'World of Warcraft' keeps players indoors with a 100 percent XP bonus

If the world of Azeroth has been the place you’ve turned to find some time away from all the news about the coronavirus pandemic, Blizzard has something that should make your stay more productive. From now until April 20th, your World of Warcraft cha…

Educators can temporarily give Creative Cloud access to distance learners

Students who are stuck at home due to coronavirus concerns don’t have as many resources as a school could provide. For example, schools that teach graphics and video skills often have educational licenses for Adobe’s Creative Cloud, which are assigne…

What We Think We Know About the Coronavirus Is Going to Keep Changing

With new information about the novel coronavirus seemingly arriving every hour on the hour, it’s perfectly understandable to feel confused and discombobulated. With that in mind, here’s a mantra I’ve held close to my hopefully healthy lungs for almost three months now: The things we think we know about covid-19 are…

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Reddit’s Imaginary Maps Show Us It Could Always Be Worse

We’ve all mapped out some mental image of the world we live in, and it’s not great. Whatever our doomscape looks like, though, we can probably agree that it still beats a medieval patchwork of theocratic states after an unspecified Event, a zombie-colonized Britain, or a Pacific Northwest after Oregon’s fallen into…

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New Hampshire Governor Keeps Referring To Coronavirus As ‘The Flu’

It’s not the same as the flu. It’s far more lethal.

Netflix Pledges $100 Million to Help Entertainment Workers Impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic

As social distance and shelter-at-home orders continue to force the entertainment industry to suspend production and cancel or shift scheduled premieres, workers from all corners of the film and television worlds are being impacted as their work grinds to a halt. Now, Netflix says it’s created a $100 million relief…

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Texas Court Upholds Woman’s 5 Year Sentence For Trying To Vote

Crystal Mason was never told she couldn’t vote while on parole, and her provisional ballot wasn’t even counted.

During A Global Pandemic, Idaho Lawmakers Prioritize Attacking Trans Kids’ Rights

The state legislature has yet to pass anything to slow the spread of coronavirus, but it passed two anti-trans bills.

Sony clarifies PS5 backward compatibility

Earlier this week, Sony hosted a deep dive into some of the PlayStation 5’s hardware. During that presentation, PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny touched on the topic of backward compatibility, but what he had to say didn’t leave people feeling very confident that backward compatibility was going to be a priority for Sony in the next generation. Today, Sony clarified … Continue reading