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DC Debuts Smartphone-Based Covid-19 Exposure Alert System
The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system, a joint Google-Apple venture that delivers alerts to people’s phones, notifying them that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.
Census Says Deadline Can Be Reached With Tech, Nonstop Work
Technology and working around the clock should allow the U.S. Census Bureau to crunch numbers from the 2020 census in half the time originally allotted, but if the work isn’t completed by a year-end deadline, the statistical agency will take the extra time needed to finish it, bureau officials said Wednesday.
A Desk of Their Own To Ease Remote Learning For Kids In Need
As remote schooling surged during the pandemic, parents across the country realized that many kids didn’t have desks at home.
NEW HUAWEI PHONE COMES AT CRUCIAL TIME FOR CHINESE COMPANY
Huawei’s new smartphone has an upgraded camera, its latest advanced chipset and a better battery. What it may not have outside the Chinese tech giant’s home market is very many buyers.
INTEL TO SELL NAND BUSINESS TO SKOREAN RIVAL FOR $9 BILLION
Intel has agreed to a $9 billion deal to sell most of its memory business to South Korea’s SK Hynix as it moves toward more diverse technologies while shedding a major Chinese factory at a time of deepening trade friction between Washington and Beijing.
NONPROFIT APP AIMS TO HELP UNBLOCK GLOBAL AIR TRAVEL
A nonprofit foundation is testing a smartphone app that could make it easier for international airline passengers to securely show they’ve complied with COVID-19 testing requirements. It’s an attempt to help get people back to flying after the pandemic sent global air travel down by 92%.
TESLA POSTS NET PROFIT FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT QUARTER
Tesla charged through a summertime auto industry sales slump in the U.S. to post stronger-than-expected net earnings for the third quarter.
SHORT-VIDEO APP QUIBI SHUTTING DOWN JUST MONTHS AFTER LAUNCH
Short-video app Quibi said it is shutting down just six months after its early April launch, having struggled to find customers.
DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX CONVENE SESSION ON DIGITAL WORLD
Creating online communities free of danger and misinformation is crucial in building a better world, the Duchess of Sussex told an online audience during a special Time100 Talks episode she curated with her husband, Prince Harry.
ERICSSON EARNINGS BOOSTED BY 5G NETWORK ROLLOUTS
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has reported upbeat third-quarter earnings, helped mainly by the rollout of 5G wireless networks in China and a strong U.S. market.
EXTRA SAFETY SCRUTINY PLANNED AS VIRUS VACCINE WORRIES GROW
Facing public skepticism about rushed COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. health officials are planning extra scrutiny of the first people vaccinated when shots become available — an added safety layer experts call vital.
NASA MOON-LANDING TECH HITCHES RIDE TO SPACE ON BEZOS ROCKET
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon.
UNITED LOSES $1.8 BILLION, AIMS TO SHIFT FOCUS TO RECOVERY
United Airlines financial hole grew deeper over the summer as a modest recovery in air travel slowed down, pushing the carrier to a loss of $1.84 billion in the typically strong third quarter.
DC CHARTERS OFFER INNOVATIONS IN PANDEMIC-ERA EDUCATION
Returning to school in the nation’s capital during the pandemic has proven to be an ongoing experiment in learning — and not just for students.
BANK PROFITS REMAIN RESILIENT DESPITE LINGERING PANDEMIC
Unemployment remains high, many small businesses are struggling, and there are few signs that Congress and the White House can soon agree on another stimulus package to help the U.S. economy in the pandemic. But Wall Street banks are on the rebound after slumping the first six months of the year.
CHINESE RETAILER MINISO TO RAISE ABOUT $562 MILLION IN IPO
Miniso, a Chinese discount retailer known for its fashionable but affordable household products, is expected to raise up to $562 million in a U.S. initial public offering in New York.
US LAYOFFS REMAIN ELEVATED AS 898,000 SEEK JOBLESS AID
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 898,000, a historically high number and evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession that erupted seven months ago.
WALMART TO SPREAD OUT DEALS TO AVOID BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS
Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY OFFICIAL DEFENDS RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC
The airline industry has been shaken to its core by the pandemic, pushing some foreign carriers into bankruptcy and driving a few small U.S. ones out of business.
A TASTE FOR TRAVEL? FINNAIR TO SELL PLANE FOOD IN SHOPS
Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed and to offer a taste of the airline experience to those missing flying in the COVID-19 times.
SOFIA COPPOLA'S ‘ON THE ROCKS' IS A MODEST DELIGHT
Few filmmakers can bring a rut to life like Sofia Coppola. When her characters are in a funk, whether it’s a Hollywood actor in between jobs, a few lost souls in a foreign place or a Queen, it’s never the stuff of melodrama.
SMALL GYMS DEVASTATED BY CORONAVIRUS FEAR, RESTRICTIONS
There’s little evidence of Americans’ passion for fitness at the tens of thousands of small and independent gyms around the country.
3 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE FOR BLACK HOLE RESEARCH
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes — the straight-out-of-science-fiction cosmic monsters that suck up light and time and will eventually swallow us, too.
MORGAN STANLEY BUYING EATON VANCE IN DEAL VALUED AT $7B
Morgan Stanley will buy the investment management firm Eaton Vance in a deal valued at about $7 billion.
NICE KNOWING YOU: LONDON HEATHROW'S FAREWELL TO BA'S JUMBOS
British Airways’ last two Boeing 747 planes at the airline’s historic base of London’s Heathrow Airport made their final flight Thursday, the fleet’s retirement having been brought forward by the coronavirus pandemic.
MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS
Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.
HAWAII PUSHES FORWARD WITH TOURISM DESPITE SAFETY CONCERNS
Despite increasing coronavirus cases across the U.S., Hawaii officials hope to reboot tourism next week by loosening months of economically crippling pandemic restrictions, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers.
FRENCH COURT: GOOGLE MUST OPEN PAYMENT TALKS WITH PUBLISHERS
A French appeals court upheld an order for Google to open negotiations with French publishers over payments to use their news content.
2 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE FOR GENE-EDITING TOOL
The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to two researchers Wednesday for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to alter DNA, the code of life — technology already being used to try to cure a host of diseases and raise better crops and livestock.
FACEBOOK BRACES FOR CONTESTED ELECTION, VOTER INTIMIDATION
Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory or contest official results and the possibility of voter intimidation by alleged — and potentially armed — “poll watchers.”