Instagram Instagram’s making it easier for people to send direct messages from their browser. The company announced on Friday that it’s rolling out access to DMs on the web to everyone globally. The rollout starts today at 10AM ET. Instagram has been testing web DMs with a small group of users since January, and the
Read MoreThat’s 50% off the regular price of this versatile appliance, a must-have for every quarantined kitchen. Instant Pot alternative: This 6-quart pressure cooker is just .50 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpoilers inside. Final Fantasy 7 Remake's ending explained – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhone location data collected by advertisers doesn’t show the whole picture and is vulnerable to mass fraud, researchers warn. Location data brokers say they can help contain COVID-19. Here's why that's a problem – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAn interview with author Geoffrey Cain Continue reading… Samsung Rising goes deep on corruption, chaebols, and corporate chaos Source: New feed
Read MoreA galaxy having so many distinct rings is rare, making NGC 2273 unusual. Galaxy NGC 2273 hosts an inner ring and two outer “pseudorings.” Rings are created when a galaxy’s spiral arms appear to loop around and nearly close upon one another. Hubble Spots Spirals Within a Spiral Source: NASA
Read MoreLearning the foundations of American Sign Language is important, even if you’re not hearing impaired. Learn sign language in 5 minutes per day with this app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon wrote the book on smart speakers. Sonos rules multiroom audio. Both their signature speakers cost less than $200. Which one rocks harder? Sonos One vs. Amazon Echo Studio: Which smart speaker should you buy? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Grayson Blackmon and Alex Castro / The Verge Yesterday, we talked about the things that need to happen before we can begin to slowly re-open our cities: hospital bed supply catches up fully with demand; testing catches up fully with demand; we develop programs for quarantining new cases and informing their contacts that
Read MoreApple is making a selection of its Apple TV Plus original shows available for free to help make staying at home just a little bit easier. The free collection is available now via this link in the US, or from the Apple TV app everywhere else starting on Friday. The following list of shows can
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Foucault used to say: There’s only one way to go from here! Bitcoin price We closed the day, April
Read MoreBroad unease about losing jobs to machines could dissipate as people focus on the benefits of minimizing close human contact. Robots Welcome to Take Over, as Pandemic Accelerates Automation Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCOVID-19 has left few industries untouched. For startups, these are uncertain times and with the outlook changing daily, it can be hard to know what course of action to take. One of the sectors to have been most comprehensively stopped in its tracks is travel. While many businesses have adapted well to the need to
Read MoreImage: Amazon Amazon is building a lab to test its workers for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. It’s the latest effort by the company to protect workers who are growing increasingly panicked as the virus spreads through Amazon warehouses. More than 50 Amazon-owned facilities have confirmed cases in the US, according to
Read MoreNuro Inc, the robotics company that raised $940 million in funding from SoftBank last year, has been given the go-ahead to test its autonomous delivery vehicles on the streets of some Californian cities. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, Nuro is now allowed to test its low-speed autonomous delivery vehicles in Atherton, East
Read MoreTrying to build good habits can often backfire. Here’s why it’s important to know how habits are formed and when it’s better to stick with a routine instead. Habits are hot. Self-help articles extol the power of habits and books on the topic sell by the millions. Yet, like many pop psychology topics, the conventional
Read MoreIt’s exactly who you think it is, but it’s great to see him again. Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode 8 recap: Ahsoka discovers criminal mastermind's identity – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re running out of stuff to watch during the lockdown, don’t worry. Apple has just made some of its Apple TV+ originals free to watch for anyone — even if you don’t have a subscription. The company is offering free shows including Oprah’s talks on COVID-19, Little America, Servant, For All Mankind, and Dickinson. Sadly, Apple’s Golden
Read MoreApollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, on a journey to become the third crew to land on the Moon. The crew never made it. Imagining Apollo 13 on the Lunar Surface Source: NASA
Read MoreViewers will also get free access to other premium shows and movies from HBO and EPIX. Apple TV Plus offers free access to some original programming – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSubscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. Zoom is having a security reckoning. Let’s face it. Zoom is everywhere. The video conferencing software has skyrocketed in use in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, growing
Read MoreA weeklong series of appreciation Doodles honors the heroes and helpers battling COVID-19. Google Doodle thanks farmers, farmworkers during coronavirus outbreak – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThor 4 will make Ragnarok look like a “safe” movie. Taika Waititi reveals Thor: Love and Thunder details in live stream with Tessa Thompson and Mark Ruffalo – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWith workers in at least 64 warehouses and shipping facilities testing positive for covid-19, the e-commerce giant says it hopes to start testing a small numbers of employees “soon.” Amazon developing coronavirus testing lab for workers Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic are combating misinformation and still fighting to get proper protective gear. Nurses fighting coronavirus: We should be able to do better – CNET Source: CNet
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