Video streaming services have been asked to lower stream quality to help ease the strain on internet service providers during the Covid-19 outbreak.
I HAVE been thinking about another mum’s post on Facebook asking for opinions about keeping children home from school since I read it on Saturday morning, and particularly about another’s point that she and her husband are both key workers.
Tweets that could place people at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19 would contravene its safety rules, the company said.
The social network has stepped in to help ‘organisations that need it the most right now’.
EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have all agreed to give customers free access to NHS websites offering guidance.
The social network said it has restored posts that were removed.
Facebook, Microsoft and Google are among the companies to have issued a joint statement on offering support during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rebecca Sharkey, 35, has been advised that she will be ‘safer’ delivering her baby in the Netherlands due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Yeah! singer shared the campaign to his more than 12 million followers on Twitter.
The tech giant said its annual WWDC event would have an ‘online format’ this year.
A total of 798 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 9am on Friday.
The suggestion people can self-check for Covid-19 by holding their breath is false, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
The tech giant said it is cancelling the in-person aspects of the event to help tackle coronavirus.
Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Apple have all struggled to get to grips with ‘the scale of the problem on their platforms’, the report said.
The social media platform had previously “strongly encouraged” staff around the world to work from home where possible.
