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US coronavirus cases top 100,000, California bans evictions for those impacted by COVID-19

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All times below are in Eastern time.

Global cases: More than 591,802

Global deaths: At least 26,996

US cases: At least 101,657

US deaths: At least 1,581

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

7: 26 pm: SF secures 300 hotel rooms for self-quarantine, will open new shelter at convention center

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday announced that the city had secured 300 hotel rooms for the purpose of self-isolating people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

The city also will open a new shelter at its Moscone West convention facility. The 300 leased hotel rooms will be used to quarantine seniors, homeless people, first responders and health care workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus or under investigation for the illness and need to be isolated.

The city is also in the process of finalizing leases for an additional 3,000 hotel rooms next week, according to the office of the mayor. The new shelter at the Moscone West convention center will allow the city to house more vulnerable populations who are required to practice social distancing.

The shelter will allow the city to relocate some people from other shelters. Moscone West is typically used to house company conventions, such as the Worldwide Developers Conference where Apple has previously announced many of its iPhone and Mac products. “At a time when we’re encouraging everyone who can to stay home and stay six feet apart when they do go out, it’s important that our shelters and navigation centers also have the space to follow the public health requirements,” Breed said in a statement. —Salvador Rodroguez

7:09 pm: Nike learned a lesson in China: Some want to sweat away their coronavirus stress

Nike has a variety of mobile apps for fitness, including Nike Run Club.

Source: Nike

Nike‘s stores might be temporarily shut due to COVID-19, but the sportswear giant is getting more people to sweat during stressful times. With many gyms like Equinox shut down, people are turning to its apps, and that is helping boost its e-commerce business.

Nike has made the premium version of its Nike Training Club app, which offers virtual workouts like a 43-minute upper body strength routine, or a 23-minute core strength yoga course, free to all U.S. consumers. It made the switch last weekend, when it started promoting a new ad campaign telling people to “Play Inside and Play for the World,” amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

In the U.S., Nike has since seen a more than 100% increase in weekly active users of its NTC app, Heidi O’Neill, the president of Nike’s Consumer and Marketplace division said. And in China, where the virus originated, Nike saw an 80% increase in NTC workouts in the latest quarter. —Lauren Thomas

7:03 pm: Trump says he told Pence not to call governors who aren’t ‘appreciative’ of White House coronavirus efforts

President Donald Trump said Friday that he instructed Vice President Mike Pence not to reach out to governors who aren’t “appreciative” of his administration’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in their states.

“If they don’t treat you right, I don’t call,” Trump said of those state leaders.

“I think they should be appreciative. Because you know what? When they’re not appreciative to me, they’re not appreciative to the Army Corps of Engineers, they’re not appreciative to FEMA. It’s not right,” Trump told reporters at a daily press briefing at the White House.

The president mentioned Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, both Democrats who have been critical of the White House’s actions to combat the deadly pandemic. —Kevin Breuninger, Christina Wilkie

6:56 pm: Fiorina criticizes coronavirus relief bill, says large companies haven’t ‘earned’ help

Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina criticized the coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump on Friday, saying that the bill was too generous to large companies.

“It’s the $500 billion of corporate bailout that I object to. I think it is not taxpayer money well spent, and I don’t think the companies have earned it, and they have vast resources at their disposal through some of the backstops and extraordinary measures that the Federal Reserve has taken,” Fiorina said Friday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” —Jesse Pound

6:51 pm: Airbnb freezes hiring and suspends marketing due to coronavirus

Airbnb will institute a hiring freeze and suspend its marketing as the company adjusts to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.

The company’s founders will also be taking on no salary and its executives will take a 50% salary reduction for the next six months. Additionally, employees have been told that it is unlikely that they will get their 2020 bonus. The hiring freeze will impact all roles with the exception of a very small number of critical positions, according to the person, who asked to remain anonymous discussing internal matters.

It’s a dramatic turn of events for Airbnb, which was poised to be the hottest tech IPO (or direct listing) of the year until the COVID-19 crisis struck the U.S. last month. —Sal Rodriguez

6:46 pm: As retailers extend store closures past the two-week mark, tougher decisions need to be made

March 27 was the day that many retailers set roughly two weeks ago as the marker for how long they planned to temporarily keep their shops closed. But as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, nothing is opening back up again.

Not even close.

For some, this might not come as a surprise. Many of these companies likely set the initial end-of-the-month date because they knew they could at least pay workers for two-weeks time, verbally committing to do so, and they had already paid their landlords March rent.

Now, heading into April, we are in uncharted territory. Where the industry goes from here will depend on many factors as the announcements from a number of retailers illustrate. —Lauren Thomas

6:40 pm: Inside the Navy’s hospital ships helping to ease the surge of coronavirus patients

Sailors perform a surgical procedure in an operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Danny Ray Nunez Jr. | US Navy

6:20 pm: Gov. Cuomo, the National Guard and FEMA transform the Javits Center into a hospital

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces plans to convert the Jacob Javits Center on Manhattans West Side into a field hospital as Coronavirus cases continue to rise on March 23, 2020 in New York.

Bryan R. Smith | AFP | Getty Images

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that the construction of a temporary hospital at the Jacob K. Javits Center had been completed with the help of FEMA and the National Guard. The New York City convention center, which usually hosts events like New York Comic Con, is now home to 1,000 hospital beds that will be used to handle patient overflow caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The temporary hospital at the Javits Center in Manhattan is just the first of several that will be built in New York. Cuomo plans to have a temporary hospital in each of New York City’s five boroughs as well as in Westchester, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties. –Hannah Miller, Adam Jeffery

5:45: US coronavirus cases top 100,000, doubling in three days

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. surpassed 100,000 Friday, doubling in just three days as the pandemic accelerates and the U.S. rolls out broader testing measures.

Data from Johns Hopkins University showed the total number of coronavirus cases as 101,707 and the total number of deaths in the U.S. as 1,544.

The virus emerged in Wuhan, China, in December. It has since spread to more than half a million people in almost every country around the world and continues to pick up speed, the World Health Organization warned earlier this week.

“The pandemic is accelerating,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday at a press briefing from the organization’s Geneva headquarters. “It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases.” –William Feuer

5:30 pm: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper orders residents to stay at home order

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a stay-at-home order Friday and closed the state’s nonessential businesses in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The order goes into effect 5:00 pm Monday, but Cooper urged residents to begin staying at home immediately.

“It’s what we have to do to save lives,” he said at a press briefing Friday.

Residents will still be able to leave for essential reasons, including to get food or medicine, according to Cooper. People will also be able to leave their homes for outdoor exercise or to help others.

North Carolina has 763 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and has had three deaths from the virus, according to data compiled by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. –Hannah Miller

5 pm: Trump signs $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill as the US tries to prevent economic devastation

President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Friday, as Washington tries to blunt economic destruction from the pandemic ripping through the United States.

The House earlier passed the stimulus package, believed to be the largest in U.S. history, by voice vote, which simply measures if more lawmakers shout for “aye” or “nay” on whether to support it. The chamber scrambled Friday to block an effort to delay its passage. —Jacob Pramuk

4:30 pm: California suspends eviction orders for those financially impacted by coronavirus

Medical personnel from Riverside (CA) University Health Systems hospitals administer a Coronavirus Test to an individual during drive-through testing in the parking lot of Diamond Stadium.

Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order banning the enforcement of eviction orders for renters affected by the coronavirus through May 31. The order is effective immediately, providing relief to tenants who have rent due April 1.

Landlords are prohibited from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent and the enforcement of evictions by courts or law enforcement is also banned, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Tenants must declare in writing no more than seven days after their rent’s due date that they cannot pay all or part of their rent because of COVID-19. Reasons for lack of payment could include being sick from the coronavirus, caring for someone who is sick, experiencing a layoff or needing to miss work to care for a child, among other circumstances. Tenants remain obligated to repay full rent in a timely manner and could still face eviction after the enforcement moratorium is lifted. They must provide documentation that verifies their financial status changed because of the virus. –Hannah Miller

4:15 pm: SeaWorld furloughs nearly all of its employees

SeaWorld has temporarily furloughed more than 90% of its employees as of April 1, according to an SEC filing. Furloughed employees will not be paid after March 31 and will be eligible for unemployment subject to local regulations. “The furlough period is uncertain at this time due to the temporary park closures and will be reassessed as business conditions dictate,” the filing said. SeaWorld said earlier this month that it initially planned to close all of its parks until the end of March. —Hannah Miller

4 pm: Trump orders General Motors to make ventilators under Defense Production Act

President Donald Trump has ordered General Motors to make ventilators under the Defense Production Act hours after criticizing the company for not acting quickly enough to produce the supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Korean War-era statute can force certain American companies to produce materials that are in short supply in the face of the growing outbreak.

The order comes hours after GM announced plans to build critical-care ventilators with Ventec Life Systems at one of the automaker’s components plants in Indiana. —Michael Wayland

3:45 pm: Disneyland and Disney World to stay closed

Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort will remain closed until further notice, according to an announcement from the Walt Disney Company. Hourly employees of the parks as well as resort cast members will continue to be paid through April 18, the company said.

Universal Orlando Resort previously extended its closure until April 19. After shutting down on March 16, the theme park originally planned to stay closed until the end of March. —Hannah Miller

3:30: San Francisco’s early restrictions seem to be helping hospitals avoid coronavirus overload — so far

In San Francisco, once feared to be a hotbed for the coronavirus, doctors are not yet seeing the dire overcrowding of hospitals that other areas like New York are are experiencing.

“I was on campus today, and it’s actually quite mellow,” said Dr. Bob Watcher, UC San Francisco’s Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine told CNBC on Thursday. “Because we’re not doing elective procedures that can be pushed back, it’s even quieter than usual.”

For now, UCSF clinicians are managing a steady trickle of patients entering into the emergency rooms with COVID-19 symptoms. while still bracing for a possible flood. As of Friday, San Francisco has 279 confirmed cases and the city saw its largest increase of COVID-19 diagnoses on Thursday. California now has more than 4,000 known COVID-19 cases. —Christina Farr

3:23 pm: Dow pares some losses, down 400 points

Major stock indexes pared some losses in late trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 400 points, or 1.7%, after falling as much as 1,000 earlier in the session. The S&P 500 slid 1.2% while the Nasdaq Composite traded 1.6% lower. —Fred Imbert

3:06 pm: Walmart, Kroger have already hired thousands of new employees

Thousands of new Walmart and Kroger employees are already restocking shelves, checking out customers and working at distribution centers across the country.

Kroger is the parent company of grocery chains, including Fred Meyer and Harris Teeter. It has hired more than 23,500 employees so far, and it plans to hire an additional 20,000 for its stores, manufacturing plants and distribution centers in the coming weeks, according to a company news release.

Walmart hired 25,000 employees in less than a week, after it announced plans to add a total of 150,000 part-time and full-time workers through the end of May.

The major U.S. grocers have some of the most aggressive plans to staff up as boxes of pasta, canned goods, toilet paper and other essential items continue to fly off shelves during the coronavirus pandemic. They’ve expedited hiring and received numerous applications from people laid off or fuloughed by restaurants, hotels or other hard-hit industries. —Melissa Repko

2:50 pm: Four dead on Carnival cruise ship amid new coronavirus outbreak aboard

Four passengers died aboard Holland America’s “Zaandam” cruise ship and two people on board tested positive for the coronavirus, the company said.

The company, which is owned by parent Carnival Corp., did not say how many passengers and crew were tested, but said 53 passengers and 85 crew members are exhibiting symptoms consistent with the coronavirus. There are more than 1,800 people aboard the ship, the company said, adding that four doctors and four nurses are also onboard.

The company said in a statement that “four older guests have passed away on Zaandam,” but did not specify whether they died of COVID-19. “No one has been off the ship since March 14 in Punta Arenas, Chile.” —Will Feuer

2:40 pm: France reports new spike in deaths

Members of the Charitable Brotherhood of Saint-Eloi de Bethune, each wearing a face mask, carry a coffin towards a grave, at Pierrette cemetery in Bethune, on March 27, 2020, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.

Denis Charlet | AFP | Getty Images

French health authorities reported 299 new deaths from coronavirus, taking the total to 1,995, as the government has decided to extend by two weeks the national lockdown, now due to end on April 15 at the earliest.

The climb in the number of deaths represents a daily rise of 18%, a less-marked increase from the previous day.

During a press conference, health agency director Jerome Salomon added that the number of cases had risen to 32,964, a rise of 13% in 24 hours. —Reuters

2:11 pm: GM to start producing critical-care ventilators

General Motors and Ventec Life Systems said they have agreed to build critical-care ventilators at one of the automaker’s components plants in Indiana.

GM and Washington-based Ventec said officials are “working around the clock to meet the urgent need for more ventilators,” citing efforts to begin production at the Kokomo plant “already underway.” GM, according to a release, is donating its resources at cost. —Michael Wayland

1:45 pm: Italy tops 9,000 deaths, overtakes China in cases

A view shows some of 35 coffins of deceased people stored in a warehouse in Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo, Lombardy, on March 26, 2020 prior to be transported in another region to be cremated, during the country’s lockdown following the COVID-19 new coronavirus pandemic.

Piero Cruciatti | AFP | Getty Images

Italy recorded 919 new deaths from coronavirus, the highest daily toll anywhere in the world, while the number of confirmed cases eclipsed the total in China where the virus first emerged.

Italy was the first Western country to introduce severe restrictions on movement after uncovering the outbreak five weeks ago. It has tightened them week by week, banning all non-essential activities until at least next Friday.

Only the United States has now recorded more cases, while Italy has suffered almost twice as many deaths as any other nation. —Reuters

1:30 pm: House passes $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C) and Representatives Kevin McCarthy (L) and Steny Hoyer show the bill to the press after the House passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill, on March 27, 2020, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC

Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images

The House passed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, sending the unprecedented measure to President Donald Trump’s desk after a scramble to block efforts to delay its passage.

The plan, which includes one-time payments to individuals, strengthened unemployment insurance, additional health-care funding and loans and grants to businesses to deter layoffs, got through the Senate unanimously on Wednesday night. On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the bill “as mitigation” of the disease’s destruction, predicting there would be more plans to aid “recovery.” —Jacob Pramuk

1:23 pm: Google is offering $340 million in free ads for small businesses as part of coronavirus help package

Google is offering $340 million in ad credits to small and mid-size businesses with active Google ad accounts as part of an $800 million coronavirus response package, the company announced.

As part of the package, the company is also donating the following:

A $200 million investment fund that will help NGOs and financial institutions provide small businesses with capital

$250 million in advertising grants to help the World Health Organization and government agencies offer information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19

$20 million in Google Cloud credits for academic institutions and researchers

Unspecified financial support to help increase production capacity for life-saving equipment, including face masks and ventilators. —Jennifer Elias

1:11 pm: Coronavirus relief bill gives small businesses more time to cover payroll taxes

Small businesses facing payroll tax payments are likely to get some relief from Congress – the option of deferring payment to Uncle Sam until next year.

In particular, the pending $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill will permit small businesses to defer their share of Social Security payroll taxes in 2020. Payroll taxes are shared by workers and their employers, so that each pays 6.2% toward Social Security and 1.45% toward Medicare.

Sole proprietorships would also qualify. —Darla Mercado

1:04 pm: Cramer sees oil plummeting below $20 per barrel on dual coronavirus-price war crises

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he thinks the price of oil will fall further because of demand and supply shocks from the dual crises of the coronavirus pandemic and global producer infighting.

Cramer cited oil prices as something high-frequency, computerized stock market traders are watching.

“I think oil takes out $20,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” With U.S. oil trading around $21.50 per barrel early Friday, prices would have to fall more than 7% to go below $20. It was down more than 4% late Friday morning.

On March 18, the per-barrel price of West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, closed just above $20, in an over 24% single-day plunge that was its third-worst session ever. —Kevin Stankiewicz

12:54 pm: WHO officials enroll first patients from Norway and Spain in ‘historic’ coronavirus drug trial

The first patients in a “historic” trial to test treatments for the coronavirus have been enrolled in Norway and Spain, World Health Organization officials announced.

World health officials are testing four of the most promising drugs to fight COVID-19, including malaria medications chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, an antiviral compound called Remdesivir, a combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir and a combination of those drugs plus interferon-beta. —Will Feuer

12:48 pm: The Fed’s balance sheet just passed $5 trillion for the first time ever due to rescue bill

Though its efforts to keep markets running and boost the economy are just getting into gear, the Federal Reserve’s asset portfolio has reached levels never seen before.

The central bank’s balance sheet, which consists largely of bonds and other assets it has purchased over the years, ballooned to $5.3 trillion for the week ending Wednesday. That’s well above the $4.52 trillion peak it hit in mid-May 2016 before the Fed started rolling off the bonds it had acquired during and after the financial crisis.

This latest peak has occurred in rapid fashion, the result of expansion begun in small steps earlier this year then accelerated with the growth of the coronavirus crisis. —Jeff Cox

12:43 pm: ‘Throw Massie out’ – Trump rages on Twitter after GOP Rep hints he’ll oppose coronavirus stimulus bill

Rep. Thomas Massie, leaves the House Republicans’ caucus meeting in the Capitol on immigration reforms on Thursday morning, June 7, 2018.

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images

President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Thomas Massie, calling him a “third rate Grandstander” after the Kentucky Republican signaled he would oppose a $2 trillion relief bill intended to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

“He just wants the publicity. He can’t stop it, only delay, which is both dangerous & costly,” Trump said of Massie in a series of furious tweets.

Trump said that while Republicans had to “give up some stupid things” through negotiations with Democrats “in order to get the ‘big picture’ done,” the bill was “90% GREAT!”

“WIN BACK HOUSE, but throw Massie out of Republican Party!” Trump added. —Jacob Pramuk, Kevin Breuninger

12:39 pm: Pence says economic fundamentals remain strong despite massive coronavirus impact

Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain robust despite the coronavirus pandemic that has tanked markets and led to unprecedented layoffs of millions of Americans.

“While the stock market has ebbed and flowed, and even this week made dramatic moves, President Trump and our entire economic team believe that all the fundamentals continue to be strong,” Pence said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” “And that, as we deal with the coronavirus that this economy will come roaring back once we see our nation through this challenging time.” —Tucker Higgins

12:33 pm: IMF chief Georgieva says the world is in a recession, containment will dictate strength of recovery

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said that the global economy is now in a recession thanks to COVID-19, but that she’s heartened to see world leaders finally realizing that only coordinated effort will be able to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“We have stated that the world is now in recession and that the length and depth of this recession depend on two things: Containing the virus and having an effective, coordinated response to the crisis,” she told CNBC’s Sara Eisen.

“I’m very encouraged by what I see now. I see much clearer understanding [among global leaders] that if we don’t beat it everywhere we won’t be able to get out of it,” she added. —Thomas Franck

12:19 pm: Apple announces COVID-19 website and app in partnership with CDC and the White House

Apple has developed a new website and app that will provide a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms as well as up-to-date information from trusted sources about the coronavirus outbreak.

The software was developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, the White House-led Coronavirus Task Force, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The COVID-19 app is available on Apple’s App Store, and there is also a website that can be accessed from Windows or Android phones and computers. —Kif Leswing

12:12 pm: GOP Rep. Massie pledges to delay vote on massive $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), trailed by reporters, walks to the floor of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Win McNamee | Getty Images

House members are scrambling back to the Capitol on Friday morning as one member’s opposition to a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is set to delay its passage.

With few representatives in Washington this week as the outbreak tears across the country, House leaders hoped to approve the legislation quickly Friday by voice vote — which simply decides whether shouted yeas or nays from members present are louder. But Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he plans to force a typical recorded vote, which could hold up passage for hours as the House needs a quorum of 216 representatives present.

In a series of tweets announcing his plan to request a full vote, Massie argued the unprecedented rescue measure spends too much taxpayer money, criticizing Democrats for pushing for changes this week rather than approving an earlier version of the legislation. —Jacob Pramuk

12:08 pm: Bank of America CEO says struggling customers can defer loan payments online with ‘two-clicks’

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said that retail customers who are struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic can defer loan payments online with a simple two-click process.

“What we’ve told people is we’ll defer payments,” Moynihan told CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “If you have a cash flow interruption because of your employment and you need to defer your payments for 30, 60, 90 days, call us up.”

The second-largest U.S. bank by assets has had 150,000 requests for payment deferrals since the coronavirus crisis began in earnest in the U.S. this month, Moynihan said. To streamline the process, which can tie up call center lines, the bank is ramping up a way to apply for relief online, he said. —Hugh Son

11:59 am: Trump criticizes GM, CEO Mary Barra for wanting ‘top dollar’ for producing ventilators

President Donald Trump criticized General Motors and its CEO Mary Barra for their response to producing needed ventilators amid the coronavirus pandemic and wanting “top dollar” for such work.

Trump, in a tweet, said, “As usual with ‘this’ General Motors, things just never seem to work out. They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, ‘very quickly’. Now they are saying it will only be 6000, in late April, and they want top dollar. Always a mess with Mary B. Invoke ‘P’.”

In the initial tweet, the meaning of “Invoke P” wasn’t immediately clear. But Trump followed up with a second tweet saying he was referring to invoking the Defense Production Act that would force companies to produce such equipment. —Michael Wayland, Lauren Hirsch

11:53 am: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo extends school closures as coronavirus cases rise

Paramedics wearing protective equipment carry a stretcher into Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended school closures across the state by two weeks to April 15 as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, he said.

“When you look at the number of cases that’s still increasing, it only makes sense to keep the schools closed,” he said at a press conference.

Cuomo is also calling on hospitals across the state to double their capacity. The state currently has 53,000 hospital beds, but will need 140,000 of them for coronavirus patients over the next three weeks when the outbreak is expected to peak in New York, he said.

“We’re asking hospitals to try to increase capacity 100% … “We’re looking at converting dorms. We’re looking at converting hotels,” he said. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

11:47 am: Mnuchin says taxpayers will be ‘compensated’ for airline relief

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that the coronavirus economic stimulus bill before Congress is not an airline bailout and that taxpayers will be compensated for relief given to companies hobbled by the global pandemic.

At the same time, Mnuchin said in an interview with Fox Business Network that plane-maker Boeing has not requested government help.

“I’ve been very clear this is not an airline bailout,” Mnuchin said. “And that taxpayers need to be compensated for relief they’re giving to airlines.”

U.S. airlines are preparing to tap the government for up to $25 billion in grants to cover payroll in a sharp travel downturn triggered by the coronavirus, even after the government warned it may take stakes in exchange for bailout funds, people familiar with the matter said. —Reuters

11:39 am: ‘This will not be licked by Easter,’ doctor warns in call for two-week US lockdown

President Donald Trump wants the country to “open up,” but a growing number of health experts want a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Those experts are saying the United States needs to impose a two-week or longer pause of non-essential activity before federal and state governments can even think about economic and social life starting to return to normal.

Far stricter restrictions on businesses and individuals need to be adopted – and not the loosening of restrictions called for by some, including Trump, the experts say.

“This will not be licked by Easter,” said Dr. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, who is one of the loudest voices calling for a shutdown. —Dan Mangan

11:30 am: America’s department stores can make it as much as 8 months with closed stores, analyst says

A sitting area typically filled with people is virtually empty as a man walks through Herald Square with a protective mask on March 12, 2020 in New York City.

Gary Hershorn | Getty Images

With stores temporarily shut due to the coronavirus pandemic — and a slim-to-zero chance of opening in the near future — America’s department stores are facing a cash crunch.

Department store chains have enough liquidity to make it about five to eight months, with their stores sitting dark, in this coronavirus pandemic, according to an analysis by Cowen & Co. It says that is “better than feared” because the firm does not anticipate the temporary store closures will drag on for that long.

In making these assumptions, Cowen is measuring liquidity as cash plus revolvers, relative to key expenses such as rent, labor and promised dividend payments. Cowen said labor costs are about 10% of annual sales, while rent is about 3%, to give a sense of what some of these expenses look like. —Lauren Thomas

11:18 am: Digital divide of US households without internet

Data from Pew Research Center shows large swaths of the U.S. are trying to cope without a household internet connection while much of the country hunkers down to work and shop from home.

Before coronavirus hit the U.S., about 7% of private-industry workers had access to a flexible workplace benefit, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those jobs tend to pay well, which helps explain why access to telework varies sharply by income, according to the Pew Research Center.

Lack of internet access has also left millions of households cut off from vital services and information during the pandemic. —Melodie Warner, John Schoen

10:27 am: Real ID deadline gets pushed back due to coronavirus

With air travel at a near standstill amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security is extending the Real ID enforcement deadline a full year to Oct. 1, 2021.

“The federal, state and local response to the spread of the coronavirus here in the United States necessitates a delay in this deadline,” DHS acting secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement.

States across the country have temporarily closed or restricted access to departments of motor vehicles, which has prevented millions of people from applying for and receiving their new state-issued Real IDs, the statement said.

For now, adults boarding any federally regulated aircraft can continue to use their current driver’s licenses as usual for domestic travel and wait until 2021 to obtain a Real ID-compliant license. —Jessica Dickler

10:21 am: US consumer sentiment falls to lowest level in more than 3 years

Doug Hassebroek shops with a protective mask during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, March 25, 2020.

Caitlin Ochs | Reuters

U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a three-year low as the coronavirus outbreak ramps up, according to data from the University of Michigan.

The index of consumer sentiment dropped to 89.1 in March — its lowest level since October 2016 — from 101 in February. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected consumer sentiment to fall to 90.

March’s decline in sentiment was the fourth-largest in nearly 50 years, according to Richard Curtin, chief economist for the Surveys of Consumers. —Fred Imbert

9:35 am: Dow tanks more than 800 points following a massive 3-day bounce

Stocks fell sharply, giving back some of the strong gains experienced in the previous three days to cap off another volatile week on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 800 points at the open, or over 3%. The S&P 500 slid 3.2% while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.9%.

Chevron, Boeing and American Express led the 30-stock Dow lower, sliding more than 5% each. Energy and industrials were the worst-performing sectors in the S&P 500 as they dropped 5.8% and 4.3%, respectively. —Fred Imbert

9:03 am: Billionaire Leon Cooperman: I’m optimistic the stock market has bottomed on coronavirus fears

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman told CNBC he’s optimistic that the stock market has bottomed on coronavirus fears.

“If I’m right on the virus call, if I’m right and that’s the big ‘if’ … I think the market at the recent low … was close enough to the bottom to be called the bottom,” Cooperman said on “Squawk Box.”

The S&P 500 hit its recent low of 2191.86 on Monday, which was about 35% lower than the index’s last month’s all-time high.

The investor, who made his fortune picking individual stocks, said he sees an S&P range of 2,200 to 2,800 this year. —Kevin Stankiewicz

8:50 am: CEO behind Buffett, Bezos health venture says US ‘death toll curve’ worse than China

The CEO behind the joint health-care venture between JPMorgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway is calling for a national “shelter-in-place” order as deaths from the coronavirus continue to rise in the U.S.

“Our death toll curve is now worse than when China was at the same stage,” Haven CEO Dr. Atul Gawande told CNBC. “We have 12 states with more than 1,500 cases. China had one province,” said Gawande, also a renowned surgeon, author and speaker.

Gawande said health officials are learning from Washington state, where the death toll there appears to be declining. “Shelter in place, which some states are doing,” he said. “We don’t have the others on board. We really need a national shelter in place.” —Berkeley Lovelace

8:29 am: US infections on the rise

8:13 am: Build-A-Bear Workshop and The Cheesecake Factory announce furloughs

Mall staples Build-A-Bear Workshop and The Cheesecake Factory both announced they are furloughing workers. Build-A-Bear plans to furlough more than 90% of its workforce, and The Cheesecake Factory has furloughed 41,000 hourly restaurant workers, according to regulatory filings.

Furloughed employees for both companies will continue to be eligible for employee benefits, including insurance.

Citing the impact of government regulations and landlord decisions to close properties, Cheesecake Factory is not paying rent for the month of April. —Amelia Lucas

8:04 am: Dow futures point to 800-point drop

U.S. stock futures pointed sharply lower following a strong rally sparked by increasing expectations of a massive fiscal stimulus from Congress while investors shook off grim unemployment data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures implied an opening drop of about 800 points amid volatile trading. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointed to more than 2% declines at the open. —Fred Imbert

7:20 am: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive

Screen grab of Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the nation from 10 Downing Street, London, as he placed the UK on lockdown as the Government seeks to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he has tested positive for COVID-19. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” he said on Twitter. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.”

“The test was carried out in No 10 by NHS staff and the result of the test was positive,” a spokesman for No. 10 Downing Street said in a statement. “In keeping with the guidance, the Prime Minister is self-isolating in Downing Street. —Will Feuer

7:13 am: New York hospitals will run out of medical supplies in a week, former FDA chief says

7:07 am: UK to pay pensions and pensions of furloughed staff

Britain will announce it intends to cover the costs of employer national insurance and pension contributions for businesses furloughing staff, a statement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said. —Reuters

7:05 am: Norway predicts 2% economic slowdown this year

Norway’s government now predicts its gross domestic product excluding oil will contract by 2% this year as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a sharper drop than the 1% contraction it expected last week. The forecast is based on the assumption that the urgent situation in Norway and other countries remains for the coming two months, and that growth thereafter gradually returns to the normal, the government said in a white paper. —Reuters

6:59 am: Spain’s death toll spikes by 769 overnight to 4,858

Two workers transport a coffin at La Almudena cemetery on March 26, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Spain plans to continue its quarantine measures at least through April 11.

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Spain’s death toll rose overnight by 769 cases to 4,858, the health ministry said, the highest number of fatalities recorded in 24 hours for the country. The total number of those infected rose to 64,059 from 56,188 on Thursday. —Reuters

6:10 pm: Hungary announces two-week lockdown

Hungary has become the latest country to announce a two-week lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said via public radio that while citizens must maintain social distancing, they would be able to go to work, shop and take limited exercise outdoors, starting Saturday. Orban said people can still go outside, but they cannot be in a group. Hungarian police will enforce compliance with the rules and apply fines, if needed. —Silvia Amaro

5:37 pm: Iran’s death toll rises to 2,378

The Iranian health ministry reported a total of 2,378 deaths from the virus and 32,332 confirmed cases, according to Reuters. —Silvia Amaro

5:30 am: Italy’s business morale plunged in March

A worker carries out sanitation operations for the Coronavirus emergency in Piazza dei Miracoli near to the Tower of Pisa in a deserted town on March 17, 2020 in Pisa, Italy.

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Morale among Italian businesses plunged in March as the outbreak dampened economic activity, Reuters reported.

Data by statistics institute ISTAT showed that its composite business morale index — which captures the manufacturing, retail, construction and services sectors — sank to a reading of 81.7 this month from last month’s 97.8. The March reading was the lowest since June 2013, Reuters reported. —Yen Nee Lee

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Get Insights from Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk and More at This October Event

How do you get motivated and who gets you motivated?

When it comes to people who motivate others, the speakers at the Real Estate Wealth Expo have it covered.

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You will learn how to make money 100 different ways such as increasing sales and marketing your business, finding a small business you can operate from home for under $3500 dollars, start selling on e-commerce with products you never even own and more.

Additionally, you will get Peak Performance Training from Tony Robbins LIVE, Certificate of Real Estate Investing, and 30+ classes.

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Delivering on the Promise of Delivery and Snaplications

Grubhub completing Eat24 acquisition as Bite Squad gobbled up local delivery services top the headlines on this edition of MRM’s Daily Bite. Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at [email protected].

Grubhub Closes on Eat24 Acquisition

Grubhub Inc. closed its acquisition of Eat24 from Yelp. Yelp previously announced its plan to sell Eat24 as part of a strategic partnership with Grubhub to integrate online ordering from all Grubhub restaurants onto the Yelp local goods and services platform. The partnership with Grubhub became effective upon the closing of the sale, and is expected to increase the number of order-enabled restaurants on Yelp to approximately 75,000 when fully implemented.

“Grubhub creates unmatched value for our restaurant partners and the best possible experience for diners,” said Matt Maloney, Grubhub CEO. “Eat24’s loyal diner base and extensive restaurant selection will satisfy more diners while driving more orders to restaurants and our drivers. We couldn’t be more excited about the Eat24 acquisition and Yelp partnership.”

With the close of the Eat24 deal, Grubhub has completed all three of the acquisitions discussed on its second quarter earnings call, including Foodler and OrderUp. In connection with these acquisitions, Grubhub has refinanced its existing credit facility with a new five-year, $350 million committed facility, consisting of a $125 million term loan and an expanded $225 million revolving credit facility.

“With the sale of Eat24 now complete, we are excited to begin our long-term partnership with Grubhub,” said Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp’s co-founder and chief executive officer. “This partnership will enhance our consumer product offering in Yelp’s highest trafficked category by adding tens of thousands of additional restaurants for online ordering and delivery.”

Yelp received approximately $251.7 million in cash at closing, which remains subject to customary post-closing adjustments, and an additional $28.8 million in cash will be held in escrow for an 18-month period after closing to secure Grubhub’s rights of indemnification. Yelp will update its full year 2017 financial outlook, reflecting the expected financial impact of the sale of Eat24 and Grubhub partnership, upon reporting the third quarter 2017 financial results.

Bite Squad Completes Local Delivery Acquisition and Integration

Bite Squad, an online and mobile food ordering and delivery service, completed the acquisition and integration of 17 local restaurant delivery companies as part of its strategy to consolidate the fragmented restaurant delivery service industry and expand the company’s national footprint to more than 30 metropolitan areas across the United States.

Aloha2Go, Ashley’s Food, Café Courier Ohio, Chef Shuttle, Delicious Deliveries, Doorstep Delivery, Foodie Call, FoodNow, Gainesville2Go, Goodybag, Grub Cab, Restaurants Express, Room Service in Paradise, Takeout Taxi Maryland, 2 Dollar Delivery, 256ToGo, and 864ToGo are now operating under the Bite Squad banner and are seamlessly powered by Bite Squad’s market-leading technology, operational systems, and a fleet of several thousand W2-employed delivery drivers.

“By integrating our premier delivery experience to as many customers and geographies as we can, we continue to achieve rapid growth and efficiencies,” said Kian Salehi, CEO and co-founder of Bite Squad. “Our platform was built to scale, enabling us to quickly integrate acquisition targets and leverage our operational excellence. Now powered by our best-in-class ordering, routing, and dispatching technologies, our thousands of delivery drivers, and our commitment to customer service, Bite Squad customers across all our markets will experience a better, faster, and more consistent service at a lower cost. We have already seen growth begin to take place in our new cities, and our technology continues to produce superior unit economics for food delivery.”

Founded in the summer of 2012 in Minneapolis, Bite Squad has partnered with local restaurants across more than 30 metropolitan areas, hand-picked a best-in-class customer support squad, and assembled a fleet of environmentally friendly vehicles to deliver fresh food from the restaurant straight to your door, quickly and hassle-free.

McDonald’s Spaplications Program Returns

McDonald’s modern approach to recruiting – Snaplications – is back. For Millennial job seekers, this is good news since according to a recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of McDonald’s, 67 percent of Millennials will look for a seasonal job. Knowing more than half of hires at company-owned restaurants are under 24 years old, McDonald’s utilizes Snapchat as a recruitment tool to meet potential job seekers where they are – their phones. ‘Snaplications,’ a term coined by McDonald’s, is a first-to-market hiring tool in the U.S. that allows job seekers to be served an ad and opportunity to begin the application process for a job at a McDonald’s restaurant through the Snapchat app. Snaplications run through November 28.

“We saw significant engagement with Snaplications in the summer, and we’re excited to bring it back knowing young job seekers are on the job hunt again.” said Juan Marcos, chief people officer, McDonald’s USA. “McDonald’s and its independent franchisees are committed to being America’s best first job by providing flexible schedules, professional skills, and education. A part of that commitment also includes delivering easy and enjoyable ways for potential crew members to join the restaurant teams.” While only three percent of U.S. recruiters are using Snapchat, McDonald’s approach with Snapchat paid off during the summer hiring period. The company saw a 35 percent increase in application flow and a 30 percent traffic increase to the careers page due to the combined efforts of Snaplications and the larger marketing campaign. While many will use extra money from a seasonal job to buy someone a gift or treat themselves, others are looking to learn new skills they can take with them to another job, according to the McDonald’s survey – such as people skills (37 percent), patience and customer service (31 percent), time management (23 percent) and quick math (10 percent). “These transferable skills are a staple at McDonald’s restaurants and set people up for success, whether they stay with the brand or further their careers elsewhere,” Marcos added. McDonald’s and its independent franchisees strive to offer a work environment that sets people up for success at their McDonald’s and beyond …with education programs such as Archways to Opportunity®, which gives eligible employees in participating restaurants an opportunity to earn a high school diploma, receive upfront tuition assistance for college courses, access academic advising courses, and learn English as a second language.

Russo’s Brings on Pizza Champ

Russo’s Restaurants, which includes Russo’s New York Pizzeria as well as Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, recently appointed award-winning Vincenzo “Enzo” Lavecchia, top photo, as corporate chef, where he will lead menu expansion, staff development and more. The new corporate chef will spend time at every Russo’s Restaurants location training managers on proper food preparation and culinary techniques. A native of Italy, Lavecchia will ensure each Italian-inspired dish is as authentic as possible by passing his skills and knowledge on to each location’s kitchen team.

“When I was growing up, the most popular room in the house was the kitchen,” said Lavecchia. “I feel very lucky to be making a living doing something I love. Being able to share my experiences and skills with other talented chefs has always been a dream of mine, so I can’t wait to bring my experiences and authentic Italian cooking to Texas and beyond.”

A two-time world champion pizza maker and a three-time United Arab Emirates pizza champion, Lavecchia is no stranger to the kitchen. His strong background in the culinary industry includes more than six years experience working as a head chef at Eataly and Ronda Locatelli in Dubai. Lavecchia piqued his culinary interest at a young age at home in Italy, where he grew up learning how to create a wide variety of Italian dishes. While attending Armando Perotti catering school, he learned the importance of adding a signature twist to dishes without compromising authenticity.

“This was an incredibly important decision and we couldn’t have made a more solid choice for the role of corporate chef,” said Chef Anthony Russo, owner and CEO of Russo’s Restaurants. “We wanted someone with both a strong culinary background and a lifelong passion for cooking – Enzo gives us that and more.”

Russo’s Restaurants is a 47-location national and international franchisor of the fast casual and casual dining brands Russo’s New York Pizzeria and Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen. Based in Houston, Russo’s Restaurants is composed of a mix of corporate and franchised locations across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida and Hawaii. Russo’s has entered international markets as well, with locations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. There are an additional 30-plus units in development both in the United States and internationally.

The Best Foodie Cities in America

With Oct. 16 being World Food Day and restaurant prices rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2017’s Best Foodie Cities in America. To determine the best and cheapest local foodie scenes, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 24 key metrics. The data set ranges from affordability and accessibility of high-quality restaurants to food festivals per capita to craft breweries and wineries per capita.

Top 20 Foodie Cities in America 1San Francisco, CA 11Tampa, FL 2Portland, OR 12Atlanta, GA 3New York, NY 13Chicago, IL 4Los Angeles, CA 14Philadelphia, PA 5Miami, FL 15Sacramento, CA 6Orlando, FL 16Houston, TX 7Austin, TX 17St. Louis, MO 8Las Vegas, NV 18Denver, CO 9San Diego, CA 19Washington, DC 10Seattle, WA 20Cincinnati, OH

Best vs. Worst

New York has the most gourmet specialty-food stores (per square root of population), 1.3907, which is 56.5 times more than in West Valley City, Utah, the city with the fewest at 0.0246.

San Francisco has the most cooking schools (per square root of population), 0.0567, which is 37.8 times more than in Omaha, Nebraska, the city with the fewest at 0.0015.

New York, has the most restaurants (per square root of population), 10.59, which is 37.8 times more than in Pearl City, Hawaii, the city with the fewest at 0.28.

Orlando, Florida, has the most ice cream and frozen yogurt shops (per square root of population), 0.3158, which is 38.5 times more than in West Valley City, Utah, the city with the fewest at 0.0082.

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[Video Game Deep Cuts is a weekly newsletter from curator/video game industry veteran Simon Carless, rounding up the best longread & standout articles & videos about games, every weekend. This week's highlights include CIA board games, the art of escape rooms and The Oregon Trail's genesis.

Huzzah - have managed to get the newsletter out extra early this weekend - wonder if it helps with open rate? There's over 400 of you on this list currently, by the way, plus I tend to get 700-1,000 page views on the Gamasutra crossposted version. I'd call that a good result in today's micro-attention intellectual economy. (But I want more, of course.)

Anyhow, quite a bit happening this week - and in addition to the YouTube GDC talks I posted below, the GDC Vault is up, with 170+ free videos from the 2017 show, hundred of free slide decks - and 500+ videos in total if you were a select GDC passholder. Not linking individual lectures from there because I'll be adding the YouTube versions as they gradually get xposted over the next few months, but there's some amazing talks out there - thanks again to all our speakers.

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Escape to another world (Ryan Avent / The Economist 1843 Magazine) "Like millions of people of a certain age, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had occupied a crucial place in Mullings’s childhood. It introduced him to video gaming, gave him a taste for it, made him aware of the fact that he was good at it: a “born gamer”, in his words. Yet the pixelated worlds of the Mario brothers, for all their delights, were nothing like the experiences available to gamers today."

'Witcher' Studio Boss Marcin Iwinski: 'We Had No Clue How To Make Games' (Chris Suellentrop / Glixel) ""We were small, unknown guys from Poland," Marcin Iwiński, the co-founder of CD Projekt Red, said last year when The Witcher 3 beat out games like Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V, and Bloodborne for the Game of the Year award at the Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco."

The Shrouded Isle and embracing darkness in games (Katherine Cross / Gamasutra) "PAX East’s indie offerings sometimes have unexpected themes emerge from the potpourri; a couple of years ago it was young women as detectives. This year, a subtle current among the games on offer was exploring life in cults from the inside."

Why math is strangling videogame morality (Jody Macgregor / PC Gamer) "What's disappointing is that in the 22 years since Ultima IV, the math governing most morality systems in games has gotten more complicated, but it's still math. And it's still there. When our behavior is tied to an equation we've been trained to understand over the past two decades of gaming, the exciting nuance that should lie at the heart of moral decisions tends to disappear."

The CIA uses board games to train officers—and I got to play them (Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica) "The two groups of South By Southwest attendees split up in this conference room hesitate to get up. They were testing out the weirdest training exercise the CIA has ever publicly revealed: board games. These aren't off-the-shelf games; instead, CIA officers designed and assembled these elaborate tabletop games to reflect the realities of the CIA's day-to-day operations."

Balancing survival gameplay and RPG progression in Conan Exiles (Alan Bradley / Gamasutra) "Funcom's Conan Exiles, one of the latest challengers to the throne that Minecraft built, pushes this kind of progression to the logical extreme, not only tying player’s stats -- things like strength and stamina -- to its leveling, but also locking the majority of its buildings and tools behind it."

What it’s like making games in Pakistan (Basim Usmani / Polygon) "Chappal Strike, a play on shooter Counter-Strike, is a student-made game in which the player launches chappals — Pakistani sandals — to take down army helicopters. The game is rooted in one of Pakistan's darkest moments of 2016."

Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs With Smartphones? (Matt Richtel / New York Times) "With experts in the field exploring reasons for what they describe as a clear trend, the novel notion that ever-growing phone use may be more than coincidental is gaining some traction. Dr. Volkow described interactive media as “an alternative reinforcer” to drugs, adding that “teens can get literally high when playing these games.” [SIMON'S NOTE: not really sure where this theory fits into app refreshing, games and endorphins, but flagging it as intriguing.]"

Arcade Photographs, Arcade Comics, Arcade Tales – A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade (Alan Meades / mediaXstanford / YouTube) "Alan Meades, Senior Lecturer in New Media Theory in Canterbury Christ Church University’s Department of Media, Art and Design presents his arcade culture research project, Arcade Tales, which uses comic books as a way of communicating and capturing oral histories from British arcades, and also a selection of rare and previously unseen arcade photographs from Canterbury Christ Church University’s George Wilson Archive."

The story of Crash magazine (Graeme Mason / Eurogamer) "If, like me, you were a ZX Spectrum fan growing up in the 80s, one of its trio of passionately assembled and dedicated magazines was an indispensable read... Sinclair User was the longest serving, and had a drier tone; Your Sinclair (formerly Your Spectrum) gleefully brandished its off-the-wall humour in each issue, and is especially revered today. But for me, and many others, our magazine of choice was the appropriately-titled Crash, published by Ludlow-based Newsfield."

Choices, Episode (Emily Short / Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling) "There are several thriving brands of interactive fiction on mobile that tend not to get a huge amount of coverage in the traditional IF community, despite their large player base. They’re placing well on the app store, though, and GDC talks increasingly cover them — so I went and had a look at a couple of the main contenders. [SIMON'S NOTE: Also see How Episode became the world's biggest interactive fiction platform.]"

Board Game Design Day: The Making Of 'Pandemic Legacy' (Matt Leacock & Rob Daviau / GDC / YouTube) "In this GDC 2017 talk, 'Pandemic Legacy' creators Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau walk through the thought process of creating the popular board game, looking at the design challenges (and solutions), where the team behind Pandemic went right, and where they went wrong."

How to Make an Escape Room (Laura Hudson / Feminist Frequency) "Laura E. Hall wants you to get out; she really does. As an escape room designer, she’s created numerous live-action mysteries where teams of intrepid players sealed in a real-life room must rifle through clues and solve puzzles in hopes of getting out before time runs out."

Meet the Swedish Politician Who Streams 'Hearthstone' (Luke Winkie / Glixel) "There is a unique tranquility in watching a man calmly break down Scandinavian political policy while piloting a Beast Druid deck. So if you're like me and you're in need of a reminder that government isn't always stupid and evil, I highly recommend the Hearthstone Twitch stream of Rickard Nordin."

LawBreakers isn't trying to be an Overwatch killer (Tom Marks, Mark Paget / PC Gamer) "First-person shooters had a big year in 2016, something that wasn't necessarily expected when Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski and Boss Key Productions revealed LawBreakers in 2014. Since then, Overwatch has sort of become the de facto leader of the character-based shooter movement, but when we met up with Bleszinski at PAX East 2017, he told us that he isn't trying to make an Overwatch killer."

Prompto's Facebook: How a Buddy-AI Auto-Snapshots Your Adventure in FFXV (Prasert Prasertvithyakarn / GDC / YouTube) "In this 2017 GDC session, Square Enix designer Prasert Prasertvithyakarn describes the creation of Final Fantasy XV's photo system that allows Prompto to document your epic road trip on a quest to save the world."

Classic Game Postmortem: Oregon Trail (Don Rawitsch / GDC / YouTube) "In this GDC 2017 postmortem, Oregon Trail creator Don Rawitsch sets off on a journey to explore the development of this classic educational game that took the world by storm."

How Osiris: New Dawn calculates monster crab scuttling (Philippa Warr / RockPaperShotgun) "So I’ve played enough of Osiris to know that you’ll be minding your own business, looking at a tree, and then a crab will come and try to cave your skull in. It’s not a proper crab in the sense of earth taxonomy because it has four legs, but it has a carapace and a set of angular legs that have a very crab-ish/lobster-y aesthetic."

Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams talks about simulating the most complex magic system ever (Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer) "Forget what you thought you knew about the infamous complexity of Dwarf Fortress. We haven't seen anything yet. Dwarf Fortress hasn't been updated for a year, because developers Tarn and Zach Adams have been preparing it for the most ambitious magic system ever implemented in a videogame."

'Nier: Automata' Director Taro Yoko Doesn't Envision a Happy Ending for Humanity (Matthew Walden / Glixel) "Nier: Automata has finally thrust the reclusive Yoko into the spotlight, with its impeccably polished action offering a more accessible entry point to his fascinating universe filled with heartbreak and introspection. Recently, Yoko has become equally recognized for the grinning, skeletal mask he dons in public, as well as his cryptic and playful answers to interview questions. So it's a particular treat to have a candid conversation with him about his career and legacy so far."

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15+ Front-end Development Conferences to Attend in 2017

The conference season is just around the corner, so let us present you with a guide to 2017’s front-end development conference landscape. This doesn’t intend to be a comperensive guide though, especially since there are still a bunch of conferences where organizers haven’t yet confirmed the location and/or date, and there are also many remarkable conferences on other languages than English.

10 Things I Learned from Going to Global Conferences

While getting ready to attend a web submit, I found myself reviewing the fundamentals of attending such industry…Read more

Note that many of these conferences have scholarships that may allow you to attend for a reduced price or even free, and you can still apply as a speaker for the ones that take place later in the year. And why to go? New knowledge, new connections, new places to see, and if you are lucky a wider world view, too.

1. Jazzcon.Tech, Connect.Tech

Jazzcon.Tech covers all topics a front-end developer may want to know about. Beyond the HTML-CSS-JavaScript trio, you can find many interesting sessions and workshops (Angular, React, Redux, Progressive Web Apps, data visualization, etc.) on four concurrent tracks.

Connect.Tech is its sister conference taken place in the second part of the year, dedicated to JavaScript, web- and mobile-related technologies. And… if you buy a ticket for Jazzcon.Tech, you can attend Connect.Tech for completely free.

Jazzcon.Tech – March 22-24, 2017, New Orleans, LA

Connect.Tech – Sept 20-22, 2017, Atlanta, GA

2. Render

The single-track, two-day long Render conference is the successor to jQuery UK, and now it covers a much wider spectrum than jQuery. The most well-known speakers are probably Jeremy Keith and Rachel Andrew, but their whole line of speakers is impressive. Apart from the talks, you can also take part in one of the three workshops (web performance, web components & JS graphics).

March 30-31, 2017, Oxford, UK

3. An Event Apart

An Event Apart is a series of conferences that takes place in different cities in the United States over the course of each year. It’s organized by the guys behind “A List Apart” web design & development magazine. An Event Apart is one of the most prestigious conferences in the industry, always with a strong line of speakers and cutting edge talks.

Apr 3-5, 2017, Seattle, WA

May 15-17, 2017, Boston, MA

Jul 10-12, 2017, Washington, DC

Aug 28-30, 2017, Chicago, IL

Oct 30-Nov 1, 2017, San Francisco, CA

Dec 11-13, 2017, Denver, CO

4. SmashingConf

SmashingConf is organized by the reputable Smashing Magazine, and it’s probably one of the best places to get updated on the latest news of front-end techniques, user experience strategies, and web development practices. SmashingConf has two locations confirmed so far for this year but there’s usually another one in the autumn in Europe, too.

Apr 4-5, 2017, San Francisco, CA

June 13-14, 2017, New York, NY

5. NG-CONF

If you want to take your knowledge on Angular development to the next level it can be a good idea to give a shot to NG-Conf that labels itself “the world’s original Angular conference”.

And if you want to combine work with vacation, the same guys present Angular developers with NG-Cruise which involves a cruise trip from Miami to the Bahamas while attending Angular talks, and participating in related workshops and panels.

NG-Conf – Apr 5-7, 2017, Salt Lake City, UT

NG-Cruise – May 29-June 2, 2017, Miami, FL & Bahamas

6. FEDC – Front-End Design Conference

Although not all speakers and sessions have been yet confirmed, the Front-End Design conference in Florida is a promising event. The conference exists since 2009, and on their About page you can get a closer view on talks of past years.

Apr 19-21, 2017, St. Petersburg, FL

7. Generate

Generate is organized by the publisher of Creative Bloq, and it takes place at three different locations this year. The tracks cover trending topics such as front-end tooling, information architecture design, responsive web design, adaptive interfaces, web standards, and many others.

Apr 27-28, 2017, New York, NY

June 9, 2017, San Francisco, CA

Sept 20-22, 2017, London, UK

8. Respond

Respond is Australia’s responsive web design conference organized side by side with two other web-related conferences, Code covering front-end engineering, and Direction covering experience and interaction design. Respond presents a bunch of interesting topics. It’s recommended to the whole front-end team from product managers to developers.

May 4-5, 2017, Sydney, Australia

May 8-9, 2017, Melbourne, Australia

May 12, 2017, Brisbane, Australia

9. CSSConf EU, JSConf EU

CSSConf EU and JSConf EU both take place in Berlin, Germany on the same weekend (Fri-Sun), so you can easily attend both if you want to get updated on the latest developments of CSS and JavaScript as well. You can follow the latest announcements of speakers on the conference blog.

CSSConf EU – May 5, 2017, Berlin, Germany

JSConf EU – May 6-7, 2017, Berlin, Germany

10. DEVit, Frontend United

The DEVit and Frontend United conferences are both held in Greece, with only one week apart. Although they’re not organized by the same people, you can easily attend both with only one trip.

DEVit doesn’t only have front-end sessions, but it also covers backend, DevOps and mobile development. Concerning Frontend United, there’s still not too much information, but the list of already confirmed speakers speaks for itself.

DEVit – May 20-21, Thessaloniki, Greece

Frontend United – May 26-27, 2017, Athens, Greece

11. Front-Trends

Front-Trends is a single-track, annual conference in Warsaw, existing since 2010. The talks are recommended for professionals with intermediate to advanced knowledge in front-end development. On the home page of the conference you can check out previous years’ sessions.

May 24-26, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

12. O’Reilly Fluent

Fluent is O’Reilly‘s yearly web development conference with a wide spectrum of topics, such as web performance, web services, accessibility, front-end frameworks, cross-platform development, and a bunch of others.

Before the conference, O’Reilly also offers two-day long web development courses where you can get an in-depth training in critical topics, such as progressive web apps, offline apps, microservices, and others.

June 20-22, 2017, San Jose, CA

13. Frontend Conference Zurich

The Frontend Conference Zurich has two tracks with more than 20 presentations, and covers the intersection of design & technology. Speakers are to be presented the latest advancements of web, HCI, and UX design and web technologies.

Aug 31-Sept 1, 2017, Zurich, Switzerland

14. dotConferences

dotConferences is a series of high-quality developer events held every year in Paris, France. dotCSS and dotJS are just two from the series that contains five other conferences as well, i.e. dotSwift, dotSecurity, dotScale, dotAI, and dotGo.

dotCSS and dotJS are held on two consecutive days, and you can buy a combo ticket for the two. The tickets come at a friendly price, so these conferences can be a great choice for first-goers who want to set foot in the conference realm.

dotCSS – Nov 30, 2017, Paris, France

dotJS – Dec 1, 2017, Paris, France

15. The Rich Web Experience

The Rich Web Experience is a four-day long developer event in Florida, held at the end of the year. Speakers are not yet confirmed, but the conference is to cover a diverse range of topics from responsive design and front-end frameworks to testing, scaling, and security.

Dec 5-8, 2017, Clearwater, FL

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Glooko: iPhone Diabetes Logging Made Super-Easy

Suddenly, it seems to be raining diabetes iPhone apps. Many of them offer sophisticated graphing of your glucose data, or educational materials, medication reminders, training videos, and even links to purchase supplies. Notice that NOT ONE of the logging apps offers a way around manual entry of your numbers — ugh!

New Glooko, due on the market Nov. 15, aims to change all that. It will be the first available plug-in cable between popular glucose meter models and the iPhone/ iPad that automatically "sucks up" your data, and offers a very simple logbook-style app to view it.

The company's motto is "free your data"!

When I say this app is simple, I mean SIMPLE. No graphs, no quizzes, no reminders. No fancy stuff. At least in version 1.0.

All Glooko does is offer a very clean interface that allows users to view 14 days' worth of glucose data, add some meal tags and notes on carb intake, dosing, activity and mood, and with the push of a "share" button, send that data to your doctor or other providers via email or fax.

But to a lot of people, Simple is Good.

That's what Glooko, a small startup company of seven people based in Palo Alto, CA, is betting on — scores of PWDs out there who mostly test just a few times a day, and currently aren't doing anything to capture their data. Now they'll have an easy way to connect their meter* via a simple cable to their iPhone or iPad for a quick data download that produces a very clear, easily printable one-pager for them and their doctor to review.

The MeterSync Cable portion will go on sale at Amazon.com for $39.95, and the app will be free at the iTunes store.

*Bayer Contour, OneTouch, and FreeStyle meters are supported, which make up 50% of all meters used by people with diabetes, Glooko claims. The FreeStyle meters require a small adapter, which comes free of charge with Glooko's MeterSync Cable.

When Glooko ships in mid-November, it will be the first product to enable automatic data downloading from your glucose meter to a smartphone.

Note that AgaMatrix's iPhone/iPad cable connector, previewed last summer, has been "strategically held back" from market for distribution reasons, that company tells me. (Waiting on the iBGStar?) It only works with the WaveSense Jazz meter anyway.

Interestingly, one of three Glooko co-founders is Anita Mathew, formerly of JnJ Lifescan. She was the woman who stood on stage and made the presentation of Lifescan's then-groundbreaking iPhone app for diabetes, at Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 Preview Event here in San Francisco back in 2009. That app turned out to be Vaporware! (it never came to market), which frustrated the hell out of Anita, along with many others 😮 — which is one clear reason why Anita is with Glooko today.

"This is essentially the technology that we developed, but they never did anything with it," Anita says. "Our co-founder Yogan Dalal (a successful an entrepreneur and engineer) has pre-diabetes and works hard to control his glucose levels. His feeling was, 'Let's get something out there people can use now that actually makes their lives easier. It's a building block — it's one more step you've eliminated for me.' Right now it's functional, not sexy."

Without the algorithms for identifying trends, they're aiming mostly at Type 2's and women with gestational diabetes, who will appreciate an easy-to-use electronic logbook. This lack of algorithms is actually what's helping the company toss this app to market directly, bypassing the FDA; a so-called Class 1 device — that does no manipulation of data, but only moves data from point A to point B — does not require 510k approval.

But Glooko does plan to expand on its offerings and apply for FDA approval of more sophisticated features next year.

"Glooko provides doctors something to trust because the readings are downloaded," Anita notes. "Right now, 80% of diabetics out there don't see endos, and many of them are just not engaged at all with their diabetes care."

Are there similar products out there? Yes, of course. Two that come to mind as the most obvious would-be competitors are iGlucose and WellDoc, both covered in our AADE report on mobile diabetes management tools this summer.

iGlucose, still under development, is a device that patients can attach to whatever glucose meter brand they use, via a universal cable, to automatically download and transmit the most recent data to a server, where BG readings can be viewed on a web portal. So it's not a smartphone app. And it's not yet been FDA cleared. Also, it appears to focus on providing information to the caregiver, rather than patients themselves.

WellDoc, on the other hand, is a sophisticated diabetes program based in your smartphone, but it is marketed to patients and healthcare professionals for use together as a team effort. This means patients will not be able to use this phone-based system completely on their own. It's being distributed via employer groups and health care plans. And, like most everything else, it requires manual entry of glucose numbers.

Maybe it's just me, but I find Glooko's "building block" approach interesting, mainly because no one else seems to be playing in this space. For example, I can imagine my mom, who monitors her numbers once or twice a day for pre-diabetes treatment, using this super-easy cable plug-in (if and when she gets an iPhone, that is!). I mean, she hates having to write the numbers down (who doesn't?) and often forgets.

The Glooko cable is not eligible for insurance coverage, btw, but you can write off the cost on your HSA - health care spending account.

To be fair and balanced, we must note that not everyone thinks iPhone apps for diabetes are the best thing since sliced bread. Outspoken diabetes industry consultant David Kliff, aka Diabetic Investor, had this to say when queried:

"The basic premise of all of these companies is that patients will actually take the time to attach the device to their iPhone, and then, working with their apps manage their diabetes better. As I have also noted in the past, all of these efforts are targeted at insulin-using patients, as they value this information and would benefit most from the information. I think a more relevant question is, who's writing all these apps and are they actually helping the patient?"

Duly noted. But it looks like Glooko is trying to bridge the gap to Type 2's by offering them a super-simple plug-in solution. Can't fault them for trying, I say.

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