Donations, hackathons and ventilators: Big tech companies outline coronavirus fight

Big Tech is now starting to bring more of its resources to bear in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak that has spread around the world. In addition to earlier efforts by companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit and Microsoft to curb misinformation online, several tech giants have offered updates over the weekend on their efforts to fight the pandemic, which has already claimed 417 lives and infected 33,276 people in the United States as of late Sunday. Here’s a quick look at what the local tech giants are working on so far: Less than a week after Alphabet Inc.-owned Verily — a sibling to Google Inc. — launched its prototype COVID-19 screening website, the Web search giant brought its own COVID-19 information portal online, along with an enhanced search function for coronavirus-related topics. Read More...