Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Steam smashed its all-time record for concurrent users over the weekend with a 24-hour peak set at 20,313,451, according to data from the PC gaming platform’s website. It’s the first time Steam has ever had more than 20 million users online at once; nearly 6.4 million of them
Read MoreJeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: FCC says it netted $4.47B for 5G mmWave bands in its spectrum auction and $2.7B for 24GHz and 28GHz bands with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon as top bidders — Once touted as the key building block of 5G networks, high band millimeter wave spectrum has taken a back seat to longer-distance
Read MoreVaccines to halt the spread of COVID-19 are beginning to be tested in humans, but experts caution they’re still months away. Coronavirus vaccines and treatment: Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs the world grapples with the continuous spread of coronavirus, more companies are making tools to keep people informed about the pandemic. Earlier today, Microsoft rolled out a new live dashboard to track the COVID-19 outbreak. The company said it’s aggregating data for the dashboard from trusted sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Health
Read MoreRemember “Wordless Workshop” in Popular Science? [Roy Doty] illustrated a household problem and the solution for it cobbled up in the main character’s garage workshop. We wonder what [Roy] would have done with YouTube? Maybe something like the video from [VE2TAE] and [VE2AEV] showing their link coupling antenna tuning build. You can watch the video
Read MoreFinSMEs: Validere, an informatics platform for oil and gas companies, raises $15M Series A led by Wing VC, says it’s now monitoring and optimizing 3M+ barrels per day — Validere, a Calgary and Toronto, Canada- and Houston, TX-based informatics platform that enables energy companies … Validere, an informatics platform for oil and gas companies, raises
Read MorePhoto by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Google’s sister company Verily has launched a screening website for people who want to get tested for COVID-19. However, Verily’s website is very limited in scope: it’s only available to people in the Bay Area of California and it’s more of a pilot program than a public health
Read MoreVerily, an Alphabet subsidiary, is collaborating with the California Governor’s office, federal, state and local public health authorities, to help people in the Bay Area with COVID-19 screening. Through its new site, which is part of a larger health initiative called Project Baseline, people residing in California can sign up to get tested for COVID-19
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom said he believes the partnership with Google’s sister company can be a “national model” for coronavirus screening. Alphabet's Verily launches coronavirus testing website for SF Bay Area – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnnie Palmer / CNBC: Alphabet’s Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account — – Alphabet’s Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it
Read MoreRaise your hand if you had the infamous London serial killer on your debate bingo card. Hard to say where Joe Biden was headed with that Jack the Ripper debate line – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTim Merel / VentureBeat: Digi-Capital: over $4.1B was invested in AR and VR startups in 2019, but Q4 lagged; 2019 was the third-highest year for AR and VR investment after 2017 and 2018 — Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked $4.1 billion in AR/VR investment in 2019, the third-highest virtual reality investment … Digi-Capital: over .1B
Read MoreInstagram may be one of the world’s most popular social media services, but unlike Twitter or Facebook, the platform tends to largely remain ambivalent about current events and politics. Not so with coronavirus. As reported by TechCrunch, Instagram will leverage its popularity to offer advice about the novel coronavirus and how to stay safe during
Read MoreThe first episode shows that Westworld hasn’t lost any of its Westworld-liness. Westworld season 3, episode 1 recap: Dolores, algorithms and Jesse Pinkman – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOfficial instructions include “put trust in God and seek refuge in Him from illnesses” and “cover the mouth when yawning and sneezing.” ISIS urges its followers to beat coronavirus by covering their sneezes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt this point, society has had over three decades to get used to the Blue Man Group. Maybe that’s why we’re less disturbed by [Graham Jessup]’s face-tracking Watchman than we should be. Either that, or it’s because it reminds us of Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Frankly, this is just way too cool
Read MoreThe internet goes to town on the Vermont senator’s quirky phrasing as he attacks former Vice President Joe Biden on Social Security. Democratic debate: Bernie Sanders tells voters to 'go to the YouTube' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Nick Statt / The Verge The British government is opening a public consultation into the use of electric scooters in what is likely to be the first step toward legalizing them in the country. The consultation, news of which leaked in January, is an attempt to work out what rules should be placed
Read MoreAndrii Degeler / Tech.eu: UK-based INSTANDA, which claims to be the insurance industry’s “first no-code business platform”, raises $19.5M Series A led by Assembly Capital Partners — The UK-founded no-code insurance customer and policy management platform INSTANDA has landed $19.5 million in a Series A funding round. UK-based INSTANDA, which claims to be the insurance
Read MoreMicrosoft’s COVID-19 tracker is located at bing.com/covid. Microsoft Bing team launches COVID-19 tracker Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreGM also confirmed it will adjust production schedules but underscored the impact won’t be major. GM, Ford, FCA and UAW create task force to tackle coronavirus pandemic challenges – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA Tennessee man had planned to sell his stockpile at marked-up prices online. Now he is under investigation for price gouging. The Man With 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Just Donated Them Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJust a few weeks ago in the Links article, we ran a story about Tanner Electronics, the Dallas-area surplus store that was a mainstay of the hacker and maker scene in the area. At the time, Tanner’s owners were actively looking for a new, downsized space to move into, and they were optimistic that they’d
Read MoreLesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter: Netflix shuts down physical production and prep of scripted TV and film for two weeks in US and Canada amid a broader production pause across the film industry — ABC’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’ and CBS’ ‘NCIS’ have taken a two-week hiatus; Disney TV Studios shut down 16
Read MoreSocial media companies are delivering reliable information in the coronavirus crisis. Why can’t they do that all the time? When Facebook Is More Trustworthy Than the President Source: NY Times Tech
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