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Vaccine rollout won’t be equitable unless health care reckons with racism

The pandemic has been anything but “the great equalizer” that some people called it when it started more than a year ago. Here in the US, COVID-19 has sickened and killed a disproportionate number of Black, Native American, and Latinx people. Vaccine rollout is proving to be inequitable, too. Black and Latinx elders in Los… Read more

Twitter CEO partners with Jay-Z on $23M bitcoin development fund

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and musician Jay-Z have pledged 500 bitcoin (around $23.3 million) toward ₿trust, an endowment to fund bitcoin development, Dorsey announced on Twitter today. The CEO said development will initially be focused on teams in Africa and India, but that he and Jay-Z plan to give “zero direction” to the plans. ₿trust… Read more

Best electric screwdriver 2021: Everyone should have one

(Pocket-lint) – If you’re trying your hand at some DIY while you’re at home, chances are you’re already tired of screwing things in manually, which often involves chafing your hands and failing to actually get a screw secure in whatever you’re building or fixing. Step in the electric screwdriver – arguably the most easily used… Read more

Best 65-inch 4K Smart TV 2021: Amazing large Ultra HD TVs

(Pocket-lint) – Welcome to our guide to the best 65-inch TVs. As manufacturers find new ways to harness their technology and take leaps forward technically, the sets that almost always get those innovations first are the bigger ones in their ranges. Best 4K TV: Premium Ultra HD smart TVs to buy today If you’re used… Read more

Top Xbox Series X and Series S games 2021

(Pocket-lint) – The Xbox Series X and Series S are here at last – Microsoft’s two answers to the next-gen question, bringing 4K gaming in the case of the bigger box and lower-res value from the smaller option. Xbox Series X vs Xbox Series S: What’s the difference? They’re both great in their own ways… Read more

Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J’s data

A billion years ago last summer, people were getting antsy about vaccines. They wanted things to move faster, maybe skip a few steps in clinical trials to speed things up. This was, at the time, generally considered a bad idea that would result in less accurate data and cause people to lose trust in the… Read more

FDA officials are off on a three-week sprint to review J&J COVID-19 vaccine data

Johnson & Johnson announced yesterday that it had officially asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine, kicking off a process that will send its one-shot immunization through a gauntlet of analysts and experts. If all goes as expected and the agency agrees that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks,… Read more

Spotify Connect: what is it? How can you get it?

Home Advice (Image credit: Spotify) With over 300 million active users worldwide (almost half of which are paying subscribers), Spotify is the world’s largest and most popular music streaming service. But thanks to Spotify Connect – arguably the streaming world’s most important feature – you’re no longer restricted to listening to the catalogue solely through… Read more

Best Nintendo Switch headsets 2021: The best headphones for Switch gaming

(Pocket-lint) – The Nintendo Switch continues to amaze us years after its launch – it’s a console and a portable all in one, and already has a library that contains some of the very best games ever made. Top Nintendo Switch games: Best Switch games every gamer must own We love it, basically, and that… Read more

Nida-Rümelin: Germans accept location with the Corona warning app

The Munich philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin has underpinned his appeal to collect user location data via the Corona Warning App (CWA). Such tracking on smartphones would be the easiest way to be able to trace infection chains more easily in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, he said on Thursday in an online debate in the… Read more

The 3 phases of a ransomware attack and how to protect yourself. Ivanti's advice

Chris Goettl, Director of Product Management for Security Products by Ivanti, analyzes the steps necessary to launch a ransomware-type attack, highlighting the countermeasures to be taken at each stage, including recovery from backup by Alberto Falchi published on 21 January 2021 , at 14: 41 in the channel Security Ivanti Ransomware is one of the… Read more

After cyberattack on EMA: Corona vaccine email correspondence leaked

In December 2020 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that in the course of a successful attack on its network, some sensitive data had been tapped. These included documents from the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech, which were in connection with the two companies’ application for approval of their vaccine against the corona virus. Last… Read more

Beware of SMS messages with WhatsApp codes: the Postal Police reports a scam in progress

Very high level of attention on SMS : a scam in progress relies on trust in the sender (who is in their address book) to have a 6-digit code sent to be entered in WhatsApp, which enables the theft of the account. Here are some further explanations. by Alessandro Bordin published 21 January 2021 ,… Read more

EU fines Valve, ZeniMax and other publishers over PC game geo-blocking

Matthew Wilson 2 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Back in April 2019, we learned that the European Commission was launching an anti-trust investigation into content geo-blocking. The investigation looked into several huge game publishers including Valve, ZeniMax, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Focus Home Interactive and Koch Media. The investigation has since concluded, with… Read more

Horizon Zero Dawn PC patches will be less frequent as team shifts focus to sequel

Matthew Wilson 2 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming This week, Guerrilla Games officially pushed out its tenth patch for Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, marking a several month long journey to get the PC version as polished as possible. Now though, the studio needs to turn more of its resources towards its… Read more