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These Guys Repackaged Nonmedical Masks and Tried to Sell Them to Texas Health Workers: Report
Gizmodo - 26 Jun 2020 06:24
Amid nationwide PPE shortages, one Silicon Valley investor and his business partner apparently found the most ridiculously shady way to profit off medical facilities' scramble for medical-grade face masks in the wake of ...
NASA made a necklace that reminds you not to touch your face
Engadget - 26 Jun 2020 23:43
NASA has released open-source instructions for a 3D-printed necklace designed to help you stop touching your face. We've heard time and time again that we shouldn't touch our mush with our fingers to limit our chances of...
Everybody Hates Mark
Gizmodo - 27 Jun 2020 01:50
As the U.S. copes with an unprecedented pandemic and national reckoning of racism, policymakers are scrutinizing social media's role in spreading disinformation. On Wednesday, a House joint committee met with experts in ...
Facial Reconstruction of a Prehistoric Man Whose Head Was Mounted on a Stake
Gizmodo - 27 Jun 2020 00:40
In 2011, Swedish archaeologists found human skulls that had been mounted on stakes at an 8,000-year-old burial site, representing a behavior rarely seen among prehistoric hunter-gatherers. An incredible, computer-aided f...
Parking drones on city buses may solve their biggest delivery issue
Slash Gear - 27 Jun 2020 00:15
The idea of delivering packages using drones isn’t without controversy, yet appears to be an inevitable part of our future. Many companies have been developing and testing various drone-based delivery systems over past...
Skydio returns with one of its most requested drone features
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2020 04:48
Drone company Skydio is back and it is bringing with it one of its most requested drone features, the company announced on Thursday. The Skydio 2 drone is once again available for sale and it comes alongside a new softwa...
Comcast is the first ISP to join Mozilla's push for more secure browsing
Engadget - 26 Jun 2020 02:29
Mozilla's effort to secure domain name requests now has a major new ally: Comcast. The cable giant's Xfinity brand has become the first internet provider to provide encrypted DNS services through Mozilla's Trusted Recurs...
DOOM Eternal players finally get a new Battle Mode multiplayer map
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2020 02:19
The next major DOOM Eternal update has rolled out and with it, players are finally getting a new Battle Mode map. Update 2 is massive, including quality of life improvements for Battle Mode, as well as the addition of mo...
The "Stop Hate For Profit" Movement Isn't Going to Stop Anything
Gizmodo - 26 Jun 2020 22:00
Yesterday, Verizon became the latest company to join a corporate chorus boycotting Facebook advertisements in July as part of a rallying cry to get Facebook's corporate board to take action on the rampant racism and hate...
Windows Update deferrals removed to "prevent confusion" for IT Pros
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2020 23:45
Per Microsoft, deferrals will be removed from the Windows Update settings Advanced Options page starting with the update to Windows 10, version 2004. This update was made by Microsoft in light of changes made to update i...
This week's best deals: Apple Watch Series 5, Echo Dot and more
Engadget - 26 Jun 2020 21:45
This week brought good sales on Apple and Amazon devices, as well as some intriguing gaming deals. The Apple Watch Series 5 dropped to $299 again after WWDC kicked off earlier this week and Amazon still has some of its E...
The Microsoft Store Is Selling Zunes or Whatever in Heaven Now
Gizmodo - 26 Jun 2020 18:40
Dearly beloved, we are gathered to mourn the loss, and celebrate the memory, of all 82 of Microsoft's retail locations. They became incapacitated as a result of complications due to the current coronavirus pandemic in mi...
Microsoft announces plans to close its retail stores
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2020 18:25
Microsoft is making a rather big announcement today, revealing plans to close many of its retail stores. Not all of them are closing, but when Microsoft is done culling its retail locations, only a few will remain. It se...
Guardzilla shuts down without telling security camera owners
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2020 06:14
The Internet of Things market, from smart homes to smart cars, promises a lot of conveniences but, like everything, also comes with hidden costs. For this segment of products, that cost is a reliance on the Internet or a...
ARCore Depth API is now ready to hide AR objects behind real objects
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2020 05:37
The very first iterations of phone-based augmented reality simply slapped floating “stickers” in the camera viewer to give the semblance of a 3D object virtually existing in the real world. That illusion, however, wa...
Twitch bans Dr Disrespect over violation of community guidelines
Engadget - 27 Jun 2020 01:51
Twitch has banned the account of Guy Beahm, known online as Dr Disrespect, after he violated the site's community guidelines or terms of service. Dr Disrespect is one of the most prominent names in live streaming, with 1...
Warner Bros delays Tenet release because of COVID-19 spikes
Slash Gear - 27 Jun 2020 01:03
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet was supposed to be one of the biggest movie releases of the summer, but it seems the COVID-19 pandemic is making Warner Bros push the movie’s release back. The good news is that while Tenet ...
Record-Breaking Lightning Just Chilled in the Sky for 17 Seconds
Gizmodo - 27 Jun 2020 00:53
Lighting usually lasts for a couple seconds at most. Except for when it really, super doesn't. On March 4, 2019, there was a lightning flash in Argentina that lasted for 16.73 seconds.
Microsoft Kills One of Its Best Windows 10 Update Loopholes
Gizmodo - 27 Jun 2020 00:49
As Microsoft continues to roll out its latest Windows 10 version 2004 update to consumers and businesses, it seems like it's taking away some key perks of having a non-home version of the OS, mainly the ability to delay ...
Gaming on Apple platforms is set for some big changes--here are a few
Ars Technica - 27 Jun 2020 00:25
This year's WWDC was a big one for game development.
'Shakedown Hawaii' is coming to Wii and Wii U
Engadget - 27 Jun 2020 00:21
The 16-bit retro action game Shakedown Hawaii will soon be available on the Wii U and, for those who still own one, the Wii. Developer Brian Provinciano announced the news on the Vblank Entertainment blog that the Wii ve...
Apple Glass patent shows modular system for future hero tech
Slash Gear - 27 Jun 2020 00:13
Apple’s prospective plans for a “modular system for head-mounted device” were revealed in a newly-public patent posted to the USPTO. The United States Patent and Trademark Office showed this document with inventors...