Podcast Episode Details

Reviews for the Macbook Air and iPad Pro (2020) and how the coronavirus is affecting tech companies and culture

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Stories discussed this week:

• Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren’t notified
• ‘We’re all going to get sick eventually’: Amazon workers are struggling to provide for a nation in quarantine
• It’s time for a regular Amazon daily coronavirus briefing
• Twitter locks account encouraging coronavirus ‘chickenpox parties’
• Zoom is 2020’s hottest yoga studio
• Apple says customers must wait to pick up repairs locked inside its retail stores
• Best Buy moves to curbside pickup only as it sees surge in orders for home office equipment
• Disney Plus and Facebook are also reducing streaming quality in Europe
• Amazon and Apple are reducing streaming quality to lessen broadband strain in Europe
• YouTube joins Netflix in reducing video quality in Europe
• YouTube creators figure out how to film during a pandemic
• Fashion influencers are rethinking their curated aesthetics because they can’t leave their houses
• Fox will broadcast NASCAR’s substitute sim racing ‘season’ on television
• Pro drivers are competing with gamers after F1 and NASCAR canceled races
• How to watch movies with friends online
• Everything you need to know about the coronavirus 
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• Apple MacBook Air (2020) review: the best Mac for most people
• Apple iPad Pro review 2020: small spec bump, big camera bump
• Published on 5 years, 9 months ago