Motorola’s Razr is still $1,500 but now you can get it in ‘blush gold’
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.
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Day: April 9, 2020
Webcams have become impossible to find, and prices are skyrocketing
Webcams have become impossible to find, and prices are skyrocketing
Most laptops come with a built-in webcam, but if you’re working at home from a desktop or maybe just looking to touch up the mediocre quality of whatever camera you’re stuck with, external webcams are still a crucial accessory.
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Google expands its conversational Duplex AI to the UK, Australia and Canada
Google expands its conversational Duplex AI to the UK, Australia and Canada
Google’s high-tech Duplex AI calling service has quietly made its way to the UK, Australia and Canada. The tech giant originally launched the feature in the US back in 2018 before it started a pilot testing for it in New Zealand a year later.
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Microsoft reportedly delays Surface Neo beyond 2020
Microsoft reportedly delays Surface Neo beyond 2020
The Surface Neo, Microsoft’s dual-screen PC that runs a new operating system called Windows 10X, will miss its planned release date of holiday 2020, according to reports from ZDNet and CNBC.
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NASA wants your miniature science payload designs for Moon rovers
NASA wants your miniature science payload designs for Moon rovers
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.
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WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million
WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million
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.
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WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million
WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million
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.
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Google Meet’s premium features are now free through Sept. 30th
Google Meet’s premium features are now free through Sept. 30th
Since then, the company says it’s added up to 2 million new Meet users each day, with more than 100 million students and teachers using Google Classroom, the company’s suite of educational tools, which includes Google Meet.
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Google is rebranding Hangouts Chat as just Google Chat
Google is rebranding Hangouts Chat as just Google Chat
Google has officially removed the Hangouts brand from its enterprise G Suite offering with the rebranding of Hangouts Chat as Google Chat, the company confirmed to The Verge on Thursday.
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Facebook adds ‘quiet mode’ to help you manage screen time
Facebook adds ‘quiet mode’ to help you manage screen time
Facebook is making it easier to take a break from its app and the notifications that come with it. The company is launching a new “quiet mode” feature in an effort to help users spend less time in the app.
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Twitch rolls out Prime Watch Parties to US streamers
Twitch rolls out Prime Watch Parties to US streamers
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.
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Google extends free access to advanced teleconferencing features to September 30th
Google extends free access to advanced teleconferencing features to September 30th
Google announced today that it’s extending free access to some advanced features in its teleconferencing service Google Meet until September 30th. Google had previously announced on March 3rd that it would offer free access to those features until July 1st.
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Google extends free access to advanced teleconferencing features to September 30th
Google extends free access to advanced teleconferencing features to September 30th
Google announced today that it’s extending free access to some advanced features in its teleconferencing service Google Meet until September 30th. Google had previously announced on March 3rd that it would offer free access to those features until July 1st.
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Thousands of Coronavirus Tests Are Going Unused in U.S. Labs
Thousands of Coronavirus Tests Are Going Unused in U.S. Labs
As the United States struggles to test people for COVID-19, academic laboratories that are ready and able to run diagnostics are not operating at full capacity.
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Thousands of Coronavirus Tests Are Going Unused in U.S. Labs
Thousands of Coronavirus Tests Are Going Unused in U.S. Labs
As the United States struggles to test people for COVID-19, academic laboratories that are ready and able to run diagnostics are not operating at full capacity.
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‘Saturday Night Live’ returns to TV with a remote episode on April 11th
‘Saturday Night Live’ returns to TV with a remote episode on April 11th
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.
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Facebook sues cloaking software maker for deceptive COVID-19 ads
Facebook sues cloaking software maker for deceptive COVID-19 ads
With the lawsuit filed today in a federal court in California, Facebook hopes to also uncover who LeadCloak’s customers are, so that it can take additional enforcement actions against them.
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MIT is working on a way to track COVID-19 while protecting privacy
MIT is working on a way to track COVID-19 while protecting privacy
Many countries and researchers are promoting the use of contact tracing apps to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and aid in the eventual recovery, but they may require slow manual tracing or a sacrifice in privacy (say, warning when a patient leaves home).
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Overwatch’s new hero Echo arrives April 14th
Overwatch’s new hero Echo arrives April 14th
If you’re an Overwatch fan, you’ll want to mark April 14th on your calendar. That’s when Echo, the game’s 32nd hero, will join its official roster pool. Following the flight plan.
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If the World Fails to Protect the Economy, COVID-19 will Damage Health Long into the Future
If the World Fails to Protect the Economy, COVID-19 will Damage Health Long into the Future
The COVID-19 pandemic is, first and foremost, a health crisis. However, it is rapidly becoming an economic one too. This is not, of course, the first global economic crisis. However, this time it is different.
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