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On June 21 2019, Myanmar imposed a total internet blackout on mobile internet in nine cities and townships in the states of Rakhine and Chin. The blackout remains in place for eight of those areas and is so severe that some villages in the vicinity are completely unaware of the coronavirus pandemic, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch. Rakhine and Chin are conflict...

Apple is reopening 25 stores in seven US states, the company told 9 to 5 Mac. Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's SVP of Retail and People, published a blog post on Sunday outlining the company's approach for reopening stores. Visitors to Apple stores will have their temperatures taken and be handed a facemask if they don't already have one. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories....

Apple CEO Tim Cook held a virtual all-company meeting on Thursday, Bloomberg reports. Tim Cook reportedly told staff the company has now donated 30 million face masks, and shipped 2 million of its own protective face shields. Apple announced it was making the face shields earlier this month, and said it would ship around 1 million per week. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook held a virtual meeting with staff on Thursday to discuss Apple's prospects during the coronavirus pandemic. "I won't tell you Apple won't be impacted," Cook said, but appeared to reassure workers against job losses, saying Apple has continued to pay its retail staff while stores are closed. Cook said social distancing and temperature checks will likely be brought in once...

Amazon has shut down all six of its warehouses in France following a court ruling on Tuesday that it needed to reassess the safety of workers during the pandemic. The ruling stipulated that Amazon could only ship essential goods while officials assessed its hygiene and security measures, and included a $1.1 million fine for non-compliance. Amazon said the risk of the fine was "too...

A conspiracy theory linking the coronavirus with 5G has taken hold, and led to arson attacks on phone masts. More than 50 masts have now been targeted in arson attacks. One such attack forced the evacuation of some homes, while another damaged a mast providing coverage to an emergency coronavirus hospital. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. An online conspiracy theory blaming 5G...