Microsoft Edge has a cute game to play when you're offline

Microsoft is determined to one-up Google where possible with its Chromium-based Edge browser, and that includes one of the most important areas: the cute mini-game you can play when you’re offline. After a few months of previews, Microsoft has update…

Google's work from home strategy includes a $1,000 allowance

Google is joining other companies is planning for a return to the office as COVID-19 cases decline, but its strategy may be more elaborate than most. Company chief Sundar Pichai has outlined a roadmap that will still have most employees working from…

Twitter fact checks Trump’s false tweets about election fraud

It’s finally happened: Twitter has fact-checked the president. The company added labels notifying its users that two of Donald Trump’s tweets have been fact-checked and contain false information about mail-in voting.In the tweets, Trump falsely claim…

Jimmy Fallon Apologizes For Wearing Blackface In ‘Saturday Night Live’ Clip From 2000

The “Tonight Show” host said that darkening his face to impersonate Chris Rock was a “terrible decision.”

At Least A Dozen Local TV Stations Are Running ‘News’ Segments Produced By Amazon

Amazon is accused of putting its warehouse workers at risk during the coronavirus pandemic.

California Sues CBS, Disney For ‘Criminal Minds’ Sexual Harassment Claims

The suit claims that cinematographer Greg St. Johns harassed and discriminated against crew members for 14 years.

White House Press Secretary Defends Trump’s Joe Scarborough Claims

She refused to acknowledge that he was pushing a baseless conspiracy theory accusing a journalist of murder.

Trump Takes Heat For Golfing During Pandemic, Blames Obama For Some Reason

Remarkably, this is even dumber than it sounds.

Now's the Time to Rewatch Black Mirror's 'Striking Vipers'

Charlie Brooker was quite right when he said that now really isn’t the time for new episodes of Black Mirror. But the fact that so many of us are self-isolating at home in the midst of a pandemic that’s made it so we can’t physically touch one another makes now a particularly excellent time to go back and (re)watch…

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Wikimedia Is Overhauling Its Communities to Clean Up Harassment

The Wikimedia Foundation has been asked by its board to overhaul its safety and compliance standards to better address “harassment and incivility” on Wikipedia and related Wikimedia communities.

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