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Four senators, including Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, have written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to ask what measures are being taken to protect warehouse workers from COVID-19. The coronavirus outbreak that causes this deadly disease has now infected more than 20,000 people throughout America. The group of senators is led by Sen. […]
Following in the footsteps of Netflix and YouTube, Amazon has announced that it will also reduce streaming quality in Europe in order to lessen the strain being put on broadband networks. European officials have instructed streaming services to reduce the amount of bandwidth their services use, in order to reduce strain on internet networks. Usage […]
Xbox Live experiences its second outage this week. The service struggles to keep up with the increased server load caused by millions of gamers stuck at home, thanks to the coronavirus outbreak. Issues first began popping up some time after 7PM ET on Friday, with Down Detector indicating sharp spikes in user-reported connection problems and […]
Twitter wants to make it easier for health experts to get verified. The company is taking new steps to open up its notoriously opaque verification program in order help elevate accounts that are “providing credible updates around #COVID19.” “We are working with global public health authorities to identify experts and have already Verified hundreds of […]
Sony has issued an update to clarify its stance on backwards compatibility for the PlayStation 5, saying the upcoming console will support an “overwhelming majority” of the 4,000-plus existing PS4 titles. In an updated blog post about the upcoming console’s architecture, it clarified that most PS4 games should work on it. “With all of the […]
Windows 10 now has one billion active monthly users thanks in part to the deprecation of Windows 7 in January. To celebrate the milestone, Microsoft’s chief product officer, Panos Panay, shared an Instagram video recounting the various iterations of Windows’ UI. The look of Windows 10 could keep evolving, it seems, as some eagle-eyed viewers […]
HMD Global, the company that’s been responsible for Nokia’s comeback has announced a bevy of new budget and mid-range phones, including a 5G-capable handset. The Nokia 8.3 5G starts things out with an emphasis on the content creation capabilities of its Zeiss cameras, particularly video. There is an array of four cameras on the back […]
Amazon has seen a “significant increase in demand,” especially for medical and cleaning supplies. It has also seen third-party retailers raising prices on things like masks, hand sanitizer and disinfectant sprays. Now, Amazon is asking consumers to cooperate with a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into coronavirus price gouging. According to Reuters, Amazon sent an […]
Amazon temporarily closed a warehouse in Queens, New York, after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. While two office workers at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters have been diagnosed with COVID-19, this is the first confirmed case in a US warehouse, The Atlantic reports. This comes as Amazon is working to keep up with a “significant increase […]
EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has called on Europeans to limit their broadband usage during the coronavirus outbreak by tweaking their streaming habits. Breton also called on streaming services, including YouTube, to do what they can to prevent additional strain on Europe’s internet infrastructure. Breton spoke to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings about the issue, […]
This week marks the third anniversary of Microsoft Teams, and at a time when remote working is more prevalent than ever before with unprecedented growth amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The software giant counted 32 million daily active users of Teams last week on March 11th, but this jumped by 12 million to 44 million […]
Google announced that it is pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases due to adjusted work schedules. The goal, Google said in a tweet, is to ensure the releases “continue to be stable, secure, & reliable for anyone who depends on them.” Last week, Google told all of its North American employees to work from […]
Sony has finally revealed the specifications and hardware details for the PlayStation 5, its next-generation home console that’s planned for release this holiday season. PlayStation system architect Mark Cerny is discussing the PS5 hardware as we speak, but during the stream, Digital Foundry published a feature revealing the system’s specs. Its CPU features 8 Zen […]
Apple is adding support for trackpads to iPads with its new iPadOS 13.4 software update, starting with its newly announced iPad Pro model and its accompanying “Magic Keyboard” accessory. It’ll work on all iPad Pro models, iPad Air 2 and later, the 5th-generation iPad and later, and the iPad mini 4 and later. Basically, if […]
Logitech has launched a new keyboard accessory for the $329 iPad and the 10.5-inch iPad Air. The Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard Case with Trackpad for iPad has today appeared on the Apple Store, although shipment information is currently unavailable. There’s also a listing for a model compatible with the iPad Air. For $149, half the […]