Image: Beats They’ve already leaked plenty and Walmart even put them on shelves before an official announcement, but now Apple’s Beats brand is launching the new Powerbeats 4 earbuds. Like past versions, these use a neckband design, though the cable now runs behind the ear. The Powerbeats 4 have been upgraded on multiple fronts. They’ve
Read MoreIf social distancing has made you already blow through all the movies and television shows you had in your queue, Netflix is dropping a bunch of new stuff this week to help you build it back up again. Read more… What's New on Netflix the Week of March 17, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreArielle Pardes / Wired: Many Facebook groups have sprung up in response to coronavirus fears, offering information on emergency preparedness, blood banks, and coordinating local help — Social media has fomented a lot of division, but people are using it to strengthen their communities against the coronavirus pandemic too. Many Facebook groups have sprung up
Read MoreExpedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz trainer. Next Space Station Crew Takes a Break From Training Source: NASA
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge France’s competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has fined Apple €1.1 billion (around $1.2 billion) for illegally restricting how wholesalers sell Apple products. As well as fining Apple itself, the authority has also fined two of its wholesalers, Tech Data, and Ingram Micro, Reuters reports. The Autorité
Read MoreKalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: How the University of Southern California sees social media content creation and influencing as viable career paths, offering classes like Influencer Relations — At USC, social media influencing and content creation are more than just a hobby — they’re becoming careers. How the University of Southern California sees social media
Read MoreWhether you’re producing documents, photos or both, we’ve got the perfect printer for you. The best printer for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere are the standout rumors about the upcoming iPhone 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. iPhone 12 rumors: New release date, specs, colors, screen sizes and 5G predictions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs schools shutter around the country, some educators are migrating their daily lessons and dreaded homework assignments onto the web. But many administrators and teachers nationwide say they lack that digital luxury — illustrating how a public-health crisis has brought to light a technological one. ‘It shouldn’t take a pandemic’: Coronavirus exposes Internet inequality among
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has launched a new interactive Bing map to provide information on the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The map shows the amount of cases on a per country basis, broken down by the number of currently active cases, recovered cases, and fatal
Read MoreMicrosoft Teams Microsoft’s chat and communications tool, Microsoft Teams, went down across Europe this morning for more than two hours. The outage started just as thousands of workers started to sign into the service and attempt to work remotely amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Microsoft Teams users were experiencing issues signing into the service and
Read MoreWith the help of an automatic app feature, BMW thinks it can make plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) drivers use the electric features of their vehicle where it counts. In an announcement published earlier today, BMW spoke of its new PHEV vehicle feature that will automatically switch the car to fully electric mode when it
Read MoreA clothing item inspired by a YouTube star has found its way into malls and schools, stumping adults along the way. American Teenagers Are Declaring ‘Virginity Rocks’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAs the coronavirus pandemic spreads all over the world, more and more countries issue travel restrictions to fight it. That means a lot of pre-booked vacation plans are ending up in the bin. Last night, Airbnb announced that it’ll let people cancel their booking without any charge. The company said if you’ve made your booking
Read More{$inline_image}“There are nights when I lie awake and I am afraid this pace will blow up in our faces,” Christina Polleti, chief strategy officer and co-founder of German car subscription startup Cluno tells Growth Quarters. Polleti is referring to the fast-growth Cluno is experiencing. Based in Munich, Cluno was founded in 2017 and offers a car
Read MoreFinSMEs: b.well Connected Health, a consumer-facing healthcare management platform, raises $16M Series A led by UnityPoint Health Ventures — b.well Connected Health, a Baltimore, MD-based platform designed to provide consumers a new front end to healthcare, closed a $16m Series A funding. b.well Connected Health, a consumer-facing healthcare management platform, raises M Series A led
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Steam smashed its all-time record for concurrent users over the weekend with a 24-hour peak set at 20,313,451, according to data from the PC gaming platform’s website. It’s the first time Steam has ever had more than 20 million users online at once; nearly 6.4 million of them
Read MoreJeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: FCC says it netted $4.47B for 5G mmWave bands in its spectrum auction and $2.7B for 24GHz and 28GHz bands with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon as top bidders — Once touted as the key building block of 5G networks, high band millimeter wave spectrum has taken a back seat to longer-distance
Read MoreVaccines to halt the spread of COVID-19 are beginning to be tested in humans, but experts caution they’re still months away. Coronavirus vaccines and treatment: Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs the world grapples with the continuous spread of coronavirus, more companies are making tools to keep people informed about the pandemic. Earlier today, Microsoft rolled out a new live dashboard to track the COVID-19 outbreak. The company said it’s aggregating data for the dashboard from trusted sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Health
Read MoreRemember “Wordless Workshop” in Popular Science? [Roy Doty] illustrated a household problem and the solution for it cobbled up in the main character’s garage workshop. We wonder what [Roy] would have done with YouTube? Maybe something like the video from [VE2TAE] and [VE2AEV] showing their link coupling antenna tuning build. You can watch the video
Read MoreFinSMEs: Validere, an informatics platform for oil and gas companies, raises $15M Series A led by Wing VC, says it’s now monitoring and optimizing 3M+ barrels per day — Validere, a Calgary and Toronto, Canada- and Houston, TX-based informatics platform that enables energy companies … Validere, an informatics platform for oil and gas companies, raises
Read MorePhoto by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Google’s sister company Verily has launched a screening website for people who want to get tested for COVID-19. However, Verily’s website is very limited in scope: it’s only available to people in the Bay Area of California and it’s more of a pilot program than a public health
Read MoreVerily, an Alphabet subsidiary, is collaborating with the California Governor’s office, federal, state and local public health authorities, to help people in the Bay Area with COVID-19 screening. Through its new site, which is part of a larger health initiative called Project Baseline, people residing in California can sign up to get tested for COVID-19
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom said he believes the partnership with Google’s sister company can be a “national model” for coronavirus screening. Alphabet's Verily launches coronavirus testing website for SF Bay Area – CNET Source: CNet
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