From Amazon to Zoom: A year of tech in the pandemic, by the numbers

In the past year, we've spent a lot of time online. 

On March 13, 2020, the White House declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency. Since then it's been all video conference calls, FaceTime happy hours, virtual family gatherings, VR concerts, and endless screen time. 

It's impossible to fully quantify how the pandemic has affected Americans' relationship with tech, but we know we've downloaded tons of news apps, streamed obscene hours of Netflix, and attempted to de-stress with YouTube yoga.

Here's our attempt to break down a very difficult and unusual year by the numbers.  Read more...

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