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Twitter on Thursday slapped a fact-checking label on a pair of tweets by a Chinese government official claiming that the US Army brought the novel coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan. The social networking company added a blue link that says, “Get the facts about COVID-19” to a post on Twitter by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao that …
Read More »Google Maps now lets you share your Plus Code location, no address needed
Sharing your location is a cinch if you’re just talking about a home address. But if you’re somewhere without an address that’s easy to locate, things get trickier. Now, Google has a solution that lets Android users share a six-digit Plus Code with their specific location straight from the Google Maps app. “Simply tap the blue dot to get a …
Read More »Tidal brings Dolby Atmos Music to Apple TV, Fire TV and Android TV streamers
Dolby says Tidal Hi-Fi subscribers can now stream Atmos Music via their compatible streaming boxes and Atmos sound systems for the first time. Dolby says the feature will roll out to devices from Thursday. Until now immersive formats have only been available on phones and devices such as the Amazon Echo Studio, so this may help with adoption of the Atmos …
Read More »Uber says 158,000 drivers will lose work if they’re reclassified as employees
Uber has been crunching data, and it’s come up with an internal analysis on what would happen if it reclassified its California drivers as employees. According to the company, passengers could expect to see prices go up 20% to 120%, and tens of thousands of drivers might be out of work. Of Uber’s 209,000 drivers in the state, the company …
Read More »AT&T will credit some sports subscriptions during COVID
AT&T on Tuesday said it will give DirecTV customers who subscribed to MLB Extra Innings and MLS Direct Kick credits for payments already made. Future charges have been postponed “until we learn more from the leagues,” the company said in an update on its site. The move comes as professional baseball and soccer seasons, as well as other sports, have …
Read More »Disney Plus now lets you watch The Simpsons in original 4:3 aspect ratio
Disney Plus subscribers can now choose between watching The Simpsons in the original 4:3 aspect ratio or in the remastered 16:9 widescreen format when available, Disney said Thursday. The new feature is available on mobile, web and connected TV devices. From its premiere in 1989 up to 2010, The Simpsons aired in a 4:3 aspect ratio. The show switched to …
Read More »President Trump’s executive order concerning social media companies
The following is the text of President Donald Trump’s executive order concerning alleged political bias by social media companies, which he signed on Thursday.
Read More »Amazon outage complaints spike as site goes down
Amazon has recovered from its outage Thursday afternoon, after the site wouldn’t load for tens of thousands of users. Both desktop and mobile users were being served “this site can’t be reached” or “something went wrong on our end” messages when attempting to load Amazon. Complaints spiked to more than 53,000 at around 12 p.m. PT on Down Detector. Users complained …
Read More »HP’s new gaming VR headset, Reverb G2, is made with Valve and Microsoft
If you’re looking to dive into VR, there are a few basic choices: pick a standalone experience like the Oculus Quest headset, go with a game console like the PlayStation VR or go with the most flexible experience by hooking into a PC. HP’s newest VR headset, designed with both Valve and Microsoft, aims to be the best VR gaming …
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