News and Tech Update

Your Monday Briefing By Natasha Frost from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3pFz74Y

77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election By Jim Rutenberg, Jo Becker, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin, Matthew Rosenberg and Michael S. Schmidt from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3r9O6Vq

New York City Postpones Vaccine Appointments Ahead of Storm By The New York Times from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3oEJJjk Vaccination and Immunization, de Blasio, Bill, New York City, Snow and Snowstorms, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Some people test positive after being vaccinated. Here is why. By Lucy Tompkins from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3tcTGrQ internal-essential, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Never mind the skeptics, officials say: Hank Aaron’s death had nothing to do with the Covid-19 vaccine. By Rick Rojas and Denise Grady from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3r7SHXZ internal-essential, Vaccination and Immunization, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Aaron, Hank, Kennedy, Robert F Jr

Your Monday Briefing By Carole Landry from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/39xAe10

The Science of Reasoning With Unreasonable People By Adam Grant from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3tcgHei Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Friendship, Vaccination and Immunization, Psychology and Psychologists, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

I Miss Sitting at a Crowded Dinner Table By Jordan Salama from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2YsI0Dc Jews and Judaism, Arabs, New York City, Quarantine (Life and Culture)

Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Covid Spit Test, Dies at 51 By Clay Risen from NYT Science https://ift.tt/3agX8Jq Deaths (Obituaries), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Tests (Medical)

Coronavirus Variants, GameStop, Polar Vortex: Your Weekend Briefing By Remy Tumin and Jeremiah M. Bogert, Jr from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2Mjica4

As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’ By Lynsey Chutel and Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/36u5vQx Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Third World and Developing Countries, World Health Organization, South Africa, AFRICA

Daily Covid Toll in U.S. Remains Enormous, but Cases Are Falling By Lauren Leatherby and Lazaro Gamio from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3j3uak0 Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates

‘S.N.L.’ Takes on Marjorie Taylor Greene and GameStop By Dave Itzkoff from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3tmlcTU Television, Saturday Night Live (TV Program)

Honor and Learn This Black History Month By Adrienne Gaffney from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3pvmMAm Quarantine (Life and Culture)

Sylvia Lieber, Creative Kindergarten Teacher, Dies at 102 By Richard Sandomir from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/3tdtL36 Deaths (Obituaries), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Education (K-12), Lieber, Sylvia (1919-2021)

‘Like Wartime’: Canadian Companies Unite to Start Mass Virus Testing By Catherine Porter from NYT World https://ift.tt/2YrYqvl Coronavirus Reopenings, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Tests (Medical), Agrawal, Ajay, Atwood, Margaret, Canada

E.U. Makes a Sudden and Embarrassing U-Turn on Vaccines By Steven Erlanger and Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/3j3zBiM Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), European Union, European Commission, Great Britain, Vaccination and Immunization, International Trade and World Market, Great Britain Withdrawal from EU (Brexit), Europe

Paris, Shuttered, Must be Imagined By Roger Cohen from NYT World https://ift.tt/3agWn2L Quarantine (Life and Culture), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Paris (France)

How the Search for Covid-19 Treatments Faltered While Vaccines Sped Ahead By Carl Zimmer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3cnO6wI Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hydroxychloroquine (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Research, your-feed-healthcare, Remdesivir (Drug)

Evidence Builds That Pregnant Women Pass Covid Antibodies to Newborns By Christina Caron from NYT Well https://ift.tt/3tc4aaG Antibodies, Research, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Parenting, University of Pennsylvania

In L.A., the Virus Is Pummeling Those Who Can Least Afford to Fall Ill By Jill Cowan and Matthew Bloch from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NOm8jz Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Income Inequality, Labor and Jobs

After Newness Fades, Canada Settles Down to Legal Marijuana By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/2MAIUuz Marijuana, Canada

A Georgia Chicken Town Reels After a Plant Disaster By Richard Fausset and Miriam Jordan from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3psU578 Foundation Food Group, GAINESVILLE (GA), Nitrogen, Poultry, Foreign Workers, Illegal Immigration, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Immigration and Emigration

Coachella music festival is canceled again. By Isabella Grullón Paz from NYT World https://ift.tt/39vrmsG internal-essential, Music, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Festivals, Goldenvoice

Share Your Memories of Someone You Lost to Covid-19 By The New York Times from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/39w1H3l

Biden Visits Walter Reed, the Hospital That Treated Both Him and His Son By Michael D. Shear from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/39tuIg0 United States Defense and Military Forces, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Biden, Joseph R Jr, Reed, Walter, National Military Medical Center, United States Politics and Government

A ‘Race’ to Vaccinate, After South Africa Variant Is Detected in South Carolina By Chris Dixon and Sarah Mervosh from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3pwjehr South Carolina, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates

Why Did the N.Y.P.D. Solve Fewer Crimes Last Year? By Mara Gay from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2NP0agk Crime and Criminals, George Floyd Protests (2020), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Police Department (NYC), Police

It’s obvious COVID–19 accelerated digital reliance for many companies. And it’s no surprise that, according to a recent study, 89% of tech leaders believe digital experiences are critical to addressing new COVID–19 challenges. In this race toward 100% digital business, agile innovation is the new elixir of life — without it, a company may face an […] The post The State of Digital Innovation, One Year Into the Pandemic appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com https://ift.tt/2Mytx5S

Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants By Carl Zimmer, Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3thE4U2 Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-healthcare, Johnson & Johnson

Robinhood’s Existential Moment By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/3oyHBcJ Financial Brokers, Corporate Social Responsibility, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Social Media, AMERICAN AIRLINES, Facebook Inc, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, GameStop Corporation, Oversight Board (Facebook), World Economic Forum, Robinhood Financial LLC

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Spotlight on Old Houses By Christina Poletto from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/3cmvJYY Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Historic Buildings and Sites, Social Media, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Home Repairs and Improvements, HGTV, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine

Join Us in Miami! Love, Masters of the Universe By Nellie Bowles from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3agKj1p Relocation of Business, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Computers and the Internet, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Start-ups, Banking and Financial Institutions, Blackstone Group, The, Elliott Management Corp, Suarez, Francis X (1977- ), Miami (Fla)

Can Cute Windows Resurrect a Depressed Town in Upstate New York? By Devorah Lev-Tov from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3cghqoW Historic Buildings and Sites, Art, Bley, Paul, Windows

Why Barbara Kavovit, Entrepreneur and Occasional ‘Housewives’ Friend, Is Running for Mayor By Caity Weaver from NYT Style https://ift.tt/3r357k4 Politics and Government, Elections, Mayors, Bravo, Democratic Party, Kavovit, Barbara, New York City

Amazon’s Cynical, Anti-Union Attack on Mail Voting By Craig Becker and Amy Dru Stanley from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36pmBiv Organized Labor, AMAZON.COM INC, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR-CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS, National Labor Relations Board

One Dose Now for Everyone Most Likely to Die By Adam Finn and Richard Malley from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3akoPkC Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Deaths (Fatalities), AstraZeneca PLC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer Inc, Moderna Inc, Europe, Great Britain, Israel, United States

Backlash Over Virus at SUNY College: ‘Learn From Your Fall 2020 Mistakes!’ By Amanda Rosa from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3t5qkeX Coronavirus Reopenings, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Education (K-12), Colleges and Universities, State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta (NY)

Should Schools Be Able to Discipline Students for What They Say on Social Media? By Jeremy Engle from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/3t8ZUsA

Tracking Coronavirus Vaccinations Around the World By Josh Holder from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ckVXuV Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Mexico’s death toll becomes the world’s third highest, surpassing India’s. By Mike Ives, Maria Abi-Habib and Oscar Lopez from NYT World https://ift.tt/3ci3gUl internal-essential

Word + Quiz: malarkey By The Learning Network from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/3t4mAu5

My Attempt to Prepare for a Future Without Google By Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Mx4yjx Australia, Google Inc, Search Engines, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, News and News Media, Computers and the Internet, Law and Legislation

Your Friday Briefing By Natasha Frost from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3pul8Pz

A ‘bunch of kids’ ran a major vaccination site for Philadelphia. Then the city cut its ties. By Lucy Tompkins and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio from NYT World https://ift.tt/3cmyysX internal-essential

Tyler Perry Gets Covid-19 Vaccine on TV to Reassure Black Skeptics By Cara Buckley from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3os4FKp Black People, Blacks, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Perry, Tyler, Television, BET (TV Network), Forbes Magazine

Professional Hockey Is Disrupted by Coronavirus By Seth Berkman from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3iXEeuR Hockey, Ice, National Hockey League, National Women's Hockey League, Metropolitan Riveters, Vegas Golden Knights, St Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Lake Placid (NY), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)