Critics Rip Penn. House Speaker After Questionable COVID-19 Post

Rep. Mike Turzai’s chief of staff says he was simply pointing out the vulnerabilities of Pennsylvanians to the disease.

After Screaming About Discrimination, Ex-Google Engineer James Damore Silently Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit

More than two years later, the battle between ex-Google engineer James Damore and the company is over, although we won’t know much about how it ended. Earlier this week, Damore and three other men asked a California court to dismiss the lawsuit, which claimed that the company discriminated against conservative white…

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San Diego Comic-Con will be a streaming event this summer

The decision to cancel San Diego Comic-Con 2020 surprised no one in light of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until 2021 to get a taste of that experience. The organizers announced (via Deadline) a Comic-Con @ Home event that will…

Elon Musk Threatens To Move Tesla Because He’s Not Allowed To Reopen During Pandemic

The CEO said he was moving the company out of California and would sue Alameda County’s health department.

Should You Get A Coronavirus Antibody Test?

Tests can show if you’ve had COVID-19 and could now be immune to it. They might also be wrong.

WHO will launch a COVID-19 app for countries that don't make their own

Numerous countries have COVID-19 symptom and tracking apps, but the World Health Organization wants to fill in those gaps for the countries that are too stretched to develop their own software. The WHO’s Bernardo Mariano told Reuters in an interview…

Michelle Obama Remembers Little Richard, Who ‘Laid The Foundation’ For Other Artists

Other celebrities joined Obama, who applauded the rock ‘n’ roll pioneer’s “refusal to be anything other than himself.”

Here's a First Look at the Tech Behind Sony's Finger-Tracking VR Controllers

Thanks to a few patent filings that have surfaced over the last two years, we’ve had an idea that Sony’s been tinkering with finger-tracking technology for a line of new VR motion controllers. It’s still unclear whether these controllers are intended to be a successor to PlayStation Move or part of the kit for the…

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Twitter is testing a 'retweets with comments' counter

Twitter might let you know if you ever get retweets worth checking out in the future. Jane Manchun Wong, who reverse engineers apps to unearth experimental features, has discovered that the platform is testing a counter that shows the number of retwe…

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