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April 9, 2020

Covid-19 crisis will “create the next Googles and Amazons”

Maker groups start to organise globally and tech industry stars come together in a global hackathon to find ways to combat the pandemic.


Maija Palmer

7 min read

If you want to hang out with the luminaries of the tech world — and help beat Covid-19 — there is just one place to be for the next 48 hours: The Global Hack, the world’s largest hackathon, which begins today.

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Map showing Hack the Crisis events
Locations of the 53 confirmed hackathons.
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