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In this article the author talks about David Norton, who helps to run a community center in this small city, is not a scientist and neither were the board members who gathered for an emergency meeting last week to decide whether the risk of contagion meant they should cancel their upcoming events.

The article reports on closure of Lowell High School after student of school's parent had tested positive for the coronavirus and mentions that the soccer team of the school had been preparing to play state semifinal games.

The article reports that University of Washington has planned to cancel in-person classes and have students take courses while the Seattle grapples with coronavirus outbreak and mentions that junior at Vanderbilt University had been tested positive for the virus.

The article offers information on the award of a big Pentagon I.T. contract was postponed so the new U.S. defense secretary, Mark Esper could review it; and mentions that the contract would not be awarded until he had completed an examination of the issue.

The article reports on the reaction of technology companies to the impact of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT on the sector. It cites the decision of Aaron Levie, chief executive officer of cloud computing company Box, to instruct its employees to determine how the technology could benefit its business. It describes the unpredictability of chatbots in terms of how it could impact businesses and platforms. It mentions the efforts of Google, Microsoft and Amazon to adopt chatbot tools.

The article highlights the importance of digital security at the time of major leaks of consumer information by hackers and explores what can a customer do to protect their personal information data.

The article discusses the personal challenges faced by Paige Thompson in her life including suicidal thoughts, and difficulties she had faced since transitioning to a woman.

The article offers information on how New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo increases pressure on political opponents of a deal in bringing Amazon.com Inc. to New York City, warning to face voters' wrath if the company pulled out in 2019.

The article informs that e-commerce giant Amazon has announced it has chosen New York's Long Island City and Virginia's Arlington for HQ2 and both locations will receive a $2.5 billion investment from Amazon, and each will have more than 25,000 workers over time.

The article offers news briefs including the Future Investment Initiative conference which opens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Microsoft's earnings reflects growth in its Azure cloud computing services and the Ford Motor will report third-quarter earnings with concerns on the slow pace of recovery plan.

The article reports on the return to office (RTO) strategies adopted by technology companies like Google to entice their workers to return to work, including providing concerts, pop-up events, and food trucks. Also cited are the concert and wine tasting held by Microsoft during the reopening of its office in Mountain View, California, and the perks offered by Qualcomm and software firm Clio.

The article reports on the decision by U.S. President Joe Biden to ban imports of Russian oil, gas and coal as protest to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's war of choice in Ukraine. Topics include Biden's claim that the ban could result in higher gas prices in the U.S., the announcement by Great Britain and the European Commission to phaseout Russian imports in the coming years, and the move by firms like Coca-Cola, Pepsico, and Starbucks to temporary close their Russian stores.

The article presents the New York digest. Topics include Citadel Securities, the powerful trading firm that serves brokerage firms like Robinhood, said that it had sold a stake to the venture cap, and Amazon workers in Alabama will have another shot at voting to form a union this winter as the National Labor Relations Board scheduled a mail-in election to start.

The article discusses how the U.S. corporate sector encourages voter participation in the November 2020 U.S. presidential elections. Topics explored include the reported closure of Best Buy stores on election day, the way companies can enable civic participation according to Franz Paasche of electronic commerce firm PayPal, and the promotion of early voting by companies such as fast food restaurant Shake Shack and beverage firm Coca-Cola.

The article discusses U.S. lawmakers' antitrust grilling of chief executives Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Sundar Pichai of Google as of July 30, 2020. Topics covered include the Democrats' focus on tech companies' acquisition of start-ups to check competitors, and Republicans' query on whether they had muzzled conservative viewpoints. Also noted are the executives' self presentations as participants in competitive and evolving digital marketplaces.

The article reports that the chief executive officers of technology companies Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, are set to appear together before Congress on July 29, 2020 to justify their business practices. Topics covered include accusations that these companies stifled rivals and harmed consumers, the implication of this hearing for other antitrust cases against these companies, and the ways that these executives are preparing for their testimonies.

The article focuses on the lack of clear guidance from U.S. state and federal agencies for employers on how to safely reopen after being ordered close to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Topics covered include businesses being left on their own on whether to test employees for coronavirus, the limitations of tests which caused employees and customers to doubt the safety of a workplace, and some of the protective measures that employers have adopted.

The article reports on some of the barriers that hinder blood tests for coronavirus antibodies in the U.S. to assess the reach of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Topics include criticism against the government for allowing the tests too quickly, the estimated number of companies allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell tests that have not gotten government vetting, and a laboratory technique called Elisa that can indicate the amount of antibodies a person may have.

The article reports on the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak on the U.S. stock market as of March 7, 2020. Topics mentioned include a drop in the S&P 500 index by 12 percent since February 19, 2020, companies in the country that have told their employees to work from home, and a decline in demand for oil.

The article reports on a contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense to the software company Microsoft. The department chose Microsoft over Amazon after President Donald Trump criticized the latter company's founder, Jeff Bezos. International Business Machines (IBM), Oracle and Google also participated in getting the contract to transform the military's cloud computing systems.

The article reports on the plan announced by electronic commerce company Amazon on June 11, 2019 to spend 700 million dollars to employee retraining to retain a third of its American workers to do more high-skilled jobs. Topics include the fear by workers that they will lose their jobs to robots and algorithms, how the investment will help answer the question of whether automation is a solution to the challenges of the 21st century economy, and training programs announced by other big firms.

The article reports on the decision of technology company Amazon on February 14, 2019 not to push through with plans to build a corporate campus in New York City following criticisms from lawmakers, progressive activists and union leaders that it did not deserve nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars in government incentives. Topics covered include the impact of the decision on the city's aims to diversify the economy and the concern of Amazon that the backlash would tarnish its image beyond the city.

The article reports on the different paths that technology companies Microsoft and Google are taking as they struggle with their role in creating a new generation of cyberweapons. Topics discussed include Microsoft's plan to supply advanced technologies to U.S. military and intelligence agencies to build a strong defense, Google's refusal to provide artificial intelligence products that could build more accurate drones, and the growing concern about how the U.S. will take on a rising China.

The article reports that China locked down some provinces to contain the spread of the coronavirus where average internet speeds in the country slowed as people stuck inside went online more and clogged the networks. Topics include considered that the quarantines around the world have made people more reliant on the internet to communicate, work, learn and stay entertained.

The article reports that central province at China endured shortages of hospital beds, medical supplies and doctors after the breakdown of coronavirus and mentions that citizens of Japan evacuated from Wuhan, China refused to be tested for the virus.

The article reports that the Google employees have gathered on a sidewalk to protest how the company has handled sexual harassment claims against its employees.