[ad_1] The removal of Soli also means that the Pixel 5 has a fingerprint sensor and a notchless design, with a clean hole gracing the phone’s 6-inch, 2,340 x 1,080 display. Fortunately, the display still includes the 90Hz refresh rate of last year’s model. Anyone who has had to put …
Read More »Google removes the face scanner from its new Pixel 5 smartphone
[ad_1] Google has ditched the face scanner on its flagship Pixel smartphone, just a year after introducing it with fanfare. The search giant announced two new 5G Pixel phones at its annual hardware event, a bite-sized keynote that lasted just 30 minutes, and both featured fingerprint sensors instead of the …
Read More »Discussion viewership ratings are down a lot compared to 2016 on TV
[ad_1] Even though Tuesday night’s debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden was called the potentially most-watched debate in American history, early ratings paint a different picture. Nielsen found that television viewership declined by more than 35% since the first debate in 2016, which maintains the title …
Read More »Eliud Kipchoge denies that Nike platform shoes offer an advantage in the London race | London marathon
[ad_1] Eliud Kipchoge has rejected suggestions that the next generation of groundbreaking Nike shoes violate the spirit of the sport, although he has admitted that they could give him a big advantage in Sunday’s London Marathon. The world record holder confirmed that he would wear the Alphafly Next% s, which …
Read More »Delirium is a key sign of COVID-19 in frail older people
[ad_1] A new analysis of data from researchers at King’s College London using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London, has shown that delirium, an acutely confused state associated with an increased risk of severe illness and death – a key …
Read More »How Facebook takes hold – The New York Times
[ad_1] This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it during the week. Facebook’s changes under the hood are a power grab. My colleague Mike Isaac wrote about Facebook’s latest step in making its apps, its main social network, Instagram, and the …
Read More »Google Introduces New Pixel 5 Smartphone, Chromecast and Nest Speaker
[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.’s Google updated its product line on Wednesday with new smartphones, a Chromecast laptop and a new Nest speaker. GOOGL company, -0.02% GOOG, + 0.01% made the hardware announcements during a skillfully produced 30-minute virtual news event. Topping the deal was the $ 699 Pixel 5, a 5G-compatible …
Read More »Apple Seeds new macOS Big Sur public beta for public beta testers
[ad_1] Apple today seeded a new beta version of the upcoming macOS 11 Big Sur update for its public beta test pool, allowing non-developers to test the software before its public release this fall. The new beta for public testers comes a few weeks after the last beta, and a …
Read More »Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, has died of cancer
[ad_1] Timothy Ray Brown, who made history as the first known person in be cured of HIV infection, he has died of cancer at age 54, reports The Associated Press. Brown died Tuesday, his partner Tim Hoeffgen announced in a post on social media. Brown was known as the “Berlin …
Read More »Disney fires 28,000 in another hit to its theme parks – Quartz
[ad_1] Disney’s theme park division has long been one of its most lucrative businesses. Now, after years of reliably generating huge profits, it has been wiped out in the span of a few months by the coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday, the company announced it was laying off 28,000 employees at its …
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