May 21, 2020 Vivo explains the X50 Pro’s gimbal-like camera stabilization Back in late February, Vivo introduced a rather intriguing feature for its APEX 2020 concept phone: a tiny "gimbal-like structure" for the main camera,…
May 21, 2020 Google releases Action Blocks to aid people with cognitive disabilities Google’s flurry of accessibility updates goes well beyond improvements to Maps. It’s releasing its long-promised Action Blocks feature (above) as an Android app, greatly…
May 21, 2020 Infrastructure Weak: Michigan Dam Collapse Vividly Captures the Dangers of ***** Deregulation The dam failures that flooded entire swaths of Michigan on Wednesday didn’t just happen by chance. Boyce Hydro, the company that owns the two…
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May 21, 2020 Is Twitter Even Twitter If You Can’t Make Fun of Ted Cruz to His Face? Yesterday, Twitter announced that it was testing a new feature that allows users to limit who can and can’t reply to their tweets. While…
May 21, 2020 Students Sue the College Board Over Glitches in the Online AP Exam System In the wake of school closures necessitated by the current covid-19 crisis, the College Board—the organization that oversees Advanced Placement Exams—is being sued by…
May 21, 2020 A Guide to Dune’s Strange and Intense Religions Prophecies, ancient sisterhoods, a bible that’s orange for some reason. Religion in Dune can be a bit confusing. To help, io9 parsed the main,…
May 21, 2020 Anyone Need a Copywriter? Have you been laid off or furloughed? Are you a frontline worker dealing with new stresses or irresponsible management? Is working (or not working)…
May 21, 2020 Facebook Workplace adds 2 million more paid users since October Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook’s Workplace, its Slack-like collaboration and chat tool targeted at businesses, now has more than 5 million…
May 21, 2020 Eschaton is a surreal Zoom nightclub — and a theater for the age of social distancing Chorus Productions The hyperlink reaches my inbox a few minutes before 10PM on Saturday night. I click the link and enter a password. And…