New iMac, Razer mouse and keyboard, Fitbit watches, 212 story building, MacOS Big Sur, work at home cubicle, morse code and bat people. Those are only a few of the many stories covered in this week’s news. Check out all the headlines below and click for the whole story.
Electronics
- Apple iMac review: A 27-inch work-from-home beast with a killer webcam
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- Razer made a dull keyboard and mouse for working from home
- The Fitbit Sense adds temperature, stress and ECG sensors to take on Apple Watch
Fitbit’s new lineup features a smartwatch that might pick up fever, stress symptoms
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- The Level Touch is a smart lock in disguise
Privacy and Security
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- UVC wands kill viruses. They’re also a ‘major safety issue,’ experts say
- Education reinvented: How COVID-19 has changed how students learn
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Software
- A typo created a 212-story monolith in ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’
- Microsoft’s TypeScript 4.0 programming language arrives: It’s a big milestone
- Windows 10 can run apps from your Samsung phone
- Microsoft is adding audio transcription to Word
- Google gives Chrome tabs a performance boost, better management
- 5 of the best MacOS Big Sur features you can try right now
Technology
- Panasonic’s $835 cubicle offers authentic office hell in your home
- Why Apple’s antitrust fight could spell the end of iOS as we know it
- Zoom outage fix deployed: Videoconferencing services being restored now
- Is Apple’s Smart Ring a future nobody asked for?
Phones
- Android 11 will offer wireless Android Auto features on most phones
- Why Verizon thinks 5G is still relevant during the coronavirus lockdown
- Samsung’s ‘Find My Mobile’ now works when your phone is offline
- New Pixel 5 renders may offer a peek at Google’s next phone
Fun Stories
- Capitol Records Building Morse Code
- Miami Sound Machine: Remembering Jayhawk Don Johnson’s Music Career
- After Nearly 20 Years, Boston’s Cheers Replica Bar Is Closing Its Doors
- The Surprising Stories Behind 12 Classic Pop Songs
- Want to Save a Cow From Being Attacked By a Predator? Paint Some Eyes on Its Butt
- New York’s Favorite Trash-Strewn Beach Is a Wee Bit Radioactive
- 50 Movies Roger Ebert Really Hated
- The Hidden Histories of Black Americans in Paris
- Beavers and Bat People: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835
- The Forgotten Stones That Still Inspire Turks to Help Their Neighbors
- How A Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood By Storm
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