“Hi, I’m Sunny,” reads one profile on egirl.gg, a new website that connects gamers to so-called “egirls.” For a rate of five dollars a game, Sunny, 24, will play Fortnite with you. “Come game with me. Maybe I’ll sing, too.”In her egirl.gg profile, Sunny wears pink lipstick, a septum ring, and a pout. One image…
DetailsHello, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. Right now, the biggest news in entertainment is the impact of the coronavirus on pop culture. But that’s not all. Here we go.The US Box Office Just Had Its Worst Weekend in Two DecadesAs an increasing number of Americans begin to stay…
DetailsMaintaining social distance and voluntarily quarantining yourself is part self-interest, part altruism. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, the lives it is claiming are not always, generally speaking, young and healthy ones. People have been told repeatedly that their efforts to stay well or stay well away from others will not only benefit them,…
DetailsIn spite of documented Russian election meddling in the 2016 United States presidential election, and years of warnings from security researchers about insecure voting infrastructure, the US has moved slowly to improve its election defenses. Now a new documentary, Kill Chain, is attempting to lay out the urgency of taking action before it’s too late.Many…
DetailsThe state of Ohio has, as of this writing, five confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. If you ask Amy Acton, the director of the Ohio Department of Health, that’s the tip of the tip of a very dangerous iceberg. “We know now, just the fact of community spread says…
DetailsKeeping the internet safe may sometimes feel like a game of Whac-A-Mole, reacting to attacks as they arise, then moving on to the next. In reality, though, it’s an ongoing process that involves not just identifying threats but grabbing and retaining control of the infrastructure behind them. For years a small nonprofit called Shadowserver has…
DetailsIn 2017, a three-person Austin-based production and management company called Exurbia Films assumed rights management for the 1974 cult horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.“My job was to take us into Chainsaw 2.0,” says Pat Cassidy, a producer and agent with Exurbia. “The original guys did a great job managing the rights but aren’t from…
DetailsMicrosoft Bing recently released an interactive map that allows users to see the number of coronavirus cases worldwide, by country, and by state.The map provides related articles for each region, but The Verge said they’re not always relevant or timely.Google is also developing tools to provide information about the coronavirus outbreak but was blindsided by…
DetailsGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018.Stephen Lam | ReutersGoogle warned customers and users to expect some changes and a delay in responses as its employees begin to work remotely amid the COVID-19 outbreak.It’s a sign that coronavirus is having an…
DetailsHome News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Clorox wipes are among a handful of cleaning products known to help combat the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends Clorox wipes in its list of useful cleaners. Even Apple is recommending the use of a “70 percent isopropyl alcohol wipe” or Clorox Disinfecting…
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