An additional 4.4 million Americans filed for jobless claims last week, bringing the total to 26 million over the past five weeks. And, despite the shift to remote work and the surge in demand for certain online services, tech is not immune to the pullback. Jobs openings nationwide across the industry dropped more than 20 percent between mid-March and mid-April, according to analysts at Glassdoor.
A source told NBC News that Rick Bright was told to put in place a national program geared to expanding access to the drug hydroxychloroquine after Ellison, who has raised campaign funds for Trump, and the president spoke about it.
Amazon backed a study at Columbia University to help determine if it's safe and effective to give plasma collected from those who have recovered from the Covid-19 virus to other severely ill patients.
If you're like me, and you've longed to use an iPad as a tablet sometimes and a computer at others, then the Magic Keyboard is a buy. If you just need a keyboard sometimes and don't care much about the mouse support, get Apple's Smart Keyboard, which starts at $179.
Researchers and health officials in the U.S. are scrambling for more comprehensive data about the spread of the coronavirus, raising questions about what personal information we should collect in a time of crisis. Apple and Google have teamed up to develop a contact tracing tool that they say will protect privacy. But, for it to work, the majority of the public will need to opt-in.
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