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FBI sees cybercrime reports increase fourfold during COVID-19 outbreak Instances of cybercrime appear to have jumped by as much as 300 percent since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the FBI. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/fbi-cybercrime-complaints-increase-fourfold-covid-19-091946793.html

The US Navy Hospital Ship Comfort docked in New York City, the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak, on Monday. The ship is expected to be operational soon. from https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/usns-comfort-hospital-ship-new-york-coronavirus/index.html https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200330064232-nyc-hospital-coronavirus-marquez-pkg-exlarge-169.jpg

The merch machine can’t be stopped, even for coronavirus or COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Coronavirus merch has arrived, and it’s somehow worse than I anticipated. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/27/21155937/coronavirus-merch-shirts-amazon-etsy https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66388306/51uiP7LvNgL._SL1000_.0.jpg

Vice President Mike Pence will take charge of the US response to the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump announced today. “Mike is not a czar,” Trump said. “I don’t view Mike as a czar.” Pence is not a public health expert, either. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/26/21155286/mike-pence-coronavirus-response-hiv https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66381641/1197631567.jpg.0.jpg

MWC, the smartphone industry's biggest annual trade show, won't happen this year. On Wednesday, the GSMA, the organization that puts together the event, said it's cancelling MWC 2020 over coronavirus-related concerns. The trade show was scheduled to run between February 24th and 27th. from https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/12/mwc-2020-cancelled-coronavirus/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fresize%3D2000%252C2000%252Cshrink%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2020-02%252F81a9c4b0-4ce5-11ea-ba5f-5cbe6c8d238b%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Dba0452bdc6ede028ae0c17dd1d2e297c69e7eca7&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=a61b86517f270aa574b821219fb031248f061404