2020-05-13 20:57:00 {widget1} During the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have vastly increased the time we spend online and moved many of the activities from outside of our homes to the confines of the internet. In the middle of this — and with this shift in mind — the

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2020-05-13 16:25:00 {widget1} Amazon plans to extend hazard pay for warehouse workers through the end of May, but it will return to normal pay rates in June, the company’s top operations executive told Recode in an interview on Tuesday. The decision comes as Amazon faces

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2020-05-08 11:20:00 {widget1} If you go to Wendy’s this week, there’s a good chance you won’t be able to get a hamburger. Go to the supermarket and you’ll probably see some empty shelves in the meat section. You may also be restricted to buying one or two packs of whatever’s

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2020-05-08 12:54:25 {widget1} While many early indicators suggested that the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to contain it would be damaging to the labor economy, we’re now getting a fuller picture of just how bad the situation is in the United States. In mid-March, a

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2020-05-08 15:51:37 {widget1} How would you like it if anyone armed with an iPhone could figure out a slew of information about you, pull up any Facebook or Instagram picture you've ever been in, and see any other image of you that's been posted publicly online? This

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2020-05-08 17:17:52 {widget1} Shadow, the startup behind the catastrophic Iowa caucuses earlier this year, has quietly lost its majority funder, rebranded itself, and brought in new leadership to help chart a new, more focused direction in 2020. What was once called Shadow,

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2020-05-08 21:22:21 {widget1} Most Americans think snooping on a partner’s phone is a bad thing to do, but that hasn’t stopped more than a third of people in committed relationships from doing it anyway, according to Pew research published Friday. As many of us find

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2020-05-08 21:58:38 {widget1} For weeks now, the federal government has issued warnings to the American public about deceptive or just plain crooked companies selling at-home coronavirus test kits that weren’t authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — despite

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2020-05-11 11:00:00 {widget1} Unemployment in May reached its highest levels since the Great Depression, but companies like Postmates and Uber have continued to hire new workers during the pandemic. If you’re interested in this kind of gig, however, there’s a good chance

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2020-05-12 19:35:27 {widget1} Elon Musk has reopened Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, pushing back against local public health officials who declined to give the company authorization to resume production. After previously doubting the severity of the Covid-19

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