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Wyze tweak lets you use its security camera as a work webcam

Smart home company Wyze has just released a firmware update that lets you use your Wyze Cam v2 or Wyze Cam Pan security camera as a webcam for teleconferencing.
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SpaceX tells workers to ditch Zoom over ‘significant’ privacy concerns

SpaceX has reportedly told its workers to stop using Zoom for teleconferencing as it has concerns over the collaboration tool's security and privacy policies.
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NASA’s Mars helicopter spins blades for last time before launch

NASA has completed final testing of its Mars Helicopter, which is set to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet during the Mars 2020 mission.
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This Facebook feature can help you help others in pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Facebook has activated its Community Help feature that gives people a way to offer assistance, and ask for it, too.
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Ubisoft’s free games offer should make staying home a little easier

With three in four Americans currently under some form of lockdown order, Ubisoft is offering free video games throughout April to help while away the hours.
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Airbnb offers more help to guests and hosts hit by coronavirus crisis

Airbnb has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The online accommodation site is now offering an extended refund window for guests and more help for hosts.
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OpenTable has an idea to reduce stress during grocery store visits

OpenTable wants to help prevent overcrowding at grocery stores during the COVID-19 crisis by allowing customers to reserve shopping times via its app.
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Google video thanks health care workers for coronavirus efforts

Google has posted a moving video thanking health care workers everywhere for their ongoing efforts to save people's lives during the coronavirus crisis.
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Detroit auto show canceled as venue preps to become coronavirus field hospital

June's Detroit Auto Show has been called off due to the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. The venue is expected to be used as a field hospital for patients.
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Lyft refers drivers to Amazon jobs as ridership demand dives

Lyft has linked up with Amazon to offer work to its drivers during the COVID-19 crisis. Ride numbers have plunged, while Amazon needs more help with deliveries.
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Apple has some ideas on how to spend your time in lockdown

Apple has extended the free trial period for Final Cut Pro X, and is introducing a free trial for the first time for Logic Pro X.
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That famous BBC dad is back, and he’s talking about working from home

Millions of people are working at home for the first time. Robert Kelly, the man made famous by a calamitous BBC interview, talks about some of the challenges.
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Cops use drones to shame people flouting lockdown rules

The U.K. is currently in lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But it seems that some folks there are finding it hard to stick to the rules.
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Apple may reopen some of its stores in the first half of April

Apple closed its stores outside mainland China on March 15 due to COVID-19. It wanted to reopen them by the end of this month, but it's going to take longer.
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Dyson races to develop a ventilator in coronavirus fight

Dyson is developing a ventilator to help patients suffering from the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. It aims to start making them in the next few weeks.
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More Amazon warehouse workers test positive for coronavirus

Amazon's complex shipping operation could experience difficulties as more reports emerge of workers at its warehouses testing positive for the coronavirus.
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Deep-space missions impacted by coronavirus, says European Space Agency

Lack of key on-site staff has forced the European Space Agency to pause operations on four of its deep-space probes. Staff are working remotely due to COVID-19.
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Facebook usage is soaring due to coronavirus lockdowns

Facebook says it's seeing usage growth on an "unprecedented" scale, driven mainly by people currently in lockdown due to the global coronavirus outbreak.
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A car could be the star of Japan’s Olympic torch relay

The Olympic torch relay usually involves lots of people carrying the flame through the host nation's communities. But Japan will do it a little differently.
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Fiat Chrysler swaps cars for masks in huge production effort

Fiat Chrysler will swap cars for face masks at one of its factories as it sets about making a million masks per month for medical staff dealing with COVID-19.
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NYC is hiring out-of-work rideshare drivers to perform essential services

New York City's lockdown means much less work for drivers, so its taxi commission is offering rideshare workers the chance to perform essential services.
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Apple’s Siri now helps you to check coronavirus symptoms

Apple has updated its Siri digital assistant to offer more help to anyone worrying they may have contracted the coronavirus, formally known as COVID-19.
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French police the latest to use speaker drones to enforce coronavirus lockdown

French cops are the latest to attach loudspeakers to drones and use them to blast orders at people who should be indoors during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Comcast considers options as Tokyo Olympics edge toward postponement

The coronavirus looks set to force a postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, causing a major headache for broadcasters such as Comcast-owned NBC.
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Tesla relents and shuts Fremont plant in response to coronavirus crisis

Tesla seemed determined to keep open its Fremont car factory despite a countywide order instructing nonessential businesses to close. But it's now relented.
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An IBM supercomputer called Summit is taking on the coronavirus

IBM's Summit supercomputer, the most powerful computer on the planet, has been doing some important work for the development of a treatment for the coronavirus.
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Forget toilet paper. Remote working means laptop supplies are running low, too

The coronavirus outbreak appears to be putting pressure on the supply of laptops, partly because more office employees are being asked to work from home.
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SpaceX and NASA still set for historic May mission despite coronavirus

Despite coronavirus concerns, SpaceX and NASA are still on for a historic May mission marking the first launch of U.S. astronauts on a U.S. rocket since 2011.
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NASA ramps up remote working measures to tackle coronavirus

NASA has instructed all of its employees to work from home as part of ongoing measures to protect its workforce and slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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Amazon confirms first case of coronavirus at a U.S. warehouse

Amazon has closed a delivery facility in New York City after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. It's the first known case at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S.
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Tesla’s California plant stays open despite coronavirus closure order

Tesla appears intent on keeping its California factory open despite a recent so-called “shelter in place” orders announced in response to the coronavirus.
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Facebook bug caused valid coronavirus articles to be marked as spam

A Facebook bug temporarily filtered out legitimate articles about the coronavirus, blocking links to news sites and preventing people from sharing the content.
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Frank Turner’s coronavirus concert livestream cut short by Facebook

Singer Frank Turner had his livestream show knocked offline by Facebook as he sought to raise funds for his crew after gigs were cancelled due to COVID-19.
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Spanish cops deploy speaker-drones to enforce coronavirus lockdown

Spain has told its citizens to stay indoors for the next 15 days as part of measures to tackle the coronavirus, and it's using drones to enforce the order.