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Tech companies pull back on hiring, flashing another grim warning sign for the U.S. economy

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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.

Fighting the coronavirus with big data and contact tracing

6 years 5 months ago
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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