All of Italy is entering its second week on lockdown. San Francisco just started its mandatory three-week lockdown. Bars and restaurants across Los Angeles, New York City, and other major metropolitan areas are closing. Schools have sent teachers and students home for distance learning, and their parents are working alongside…
For many people in the U.S. who fear they’re already sick with covid-19, the past few weeks have been a confusing maze of bureaucracy and inadequacy, only to be told at the end that they won’t be able to get tested.
America’s blue-collar auto workers can’t work from home amid the global coronavirus pandemic, even if many of them argue that they shouldn’t be working at all. Some of those walked off the job Monday at Michigan’s Warren Truck Assembly, where they make the Ram 1500, perhaps in solidarity with some…
Netflix’s Noelle Stevenson just revealed that the upcoming fifth season, which debuts May 15, will be the series’ last.
In the time of social distancing, online gaming with friends seems like a no-brainer to stay sane and pass the time. Except if you’ve tried lately, it seems like every major service has been petering in and out.
Amazon will stop independent third-party sellers on its platform from selling anything but medical supplies and household staples. Amazon made the announcement to sellers through an email sent Tuesday morning and mentioned that “other high-demand products” will also be allowed.
A remarkable thing about covid-19, the coronavirus-caused disease spreading around the globe, is that it induces severe and deadly illness in some people, while other people become only mildly sick. So far, we know that being older or having preexisting health conditions puts a person more at risk of serious…
Earlier this week, Porsche published a Facebook post about the upcoming Amelia Island Concours event. In the photo post were three Taycans done up in classic Porsche racing liveries, and people could try and connect a certain livery with the racing car that originally wore it. But really, what the…
Aussie Broadband has become the latest telco to offer data-related help to its customers during the coronavirus outbreak.
People travelling into Australia will now have to self-isolate for 14 days ” one of a range of measures announced at the weekend by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, with the aim of slowing the spread of the coronavirus and easing the stress on hospital beds.
Coronavirus probably has many of you working from home today doing your part to stop the spread of this monster through “social distancing.” I bet you’re trying desperately to resist distractions like tools and car projects. Don’t bother. Take it from someone who’s been “working” from home for nearly five…
In an example of perfect timing, the second season of Bluey, everyone’s favourite kids show, is out now just in time for your self-isolation or working from home reality. Here’s where to watch it in Australia.
An unusually large structure from the last ice age built from the bones of dozens of woolly mammoths has been uncovered in Russia. Dating back some 25,000 years, it’s the oldest known structure of its kind—but its purpose isn’t entirely clear.
Batwoman is a much darker show than the other CW superhero fare. It kind of makes sense”Bat stories often veer into gothic horror territory. But Batwoman frequently finds itself falling into what I like to call the “Canadian Torture Porn Trap.” Weird I know. Canada is not a place known…
We’ve known for a while that Microsoft’s next-gen console, Xbox Series X, will include ray tracing, but we haven’t seen what it will look like until now. In a blog post today Microsoft gave the most spec-heavy details about the new system yet. However, a deep dive by Digital Foundry…
Westworld’s season three premiere profoundly changed the playing field by bringing the hosts out of the park and into the larger world, where they might gain a modicum of freedom in the process of burning the human world down. But the series’ amazing vision of a futuristic society is more…
We’re all, hopefully, taking the necessary steps recommended by global health officials for mitigating the spread of COVID-19, including by keeping distance between ourselves and others, washing our hands often and for at least 20 seconds, and avoiding touching our faces. Health officials also recommends cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched…
Social video platform TikTok, already embroiled in a political skirmish over potential national security risks related to its Chinese owner, ByteDance, is now taking on a more familiar form of criticism: concerns over its highly opaque content moderation policies.
Seeing Leia train as a Jedi was undoubtedly a highlight of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Leia and Luke running around the forest and fighting with lightsabers behind blast shields was undercut only by the fact that we didn’t get to see more of it. However, in the novelization…
With movie theatres across the world closing, Universal Pictures has become the first studio to embrace a whole new mode of distribution.
Newt Gingrich was on Fox News this morning explaining that all Americans should prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic. But Gingrich has pulled quite a 180 during a very short period of time. Just a few weeks ago the former U.S. Republican Speaker of the House was on Fox News ridiculing…
After being rumoured for months and even being spotted on shelves a couple days early, Apple has finally announced its new Powerbeats 4 semi-wireless headphones.
Multitasking and information overload go hand in hand, particularly when you have dozens of windows, tabs, and apps open at once on a desktop. Getting actual work done can be tricky. But Windows, macOS and Chrome OS actually have built-in tools to clear up some of this congestion, and you…
Late last July we packed our bags into a small Fiat and headed for a tour of Eastern Europe. Our route took us through the Baltics and Poland, but the main attractions for us were Ukraine and Romania, for their mountain roads, good beer and cooking and especially the weird…
Police in Spain, which is under lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, are embracing tech during this global pandemic. This weekend, officers in the capital city, Madrid, began using very loud drones to tell people that are out and about during this crisis to stay home.
The International Commission on Non”Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) – the people who analyse radio broadcasts’ health risks – has updated its guidelines for 5G and has assured everyone that they’re not going to drop dead from exposure to 5G waves anytime soon.
The rideshare service DiDi has announced they will forge ahead with their March 16 launch in Sydney, despite the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and all federal, state and territory governments urging the public to exercise social distancing wherever possible.
Misinformation spreads on the internet faster than the coronavirus can spread through a population. Measures have already been put in place to try and stop all this, but misinformation comes from all over, even the mouth of the Oompa Loompa in Chief Donald Trump. So the UK government’s latest line…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aborted a planned launch on Sunday morning at the last second due to an engine power issue. The event produced confusion at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, where countdown appeared to be proceeding normally. However, the rocket stayed where it was.
Many of us are now working from home for the time being, which can be both challenging and invigorating. But it can also be a pain when you have multiple devices.
The heroine with the glowing gold staff is ready for action. And also high school.
After China, Italy has been the second-hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic racing around the world. In an effort to staunch the number of cases, the Italian government severely restricted travel this week in northern Italy—the pandemic epicentre for the country—before extending restrictions to the entire country.
