China’s various industries have been on the road to recovery over the last few weeks, but it seems business isn’t as smooth as intended. Their automotive scene is seeing a slump post-lockdown as industry players struggle to navigate a strange post-lockdown landscape.

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Coronavirus has upended the way people shop, sparking serious deals for some items and hefty price increases for others. Online purchases rocketed higher last month, according to an Adobe Analytics study released Thursday. Americans who don't have to travel to work also don't need to buy clothes to wear to the office, the gym, or to other social outings. That helped boost pajama sales by 143% but fueled a 13% sales decline for pants, Adobe Analytics said. The price for bras also dropped by 12%.

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Not everyone has the privilege of a home office, and that has never been clearer in the COVID-19-spurred age of working from home. Unfortunately, the inability to control your workspace has the potential to poison a company’s work culture and induce anxiety for many struggling remote workers.

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As we start to slowly file out and about again, many of us might slip into old routines; and just like forgetting your car keys, it’s entirely likely you may also forget your facemask at home too. Razer, traditionally a gaming company, has put plans into place to launch facemask vending machines across Singapore after the circuit breaker is lifted.

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As governments all over the world find different ways to implement physical distancing in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, Singapore has employed robot dogs to ensure people keep a safe distance from one another when outdoors. The experimental approach, made possible by Boston Dynamics, is an innovative method in the country’s fight against the pandemic. 

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Twitter has become the first major tech company to allow employees who can work remotely to do so indefinitely, as the coronavirus outbreak forces unprecedented changes in work culture across the world.

The pandemic, which has infected more than 4.2 million people globally so far, has led to strict lockdowns in most countries and changed the way businesses function, with work-from-home emerging as the new norm.

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Isolation is lonely. It's a mixture of the surreal and the mundane. It's anxiety-inducing. So we reach for loved ones. Maybe friendships we cherish but have faded with time. And now you can call them and there's no concern about having nothing to say — we all have this pandemic in common.

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Why did March feel like forever while April went by in the blink of an eye? It’s not just you. Time distortion is a real phenomenon and COVID-19 is impacting the way we perceive time both personally and collectively. Moving forward, the pandemic will change the way we utilize and manage time at work.

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How do you feel about going back to work today? After what seems like forever under the MCO and now the CMCO - most of us are returning back to work as close to normal as we can. How do you feel about that? Are you mentally and physically prepared? Do you feel motivated enough?

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It’s a whole other level of “Better safe than sorry” for these Malaysian shoppers, who went to unique, quirky, and oftentimes extreme lengths to protect themselves against the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

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