Wed March 4 2020: Emerging tech, event changes, and news around COVID-19

One theme, but with over a dozen specific stories to report. Let’s catch you up on all of the tech news and implications of COVID-19

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/3/21163553/google-io-2020-cancelled-coronavirus-tech-developer-conference

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/3/21163744/google-microsoft-free-access-coronavirus-google-hangouts-meet-teams

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/3/21163844/wechat-yy-censoring-coronavirus-keywords-citizen-lab

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-03/apple-restricts-employee-travel-to-italy-korea-on-coronavirus

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-employee-seattle-tests-positive-coronavirus/

https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/02/alibabas-new-ai-system-can-detect-coronavirus-in-seconds-with-96-accuracy/

https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/03/how-people-are-using-ai-to-detect-and-fight-the-coronavirus/

https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

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