April 2020 Tech Articles
- Banned coronavirus conspiracy videos are back on YouTube and raking in ad money
- OpenAI's Jukebox can generate music that sounds like dead artists
- Tesla wants you to pay $100 a month for its self-driving features
- Report: Quibi has been leaking users' email addresses to ad firms
- Facebook's Blender chatbot is an AI with personality but a short memory
- Leaker claims iPhone 12 will start at $649, iPhone 12 Pro won't get price hike
- Remote working due to COVID-19 is fuelling Microsoft's sales boost
- Google's Fast Pair brings AirPod-like Bluetooth pairing to Android
- Final releases wireless Evangelion earbuds and they look amazing
- Apple and Google's betas for COVID-19 contact tracing are live
- Lenovo is selling a ThinkPad keyboard, complete with the glorious nipple
- Google Meet, the company's Zoom-killer, is now free for everyone
- TikTok and Instagram roll out live fundraiser tools for COVID-19 aid
- Anchor can now turn your video calls into podcasts
- Samsung's bean-like AirPod Pro challengers will be called the Galaxy BudsX
- This 'touchless' electric car charging robot is the COVID-19 luxury we need
- YouTube is bringing its fact-check feature to the U.S.
- Twitter is finally killing its SMS service almost everywhere
- Employers are turning to AI to enforce social distancing for COVID-19
- Android
- Apple
- Galaxy Fold 2 will replace small, skinny display with one you can actually use
- UPS will use drones to deliver medication to retirees in Florida
- Twitter is guessing users' genders to sell ads and often getting it wrong
- Europe's GDPR legislation is proving worryingly toothless
- Intel is using AI to try and save coral reefs
- Your antivirus software was probably compromised until very recently
- Good news for Elon Musk: Ford's Mustang EV has been delayed
- Malicious GIFs left Microsoft Teams open to hackers
- Eight-year-old discovers iPhone Screen Time workaround to watch more YouTube
- Apple knows you're probably not buying a new iPhone this year
- Google shadily inserts links to its Duo video chat app when users text about Zoom
- If you receive this message your iPhone will crash
- Apple and Google answer key questions about contact tracing in a new FAQ
- This 'social distancing hat' projects a six-foot circle around the wearer
- Facebook's settlement over Cambridge Analytica has finally been approved
- Facebook wants to take on Zoom with Messenger Rooms
- A 'brain-computer interface' has helped restore a man's lost sense of touch
- This gel cools and charges batteries at the same time and could make Teslas go further
- Bug in federal emergency loan system may have leaked thousands of applicants' info
- You can now stick a modern infotainment system in a classic Porsche
- Boston Dynamics' Spot is turning up at hospitals like the harbinger of doom we expected it to be
- Microsoft's Surface Earbuds go on sale May 6 but will anyone care?
- A flaw in the iOS Mail app could have given hackers easy access to your emails for years
- Google and Apple's COVID-19 contact tracing API will be ready for developers next week
- Google now requires all advertisers to verify their identity
- Report: Amazon Ring is quietly working on surveillance options
- Facebook enhances Messenger for kids but you should still avoid it
- Facebook adds abstract location data to Pages with large audiences in attempt at transparency
- Palantir's 'Foundry' data tools will be at the core of U.S. COVID-19 tracking
- Magic Leap lays off employees as it abandons consumer products
- Netflix gained a ton of new subscribers thanks to coronavirus lockdowns
- The nearly year-old Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 is getting a new trick
- Millions of Facebook users' information just sold for cheap on the dark web
- Sonos Radio is the speaker company's foray into streaming music
- A popular fitness app just leaked 42 million records of user data
- Zoom will stop routing your calls through China... if you pay
- Alternative Android app store Aptoide has suffered a major data breach
- Vanmoof announces new S3 and X3 electric bikes, slashes price by a third
- Rivian is road testing its EVs remotely while employees self-isolate
- Kandypens' Miva 2: A dry herb vape even traditional stoners will love
- LG's new Velvet phone and raindrop camera won't save LG
- Dystopia or life-saver? This AI tracks human social distancing in real-time
- Input/Output
- iPad Pro Magic Keyboard hands-on shows why it's not just a laptop case
- Lime scooters are returning to the streets of select U.S. and EU cities
- Researchers used PC fan vibrations to steal air-gapped data
- Look out Apple, Google's making a physical card for Google Pay
- Apple Music finally works in a web browser so you can stream from anywhere
- Leaked iPhone 12 Pro reveals hot skinny bod, and maybe Apple Pencil support
- Rejoice: Spotify will now let you hide songs from other users' playlists
- Scammers are exploiting coronavirus uncertainty to target your email, Google warns
- Instacart launches prescription delivery with Costco partnership
- Apple is changing how MacBooks charge in order to increase the battery's lifespan
- Clearview AI somehow gets even sketchier, exposes its source code in security lapse
- This open-source program lets you run deepfakes on live video calls
- Facebook ditches plan to host local events in lieu of F8 as pandemic drags on
- Elon Musk hits back at critics with a list of hospitals he claims were sent Tesla ventilators
- The IRS stimulus check website is already broken
- YouTube Music's Explore tab will let you dive deeper into your favorite genres
- Google is working on a minimalist version of Gboard
- The new iPhone SE is here and it's basically an iPhone 8 that costs $399
- $5 Raspberry Pi Zero computers are being used to power life-saving ventilators
- Elon Musk said Tesla would fight COVID-19 with new ventilators. They never came.
- An Evangelion-themed Tamagotchi line is about to drop
- Google pulls dozens of Chrome extensions posing as crypto wallets
- Play virtual DJ for your friends on Discord and DJ3D
- Hacker releases Airbreak, a tool that turns CPAP machines into ventilators
- Google's Wear OS will send you periodic reminders to wash your hands
- YouTube helps small businesses create ads with a new, free tool
- Facebook wants to build its own virtual Westworld
- This Italian collector got his hands on rare prototypes of the original Apple Watch
- Apple is using Maps data to show how well people are social distancing
- TikTok delivers video over unsecured HTTP, exposing the app to attack
- Google’s custom chips could launch in Pixel phones next year
- Apple may launch a cheaper HomePod to finally compete with Google Home
- Amazon has fired two more workers who criticized its response to the coronavirus
- Nitter is a new front-end for Twitter that helps hide you from advertisers
- The FDA now allows for the decontamination of N95 masks
- You've gotta catch these Pikachu earbuds in their Pokeball charging case
- OnePlus 8 Pro: watch the livestream announcement here
- Instagram launches TikTok
- Could the Apple Watch's Digital Crown be on the way out? New leaks suggest so
- The NHS contact-tracing app might let the U.K. government identify users
- Instagram Live streams can now be watched from a desktop browser
- Spark inspiration during quarantine with this DIY idea generator
- You can now find virtual healthcare providers with Google Maps
- The Coast Guard teams up with Palantir to aid its COVID-19 response
- Google gets the green light to turn on its high-speed subsea cable but must bypass Hong Kong
- Maingear shows off compact ventilator made with 3D printing and NVIDIA Shield tablet
- You can now tell Facebook to shut up for more than 8 hours at a time
- Iceland is taking an open-source approach to its COVID-19 proximity tracing
- Instagram will finally let you send DMs from a desktop
- IBM will offer free COBOL training to address overloaded unemployment systems
- Apple and Google announce historic partnership to fight COVID-19 with Bluetooth contact tracing
- Microsoft Teams has added custom backgrounds and other Zoom-like features
- Facebook is suing a dev for software that evades its restrictions on COVID-19 ads
- Alphabet's drone delivery service is doing great thanks to COVID-19
- New York launches unemployment site with Google to get a handle on the influx of applicants
- Twitch Watch Party lets streamers watch Prime Video with their fans
- Google just released a virtual braille keyboard for Android
- Microsoft will delay dual-screen Windows 10X devices until 2021
- Private messaging service Signal will leave the U.S. if the EARN IT bill passes
- Facebook might go back to its college-based roots with a new 'Campus' feature
- France rules Google News must pay outlets to repost content
- This iOS 'Main Menu' concept would completely revolutionize the iPad
- MIT can help you turn any surface into a remote control
- A data breach has exposed sensitive data from the U.S. energy sector
- Google won't let its employees use Zoom
- Right-wing alternative social network Gab is launching its own take on Zoom
- What kind of sick freak needs this gaming laptop's massive, tilting Touch Bar?
- Jared Kushner wants a national coronavirus surveillance system
- Second Life launches virtual book tours for quarantined readers
- This quiz will tell you which law enforcement agencies have your face
- Google finally fixes Pixel 4 face-unlock to require your eyes be open, but not by default
- Snapchat debuts cash-scanning AR Lens to inspire donations for coronavirus relief
- Edison's OnMail is a privacy-centric email service designed to rival Gmail
- Ads containing coronavirus misinformation are still slipping through Facebook's moderation
- Landlord app Naborly issues 'sorry, not sorry' response over April rent backlash
- Netflix will now let you lock your profile with a PIN as it tightens parental controls
- Facebook's new couples' messaging app looks oddly similar to that Kushner-Kloss V-day project
- Movie Anywhere's Screen Pass lets you lend your friends your digital movie purchases
- Amazon is threatening to fire workers for violating social distancing rules
- Taiwan has banned government officials from using Zoom
- iPhone 12 and iOS 14 leak shows Apple is finally doing home screen widgets
- Google Maps can trace your moves down to the very movie you saw at a theater
- Self-driving car startup Zoox lays off human drivers after coronavirus forced tests to halt
- This smart toilet can recognize you by your 'analprint'
- PayPal, Venmo, and Amazon are still vulnerable to SIM-swapping hackers
- Report: Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Buds will look like beans
- A Microsoft web browser is finally relevant again thanks to Chromium-powered Edge
- YouTube will remove videos peddling that ridiculous coronavirus 5G conspiracy
- Tesla shows off ventilator prototype made of Model 3 parts
- Tim Cook says Apple is making face shields for COVID-19 medical workers
- More ventilator designs are being open-sourced to help accelerate production
- Google has earmarked fresh funds to fight coronavirus misinformation
- Twitter's verifying medical experts' accounts but the process remains murky
- Apple's U.S. stores will stay closed until at least early May
- A Microsoft employee penned Washington state's sketchy facial recognition law
- Amazon is doing the sensible thing and delaying Prime Day due to COVID-19
- Zoom can make your private chats public, and other horrors
- YouTube begins rolling out TikTok-like 'Shorts'
- The iPad Pro's hidden security feature is perfect for a post-laptop future
- Google is donating Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots to students around California
- Pin anyone's tweet to your Twitter profile with this app
- Zoom finally announces a plan to address privacy concerns
- Apple accidentally confirms it's working on AirTags as Tile accuses it of anti-competitive behavior
- What character are you from every pop culture universe? This 'scientific' quiz will tell you
- Facebook Messenger has arrived for desktop and Zoom best watch out
- Instagram wants to help us help others thanks to a user's request
- Report: OnePlus 8 display is 'visually indistinguishable from perfect'
- SoftBank is pulling the plug on its $3.3B WeWork investor buyout plan
- A Zoom vulnerability can expose your Windows username and password
- Amazon's made a deal to sidestep Apple's 30 percent pound of flesh for Prime Video titles
- Robots like Moxi are joining doctors and nurses on the COVID-19 frontlines
- Lawmakers are flocking to Facebook ads due to Google's coronavirus ad ban
- The FBI's surveillance system is, unsurprisingly, terribly flawed
- iOS users will soon be able to share Apple Music tracks to Instagram and Facebook
- A porn site finally launched a 'panic button'... wait, why don't they all have this?
- Microsoft
- Samsung
- Facebook expands Community Health feature for coronavirus aid
- T-Mobile and Sprint officially merge, with new CEO at the helm
- WhatsApp might soon let you sign in from multiple devices
- Spotify makes homeschooling a little easier with Spotify Kids app
- New emails show Tesla tried to skirt local shelter-in-place restrictions
- YouTube Music now has profile pages with all your public playlists
