Hurry: The device that kills coronavirus on your smartphone is back on Amazon
- How do you kill the novel coronavirus on your smartphone? Apple recently confirmed that it’s okay to use products like Clorox wipes and Purell to clean your iPhone.
- That’s all well and good, but those products and similar disinfectants are already sold out practically everywhere as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States continues to climb.
- Washing your hands well does a better job of killing coronavirus on your hands than Purell anyway, and there is another option that works on your phone.
- It’s called the PurLite UV-C Sanitizer Box and it’s back in stock on Amazon… but not for long.
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Despite the fact that the White House is embarrassingly still trying to downplay the impact that the novel coronavirus is going to have on our nation and on the economy, COVID-19 is quite literally going to change the course of history. Some expert estimates suggest that the majority of Americans will at some point come in contact with the virus, and it’s possible that between one-third and one-half of Americans will get sick.
Most cases of the novel coronavirus are relatively mild and patients make a full recovery. Elderly and people who are already immunocompromised are the most at-risk, but many people are unaware of underlying conditions that might lead to complications in the event of an infection. The bottom line is there is an extremely good chance that you’ll come in contact with COVID-19 at some point, but there are things you can do to limit your exposure and prevent infection.
First, wash your hands thoroughly and regularly.
Second, keep your eye on Amazon because Purell, Clorox wipes, and Lysol wipes have been coming back in stock periodically. They’re sold out just about everywhere else, so this is definitely your best bet.
Third, accept the fact that your smartphone is a hotbed for germs and viruses like the novel coronavirus. Regularly disinfecting your phone is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick, but traditional methods like Clorox wipes and Purell are almost impossible to come by right now. You don’t want to use soap and water, of course, but are other options that work better than anything else. The first is called the PhoneSoap 3 Pro UV Smartphone Sanitizer, and it’s available to order once again right now on Amazon.
PhoneSoap 3 UV Smartphone Sanitizer & Universal Charger | Patented & Clinically Proven UV Light…: $119.95
The PhoneSoap 3 Pro uses a 10-minute session with intense UV light to kill any and all germs lurking on your smartphone. In case you’re wondering, UV light has indeed been confirmed to kill COVID-19. The bad news is that Phonesoap devices aren’t available to ship immediately right now on Amazon or anywhere else, but as of the time of this writing, shipping estimates are noted as later this month. That will give you plenty of time to get your hands on a Phonesoap 3 Pro before the novel coronavirus outbreak really starts picking up serious steam in the US.
PhoneSoap 3 UV Smartphone Sanitizer & Universal Charger | Patented & Clinically Proven UV Light…: $119.95
If you want other options that will ship sooner, the $47 NeotrixQI Cell Phone Sanitizer is in stock right now. We haven’t tested it though, so we can’t guarantee how well it works. If you want the best of the best and you want it to ship right now, Amazon has the $200 PurLite UV-C Sanitizer Box in stock. It’s the standard by which all similar products are measured, and it’s available for immediate Prime shipping.
UV Cell Phone Sanitizer, Portable UV Light Smart Phone Sterilizer, Aromatherapy Function Disinf…: $46.99
PurLite UV-C Sanitizer Box | UV Disinfection Box for Baby Bottle Jewelry Beauty Tools Phone Too…: $199.99
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The $399 Escobar Fold is actually a Samsung Galaxy Fold with a sticker
- Escobar Fold phones are supposed to be affordable, high-end foldable handsets, made by a company managed by the infamous Escobar family.
- The foldable phones, however, aren’t original devices or knock-offs. They’re handsets from other companies, like the Galaxy Fold made by Samsung, likely used to scam unsuspecting users.
- Well-known tech reviewer Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) explains exactly what’s going on in a new video, proving the Escobar Fold 2 is actually a Galaxy Fold covered with a gold sticker.
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Foldable phones might be the future, but it’ll be a while longer until smartphone makers can deliver durable and affordable foldable handsets. The Galaxy Z Flip that Samsung just launched is better built than its ill-fated predecessor, the Galaxy Fold, and a lot more affordable. But it’s still a handset you have to handle with care to prevent damage. So if you see any promise of an affordable foldable phone, that also happens to look good and pack high-end specs, you better run for the hills. Nobody can produce such devices, especially not a company that’s associated with the Escobar family. We’ve shown you two Escobar foldable phones so far, including the Escobar Fold 1 and Fold 2, and we advised against buying any of them, no matter how great those offers sounded like. If you’re still unconvinced, you should check out Marques Brownlee’s “review” of the Fold 2, which happens to be precisely the kind of phone you thought it was, a poorly disguised Galaxy Fold.
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MacBooks unlike anything Apple has ever made are coming soon
- Apple is expected to update its MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines this year, with noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claiming that several notable upgrades are on the way.
- New MacBook Pro and Air models featuring Magic Keyboards like the 16-inch MacBook Pro are due in the second quarter of the year.
- An ARM-based MacBook is expected to launch in the second half of the year, with Apple supposedly eyeing a major MacBook redesign for 2021.
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The coronavirus outbreak may have significantly altered Apple’s new product launch plans for the first half of the year. However, the iPhone maker is still expected to quietly unveil several products in the coming weeks, some of which will soon hit stores. A recent series of rumors said that the iPhone 9 event is canceled, and the actual launch of the handset was postponed for summer or fall. But devices like the 2020 iPad Pro generation, new Apple TV, and new earphones might still be announced soon. On top of that, Apple is expected to refresh its MacBook line in the coming months, and here is where things get interesting. Apple is expected to update its MacBook Pro and Air lines, and an Apple insider with an accurate track record says the company will soon unveil laptops unlike anything made so far.
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Coronavirus hits Hollywood: Tom Hanks and his wife announce their diagnosis
- Around the time that President Trump was announcing a travel ban from Europe during an address Wednesday evening to try and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, Tom Hanks and his wife became the first major celebrities to publicly confirm they’ve been diagnosed with the virus.
- Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are currently in Australia for work on director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming movie about Elvis Presley, in which Hanks will star as Presley’s manager. Word of their diagnosis, meanwhile, capped a frenetic day of news headlines that seemed to emerge almost every hour as a result of the virus’ outbreak and continued spread.
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Around the same time as President Trump was delivering a televised Oval Office address Wednesday night about the spread of coronavirus in the US and the federal government’s new steps to combat it, Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson released a statement via social media confirming they both have tested positive for the virus.
Hanks’ statement in full can be read below. Both he and his wife — who appear to be the first major celebrities to confirm they’ve tested positive for the virus — are in Australia at the moment for work on director Baz Luhrmann’s forthcoming movie about Elvis Presley, in which Hanks is portraying Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker.
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HIV patient appears to be totally cured after stem cell treatment
- A stem cell transplant has rid a man of HIV, making him the second person to be declared cured of the virus.
- The transplant used stem cells that contained a unique mutation that works against HIV.
- Doctors are optimistic but warn that this treatment isn’t a magic bullet for all HIV patients.
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A 40-year-old HIV patient has been declared cured after a promising treatment has left him with no active virus. The man, Adam Castillejo, was the subject of extensive research in early 2019 after doctors failed to find HIV in his body over an 18-month period after previously being diagnosed in 2003.
Castillejo, known by the nickname “London Patient” lived with the disease for many years, taking medicine to manage it since 2012. That same year he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and later endured a bone marrow transplant. That operation may have ultimately cured him of HIV, and appears to have made him only the second person to ever be cured of the disease that causes AIDS.
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Deal alert: These 7 credit cards give you at least $1,000 in value just for signing up
- There are so many different factors that consumers can use to select which credit card is right for them, from the size of the annual fee to what perks are offered to how well the card fits into the owner’s travel strategy. Meanwhile, there are plenty of credit card offers and deals that promise huge up-front welcome bonuses just for signing up.
- Here’s one thing that might help make the decision a little easier: There are plenty of cards on the market right now that offer up at least $1,000 in value — merely for signing up for one. That’s a result of a combination of perks, including the credit card welcome bonus, and in this post we’ll take a look at seven cards that offer this degree of value. The value being at least $1,000 per the latest card valuations from The Points Guy.
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One of the things that might strike the average person as odd when they come across a savvy credit card user — and we’re specifically referring to those with a robust card-based travel rewards strategy, not, say, profligate shoppers — is how they might have more than one card in their wallet. A handful or more, in fact.
Questions that might be tempting to ask in such cases are things like, How does such a person pick which card to use for which purpose? And why do they even have that many in the first place? In this post, we’re going to talk about the answer to those questions — about how having even one or two extra credit cards, and specifically these cards, might make a huge difference in the out-of-pocket costs for your next vacation. Indeed, this is an incredible time to add a new card to your wallet, with multiple cards offering 100,000-point bonuses. Moreover, you can easily score at least $1,000 or more in value thanks to these cards with especially inviting welcome offers. Of course, the cards with the most perks often come with higher annual fees, so that’s a consideration, as well.
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Google’s next Chromecast Ultra will run Android TV and have a remote
- Google is reportedly developing a new Chromecast Ultra model that will run Android TV and ship with its own dedicated external remote.
- The Chromecast remote in question appears to have gone through the FCC in recent days.
- Google had to cancel its annual developer conference, Google I/O, so the timing for the announcement of the new streaming dongle is unknown.
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The first streaming dongle that I ever bought was a Google Chromecast, but the fact that I had to use my phone as a remote always bugged me. It wasn’t a massive inconvenience, but when it came time to upgrade to a streaming stick that could output 4K video, I decided to jump ship for Roku. I did not think that the lack of a dedicated remote would be a dealbreaker, but it was, which is why the latest Chromecast leak has me especially excited.
9to5Google has heard from a supposedly reliable source that a second-generation Chromecast Ultra is launching in 2020 that will be based on Android TV and will ship with an external remote. Codenamed “sabrina,” the 2nd-gen Ultra is a dongle much like the current model, and will once again support 4K HDR video content.
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President Trump just banned travel from Europe, and everyone is freaking out
- The official response of the US government to the coronavirus outbreak has now included the extraordinary measure of banning all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days starting on Friday at midnight. The United Kingdom is an exception to this ban.
- President Trump announced the move in a brief but significant Oval Office address televised live Wednesday night that included a number of other steps, including financial relief to various businesses and individuals. The European travel ban, though, drew immediate focus because of how major a step this is.
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In an address tonight from the Oval Office, President Trump announced a range of measures meant to step up the US response to the coronavirus crisis, and one of them includes the extraordinary step of banning all travel from Europe to the US starting on Friday for 30 days.
The European travel ban does not apply to travel from the United Kingdom, but there are still tons of questions about what this all means and how it will be enforced. There were also a number of unanswered questions as of Wednesday night about what this means for cargo — to what degree shipments from Europe will be cut off, for example, and what approvals the White House needs to implement such a move.
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Coronavirus is making us so paranoid that a plane landed because someone sneezed
- As COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, continues to wreak havoc on so much of daily life here and around the world, from the cancellation of major conferences and events like the E3 gaming expo and Coachella to a shift toward more work-from-home job arrangements, one thing that arguably hasn’t gotten enough attention is the paranoia that’s starting to be generated by the virus, as well as the potential for people to overreact.
- The coronavirus impact on travel is already particularly acute, with some airlines even resigning themselves to flying what have been regarded as “ghost flights” in light of the slump in demand from consumers. In one of the more extreme examples of the kinds of reactions the virus is causing, however, a recent United Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency, unplanned stop after passengers freaked out over someone sneezing on the plane.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned national lawmakers on Wednesday — the same day that the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic — that when it comes to the spread of the virus here, “the worst is yet to come.“
In light of the tens of thousands of infected people around the world, as well as the scores of deaths attributable to the virus, it should come as no surprise that the virus has begun to spark pretty serious reactions bordering on overreaction and even paranoia in some people. To wit: A recent United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency, unplanned stop after a passenger’s sneezing caused other passengers on the plane to basically freak out — so much so that the pilot was forced to land.
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Boeing’s oft-delayed SLS rocket is now more expensive than ever
- NASA’s delayed SLS rocket program, headed by Boeing, continues to disappoint.
- Massive budget overruns and significant delays have pushed the completion of the SLS back multiple times.
- Other contractors on the project include Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne.
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NASA’s Space Launch System — the massive uber-rocket which will power future missions to the Moon and beyond — is starting to look even more ridiculous than it already did. As Spaceflight Now reports, a new report by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General reveals the high-tech rocket will set the country back over $18 billion before all is said and done.
This comes on the heels of news that the SLS won’t make its expected 2020 launch window, which was already pushed back multiple times. Instead, NASA is now targeting 2021 as the year when the mega-rocket is finally ready to be sent skyward.
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