Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We got both the announcement and the embargo lift for OnePlus’ new top-tier smartphones yesterday. Here’s my review of the OnePlus 8 Pro and here is Jon Porter’s review of the OnePlus 8 — both with video. These phones are interesting for slightly different — but related —
Read MoreAmerican Football headlined the digital festival, which was set in a pixelated version of the Brooklyn concert venue Elsewhere. Thousands gathered Saturday for a music festival. Don’t worry: It was in Minecraft. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today let’s take a break from discussing our global pandemic to talk about one of my favorite books of recent months: Sarah Frier’s No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, which is out today. It’s a meticulously reported, beautifully told story about one of the most successful apps
Read MoreA computer with a good internet connection, communication apps and entertainment are the only tech we really need, ever. The Virus Revealed Our Essential Tech (and Weeded Out the Excess) Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePlus: California unveils steps to reopen and 80 million Americans expected to get stimulus checks this week. Coronavirus updates: 2 million cases confirmed worldwide, Trump suspends funding to WHO – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: The coronavirus crisis underscores the power and dominance of big tech companies, and that novel legislative approaches are required to regulate them — Apple and Google, who last Friday jointly | announced new capabilities for contact tracing coronavirus carriers at scale … The coronavirus crisis underscores the power and dominance of
Read MoreTake control of an islander and get them to explore on your behalf from the comfort of your sofa. Bored of life indoors? Take a virtual vacation to the photogenic Faroe Islands – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChris O’Brien / VentureBeat: NVCA report: 285 AI-related startups raised $6.9B in the US during Q1 2020, beating the pace of 2019’s investments, as the overall VC market was roughly flat — AI startups continued to outpace the overall U.S. venture capital market in the first quarter of 2020, but the coronavirus is expected …
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian logistics SaaS startup FarEye raises $25M Series D led by Microsoft’s M12, bringing its total raised to $40M — More than 150 e-commerce and delivery companies globally use an Indian logistics startup’s service to work out the optimum way before they ship items to their customers. Indian logistics SaaS startup
Read MoreThe dark and clever show doesn’t always hit the mark, so we’ve ranked its episodes from best to slightly below par. Best Black Mirror episodes: San Junipero, Bandersnatch, the Miley Cyrus episode – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSo your kid wants to play video games with you? Here are a few to get started. 17 awesome video games to play with your kids – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTime is short and video games are long. But you’ll rattle through these in a night. 24 incredible video games you can finish in one night – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA series of appreciation doodles honors those who package, ship and deliver goods during the COVID-19 battle. Google Doodle honors coronavirus heroes and helpers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFamily and friends will dial in from around the world as the bride and groom go ahead with their nuptials — cancer and COVID-19 be damned. Coronavirus, terminal cancer and a Zoom wedding: 'We can't put off joy' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWWE will recommence airing live Raw and SmackDown TV shows. WWE deemed 'essential' business in Florida during coronavirus lockdown – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA series of appreciation doodles honors the heroes and helpers battling COVID-19. Google Doodle honors those who package, ship and deliver goods during coronavirus crisis – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreQualcomm partners with BOE, one of the world’s biggest display makers, to put its 3D Sonic Sensor onto the Chinese company’s flexible OLED displays. In-screen fingerprint readers could soon be in a lot more phones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you need an escape during the current coronavirus pandemic, here’s a list of TV shows to distract you. 12 TV shows to distract you during the coronavirus lockdown – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Riot Games Riot will make it easier to gain access to the closed beta of its popular new tactical shooter Valorant, the game developer announced late Tuesday. Now, not just select Twitch streamers, but all Twitch streamers who have access to the game can now drop the coveted beta access keys, so long as
Read MoreGoogle may start adjusting the quality of video captured by your Nest security camera to help ease the strain put on broadband networks. The company is making the changes at a time when more people than ever are using internet-connected devices at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. “To answer the global call to prioritize internet
Read MoreStop rewatching Contagion and put something a bit more wholesome into your eyeballs. 10 feel-good movies to entertain you during quarantine – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSo you just bought a Nintendo Switch and you’re wondering what games you should pick up to go along with it? Here are our favourites… The 34 best games on Nintendo Switch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome good choices when you need peace and quiet for an hour (or three). 12 awesome kids TV shows to watch during quarantine – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTelemedicine is safer for doctors and patients sheltering in place. It’s also an effective way to provide care that otherwise may not be available. Remote medical care is booming during the coronavirus pandemic – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Unicode Consortium announced last week that it was pushing the release of Unicode 14 back by six months. Now instead of a new batch of emoji coming out in 2021, we won’t see the new ones until 2022. The reason is — you guessed it — COVID-19. Specifically, the Consortium is delaying the release
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