On the Plus Side, Maybe George R.R. Martin Will Finish Winds of Winter Now

Things are…bad, right? There’s a deadly disease spreading across the planet. The world’s governments and health organizations are struggling to catch up. Most people are isolated to their homes hoping to curb the panic, events are cancelled, and gathering places are almost all closed.

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How To Get More Ventilators And What To Do If We Can’t

Factory capacity can be ramped up, but the components come from overseas and they could be hard to find.

Songs During Shutdown: Musicians Perform Online Concerts Despite COVID-19

Music is one way to share a connection with others during the coronavirus outbreak, and it’s not all the blues.

How To Tell If An App, Game Or Show Is Actually Educational For Kids

Experts offer advice to parents looking to make smart decisions with their children’s screen time.

Movies Anywhere beta Screen Pass feature lets users share content

Movies Anywhere, the service that allows consumers to watch the movies they’ve purchased on a variety of different services, is adding a new Screen Pass feature for sharing content. With this, consumers will be able to share their movies with friends, enabling them to enjoy more content during their long days stuck at home. There will be some limitations to … Continue reading

LG's 48-inch gaming OLED TV arrives in June for $1,499

If your idea of sticking it out at home involves catching up on games and movies, LG might have some good news. The company has started rolling out its 2020 OLED TVs, complete with US pricing and release dates for the collection. The highlight for…

I Work From Home and These Three Habits Give Me Structure

Working from home can be a challenge for so many reasons, not the least of which is that it requires you to create your own structures and routines. It’s a cliché to say “put on pants” when giving advice to people who are just starting a work from home life, but it’s a cliche for a reason: Putting on pants is kind of…

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Major Book Publisher Abandons Terrible Plan to Keep New Ebooks Out of Libraries

Trying to maintain social distance while not losing your mind from boredom? Your public library’s collection of ebooks is an excellent resource, and now you have an even larger selection: One of the Big Five U.S. publishers walked back its 8-week delay on licensing new ebook releases to libraries.

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Coronavirus Misinformation Is Spreading Through Bogus Texts And Group Chats

False rumors have circulated wildly about drastic measures to stop the outbreak.

Study warns stealth spread of coronavirus can fuel major outbreaks

A newly published study reveals that so-called ‘stealth’ transmission of the novel coronavirus largely fueled the outbreak that impacted China. The study says that many of the COVID-19 cases in China likely didn’t have severe symptoms, meaning infected people may have thought they had a simple cold and went on with their lives. This, in turn, caused the virus to … Continue reading