Kickstarter is giving creators extra time to meet their crowdfunding goals. On Thursday, the company said any creator with a campaign live now can request a seven-day extension. To ask for extra time, they just have to email extensions@kickstarter.com from the email address associated with their project along with a link to the campaign. Kickstarter
Read Moreillustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of game creators in San Francisco, has been rescheduled after being delayed earlier this year. The original event, which was slated to take place this week, was postponed at the end of February due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Many of
Read MorePhoto by Spencer Platt/Getty Images GameStop is instructing its retail employees to keep stores open, even in the face of local authorities who would seek to shut them down over coronavirus-related lockdowns. In a memo first obtained by Kotaku, employees were told that “due to the products we carry that enable and enhance our customers’
Read MoreThe first cut of Warzone is stunning. What will Infinity Ward build from here? Warzone builds on the battle royale greats, and adds a few twists of its own Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAmid the uncertainty of COVID-19's spread, numerous companies have taken measures to help their customers make ends meet. For example, the four major U.S. cell carriers—AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon—announced they will stop charging late fees and early cancellation fees, and in some cases, won’t shut off service… Read more… Don't Trust Mobile Carriers About
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge Tesla will temporarily shut down its car manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, starting on Monday, March 23rd, after days of back-and-forth with the local authorities about whether the company was exempt from a recent shelter-in-place order. The company will also suspend most operations at its solar panel factory
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap is rolling out its Here For You search tool a bit earlier than planned to help users who may be feeling anxious or stressed over the coronavirus pandemic, the company says. The Here For You tool was first announced in February, and it’s designed to surface “safety
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Windows 10 operating system passed a billion active users earlier this week, and the company is now marking the occasion with a video that teases new features and UI changes. In an Instagram video from Windows and Devices chief Panos Panay, Microsoft has revealed it’s pushing ahead with changes to the Windows 10 Start
Read MoreNow if the US could say the same thing … Netherlands PM says what we all want to hear: There's enough toilet paper – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Resident, Station 19 and The Good Doctor have also provided supplies. Grey's Anatomy, other medical TV shows halted by coronavirus donate masks to hospitals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHealth officials in Britain are building an app that would alert the people who have come in contact with someone known to have the coronavirus. The project aims to adapt China’s tracking efforts for countries wary of government surveillance. Translating a Surveillance Tool into a Virus Tracker for Democracies Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAutomakers have begun to halt production in Europe as COVID-19 spreads, and now, the US has seen its first plants go offline. COVID-19 and automakers: All the plants shut down due to the coronavirus – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe big gaming event has been moved from March to August. GDC rescheduled for August after coronavirus postponement – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a great time to expand your horizons and play more video games. GOG—the platform formerly known as Good Ol’ Games—and indie game store Itch.io are both running “stay at home” promotions, giving away dozens of games for free as part of larger sales on their platforms. GOG’s free games are a special promotion as…
Read MoreThe odds are good that you’re spending more time at home right now than ever before. Maybe you’re working from home. Your partner is working from home. Your kids aren’t in school. Your pets are on top of you. And that’s a lot to handle on its own. Read more… How to Save Energy When
Read More{$inline_image} “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”? How we wonder why you’d resort to singing a ditty to time your handwashing when you can use your social isolation time to build a touch-free electronic handwash timer that the kids — and you — might actually use. Over the last few months, pretty much everyone on the planet
Read More“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”? How we wonder why you’d resort to singing a ditty to time your handwashing when you can use your social isolation time to build a touch-free electronic handwash timer that the kids — and you — might actually use. Over the last few months, pretty much everyone on the planet has
Read More{$inline_image} Whether they’re doing so voluntarily or due to orders from the state, restaurants across the country are closing their dining rooms and pivoting to take-out or delivery only, which has raised concerns over the safety and ethics of asking someone else to go pick up your food and bring it to you during a
Read MoreWhether they’re doing so voluntarily or due to orders from the state, restaurants across the country are closing their dining rooms and pivoting to take-out or delivery only, which has raised concerns over the safety and ethics of asking someone else to go pick up your food and bring it to you during a pandemic.
Read MoreFacebook has been teasing a new design for its desktop website since last year’s F8, but so far, only a select few users have been able to access it. That’s now changing: Facebook told TechCrunch that “starting today, the majority of people will have access to the new desktop design.” This includes a nifty new
Read MoreIn the face of coronavirus concerns, Monmouth College in Illinois has sent out word that it plans to delay its graduation, which was scheduled for May 17, 2020. And universities and colleges in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Minnesota, Texas, Utah and most other states have made similar decisions. Colleges,
Read MoreMicrosoft is giving customers an additional six months of support for some variants of Windows 10 1709 as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on IT professionals. Microsoft postpones end of support for some Windows 10 1709 versions Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreYesterday, Apple announced a new iPad Pro along with an updated keyboard case — now with a trackpad. The company also confirmed that it’s bringing laptop-like trackpad and mouse functionality to iPadOS, and it’s doing so sooner than some anticipated. The new context-aware cursor and other trackpad / mouse features are coming next week as
Read MorePhoto by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images As many of its rival internet service providers have at least some provision in place for remote work during the coronavirus pandemic, Charter Communications still has in place its standing policy against working from home. This is after at least one employee at Charter tested positive
Read MoreI woke up this morning genuinely confused about what day it was. It was either Wednesday or Thursday, I was pretty sure about that. For as long as the week has felt, it should be Saturday, but nowadays, Saturdays are going to resemble Mondays, so does it even matter what day it is? It’s definitely
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