April 28, 2020 Phone data shows Americans are moving around more, despite social distancing orders Prospect Park in Brooklyn was crowded on April 25, despite the standing stay-at-home order in New York. | Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Americans likely relaxed…
April 28, 2020 Streaming-only movies will be eligible for awards at the 2021 Oscars The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is easing up on its opposition to streaming movies, however temporarily. Its board of governors has…
April 28, 2020 Star Trek: Voyager’s Must Watch Episodes So far, our guides to the unmissable episodes of each entry in the Star Trek franchise have dealt with lauded icons of the series. The…
April 28, 2020 Doctors in Europe Warn of Link Between Covid-19 and Toxic Shock Symptoms in Children Doctors in Europe are warning that they’ve started to see an alarming rise of rare, life-threatening complications among children confirmed or suspected to have…
April 28, 2020 Facebook Will Let Creators Supplement Their Dried-Up Income With Paid Livestreams Streamers and content creators typically rely on subscriptions, Patreon donations, or affiliate money from Twitch or YouTube to keep the lights on. But for…
April 28, 2020 Staring at a Stranger for 60 Seconds Helped Me Feel Better About Quarantine Life Physical distancing is necessary to keep our communities safe and healthy, yeah, but it sure is making us all a lot lonelier. Yes, we’re…
April 28, 2020 Hubble Captures Incredible Images of Highly Anticipated Comet Breaking Up The Hubble Space Telescope didn’t rest during its recent 30th anniversary celebration. Instead, it watched the comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) fragment into at least…
April 28, 2020 Brian Bowman: Why it’s so hard to beat Facebook’s automated control video ads Facebook advertisers may spend a lot of money trying to come up with new kinds of ads for games and other apps, but it…
April 28, 2020 Google saw huge jumps in search usage and app downloads in March Google parent company Alphabet just announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2020, and not surprisingly the global COVID-19 pandemic had an…
April 28, 2020 Utah pauses Banjo’s AI surveillance after learning of owner’s racist past Utah is putting its AI surveillance system on ice after learning of its creator’s background. The state has suspended (via Salt Lake Tribune) Banjo’s…