Autonomous shuttles are being used
to move COVID-19 tests from a Jacksonville, Florida testing site to a nearby
Mayo Clinic processing location, in what the medical nonprofit is calling a
“first” for the US.
Facebook begins sharing more
location data with COVID-19 researchers and asks users to self-report symptoms
YouTube said it would reduce the
number of videos it recommends to users on its platform which spread false
claims that 5G technology is linked to the coronavirus. The company said it
will remove videos that violate its policies. It may allow other
conspiracy-themed content about 5G which doesn’t mention the coronavirus to
remain on the site as “borderline content.”
Appearing before a background that
said “we care” over an image of a heart-shaped planet Earth, Zoom CEO Eric S.
Yuan said Sunday on CNN that despite the company’s recent security problems,
its “intentions are good.”
Apple announced Sunday it’s launched
a companywide effort to design, produce and ship face shields to medical
workers battling the coronavirus outbreak. The first shipment was delivered
this week to a Kaiser facility in the Santa Clara Valley, Apple CEO Tim Cook
said. https://cnet.co/34n96h5
Uber had recently partnered with Big
Basket to make sure essential products are delivered to people even during the
coronavirus lockdown. Now, the cab aggregator has partnered with e-commerce
giant Flipkart to help with the last-mile delivery of essential products using
Uber’s fleet of cars and bikes in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. The partnership
between Uber India and Flipkart was announced by the former in a blog post.
This is Uber’s third such B2B partnership in the last week, after Big Basket
and Spencer’s Retail.