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As remote work booms, Everphone grabs ~$40M for its ‘device as a service’ offer

100+TechCrunch / 1h
The latest startup to see an uplift in inbound interest flowing from the remote work boom triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is Berlin-based Everphone , which sells a ‘mobile as a service’ device rental package that caters to businesses needing to kit staff out with mobile hardware plus associated support. Everphone is announcing a €34 million Series B funding round today, led by new investor

YouTube will offer 100 kids movies and specials for free

65Engadget / 1h
YouTube is throwing parents who can’t take watching Frozen over and over anymore a lifeline. Over the next month until August 31st, YouTube Kids will release over 100 movies and specials as part of the platform’s “After School” experience project. In an announcement, Don Anderson, YouTube’s Head of Family & Learning Partnerships, explained that the service wants to help parents who are juggling w

SA MeerKAT telescope to get 20 new dishes

Popular Mechanics / 1h
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .


Sony's Xperia 1 II camera just got better, but you'll need to tinker with it

TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 16min
A new update for Sony's latest flagship phone brings raw capture support.

Cuphead spills onto PS4 in accidental listing leak

TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 15min
A listing for Cuphead appears to be live on PSN Stores already, making it pretty much a done deal that the game is on its way shortly.

Star Trek: Discovery season 3 gets a US release date, but what about Netflix?

Star Trek Discovery
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 16min
The flagship Star Trek series is coming to CBS All Access in October, it's been revealed.

BMW will offer fully electric versions of the 5 Series, 7 Series and X1

Engadget / 22min
BMW has a mixed electric history, as it pioneered the sector with pure EV models like the i3 and i8 , then decided to focus on plug-in hybrids instead. Now, in a major revamp of its lineup, the automaker has announced that it will offer fully electric versions of its mainstream 5 Series, 7 Series and X1 vehicles. “In ten years, the goal is to have a total of more than seven million electrified BM

Moto G9 Plus leak suggests Motorola's cheap phones will now have fast charging

Motorola Moto G9 RAZR
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 23min
The Moto G9 line might have have fast charging tech in them, which would solve a consistent Moto G8 problem.

The US needs a green stimulus – but must provide immediate relief first

28MIT Technology Review / 28min
In the depths of a downturn that has wiped out millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in wealth, a wide range of voices in the US are calling for a green stimulus to kick-start growth and lay the foundation for a more sustainable economy. That sentence could have been written a decade ago as easily as today. In 2009, amid skyrocketing unemployment and a crippled economy, President Barack Obama

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 fully leaked in two videos

Samsung Galaxy Watch
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 30min
Two hands-on videos have shown the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 in detail.

Three ‘hackers’ arrested for attempting to steal from SASSA

Popular Mechanics / 32min
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .

This 90PB wardrobe-sized case could store Netflix's entire movie catalogue

TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 37min
The SuperStorage 6049SP-E1CR90 system can store 1.5 PBs per box using HDDs.

NASA to study newly born stars with a huge stratospheric balloon

Popular Mechanics / 39min
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .

This could be your last chance to secure NordVPN's best deal

20Mashable / 44min
TL;DR: A three-year subscription to NordVPN is on sale for $3.49 per month as of July 28, saving you 70% on list price. VPN providers are the undisputed kings of deals. The best providers constantly offer enticing deals on all of their plans, and it's your job to find the best option from the lot. NordVPN regularly drops its prices, and has been offering its three-year plan for just $3.49 per mon

The Alexa app on your phone just got a whole lot more useful

Amazon Alexa App Focus
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 44min
Redesigned interface puts your most-used Alexa requests to the front.

Is this leaked Xiaomi phone the Mi Note 11 or rumored Mi 10 Pro Plus?

Xiaomi 865 10 Pro Plus
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
It seems a new top-end Xiaomi phone is coming - but we don't know what it is yet.

All dogs in Shenzhen, China will get microchipped by 2020

84TechCrunch / 1h
The world’s hardware haven is taking a digital leap for pets. In May, China’s southern city Shenzhen announced that all dogs must be implanted with a chip, joining the rank of the U.K., Japan, Australia and a growing number of countries to make microchips mandatory for dogs. This week, city regulators began to set up injection stations across their partnering pet clinics, according to social medi

'Leaked' PS5 faceplate images suggest the console is pretty big

PS5 PlayStation 5 Sony
24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
Speculation is rife the PS5 will have customizable faceplates based on these supposedly leaked images, but we're not so sure yet.

Bridging organisational strategy and employee engagement

24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
How do you bridge the divide between organisational strategy and employee engagement?

Researchers create a new material so hard it can’t be cut

Popular Mechanics / 1h
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .

Svalbard records highest-ever temperature

Popular Mechanics / 1h
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .

Alleged Mi 10 Pro Plus unexpectedly shows up on AnTuTu

Xiaomi 865 10 Pro Plus
28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
Xiaomi already has two models in its premium Mi 10 series and it wouldn't be far-fetched to imagine one more.

Two Indian girls discover undetected asteroid

Popular Mechanics / 1h
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .

How to watch Last Chance U season 5: stream every new episode online from anywhere

TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
The hit Netflix docuseries is back for a final run. Our guide explains how to watch Last Chance U season 5 online and stream every new episode today.

The best SIM-only plans in Australia: updated July 2020

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If you're happy with your phone then there's plenty of dosh to be saved with a SIM-only plan.

Rick and Morty season 5: release date, cast, and what else we know

Rick Morty Season 5
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Everything we know about Rick and Morty season 5, from its release date to its cast, story, and future.

India’s Flipkart gives hyperlocal delivery service another try

Flipkart Walmart India
100+TechCrunch / 2h
Flipkart on Tuesday launched a hyperlocal service in suburbs of Bangalore, four years after the e-commerce group abruptly concluded its previous foray into this category. The e-commerce group, owned by Walmart, said Flipkart Quick leverages the company’s supply chain infrastructure and a new location mapping technology framework to deliver more than 2,000 products across grocery, perishables, sma

The best 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray movies

500+TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Your ultimate guide to the most impressive 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray films currently available.

Amazon takes on supermarkets with free food delivery

1KBBC News - Technology / 2h
Same or next-day delivery will now be free for Prime subscribers in London on orders above £40.

Google is building a new private subsea cable between Europe and the U.S.

Google Europe G. Hopper
87TechCrunch / 2h
Google today announced its plans to build a new subsea cable with landing points in New York in the U.S. and Bude, UK and Bilbao, Spain in Europe. The new cable, named after the pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper, will join Google’s various other private subsea cables like Curie between the U.S. and South America, Dunant between the U.S. and France, and Equiano between Europe and Africa.

Withings raises $60 million to bridge the gap between consumer tech and healthcare providers

Withings $60M Healthcare
92TechCrunch / 2h
Since being re-acquired from Nokia in 2018 by a group including its original founders and some of its original investors, health tech company Withings has been focused on evolving their offering of consumer health hardware to provide medical-grade data that can be shared with, and leveraged by healthcare professionals to deliver better, more personalized care. The company has now raised another $

Google unveils new transatlantic undersea web cable

25TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
New Google undersea web cable will boost capacity and resilience on busy transatlantic route.

Google's new transatlantic data cable to land in Cornwall

500+BBC News - Technology / 2h
The tech giant plans a new high-end transatlantic data cable to go from the US to Bude, in Cornwall.
YESTERDAY

Vivo has patented a smartband with a curved display

20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Similar to Oppo, its sister subsidiary Vivo is planning to enter more new segments this year.

Redmi Note 9 Pro Max 8+128GB variant goes on sale for the first time tomorrow

Redmi 9 Pro Max GB
20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 9 Pro Max top-end variant will go on sale for the first time tomorrow in India. It comes with 8GB of RAM and 128G of internal storage.

Micromax could return to India as early as this quarter; Here's what to expect

India Chinese TikTok
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Micromax will be making its comeback to the Indian smartphone market this year. A new report suggests that the company will launch three new devices.

Indian govt app challenge contest gets around 7000 entries

India Chinese TikTok
20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
"Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge", which was launched by the Indian Prime Minister, has received a total of 6,940 entries in eight categories.

This is going to enable Android phones to charge from 0% to 50% in five minutes

Qualcomm Quick Charge 5
20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Your phone is going to be able to charge faster soon, and the technology to do it is already here... kind of.

OnePlus Nord pre-booking starts in India today; here's how to get one

5 OnePlus Nord India
24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
The OnePlus Nord will be available for pre-booking a week before it will go on open sale in India.

LG Velvet 4G launched with a 2018 processor

20SlashGear / 5h
As with any LG smartphone, the LG Velvet launched with mostly positive feedback and so far negligible sales. While a departure from LG’s years-old design, its latest mid-range smartphone under a new naming convention may have not impressed buyers with its actually capable processor. The good news is that LG has silently launched a variant running on a Snapdragon 800 … Continue reading

Amazon has just launched a helpful face mask store

26Mashable / 5h
TL;DR: Amazon has launched the Face Mask Store , designed to help customers find the most suitable product for their needs. We've tried to stay on top of the best places to purchase face masks over the past few months, with Etsy and ASOS topping the list. Amazon has been suspiciously quiet when it comes to face masks, but that has all changed with the launch of its Face Mask Store . It's designed

What's on TV: 'Umbrella Academy,' 'Speed Cubers' and sports

Netflix Season TUA
28Engadget / 5h
While the MLB struggles to keep its season going, the NHL and NBA are ready to air real games later this week. In non-sports viewing options, Netflix is ready to release season two of The Umbrella Academy , as well as its Rubik’s Cube documentary The Speed Cubers . For gamers, Skater XL, Destroy All Humans! and Grounded all look like interesting options. Last but not least, if you need something

Galaxy Watch 3 leak shows Samsung’s wearable from all angles

Samsung Galaxy Watch
SlashGear / 6h
A hands-on video of the Galaxy Watch 3 popped up on the Internet earlier this day, practically leaving no stone unturned. Of course, it was an unofficial unit that could still turn out to be far from reality. We can’t be sure about this latest set of images, either, allegedly press renders of the two Galaxy Watch 3 sizes coming … Continue reading

This 55-inch TV is probably the cheapest large format display in the world

53TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
This Spectre TV could be used as a digital signage solution or DIY interactive kiosk.

Tencent wants to take full control of long-time search ally Sogou

100+TechCrunch / 6h
It’s been seven years since Tencent picked up a 36.5% stake in Sogou to fend off rival Baidu in the online search market. The social and gaming giant is now offering to buy out and take private its long-time ally. NYSE-listed Sogou said this week it has received a preliminary non-binding proposal from Tencent to acquire its remaining shares for $9 each American depositary share (ADS) it doesn’t a

Mellow sous-vide owners get unwelcome subscription surprise

72SlashGear / 7h
Another connected home device is giving owners an unpleasant surprise, with the Mellow sous-vide springing a paid subscription on owners if they want to continue getting access to all the features. Launched in 2014 on Kickstarter, Mellow combined what was still at the time a rare cooking technique with an easy-to-use refrigerated water bath and a recipes app with auto-calculating … Continue readi

Canon EOS R5 overheating issue may soon be solved... by Canon

32TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
A patent filed by Canon reveals there's an ingenious way the company could solve the EOS R5's overheating problem.

iPhone 12 5.4-inch display panel, A14 RAM chip pose for cameras

SlashGear / 7h
The past weeks have seen no less than three Android smartphones being presented to the world and the upcoming weeks will most likely revolve around Google’s mobile platform again courtesy of Samsung and possibly Microsoft and Google itself. That doesn’t mean there’ll be a dearth of iPhone news to go around, of course, even if they’re pretty much slim pickings … Continue reading

Vicariously mimics another person’s Twitter feed using lists, but it violates Twitter rules

Twitter Accounts Beyoncé
100+TechCrunch / 7h
That Vicariously app you might have seen pop up in your twitter feed via a little viral growth hacking has run aground on Twitter’s automation rules. We reached out about it after it started spamming my feed with ‘so and so has added you to a list’ notifications and Twitter says that the app is not in compliance. Updates below. To be fair, they did also say they ‘love’ it — but that it will have

The Best Disney Soundtrack You're Not Listening to Just Got Alan Menken His EGOT

300+Gizmodo / 7h
Alan Menken helped define Disney animation’s sound for decades—helping score some of the most beloved films of the company’s renaissance, and changing its soundtracks forever with The Little Mermaid ’s establishment of the “I Want” song . But the legendary composer has only just snagged an Emmy for his work with the… Read more...

Hong Kong-based EMQ raises $20 million for its cross-border financial settlement tech

Hong Kong EMQ $20M
100+TechCrunch / 7h
Cross-border financial transactions are a major headache for individuals and large companies alike, who often have to deal with long wait times and high fees in order to send money to recipients in other countries. EMQ , a Hong Kong-based startup that develops network infrastructure to make international payments faster, announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series B led by WI Harper G

Galaxy Buds Live user manual spills all the beans

SlashGear / 7h
Although Samsung’s big event is happening in less than two weeks, it may indeed get its new wearables out of the way first in just a few days. Almost all the pieces are falling into place, coming officially from Samsung itself. The plugins for the Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live, a.k.a. “Beans”, revealed some features via some deep … Continue reading

Cannabis VC Karan Wadhera on why the industry, which took a hit last year, is now quietly blazing

100+TechCrunch / 8h
Early last year, excitement over the burgeoning cannabis industry was palpable in Silicon Valley, with a small number of venture firms writing their first checks to cannabis-related startups. Among them is the cross-border venture firm DCM, which even hosted an “inaugural” cannabis “ tech summit” in May 2019 that drew so many investors that finding a seat was difficult. Yet the buzz began to fade

Intel puts Dr. Ann Kelleher in charge of its delayed 7nm CPU project

Intel 7Nm AMD TSMC
100+Engadget / 8h
Last week Intel revealed that yields for CPUs manufactured on a 7nm process were running a year behind schedule, which will slow its transition to the technology that lets it build more efficient processors. Now the chipmaker has reshuffled executives in charge , with chief engineering officer Dr. Murthy Renduchintala, who had been leading its Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group (TS

Bitcoin bulls are running, as prices spike above $11K

100+TechCrunch / 8h
The bitcoin bulls are back in town. The price of bitcoin surged today by $1,268.19, reaching a six-month high of $11,203.90, or a one-day gain of 12.73%. It’s another indication of the resurgence of both investor interest in the technology and renewed confidence in its long-term prospects after a rough year of regulatory scrutiny and declining value in the major cryptocurrencies. For cryptocurren

OnePlus Nord durability test reveals some compromises

5 OnePlus Nord India
SlashGear / 8h
OnePlus definitely did the smartphone market a solid with the Nord. Although not exactly flagship material, its combination of price and features definitely brings back the good old days of the OnePlus One. There is no such thing as a free lunch, however, especially in the smartphone business. Whatever cost-savings OnePlus was able to pull off naturally came at some … Continue reading

Face masks often aren't enough to defeat facial recognition, study finds

81Mashable / 8h
Well, there goes the tiniest privacy silver lining on that otherwise dark coronavirus cloud. A new study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that many commercially available facial-recognition systems are still able to correctly identify people wearing face masks. As mask use becomes ever more commonplace due to the pandemic, there continues to be much law enforce

Galaxy Note 20 price leak is jaw-dropping but not in a good way

SlashGear / 9h
As usual, Samsung may have nothing left to announce come August when it unveils the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Save for the still important though small details of camera specs, everything that can be known about the stylus-toting phablets has already been leaked to death. We’re even getting figures for the two’s prices, at least in … Continue reading

Local Police Are Looking to Tech Companies for 'Less Lethal' Crowd Control Devices

24Gizmodo / 9h
Local police forces across the U.S. are turning to tech companies for “less lethal” means of subduing individuals that are even “less lethal” than what they have already been using. Instead of rubber bullets, tear gas, or pepper spray, police are looking into sound cannons, directed energy weapons, and projectile… Read more...

CDC investigating outbreak from salad products as case numbers spike

CDC One
20SlashGear / 9h
In an update late last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that it is working with the FDA and local health agencies to investigate an outbreak of Cyclospora linked to contaminated salad products. More than 600 people have become ill as a result of eating these salads, according to the agency, which notes that reports of illness … Continue reading

A Cyberattack on Garmin Disrupted More Than Workouts

Garmin Days WastedLocker
400+Wired / 9h
A ransomware hit and subsequent outage caused problems in the company's aviation services, including flight planning and mapping.

D&D's Culturally Sensitive Strahd Revamp Is Here, But It'll Cost You

80Gizmodo / 9h
Over the years, Wizards of the Coast has received justified criticism for its use of racist tropes in Dungeons & Dragon s. One target of that concern was the Vistani people, part of the game’s Ravenloft setting, seen in modules such as the Curse of Strahd, a story about a Dracula -type villain which features the Vistani… Read more...

While the Wacom Intuos Pro Is Awesome, It Can't Get Me to Draw More

Gizmodo / 9h
Wacom Intuos Pro | $200 | Amazon Read more...

No Matter What You Choose to Grill, Let These Seasoning Blends Punctuate Your Next Meal

24Lifehacker / 9h
Barbecue Essentials Bundle | $70 | The Spice House Read more...

The Surprising Reason American Express Says Spending On Airlines And Hotel Cards Is Strong

View from the Wing / 10h
During the American Express second quarter earnings call, CEO Stephen Squeri offered a number of insights into their credit card business and travel benefits. The company is seeing lower rewards expenses because the highest cost rewards are usually travel rewards, and that's not how people are spending their points. There's also less usage of travel-related benefits. I was surprise though that De

Google's latest local news effort is a dedicated sports hub

61Engadget / 10h
With its latest local news initiative, Google wants to give sports fans the chance to read coverage from all of the best reporters who cover professional and college teams at local news publications across the US and Canada. To that end, the search giant is helping the Local Media Consortium, a group made up of local media companies, launch The Matchup . In its initial iteration, The Matchup will

Fortnite bug reveals the layout of Aquaman’s Atlantis destination

SlashGear / 10h
Fortnite players have been anticipating the eventual arrival of a new Point of Interest (POI) that will be called ‘Atlantis.’ As you’d expect, Atlantis will be the home of Aquaman, the superhero featured as the main theme in Chapter 2 – Season 3. Though we don’t have official details on Atlantis — the teasers in the launch trailer aside — … Continue reading

Training your brain to relax on a virtual island

300+BBC News - Technology / 10h
A headset that can measure your brain's reaction to images could improve mental health.

Tandem snags $5.7M for its language buddy app amid COVID-19’s e-learning boom

Tandem Brighteye Ventures
200+TechCrunch / 10h
The Berlin-based startup behind Tandem , an app for practicing a second language , has closed a £4.5 million (~$5.7 million) Series A round of financing to capitalize on growth opportunities it’s seeing as the coronavirus crisis continues to accelerate the switch to digital and online learning. With many higher education institutions going remote as a result of concerns over virus exposure risks

Millions of Dave Users' Personal Data Is Up for Grabs on a Hacking Forum

20Gizmodo / 10h
Since the overdraft-protection app Dave rolled out back in 2018 , it’s racked up a hefty cash valuation , backing from Mark Cuban, and, uh, Diplo. It also brought on some 7 million cash-happy users. Now, it looks like most of them have their data up for grabs on the open web. Read more...

Microsoft used hydrogen fuel cells to power a data center for two days straight

100+Engadget / 11h
Microsoft announced Monday that hydrogen fuel cells powered a row of its datacenter servers for 48 consecutive hours, bringing the company one step closer toward its goal of becoming “carbon negative” by 2030. Microsoft is exploring how the clean technology could be used to fuel more aspects of its operations. The tech giant laid out plans in January to “ ultimately remove Microsoft’s carbon foot

Adobe Photoshop for iPad gets a key feature from desktop version

Adobe Photoshop iPad
SlashGear / 11h
Months after its iconic photo-editing software finally launched on Apple’s iPad, Adobe is updating the app with a few key features from the desktop version of the software. Photoshop on iPad was criticized at its initial launch over what users felt was an excessively basic experience, one that Adobe said would be updated and refined with additional features over time. … Continue reading

Twitter Workers Also Abused Access to User Accounts, Including Beyoncé's: Report

Twitter Accounts Beyoncé
53Gizmodo / 11h
Twitter contractors with high-level administrative access to accounts regularly abused their privileges to spy on celebrities including Beyoncé, including approximating their movements via internet protocol addresses, according to a report by Bloomberg . Read more...

The best Labor Day sales 2020: a guide to the best deals going on

61TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
You're guide to the best Labor Day sales of 2020 which include deals from Lowe's, Home Depot, and Best Buy.

These are the countries that will let you work remotely abroad

The Points Guy / 11h
As the travel industry reopens following COVID-19 shutdowns, TPG suggests that you talk to your doctor, follow health officials’ guidance and research local travel restrictions before booking that next trip. We will be here to help you prepare, whether it is next month or next year. In this day and age of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re all used to working from home. But what exactly justifies th

SAP might be taking Qualtrics public

SAP Qualtrics Oracle
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
SAP is planning to take Qualtrics public after acquiring the Experience Management company for $8bn two years ago.

What Lessons Can Future Conventions Learn From Virtual San Diego Comic-Con?

30Gizmodo / 11h
San Diego Comic-Con 2020 was an experiment to see if a convention could be moved entirely online during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The result was... mixed. There were a few things that worked about it , but overall the event was kind of a mess. With DC FanDome and other digital-only conventions on the horizon, the… Read more...

Suikoden spiritual successor 'Eiyuden Chronicle' hits crowdfunding goal

Suikoden Eiyuden Chronicle
93Engadget / 11h
Mere hours after it started raising money for Eiyuden Chronicle on Kickstarter , developer Rabbit & Bear has successfully funded the project. The game is the spiritual successor to the Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) series Suikoden . Some of the key creatives who worked on the franchise, including Suikoden and Suikoden II director and writer Yoshitaka Murayama, founded the studio that’s workin

Amazon Alexa app redesigned with focus on personalized experiences

Amazon New Alexa App
SlashGear / 12h
Amazon has updated its Alexa mobile app, adding enhanced personalization while reducing the presence of certain third-party features. Notably, the app’s home screen has been updated in a way that emphasizes the features that consumers most commonly use, helping them get straight to the tools they want without excessive tapping and searching. The Alexa icon has moved to the top … Continue reading

Apple and Oprah to debut a new interview series, ‘The Oprah Conversation’

Apple Oprah Peanuts
100+TechCrunch / 12h
Apple is expanding its relationship with media mogul Oprah Winfrey. The company announced today its plans for a new series, “The Oprah Conversation,” which will feature timely discussions between Oprah and “newsmakers, thought leaders and masters of their craft” across a range of topics. The first few episodes will focus on conversations around race, given recent events like the BLM protests. The

Record-Breaking Number of Americans Called Out Sick From Work in April, Study Finds

38Gizmodo / 12h
New research out Monday may provide more insight into how many Americans were sickened by covid-19 during the earliest days of the pandemic, when access to testing was extremely limited. It estimated that at least 2 million people called out from work due to illness in mid-April—around double the number of people who… Read more...

Want to get 200GB free cloud storage? Buy a Chromebook

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Chromebooks now come with 200GB cloud storage thanks to new Google deal.

Washington DC expands quarantine requirements to 27 states

20The Points Guy / 12h
One of the United States’ most popular tourist locations is becoming a lot less accessible to travelers. Washington D.C. instituted new travel restrictions requiring residents of 27 states to quarantine for 14 days before moving about the city. The order goes into effect today July 27. The move comes after many states nationwide have seen a spike in coronavirus cases. Last week D.C experienced it

Nebraska and Iowa win advanced wireless testbed grants for rural broadband

100+TechCrunch / 12h
Everyone wants more bandwidth from the skies, but it takes a lot of testing to turn laboratory research projects into real-world performant infrastructure. A number of new technologies, sometimes placed under the banner of “5G” and sometimes not, is embarking on that transition and being deployed in real-world scenarios. Those research trials are crucial for productizing these technologies, and u

Braves vs Rays live stream: how to watch every game of the MLB series from anywhere

Brave VPN Canada Season
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An interleague series across four games and two cities, here's how to watch a Braves vs Rays live stream and catch MLB action online today and all week.

WHO Calls COVID-19 the “Most Severe” Health Crisis in Its History

1KFuturism / 12h
According to World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the COVID-19 pandemic is “easily the most severe” global health crisis that the organization has ever seen. Ghebreyesus backed his claim by citing citing the sheer scale of both confirmed coronavirus cases and the global death toll, New Scientist reports . To date, there are over 16.2 million confirmed cases

Y Combinator’s Vitable Health is bringing basic healthcare to underserved populations

100+TechCrunch / 12h
Joseph Kitonga, the 23-year-old entrepreneur behind Vitable Health , first saw the need for a new kind of healthcare service growing up in Philadelphia and seeing the experience of the home healthcare workers who worked at his parents’ business. The Kitongas immigrated to the United States a decade ago and settled down in Philadelphia, where they started a home-care business matching workers with

This $500 gravity bong is a grown-up way to get wrecked

100+Mashable / 12h
Stundenglass Gravity Hookah $499.95 View Product The Good Extremely cool • Well Built • Will get you blasted The Bad Expensive • Requires attention to use The Bottom Line The Stundenglass is a high-quality gravity-powered water pipe that will wow. ⚡ Mashable Score 4.5 😎 Cool Factor 5.0 📘Learning Curve 4.0 💪Performance 5.0 💵Bang for the Buck 3.0 The term "gravity bong" can be a bit of a dirty

Is The Huge Focus On Cleanliness In Travel Just One Big Waste? [Roundup]

View from the Wing / 12h
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...

Travelers can now wear a button to avoid government quarantine at Cayman Islands

100+The Points Guy / 12h
As the travel industry reopens following COVID-19 shutdowns, TPG suggests that you talk to your doctor, follow health officials’ guidance and research local travel restrictions before booking that next trip. We will be here to help you prepare, whether it is next month or next year. Cayman Islands may possibly have the most innovative reopening plans as it prepares to begin a six-month phased reo

Tame Your Anxiety With a Simple Breathing Exercise

100+Lifehacker / 12h
Many of us—maybe especially lately—have experienced a heart-racing feeling of anxiety that causes us to sweat, tremble and perhaps even breathe harder. But it turns out our instinct to pant when we’re stressed has an adverse effect. Read more...

Transform Your Productivity with B&H

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