How often do you tend to replace your phone? If you’re upgrading every other year, you’re almost certainly throwing money away. Of course, sometimes that’s unavoidable, since phones wear out — especially the battery. But what if you had a phone that was guaranteed to last for four years, and you could get any repair …
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28 April
TikTok’s donation stickers let you raise funds for coronavirus relief
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. TikTok has added a new feature that lets you help raise funds for charities and other causes. The social video app on Monday launched donation stickers that can be added to TikTok videos and live streams. The stickers, when clicked, launch a pop-up …
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28 April
PUBG, Madden, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order heading to Google Stadia
Google held a Stadia Connect on Tuesday to give some news of what’s coming to the cloud-streaming service in 2020. The big reveal was that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, better known as PUBG, is available now for free to Stadia Pro subscribers. The military battle royale game isn’t the only new title heading to Stadia. Publisher EA will bring several of its …
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28 April
iPhone SE: With its A13 chip, this small, $399 phone outperforms all Androids
By packing the big A13 chip into its small iPhone SE, Apple has made its budget smartphone a more compelling product at just the right time for a coronavirus-spooked world. Where most budget phones cut costs by using lower-end processors, the new $400 iPhone SE uses the same flagship chip that powers the $1,450 iPhone 11 Pro Max, which launched last year. That …
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28 April
Waiting for Apple and Google would ‘slow down’ UK contact
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The UK on Tuesday explained why it won’t be adopting Apple and Google’s contact-tracing system for fighting the spread of the coronavirus, opting instead to use its own. In a House of Commons select committee session, Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSX, the UK …
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28 April
Postmates strike: Give us COVID
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Postmates is the latest gig economy company to become the subject of worker protests. Some delivery workers for Postmates said Tuesday that they’ll hold a three-day strike to call attention to what they say is a lack of adequate safety protections during the …
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28 April
Samsung warns phone, TV sales will ‘decline significantly’ because of coronavirus
Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 lineup and Galaxy Z Flip weren’t enough to boost phone demand in the first quarter, and the worst is yet to come. The novel coronavirus, which is sweeping the globe, will “significantly” hurt the South Korean electronics giant’s operations in the coming months, Samsung warned Tuesday. The company’s memory chip business is benefiting from “robust” demand …
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28 April
Oprah Winfrey to give commencement address on Facebook and Instagram
High school and college seniors will likely not have the traditional graduation celebration this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook plans on giving the graduates a virtual event featuring celebrities and musical acts. The social media platform will host #Graduation2020: Facebook and Instagram Celebrate the Class of 2020 on May 15 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. Oprah Winfrey. …
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28 April
YouTube brings fact
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 year. For the feature to …
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28 April
Amazon may have broken labor laws in employee firing, New York AG says
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. New York’s attorney general said Amazon may have violated the state’s whistleblower laws last month when it terminated a warehouse employee who led a protest on workplace safety. In a letter to Amazon last week, state Attorney General Letitia James’ office said its …
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