The book Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing by Ron Kohavi (Microsoft, Airbnb), Diane Tang (Google) and Ya Xu (LinkedIn) is available for purchase, with the authors proceeds from the book being donated to charity.

Interactive visualizations are an effective method for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents a repository filled with just such insightful interactions.

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The Spotify-owned company’s new tool may help businesses get more out of their webinars and online conference content.

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By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that if provinces move too quickly to reopen their economies, a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could send Canada "back into confinement this summer." Trudeau, who represents a Montreal, Quebec riding, said on Saturday that he is concerned about the virus' spread in that province, the country's epicenter. Canada's death toll rose 3.5% to 4,628 from a day earlier, while cases approached 67,000.

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(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday approved emergency use authorization (EUA) to Quidel Corp for the first COVID-19 antigen test. The emergency use authorization was issued late Friday to Quidel for the Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA, the agency said.

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FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's president Julius Maada Bio has accused the main opposition party of orchestrating a spate of violent incidents, deepening a political standoff that risks undermining the country's efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak. At least 18 people have died in three riots in separate parts of the country in recent weeks, including a disturbance at Freetown's central prison on April 29 which started after an inmate tested positive for the virus. In a televised address, Bio claimed members of the All People's Congress (APC) party were behind the violence.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday he was confident the coronavirus "R" number, a measure of the rate of contagion, was below 1 across the United Kingdom. "I am confident that our R is less than 1 overall," Jonathan Van-Tam said at the government's daily news briefing

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PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people who have died from coronavirus infections in France rose by 80 to 26,310 on Saturday, the health ministry said, a much smaller daily increase than the previous day when it was 243. The ministry said the number of people in intensive care units - a key measure of a health system's ability to deal with the epidemic - fell by 56, or about 2%, to 2,812. That is less than half the peak of 7,148 seen on April 8

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The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 59,662 on Saturday and the death toll rose to 1,981 with the country registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning, the Union Health Ministry said

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In the final round encounter against Russia, India's Vidit Gujrathi was beaten by Vladislav Artemiev, while B Adhiban was tamed by Dmitry Andreikin.

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Patrick Lencioni, author of "Silos, Politics and Turf Wars." Also: HBR articles "Preparing for a Pandemic" and "Inside the Mind of the Chinese Consumer."

Gardiner Morse, HBR senior editor. Also: Tammy Erickson on her HBR article "Managing Middlescence."

Michael Watkins, chairman of Genesis Advisers and author of "Shaping the Game." Also: Fred Reichheld, fellow at Bain & Company.

David Garvin, Harvard Business School professor. Also: Judith Ross on retaining your top performers during times of change.

Pankaj Ghemawat, Harvard Business School professor.

Robert Galford, coauthor of "Your Leadership Legacy: Why Looking Toward the Future Will Make You a Better Leader Today."

Annie McKee, managing director of the Teleos Leadership Institute and coauthor of "Resonant Leadership."

Tom Stewart, HBR editor, discusses the January 2007 issue of the magazine.

Ram Charan, author of "Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't."

Paul Hemp, HBR senior editor, discusses the magazine's annual survey of ideas and trends that will make an impact on business.

Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and coauthor of "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die."

Larry Bossidy, former chairman and CEO of Honeywell and AlliedSignal.

Adrian Slywotzky, author of "The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs."

Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO of Vivaldi Partners and author of "Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Find and Execute Your Company's Next Big Growth Strategy."

Dr. Leonard Marcus and Dr. Barry Dorn of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative.

Bill George, Harvard Business School professor and author of "True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership".

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and author of "What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful."

Chris Zook, partner at Bain & Company and author of "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth."

Richard Ogle, author of "Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity and the New Science of Ideas."

Pankaj Ghemawat, IESE Business School professor and author of "Redefining Global Strategy: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter."

Alice Eagly, professor of social psychology at Northwestern University and coauthor of "Through the Labyrinth."

Michael Maccoby, director of the Project on Technology, Work, and Character; author of "The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow."

Danny Ertel, founding partner of Vantage Partners and coauthor of "The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough."

Kevin Coyne, founder of Kevin Coyne Partners and coauthor of the HBR article "Breakthrough Thinking from Inside the Box."

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach.

Stewart Friedman, Wharton School professor and author of "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."

Linda Hill, Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article "Where Will We Find Tomorrow's Leaders?"