PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.The longer the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the more live sports continues to suffer. With social distancing killing the MLB, NBA, and NHL seasons, the 2020 Summer Olympics, and every other competitive sport, sports channels have nothing to broadcast, and viewership numbers are dropping.ESPN's  by nearly 50 percent compared to this time last year. NBC's Gold Channel has also seen a 39 percent decline in viewership over the last few weeks. Because of...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.The longer the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the more live sports continues to suffer. With social distancing killing the MLB, NBA, and NHL seasons, the 2020 Summer Olympics, and every other competitive sport, sports channels have nothing to broadcast, and viewership numbers are dropping.ESPN's  by nearly 50 percent compared to this time last year. NBC's Gold Channel has also seen a 39 percent decline in viewership over the last few weeks. Because of...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)shut down the account of a Chinese activist group in the US after the organization used the to hold an event commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. On May 31, the group, Humanitarian China, held the event on Zoom to mark the 31st anniversary of the protests. However, on June 7, the organization’s paid account was shut down, to Axios, which was first to report the...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)shut down the account of a Chinese activist group in the US after the organization used the to hold an event commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. On May 31, the group, Humanitarian China, held the event on Zoom to mark the 31st anniversary of the protests. However, on June 7, the organization’s paid account was shut down, to Axios, which was first to report the...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . We may earn affiliate commissions from buying links, which help support our testing. .(Image credits: Shutterstock)With millions of Americans during the COVID-19 crisis, there are plenty of tech and knowledge-industry workers looking around their tiny apartments in hot hub cities and saying, could I do bigger and better than this?According to , a consultancy that helps firms design work-from-home strategies, 56 percent of the US workforce could work from home, and the number of regular work-from-home folks is likely to jump from 3.6 percent to...…PCMag editors select and review products . We may earn affiliate commissions from buying links, which help support our testing. .(Image credits: Shutterstock)With millions of Americans during the COVID-19 crisis, there are plenty of tech and knowledge-industry workers looking around their tiny apartments in hot hub cities and saying, could I do bigger and better than this?According to , a consultancy that helps firms design work-from-home strategies, 56 percent of the US workforce could work from home, and the number of regular work-from-home folks is likely to jump from 3.6 percent to...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)YouTube will counter COVID-19 misinformation with new “fact checking information panels” that’ll try to set the record straight on the virus. The will appear on YouTube searches for specific coronavirus topics. You’ll see an information box from a third-party fact-checking group, which will tell you whether the coronavirus claim is true, partially true, or false alongside a...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)YouTube will counter COVID-19 misinformation with new “fact checking information panels” that’ll try to set the record straight on the virus. The will appear on YouTube searches for specific coronavirus topics. You’ll see an information box from a third-party fact-checking group, which will tell you whether the coronavirus claim is true, partially true, or false alongside a...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.It's hard to tell fact from fiction these days. But Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and WhatsApp are here to help: A new social media chatbot makes it easy to scour the Institute's database of COVID-19 hoaxes.Save the number +1 (727) 291-2606 as a contact in your phone, then text the word "hi" to launch IFCN's free chatbot. Or click to get started. You'll be met with a short numerical menu; simply text a number one through six to...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.It's hard to tell fact from fiction these days. But Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and WhatsApp are here to help: A new social media chatbot makes it easy to scour the Institute's database of COVID-19 hoaxes.Save the number +1 (727) 291-2606 as a contact in your phone, then text the word "hi" to launch IFCN's free chatbot. Or click to get started. You'll be met with a short numerical menu; simply text a number one through six to...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Americans are staying indoors, thanks to the COVID-19 quarantine. To pass the time, many have turned to video-streaming services such as Netflix for entertainment. The company recently 15.77 million more worldwide subscribers in the first quarter of 2020. But how has quarantine changed our streaming behavior?In 2019,  the average user watched around two hours a day, but with everyone stuck at home, that number has gone up.  found that users are...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Americans are staying indoors, thanks to the COVID-19 quarantine. To pass the time, many have turned to video-streaming services such as Netflix for entertainment. The company recently 15.77 million more worldwide subscribers in the first quarter of 2020. But how has quarantine changed our streaming behavior?In 2019,  the average user watched around two hours a day, but with everyone stuck at home, that number has gone up.  found that users are...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.OnePlus Buds in white (Photo by Sascha Segan/PCMag)UPDATE 4:15 p.m. ET: In a statement released this afternoon, CBP doubled down and said it didn't make a mistake. Instead, OnePlus violated "Apple’s configuration trademark," it said.“Upon examining the shipment in question, a CBP Import Specialist determined that the subject earbuds appeared to violate Apple’s configuration trademark. Apple has configuration trademarks on their brand of earbuds, and has...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.OnePlus Buds in white (Photo by Sascha Segan/PCMag)UPDATE 4:15 p.m. ET: In a statement released this afternoon, CBP doubled down and said it didn't make a mistake. Instead, OnePlus violated "Apple’s configuration trademark," it said.“Upon examining the shipment in question, a CBP Import Specialist determined that the subject earbuds appeared to violate Apple’s configuration trademark. Apple has configuration trademarks on their brand of earbuds, and has...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Online learning platform Coursera has opened its 3,800-strong catalog of courses to folks currently out of a job due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Federal, state, and local government agencies serving the unemployed can sign up to the firm's Workforce Recovery Initiative for free access to skills-building lessons.Enrollment is open through Sept. 30, but organizations must fill out an online form to apply for access. Workers have until Dec. 31 to complete their...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Online learning platform Coursera has opened its 3,800-strong catalog of courses to folks currently out of a job due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Federal, state, and local government agencies serving the unemployed can sign up to the firm's Workforce Recovery Initiative for free access to skills-building lessons.Enrollment is open through Sept. 30, but organizations must fill out an online form to apply for access. Workers have until Dec. 31 to complete their...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo Illustration by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The pandemic is prompting Amazon to spend $4 billion in expenses to protect workers from COVID-19 and to ensure deliveries arrive to customers. The money will go toward buying personal protective equipment, paying for cleanings of company facilities, and raising wages for workers. Another $300 million will go toward funding an in-house COVID-19 to screen employees for the virus. Amazon...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.(Photo Illustration by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The pandemic is prompting Amazon to spend $4 billion in expenses to protect workers from COVID-19 and to ensure deliveries arrive to customers. The money will go toward buying personal protective equipment, paying for cleanings of company facilities, and raising wages for workers. Another $300 million will go toward funding an in-house COVID-19 to screen employees for the virus. Amazon...WW…

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.A new patent application by Microsoft details a way to use bodily functions, such as brain activity, to mine cryptocurrency.The , entitled “Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data” explains how a “brain wave or body heat emitted from the user when the user performs the task provided by an information service provider, such as viewing an advertisement or using certain internet services, can be used in the mining process.”By tracking brainwaves when...…PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.A new patent application by Microsoft details a way to use bodily functions, such as brain activity, to mine cryptocurrency.The , entitled “Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data” explains how a “brain wave or body heat emitted from the user when the user performs the task provided by an information service provider, such as viewing an advertisement or using certain internet services, can be used in the mining process.”By tracking brainwaves when...WW…