May, 2020

• 9 May

  This Apple Watch copycat is surprisingly good for just $18

  

  How good can a supercheap smartwatch possibly be? Turns out, surprisingly good, if you keep your expectations in check. See, these wearables claim to be jacks of all trades — fitness tracking, heart-rate monitoring and so on — but often prove to be masters of none. And that’s OK, provided they’re effective at some things, …

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• 9 May

  Give your phone or laptop audiophile

  

  I readily acknowledge that while I can sometimes be a bit of an audio snob, I know that not everyone is an audiophile. Most people are perfectly happy listening to streaming audio and MP3 tracks of questionable bitrate with their inexpensive earbuds, and that’s totally cool. Years ago, for example, I subjected Cheapskate Rick to a blinded test in which …

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• 9 May

  Apple opening some US stores next week, with new social distancing rules

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple is beginning to open its retail stores around the globe, another sign that the weeks-long stay-at-home orders we’ve all been under to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus are starting to come to an end. The tech giant closed its stores in …

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• 9 May

  3 video calling alternatives to Zoom

  

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• 9 May

  Zoom buys security company and Uber adopts new requirement for drivers

  

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• 9 May

  Wearable EKG machine can tell if coronavirus is harming your heart

  

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• 8 May

  Requiem for a butterfly keyboard

  

  Perhaps the kindest thing we can say about the Apple MacBook butterfly keyboard is, “Thank you for your service.” Yes, it helped introduce thinner, lighter, more portable MacBooks, but we can safely say the butterfly keyboard did not ever spark joy.  With the latest update to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple is officially out of the butterfly keyboard business. The …

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• 8 May

  Google Duo group video calls coming to Chrome in weeks

  

  Google on Friday said it’s working on an update to its Duo video calling service that will let you make group video calls over the web. The search giant said Duo group video chats for the web would come as a preview in its Chrome browser in the coming weeks. Google also added a “Family Mode” feature to Duo for Android …

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• 8 May

  Apple Arcade updated four games for you to play this weekend

  

  Apple Arcade rolled out updates for four games on Friday, which are all now available to play. Apple’s $4.99-a-month gaming subscription service also added new title The Otherside to its collection of more than 110 games on the platform, which debuted in September. The service is available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV. Here are the games that were updated this week, and …

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• 8 May

  MIT Tech Review is keeping tabs on coronavirus apps that are tracking you

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As countries around the world, as well as Apple and Google, release contact-tracing apps to help fight the coronavirus, MIT Technology Review has put together a list to help people track the apps.  The contact-tracing apps are designed to help people figure out if …

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