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Willow Smith to spend 24 hours in a box with boyfriend to express their anxiety: 'It is an epidemic'

The 18-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett will be spending 24 hours inside of a box at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles.




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Jada Pinkett Smith realized in lockdown that she does not know Will Smith 'at all'

The 48-year-old actress made the confession during her upcoming Red Table Talk as she reflected and discussed how relationships can have new pressure points amidst the lockdown.




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The coronavirus pandemic is pushing car dealers to change the way they sell and deliver vehicles. But not everybody is sure how to do it successfully.

CarMaxCarMax initiated curbside, contactless pickup in April.The COVID-19 has forced car dealers to radically alter their business models in a matter of weeks.With showrooms shut down and both customers and employees worried about safety, dealerships have embraced online sales, digital financing, and touchless deliveries in ways that they had resisted for years.Going back to business-as-usual isn't an option. "The consumer's behavior has undoubtedly been changed in a lasting way," said Jim Lyski, chief marketing officer of CarMax, the nation's largest used-car dealer network.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Weekends are usually a busy time at car dealerships, with customers using their days off to shop for and often buy or lease new and used vehicles.Over the past five years,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Google CEO Sundar Pichai says tech companies "shouldn't get carried away" with fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and should let governments and health officials lead the response. In a new interview with Time magazine, Pichai also suggested that working from home may become more normal after the pandemic.Amazon shut all its warehouses in France because a court ordered it to reassess worker safety. Amazon said the risk of the fine was "too high" for it to keep its warehouses open, and has told all its warehouse staff to stay home for at least five days.The UK government is in talks with ID verification firms including Yoti and IDnow to develop COVID-19 immunity passports. A spokesman for IDnow, based in Berlin, told Business Insider




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Uber withdrew its 2020 guidance and warned of a $2.2 billion writedown

Uber has withdrawn its financial guidance for 2020 - covering metrics like gross bookings, adjusted net revenue, and adjusted EBITDA.In a press release on its website, Uber said the guidance it published on February 6 no longer applied, as the "uncertainty" caused by COVID-19 made its results "impossible" to predict.The ride-hailing giant also warned that the value of some of its minority investments could be reduced by up to $2.2 billion in Q1 of 2020, as a result of worldwide coronavirus lockdowns.On Wednesday, driver advocacy group Rideshare Drivers United said that more than 2,500 Uber and Lyft drivers in California have filed wage claims against the companies since February.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Uber has withdrawn its 2020 financial guidance, as uncertainty




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.Google is working on physical and virtual debit cards as it looks to catch Apple's lead in the fintech space. TechCrunch reports that Google is working on physical and virtual debit cards which would link to an associated checking account.The UK has greenlit a £250 million rescue package to stop thousands of startups collapsing during COVID-19. Startups can apply for government cash, but must match taxpayer money with funding from private investors.Conspiracy theories blaming Bill Gates for the coronavirus pandemic are exploding online. A New York Times analysis found more than 16,000 Facebook posts linking Gates with the virus, as well as 10 YouTube videos espousing the conspiracy theories that had garnered 5 million views.Amazon




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.Amazon is facing multiple inquiries from labor regulators into whether it unlawfully retaliated against workers who spoke out about its coronavirus response. Amazon has come under fire recently from employees, activists, and lawmakers for firing workers who criticized the company's safety measures.Zoom took months to repair a flaw that would allow hackers to take complete control of a computer. The flaw was discovered by security researchers who participated in a hackathon sponsored by Dropbox last year. Europe's coronavirus-tracing apps risk an unprecedented increase in mass surveillance, experts have warned. A rift has opened up over the design of smartphone apps to trace people in Europe at risk of coronavirus infection,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Facebook is set to invest $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, India's popular mobile internet service. The multi-billion-dollar stake makes Facebook the largest minority shareholder in Jio, which is a part of Reliance Industries Limited.The Small Business Administration has told thousands of businesses applying for disaster loans that their personal information was mistakenly leaked. A bug in the SBA's site was mistakenly showing applicants' personal information to other applicants who subsequently used the portal.Apple and Google's new smartphone alert system for tracking the coronavirus could be 'alarming' for privacy, a US senator has warned. Josh Hawley is pressing Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook to raise privacy




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From delivering essentials to communicating effectively with consumers, here is how these brands are helping us survive the lockdown

While we all are watching, worrying about everything that’s happening outside from behind the closed doors, delivery personnels from Dunzo, Medlife and Housejoy are risking their lives everyday to make sure we get our daily essentials and stay safe.We reached out to their marketing heads of these brands to understand the challenges these players have faced in the past 21 days, from delivering products to communicating with consumers and here is how they are functioning in the new normal. While we are all scared and anxious to step out even for a few minutes, brands like Dunzo, Medlife and Housejoy are making sure that we are all safely cooped at home. From catering to the ever-increasing demand to coming up with creative solutions like contact-less delivery that ensure the safety of their




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Magic Leap, the much-hyped smart glasses startup, is pivoting away from consumer tech and laying off half its staff. CEO Rony Abovitz announced that the company was making 'targeted' changes to the way it operates, with layoffs happening at 'every level' of the company.Facebook's $6 billion Jio deal has made it a major threat overnight to Amazon's growth in India. The deal is likely to supercharge JioMart, Jio's foray into online grocery and a competitor to Amazon and Flipkart.Zoom has skyrocketed to 300 million daily users, up 50% from the beginning of April, even as the company battles a privacy backlash. CEO Eric Yuan said the video conferencing company had seen a 50% increase in users since the beginning of April.Facebook




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Amazon employees say they used data from third-party sellers to inform their production of competing products, according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon has consistently denied it engages in the practice of collecting data from third-party sellers, even in response to criticism from politicians and investigations from antitrust regulators.Facebook allowed advertisers to target users interested in 'pseudoscience,' allowing them to capitalize on conspiracy theories that falsely blame 5G cell towers for the coronavirus, according to The Markup. The social media giant says it's since removed the ability for advertisers to target "pseudoscience," but not before it was tagged as an interest for more than 78 million users.Over 30




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.The UK has rejected Apple and Google's contact-tracing API, instead launching an app that will take a more centralized approach, according to the BBC. The move is likely to alarm privacy and security experts.Automation Anywhere said it is cutting jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The cuts could affect more than 10% of the startup's 2,600 employees.Apple may delay mass production of the iPhone 12 by about a month, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report comes after analysts and other media reports have also suggested Apple could push back the iPhone's launch by a couple of weeks or a month because of the coronavirus pandemic.Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates believes an upswing in nationalism




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Amazon may have violated New York's whistleblower law by firing a worker involved in a protest over workplace safety, the state's attorney general said in a letter to the company. The letter also said Amazon's coronavirus safety measures are "so inadequate" that they may violate federal and state workplace safety rules.Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an internal memo seen by Business Insider that Google will "stagger" its return to offices as it extends work-from-home until June 1. Pichai said the experience of operating from home was giving Google an opportunity to reimagine the way the company works.Uber's chief technology officer has resigned following a report from The Information that Uber is planning to lay off up to




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Apple's revenue growth ground to a halt in the first three months of the year, as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered its retail stores, dampened consumer demand for iPhones and rattled the company's global manufacturing operations. Apple reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $58.3 billion, up less than 1% from the same period one year ago, and well below the company's initial projection of between $63 billion and $67 billion. Amazon reported huge growth in first-quarter revenue but a miss on earnings on Thursday. The mixed results show how the coronavirus outbreak is leading to more shoppers on Amazon, albeit at an increased cost as the company is dealing with a number of costly changes, including supply chain lockdowns and




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been called to testify before Congress. Lawmakers want to ask the billionaire about the company's practices around independent sellers after an investigation found employees used their data to create competing products, the Wall Street Journal reported.Uber will require its drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US as the company looks to restart its business across the globe. Uber has also been developing technology to determine whether drivers are wearing masks, according to CNN.Anti-quarantine protesters are being kicked off Facebook and quickly finding refuge on a site loved by conspiracy theorists. Business Insider has found that protesters are moving their organizing efforts to MeWe,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.Longtime Amazon VP Tim Bray has said he quit in dismay and called the company 'chickens---' for firing workers who criticized it. The tech giant has fired multiple employees who've criticized working conditions at its warehouses.Tech billionaire Elon Musk and musician Grimes have had their first child together, according to Musk's Twitter account. Musk announced the birth of their child Monday evening on Twitter, saying, "Mom & baby all good."Uber is reportedly considering another investment in scooter startup Lime. The $170 million emergency fundraising could sink Lime's valuation by nearly 80% — and give Uber the option to buy it in 2 years.Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann sued SoftBank for backing out of buying nearly $1 billion




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Airbnb is cutting 25% of staff — 1,900 jobs — after its business has been slammed by the coronavirus crisis. Airbnb plans to offer affected workers at least 14 weeks of severance pay and, in the US, a year's worth of healthcare coverage.An Amazon warehouse employee in New York has died of COVID-19. Workers at the Staten Island location organized multiple strikes in April to protest pandemic working conditions. California is suing Uber and Lyft, accusing the ride-hailing companies of misclassifying their drivers. A consortium of city attorneys from the state's largest cities accused the firms of misclassifying their workers as contractors in order to avoid paying some benefits.The UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app is about




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its oversight board that will decide what controversial content is allowed on Facebook and Instagram. The "supreme court"-style body will make rulings over what controversial content will be allowed on the social network.Tesla is reportedly preparing to restart operations at its California factory in possible violation of local shelter-in-place orders. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to coronavirus lockdowns, calling them "fascist" during a call with investors.An Amazon VP hit back at former colleague Tim Bray, who quit in protest after the company fired workers who raised safety concerns. Brad Porter, a vice president and engineer at Amazon,




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Kate and Rio Ferdinand work up a sweat with 'milk and water' workout amid coronavirus lockdown

The former TOWIE star, 28, and her ex footballer husband, 41, worked up a sweat on Instagram on Friday using bottles of milk and water, after realising that 'not everyone has a home gym'.




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Love Island's Montana Brown details struggling with drugs in the industry

Having shot to fame on the ITV2 reality show in 2017, Montana confessed she was bewildered when she left the villa as she developed anxiety




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Megan McKenna pens powerful anthem FightCovid19 amid global pandemic

Joining a legion of stars backing the fight against the deadly virus and those supporting the NHS, Megan chose to show gratitude through her music




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Montana Brown issues stark warning to fame-hungry Love Island hopefuls

The reality star, 24, spoke candidly to former TOWIE star and Tings Magazine founder Vas J Morgan for his I Am Enough campaign




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Lauren Goodger heads out to stock up on toilet roll amid coronavirus lockdown

Lauren Goodger headed out for one of the most in-demand essentials amid the coronavirus lockdown on Tuesday - toilet roll.




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Pregnant Danielle Armstrong is caught enjoying a boogie during COVID-19 lockdown

The former TOWIE star, 31, was left embarrassed as her new fiancé Tom Edney secretly filmed her enjoying a boogie in their bedroom in an Instagram post shared on Monday.




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Michelle Keegan joins husband Mark Wright on his Heart evening show

Michelle Keegan joined husband  Mark Wright on his new Heart evening show on Tuesday and revealed the most annoying thing he has been doing while working at home.




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Billi Mucklow expecting third child with footballer fiancé Andy Carroll

The former TOWIE star, 31, has announced she's expecting her third child with footballer fiancé Andy, also 31, in a sweet Instagram post shared on Wednesday.




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Kate Ferdinand admits she's suffered 'bad days' amid coronavirus lockdown

The wife of Rio Ferdinand, 28, has revealed she's experienced some 'bad days' while in quarantine amid the UK coronavirus lockdown in an Instagram Q&A shared on Wednesday.




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Jess Wright shares a snap of her grandad waving from a window amid COVID-19 lockdown

The former TOWIE star, 34, shared a snap of her grandad waving from a window on Thursday as she lamented being separated from her loved ones amid the COVID-19 lockdown.




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Yazmin Oukhellou takes a break from lockdown to walk her pet dogs amid the COVID-19 crisis

The TOWIE star, 25, cut a chic figure in a black faux fur-trimmed jacket and aviator sunglasses as she took a break from isolation to take her pet dogs for a walk around her local area on Thursday.




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Kady McDermott shares throwback bikini snap from Maldives holiday

Kady McDermott was clearly reminiscing about happier times when she shared a throwback bikini snap from her Maldives holiday on Monday.




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Lydia Bright shares throwback bikini snap from Bali

Lydia Bright has been dreaming of happier times, sharing a throwback snap on Tuesday from her holiday to Bali.




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Jacqueline Jossa reveals TOWIE bosses have asked her to join the show with husband Dan Osborne

The former EastEnders star, 27, made the explosive reveal as when she spoke to TOWIE star Bobby Norris on his Get Gobby With Bobby Instagram series




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TOWIE's Amber Turner enjoys a home workout amid coronavirus lockdown

The TOWIE star, 26, continued to maintain her toned figure as she shared a post-workout selfie on Instagram on Tuesday.




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James Argent shares throwback snap of himself feeding elephants during rehab

The reality star shared a throwback snap from his time feeding the elephants while in rehab in Thailand on Instagram on Tuesday.




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Pregnant Danielle Armstrong displays her growing baby bump as she poses in light blue crop top

The former TOWIE star, 31, who is due to give birth in May, donned a baby blue long-sleeved crop top and loose-fitting trousers as she enjoyed the sunshine.




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Ferne McCann shows off her incredible physique in a barely-there bikini

The former TOWIE star, 29, looked incredible in the nude and orange two-piece as she posed in her vast walk-in wardrobe




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Gemma Collins 'lands £250k deal for the new series of her Diva Forever reality show'

The former TOWIE star, 39, bagged a mega bucks deal for the next installment of her popular reality show Diva Forever, with the star reportedly set to pocket a cool £250,000.




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TOWIE's Bobby Norris' grandmother loses her partner to coronavirus

Bobby Norris has revealed his grandmother has lost her partner to coronavirus.




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Lauren Goodger showcases her bronzed figure as she slips into mismatched lilac thong bikini

The reality star, 33, showed off her incredible figure as she slipped into a mismatched bikini to sunbathe in her garden in Essex on Thursday.




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Dan Osborne shows off his muscles as he hauls boxes into his house

The former TOWIE star, 28, and his wife Jacqueline Jossa appeared to be sprucing up the garden ahead of the scorching Bank Holiday weekend as Dan was spotted carrying furniture on Thursday.




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Pregnant Billi Mucklow flaunts her growing bump

Posing with their two sons Arlo, four, and Wolf, two, she donned a skin-tight nude dress while her boys lovingly placed their hands on her stomach




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Gemma Collins enjoys a bike ride near her Essex home amid coronavirus lockdown

The TOWIE star, 39, stepped out briefly for a spot of daily exercise as she enjoyed a bike ride near her home in Essex on Friday.




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Mark Wright SHAVES his head while in lockdown at home

The former TOWIE star, 33, went one step further during his quarantine, as he shaved his head and showed off the results via Instagram on Saturday.




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Pregnant Billi Mucklow announces she's having a baby GIRL

Billi Mucklow has revealed she's expecting a baby girl with her husband Andy Carroll.




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TOWIE's Yazmin Oukhellou works up a sweat in a tiny sports bra as she works out at the park

She works hard to maintain her incredible figure. So Yazmin Oukhellou ensured her standards didn't slip in lockdown as she headed to her local park in Essex to exercise.




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TOWIE's Chloe Sims reveals she's put on half a stone during lockdown

The TOWIE star, 37, took to Instagram on Monday and revealed that she's put on half a stone in weight since being in coronavirus lockdown.




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Made In Chelsea star Liv Bentley's love interest is unveiled as TOWIE's Demi Sims

Olivia Bentley had a secret romance with Demi Sims - after revealing on TV last night she shared a kiss with a mystery woman.




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Gemma Collins shares throwback clip of from hike in LA amid lockdown

The TOWIE star, 39, took to Instagram to share a throwback clip from her hike up Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles with pal Charlie King to give fans' motivation on Wednesday.




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Lydia Bright shares a glimpse at her newly completed kitchen amid lockdown

Taking to Instagram, the former TOWIE star, 29, uploaded several videos where she gave her fans a look at the pristine interior of her home.




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TOWIE's Chloe Ross showcases her taut midriff in a black crop top as she takes her dog for a walk

The former TOWIE star, 27, donned a protective mask and howcased a glimpse of her taut midriff as she took a break from lockdown to walk her dog in Chigwell, Essex on Thursday.