Month: May 2020

Sound makes the remote world go ’round Working from home isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and a slew of companies just announced longer-term initiatives to make their remote work practices either extend or permanent. That means for some it’s the perfect time to take their at-home videoconferencing setup even further, so we’re going to take a … Continue reading How to make the most of your at-home videoconference setup: Microphone edition Continue Reading →

Organizers of the New York International Auto Show, once hoping to hold the rescheduled event in August, have decided to scrap the entire year. The show has been officially canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced Friday. The next show will take place April 2 to April 11, 2021. Press days will … Continue reading New York Auto Show canceled for 2020, pushed to spring 2021 Continue Reading →

It marks the end of an era for the ISS’ research efforts. One of the longer chapters of the International Space Station has come to a close. NASA has sent the last of its 11 ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station) science racks to the orbiting facility, 19 years after sending the first … Continue reading Space Station receives the last of NASA’s science racks after 19 years Continue Reading →

It has to use less intrusive measures first. Israel’s original plan to track the phones of COVID-19 sufferers won’t get very far. The country’s cabinet has restricted the use of the Shin Bet security agency’s phone surveillance to “specific and special cases” where officials can’t determine an infected person’s location using “other methods.” The government might review the use … Continue reading Israel restricts COVID-19 phone tracking to ‘special cases’ Continue Reading →

An eighth Amazon employee has died of COVID-19. The news comes as the company is under scrutiny for failing to be more transparent about the wider number of infections among its warehouse workers. A spokesperson confirmed the reports of the death, telling TechCrunch, “We are saddened by the loss of an associate who had worked at … Continue reading An eighth Amazon warehouse employee has died from COVID-19 Continue Reading →

The Dutch woman faces daily fines of about $50 if she fails to take the photos down A grandmother in the Netherlands has until this weekend to remove photos of her grandchildren from her Facebook page, or she’ll face daily fines, after a judge found she was violating the European Union’s strict online privacy rules, … Continue reading Grandmother posting Facebook photos of her grandchildren violates GDPR privacy rule, court says Continue Reading →

Even the base Note 20 may be huge. The Galaxy Note family tends to borrow a few cues from the S series that preceded it, but these cues might be more conspicuous than usual this year. OnLeaks and Pigtou have posted leak-based renders for the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20+ (above) that hint at a few clear similarities to the Galaxy S20 … Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Note 20 leaks hint at giant screens and S20 Ultra features Continue Reading →