How to check the status of your coronavirus stimulus payment

Apr15
by on April 15, 2020 at 11:44 pm
Posted In: Insider


The US government has begun sending out $1,200 checks to most Americans as part of a $2 trillion economic relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Dubbed the CARES Act — Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act — the stimulus package means the majority of Americans should receive their money via direct deposit, while others will receive their checks via mail. The timing of the rollout, however, has been uncertain, with some people receiving their deposits already, and others still waiting. If you need that money sooner rather than later, you might be anxious to find out when the…

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Coronavirus means no new emoji in 2021

Apr14
by on April 14, 2020 at 10:50 pm
Posted In: Shareables


The Unicode Consortium announced last week that it was pushing the release of Unicode 14 back by six months. Now instead of a new batch of emoji coming out in 2021, we won’t see the new ones until 2022. The reason is — you guessed it — COVID-19. Specifically, the Consortium is delaying the release of Unicode Standard Version 14.0, which would include a new batch of emoji characters. Mark Davis, President of the Consortium, said in a statement that attempting to adhere to the original schedule would put a strain on the Consortium’s volunteers: “Under the current circumstances we’ve heard…

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Scientists find 78% of people don’t show symptoms of coronavirus — here’s what that could mean

Apr13
by on April 13, 2020 at 5:00 pm
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, with 1.4 million cases and almost 75,000 deaths reported worldwide as of April 7. To slow down the spread and reduce mortality, governments across the world have put in place social distancing measures. When such measures are lifted, the “flattened epidemic curve” is expected to start rising again in the absence of a vaccine. As most testing takes place inside hospitals in the UK and many other countries, the confirmed cases so far largely capture people who show symptoms. But to accurately predict the consequences of lifting the restrictions, we need to understand how…

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