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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg urges people to complete the US census online

The social network is directing users to the Census Bureau's website.

Articleby Queenie WongApril 1, 2020 2:06 PM PDT

<p>Misinformation about the novel coronavirus is an ongoing problem for social networks like Twitter.</p>

Twitter says it's removed more than 1,100 misleading coronavirus tweets

Since March 18, Twitter has required users to take down tweets that could increase the spread of the coronavirus.

Articleby Queenie WongApril 1, 2020 1:02 PM PDT

Google searches about finances spike in US amid coronavirus pandemic

The query "coronavirus money help" has upticked over the last month.

Articleby Richard NievaApril 1, 2020 12:12 PM PDT

T-Mobile closes Sprint merger after two-year battle

The end is finally here.

Articleby Eli BlumenthalApril 1, 2020 11:21 AM PDT

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Amid coronavirus, April Fools' Day jokes risk being tone deaf

Google and T-Mobile say they're canceling their pranks this year, but other companies carry on. One online education company jokes about a "Diploma of Quarantine Survival."

Articleby Richard NievaApril 1, 2020 9:09 AM PDT

Microsoft warns hospitals about VPN cyberattacks during coronavirus

The tech giant notes that as more people work remotely, a new breed of hacker could attack.

Articleby Ian SherrApril 1, 2020 9:00 AM PDT

<p>A new coronavirus that originated in China is beginning to impact the operations of big tech companies.</p>

Coronavirus cancellations and delays: Wimbledon, Tokyo Olympics and more

Movies, music fests, tech conferences and sports events have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Articleby Kent GermanApril 1, 2020 8:38 AM PDT

What you should know about the Google Pixel 5

Google may be trying a new strategy as it prepares to release its next phone. Could this be what it takes for the Pixel to grab people's attention from Apple and Samsung phones?

Videoby Iyaz AkhtarApril 1, 2020 8:04 AM PDT

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New T-Mobile CEO: Sprint users can still keep plans after merger

"No one's plan will change," new T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert says.

Articleby Eli BlumenthalApril 1, 2020 7:55 AM PDT

<p>Overland Park, Kan.--In this upscale Kansas City, Mo., suburb, Sprint operates its corporate headquarters and <a href="http://www.cnet.com/2300-17918_1-10008707.html">product testing labs</a>. Rather than stacking its employees in a downtown skyscraper, the carrier choose to build a "campus" of low-rise buildings that sprawl across 200 acres of an almost rural-like landscape that includes an 8-acre lake and 6,000 trees. </p><p>The first buildings were completed in 1997, and the complex continued to grow over the next few years. Before it was built, Sprint occupied almost 50 offices across the Kansas City area. Thus, the goal was to centralize operations and make employee communication more efficient. When construction started in the mid 1990s, it became the largest building project in Midwest history and briefly was the largest building project in the world after Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport opened in 1998. </p><p>Today, the campus houses 7,000 Sprint employees, but has a capacity for double that. Though the population has fluctuated over the past decade, a large influx of employees relocated to Overland Park from Nextel's headquarters in Reston., Va. following the 2005 merger. The campus now has its own ZIP code and would be the 27th largest city in Kansas if it was incorporated. </p>

It's time to say farewell to Sprint

Once known for calls so crystal clear you could hear a pin drop, the company fades into the history books after being absorbed by T-Mobile.

Articleby Eli BlumenthalApril 1, 2020 5:00 AM PDT

Comcast offers home schooling content, Amazon fires factory protest worker

Today's major tech stories include Comcast launching home schooling content on Xfinity, Amazon firing a factory worker that organized a protest and Apple buying the popular Dark Sky weather app.

Videoby Jeff BakalarApril 1, 2020 4:00 AM PDT

Studies test wearables as early coronavirus detection tools

Can a smart ring hold clues to the early detection of COVID-19? A new study at the University of California, San Francisco is using the Oura ring to collect metrics such as body temperature in the hope of building an algorithm that can predict the onset of the coronavirus.

Videoby Lexy SavvidesApril 1, 2020 3:00 AM PDT