Pandemic

(CNN)We've reached a horrible place, where dead bodies are being transported to Philadelphia's medical examiner in the back of an open pickup truck.More than 47,000 have now died of coronavirus in the US. Even if we assume we're at the top of the curve, tens of thousands more will die.…

Digital scams and phishing campaigns related to Covid-19 have been exploding since January, and it isn't just criminal fraudsters driving the trend. As researchers predicted, government-backed hackers around the world are exploiting the pandemic as cover for digital reconnaissance and espionage. Now Google says it has detected more than 12…

There is no shortage of coverage about the sprawling entertainment industry. There is a shortage of coverage for die-hard fans of reality TV shows, according to Kate Ward and Lindsay Mannering. That opening in the market is why the two — former colleagues at the women’s website Bustle, where Ward…

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Three months into the global coronavirus pandemic, there are growing signs that the long marriage between China and the US—indeed between China and the developed world—is coming apart. The virus shut Chinese factories in January and February; then it exposed how dependent the US and Europe had become on China…

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The first signs of distress came not with panic, but positivity. “Hope you all are feeling safe and at peace hunkered down with your family,” one influencer wrote, paired with a selfie featuring her adorable children in pajamas. Another posted a photo of her “mini oasis,” a selection of well-kempt…

Most days in this column I try to bring you one big story about the intersection of tech and democracy, but reading the news today I find I can’t draw any real lessons for you. Instead I see a few clusters of stories that feel worth reading and thinking about.…

"They're, as what I like to say, walking on eggshells," said Rhonda Voss, a survivor of domestic violence. She described what current victims might be going through: "You just never know what little thing that you do that might set them off — or even what might set them off,…