How Digital Contact Tracing Could Work in the US, and Why It May Never Happen It’s widely agreed that re-opening major portions of our economy relatively safely will require an extensive testing and contact-tracing system. Manual contact tracing — where those who test positive are interviewed about recent travel and …

Study Sheds New Light on Remdesivir’s Mechanism of Action against SARS-CoV-2 In a paper published in the journal Science, a team of researchers from China reports the structure of the antiviral drug remdesivir bound to both a molecule of RNA and to the SARS-CoV-2 viral polymerase. The study illuminates the …

Active Tectonic System Spotted on Moon’s Nearside A system of wrinkle ridges on the nearside maria of the Moon is evidence of seismic activity set in motion 4.3 billion years ago that could be ongoing today, according to new research. Global map of the albedo from the 750 nm filter …

Tech for good during COVID-19: Sky-high gifts, extra help and chips   When Roger Lee, the co-founder of Human Interest, heard that San Francisco imposed shelter-in-place orders, he started blogging about layoff news and posting crowdsourced lists of employees who were laid off. His goal was to increase awareness about …

Data shows which tech roles might be most vulnerable amid layoffs Layoffs are having a big impact on industries across the board due to COVID-19. This week alone news came out of massive cuts for TripAdvisor, Lyft, and reportedly Juul and Uber. But according to data tracker Layoffs.fyi, the cuts …

17 ways PPC can help your business survive economic crisis People are clicking, but are they buying? WHEN will they buy? Are they buying too much too fast? When will stores reopen and foot traffic resume? Consumer demand is evaporating for some businesses, while others may be unable to fulfill …

Google May 2020 Core Update rolling out today Google announced it is rolling out a new core update, the May 2020 core update, Monday. This is the second core update of the 2020 year, the first one was the January 2020 core update. Historically, Google has released a core Google …

Google surfacing more local COVID news content to satisfy massive search demand Google’s search liaison Danny Sullivan said Monday that Google “has never seen as many searches” as it has for content related to COVID-19. Much of it is tied to local news updates about the virus. How Google defines …

Shopify launches post-COVID POS, Yelp rolls out omnichannel tools for SMBs Omnichannel has been a buzzword for years in the retail industry and has been vaguely synonymous with digital transformation. But now there’s more urgency, as traditional merchants large and small are having to place more emphasis on technology, e-commerce …

How Marketing Teams Can Create Order During A Time Of Chaos Project and resource management has never been more critical than it is during this challenging business environment. Finding ways to collaborate, plan and prioritize is vital, and teams need to be equipped with the skills needed for that kind …