Samsung phones blowing up at pandemic rates, urging return of removable batteries (Samsung responds)
This is a public service announcement! Check your drawers for any Samsung (or different brand) phones that aren't in use, as they…
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Did the pandemic change our personalities? Study of thousands of Americans found small shifts in…
Despite a long-standing hypothesis that personality traits are relatively impervious to environmental pressures, the COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the…
Smartwatches could help detect and track Covid-19. Here is how
During the pandemic, attention has turned to whether these wearable devices could detect physiological changes that might indicate a COVID…
When Will the Pandemic Truly Be ‘Over’?
When the pandemic began, we could imagine that the restoration of specific things we’d put on hold would signal life was returning to normal. Schools would…
Post pandemic, dating apps see surge in users from small towns and cities
The surge in usage is especially strong outside metro cities, which now account for 70% of users of the dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble and…
As pandemic measures are lifted, social media use has declined with the exception of TikTok
TikTok’s popularity continues to rise, while other social media networks have seen a…
Japan pledges $2 billion in funding for pandemic vaccine research initiative
The Japanese government has earmarked $2 billion in funding for vaccine research in an effort to make sure its country is better prepared for any future…
After pandemic hiatus, Detroit Auto Show reboots itself
General Motors President of Cadillac Steve Carlisle revealed the Cadillac XT6 in…
Apple puts on first in-person event since start of pandemic
The Apple logo is displayed at the Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York,…
Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers ‘quietly unionized during the pandemic,’…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 4,000 of people who work in Google’s cafeterias have joined unions, according to a new report in The Washington…