[ad_1] With all motorsports on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic — including Formula 1, Formula E and IndyCar — the only experiences available are virtual. Disney’s ESPN is set to elevate that a notch by launching a virtual racing series from Torque Esports. The series feature the All-Star Cup, pitting racers from Formula, Formula […]
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Google builds an unemployment application portal for New York
[ad_1] Its partnership with Google, in particular, focuses on an application portal that’s powered by the tech giant’s cloud services and can handle a high volume of users. The portal was designed to work on smartphones, tablets and PCs, and applicants will be able to pick up where they left off. It’s expected to go […]
Apple makes some of its originals available for free
[ad_1] Film: The Elephant Queen Kids Series + Special: Snoopy in Space, Helpsters, Ghostwriter When you open the app they’ll be right in the Free for Everyone section, which includes content from HBO and Epix. It doesn’t include some highly-touted series like The Morning Show or Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, but at a price of $0 we […]
Motorola’s Razr is still $1,500 but now you can get it in ‘blush gold’
[ad_1] The Motorola Razr is now available in blush gold, in case the only thing that’s keeping you from spending $1,500 on one is the fact that the phone only came in black. While the new option thankfully doesn’t make the foldable device even more expensive, the only difference between it and the basic black […]
NASA wants your miniature science payload designs for Moon rovers
[ad_1] NASA says it could send tiny rovers to the Moon one day in addition to its water ice-hunting VIPER robot that’s scheduled for launch in 2022. Before the agency can do so, though, it has to develop tiny scientific payloads for its tiny rovers — and it needs your help to make that happen. […]
WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million
[ad_1] Earlier this year Travelex made news after attackers shut down its computer networks. Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting new details about the incident, including how much the foreign exchange company paid to resolve its problem: $2.3 million in the form of 285 Bitcoin. Travelex found itself crippled after a New Year’s Eve […]
Google Meet’s premium features are now free through Sept. 30th
[ad_1] We’re now supporting 2M+ new users on Google Meet each day, and 100M students+educators on Google Classroom. To help businesses & schools stay connected, we’ve extended free access to advanced features of Meet to all @GSuite customers through Sep 30, 2020. https://t.co/RLveeT1D4z — Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 9, 2020 Since then, the company says […]
Facebook adds ‘quiet mode’ to help you manage screen time
[ad_1] Facebook Quiet mode builds on the time management tools the company launched in 2018. That tool allowed users to set limits on time spent in the app, as well as the ability to mute notifications for short periods of time. With the introduction of quiet mode, Facebook is also making more detailed usage statistics […]
Twitch rolls out Prime Watch Parties to US streamers
[ad_1] Twitch first revealed its plans for “Watch Parties” back in October 2019. The test feature would allow streamers to watch Prime Video with their viewers, as long as they were also subscribers. Now, Watch Parties beta is being expanded to all US Twitch partners and will roll out to all US creators in the […]
‘Saturday Night Live’ returns to TV with a remote episode on April 11th
[ad_1] Talk shows and sports leagues have used internet services to keep offering fresh content despite the COVID-19 pandemic, so why not comedy shows? Saturday Night Live is taking a stab at it. As noted by Hollywood Reporter, NBC’s long-running series is planning a “remotely produced” episode that will air April 11th at 11:30PM Eastern. […]