Looking to slow the spread of disinformation about the novel coronavirus, YouTube is expanding its fact-checking feature so it’ll now appear in search results for US audiences, the company said Tuesday. The feature, a box that shows up atop YouTube search results when a user is looking for particular information, launched in India and Brazil last …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Global demand for commercial virtual private networks is surging following work-from-home trends in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. VPN providers and internet service providers are flexing major muscle to handle the increased overall internet traffic of quarantined populations around the world. Before …

Six new fitness-focused apps are now available on Samsung smart TVs, the company said Tuesday. Barre3, Calm, Echelon, Fitplan, Jillian Michaels Fitness and Obé Fitness apps are accessible as part of Samsung’s effort to bring over 5,000 hours of wellness content to people staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Samsung said the apps will also be part of its Samsung …

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and various lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders, many people are now getting used to working from home for the first time. One obstacle you and your coworkers may have run into is the question of how to send and receive files that are too large to attach to an email. Luckily, what was once a complicated ordeal …

As the US struggles to fill a coronavirus-driven demand for more personal protective equipment, Etsy, the online seller of homemade goods, is encouraging its network of sellers to make face masks. The move comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an updated set of guidelines on wearing face coverings in public, including homemade face masks.  Etsy said in …

It took me two hours to get this sentence written. It is of no particular brilliance, the typing of it took only a few seconds, and the ones that follow it will come quickly, laying themselves like a line of train tracks as I hammer out a list of digital resources I’ve used to combat my Attention Deficit Disorder. But …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Peering into the glowing screen of your laptop, you can’t smell the incense from a thurible. But in the face of pandemic, communities of faith around the world are now ramping up the online infrastructure they’ve been slowly building toward for years. Online …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Airbnb will work with its network of hosts to help provide temporary housing to 100,000 COVID-19 responders and health care professionals, the company said Thursday. The expanded efforts build on pilot programs in Italy and France, where nearly 6,000 hosts have already offered …

It’s nearly complete. You’ve transformed a corner of your house into your new coronavirus-proof home office, you’ve selected the perfect ergonomic rolling chair and eyestrain-preventive lighting, and now you’ve decided to shore up the privacy of your home internet — effectively now your workplace internet — with a steadfast virtual private network.  Whether you’re searching for a VPN that will …

Android Go, the lightweight mobile operating system designed for less-powerful phones, has been installed on more than 100 million devices, Google said Thursday. In addition to the milestone, Google introduced its new Camera Go app.  Camera Go is Google’s attempt to ease the processing burden of often sluggish and memory-intensive camera apps.  “It’s built for people using smartphones for the …