This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in E astern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 1,026,900 Global deaths: At least 53,975 US cases: At least 245,500 US deaths: At least 6,058 The […]
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Chinese e-commerce giant takes aim at rival leader Alibaba in cloud
JD.com is one of the biggest e-commerce and logistics company in China. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images BEIJING – JD.com, a major Chinese e-commerce company, is looking to become the technology platform of choice for U.S. customers in a cloud computing market dominated by Alibaba. JD is best known in China for its […]
Israel, China, Singapore use surveillance tech to track Covid-19
From Israel to South Korea to China, governments around the world are using technology to track the coronavirus outbreak as they race to stem its spread. But how long will it last and is this an infringement of privacy, rights groups have asked. In China, government-installed CCTV cameras point at the apartment door of those under […]
CVS to hire 50,000, Surgeon General warning
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 353,000 Global deaths: At least 15,000 US cases: At least 35,000 US deaths: At least 470 The data […]
Alphabet Waymo suspends driving operations in Phoenix, Detroit
Alphabet’s self-driving car business, Waymo, is suspending all driving operations in Phoenix and Detroit amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. All driving operations have been paused starting Wednesday night until April 7th. They will resume on April 8th at 5:30 am, which is when drivers normally start their morning shifts, according to internal documents viewed by […]
IRS delays tax filing deadline, JC Penney yanks earnings outlook
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 245,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Global deaths: At least 10,031, according to Hopkins data. US […]
Singapore new cases, Qantas to suspend flights
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore on February 27, 2020. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: At least 207,860, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization Global […]
Alphabet’s Verily launches a limited coronavirus screening website
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Alphabet’s Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it […]
Spain to impose nationwide lockdown
A tourist wearing a protective mask takes a selfie outside the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on March 11, 2020 after Spain banned all air traffic from Italy, closed schools and blocked fans from football matches after being caught off-guard by a near tripling of coronavirus infections in less than 48 hours. Lluis Gene | AFP […]
Google creating coronavirus site to help find testing
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks during the company’s 2017 Cloud Next event in San Francisco. Bloomberg | Getty Images Google and its parent company Alphabet are working on a website for coronavirus testing, according the internal materials viewed by CNBC and an announcement by President Donald Trump on Friday. Trump said during a press conference […]