Apple says the app and site aim to offer people across the US an easy way to get trusted information and guidance. Apple creates coronavirus screening app, website in partnership with CDC and White House – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe league has been forced to return to its roots online, dealing a blow to teams’ ability to test the viability of the OWL’s local event model. Overwatch League teams face a reset after pandemic spoils its grand plans Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreApple has launched a new screening tool for the US in partnership with CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The tool, available both as a website and an iOS app, acts as an information center for people across the country. The tool also allows you to answer a bunch of questions to determine
Read MoreIt’s not the lesson anyone expected. A Norwegian school is ditching popular video conferencing service Whereby after a naked man “guessed” the link to an online video tutorial and exposed his erect penis to a group of nine-year-olds. The despicable man addressed the students, encouraging them to talk to him as he engaged in lewd
Read MoreJamie Castillo, Alyssa Lia Mancao Instagram Live therapy sessions can be jarring. An iPhone ping occasionally goes off, the therapist forgets to turn off the press conference she was watching before going live, or the sound drops out momentarily. Even beyond the technical difficulties, watching an influencer chat with her therapist feels intrusive and wrong,
Read More{$inline_image} You know what’s worse than school being canceled or sports being canceled or most of the rest of life being canceled right now? Needing to cancel the birthday party your kid has been looking forward to for months. As someone who loves birthdays and holidays both big and small, I will not stand for
Read MoreAs part of its Home Together initiative, Roku lines up extended trials from channels like Showtime, Epix and Smithsonian. Roku offers a free month of premium channels amid coronavirus outbreak – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVideo shows the partially automated system stop for a red light for the first time as some owners receive early access to the “full-self-driving” update. Tesla's Autopilot now recognizes traffic signals – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreStreaming early, the Sega icon’s cinematic debut is at its best when Sonic goes quick — but the script doesn’t always keep up. Sonic the Hedgehog movie review: A visual delight you'll fast forget – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is targeting improvements to the PowerShell 7.1 user experience ahead of its release this winter. Microsoft: First preview of PowerShell 7.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS is out Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePhoto by Bernd Thissen / Picture Alliance via Getty Images Social distance over greater distances Continue reading… Now is a great time to buy an e-bike Source: New feed
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony is working with internet service providers in the US to slow game download speeds in an effort to preserve internet capacity for users overall, the company announced on its blog today. The company already enacted this policy in Europe earlier this week. This means players will have
Read MoreUncomfortable with tech, many are struggling to use modern tools to keep up with friends and family in the pandemic. As Life Moves Online, an Older Generation Faces a Digital Divide Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Colin Young-Wolff / Riot Games Almost every single major professional sports league across the globe is on indefinite hiatus due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. There’s no NBA, no Champions League, no Olympic Games. But an unlikely option has started to fill that void for viewers: competitive video games. For years, esports
Read MoreVisual Studio gives C++ developers a productivity boost, plus better debugging for Blazor WebAssembly offline apps. Visual Studio 2019: Now IntelliSense linter for C++ programming language cleans up code Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreImage: Roland Quandt / Twitter Fitbit’s upcoming Charge 4 fitness tracker broke cover earlier in March, revealing a design that was virtually identical to the 2018 Charge 3 model, but a newly leaked promotional video posted by Roland Quandt has revealed what makes the Charge 4 different — including the addition of built-in GPS, one
Read MoreAs use of the social media giant’s services surge, it could prove to be a moment of redemption for chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Why the coronavirus pandemic is a test Facebook can’t afford to fail Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWe are more dependent on technology than ever. Can it handle the strain? The Week in Tech: We’re Testing How Much the Internet Can Handle Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLG’s 2020 lineup of OLED TVs will be among those to receive the service. | Image: LG Movies Anywhere — the Disney-owned movie locker service that combines your purchased films across digital stores including Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, and Google Play — is launching a native app for LG’s smart TVs. The app
Read MorePlus: COVID-19 has now killed more than 1,000 Americans, and the US Senate passes a $2 trillion stimulus package. Coronavirus updates: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive, US has most cases worldwide – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Johannes Simon/Getty Images The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic arm, has committed $25 million to a research fund designed to help identify and develop treatments for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it announced today. CZI, managed by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, is donating to the
Read MoreLocated about 21 million light-years from our galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4618 has a diameter of about one-third that of our Milky Way. Together with its neighbor, NGC 4625, it forms an interacting galaxy pair, which means that the two galaxies are close enough to influence each other gravitationally. Hubble Hooks a
Read MoreMicrosoft is rushing to release an out-of-band fix in early April for a Windows 10 connectivity bug. New Windows 10 bug hits home working: Outlook, O365, Teams can't access internet Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Alexa users in the US can now use the voice assistant as a first step towards diagnosing cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Amazon has announced. Queries such as “Alexa, what do I do if I think I have coronavirus?” or “Alexa, what
Read MorePhoto by Nilay Patel / The Verge Nilay Patel published his 2020 MacBook Air review yesterday. He calls it “the best Mac for most people” and I agree. After three iterations in its modern incarnation, the MacBook Air has finally been restored to its place as the default MacBook. When your computer goes haywire and
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