Month: April 2020
Tesla shows how it’s building ventilators with car parts
Tesla is among a group of automakers retooling facilities to build ventilators for the Covid-19 crisis. In the following video, the company provides a behind-the-scene look at its ventilator design process. [embedded content] Like Ford and General Motors, Tesla engineers are building its vent with parts for its vehicles. The…
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Internet of Elephants launches Wildeverse, an AR game about endangered animals and conservation
On Friday, the Kenyan augmented reality game developer Internet of Elephants launched its latest game in partnership with the conservation science experts from the Borneo Nature Foundation, Goualougo Triangle Ape Foundation, Zoo Atlanta and Chester Zoo. The new game, called “Wildeverse”, uses AR to create a virtual forest that players…
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YouTube says it will suppress content promoting false 5G coronavirus conspiracy
YouTube said it would reduce the number of videos it recommends to users on its platform which spread false claims that 5G technology is linked to the coronavirus, The Guardian reported. The company said it will remove videos that violate its policies. It may allow other conspiracy-themed content about 5G…
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GrubHub/Seamless’s pandemic initiatives are predatory and exploitative, and it’s time to stop using them
Times are exceptionally hard, especially for local restaurants, which were always in a precarious business even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But when times are hard, people pull together, right? Or at least they don’t take advantage of the suffering and desperate to exploit and profit from them. Right? We’d…
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The Coronavirus Is Forcing Religious Communities Apart. Can Technology Hold Them Together?
BuzzFeed News; Alamy The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. In South Carolina, a Baptist pastor wonders how to solicit donations during a…
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Zoom CEO responds to security and privacy concerns: “We had some missteps”
Appearing before a background that said “we care” over an image of a heart-shaped planet Earth, Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan said Sunday on CNN that despite the company’s recent security problems, its “intentions are good.” “We moved too fast… and we had some missteps,” Yuan said in an interview…
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