Google offers free Stadia game access during pandemic
Google on Wednesday made its Stadia online video game service free to provide an escape for those hunkered down at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Facebook's new Tuned messaging app is for couples only
Facebook quietly launched an app that lets couples chat together.
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DualSense is the video game controller for PlayStation 5. Here's what it does.
While we wait to get our first official glimpse of the PlayStation 5, Sony is sharing the first details on the video game console's controller.
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Particle physicists design simplified ventilator for COVID-19 patients
An international team of particle physicists have paused their search for dark matter to focus on the needs of victims of the global pandemic—in particular, their need to breathe.
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Americans used less energy in 2019
Turning those lights off when you leave has a benefit.
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How technology is tackling virus-induced isolation in Norway
Widower Per Leif Rolid lives alone on his farm, a two-hour drive from Oslo. His sense of isolation has mounted with the COVID-19 pandemic, but a simple screen is helping him stay in touch—without requiring any computer ...
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Sheltering consumers shut out of Snapchat for hours
The Snapchat application popular with young smartphone users went offline Wednesday for undetermined reasons, the company said.
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Disney+ streaming service hits 50 million users
The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday said its television streaming service has already won 50 million paid subscribers just five months after its launch in the US.
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Future quantum computers may pose threat to today's most-secure communications
Quantum computers that are exponentially faster than any of our current classical computers and are capable of code-breaking applications could be available in 12 to 15 years, posing major risks to the security of current ...
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Virus outbreak delivers tech darlings a harsh reality check
Just as the coronavirus outbreak has boxed in society, it's also squeezed high-flying tech companies reliant on people's freedom to move around and get together.
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