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Amazon has reportedly set a new date for Prime Day

Amazon will reportedly change its popular Prime Day from July to September, allowing for a wider variety of products to ship without their current delays.
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NASA renames planet-finding telescope after woman trailblazer

NASA has renamed its planet-finding telescope the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after one of the agency's trailblazing women and first female executive.
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Joe Rogan’s massive podcast is moving exclusively to Spotify

The Joe Rogan Experience will be available on Spotify for free starting September 1 and will move exclusively to Spotify at the end of the year.
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Here’s how Google Chrome is about to get more secure

Google Chrome updates include making it easier to manage cookies, a new tool that tells you if any of your saved passwords have been compromised, and more.
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Facebook’s Shops give small businesses an Etsy-like place to sell goods online

Facebook Shops would look and feel like a Facebook page where business owners can easily list their items and where customers can make a direct purchase.
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New leak reveals pricing details for the much-anticipated Apple Glass

A new leak revealed the name and pricing details for Apple's "most mysterious product ever." The Apple Glass AR lenses are reportedly set to debut in 2022.
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SpaceX forced to delay its eighth Starlink launch until Tuesday

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of 60 internet-supporting Starlink satellites this weekend on Sunday, May 17 at 12:53 a.m. Pacific Time. 
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Tesla’s new million-mile battery could finally make electric cars affordable

The low-cost batteries would be able to last up to million miles and could make electric Tesla models the same price or even less than a car run by gasoline.
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YouTube has a lot more misleading coronavirus videos than we thought

About one in four videos analyzed in the study contained misleading information about the coronavirus and racked up a total of more than 62 million views.
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Google Chrome will start blocking most battery-draining ads automatically

Google Chrome will begin to automatically block those annoying, resource-heavy ads that can drain battery life starting at the end of August.
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We might finally see AR Apple glasses in 2022, according to one analyst

Ming-Chi Kuo confirmed the 2022 timeline through supply chain information from a company that is reportedly working with Apple on the company's AR glasses.
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Amazon’s custom-made face shields available to the public at less than cost

Amazon will donate 3D-printed, medical-grade face shields to health care workers before making them available to the general public for a third of market price.
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Ridley Scott just signed a major deal with Apple TV+

Ridley Scott officially signed with Apple in a multiple-year deal estimated to be worth millions of dollars to create new projects for the streaming service.
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A wayward Chinese rocket reportedly rained metal debris in West Africa

China's Long March 5B rocket fell back to Earth on Monday, May, 11, and scattered metal debris over parts of the country of Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa.
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Key researcher behind the Pixel’s camera left Google in March

Marc Levoy, who left Google in March, was responsible for groundbreaking camera tech in Pixel phones, such as Night Sight, 2x optical zoom, HDR+ mode, and more.
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Watch these virtual concert livestreams during your social distancing

Musicians have started to perform online amid social distancing, so we’ve compiled a list of major upcoming livestream concerts.
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Bill Gates is funding an at-home coronavirus testing program

Bill Gates is funding a disease surveillance program to gain a clearer picture of how the coronavirus spreads by testing both healthy and sick people.
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Facebook will reportedly pay $52 million to employees who suffered PTSD

Facebook has reportedly reached a settlement to pay out to 11, 250 employees that have developed PTSD as a result of their jobs as content moderators.
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How to move your Google Play library over to YouTube Music

Subscribers have access to both services for now, but to prepare for the transition to YouTube Music, Google laid out steps on how to move your music over.
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Fauci says researchers may find effective coronavirus vaccine by ‘early winter’

Dr. Anthony Fauci said that clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines are underway in the U.S. and that results from those trials would come later this year.
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Deadline for stimulus check direct deposit is just a day away

The IRS is urging people who haven't received a 2020 stimulus check to update their banking information by Wednesday, May 13, if they want a direct deposit.
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New York Attorney General and Zoom reach agreement on privacy concerns

Zoom implemented a 90-day plan on April 1 to enhance its platform’s safety and security policies as a response to Attorney General Letitia James' concerns.
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Alamo Drafthouse offers on-demand service for a stay-at-home world

The Alamo On Demand platform is available on its website. You can rent, and in some cases buy, a variety of new releases, eclectic films, and classic favorites.
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Senior Amazon engineer pushes back against ‘chickenshit’ comments

Senior Amazon engineer Brad Porter called former employee Tim Bray's comments “simply wrong" and "deeply offensive to the core" in a post on LinkedIn this week.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an even bigger hit than you thought

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold more games in just its first six weeks on the market than the previous Animal Crossing game sold in its entire lifetime.
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The IRS sent stimulus checks to dead people. Now it wants that money back

The IRS has updated its stimulus check guidelines to add what to do about stimulus checks sent to someone who has died. There are two ways to return the money.
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Here’s what Facebook’s new Oversight Board looks like

The 20 initial members include a former prime minister, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a former editor-in-chief, professors at top universities, and more.
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Android 11 public beta will debut during livestream, Google says

The announcement will take place on June 3 via YouTube beginning at 8 a.m. PT. The event will include a Q&A where people can tweet their Android 11 questions.
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Amazon warehouse worker dies of coronavirus in NYC

Amazon reportedly said the employee was last at the Staten Island warehouse on April 5 and was later placed on quarantine after testing positive on April 11.
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California sues Uber, Lyft to force them to make drivers employees

Uber and Lyft allegedly violated California's new Assembly Bill 5 law that makes app-based companies identify contractors as regular employees of the company.
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YouTube one-ups Facebook’s virtual graduation with stream featuring the Obamas

Barack and Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, the members of BTS, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and more will appear as commencement speakers during the June 6 ceremony.
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Apple’s virtual Worldwide Developers Conference will kick off on June 22

Apple's annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), which allows developers early access to future updates, will take place online starting on June 22.
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Apple still managed to make billions in profit despite coronavirus

Despite U.S. Apple stores being closed since mid-March, Apple reported $58.3 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020 -- a 1% increase from last year.
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Pricing of the iPhone 12 is rumored to start at just $649

The lineup includes a 5.4-inch phone, two different 6.1-inch models, and a 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max. All models would have OLED displays and 5G support.