May 8, 2020 Soft robots can now run like cheetahs and swim like marlins Robots today generally come in one of two varieties: rigid and soft. When most people imagine a robot, they think of the rigid variety,…
May 8, 2020 Google Duo will soon let you make group calls in Chrome Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google’s Duo video chat app will soon let you make group video calls on the web, the…
May 8, 2020 Google says that the majority of its employees will work from home until 2021 Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has extended its work-from-home policy for the remainder of 2020. After previously telling employees that they…
May 8, 2020 A hacker is trying to break Ohio’s tool for reporting workers who quit during the pandemic Photo by Megan JELINGER/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ohio asked employers to report workers who stay home during the novel coronavirus pandemic, but at…
May 8, 2020 It’s already getting too hot and humid in some places for humans to survive Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images A combination of heat and humidity so extreme that it’s unendurable isn’t just a problem for the future —…
May 8, 2020 Detroit Lions reveal schedule through Animal Crossing: New Horizons Image: Detroit Lions / Twitter All 32 NFL teams unveiled their schedules for the 2020 season yesterday. However, the Detroit Lions got a little…
May 8, 2020 Footage from MTV’s classic 1980s era is streaming online, and it’s a trip MTV’s first ever broadcast on August 1st, 1981 starts with footage of the Apollo 11 rocket launch. As the rocket lifts off, the footage…
May 8, 2020 CBS All Access Is Good Now Until recently I was not the biggest fan of CBS All Access. As a smaller service with pretty niche offerings, I didn’t see a…
May 8, 2020 UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report The government of the United Kingdom has sparked a strong backlash from many in the scientific community by redacting large portions of a Scientific…
May 8, 2020 We Might Finally Get a Basic Income Joined by Senators Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey, Kamala Harris is pushing new legislation that would provide up to $2,000 a month for every…