April, 2020

• 8 April

  Best games for your work

  

  Working remotely is a little easier because you managed to snag a decent work-from-home laptop. Maybe it’s a borrowed one from the office. Maybe it’s a standard mainstream family laptop. Maybe you splurged on something new and ordered it online.  But, chances are it’s not a gaming laptop. No flashing lights. No alien, snake or …

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• 8 April

  Coronavirus app could trace your contacts without sacrificing your privacy

  

  Some of the biggest names in encryption are developing a smartphone app they hope will tamp down the coronavirus pandemic without trampling privacy. Private Automated Contact Tracing, or PACT, is designed to let people figure out if they’ve been near others who’ve caught COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. If you’ve tested positive, you can use the …

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• 8 April

  Longtime Mozilla leader Mitchell Baker is now CEO

  

  On Wednesday, Mozilla chair and longtime leader Mitchell Baker was named permanent CEO of the company that makes the Firefox web browser.  Mitchell became interim CEO of Mozilla in December 2019 after former CEO Chris Beard resigned. The company conducted an external candidate search over the last eight months, and concluded the Mitchell is the right leader for Mozilla at …

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• 8 April

  Samsung Galaxy A Series phones compared: A01 vs. A11 vs. A21 vs. A51 vs. A71 vs. A50

  

  Samsung introduced six new phones to its popular Galaxy A series on Wednesday. There are two 5G phones and four 4G phones. Two of the four 4G phones will be available starting Thursday. The base Galaxy A01 phone will be available in the US for $110 (about £90 or AU$180) along with the A51 LTE phone, which costs $400 (£329, AU$599). …

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• 8 April

  Now you can share Movies Anywhere films with friends and family for free

  

  In a move designed to give people stuck at home during coronavirus lockdown something new to watch for free, digital locker service Movies Anywhere now lets its users share movies from their personal collections to anyone with an Apple or Android mobile device.  The new Screen Pass feature is available to Movies Anywhere users who sign up for the open beta here, but …

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• 8 April

  Disney Plus surpasses 50 million subscribers in five months

  

  Disney Plus has surpassed 50 million subscribers in the five months since it launched, the company said Wednesday. By comparison, Netflix — the biggest subscription video service in the world — had 167 million global subscribers as of the end of last year. That’s three times the size of Disney Plus now, but Netflix began streaming more than a decade ago.  Disney Plus …

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• 8 April

  Chrome OS 81 gets tablet

  

  Google’s new Chrome OS 81 update for Chromebooks is set with new navigation gestures for easier use in tablet mode. With more Chromebooks featuring touchscreens and keyboardless options such as Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet, the update introduces Android 10 and iPadOS-like gestures when they’re used as tablets.  Read more: Best Chromebooks for 2020 With the new set of gestures, you can go to …

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• 8 April

  Stadia opens up for free to everyone

  

  Google’s game streaming service, Stadia, opened up the free tier of its service in 14 countries Wednesday. Those who sign up for the service will have their subscription upgraded to Stadia Pro for two months (it’s normally $9.99 a month) and can receive nine free games as part of the upgraded plan.  Since its launch back in November of 2019, Stadia has …

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• 8 April

  Instacart adds features to increase number of deliveries

  

  Grocery delivery service Instacart has been slammed with orders during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to many users unable to schedule any deliveries. The company added two new features to speed up service and open up more delivery windows.  “Fast & Flexible” and “Order Ahead” are now available in the Instacart app, according to a press release Wednesday. The first feature, …

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• 8 April

  Get a DJI Mavic Mini drone for $70 off (Update: Sold out)

  

  Want to raise your TikTok-video game? Add a sky camera to your toolkit in the form of a drone. Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, B&H has the preowned DJI Mavic Mini for $329.95. That’s one of the lowest prices I’ve seen to date. The Mini still sells new for $400 pretty much everywhere. (Consequently, …

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