As more films skip theaters and head straight to streaming, we asked our critics to talk openly about what many whisper about: that many of these films are just good enough. This Movie Is Streaming Only. Should We Lower Our Expectations? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCraig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: Investigation identifies owner of 60+ browser extensions which engaged in a long-running ad fraud scheme and were removed as part of a Google crackdown in Feb — It was a weed that Google kept trying and failing to kill. — The browser extension MyPDF kept appearing and being removed from
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verg Apple is planning to reintroduce scissor-switch keyboards to more laptops soon, according to generally accurate analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. New MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models are coming in the second quarter of 2020, Kuo says in a research note obtained by MacRumors. The move would follow a pattern
Read MoreThe company’s Crew Dragon is looking to carry humans to orbit from Florida again before Mother’s Day. SpaceX could launch its first astronauts in under two months – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge All Twitter employees must work from home until further notice in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the company announced today. Twitter had already “strongly encouraged” employees to do so in an announcement early last week, but is now making the directive mandatory across the world.
Read More{$inline_image} Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Twitter is making it mandatory for all employees around the world to work from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — After “strongly encouraging” it earlier this month, Twitter said today that working from home is now mandatory for all employees around the world due to COVID-19 concerns. Twitter
Read MoreThe TV show was set to broadcast from Detroit, but will instead reportedly be filmed in WWE’s Performance Center. WWE reportedly cancels Friday's SmackDown show due to coronavirus spread – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: NorthOne, a New York-based digital bank that provides a banking app for small businesses, announces a $21M Series A raise led by Battery Ventures — NorthOne, a digital challenger bank focused on small businesses, announced this morning a $21 million Series A raise. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily
Read MoreMark Sullivan / Fast Company: Source: at least one of this year’s iPhones will have a 3D depth camera on its back, enabling new photo and video effects, as well as better AR experiences — Our source confirms Apple’s plans to put a 3D depth camera on the back of the iPhone. Here’s what it’ll
Read MoreIt follows the postponement of Wednesday’s Utah Jazz-Oklahoma City Thunder game. NBA suspends season as player tests positive to coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLatest COVID-19 updates: World Health Organization officially declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, US cases tip over 1,000 and the NBA cancels the rest of its season. Coronavirus updates: WHO declares a pandemic, Trump announces travel restrictions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images The National Basketball Association has announced that it will suspend all games after tonight until further notice, following a player on the Utah Jazz testing positive for COVID-19. “The NBA will use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in response to the coronavirus pandemic,” the
Read MoreThe actors will be self-isolating until they they are instructed otherwise. Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would be rolling new travel restrictions, prohibiting most travel from Europe to the US. The restrictions will start on Friday, March 13 and last for 30 days. This travel ban does not affect flights from the
Read MoreThe Summer Games are still scheduled, for now, but coronavirus fears can’t be discounted. Has coronavirus canceled the Tokyo Olympics? No, but here's what you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlexandria Williams / Quartz: Inside TikTok’s strategy to get a foothold in Africa: signing up Instagram and YouTube creators, hiring staff in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, and more — Early this year, the short video app TikTok joined Nairobi Garage, a leading coworking space in Nairobi’s Kilimani district. Inside TikTok's strategy to get a
Read MoreThe Summer Games are still scheduled, for now, but coronavirus fears can’t be discounted. Are the Tokyo Olympics canceled? No, but here's what you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrench mayor Patrick Leclerc defends the event, where over 3,500 cosplayers gathered in hopes of breaking the Guinness World Record for world’s largest Smurfs gathering. Despite coronavirus fears, Smurfs gather en masse to try to break world record – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Google Google can apparently revoke the software licenses from Android TV makers if they also make devices running certain forked versions of its operating system, including Amazon Fire TV, according to a new report from Protocol. If they do, Google’s licensing terms for Android reportedly dictate that those TV makers would no longer be
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has begun restricting the types of sellers on its third-party Marketplace platform that can sell health and sanitation products like face masks, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and sprays, and isopropyl alcohol, among other products. The decision, revealed in a note sent to sellers on Wednesday and reviewed
Read MoreAmazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter join a teleconference with top government officials. White House asks tech companies for help battling coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGet this unlocked 6.4-inch phone with a fingerprint reader on the display, dual rear cameras, 4K video and other flagship features. Flagship-quality OnePlus 6T phone works with almost any carrier. Get one for just 0 right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLatest COVID-19 updates: World Health Organization officially declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, US cases tip over 1,000 and huge trade shows are canceled or postponed. Coronavirus updates: WHO declares outbreak a pandemic, Trump to address nation tonight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the face of coronavirus, institutions large and small, public and private, two-year and four-year are canceling classes for the foreseeable future to reduce the likelihood of face-to-face interactions as much as possible. Coronavirus Response: Count of Campus Closures Continues to Rise Source: Campus Technology
Read More{$inline_image} Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will give all employees diagnosed with the novel coronavirus or put into quarantine up to two weeks of pay, the company announced today. That includes the company’s part-time warehouse workers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move follows Amazon’s decision to pay hourly workers who
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