Photo by Monty Brinton / CBS via Getty Images On April 21st, CBS aired Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince, a concert special recorded to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Prince’s death. Taped on January 28th, two days after the Grammys aired, the concert is immediately notable for being a throwback to our
Read MoreDisney announced a Skywalker Saga surprise for next week’s Star Wars Day. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will hit Disney Plus on May 4 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter providing access to a limited group of owners, every Tesla owner with the right hardware now has the latest features. Tesla Autopilot traffic light, stop sign recognition update rolls out – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Reviews of the new 2020 iPhone SE are here and so is iFixit’s teardown of the device. While the $400 handset has a design similar to that of an iPhone 8, the teardown reveals that it’s surprisingly modern on the inside. Specifically, the phone includes an A13 Bionic
Read MoreUnlike most, it doesn’t require you to give up wireless charging. iPhone X battery starting to wear out? Add this battery case for just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus, a slim, push-button coffee maker for $25 at Best Buy. Take 0 off this ultra-powerful Blendtec blender right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUPS and CVS are teaming up to deliver prescription medicine via drone to residents of The Villages retirement community in Florida. The service, which will use Matternet’s M2 drones, is being conducted with authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration. The drone deliveries will begin on May 4th. The first flights will be less than half
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For the most part, you can no longer use Twitter as it was originally built to be used: over text message. Last week, Twitter turned off the ability to receive SMS messages containing the text of new tweets. The feature was disabled in all but “a few countries”
Read MoreOn Friday, April 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the White House to brief President Trump on NASA’s fight to alleviate COVID-19. NASA Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 Source: NASA
Read MoreThere’s plenty of anxiety to go around these days, and unfortunately, it’s not only reserved for the grown-ups in the home. Kids can get anxious in even the best of times, let alone when they’re stuck at home in the middle of a pandemic, distanced from their friends and trying to keep up with their
Read MoreIn the past decade, 3D printing has occupied some interesting niches. It’s an invaluable prototyping tool for countless industries and has found regular use in architecture, biotech, prosthetics, and plenty of other disciplines. The rise in consumer-grade printers has also given rise to a vibrant maker community. But for the most part, the technology has
Read MoreAs the pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy, tech giants Amazon, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are benefiting enormously from a potentially permanent shift in consumer habits, leveraging their political clout by arguing that they are essential services, and gutting their competition. Tech giants are profiting — and getting more powerful — even as the
Read MoreResearchers worry about the effects of Facebook’s decision to reduce staffing during the pandemic. The Technology 202: Posts promoting unproven drugs highlight limits of social networks’ coronavirus fight Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWindows: You’ve seen the dreaded bars before—that fun little graphic that indicates the strength of your wireless connection. While full bars mean you’re probably getting good wifi speed, you’ve also probably encountered situations where the bars aren’t quite so full—and your wireless connection is terrible. Read more… How to Check Your Wifi Signal Strength Source: Life
Read MoreFossil Gen 5 Touchscreen Smartwatch | $199 | Amazon Read more… Stop Fiddling With Your Phone So Often With the 0 Fossil Smartwatch Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreVideo-call etiquette: talk slower, don’t switch browser tabs, and remind others to hand over the talking stick. Google: Here's how to make your next video chat less terrible Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWill Knight / Wired: How manufacturers and e-commerce companies may invest in robots to help them adapt to social distancing, regular cleaning, and a possible worker shortage — Social distancing requires rethinking the layout of workplaces. A new breed of robots can help keep factories and warehouses running. How manufacturers and e-commerce companies may invest
Read MoreWhether you’re looking to bolster your professional skillset, expand your reach or get a freelance career or side hustle off the ground, all this downtime is the perfect moment to refocus and chart a new course. You’ll have all the tools to make those moves with the collection in The 2020 Ultimate Work From Home
Read MoreFriday marks the beginning of a new month, which means we’re about to get an influx of new additions to Netflix just in time for the weekend. Read more… What's New on Netflix the Week of April 27, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreShawn Reynaldo / Pitchfork: DJs are turning to various livestream platforms to earn a living amid lockdowns, but artists who made the records they play aren’t necessarily being compensated — Like so many others, DJs everywhere have suddenly been left with no work and no income because of restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreThe Facebook-owned messaging service tells TechCrunch its efforts to cut down misinformation have proven successful. WhatsApp message forwarding limits reportedly reduce virality by 70% – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiPhone 11 lineup | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is reportedly delaying mass production of its upcoming iPhone 12 handsets by around a month. The Wall Street Journal reports that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic across supply chains and manufacturing has disrupted Apple’s iPhone 12 mass production plans. Rumors suggest
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Codota, which offers an AI tool for developers to autocomplete strings of code, raises $12M Series A led by e.ventures, bringing its total raised to $16M — Thanks to smartphones and their downsized keyboards, autocomplete has become a nearly ubiquitous feature of how we write these days. Codota, which offers an
Read MoreAdam Satariano / New York Times: Interviews and documents show Europe’s GDPR rules have been stymied by a lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources, and tech companies stalling — Nearly two years in, there has been little enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation, once seen as ushering in a new era. Interviews
Read MoreYoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple pushes back production of flagship iPhones coming later this year by about a month, as the pandemic weakens demand and disrupts manufacturing — The phones, some with 5G connectivity, will vary in price and come in three sizes — Apple Inc. is pushing back the production ramp
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