Amazon asks employees to avoid ‘non-essential’ travel to mitigate coronavirus risk Amazon is asking its employees to defer all “non-essential” travel across the U.S. and abroad in response to the novel… Read More
‘No time to waste’: Bill Gates outlines actions to combat coronavirus now as well as future crises While governments and citizens across the globe prepare and react in assorted way to various stages of the coronavirus pandemic,… Read More
How the coronavirus outbreak and supply chain slowdown are impacting West Coast startups Matt McCormick always plans for the Chinese New Year. As the owner of Jet City Device Repair in Seattle, he… Read More
Microsoft pulls out of Game Developers Conference due to coronavirus risk Microsoft said it will not attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco due to the coronavirus outbreak. Sony, Facebook,… Read More
Microsoft says it will miss revenue forecast for Windows business segment due to coronavirus Microsoft said Wednesday it will miss quarterly revenue guidance for its “More Personal Computing” business segment due to the coronavirus… Read More
Report: Amazon will pull products from third-party sellers that claim to treat coronavirus Amazon is removing products for sale in its marketplace that claim to treat or protect against coronavirus, according to an… Read More
Scientists create atomic-scale map of coronavirus’ deadly weapon, pointing out a path to fighting it Biochemists have created the first 3-D, atomic-scale map of key proteins in the killer coronavirus, opening up new possibilities for… Read More
Stripe closes Seattle office for two days as precaution after learning employee had contact with coronavirus patient Payments technology company Stripe closed its Seattle engineering office for two days this week as a precaution after learning Wednesday… Read More
Bill Gates warns that coronavirus impact could be ‘very, very dramatic,’ outlines long-term solutions Bill Gates spoke with broad optimism about the potential for technology to address some of the globe’s biggest challenges, but… Read More
Mobile World Congress canceled after coronavirus fears make it ‘impossible’ to stage giant event Mobile World Congress, the giant mobile phone event slated to kick off in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 24, has been… Read More
Amazon pulls out of Mobile World Congress tech event due to coronavirus, no word from Microsoft Amazon is the latest tech giant to pull out of the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona later this… Read More
Analyst: Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 releases could be delayed due to coronavirus outbreak Nintendo has already reported production delays from the outbreak of coronavirus in China, and a Wall Street firm thinks the… Read More
Nintendo Switch production delayed due to coronavirus Production of Nintendo Switch consoles and several accessories has been delayed due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, the… Read More
Gates Foundation pledges $100M to fight novel coronavirus The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to spend up to $100 million to stem the spread of the novel… Read More
Boeing’s prognosticator says China’s coronavirus crisis will have an impact on the aviation market LYNNWOOD, Wash. — One of Boeing’s top market analysts says the concerns stirred up by China’s Wuhan coronavirus outbreak will… Read More
Amazon and Microsoft restrict employee travel to China as tech giants react to spread of coronavirus Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants are restricting employee travel to and from China in the wake of concern over… Read More
Robot is helping to treat man with coronavirus in special isolation room at hospital north of Seattle The man being treated for what was initially the first known case of coronavirus in the United States is being… Read More
