AELTC/Ben Queenborough With sports starting to pick up again after the coronavirus-induced shutdown, you can expect pretty soon that certain social media feeds will once again be dominated by highlight reel clips depicting that day’s best dunks, touchdowns, home runs, and goals. Ever wonder how such moments find their way to social media within moments
Month: July 2020
Nubia Red Magic 5G “A good value gaming phone provided games are your number one priority, but it lacks the polish needed to be a strong everyday device.” Good gaming-focused design Excellent multimedia ability Plenty of performance Long battery life Mediocre camera Poor software experience Fingerprint sensor does not work MSRP $579.00 The Nubia Red
Security cameras offer homeowners peace of mind while they’re away, which is why they’ve proven so popular. Yet there’s also a dark side. You’ve likely read the horror stories about hackers terrorizing people through their security cameras, and these hacks reveal that there’s very little to protect security cam owners in the first place. According
Following a perfect lift-off from Rocket Lab’s launch site on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula on Sunday, July 5 local time, its Electron rocket’s payload failed to reach orbit after an anomaly occurred several minutes into the flight during the vehicle’s second-stage burn. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck described the failure of the mission as a
Hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir produced little or no reduction in the mortality in hospitalized patients compared to standard of care, the trial concluded. The World Health Organisation has pulled the steroid drug hydroxychloroquine and HIV treatment combination lopinavir/ritonavir from their ongoing COVID-19 Solidarity trials, after a recommendation from the international Steering Committee advising the same. The Solidarity Trial, established
Real-time RT-PCR continues to be the most accurate method available for the detection of the COVID-19 virus. The scale and accuracy of ongoing COVID-19 testing in India are in a gradual state of evolution, with new and improved kits developed by biotech companies worldwide coming into existence. Recently, the Indian Council of Medical Research recommended ELISA (short for ‘enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay’) for labs to test
Myrtle Beach in South Carolina on July 4, 2020.Photo: Sean Rayford (Getty Images) This Fourth of July is unlike any other in recent memory. In many places, absent are familiar scenes of fireworks and get togethers, replaced by warnings and worry about the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has infected at least 2.8 million Americans and
This year, some amazing 4th of July sales let you add awesome tech to your home and life and we’re seeing some great deals in games, too. Gaming has developed by leaps and bounds, and seems to move forward faster each year. Whether you’re answering the call of duty, mining crafts (or is it crafting
Wireless earbuds have become a must-have item for many people over the past year or so. Whether you wear them while working out or working from home, they make life easier because they are cordless and free up your hands. If you’re a fan of Apple products, there is no question as to which earbuds
Along with Amazon Prime Day, the annual 4th of July sales might be the best chance to score summer deals on big-ticket items like appliances, tools, and smart home tech. Home Depot is getting in the action with its own July 4 blowout, delivering discounts on all sorts of home essentials; but if smart home
Hundreds of tech-oriented startups worth a billion or more dollars had envisioned successful public offerings before the pandemic hit. But new tech listings slowed to nearly nothing this spring as companies have tried to adjust to the profound changes sweeping the world. Today, more and more companies are back to their previous plans, with Lemonade
Last Update: July 4, 2020. 4th of July sales are a chance to take home must-have tech like iPads and 4K TVs at rock-bottom prices. There is a catch, though. With each retailer claiming to have the cheapest 4th of July sales in town, tracking down the best 4th of July deals can seem like
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FP TrendingJul 04, 2020 15:21:46 IST Celestial fireworks in a star cluster called G286.21+0.17 have now been observed by astronomers. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile joined hands with the Hubble Space Telescope to create a mosaic of the star cluster, which appeared like ‘cosmic fireworks’ highlighting purple streamers and sizzling stars, as per a public
Long gone are the days when Tetris clones, Farmville knock-offs, and Pac-Man lookalikes populated much of Android’s burgeoning Google Play store. Now, Google’s operating system boasts a diverse games library that rivals that of some home consoles. Call of Duty Mobile, Minecraft, Fortnite, and remastered titles from the Grand Theft Auto collections are the cream
Civilization VI is an extremely dense game, with countless bonuses for doing seemingly mundane things. Out of all the ways to improve your Civ VI skills, understanding the cultures and leaders is the most important. After all, you don’t want to push Kristina of Sweden to win with a Domination victory, or worse, push Suleiman of the Ottoman
While the Nintendo Switch launched alongside one of the greatest AAA games of all time in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the system has become known as an indie machine to many. After all, the portability of the Switch and Switch Lite makes them ideal for indie games. Plenty of previously released
It really should be obvious at this point, but with America continuing to surpass previous records for daily new coronavirus cases, a warning seems warranted: If you plan on getting together with people to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend, wear a mask. Advertisement That’s the impetus behind a new alert Facebook is
While spring and summer are the prime seasons for bird watching, our winged friends are everywhere all the time, and they often switch out with the seasons, especially during peak migration. The best way to keep track of who and where they are is with smartphone apps. Many apps are adapted directly from the paper
Earlier this week, GGV Capital’s Jeff Richards and Hans Tung joined TechCrunch for an Extra Crunch Live session. During our hour-long chat, we touched on startup profitability, the global venture capital scene, why GGV doesn’t have an office in Europe, how the venture industry is responding to its stark lack of diversity and other issues.
Welcome back to our $100 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) series, in which we take irregular looks at companies that have reached material scale while still private. The goal of our project is simple: uncovering companies of real worth beyond how they are valued by private investors. The Exchange is a daily look at startups
When Troy Hunt launched Have I Been Pwned in late 2013, he wanted it to answer a simple question: Have you fallen victim to a data breach? Seven years later, the data-breach notification service processes thousands of requests each day from users who check to see if their data was compromised — or pwned with
Minecraft Dungeons is a far bigger game than many reviews let on. It keeps a lot of content close to its chest. When looking at the level select screen, it does look like a short trip to the game’s end credits, but since release, players have combed through enough of its initial offerings to find
Like Apple’s Mac App Store, Microsoft struggles to deliver a strong app portfolio for Windows 10. The Microsoft Store’s library is certainly more populated with the apps we use most, like Facebook, Netflix, and Hulu, for instance. However, you’ll find an even bigger selection on Android. We show you how to run Android apps on
In a year marred by an ongoing global pandemic, it’s temptingly easy to argue that ridesharing is doomed. Why would you want to ride with strangers and go Dutch on a herd of germs when you could drive your own car and know whose filth you’re bathing in? This argument has merits, but it leaves
The pandemic hasn’t slowed down dating app S’More — at least according to CEO Adam Cohen-Aslatei, who said that the app’s daily active user count doubled in March and hasn’t gone down since. “When people are working form home, they have much more time to dedicate to their relationships,” Cohen-Aslatei told me. The app (whose
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FP TrendingJul 03, 2020 18:06:36 IST Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., or QTIL, has collaborated with India’s e-commerce company Flipkart for their maiden range of wireless audio devices for India under the HRX brand. Qualcomm powered products that form a part of the new HRX audio collection include – True Wireless Earbuds – HRX X-Drops 9G,
For two months, the people of Hong Kong waited in suspense after China’s legislature approved a new national security law. The legislation’s details were finally made public yesterday and almost immediately went into effect. As many Hong Kong residents feared, the broadly written new law gives Beijing extensive authority over the Special Administrative Region and
FP TrendingJul 03, 2020 12:17:21 IST The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that the Moon might be more metallic than researchers have earlier thought. Using the Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) instrument on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft, researchers found evidence that the Moon’s subsurface may contain vast amounts of iron and titanium.