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Schools hope tracking beacons can identify where students congregate, who should be isolated.

Mark Zuckerberg shared a seven-part plan following widespread criticism from employees over his handling of Donald Trump's Facebook posts last week. The update comes after a week of increasingly vocal dissent from within...

With covid-19 having thrown a wrench practically every company's product launch timeline, it's impossible to predict when new gadgets might get announced. But according to multiple reports, Samsung is expected to announc...

The messaging app Telegram has been updated with some new features, the most notable of which is the addition of its own built-in video editor. The new feature joins the integrated photo editor that was added to the app ...

You no longer have to use Roku's platform if you want a modern TCL TV in the US. TCL has started selling its Android TV-based 3-Series sets in the US through Best Buy. You can buy a 32-inch, 720p starter model for $130, ...

Facebook has purged nearly 200 accounts on its social media platforms associated with white supremacy groups, some of which pushed members to grab their weapons and crash protests against police brutality, according to a...

It's now more practical to keep data encrypted while you use it, provided you're using an Apple device. IBM has released (via ZDNet) a toolkit that makes it easier to implement fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) in iOS a...

One thing I often struggle with when it comes to gaming is choice paralysis. I'll know I want to play something, but when you've got an extensive backlog of games to choose from, deciding on what to play can be a tricky ...

Despite being the originator of the most popular vampire story of the past 100 or so years, Bram Stoker's Dracula is incredibly restrained with its vampire nastiness. Dracula, in the novel, is a specter, a mystery, an in...

Riot Games President Dylan Jadeja has published a letter revealing how the company intends to help combat racism and injustice. In it, Jadeja has announced that the developer is committing $1 million on efforts focusing ...

Our favorite portable ice maker is the [amazon link="B07RTVZL94" title="Sentern Portable Countertop Clear" /]. The quality of ice cubes this machine produces is above all the others we've looked at. Its superior insulati...

After careful evaluation or top choice is the [amazon link="B00S8JI10G" title="[amazon link="B00S8JI10G" title="Tiger Chef Heavy Duty French Fry Cutter/]. The five blade assemblies included in the initial purchase are do...

NASA has struck a deal with Northrop Grumman that tasks the company with designing the first crew module for the future Gateway lunar outpost. Once completed and launched, this orbiting outpost will be the base station f...

If you've wanted to learn more about SpaceX's projects than you normally see in the news, now's your chance. The company's software team is holding a Reddit AMA session today starting at 3PM Eastern to answer questions o...

Our favorite vegetable chopper is the [amazon link="B07VG4S38C" title="Fullstar Mandoline Slicer" /]. It offers a vegetable cutter, mandoline slicer, and spiralizer all in one package. On top of that you'll get a large c...

Anticipation surrounding The Last of Us: Part 2 seems to have been going on for years. Naughty Dog got gamers excited since its first look back in 2017 - a return to its brooding vision of a post-apocalyptic world ravage...

Bungie is about to try a new strategy for keeping Destiny 2 fresh: holding Fortnite-style live events. The studio is promising (via PC Gamer) that humans will "take aim at the Almighty" (the massive Red Legion spaceship ...

It's been one week since astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley made history by successfully riding SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket up to the International Space Station. This calls for a celebration! And what orbital par...

In early 2019, Criterion announced its own streaming service called “The Criterion Channel.” The service launched in the US and Canada where anyone can now stream notable films from black creators for free. The compa...

Today, Black families are most likely to live surrounded by toxic air pollutants extractive industries discharge into their backyards. Black people face a more immediate threat whenever they leave their homes: the police...

After another extremely regular week, it's not really a surprise to be comforted by something familiar -- even if that something is a real-time strategy war game. EA I think my first Command & Conquer experience was on S...

Valorant, the free 5v5 first-person shooting game from Riot Games, is in testing on consoles, the company has revealed. The game is only available to download on PC at this time, but the company had previously indicated ...