Mongolia shares the world’s longest land border with China, but its early and highly centralized pandemic response has been so effective that not a single person in the landlocked country has died from covid-19. A former army colonel turned public health official recounts how Mongolia enacted its extensive quarantine and testing regime under a state […]
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Google Maps for iPhone Gets Improved Street-level Details, Natural Imagery
Google Maps has evolved and gained a slew of new features in the recent past. Now Google Maps on the iPhone gets improved street-level details and natural imagery in select cities, including San Francisco and London. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 Beta 5: What’s New
Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 for developers. As the public release date of iOS 14 is fast approaching, Apple is now likely to focus more on bug fixes and stability improvements rather than adding new features to the OS. Below is a roundup of all the new features […]
Here’s how to keep California’s grid from buckling under the heat
California’s electricity system is buckling under the strains of a blistering heat wave that may have established the highest temperature ever reliably recorded. As residents cranked up air conditioning en masse to keep cool, the state’s primary grid operator ordered a series of rolling blackouts that have left millions without power in recent days, at […]
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 Beta 5 Download Available Now
A week after Apple dropped the fourth beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, the company has released the fifth developer beta of the OS. With the iOS 14 public release date approaching, Apple will now be looking to squash all the reported bugs and fix stability issues with the OS. Continue reading → Powered […]
Apple Threatens to Go Thermonuclear on Epic Games; To Terminate Developer Accounts on August 28
Epic Game’s standoff with Apple has escalated further as the developer alleges Apple will terminate its developer account on August 28. Last week, Epic Games added a direct payment method on Fortnite. It is against Apple’s policy to add a direct payment method, and thus Fortnite was removed from the App Store. Soon enough, Epic […]
Apple TV+ Users Can Now Add CBS All Access and Showtime Subscription at Just $9.99
Apple TV+ users can now subscribe to both Showtime and CBS All Access at $9.99 per month. Users will also get a free 7-day trial and can share the subscription with up to six people via Family Sharing. The offer is only for Apple TV+ subscribers in the US. Continue reading → Powered by WPeMatico
Apple Updates TestFlight App to Version 2.7.0, Brings New App Icon and Bug Fixes
The TestFlight is an app from Apple that developers use to push beta versions of an app to testers, media, and other such parties. The TestFlight app was last updated on 11th December 2019 to version 2.6.0. This version had brought with it stability improvements and bug fixes. Today, Apple has updated the TestFlight app […]
Remote workers want to re-create those watercooler moments, virtually
Tom Malone refused to believe that watercooler conversations were dead just because so many people were suddenly working from home during the pandemic. He knew that random workplace chatter can help people build trust and form bonds. And as a researcher who studies technology and organizational design, he says, “it seemed obvious to me that […]
The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars
With the launch of three missions to Mars this summer (including a new NASA rover, Perseverance, that will look for signs of life), our exploration of the Red Planet will soon leap to new heights. And there are good reasons we should be obsessed with it: Mars is the only extraterrestrial world besides the moon that […]