Day: June 8, 2020

8 best payment apps in 2020 – CNET

From Apple Pay to Venmo, these are the best apps for mobile payments and sending money online. …read more Source:: CNet


Twitter is transforming modern protest. It’s vital that we use it right – CNET

Commentary: Social media might be impeding the revolution as much as it’s facilitating it. …read more Source:: CNet


Looney Tunes on HBO Max is ‘not doing guns,’ but scythes, anvils, TNT abound – CNET

The classic characters are still cartoonishly violent, just not shooting each other. …read more Source:: CNet


Motorola launches Moto G Fast, Moto E: Two budget phones under $200 – CNET

The Moto G Fast and Moto E are the latest affordable phones that bring solid features and a wallet-friendly price. …read more Source:: CNet


US Economy is in a Recession

It may seem obvious, with double-digit unemployment and plunging economic output. But if there was any remaining doubt that the U.S. is in a recession, it’s now been removed by the official scorekeepers at the National Bureau of Economic Research. From a report: The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee — the fat lady of economic…


Wireless Tin Can Telephone

For many kids, the tin-can telephone is a fun science experiment that doesn’t last much longer than it takes to tangle the string around a nearby tree. [Geoff] decided to go a different however, building a tin-can telephone that’s completely wireless. The build starts with a hacker favorite, the Arduino Uno. It’s hooked up to…


Save $100 on the newest MacBook Air – CNET

You can get one for as low as $900, but we make the case for going with the $1,200 model. …read more Source:: CNet


Kids Now Spend Nearly as Much Time Watching TikTok as YouTube in US, UK and Spain

A new study on kids’ app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube’s dominance, as kids now split their time between Google’s online video platform and other apps, like TikTok, Netflix and mobile games like Roblox. From a report: Kids ages four to 15 now spend an average of 85 minutes per day…


Sony’s PS5 games event on June 11: Everything you need to know – CNET

Sony’s PlayStation division planned to unveil games coming this fall, had delayed the event in the face of worldwide protests. …read more Source:: CNet


Singapore looks to ease privacy fears with ‘no internet’ wearable device

Slated to be ready for rollout later this month, wearable devices the country is developing for COVID-19 contact tracing will not have GPS, internet, or cellular connectivity, so data can only be extracted when the device is physically handed over to the Healthy Ministry. …read more Source:: ZDNet