Just two weeks after reopening its New York and San Francisco offices, social media giant Twitter said Wednesday that it will be closing those offices “immediately.” The decision came “after careful consideration of the CDC’s updated guidelines, and in light of current conditions,” a spokesperson said. “Twitter has made the decision to close our opened […]
Missouri AG wages war on masks as state blazes with delta cases
AG Schmitt, who is running for Senate, accuses “ruling class” of lying about COVID.
Facebook will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to campus
Earlier today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to work on-site. It was part of a larger letter sent to Google/Alphabet staff that also noted the company will be extending its work-from-home policy through October 18, as the COVID-19 delta variant continues to sweep through […]
Want to work at a Google campus? You’ll need to be vaccinated
While the rise of the Delta variant is extending the company’s work-from-home policy through October 18, it’s not entirely clear what happens after that date.
Class, a Zoom-only virtual classroom, nears unicorn status after SoftBank check
Class, a virtual classroom that integrates exclusively with Zoom, announced today that it has raised $105 million in a financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund II. The 10-month old startup has now raised a total of $146 million in known venture funding to date, which eclipses the amount of capital raised by founder Michael Chasen’s […]
TikTokとトゥレット症候群をめぐる複雑な事情：急増するティーンエイジャー女性のチック症状
TikTokではトゥレット症候群を抱えて日々を生きる人たちの動画が次々と投稿され、「#tourettes」とタグ付けされた動画の再生数は30億回を超える。一方で、その症状であるチックの症例を訴えるティーンエイジャーの女性が急増しているという。果たしてそこに因果関係はあるのだろうか？ 動画がこの神経症状への偏見を正すことに貢献する一方で、医師たちはソーシャルメディアが「自己暗示」による症例の拡大につながっている可能性を指摘する。
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CDC mask reversal: Vaccinated should wear masks in many settings amid surge
Fully vaccinated people should mask up in high-transmission areas, schools.
COVID surge in unvaccinated is pushing US to more mandates, masks, mitigation
“More mitigation is coming… and it’s coming because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again”
The Tokyo Olympics could be a COVID-19 “super evolutionary event”
The Games could provide a place for variants to spread and return home with athletes.
オフィスに再び人を呼び戻す「通勤手当」は本当に必要か？ 英国で巻き起こった議論の争点
オフィスに人を呼び戻すうえで壁となる「通勤」。海外企業のなかにはパンデミック以前より手厚い通勤手当で人を呼び戻そうとしているところもあり、英国では手当の必要性が議論の的になっている。だが、これにはいくつかの英国固有の問題もある。
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