Articles about coronavirus – Page 12 of 15

Internal memo: Jeff Bezos tells Amazon employees he’s ‘wholly focused’ on the COVID-19 crisis

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he has turned all of his attention to the impact of COVID-19, the tech giant’s… Read More

GM collaborates with Ventec on ventilator production for coronavirus patients

GM and Bothell, Wash.-based Ventec Life Systems say they’re collaborating to increase production of Ventec’s next-generation ventilators, which will be… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Talk coronavirus with local experts; live music online; meet a unicorn CEO

— The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended the way the entire world is working and living right now. Politicians, doctors,… Read More

FDA issues alert about fraudulent at-home coronavirus tests — without naming names

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about unauthorized kits that are being marketed to test for coronavirus in… Read More

Washington governor avoids ‘shelter in place’ rule, but warns citizens they’re not doing enough

Editor’s note: On Monday, March 23, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ordered all residents except essential workers to stay at home… Read More

Boeing suspends its dividend, holds up buybacks and stops paying CEO and chairman amid pandemic

Boeing says its CEO and its chairman will forgo all pay until the end of the year — and that’s… Read More

Geek of the Week: Jen Haller got first coronavirus vaccine shot, and like all of us, misses normal life

Jennifer Haller’s job, in part, as an operations manager at Attunely, is to help others feel comfortable and valued. This… Read More

DIY homeschool: One mom’s efforts to keep her kid’s brain from going mushy — plus experts’ tips

The Khan Academy math instructor has a soothing deep voice. It comes to you disembodied, a Wizard-of-Oz-like presence behind the… Read More

UW treating COVID-19 patients with antimalarial drug — researcher calls it ‘very promising’

Researchers and physicians at the University of Washington in Seattle are treating patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using a drug best… Read More

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies partner to study immune response to COVID-19

Microsoft and Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Friday they will work together to map the immune response to COVID-19. The goal… Read More

Rep. DelBene and other lawmakers voice privacy concerns over virus-tracking plans

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and two other members of Congress are sounding an alarm over the prospect of using location… Read More

Former U.N. envoy Nikki Haley quits Boeing’s board over its plea for $60B in aid

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who has been touted as a future presidential candidate, says… Read More

Pandemic exposes cracks in US labor market, leaving gig workers feeling desperate and exposed

When Uber announced this week it will provide cash assistance to drivers diagnosed with COVID-19, Vasil Denev considered whether getting… Read More

Redfin shares tips for ‘Selling Homes in a Virtual World’ to address COVID-19 real estate concerns

More people may be turning to virtual experiences when it comes to buying and selling homes during the coronavirus outbreak,… Read More

From airports to movie theaters to grocery stores, measuring COVID-19 impact via foot traffic data

Social distancing and self-quarantine measures have impacted foot traffic at movie theaters, airports, restaurants, bars, grocery stores, warehouse stores and… Read More

How Amazon is handling first COVID-19 case in its fulfillment system, after N.Y. worker tests positive

Amazon said it is taking proactive measures to protect employees at its fulfillment centers after a worker at a facility… Read More

Seattle startup Mystery creates ‘Night In’ boxes for those who still want to date and support businesses

Mystery has built a business around getting people out. The coronavirus is doing its best to keep us all in.… Read More

Coronavirus sleuth outlines his ‘Apollo program’ for bringing down the pandemic

A Seattle epidemiologist who warned about the threat posed by novel coronavirus when it was a novelty now says he… Read More

RedfinNow pauses making offers on homes as CEO says housing market has taken ‘turn for the worse’

Seattle-based real estate company Redfin announced Wednesday that RedfinNow, an arm of its business that buys homes directly from homeowners and… Read More

A virtual new world: Seattle startups on what works and what they miss while working from home

How’s everybody doing? That seems to be the question of the moment as we check in with one another via… Read More

Bill Gates calls out federal government for disorganized COVID-19 testing in Reddit AMA

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, a leading philanthropist on global public health, offered predictions and advice for coping with the COVID-19… Read More

UW Medicine opens drive-through coronavirus testing station for patients … by appointment only

UW Medicine patients are getting checked for coronavirus at a drive-through station set up in a hospital clinic’s parking lot.… Read More

Washington state works with the Pentagon to prepare for a wave of coronavirus cases

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says state officials are making joint preparations with the Defense Department to get more hospital beds… Read More

Passenger traffic drops by two-thirds at Sea-Tac due to coronavirus; aid sought

The number of airline passengers taking off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has fallen by two-thirds, due to the coronavirus outbreak… Read More

Lime temporarily shuts down in CA, WA and some European countries to slow coronavirus

Lime is pausing its e-scooter and e-bike services in California, Washington, Italy, France, and Spain, starting Tuesday. The company said… Read More

Amazon warehouses will stop accepting non-essential items amid COVID-19 outbreak

Amazon told third-party sellers Tuesday that it will temporarily bar shipments of non-essential items to warehouses so that the company… Read More

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AI vs. Coronavirus: How artificial intelligence is now helping in the fight against COVID-19

Artificial intelligence often raises concerns about privacy, bias and trickery in areas such as facial recognition and deep fake videos.… Read More

Seattle techies get the first shots in Kaiser Permanente’s coronavirus vaccine trial

Seattle’s tech community is well-represented in the first group of participants to get their shots in the first U.S. clinical… Read More

GeekWire and COVID-19: A message to readers from co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop

GeekWire is fortunate to report from one of the most dynamic and innovative places in the world: Seattle and the… Read More

AI2 and Microsoft join the White House’s push to enlist AI for the war on coronavirus

A consortium of tech leaders — including Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s charity… Read More