Day: May 26, 2020

LG’s $1,500 48-inch 4K OLED TV goes on sale next month

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LG’s $1,500 48-inch 4K OLED TV goes on sale next month
While many events and releases have been pushed back, LG has stuck to its release plans for the 2020 lineup of 4K TVs. Today the company announced the newest addition to its OLED lineup is starting to roll out.
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South Korean cafe uses robotic baristas to comply with social distancing

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South Korean cafe uses robotic baristas to comply with social distancing
With its COVID-19 outbreak seemingly contained, South Korea may offer the rest of the world a glimpse of what society could look like after the pandemic ends — and it may include robotic baristas.
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MacOS Catalina update wrings more life from your MacBook’s battery

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MacOS Catalina update wrings more life from your MacBook’s battery
Apple is trying to squeeze more long-term usefulness out of your MacBook’s battery, much like it has with iPhones for a while. It just released a macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update (via 9to5Mac) whose centerpiece battery health management feature aims to extend the lifespan of the power pack.
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Google’s work from home strategy includes a $1,000 allowance

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Google’s work from home strategy includes a $1,000 allowance
Google is joining other companies is planning for a return to the office as COVID-19 cases decline, but its strategy may be more elaborate than most. Company chief Sundar Pichai has outlined a roadmap that will still have most employees working from home for the rest of 2020.
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Qatar’s contact tracing app put over one million people’s info at risk

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Qatar’s contact tracing app put over one million people’s info at risk
Qatar’s app, called EHTERAZ, uses GPS and Bluetooth to track COVID-19 cases, and last week, authorities made it mandatory. According to Amnesty, people who don’t use the app could face up to three years in prison and a fine of QR 200,000 (about $55,000).
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The next ‘Dead By Daylight’ killer is Pyramid Head from Silent Hill

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The next ‘Dead By Daylight’ killer is Pyramid Head from Silent Hill
If you prefer to play as a survivor, you can adopt the guise of Silent Hill 3 protagonist Cheryl Mason (though she was known as Heather in that game). She’ll have DBD’s first legendary skin — you’ll be able to turn Cheryl into student nurse Lisa Garland.
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‘Pokémon Go’ will better blend AR creatures into the real world

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‘Pokémon Go’ will better blend AR creatures into the real world
If it is safe to venture outside, though, you can soon help improve AR features. The developers are working on a PokéStop Scan that, like a similar feature in Ingress, lets you help map a location in AR by recording short (under 10 seconds) videos of the area.
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Twitch splurges to keep top streamers Dakotaz, JoshOG and Summit1G

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Twitch splurges to keep top streamers Dakotaz, JoshOG and Summit1G
Twitch is still willing to spend big bucks to keep top-tier streamers on its platform. Amazon’s service has signed “multi-year” deals with Dakotaz (aka Brett Hoffman), JoshOG (Josh Beaver) and Summit1G (Jaryd Lazar) to make sure they livestream exclusively on the platform.
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Apple will reopen about 100 retail stores in the US by the end of the week

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Apple will reopen about 100 retail stores in the US by the end of the week
Apple will reopen around 100 retail stores in the US by the end of the week, the company confirmed to The Verge. That will put Apple’s active retail locations in the country at 130 out of 271 spread out across 21 states.
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Robert May (1936-2020) and the Future of Scientific Research

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Robert May (1936-2020) and the Future of Scientific Research
It was a poignant coincidence. On May 11, the evening before Anthony Fauci, longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and public health advisor to eight U.S. presidents, testified remotely to a Senate committee on the dangers of reopening the U.S.
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