April, 2020

• 10 April

  Here’s how scammers are using the coronavirus to cash in

  

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• 10 April

  Microsoft Surface Neo could be delayed, Disney Plus racks up subs

  

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• 9 April

  Now is the perfect time to bring back phone VR

  

  Once upon a time, everyone wanted us to use our phones as VR headsets. Do you remember this? There was the folding, giveaway Google Cardboard, that ended up in magazines and promo giveaways. There was Samsung’s Gear VR, sold alongside every Samsung phone. There was Google Daydream View. I wrote a eulogy for phone VR last year, because for the …

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• 9 April

  Instacart users reportedly enticing shoppers with big tips before dropping them to zero

  

  Some users of grocery delivery service Instacart are reportedly luring shoppers with large tips before changing the amount to zero. Customers looking for someone to pick up their orders amid the coronavirus pandemic are using large sums of money to entice Instacart workers, but then go into the app and modify the tips after delivery, according to a Thursday report …

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• 9 April

  Uber hears drivers’ demands, ships out masks for coronavirus protection

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Two weeks ago, a New York-based drivers group sent a letter to Uber with a demand: give drivers sanitizing equipment and face masks. The letter was sent after an Uber driver became the first known gig worker to die of COVID-19, the disease …

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• 9 April

  LG reveals concept for its next flagship phone

  

  LG on Thursday offered a hint about its future phone, with a few concept images showing a “raindrop” rear camera design and “front-back symmetrical curves” The cameras descend in order by size, with the main lens sitting just above the surface, the other two lenses lying under the glass and the flash below them — a different approach from the …

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• 9 April

  TikTok pledges $250 million in coronavirus aid

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. TikTok has committed $250 million to coronavirus aid as of Thursday. According to a statement by TikTok’s president, Alex Zhu, the funds will go toward supporting “front line medical workers, educators, and local communities deeply affected by the global crisis.” The video platform joins …

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• 9 April

  OnePlus CEO teases ultrawide camera on OnePlus 8 Pro

  

  OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on Wednesday teased the camera setup on the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro, sharing nighttime shots from the phone next to similar photos taken with an unnamed rival “flagship phone.” “Ultra wide that can get ultra close,” Lau tweeted. “One side here was taken with a OnePlus 8 Pro, the other with another flagship phone (I think …

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• 9 April

  Google debuts a braille keyboard for vision

  

  Braille has been helping the blind and vision-impaired to read and communicate for more than 150 years. Now Google wants to help blind and vision-impaired Android users put braille to work on their smartphones. To do so, Google developed a virtual braille keyboard called TalkBack. In essence, it divides the user’s screen into six zones, each one representing one of …

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• 9 April

  Coronavirus app from Apple and Stanford aims at first responders

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Stanford Medicine and Apple have teamed up on a COVID-19 screening app for police, firefighters, paramedics and other first responders in the Bay Area. The iOS app, called First Responder COVID-19 Guide, offers a screening tool that can help determine if a coronavirus …

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