Month: April 2020
Sleep apnea retrofit designed by doctors and engineers could help address ventilator shortage
The FDA has been working to adapt its policies and restrictions to respond to the growing need for unconventional solutions like shortages of medical equipment needed for treating COVID-19 patients. A group of doctors, engineers and medical researchers from UC Berkeley, UCSF and working hospitals has devised a creative solution…
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SoundCloud has a new way to help users directly support musicians
Musicians who rely on concert ticket sales are hurting — shows across the world have been cancelled, leaving bands with little recourse. Thankfully, platforms like Bandcamp and SoundCloud have been softening the blow. The latter is allowing musician… Source
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Apex Legends to add permanent duo mode and map rotation starting April 7th
Respawn’s battle royale title Apex Legends will add a permanent duos playlist to the game starting April 7th, the developer announced on Thursday. The decision is a welcome one for fans of the game who have long clamored for more variety in how the game can be played without needing…
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Germany’s Xpension pension platform raises €25M in A Series C growth round
The German pension and insurance industry was a laggard in the word of online a few years ago, but in recent times it’s quickly caught up. There’s further evidence of this trend with the news that Xpension (trading as xbAV), an online platform for pensions and life insurance, has raised…
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Firefox cached private files sent over Twitter for as long as a week
Twitter has disclosed a bug on its platform that affects all users who accessed the service from Mozilla’s Firefox browser. In a blog post, the social networking giant explained that its platform stored private files inside of Firefox’s cache, saying: “We recently learned that the way Mozilla Firefox stores cached…
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Twitter is rushing to verify health experts
Twitter is making good on its promise to verify more health experts. Since the company said it would expand verification two weeks ago, more than 1,000 accounts have received the coveted blue checkmark, according to a company spokesperson. The accoun… Source
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