The top 3 headlines right now of the #Covid19 #Coronavirus story
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Here are the top three headlines of the Covid19 coronavirus story right now:
Glimmer of hope: Overnight, China reported no new local infections for the second day in a row … That said: Leaked papers revealed that Chinese researchers found the novel coronavirus in December, but were told to not discuss their discovery and to destroy their work — and they’re still trying to cover this up … See also: Taiwan says WHO failed to act on coronavirus transmission warning … And of course: The U.S. needed coronavirus tests. The government failed to get them
Young people are falling seriously ill to the coronavirus — contradicting initial theories that the elderly are at substantially more risk
Italy’s 60 million people now have more Covid19 deaths than China’s 1.4 billion. The Financial Times assembled a comprehensive country-by-country Covid19 tracker…
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DEEP TECH:
Artificial intelligence researchers at Intel say they’ve created an experimental, “neuromorphic” system with the computational capacity of about 100 million neurons (roughly equivalent to a mole rat brain)
Former Uber engineer pleads guilty to stealing Google secrets
MEDIA & TELECOM:
The question is whether studio actions — delaying openings for major films and going straight to video-on-demand for smaller projects — are temporary or permanent:
Pixar pioneers win the A.M. Truring Award — the computing industry's 'Nobel' prize
HEALTHCARE TECH:
HIPAA’s patient data-privacy regulations were suspended for Covid19 response … and surveillance vendors wasted no time
Companies across the West are retooling to produce medical equipment for overloaded hospitals
FINANCE:
AT&T halts $4 billion in planned stock buybacks to preserve cash and address the coronavirus crisis
Asset managers rocked by record bond fund outflows … See also: Keep an eye on the credit markets
New Orleans restaurant kicks off coronavirus insurance coverage litigation
PUBLIC POLICY:
In America, Republicans unveil $1 trillion plan to grapple with virus fallout that heavily favors corporations
Less than 30% of total workers can work from home, and black and Hispanic workers are much less likely to be able to
The Association of National Advertisers and other corporate lobbyists are pressing the California attorney general to delay enforcement of the California Privacy Protection Act until January 2021
And finally… happy first full day of Spring? The world’s warming winters are ending long before Spring begins.