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Michael Sorkin died of complications from Covid-19. The legendary architect, urbanist, and critic used his lively prose to champion the design of sustainable cities and deflate bloated “archispeak.” He was 71.Quartz

South Korea will begin exporting coronavirus tests to the US. American regulators granted three unnamed companies permission to deliver the devices, as South Korea has ramped its production up to 350,000 tests per day.Agence France-Presse

Coronavirus kicked off a mad scramble for 100-ounce bars of gold. As the price of gold futures fluctuates erratically, traders have been left with the odd task of actually finding and shipping physical bars of gold in the midst of a pandemic to fulfill their contracts.finance.yahoo.com

Coronavirus may mark the end of many e-commerce firms. Despite tepid business under the curfew in India, these companies still have to bear usual costs, such as salaries and office rentals, and their profits are under duress. Smaller players are taking drastic steps like shutting down their websites, while others are coming up with unique ways to stay afloat.Quartz

India’s coronavirus lockdown is bringing out the worst in its police force. Instead of helping distraught citizens cope with frustrating, immobile, and hungry times, many Indian police personnel are increasingly caught harassing and assaulting them.Quartz

Let’s talk about testing. The latest edition of Quartz’s Need to Know email walks you through the different types of tests, why some of them take so long to give results, and why there’s now a backlog to process the tests we do have. Send us your burning coronavirus questions today.Quartz

Modi's $23 billion relief package will work only if distributed fairly. Any fiscal stimulus needs to meet two concurrent goals—to put more money in the hands of poor households immediately, and to identify a pro-poor mechanism of creating productive assets. The government seems to have addressed the first priority, and not quite the second.Quartz

A mass migration is taking place. While the foreign ministry went above and beyond to rescue Indians abroad, panicked labourers in the country are undertaking 500km-long journeys on foot in the absence of trains and buses. Not all migrants are equal, as Quartz’s photo series shows.Quartz

The biggest shifts in fashion have not come from runway trends but from historical events that disrupt society. The French Revolution killed hoop petticoats. World War II gave us more pants. Beyond face masks, how do you think coronavirus is going to change fashion?Quartz

US-China tensions could be robbing the world of scientific progress. A string of government investigations into scientists with ties to China is threatening global transparency and collaboration on research, including work for a Covid-19 cure.Quartz

The crisis proves the internet should be a public utility. In the 21st century, the internet is a basic necessity, like running water, gas, and electricity. Those without a connection right now may not be able to work, access vital information, or educate their children.Quartz

Genpact’s response to coronavirus is a lesson in what not to do during a pandemic. The firm allegedly forced its employees to come to work, even promising Rs1,000 ($13) per day, besides free food and tea, if they showed up.Quartz

One couple adapted when coronavirus scrambled their wedding plans. They planned to elope to Iceland. Then they thought they'd have a small ceremony at city hall. Instead, they staged a wedding via a Zoom call.Quartz

Watch: The lives of working parents now. Our second Quartz at Work (from home) workshop includes advice on handling everything simultaneously, the stress responses of children, and the promise and limitations of online learning from experts in education, parenting, and child development. ✦Quartz

Your team can stay connected while working remotely. In fact, companies have seen surprising gains when employees work from home. But you need to have the right technology—and routines—to ensure a smooth transition. ✦Quartz

Couples are having difficult conversations: Whose job is more important? When kids need something, who tends to deal with them by default? Let us know if you had any complicated chats with a partner lately, and what you learned from it. ✦Quartz

Learning from the last crisis. We’re still coming to grips with everything in the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed by the US Congress. At least compared to the 2008 bailout of banks and automakers in the financial crisis, the government has picked up a few lessons. The Wall Street Journal outlines how the rescue avoids past mistakes by going big from the outset, targeting aid to workers, and imposing stricter rules on companies. Now we just have to find all the new mistakes. —Tim Fernholz, senior reporterThe Wall Street Journal

How the pandemic will end. The Atlantic’s Ed Yong offers up tough truths that preserve in amber the uncertainties and realities of this strange moment. Though the onset of this crisis may have seemed fast, particularly in the US, pulling ourselves out of it will likely be anything but. Americans are reminded of the sobering fact that our system has failed in most of the ways that count, shattering the illusion of our superiority. —Alexandra Ossola, special projects editorThe Atlantic

There are problems in housing, too. Americans collectively hold over $100 trillion in wealth, much of which is in the form of homeownership. So any economic shock—including the current one—that causes people to not pay their mortgages can lead to a new financial crisis. For Bloomberg, Matt Levine explains what lessons the Federal Reserve learned from the last housing crisis, and what’s different about this time. —Max Lockie, deputy news editorBloomberg

We know little about the virosphere. Yes, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has already been identified, genetically sequenced, and given a name (SARS-CoV-2). But don’t let that fool you: For all our scientific progress, we remain woefully ignorant about the many, many viruses out there, as Carl Zimmer explains in the New York Times. Consider: There are fewer than 7,000 named species of virus, but possibly trillions waiting to be found. —Steve Mollman, weekend editorThe New York Times

Skeuomorphs are visual throwbacks. You’ve seen them in your online "shopping cart," or if you've dragged a file to your computer’s recycle bin. In digital design, the term refers to icons that hearken back to what was once a necessary physical feature. But now, skeuomorphism itself is becoming obsolete.Quartz