Verizon is launching a Yahoo-branded mobile phone service called Yahoo Mobile in an attempt to use consumers’ total apathy toward familiarity with the Yahoo brand to kickstart a new wireless provider. Yahoo Mobile works off of Verizon’s network and offers only one plan: unlimited LTE data for $40 per month, plus throttled tethering and a
Read More{$inline_image} Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber is considering suspending the accounts of riders and drivers who have been infected or come in contact with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the company says. This follows the company’s recent decision to suspend — and then reinstate — hundreds of accounts in
Read MoreThe Martian ice cap is like a cake with every layer telling a story. In this case, the story is one of climate change on Mars. A Slice of Polar Layer Cake Source: NASA
Read MoreMicrosoft promises faster Windows 10 updates and more control over reserved storage on enterprise PCs. Windows 10 2004: Expect under 20 minutes' downtime for business update, says Microsoft Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePublic health authorities can let the ride-hailing company know about confirmed cases through its online portal. Uber may suspend accounts of drivers and riders who get coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePodcast.co is a fantastic soup-to-nuts solution and a steal at this price. Host your podcast for life for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: SpotOn, which provides point of sale payment services, raises $50M Series B led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Franklin Templeton — Small and medium enterprises make up the vast majority of businesses globally, and today a startup building merchant services to help them operate is announcing … SpotOn, which provides point
Read MoreLG has announced that its 2020 range of TVs will start to become available in the US and South Korea this month. We saw the lineup back at CES in January, and some of the highlights include: The BX and CX are the new entries in LG’s mainstream B- and C-series of 4K OLED TVs.
Read MoreSam Machkovech / Ars Technica: Sources: the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), scheduled for early June as a three-day event, is to be canceled due to COVID-19 concerns — Massive game-announcement event won’t happen for the first time since 1996. — E3 2020 as we know it is over. Sources: the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo
Read MoreOur tech columnist tests “hermit tech” ahead of the potential great American coronavirus self-quarantine. I’ve been working from home for eight days. The Netflix-and-quarantine life is not that chill. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe iPhone XS may have launched in 2018, but it’s not exactly time to ditch it for the newer iPhone 11. iPhone 11 vs. iPhone XS: Which one is the better buy? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHands on: Return to the Dark Tower returns… to the Dark Tower. A cult '80s electronic game gets an app-driven reboot in Return to Dark Tower – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge The week of iOS 14-based leaks continues, with hints about new Apple hardware and a new home screen view. The rumored list for apps on the home screen view strikes me as particularly interesting and particularly likely. Cracks about it copying Windows Phone aside, it seems likely to
Read More{$inline_image} Ian Austen / New York Times: Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs scales back Toronto smart city project prompted by local privacy critics, who argue it exploits people’s data from the physical world — Faced with an array of opponents for its sensor-laden city of tomorrow in Toronto, a Google sibling has dramatically dialed back plans. Alphabet's
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Last week, as COVID-19 began its spread around the globe, I noted here that the epidemic had prompted a notable change in the big tech platforms. Where they were once loath to intervene in the affairs of their own algorithms, even when the potential harms to public health
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk is currently scouting out locations for a new Gigafactory in the center of the United States, he announced on Twitter. Musk referred to the new plant as the “Cybertruck Gigafactory” in his initial tweet, but then said the location would also be used to produce Model Y vehicles for the East
Read MoreThe use of virtual visits climbs as a way of safely treating patients and containing spread of the infection at hospitals, clinics and medical offices. Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSamsung wants to excite you by offering a device with a foldable screen. Too bad it’s tedious to use (and bulky in a pocket). Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Review: A Folding Phone That’s a Dud Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAndrew Sabisky, a UK government adviser, recently resigned over comments supporting eugenics. Around the same time, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins – best known for his book The Selfish Gene – provoked controversy when tweeting that, while eugenics is morally deplorable, it “would work”. Eugenics can be described as the science and practice of improving
Read MoreLast night, Disney quietly uploaded its catalog of Disney+ original shows and movies to its Indian subsidiary Hotstar. Disney+ is set to launch officially in the country on March 29. The catalog includes shows such as The Mandalorian, Diary of a Future President, Marvel‘s Hero Project, and The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Hotstar’s Android and iOS apps (as
Read MorePhoto credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images E3 is the latest major event to be canceled in the wake of the new coronavirus, according to reports. Ars Technica and Bloomberg say that the Entertainment Software Association, which puts on the annual video game trade show, will soon announce the cancelation. One source
Read MoreBlaBlaCar, the 14-year-old French tech unicorn which has become synonymous with carpooling, has to date raised a staggering €396.4 million ($448.5 million) from investors including Accel Partners and Index Ventures. While things are going well for the business, Frédéric Mazzella, co-founder of BlaBlaCar, told Growth Quarters the journey wasn’t always smooth sailing. According to Mazzella,
Read MoreMaya Kosoff / Marker: How some high-profile direct-to-consumer startups have struggled to make their economics work amid rising customer acquisition costs — How venture capital became the most dangerous thing to happen to now-troubled DTCs like Outdoor Voices, Harry’s, and Casper How some high-profile direct-to-consumer startups have struggled to make their economics work amid rising
Read MoreNew Glenn is going to be much bigger than the rocket Jeff Bezos has been working on the past few years. Blue Origin's huge new rocket has a nose cone bigger than its current rocket – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLatest COVID-19 updates: US cases tip over 1,000, Australia bans travel to Italy, and huge trade shows are canceled or postponed. Coronavirus updates: US cases top 1,000, E3 and CES Asia called off – CNET Source: CNet
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