By cutting out the middleman, these online-only brands offer high-quality products at lower prices. Best direct-to-consumer cookware of 2020: Made In, Brigade Kitchen and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA courier wearing a respiratory mask handles an Amazon parcel in Milan, Italy. | Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images Amazon says it has temporarily stopped taking orders on some non-essential products on its sites in Italy (amazon.it) and France (amazon.fr) as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. “As customers use e-commerce
Read MoreKrystal Hu / Reuters: Amazon says it will stop shipping non-essential products from third party merchants via Fulfillment by Amazon to consumers in Italy and France — (Reuters) – Amazon.com will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, according to an announcement the company published … Amazon says it will stop shipping
Read MoreApple is working with the Trump administration to distribute them, Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday. Apple to donate 2 million masks to US coronavirus response, Pence says – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} [lookmumnocomputer] enjoys creating synthesizers, and early last year he created one called The Fart Box. It is an entirely analog synthesizer with which, according to its creator, it is difficult to make anything that doesn’t sound gassy. It’s not quite like any other synthesizer, and while it is capable of acting like a regular
Read MoreWhen you’re out grocery shopping right now, you might not have much a choice when it comes to what you’re able to find and buy. That choice is even more limited if you happen to be a person shopping for a family on WIC. Read more… Be Mindful About Purchasing WIC Items at the Grocery
Read MoreSarah Frier / Bloomberg: Snap Camera, which lets users overlay their faces with AR filters in services like Zoom, Hangouts, and Twitch, has seen 10X surge in downloads since March 1 — Workers around the world are suddenly confined to their homes and apartments to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Snap Camera, which lets users
Read MorePhoto by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted departures from New York and Philadelphia airports after a trainee at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Long Island tested positive for COVID-19 today. The person had not been at the facility since March 17th, and the FAA is
Read MoreMicrosoft follows in Google’s footsteps, who similarly paused Chrome updates earlier this week. Microsoft pauses Edge releases amid coronavirus outbreak Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePlus: Californian and Illinois go on lockdown, deaths in Italy surpass those in China. Coronavirus updates: Pence staffer tests positive, Apple to provide masks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVice President Mike Pence said Apple is working with the Trump administration to distribute them. Apple pledges to donate 2 million masks to US coronavirus response – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus: Californian and Illinois go on lockdown, deaths in Italy surpass those in China. Coronavirus updates: Pence staffer tests positive, student loan payment suspension – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNormally $250, the popular Duex Pro offers an ingenious slide-out screen. Plus, 10 Star Trek movies for $30 and a free Google Nest Hub with SiriusXM. Working from home? Add a portable second monitor to your laptop for 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHartley Charlton / MacRumors: In an internal doc, Apple informed authorized service providers that some iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 users may experience issues with the Personal Hotspot feature — In an internal document distributed to Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, obtained by MacRumors, Apple has acknowledged … In an internal doc, Apple informed
Read MoreImage by Alex Castro / The Verge The CDC has used Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot service to create a COVID-19 assessment chatbot to screen Americans who may be unsure whether to seek medical care. The Coronavirus Self Checker bot asks a series of questions based on CDC guidelines about symptoms (such as shortness of breath or
Read MoreIf not the most deadly, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is one of the most contagious diseases to have hit our green planet in the past decades. In little over three months since the virus was first spotted in mainland China, it has spread to more than 90 countries, infected more than 185,000 people, and taken
Read MorePhoto by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images Amazon said Saturday it will raise overtime pay for workers in its US warehouses between March 15th and May 9th, Reuters reports. Instead of the standard time-and-a-half they receive now for overtime, Amazon warehouse workers in the US will receive double their hourly rate for every overtime hour
Read MoreNew York closed all of the theaters on Broadway last week in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, but you can still catch a few of the most popular shows from Broadway at home from your couch. Read more… How to Watch Broadway Shows Like Cats and Sweeney Todd at Home For Free Source: Life Hacker
Read More{$inline_image} Krystal Hu / Reuters: Amazon hourly workers at the warehouses will receive double pay for overtime from March 15 to May 9, up from the previous 1.5-times rate — (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses, as the world’s largest …
Read MorePhoto by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney Actor Greg Grunberg, longtime friend of director J.J. Abrams, says in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter that as far as he knows, there is no alternate edit of The Rise of Skywalker despite a persistent fan rumor to the contrary. Fans who were dissatisfied with
Read MoreSee something? Say something. See a coronavirus scam? Report it to Justice Dept., US attorney general says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus: The deaths in Italy surpass those in China. Coronavirus updates: Illinois and California on lockdown, student loan payment suspension – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA sale on Adidas apparel, a multi use turntable, clearance on a winter jacket, and Super Mario 3D Land headline for Saturday’s best deals. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: Meat Themometers, Turntables, Super Mario 3D Land, Jackets, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAs more studios try to navigate various methods of releasing their films during the coronavirus pandemic, especially now that theaters across the country have shut down, most movies have received digital releases. Paramount’s The Lovebirds, a comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, marks the first time during this period that a studio movie lost
Read MoreThis week the new coronavirus has spread like wildfire. The good news last week has been the success with which China, Taiwan, and Singapore have handled the epidemic, and that western nations are just beginning to emulate their approach of reducing person-to-person interactions as much as possible to slow the rate of infection. The bad
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