Hotel Michelangelo is a fine place to stay. Located in central Milan, it boasts four stars and close proximity to tourist attractions. Not that those things matter much to its recent guests: They’re forbidden to leave. As part of efforts to contain Covid-19, which has claimed more than 34,000 lives across Italy, Milanese authorities have…
Many people complain about having a terrible memory. Shopping lists, friends’ birthdays, statistics for an exam—they just don’t seem to stick in the brain. But memory isn’t as set in stone as you might imagine. With the right technique, you may well be able to remember almost anything at all. WIRED UKThis story originally appeared…
Remote work, once considered a novelty or an odd experiment, has become a necessity for many businesses in the Covid-19 world. This has challenged the common assumption that remote work environments hinder employee productivity. Executives across industries have marveled at productivity remaining consistent or even increasing as employees rapidly shifted to working from home, with…
While much about the Covid-19 pandemic remains uncertain, we know how it will likely end: when the spread of the virus starts to slow (and eventually ceases altogether) because enough people have developed immunity to it. At that point, whether it’s brought on by a vaccine or by people catching the disease, the population has…
There are some products you just hate to love. The Dyson Airwrap, a multi-featured hair-styling tool, is a prime example. I wanted to hate it for price alone—a cool $500—so that I didn’t have to yearn for it. And yet, like all the Dyson products I’ve tried thus far, I quickly warmed to it. That’s…
If you want to keep your online accounts safe, adding two-factor authentication (2FA) is the single most important step you can take. While no security measure is 100 percent hackproof, 2FA is going to go a long way to locking down access to your important accounts.As the name suggests, 2FA adds another level of authentication…
The best ideas win. Sometimes. The numbers tell us that Silicon Valley prefers helping largely white, male, urban-centered companies achieve billion-dollar valuations, lucrative exits, and mass political influence.That’s a problem for founders and technologists who are Black. Fewer than 1 percent of venture-backed companies are led by Black people and fewer than 5 percent of…
Oppo will debut its 125W fast charging tech this week.It should be able to charge a phone to 100% capacity in 15 minutes.Oppo’s sister brand Vivo is also planning to debut 120W charging soon.Oppo’s 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging tech is currently the fastest in the market. It can top up a 4,000mAh battery in just…
Final Fantasy VII Remake Producer Yoshinori Kitase talked about his decision to replace the long-running Advent Children voice cast for the remake. When the first trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake dropped, one of the biggest surprises was the all-new voice cast. The game’s producer, Yoshinori Kitase, recently commented on the decision to recast the English voice actors.…
Ubisoft detailed Watch Dogs: Legion recently, where the London-based open world game was run on the flagship NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card by the good folks at Digital Foundry. Check it out: In their hands-on time with Watch Dogs: Legion, Digital Foundry may have been using the most powerful graphics card you can…
