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Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

GeekWire

Amazon’s Prime One Medical membership benefit includes 24/7 virtual care through the service’s app. For $9 a month, or $99 a year, Prime members can get access to One Medical’s on-demand virtual care or in-office care at locations across the U.S. Amazon Photo) Almost eight months after closing its $3.9

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Amazon expands gamification program that encourages warehouse employees to work harder

The Verge

Amazon is expanding an existing program that gamifies warehouse work to encourage its fulfillment center employees to improve their efficiency and compete against others for digital rewards like virtual pets, according to a new report from The Information. Photo by Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images.

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VeeamON Virtual Conference Recording Announcements

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It was great to be part of VeeamON Virtual conference Expert lounge program. Recording – VeeamON Virtual Conference The event recordings are available on-demand more information link, including: CEO’ session with Veeam Predictions 2020 Technical sneak peek […]. Subscribe YouTube Channel [link].

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Amazon Care rolls out virtual services nationwide and will expand in-care options to more cities

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Amazon’s healthcare service Amazon Care has expanded its virtual care services nationwide and will roll out its in-person services this year to more than 20 new cities, the company announced Tuesday.

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Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

GeekWire

(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person.

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Microsoft tapped to power all-virtual CES 2021 after learning on its own large-scale digital events

GeekWire

CES 2021 will use Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Power Platform to deliver an exhibitor showcase, media events, conference programming, networking events and more over four days, Jan. In 2019, 6,200 people attended Build in Seattle; this year, the virtual event had 197,000 attendees. 14 : Conference programming.

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Facebook is shutting down its Face Recognition tagging program

The Verge

Facebook previously restricted facial recognition to an opt-in feature in 2019. By shutting down a feature it’s used for years , Meta is hoping to bolster user confidence in its privacy protections as it prepares a rollout of potentially privacy-compromising virtual and augmented reality technology.