Apple Has Shipped 7.5 Million Face Shields to Healthcare Workers Worldwide

Apple in early April tapped its engineers and supplier companies to construct face shields for medical workers around the world, and Apple has now shipped a total of 7.5 million face shields. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the news during today’s earnings call covering the second fiscal quarter of 2020. Apple is continuing to construct and ship one million face shields each week. Cook also said

A Model With Down Syndrome Proves You’re the Only One Who Can Define Beauty for Yourself

A Model With Down Syndrome Proves You’re the Only One Who Can Define Beauty for Yourself 17 0 13 11 19k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest If there is anyone who knows what it’s like to dream big and achieve, it’s Chelsea Werner. She’s living proof that nobody should judge appearances and that following your dreams can pay off big. By defying preconceived ideas about

Apple’s Q2 earnings show flat year-over-year revenue growth due to pandemic – TechCrunch

Apple delivered a rough Q2 earnings report Thursday, besting investor expectations but showing a significant growth slowdown as the coronavirus pandemic deeply impacted the company’s business with year-over-year declines in iPhone, iPad and Mac sales. Apple’s stock was largely unchanged in after-hours trading. The company shared that in Q2 it earned $58.30 billion in revenue, better than the $

Trump suggests coronavirus linked to Wuhan lab: Live updates | Trump News

US President Donald Trump said China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake,” adding that he has seen evidence that the deadly disease, also known as COVID-19, came from a laboratory in Wuhan, where the infection was first reported. More than 3.8 million people in the US filed new claims for jobless benefits over the past week, bringing the

Critical Bugs Found in 3 Popular e-Learning Plugins for WordPress Sites

Security researchers are sounding the alarm over newly discovered vulnerabilities in some popular online learning management system (LMS) plugins that various organizations and universities use to offer online training courses through their WordPress-based websites. According to the Check Point Research Team, the three WordPress plugins in question — LearnPress, LearnDash, and LifterLMS — have

Apple CEO Tim Cook on New Products: ‘We Have Our Head Down and Are Working’

During today’s earnings call covering the second fiscal quarter of 2020, Apple CEO Tim Cook provided some insight on what we can expect from Apple in terms of new products during the global health crisis. A mockup of an iPhone 12 with smaller notch Cook said that Apple is continuing to operate, and that Apple employees are getting used to working from home. “In some areas of the company, some

The ‘PuffPacket’ could help researchers learn when, how and why people vape – TechCrunch

Vaping is a controversial habit: it certainly has its downsides, but anecdotally it’s a fantastic smoking cessation aid. The thing is, until behavioral scientists know a bit more about who does it, when, how much and other details, its use will continue to be something of a mystery. That’s where the PuffPacket comes in. Designed by Cornell engineers, the PuffPacket is a small device that

10 Ordinary Things That Hide Their Special Features From Us

10 Ordinary Things That Hide Their Special Features From Us 16 0 32 8 20k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Being surrounded with so many products and services nowadays, we might not even think that they have unexpected features. We might throw away stickers on fruits and veggies without even checking them, play with escalator brushes from time to time, or not use our

iPhone sales are down, ahead of uncertain times for the industry – TechCrunch

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Apple device sales have taken a hit, but the company’s services are doing swell. The iPhone, the longtime cornerstone of the company’s hardware portfolio hit $28.96 billion in revenue for Q2, down from $31.1 billion from this time last year. The iPad and Mac lines saw drops for the quarter, as well. The company had already sounded the alarm bells for a

20+ Dogs Who Can Boost Your Mood Faster Than a Rocket

20+ Dogs Who Can Boost Your Mood Faster Than a Rocket 15 1 17 10 9k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest As Tom Hardy once said, dogs are like angels — and we think the majority of our readers won’t argue with that. They truly are precious, even when they do something silly like sneak food from the table, bring animal friends to the backyard, or turn completely green

New Android Malware Steals Banking Passwords, Private Data and Keystrokes

A new type of mobile banking malware has been discovered abusing Android’s accessibility features to exfiltrate sensitive data from financial applications, read user SMS messages, and hijack SMS-based two-factor authentication codes. Called “EventBot” by Cybereason researchers, the malware is capable of targeting over 200 different financial apps, including banking, money transfer services,

Deals: Mophie Sales Across Zagg and Amazon Include Discounts on Power Banks, Battery Cases, and More

Amazon and Zagg have kicked off notable new Mophie sales this week, discounting numerous portable batteries, wireless chargers, and battery cases made by Mophie. These sales have discounts that will be automatically applied as you shop, so you won’t need any specific discount codes this time. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase,

Turkish Artist Creates Dreamlike Scenes You Wish You Could See in Real Life

Turkish Artist Creates Dreamlike Scenes You Wish You Could See in Real Life 14 0 10 9 13k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Imagination is more important than knowledge, said Einstein. While knowledge is finite, imagination knows no boundaries. And this saying is especially true for creative individuals like this talented artist from Turkey. Hüseyin Şahin has lifted

Apple and Google begin releasing their exposure notification API – TechCrunch

Apple and Google ask for developer feedback on their contact tracing efforts, Facebook sees a “significant reduction” in ads and Microsoft makes life easier for IT managers. Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 30, 2020. 1. Apple and Google release first seed of COVID-19 exposure notification API for contact tracing app developers This is a developer-focused release, and it’s a seed of the API in

Intel Unveils 10th-Generation ‘Comet Lake’ Processors Appropriate for Updated iMacs

Intel today officially announced its lineup of 10th-generation “Comet Lake” desktop processors, which includes a number of chips that would be appropriate for the iMac. AnandTech details all 32 of the new processors in organized tables, but only a handful of the chips would make their way into the ‌iMac‌. At the top of the list is the flagship Core i9-10900K that Intel calls the world’s

Al Jazeera’s The Take Wins at New York Festivals Radio Awards | News

Al Jazeera Digital’s current affairs podcast, The Take, has won a silver and bronze medal in the 2020 New York Festivals Radio Awards. Adding to its medal count from the previous year, the series, led by head of audio, Graelyn Brashear, won a silver medal for Best Non-fiction Series and a bronze medal for Best News Podcast.  Hosted by Malika Bilal, The Take interviews journalists from Al

Targeted Phishing Attacks Successfully Hacked Top Executives At 150+ Companies

In the last few months, multiple groups of attackers successfully compromised corporate email accounts of at least 156 high-ranking officers at various firms based in Germany, the UK, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Dubbed ‘PerSwaysion,’ the newly spotted cyberattack campaign leveraged Microsoft file-sharing services—including Sway, SharePoint, and OneNote—to launch highly targeted

23 Times Pets Proved They’re Kids’ Best Friends and Why Your Child Should Have One Too

23 Times Pets Proved They’re Kids’ Best Friends and Why Your Child Should Have One Too 15 0 13 8 6k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Our pets are not only our kids’ encouragement to develop many important personality traits and skills, but they are our helpers too. Thanks to them, teaching our children responsibilities is a breeze. They show that caring and sharing

TrendForce: Global Smartphone Production May Suffer Record Decline in Q2 2020

Global smartphone production could see a record fall of up to 16.5 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest research by TrendForce. Global production for 2Q20 is now estimated to register another YoY drop of 16.5% to 287 million units, the largest decline on record for a given quarter. TrendForce forecasts total yearly production volume of 1.24 billion units, an

Biloba lets you chat with a doctor if you have questions about your children – TechCrunch

Meet Biloba, a French startup that wants to leverage tech to make it easier to keep your children healthy. The company recently launched a new mobile app that lets you chat with a doctor whenever you want between 8 AM and 8 PM. This way, if you have questions about your kids, you can get a quick answer. Of course, a text conversation will never replace a visit to the pediatrician. But chances

How to Use the Eisenhower Matrix to Manage Your Time More Efficiently

How to Use the Eisenhower Matrix to Manage Your Time More Efficiently 11 0 47 5 3k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest You might have asked yourself before, why can’t we buy time at the store just like any other product. Because, sometimes, even if you wake up earlier than usual or you work until late, somehow, that to-do list just doesn’t get any shorter. In fact, the

Apple Lays Groundwork for Coronavirus Exposure Notification API in iOS 13.5 Beta 3 and New Xcode 11.5 Beta

Apple is today releasing the third beta of iOS 13.5 for developers along with the first beta of Xcode 11.5, laying the groundwork for the release of its opt-in exposure notification APIs that will be used by public health apps to create coronavirus contact tracing tools. iOS 13.4.5 has been bumped up to iOS 13.5 to include the code that’s necessary to run the first apps built using the exposure

15+ People Whose Little Experiment With Their Look Really Paid Off

15+ People Whose Little Experiment With Their Look Really Paid Off 11 1 11 8 11k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Women do all sorts of things to make their eyelashes perfect: they put on mascara, dye them, curl them, use faux lashes, laminate them. But why not? Once, you make them just a bit longer and thicker, your entire look completely changes. Bright Side was

Meet EventBot, a new Android malware that steals banking passwords and two-factor codes – TechCrunch

Security researchers are sounding the alarm over a newly discovered Android malware that targets banking apps and cryptocurrency wallets. The malware, which researchers at security firm Cybereason recently discovered and called EventBot, masquerades as a legitimate Android app — like Adobe Flash or Microsoft Word for Android — which abuses Android’s in-built accessibility features to obtain deep

When regulation presents a (rare) opportunity – TechCrunch

More posts by this contributor In London, Uber has won the battle but risks losing the war Shockingly, Congress acted responsibly in regulating autonomous cars… So what’s next? Every time we realize something new about the coronavirus, it’s always worse than we thought: maybe we don’t develop immunity to it; maybe six feet of social distancing isn’t far enough; maybe the spread won’t wane

How to Opt Out of COVID-19 Exposure Notifications in iOS 13.5

Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an exposure notification API designed to allow apps created by public health authorities worldwide to notify people who come into contact with someone who has COVID-19 about their exposure to the virus. Apple’s Exposure Notification feature is privacy focused and shares no personally identifiable information or location data with the public health authorities

19 Photos That Prove Working From Home Is Funnier Than Any Day at the Office

19 Photos That Prove Working From Home Is Funnier Than Any Day at the Office 14 1 8 6 11k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Working from home has now become the new normal and is no longer considered a privilege. With facts proving that working from your home office can make you more productive, it can also be way more fun than going into the office. To show you how

S Korea reports no new domestic coronavirus cases: Live updates | News

The US economy has taken its hardest hit since the height of the Great Recession, with its GDP contracting 4.8 percent in the first quarter of the year. The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the body’s record in its response to the new coronavirus, saying it has acted “quickly and decisively” since the beginning.  Worldwide, the number of

Apple will make it easier to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask – TechCrunch

Face ID was a great idea — until large swathes of the world were forced to wear face masks, rendering it largely useless. Apple has apparently heard our pain. Users are reporting a subtle new feature in the latest developer version of iOS 13.5 that will make it easier to unlock your iPhone without having to take off your protective face mask. Videos shared on Twitter by Robert Petersen and

20 Candid Photos That Show How Some Things Stay the Same, While Time Just Keeps Flying By

20 Candid Photos That Show How Some Things Stay the Same, While Time Just Keeps Flying By 21 1 16 5 10k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest It’s good to have something lasting and steady in a world where everything changes so fast. For many of us, our pets and their love are the things we can always count on, no matter what happens. They sleep hugging the same old toys

Apple Tweaks Group FaceTime in iOS 13.5 Beta to Let Users Disable Larger Tiles for Person Speaking

Apple in the iOS 13.5 beta introduced a new Group FaceTime feature that’s designed to disable the option that automatically enlarges the tile of the person who is speaking. Group ‌FaceTime‌, by default, has a dynamic view with a tile for each person. The person who is speaking at the current time has a larger tile, while tiles for people who are not talking fade into the background, a layout

TikTok tops 2 billion downloads – TechCrunch

TikTok, the widely popular video sharing app developed by one of the world’s most valued startups (ByteDance), continues to grow rapidly despite suspicion from the U.S. as more people look for ways to keep themselves entertained amid the coronavirus pandemic. The global app and its Chinese version, called Douyin, have amassed over 2 billion downloads on Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store

Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar Have Stood by Each Other Through Thick and Thin for More Than 2 Decades

Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar Have Stood by Each Other Through Thick and Thin for More Than 2 Decades 9 0 7 0 8k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Your soul mate doesn’t necessarily have to be your spouse, it can be your best friend too — Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair’s beautiful relationship proves that. The 2 actresses, who have been friends for more

iOS 13.5 Beta Makes It Easier to Unlock an iPhone With Passcode When Wearing a Mask

Many people are wearing masks that cover their faces when going outside, visiting stores, and other tasks, and Apple’s Face ID iPhones do not unlock when the face is obscured by a mask. In the iOS 13.5 beta, released this morning, Apple has streamlined the speed with which the passcode pops up when a person wearing a mask is detected, making it easier to get into an iPhone with a passcode when

Apple and Google release first seed of COVID-19 exposure notification API for contact tracing app developers – TechCrunch

Apple and Google have released the very first version of their exposure notification API, which they previously called the contact tracing API. This is a developer-focused release, and is a seed of the API in development with the primary intent of collecting feedback from developers who will be using the API to create new contract tracing and notification apps on behalf of public health agencies

Fairphone teams up with /e/OS on a box-fresh ‘deGoogled’ handset – TechCrunch

The makers of the world’s most ethical smartphone, the Fairphone 3, have teamed up for a version of the device with even less big tech on board. The Netherlands-based device maker has partnered with France’s /e/OS to offer a ‘de-Googled’ version of its latest handset, running an Android AOSP fork out of the box that’s itself built atop a fork of CyanogenMod (remember them?) — called LineageOS (

20+ Thoughts That Suddenly Hit People While Showering, Driving, or Trying to Fall Asleep

20+ Thoughts That Suddenly Hit People While Showering, Driving, or Trying to Fall Asleep 18 1 22 7 8k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest You might think that a eureka moment only happens once in a lifetime. However, a lot of interesting thoughts can pop into your head when you least expect it. For example, you may realize you’ve never seen anyone with the same fridge

Apple to Pay $18 Million to Settle California Lawsuit Claiming Apple ‘Broke’ FaceTime on Older iPhones to Save Costs

Apple has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a California class-action lawsuit that accused it of intentionally breaking FaceTime in iOS 6 to force users to upgrade to iOS 7. According to the lawsuit, originally filed in 2017, Apple forced users to upgrade so it could avoid payments on a data deal with Akamai. Apple used two connection methods when it launched ‌‌FaceTime‌‌ in 2010: a

UK privacy and security experts warn over coronavirus app mission creep – TechCrunch

A number of UK computer security and privacy experts have signed an open letter raising transparency and mission creep concerns about the national approach to develop a coronavirus contacts tracing app. The letter, signed by 177 academics, follows a similar letter earlier this month signed by around 300 academics from across the world, who urged caution over the use of such tech tools and called

Germany charges neo-Nazi with murder of pro-refugee politician | Far Right News

German prosecutors have charged a known neo-Nazi with the June 2019 murder of a pro-refugee politician. Federal investigators said 45-year-old Stephan Ernst drove to Walter Luebcke’s house in Wolfhagen, central Germany, on the evening of June 1, 2019. More:  He crept up under cover of darkness to the terrace where Luebcke sat before shooting him in the head with a revolver. Ernst’s “racism and

Google Meet Videoconferencing Will Be Free for Everyone From Next Month

Google has announced that its Meet videoconferencing service will be free to use for anyone with a Google account from next month. Following a gradual rollout through May, Meet will no longer be exclusive to paying G-Suite members, and will remain open to Google account holders until September 30, 2020. Google Meet offers many of the features that have made Zoom so popular in recent weeks,

People Share One Memory That Will Always Make Them Smile

People Share One Memory That Will Always Make Them Smile 11 2 17 7 11k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest If you rummage through the attic that is your brain, you’re guaranteed to find a memory that will put a smile on your face. Maybe you’ll reminisce about your sweet grandma and how you used to bake, sew, and do puzzles together when you were a kid. Or maybe you’ll

Apple Support App Gains Dark Mode and Streamlined Interface

Apple today updated its Apple Support app for the iPhone and the iPad, introducing a revamped layout with Dark Mode support and improved navigation. According to Apple, the app features an all new customized user interface and smarter solutions for more topics using step-by-step troubleshooting, along with ‌Dark Mode‌. The app also now features an easier way to find support for not only Apple

Samsung expects COVID-19 to hurt smartphone and TV sales, but increase demand for memory – TechCrunch

In its first-quarter earnings report today, Samsung said it expects the COVID-19 pandemic to continue impacting its business for the rest of the year, cutting into sales for smartphones and TVs, but increasing demand for PCs, servers and memory chips as people continue to work or study from home. Samsung’s results for the first-quarter of 2020 was in line with the guidance it released earlier

14 People That Turned Boring Homes Into Masterpieces With Their Own Hands

14 People That Turned Boring Homes Into Masterpieces With Their Own Hands 16 0 33 6 19k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest A home is a place you want to come back to. It feels so nice to get into a comfortable bed after a difficult working day and feel safe there. But sometimes, you just want to leave your house to feel a little bit of freedom. This happens when your

A Dad Recreates His Kids’ Drawings in Photoshop, and It’s Created a Crazy World We’d Love to Visit

A Dad Recreates His Kids’ Drawings in Photoshop, and It’s Created a Crazy World We’d Love to Visit 15 1 15 6 9k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Kids perceive the world a bit differently than adults, and parents try to save the little masterpieces created by their children to see things through their eyes. But Tom Curtis, the father of Al and Dom and the author of 

Apple Maps Now Displaying COVID-19 Testing Locations in the U.S.

Apple Maps is now displaying COVID-19 testing locations across the United States, a feature that Apple began implementing earlier in April. When opening up the search interface in Maps, COVID-19 testing is now the first option in the list, and tapping it brings up all of the testing sites in your local area. Tapping on one of the testing site entries provides a link to the hospital or testing

Coronavirus cases exceed 3 million, a third in US: Live updates | News

Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur. The number of people around the world confirmed to have the coronavirus has risen to more than three million, and at least 216,500 have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 925,500 people have recovered. France has unveiled plans, including

Critical Security Patches Released for Magento, Adobe Illustrator and Bridge

It’s not ‘Patch Tuesday,’ but software giant Adobe today released emergency updates for three of its widely used products that patch dozens of newly discovered critical vulnerabilities. The list of affected software includes Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Bridge, and Magento e-commerce platform, containing a total of 35 vulnerabilities where each one of them is affected with multiple critical

20+ Pets That Amazed Owners With Their Intelligence

20+ Pets That Amazed Owners With Their Intelligence 12 0 9 7 11k Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Only someone who doesn’t have a pet can say that pets are not smart. Dogs, cats, ferrets, and even fish sometimes do things that seem totally mind-blowing to us humans. We at Bright Side are huge fans of stories about the heroic deeds and little things that pets do.