A cable cut a large gash into the radio telescope this week and it’s uncertain when it will be back in working order. Powered by WPeMatico
How to Turn Your Camera into a Webcam: Canon, Fujifilm, GoPro, and More
Months into the pandemic, webcams are still hard to find. But if you’re a shutterbug, you already have a better option. Powered by WPeMatico
Covid-19 “long haulers” are organizing online to study themselves
Gina Assaf was running in Washington, DC, on March 19 when she suddenly couldn’t take another step. “I was so out of breath I had to stop,” she says. Five days earlier, she’d hung out with a friend; within a day, that friend had started showing three classic signs of covid-19: fever, cough, and shortness […]
With VP Pick Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Gets a Digital Juggernaut
The senator and her team have earned a reputation for savvy online organizing. That could come in handy for a socially distanced presidential campaign. Powered by WPeMatico
With VP Pick Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Gets a Digital Juggernaut
The senator and her team have earned a reputation for savvy online organizing. That could come in handy for a socially distanced presidential campaign. Powered by WPeMatico
Caviar Is Taking Pre-orders for $5,000 ‘Musk Be on Mars’ SpaceX iPhone 12 Pro Concept
Caviar is known for offering customized solid gold iPhone casings. Recently, the Russian luxury brand announced a solid gold iPhone 12, that will be launched later this year. We have also seen custom-edition iPhone Cyberphone edition by Caviar. Keeping up with its fixation on Elon Musk, the company has started taking preorders for ‘Musk be […]
When Private Security Cameras Are Police Surveillance Tools
Civil rights activists warn of “mission creep,” as cameras installed to prevent break-ins are increasingly used to monitor protesters and communities of color. Powered by WPeMatico
How Google Meet Weathered the Work-From-Home Explosion
In the early months of Covid-19, Google’s video conferencing platform grew exponentially. Keeping the lights on was no easy task. Powered by WPeMatico
The EU is launching a market for personal data. Here’s what that means for privacy.
The European Union has long been a trendsetter in privacy regulation. Its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and stringent antitrust laws have inspired new legislation around the world. For decades, the EU has codified protections on personal data and fought against what it viewed as commercial exploitation of private information, proudly positioning its regulations in […]
Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US
The large number of people already infected with the coronavirus in the US has begun to act as a brake on the spread of the disease in hard-hit states. Millions of US residents have been infected by the virus that causes covid-19, and at least 160,000 are dead. One effect is that the pool of […]