTerra and Rodan & Fields, because of claims independent sellers are making about their products' ability to treat or prevent coronavirus, or about the earnings people can make if they've recently lost income.
CVS and UPS will start using drones to deliver prescription medications to The Village residents, a Florida retirement community, in order to maintain social distancing measures.
Starbucks said that along with co-investments with Sequoia Capital China, it will look to form "commercial partnerships with next-generation food and retail technology companies."
China is set to release a new plan this year called "China Standards 2035" with the aim of influencing how the next-generation of technologies will work.
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