When Tech Helps the Vulnerable
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Here’s how one tech company is helping. When Tech Helps the Vulnerable Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Here’s how one tech company is helping. When Tech Helps the Vulnerable Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Toni Anne Barson / WireImage Taika Waititi will direct and co-write a new Star Wars movie for theatrical release, Disney announced today. It won’t be Waititi’s first brush with the Star Wars universe; he directed the season finale of The Mandalorian. He also earned an Academy Award for his screenplay for Jojo Rabbit
Read MorePewDiePie/YouTube Felix Kjellberg, the YouTuber better known as PewDiePie, has signed an exclusive live-streaming deal with YouTube. The move comes almost exactly one year after Kjellberg announced that he was streaming exclusively on DLive, a small blockchain-based live-streaming site. According to the press release, Kjellberg is excited to head back to his home pastures. “Live
Read MoreMeet, in Gmail Google has wasted no time integrating its Meet videoconferencing into Gmail, with some users already seeing a link to launch Meet in the left sidebar of the Gmail interface. Formerly available only to its enterprise and education customers via G Suite, the company said last week that it was making Meet free
Read MorePhoto by Jose Perez / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is dealing with record-low ridership on subways and buses, is trying to shed some light on its coronavirus problem. According to the New York Daily News, the agency will begin using powerful ultraviolet light as part of its beefed-up
Read More{$inline_image} Today, Apple and Google shared more information on their automatic exposure notification system, including sample interface designs for potential apps and restrictions on how the system will ultimately be used. First introduced on April 10th, Apple and Google’s system tracks potential cases of COVID-19 through Bluetooth Low Energy signals, allowing for retroactive exposure notifications
Read MoreThe merger between learning materials companies Cengage and McGraw-Hill has been terminated by mutual agreement. Cengage-McGraw-Hill Merger Off Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Windows Experience (and Surface) chief Panos Panay is providing his first general guidance about the direction Windows client will be pursuing, going forward. Microsoft officially acknowledges Windows 10X is coming first to single-screen devices Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft’s two new video series target beginner developers interested in using Python for machine-learning programs. Microsoft: Our new free Python programming language courses are for novice AI developers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePhoto by Sam Greenwood / Getty Images Carnival has announced that it will resume some of its cruises on August 1st. Trips will resume on eight ships leaving from Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, according to Reuters. All other cruises in North America and Australia will remain suspended through at least August
Read MoreMicrosoft: Threat group uses malware-laced ISO and IMG files to infect companies with a remote access trojan. Microsoft warns of multiple malspam campaigns carrying malicious disk image files Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More{$inline_image} Comedian and author Samantha Irby joins us this week on The Upgrade to talk about how to make yourself comfortable with self-quarantine. This includes finding the right TV shows to binge-watch (she has a recommendation or two), the right books to escape with, and the right foods to cook while you huddle up at
Read MoreResults from automakers such as Hyundai, Honda and Subaru show steep decreases, but there’s hope for recovery. Coronavirus continued to hammer car sales in April – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBest Buy has the lowest price we’ve seen in many weeks. The best 2020 iPad deals: The 10.2-inch model is now on sale for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Original Trilogy, the prequels, the sequels, the Mandalorian, The Clone Wars — let’s look at paths into the Star Wars galaxy. How to get into Star Wars: A beginner's guide to a galaxy far, far away – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Alex Wong/Getty Images Eric Schmidt, who was Google’s CEO between 2001 and 2011 and served on its board until last year, has reinvented himself as a technology adviser and investor in the US defense community. The New York Times has published a new profile on Schmidt’s work since leaving the company where he
Read MoreTim Bray, a senior engineer and vice president at Amazon Web Services, has quit his job because he was “dismayed” that the company fired whistleblowers who were trying to draw attention to the dire straits of Amazon warehouse workers, he wrote in a blog post. “Remaining an Amazon VP would have meant, in effect, signing
Read MoreWhile the new 13-inch MacBook Pro grabs the spotlight, the MacBook Air still has the deepest discounts. Apple MacBook deals for 2020: Get a 256GB MacBook Air for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge SoundCloud is joining Twitch. The popular music streaming service is set to launch a slate of original live programming on Wednesday, May 6th, that includes shows about the industry populated by insiders, execs, and influencers. SoundCloud is the latest music service to join Twitch since concerts and
Read MoreIt’s Teacher Appreciation Week and teachers and space travel go hand-in-hand. Joe Acaba Goes from Teacher to Astronaut Source: NASA
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple announced a new version of its popular 13-inch MacBook Pro, replacing the much-maligned butterfly switch keyboard with its new “Magic Keyboard” that’s used on the 16-inch MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Air. With today’s release, all of Apple’s current lineup of laptops have the improved keyboard. There are other changes, too,
Read MoreAt least 30 countries have developed coronavirus smartphone apps for the public to download. The Technology 202: U.S. gears up for privacy debate as coronavirus phone monitoring expands globally Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian startup Classplus, which lets coaching centers accept fees digitally and deliver study material online, raises $9M Series A led by RTP Global — An India-based startup that has built a Shopify -like platform for coaching centers to accept fees digitally from students … Indian startup Classplus, which lets coaching centers
Read MoreHP There isn’t much about the new HP Omen 27i that I haven’t seen before in a gaming monitor, but it’s packed full of specs that HP hasn’t offered until now. The 27-inch QHD (2560 x 1440) nano IPS display offers far better color accuracy and contrast than the TN panels used in many of
Read MoreHP’s new Omen 25L (left) and the 30L | HP HP has debuted a fresh lineup of Omen desktops, the 25L and 30L, with improved specs and a clean new design that ditches the edgy gamer aesthetic for something a little more refined. Compared to HP’s older Omen desktop designs — particularly, one we’ll refer
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