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The world economy has had itself a start to the week, and not in a good way. The creep of COVID-19 across the world has revealed the interconnected nature of just about everything, particularly global markets.Read more...

A Roav Smart Charge FM Transmitter, Lasko tower fan, an Insignia Air Fryer, Super Mario Maker 2, and a sale at Baby Gap are some of Wednesday’s best deals of the day.

The saga of Pablo Escobar-branded folding phones continues. When the Pablo Escobar Fold 1 and Fold 2 launched, every phone nerd could tell that these phones were blatant, suspiciously priced rebrands of other foldable smartphones. Namely, the Royole FlexPai and the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Well, now YouTubers have gotten…Read more...

Despite looking like a miniaturized clone of Nintendo’s Switch Lite, the Powkiddy Q90 lacks the power needed to play nearly every game released in the past 25 years. Guess there’s something to be said about not judging a book—or a console—based on its cover. The $50 Powkiddy Q90 is, however, a solid and cheap way to…Read more...

House Republicans were warned by a public health expert in a closed-door briefing last week that most Americans will eventually be exposed to the novel coronavirus, according to a new report from the Daily Beast. The news comes as President Donald Trump continues to downplay the danger from the virus and public health…Read more...

You’ve got more choices than ever when it comes to building a home speaker setup. But the real question is: Should you buy wired speakers, wifi speakers, or Bluetooth speakers? What about a mix of the three? Here we’ll outline the different approaches these three standards take in terms of audio, and what the benefits…Read more...

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The state of Colorado is opening the country’s second drive-thru coronavirus testing station in Denver on Wednesday, according to a press release sent to Gizmodo late Tuesday. But there’s one catch: People can only get tested if they receive a doctor’s note recommending a test for the virus.

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2020 in Los Angeles is canceled, Ars Technica reported on Tuesday evening, citing multiple sources who said that the its organizers at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) will soon make a public announcement.

Google has asked all of its North American employees—well over 100,000, counting all those working under parent company Alphabet, and a similarly massive number of contractors—to work from home due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, Business Insider reported on Tuesday.

We’ve known for awhile that Invisible Man was just the beginning of Universal’s “let’s try this again” revival of its monster series (after the Dark Universe flopped). Now, there’s another classic joining the list of upcoming projects: a brand-new take on Dracula from a director with major horror cred.

A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday took aim at what one witness described as a “dire threat” to the digital marketplace—the processes by which “platform monopolists” such as Google allegedly maintain a stranglehold over the range of apps and services most commonly adopted by consumers; using its own services, in fact,…Read more...

When Montblanc launched its Summit 2 smartwatch two years ago, the pricey device was notable for being one of the only Wear OS watches around with the next-gen Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 chip, which offered better performance than past Android watches. But the Summit 2 cost a whopping $995. Now Montblanc is back…Read more...

The other day, I was scrolling through Netflix, looking for a distraction from all the pain of my hair and all my terrible car opinions, seeking out some quality space-travel-focused sci-fi, because I love that crap. As I was scrolling, looking at the thumbnails of the various movies and shows and whatever, I realized…Read more...

A new study out Tuesday seems to confirm a remarkable achievement in the world of HIV research. A London man living with HIV who received an experimental stem cell transplant has appeared free of the virus for at least 30 months despite no longer taking medication. They say it’s strong evidence that he may be cured of…Read more...

While COVID-19 may have forced Google to cancel in-person attendance of Google I/O 2020, that doesn’t mean the company isn’t working on new gadgets to show off like the rumored Pixel 4a and potentially now this: a Chromecast Ultra powered by Android TV.Read more...

On Monday, President Donald Trump once again tried to downplay the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak that’s now hit over 100 countries and begun spreading within the U.S. He tweeted that the seasonal flu has killed over 37,000 Americans this winter—far more than the 22 deaths from COVID-19 that had been reported…Read more...

If you’ve ever had to fly during the cold winter months you’ve probably already experienced the hassle of a delayed flight because the aircraft had to be blasted with deicer before take off. But annoying delays are just one of many issues ice build-up on a plane can cause, so researchers have come up with a better…Read more...

The U.S. government definitely has its priorities in order. Apparently, it’s considering using the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to pour money into fossil fuel companies.Read more...

A typical neutron star measures 22 kilometers (13.6 miles) wide, according to new research. It’s the most accurate measurement yet of these highly compact, super-dense objects.Read more...

Responding to criticism over how it handled the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese government banned words and word combinations like ‘Wuhan,’ ‘Red Cross,’ and ‘Crisis + Beijing’ from popular social media platforms. But China’s social media users have been creatively replacing those words with more obscure…Read more...

Gig work has become a source of major concern in relation to the coronavirus outbreak, with diffuse, largely uninsured workforces putting themselves at risk of infection while also potentially providing a major vector for it to spread. While none of these companies’ responses have been ideal, Postmates revealed a plan…Read more...

Whisper, the anonymous messaging app beloved by teens and tweens the world over, has a problem: it’s not as anonymous as we’d thought. The platform is only the latest that brands itself as private by design while leaking sensitive user data into the open, according to a damning Washington Post report out earlier…Read more...

The state of New York is setting up a special coronavirus containment zone in the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County with the help of the National Guard, according to a press conference with state officials on Tuesday afternoon.Read more...

The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, covering an area roughly the size of Australia. And yet it and other large ecosystems could be gone within our lifetime.Read more...

With less than a month until Quibi officially launches, things appear to have gotten a little rocky for the mobile-first video streaming service. The company has been forced to cancel its star-studded launch event over coronavirus fears, and it’s now being accused of stealing its key feature from another video…Read more...

Most of the matter in the universe is undetectable in any way except for the gravity it exerts. While some think this mysterious “dark matter” must be made up of unknown particles, others suggest a familiar particle could be the key.

In Black Lightning’s third season, the Pierce family and their allies found themselves at the center of a crisis threatening Freeland. The city was occupied by the corrupt American Security Agency and besieged by operatives from the nation of Markovia in attempts to gain control of Freeland’s population of young…Read more...

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Yesterday, hints in early code from iOS 14 suggested that Apple is working on bringing support for blood oxygen monitoring to the Apple Watch. But now, new info has revealed a load of other new features that could find their way into iOS 14 and iPadOS.Read more...

Did you know that not only does the finale of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have cameos of ships from animated series Rebels, Resistance, Clone Wars, and the theme park ride Star Tours, but 55 newly designed ships? That’s one of several brand new revelations in the above clip, which io9 is excited to exclusively…Read more...

Yesterday, Google decided to remove the Iranian government’s official Covid-19 app from its Play Store. The app itself was billed as a tool to help test and track persons infected with the new coronavirus—but it would appear that many feared more nefarious reasons behind the app, highlighting Iranians’ distrust of…Read more...

Andrzej Sapkowski might be best known for writing the Witcher series (and giving incredibly candid interviews), but there are plenty of titles under his belt. His other major fantasy series—one that’s based on real history—is finally coming to the United States in the first English translation of The Tower of Fools.

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Even though depression is a common and debilitating mental illness, the last groundbreaking medication released for it was Prozac, approved in 1987. Throughout the last 20 years, though, research scientists have discovered that ketamine, a common anesthetic and, at times, a recreational drug, is a rapid and effective…Read more...

Matt Schlapp, the organizer of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), insisted on Laura Ingraham’s show last night that everyone needs to “calm down” about the new coronavirus. Schlapp appeared on the Fox News program via Skype because he’s currently in self-quarantine over fears he may have been exposed…Read more...

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At least 20 ad-blocking and virtual private network (VPN) apps owned by analytics firm Sensor Tower may have been secretly spying on users’ phones, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation on Monday.

The cancellation of this year’s annual South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, due to the global coronavirus pandemic has hit its organizing body hard, with dozens of employees let go on Monday.

Both A Death in the Family and Batman: The Killing Joke are infamous for featuring stories in which the Joker waged war against the Dark Knight by targeting other members of Bat-Family, like Jason Todd and Barbara Gordon, in ways that left them brutalized.Read more...

When Doctor Who first went through the process of swapping out the actor for its titular hero—something that’s now weaved into the very fabric of the show’s worldbuilding as the process of regeneration—there was no precedent for the cast or crew. Could the show work without William Hartnell? Could audiences accept a…Read more...

The Russian robotics company Promobot—makers of the touchscreen coronavirus robot—piqued horrified curiosity at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show with an animatronic Terminator-era Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rat king in form, robot slave in function, Promobot promises that “‘Arnold Schwarzenegger’ will meet your…Read more...

It looks like the danger to Will Robinson will be over before too long. Netflix has announced it’s renewed Lost in Space for a third and final season, seeing the Robinson family’s long and tiresome journey to Alpha Centauri come to an end.

It’s another day in the world of awful coronavirus news, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is here to remind us of how much everything sucks.Read more...

During the Late Cretaceous, days were roughly 30 minutes shorter than they are today, according to chemical traces found on a 70-million-year-old shell belonging to an extinct mollusk.Read more...

A federal jury on Monday said it had failed to reach a verdict on eight counts in the trial of a former CIA computer engineer who is accused of leaking a trove of classified material to the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks.

Judging from my inbox and the daily requests for advice I’m now getting from co-workers and friends, it’s safe to say that many people are wondering about how the coronavirus should affect their immediate plans—and the somber truth is that it should affect them a lot.

Ever since it officially launched last month, game publishers have been abandoning Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming platform in droves. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, meanwhile, has defended the service, arguing it’s the most developer-friendly option out there right now.Read more...

Americans drove 40 percent more miles in 2019 than they did in 1994, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. More driving means more congested traffic. So to reduce congestion, it makes sense to build more highway lanes so that more cars can fit. Right? Actually, no. A new report from the policy…Read more...

In the worst-case scenarios played out by the ceaseless, sputtering filmstrip of an anxiety-addled brain, the first freedom to disappear under a global pandemic will be bodily autonomy. Self-isolation will strand millions of people in their own homes, eating lentils and gazing out dirty windows at streets that used to…Read more...