Ngaphandle kokuthi e-United States i-coronavirus ayikafiki, okungenani ngokusemthethweni, cishe nsuku zonke kufanele sikhulume ngomcimbi okhanseliwe noma ukuthi abanye ababambiqhaza bamemezele ukuthi bayakuhoxisa ukuya kwabo. I-Google imemezele izolo ukuthi ikhansela ingqungquthela yayo yonyaka yonjiniyela maphakathi noMeyi.
Abahleli be-SXSW bathi lokho abahlelile ukukhansela umcimbi, ngaphandle kwengcindezi eyitholayo kubahleli, okuphoqe i-Apple ukuthi ikhansele ukuya kwayo emcimbini, nakwabanye abebehambele umcimbi, umcimbi ebiwuhlelele wethule ukukhishwa okulandelayo okuzofika kusevisi yayo yokusakaza ividiyo.
Ngokusho kwalabo ababhekele i-SXSW, abukho ubufakazi bokuthi ukuvalwa kweNingizimu neNingizimu-ntshonalanga akubeki engcupheni umphakathi wase-Austin. U-Austin's Acting Medical Director noMphathi Wezempilo Yomphakathi uthi nsuku zonke babamba imihlangano ukuhlola ubungozi obungenzeka be-coronavirus ngaphezu kokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuvala umncintiswano noma imisebenzi efana nalena ngeke kwenze umphakathi uvikeleke kuleli gciwane.
I-Apple ihlele ukwethula ngokusemthethweni eSXSW (Eningizimu ngaseningizimu-ntshonalanga) idokhumentari Indaba Yabafana Beasti, eholwa ngumnqobi we-Oscar spike Jonze (umqondisi wesimemezelo sokuqala se-HomePod), uchungechunge lwe-animated Central Park nochungechunge lwama-documentary Ikhaya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayehlele ukuhlela inkulumo encane nababekhona ochungechungeni IMelika Encane, lapho abadali, uKumail Nanjiani no-Emily V. Gordon babelane ngemibono yabo nabasizi.
Ngemuva kwe ukwesulwa kwe-Google I / Ousemoyeni ukugujwa kwengqungquthela yabathuthukisi be-Apple, ehlelelwe ukuqala kukaJuni, umcimbi lapho i-Apple yethula khona minyaka yonke, ezinye zezinto ezintsha ezizovela esandleni sezinhlobo ezilandelayo zezinhlelo zokusebenza ezilawula amadivayisi onawo okwamanje emakethe.