Opinion: 5G won't help rural Americans shelter in place

While the US government and telecommunications industry have been engrossed in the race to 5G, much of the country is still in a slow crawl to regular home Internet service.

Opinion: Working at home should finally bury email

With legacy systems like email now creaking under the strain of work-from-home edicts, the time has come to leap into the future.

Amazon suspends almost 4,000 seller accounts over price gouging

Amazon.com Inc said it has suspended thousands of seller accounts for price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus dims Twitter earnings expectations

Twitter on March 23 dialed back its earnings expectations for the current quarter amid a massive disruption in online advertising stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, even though the service has become a hub of conversation about the crisis.

Covid-19: German toilet paper calculator takes aim at virus panic-buying

Misinformation hampers coronavirus response, experts warn

Misinformation is impacting on efforts to quell the coronavirus pandemic as even "very well educated" people share false cures, hoaxes and conspiracy theories online, experts warned as recorded cases continued to climb March 20.

Robots rising: Coronavirus drives up demand for non-human labour in China

A shortage of workers and restrictions on human contact because of the coronavirus pandemic is driving up demand for service robots in China, potentially boosting a sector that has struggled to scale up commercially.

Social Distance Gallery recreates cancelled student art shows

Facing the threat of the coronavirus, colleges around the United States are moving their instruction online to keep their students, faculty and staff safe.

Facebook donates emergency wildfire mask stash, Musk also aiding

Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook Inc has donated its emergency reserve of 720,000 face masks, joining other tech corporations declaring aid in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Private, online and hi-tech: the coronavirus economy

The coronavirus pandemic has sent stock markets into freefall and industries to the wall, however many firms enabling more private, online and tech-based living are emerging as potential winners.