Wuhan Tests Nine Million People for Coronavirus in 10 Days…”…Using sample pooling, Wuhan authorities collected samples one by one from citizens, and then processed five to 10 of them at once in a single nucleic-acid test. By bundling multiple samples, Wuhan was able to immediately clear all of the citizens included in one test—as long as the test came out as negative—thereby significantly cutting the number of total nucleic-acid tests required…” WSJ (Paywall)
Facebook rebrands Libra wallet Calibra to Novi
Spotify removes the cap from users’ libraries, letting you save unlimited songs, albums and podcasts
Microsoft Teams DAU: 75 million, Office Paid Seats 258 million
Robot barista helps South Korean cafe with social distancing
TV ad impressions drop nearly 27% for gaming brands
Cybersecurity Leadership Principles: Lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for the new normal (World Economic Forum)
World Economic Forum: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-COVID-19 World [PDF]
World Economic Forum: COVID-19 Risks Outlook A Preliminary Mapping and Its Implications [PDF]
What restaurants will actually be like in a post-COVID-19 world, according to CEOs and food experts
The Post-Pandemic Style: After deadly outbreaks, architects transform the places we live and work. This time won’t be different.
Xiaomi’s investment house of IoT surpasses 300 companies
Automattic pumps $4.6M into New Vector to help grow Matrix, an open, decentralized comms ecosystem
U.S. secures 300 million doses, almost a third, of potential AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Facebook takes on Amazon with online shopping venture
University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT…will be phased out over five years (WSJ: Paywall)
A Stanford dean on adult skills every 18-year-old should have
‘Apple Glass’ Rumored to Start at $499, Support Prescription Lenses, and More
Energy Transition Index 2020: from crisis to rebound
Burger King uses extra onions to equip The Whopper for social distancing
Google Chrome gets major privacy boost: Here’s how to enable DNS-over-HTTPS
If you want to re-watch one of the most impressive AI demos, fast forward to 29:00 of this video where the thing writes code based on your natural language comment of what the code should do: https://t.co/wgrIKq35Rq#MSBuild
This breakdown of retail sales data shows why Amazon is leading the stock market
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever
Amazon built a roving robot covered in UV light bulbs that could kill the coronavirus in warehouses and Whole Foods stores
The twist on the four-day workweek could get people back to work without causing new outbreaks
The future of fine dining? An exclusive biodome for you and your date
As a result of these demographic factors, the average human will experience a temperature increase of 7.5C when global temperatures reach 3C, which is forecast towards the end of this century.
Your iPhone will soon be able to tell 911 about your medical conditions and allergies
Remote work is a huge opportunity for high-impact climate policy
Intel Is Acting Like Only the Paranoid Survive. The CEO Wants It to Stay That Way…Bob Swan sees a future company of more empowered managers: ‘If you know the right thing to do, just go do it… For instance, as the pandemic spread, many customers ordered more chips for PCs that were in high demand as employees shifted to working from home. Cloud-computing giants, including Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., also wanted more chips to cater to growing demand in the work-from-home economy…”(Paywall)
Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise
Walmart is piloting a pricier 2-hour Express grocery delivery service
Ocado said that retail sales were up by 40 per cent in the second quarter (paywall)
GitHub Codespaces lets you code in your browser without any setup
COVID-19
“…The changes in our traffic light system to assist pedestrians and avoid build-ups of pedestrians at crossings actually preclude a return to previous high levels of private car use…”
Property Investors See Fiber-Optic Cables as ‘Railroads of the Future’ (paywall)
NHS reveals source code behind the contact-tracing app
Roaming ‘robodog’ politely tells Singapore park-goers to keep apart
Facebook to allow employees to work remotely until year-end
Google will let most employees work remotely until the end of 2020
Microsoft updates WFH policy, lets employees work remotely through October
Zoom Bachelorette, Minimum Viable Shows, and the nature of celebrity in quarantine
Wow! Noise is a secret killer of performance. A 10db noise increase (from a dishwasher to a vacuum) drops productivity by 5% – but most people don't notice since it impacts cognition, not effort. Also, note that noise is greater in poorer neighborhoods… https://t.co/RaIAsSudyYpic.twitter.com/ROejxzbJcP
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