Category: Daily Crunch
Daily Crunch: Streaming services respond to COVID-19
Streaming services will reduce video quality in Europe, we get our hands on the new MacBook Air and Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 20, 2020. 1. Netflix will reduce streaming quality in Europe for 30 days EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has called for Netflix to…
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Daily Crunch: Facebook and Twitter fight coronavirus misinformation
The big social networks take steps to ensure that they’re providing accurate information for public health, Charter refuses to allow employees to work from home and Microsoft Teams sees a big spike in popularity. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 19, 2020. 1. Facebook will put a new coronavirus info…
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Daily Crunch: Apple unveils new iPad Pro and MacBook Air
Apple has new hardware coming, the U.S. government may use cell phone data to track the spread of COVID-19 and Fox acquires a streaming company. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 18, 2020. 1. Apple announces new iPad Pro The new iPad Pro looks more-or-less like the existing iPad Pro,…
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Daily Crunch: Alphabet’s Verily launches COVID-19 screening site
Alphabet launches a site for COVID-19 test screening, the stock market continues to fall and Microsoft Teams goes down. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 16, 2020. 1. Alphabet’s Verily launches its California COVID-19 test screening site in a limited pilot Alphabet-owned health technology company Verily has launched the COVID-19…
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Daily Crunch: FDA approves speedier coronavirus test
A just-approved test could speed up the rate of coronavirus testing, the stock market had a historically bad day yesterday and Russian trolls shift to outsourcing. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 13, 2020. PS: Hope you’re all staying safe! 1. FDA approves new coronavirus test that could speed rate…
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Daily Crunch: Stocks plummet after travel ban
We’ve got a barrage of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Comscore partners with Twitch and the ACLU sues over facial recognition in airports. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 12, 2020. 1. US institutes 30-day travel ban on Europe, taps SBA and tax deferrals to stimulate the economy…
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