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Reviews for the Macbook Air and iPad Pro (2020) and how the coronavirus is affecting tech companies and culture

03.27.2020 - By The VergePlay

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Stories discussed this week:

Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren’t notified

‘We’re all going to get sick eventually’: Amazon workers are struggling to provide for a nation in quarantine

It’s time for a regular Amazon daily coronavirus briefing

Twitter locks account encouraging coronavirus ‘chickenpox parties’

Zoom is 2020’s hottest yoga studio

Apple says customers must wait to pick up repairs locked inside its retail stores

Best Buy moves to curbside pickup only as it sees surge in orders for home office equipment

Disney Plus and Facebook are also reducing streaming quality in Europe

Amazon and Apple are reducing streaming quality to lessen broadband strain in Europe

YouTube joins Netflix in reducing video quality in Europe

YouTube creators figure out how to film during a pandemic

Fashion influencers are rethinking their curated aesthetics because they can’t leave their houses

Fox will broadcast NASCAR’s substitute sim racing ‘season’ on television

Pro drivers are competing with gamers after F1 and NASCAR canceled races

How to watch movies with friends online

Everything you need to know about the coronavirus 

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Apple MacBook Air (2020) review: the best Mac for most people

Apple iPad Pro review 2020: small spec bump, big camera bump

Never buy hardware today based on a promise of software tomorrow

The new MacBook Air and iPad Pro are already discounted on Amazon

Huawei hopes the P40 Pro can lure you away from Google 

Living a Google-free life with a Huawei phone

Dell now lets you control iPhones from its PCs

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