Early on, the pandemic, which passed a serious milestone of over 100,000 deaths in the US this week, motivated the closure of companies that were not considered essential for the wellbeing of workers. A badly affected industry was self-driving vehicles, the operators and developers of which were forced to stop …
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It's what it is: a fake app that was uploaded to Twitter became a fundraiser for racist justice
An inside joke about a TikTok meme among a group of friends on Twitter became a little riddle on social media before it turned into a fundraiser for anti-racism purposes. Yes, that could be the 2020 sentence I've written so far. On Thursday, the eye-mouth-eye emoji meme popped up in …
Read More »Amazon is reported to be interested in OneWeb's bankrupt broadband satellite constellation assets
The concept of an artist shows one of the OneWeb satellites in orbit. (OneWeb Satellites Illustration) Amazon is one of the players in a bankruptcy bidder game where the assets of the OneWeb satellite company are at stake. according to Space Intel Report. Space Intel Report's Peter B. de Selding …
Read More »TCL's 10 Pro Android phone costs $ 70 at Amazon
TCL's 10 Pro phone costs almost $ 70 less on Amazon for the first time since its release in May 2020. You can pick one up for $ 382 (usually $ 450). You may not have noticed that TCL makes smartphones, but this mid-range device is cheap in terms of …
Read More »Facebook to warn users before sharing old news articles
Facebook introduces a new feature worldwide that warns users when they want to share an article that is older than 90 days. The feature that was announced in a blog post, is intended to give people more context about articles before they share it, in the hope that the content …
Read More »Cryptocurrency startup Stabil is collecting more money, eye growth amid a pandemic
Stable Saigon office team with founders David Zhang (seated) and Kory Hoang (in a stably jersey). (Stable photo) Seattle startup Stable has raised another $ 1 million to drive the growth of its asset-backed stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency that is pegged to a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar …
Read More »Microsoft and Adaptive are looking for a new COVID-19 test and are looking for 1,000 people to do an immune study
(embed) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJASgbcWVUc (/ embed) Adaptive Biotechnologies from Microsoft and Seattle are looking for 1,000 people across the country for a “virtual clinical trial” to better understand how the human immune system responds to COVID-19. Their ultimate goal is to develop a third diagnostic test for COVID-19 that uses existing PCR …
Read More »2020 iPhones don't come with a power adapter or earbuds, Kuo says
This year's new iPhones may not have as much in the box as you are used to. According to well-connected analyst Ming-chi Kuo, Apple plans to discontinue delivery of a power adapter and EarPods with 2020 models and even remove the power adapter from the packaging of the new iPhone …
Read More »According to the CEO of T-Mobile, the sprint merger could be larger than expected to "achieve growth and synergy effects".
(Bigstock photo) The COVID-19 crisis is not slowing it downNew T-Mobile. ” T-Mobile's $ 26.5 billion sprint blockbuster merger was officially completed on April 1. Mike Sievert, who had just replaced John Legere as CEO of the combined company, said on Wednesday that the merger of the country's third and …
Read More »"These are not easy times": Bill and Melinda Gates encourage 2020 graduates to work towards a better world
Bill and Melinda Gates. (File photo via Facebook / Gates Foundation) Through their philanthropic efforts, Bill and Melinda Gates have worked for years to address some of the greatest challenges in health care, education, energy, poverty and more. Now they ask a generation that has grown up with a global …
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