Hello, and welcome to a new edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. This time around we have a few more updates on how the coronavirus is impacting the culture landscape, from Netflix to Comic-Con International. Let’s get started.Lady Gaga’s Together at Home Raised $128 Million for Coronavirus ReliefLast Saturday, if you weren’t watching…
When confronted with a calamity that demands we stay home the majority of the time, it’s only natural that many of us have resorted to reading the news. Wired UKThis story originally appeared on WIRED UK.Throughout March, we watched and surfed ceaselessly. The Guardian received 2.17 billion page views, an increase of more than 750…
Three months into the global coronavirus pandemic, there are growing signs that the long marriage between China and the US—indeed between China and the developed world—is coming apart. The virus shut Chinese factories in January and February; then it exposed how dependent the US and Europe had become on China for everything from drugs to…
Making eco-friendly decisions can be tricky. We want to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and slow the spread of microplastic. But as much as we try to tread lightly on the earth, we still need to wear shoes and clothes, and occasionally drive a gasoline-powered vehicle.We’ve highlighted some of our favorite companies and products that…
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed how different critical care doctors are from the rest of us—and how similar. Different: They log heroic hours in the ICU, putting their own health and well-being at risk, to save as many lives as they can. Similar: Some of them pay too much attention to Twitter. Those two facts…
Storyline Online has always been a beautiful idea—short videos of brilliant actors reading children’s picture books, enhanced by modest visual and sound effects. In the age of pandemic, with families confined morning, noon, and night, it is a godsend. One video, of Someone Loves You, Mr. Hatch as brought to life by Hector Elizondo, particularly…
If I told you I was going to drop $3,000 on a laptop, I doubt the next words out of your mouth would be, “Is it an Acer?” But here we are, as Acer punches its way through the $3K ceiling and lands on desks with the heaviest of expectations. I haven’t reviewed a laptop…
From meetings and parties to dates, we all live in videoconferencing apps now. But after a series of privacy and security snafus at Zoom, which has become practically synonymous with videoconferencing during the Covid-19 pandemic, many organizations and individuals are wondering what service is safest for our conversations.Emil Ivov says you shouldn’t have to trust…
Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is losing access to more titles later this month, the company announced on Monday. Starting April 24th, GeForce Now will no longer be able to play titles from Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Codemasters, and Klei Entertainment. Without Xbox Game Studios, GeForce Now can’t access popular…
It can be frustrating to accidentally tap a button and mess up playback when watching Netflix on your phone. Thankfully, Netflix is rolling out a new feature for Android devices that tries to prevent that. This new feature, which 9to5Google spotted, lets Android users avoid accidental touches when using the Netflix mobile app. A “screen…
