Category: Tech

Uber offers 14 days of financial assistance to drivers with COVID-19

[ad_1] Because the amount of money that Uber drivers make varies so widely, Uber will base the financial assistance on a driver’s average daily earnings over the last six months. If they haven’t been driving for six months, Uber will average their earnings between their start date and March 6th. For instance, if a driver […]

‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ is the island escape we all need today

[ad_1] And so began my frenemy relationship with Nook, someone you always end up owing in Animal Crossing. He means well, but you’ll quickly notice you end up doing most of his grunt work. Compared to the real world, though, he’s an angel. Nook may charge you an eye-popping amount of bells to upgrade your […]

AMD’s efficient Ryzen 9 CPUs target Intel’s gaming laptop crown

[ad_1] The latest H-series chips go a bit beyond what we’ve seen with AMD’s 8-core 4800U mobile chips when it comes to overclocking, with clock speeds topping out at 4.4 Ghz. At the same time, it packs the same powerful graphics performance. The 7-nanometer Vega engine already boosts integrated graphics performance by up to 59 […]

Beats’ redesigned Powerbeats earbuds have longer battery and hands-free Siri

[ad_1] The Powerbeats 3 was announced in 2016, so the Beats tethered wireless earbuds were well overdue for an upgrade. The new Powerbeats now has the same audio and design as the pricier true wireless Powerbeats Pro that debuted last year. One key difference is where the cable watch attached to the front of the […]

Apple Card holders can skip March payment due to impact of coronavirus

[ad_1] As revealed on Reddit and reported by MacRumors, Apple Card customers have received an email explaining, “We understand that the rapidly-evolving COVID-19 situation poses unique challenges for everyone and some customers may have difficulty making their monthly payments. Apple Card is committed to helping you lead a healthier financial life.” To take advantage of […]

SpaceX aborts Falcon 9 launch with rare ‘Liftoff! Disregard’ sequence

[ad_1] Apparently, the launch was aborted automatically by the Falcon 9’s onboard computer after it detected a Merlin 1D engine issue. During the commentary, SpaceX supervisor Michael Andrews noted that it had a “condition regarding engine power that caused us to abort today’s launch.” SpaceX later added, via a tweet: “Standing down today; standard auto-abort […]

Google Maps is making ‘Live View’ AR navigation more prominent

[ad_1] Tapping on the button will launch the camera that shows the distance and direction to a location relative to your position. An arrow will guide you to move your phone until you’re pointing in the right direction, with the final destination marked by a large floating pin. A card at the bottom of the […]

Motorola’s zero-bezel Edge phones may include a more affordable model

[ad_1] The regular Edge might even represent a step up for some users. It would have a smaller 4,500mAh battery (versus 5,000mAh), but it’d also include a headphone jack the Edge+ omits — you might prefer this lower-end phone if you insist on wired audio. You could also expect an increasingly standard 128GB of expandable […]

TikTok will stop using China-based moderators to screen foreign content

[ad_1] The move to region-oriented moderators theoretically reduces the chances that TikTok will censor political statements and other content the Chinese government doesn’t like. It may also help with cultural understanding. While the existing moderators both speak the relevant languages and are familiar with the cultures they’re moderating, people from the areas under moderation might […]

Israel will use anti-terrorist tracking tech to fight coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] The announcement is already raising concerns. Privacy expert Avner Pinchuk warned that this could include real-time phone tracking to alert authorities of quarantine violations, or tracing metadata to determine a COVID-19 patient’s travels and contacts. Shin Bet responded by saying it wouldn’t use its tech “in the context of isolation guidelines,” but that may […]