As people become hostages in their own homes, hired clowns and costume nights may not be enough to maintain sanity. ‘A Week of Snow Days’? Ha! Families Deal With Cabin Fever Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreDo your co-workers really need to make their pets or toddlers part of the call? No. The Dos and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Tesla-rivaling EV began production this week. Polestar 2 is ready to hit the streets this summer – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Phone brands have an opportunity to use this downtime wisely. This year should have been huge for phones. Now Samsung, Apple are at a crossroads – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChristina Farr / CNBC: How volunteers from tech companies and epidemiologists worked together to build the US-focused COVID-19 data aggregation website covidnearyou.com in six days — – Volunteers from Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and other tech companies worked every night for a week to make a website called covidnearyou. How volunteers from tech companies and epidemiologists
Read MoreChina is hoping blockbuster movies like Avengers: Endgame can bring people back to cinemas now COVID-19 is under relative control. China is re-releasing Avengers and Avatar to revive cinemas after its coronavirus lockdown – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus: Apple has now donated 9 million masks and India lock down sees 1.3 billion people asked to stay home. Coronavirus updates: US trillion stimulus package, Olympics postponed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter offering free subscriptions in Italy, Spain, and France, adult entertainment site Pornhub is making its subscription free for everyone across the world — with a view to help to flatten the curve amid lockdowns around the world. The company said it’s extending the free Pornhub premium support, which unlocks select content to everyone across the world
Read MoreCho Joo-bin was accused of blackmailing dozens of young women, including at least 16 minors, into making sexually explicit video clips of themselves. Suspect Held in South Korean Crackdown on Sexually Explicit Videos Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe FlexPai 2 will feature a 7.8-inch screen, the Snapdragon 865 chipset, high-speed RAM, and 5G capability which covers the US, Royole said. Royole FlexPai 2 foldable phone specs, revealed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Protocol: Sansar, a social VR platform from the makers of Second Life, is acquired by SF-based Wookey Project Corp, a social search engine, for an undisclosed sum — What Sansar’s story so far teaches us about the next crop of social platforms. — After over five years of development, Sansar … Sansar,
Read MoreThe new “Hardware-enforced Stack Protection” feature is under development and an early preview is available in Windows 10 Insider previews builds (fast ring). Microsoft announces new 'Hardware-enforced Stack Protection' feature Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOlder handsets will soon get features such as Single Take and Night Hyperlapse, which makes light streaks out of cars in motion. Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 to get Galaxy S20 camera features – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChris Freeland / Internet Archive Blogs: Internet Archive debuts National Emergency Library, allowing users to borrow 1.4M+ digitized books without joining a waitlist during the COVID-19 crisis — To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of today, March 24, 2020 … Internet Archive debuts National Emergency
Read MoreSalvador Rodriguez / CNBC: WHO partners with Facebook, Microsoft, and other tech companies on #BuildforCOVID19 hackathon to develop software tackling COVID-19 challenges, starting Mar. 26 — – The World Health Organization has partnered with Facebook, Microsoft and several other tech companies for a hackathon to promote … WHO partners with Facebook, Microsoft, and other tech
Read MoreThe spike in positive tests for the disease caused by the coronavirus comes as the ecommerce giant races to hire 100,000 workers to meet the massive demand from shoppers staying home to slow the outbreak’s spread. Amazon workers test positive for covid-19 at six U.S. warehouses Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreBut first, the Chinese company’s third-generation Cicada Wing screen will appear in the FlexPai 2 foldable smartphone. Royole's new foldable display could soon appear in ZTE phones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus: Apple has now donated 9 million masks, and the UK and Australia outline lockdown measures. Coronavirus updates: Olympics postponed, Trump wants US open by Easter – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Amir Efrati / The Information: Source: amid quarantines, Uber Eats recorded a 10% increase in US sales last week and a 30% increase in signups from people willing to deliver food — Uber Eats’ U.S. sales surged by around 10% last week from the week before, a nearly unprecedented uptick for this time of
Read MoreJay Greene / Washington Post: Six US Amazon warehouses have at least one worker testing positive for COVID-19, with some facilities temporarily shut for cleaning and some workers quarantined — The spike in positive tests for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus comes as the ecommerce giant races to hire 100,000 workers to meet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Some mobile phone operators, including Vodafone and Orange S.A., have started inserting coronavirus-related public health suggestions to stay indoors onto customers’ smartphones in recent days, using the small snippet of text that typically accompanies the connection signal symbols in the top left of a phone screen. According
Read MoreAt least 12 employees are in quarantine, The Telegraph reports. SpaceX reportedly quarantines employees after positive coronavirus tests – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube Music users can now read lyrics while listening to a song on the service’s iOS and Android apps, the company announced today. To see lyrics, when you’ve got a song open in the app, just tap the “i” button on the left side of the screen. The
Read MoreHuawei’s new smartphones have purportedly been revealed online. Huawei P40 and P40 Pro leaked online ahead of launch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe spike comes as consumers rely more heavily on the internet retailer for essential items. Amazon workers in six US warehouses reportedly test positive for COVID-19 – CNET Source: CNet
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