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Small businesses are in line to get help from government loans — unless they've taken venture capital or private equity money.

Tesla plans to cut on-site staff at its Nevada battery plant by around 75% due to the coronavirus pandemic, the local county manager said.

While much of the U.S. hunkers down to work and shop online, large swaths of the country are trying to cope without a connection to the internet. Before the coronavirus hit the U.S, only about 7% of American employees had jobs that allowed them to work remotely, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lack of internet access has also left millions of households cut off from vital services and information during the pandemic.

Apple has developed a new website and app that will provide a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms as well as up-to-date information from trusted sources about the coronavirus outbreak.

Business is booming for alcohol delivery apps like Drizly and Minibar Delivery, with bars and restaurants closed across the country during the coronavirus shutdown.

Yelp said this week it was partnering with GoFundMe to provide a "seamless way" for people to donate to businesses being hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

It takes just a few minutes to get the hang of Zoom. Features like virtual backgrounds and a cleanup of your appearance can make for a fun experience.

"People across Alphabet are volunteering time (and) I've never seen so much commitment to do the right thing," said Jessica Mega, chief medical and scientific officer at Verily.

Hospitals are facing ventilator shortages that could mean the difference between life and death for many patients.

"Our death toll curve is now worse than when China was at the same stage," Haven CEO Dr. Atul Gawande tells CNBC.

Network providers have enough capacity to cope with the rise in traffic. But maintaining equipment may get harder as the pandemic goes on.

Huawei's P40 Pro Plus is the best and most expensive of its new smartphone lineup and has a camera capable of 100x zoom.

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said he has tested positive for COVID-19 in an e-mail to staff. He wrote that he is improving every day while working remotely.

Amazon workers feel the company hasn't done enough to protect them from catching the coronavirus while they're on the job.

Slack's CEO Stewart Butterfield told a story on Twitter about just how crazy things have been for the company this past month. From deciding to shut down to seeing a boost in customers.

The employees infected with coronavirus had been working from home for "nearly two weeks," wrote Tesla's vice president of environmental health and safety, Laurie Shelby, in the e-mail.

Affirmed already works with major network operators like AT&T, SoftBank and Telus. Now it wants to help companies more easily run sophisticated 5G networks.

In a global downturn, WeWork's business model of renting short-term office space, while holding longer-term leases, is particularly vulnerable.

Amazon previously said it removed more than half a million "high-priced offers" from its marketplace for violating price gouging policies.

The bill would allow a gig workers, like Uber and Lyft drivers to be eligible to apply for unemployment benefits.