Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images The organization that oversees internet domain names has rejected a proposal to transfer management of the .org top-level domain from a nonprofit to a private equity group. ICANN said it wouldn’t approve the sale of .org operator Public Interest Registry because it would create “unacceptable uncertainty” for the
Read MoreICANN: ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital — Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN. ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of
Read MoreMonica Chin / The Verge: Reddit has disabled its chat room feature, Start Chatting, a day after launch due to “several errors” in rollout and moderators’ concerns over lack of control — The company says the rollout had several errors — Remember how Reddit announced just yesterday that it was introducing built-in subreddit chat rooms?
Read MoreExplore your options for high-quality beef, pork, chicken and seafood all delivered to your door. The best meat delivery services in 2020: Holy Grail Steak Co., Crowd Cow, Thrive Market and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge The coronavirus pandemic has caused the smartphone market to suffer its fastest ever first-quarter year-on-year decline, according to new data from analyst firms. Counterpoint Research and Canalys both put the overall drop in global shipments at 13 percent, though Counterpoint says the drop in China alone was 27
Read More$20 will get you surprisingly far. PlayStation Store sale: 7 discounted PS4 games to buy now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet: IDC: Global smartphone shipments dropped 11.7% YoY to 276M during Q1 2020, the largest YoY decline ever — Shipment volumes suffered its largest year over year decline in the first quarter. — The latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed that as the world grapples … IDC: Global smartphone
Read MoreBenjamin Romano / The Seattle Times: Amazon tells its Seattle and Bellevue employees already working from home since early March that they “are welcome to do so until at least October 2” — Amazon told its corporate employees working from home since early March that they “are welcome to do so until at least October
Read MoreOur list of thoughtful, practical presents carefully curated for these strange times. Mother’s Day 2020: These are our 15 favorite gifts for your mom – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJoseph Cox / VICE: The UN’s social distancing app, 1point5, is largely ineffective at monitoring distance between people, indiscriminately picking up any Bluetooth signals — This week a division of the United Nations announced its new social distancing app designed to help alert people when they get too close … The UN’s social distancing app,
Read MoreIntel has spent the past several months updating its processor lineup to the 10th generation, and next up are desktops. The company today unveiled its 10th-gen consumer chips, including the new i9-10900K, capable of reaching up to 5.3Ghz with a base clock of 3.7Ghz. Intel claims the new processor can yield 10 percent more FPS
Read MoreWalmart store Walmart is launching a new delivery service, called Express Delivery, that will get purchased items to a customers’ home in less than two hours, the company announced on Thursday. The new service could be helpful if you need to get items in a hurry while respecting shelter-in-place orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’ll
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Walmart is piloting a 2-hour “Express” grocery delivery service for an extra $10 fee, plans to expand to 1K stores in May, using its 74K+ “personal shoppers” — Record usage of grocery delivery services amid the COVID-19 pandemic has led to delayed orders … Walmart is piloting a 2-hour “Express” grocery
Read MorePhoto by Hu Chengwei/Getty Images One of the biggest esports events in the world has been indefinitely delayed amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Developer Valve announced on Thursday that the 2020 edition of the Dota 2 tournament, known as The International, that was set to take place at the Ericsson Globe arena in Stockholm this August
Read MoreSpecialists at the London start-up BenevolentAI helped identify the arthritis drug baricitinib, which is now part of a clinical trial. How A.I. Steered Doctors Toward a Possible Coronavirus Treatment Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMusk, who has made faulty predictions and trafficked in misinformation on the coronavirus, took aim at society’s shelter-in-place orders in a profanity-laced rant on Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday. Elon Musk mobilizes tech elites behind reopening society Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJeff Bezos, the chief executive, said the company could spend up to $4 billion to handle the effects of Covid-19. Amazon Earnings: Sales Are Up, but Company Warns of Higher Costs Ahead Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe online retail giant posts massive first-quarter revenue growth with holiday-like buying offsetting challenges it had stocking household staples. Amazon sales soar as coronavirus-worried consumers shop from home, but costs rise Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreApple warned investors in February to expect worse than expected numbers in its fiscal second quarter. Since then, the virus spread around the world and tanked the global economy. On Thursday, investors got an opportunity to survey the damage so far. Apple’s iPhone sales fell as the coronavirus struck Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe tech giant signaled confidence by announcing another big stock buyback, but it declined to forecast sales for the current quarter. Apple Earnings: First-Quarter Sales Are Up Despite Coronavirus Slowdown Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSome of the JPL team posing with the VITAL ventilator. | Image: NASA From spacecraft to medical craft Continue reading… How a team of NASA engineers developed a ventilator for COVID-19 patients in just a month Source: New feed
Read MoreFacebook Gaming today revealed the latest event in its campaign to be a virtual tennis tournament starring various celebrities and real-life tennis stars. If you’ve ever wanted to see Maria Sharapova try her hand at Mario Tennis (yes, really), well your time has finally come. The biggest names in tennis are grabbing their virtual rackets
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple expects to start reopening more of its stores in May, after shutting down locations outside of China due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stores in Australia and Austria could reopen in the next two weeks, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg. “A few” stores could reopen in
Read MoreOpenAI today introduced ‘Jukebox,’ an open-source AI system for generating novel music complete with lyrics and vocals. Simply put, it’s the most impressive music-writing AI we’ve seen yet. Jukebox was trained on massive datasets of music across nearly every genre so that it can create completely fresh songs that, in many cases, sound very much
Read MoreEd tech company ProctorU has created a “student bill of rights” that outlines seven areas of expectations students should be able to count on from their academic institutions. ProctorU Proposes Student Bill of Rights for Remote Learning Source: Campus Technology
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