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Apple will reopen a handful of US stores this week

Apple’s US retail stores have been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the company is going to start opening some of them back up this week. “We’re excited to begin reopening stores in the US, starting with some stores in Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama, and Alaska,” an Apple representative told CNBC. “Our new social distance protocol allows for a limited number of visitors in the store at […]

todayMay 11, 2020

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Avatar: The Last Airbender is hitting Netflix on May 15th

All three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be hitting Netflix in the US on May 15th, the streaming platform announced last week. The beloved animated show follows the adventures of Aang, the show’s namesake Avatar, as he masters the elements of water, earth, fire, and air and helps stop the Fire Nation’s war against the world. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from February 2005 to July 2008. It’s […]

todayMay 7, 2020

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Apple and Google have begun testing their COVID-19 exposure notification API

Apple and Google’s joint effort to help public health authorities track the spread of COVID-19 began testing last week. When the companies announced their collaboration earlier this month, the rare joint venture made people instantly stand up and take notice.  The two tech giants will deliver an initial version of their exposure notification API to a small number of developers working on apps for public health organizations and test it […]

todayMay 6, 2020

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Put down your Weapons and Party Royale in Fortnite’s new Experimental Mode

It’s time to party in Fortnite. Epic just launched a new, violence-free mode for the game, dubbed “party royale,” which removes two of the biggest elements from the experience: weapons and buildings. The mode introduces a new, smaller map, and Epic describes it as an “experimental and evolving space.”   The mode is playable right now, and the new island is already pretty full of things to do. At the […]

todayMay 5, 2020

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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ comes to Disney Plus early for May the Fourth

Rejoice, "Star Wars" fans, the wait is over. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" lands on Disney Plus on May 4.  To celebrate May the Fourth, Disney is rolling out "The Rise of Skywalker" on its Disney Plus streaming service a full two months early, uniting all nine chapters of the Skywalker Saga films in one place for the first time. "What began in 1977 with George Lucas' groundbreaking film […]

todayMay 4, 2020

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Happy 30th Birthday, Hubble Telescope!

"When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars." - Oscar Wilde   To celebrate the iconic telescope’s three decades in space, on April 24th the team of researchers behind the Hubble released an amazing new image of two nebulas in the Large Magellenic Cloud, a smaller galaxy about 163,000 light-years from our Milky Way. The larger, red nebula is NGC 2014, and the bright, newly formed […]

todayApril 30, 2020

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Apple and Google pledge to shut down Coronavirus Tracker when Pandemic Ends

The Verge reports that Apple and Google have revised their ambitious automatic contact-tracing proposal, just two weeks after the system was first announced. An Apple representative said the changes were the result of feedback both companies had received about the specifications and how they might be improved. The companies also released a “Frequently Asked Questions” page, which rehashes much of the information already made public. On a call accompanying the […]

todayApril 29, 2020

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More than 12 million people attended Travis Scott’s Fortnite concert

Travis Scott’s first virtual performance wasn’t just spectacular — it also broke a record. Developer Epic Games revealed that the concert, which took place inside of Fortnite, saw 12.3 million concurrent players participate. The developer says this is “an all-time record” for the battle royale game. The previous record holder was last year’s Marshmello concert, which topped 10.7 million virtual attendees. While that’s a big number, many more people saw […]

todayApril 28, 2020

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Messenger Rooms: Facebook’s answer to Zoom

Facebook is rolling out a suite of new products to expand its capabilities in video chat. On Friday, it announced Messenger Rooms, a tool for starting virtual hangouts with up to 50 people and allowing friends to drop in on you whenever they like. It’s also doubling the capacity of video calls on WhatsApp from four people to eight, adding video calls to Facebook Dating, and adding new live-streaming features […]

todayApril 27, 2020

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