### Humboldt County Joint Information Center Press Release: Humboldt County’s confirmed COVID-19 case count now stands at 205, after two new cases were reported today. Humboldt County’s alert level increased to level three due to recent increases in the case count per 100,000 residents, measured over a 14-day period. Although …
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Hawaii today reached another record number of daily coronavirus cases with 60 new infections, primarily on Oahu. Health officials reported 58 new cases on Oahu, one on Maui and a Hawaii resident diagnosed out of state, bringing the total number of infections statewide since the start of the outbreak to …
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Going forward, software in products like Amazon Echo Studio will feature give and take conversations. Sarah Tew / CNET If you use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant regularly, you may have noticed something new recently: Alexa is starting to ask questions. These are called Hunches, about what you may have read …
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