Watch the opening scene of ‘The Office’ on its 15th anniversary

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Authcom

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The Office, which the latest Nielsen numbers show is the most popular licensed series on Netflix right now, debuted on NBC 15 years ago today.
Thanks to the novel coronavirus and the quarantines and shutdown orders it’s spurred, the show is one of the Netflix series viewers are especially bingeing right now while we’re all hunkering down at home.
Watch the opening moments of the show, Episode 1 of which debuted on this date back in 2005, below.
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Fifteen years ago today, the world was introduced for the first time to a loveable, bumbling, frequently-inappropriate regional manager of a paper supply company named Michael Scott who became a central character in NBC’s beloved, 9-season workplace comedy The Office.

It’s head-spinning to think how different the world was back then. The iPhone was still a few years away. No one really knew the name Barack Obama yet. Heck, we could still come and go as we please, pre-global pandemic. You can check out the first few moments of the show’s inaugural season below, but one reason this is an anniversary especially worth highlighting now has to do with the fact that millions of us are stuck at home right now thanks to the novel coronavirus, with little to do but work from home and find ways to keep ourselves entertained.

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All of India is under complete coronavirus lockdown

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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India, the world’s second-most populous country after China, has gone into a complete lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Everything except for essential services, including health services and grocery stores, will be closed for a minimum of 21 days starting at midnight local time.
India reported its first coronavirus case in late January. Currently, there are over 500 people infected in the country, according to official statistics.
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The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 400,000 worldwide on Tuesday, with the figure having doubled in just a week. The death toll has surpassed 17,000, and we’re probably going to see thousands of deaths in the coming weeks, as countries battle the horrific pandemic.

India, the world’s second-most populous country with more than 1.3 billion citizens, is going into a full lockdown, something that may seem unimaginable for such a massive region. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the complete lockdown, which will last for at least 21 days.

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Here’s how ‘Pokemon Go’ is adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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Pokemon Go has received several major updates to make it easier to play without leaving home as many of us are stuck inside until the coronavirus pandemic is under control.
Some of the changes to Pokemon Go include extra XP, the ability to carry more gifts, and cheap bundles.
Be sure to check Pokemon Go every week for a new 1 PokeCoin bundle in the shop.
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There are obviously more pressing concerns right now than catching Pokemon on our phones, but as we all settle into our new quarantine realities for the next several weeks or even months, any distraction is a welcome one. That’s why we thought it would be a good idea to see how Pokemon Go developer Niantic is tweaking its game to account for the fact that no one is going outside and walking around for the foreseeable future.

Reports about Niantic “prioritizing updates to Pokemon Go features and experiences that can be enjoyed in individual settings” began popping up earlier this month, and on Monday, the developer revealed some of the changes that are being made to make the game easier to play from the comfort of your home.

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Today’s coronavirus spike in the US doesn’t tell the whole story

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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March 24 coronavirus update: As of Tuesday morning, there have been more than 46,000 cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed in the US, along with almost 600 deaths.
And even though the World Health Organization thinks the US could soon become the epicenter of the pandemic, President Trump insisted on Monday that he wanted to reopen US businesses again soon.
Health experts warned about this tendency to reverse course too soon, and one reason why is because today’s numbers don’t reflect today’s reality.
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President Trump sent everyone’s head spinning at a news conference yesterday in which he insisted that he would press for businesses to reopen soon, the coronavirus-related quarantines and shutdowns to end, and the US economy to start getting back to normal. “Our country was not built to be shut down,” Trump said. “We are going to be opening up our country for business because our country was meant to be open.”

Not only does this fly in the face of pretty much universal warnings from health experts who stress that the deadly virus is nowhere close to having run its course in the US yet, but this is also exactly what many experts warned about during the early days of the fight against the virus — that it would be tempting to want to react to coronavirus-related shutdowns early, even though what you see today doesn’t reflect the conditions of today.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20+ looks stunning in these new renders

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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The new Galaxy Note 20 lineup from Samsung is a few months away from release — with the handsets possibly coming as soon as this summer alongside the Galaxy Fold 2.
A Dutch tech news blog, working with an outside designer, has compiled a variety of leaks, specs, and rumors that have surfaced thus far about Samsung’s new Note 20+ to produce new color renders of the device.
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Because Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 20 phablets will borrow a lot spec-wise from the new Galaxy S20 phones, noted leaker Ice Universe said on Twitter in recent days that we could almost think of the Note variant as the “Galaxy S20, Pen edition.”

That’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the fact remains: The Note 20 hardware specs won’t materially differ from those of the S20 series, Ice Universe added in a separate tweet, something that also holds true for the Note 20 cameras. Note enthusiasts, though, are a hardcore bunch and are no doubt plenty excited for the Note 20 series to arrive later this year (it’s being developed at Samsung under the code name “Project Canvas”) and it will include both a standard model and a Plus edition. And speaking of the latter, new renders have just surfaced courtesy of Dutch tech news blog LetsGoDigital (in partnership with designer Jermaine Smit, known online as Concept Creator).

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‘Plague Inc.’ adds new mode that lets players try to stop a pandemic

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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On account of the coronavirus spreading across the globe, Ndemic Creations will update its popular Plague Inc. game with a brand new mode.
The new mode lets players stop a deadly virus from spreading. In the standard mode, players try and spread a virus across the world.
The coronavirus is still spreading aggressively throughout the world and has resulted in more than 18,000 deaths. Incidentally, the lockdown in Wuhan, China has come to an end.
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A few weeks ago, the popular iPhone game Plague Inc. was booted from the App Store in China under mysterious circumstances. The game, if you’re not familiar with it, is effectively a simulation where users are challenged to create a deadly disease and spread it across the world as scientists and medical health professionals look to contain it. It admittedly sounds morbid at first glance, but the game is incredibly and surprisingly educational. The game is also immersive, addicting, and as a result, has won a number of awards over the years.

In light of the coronavirus, however, the Plague Inc. developers over at Ndemic Creations realized that having users actively try and spread a virus across the globe — when it’s actually happening in real life — may not sit well with everyone. As a result, the company today announced that it will be introducing a new game mode wherein users will be tasked with stopping an infectious disease as opposed to spreading it.

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Coronavirus shutdowns across the US are saving 600,000 lives, data shows

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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Coronavirus has forced social distancing and shutdowns of schools and businesses, but these measures are saving hundreds of thousands of lives, researchers say.
Reversing course before treatment or vaccine research has matured could lead to an incredible spike in deaths as the healthcare system is overwhelmed by critically ill patients.
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The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically altered the way many of us conduct our daily lives, but the seemingly drastic measures being taken across the United States are saving hundreds of thousands of lives. This, according to a new study by economists led by Martin Eichenbaum of Northwestern University, is more than enough reason to maintain and even expand the social distancing efforts and temporary shutdowns already in place across the country.

The news comes as questions regarding the length of the social distancing and business closures begin to mount. The US stock market is struggling, and President Trump appears poised to push the country back toward economic normalcy despite the looming health threat and potential for catastrophic death tolls.

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Google’s decision to ruin the Pixel 5 might have a good explanation

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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Google’s Pixel 5, which is set to launch this fall, will not have the same high-end processor as the Galaxy S20 and other Android flagships, some rumors have said.
The Pixel 5 won’t be the only new Android phone ditching the Snapdragon 865 for a cheaper alternative from Qualcomm.
A new report speculates that the Snapdragon 865’s price and design particularities might make it unattractive to some smartphone vendors, including Google.
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Google’s Pixel phones are meant to be iPhone equivalents for the Android universe; high-end handsets that are always the first to run the latest Android software. Google made that clear a few years ago when it replaced the Nexus line with the Pixel family. However, Google made a huge change to its policy last year when it launched the Pixel 3a — a mid-range device that wasn’t anything like the Pixel 3 in terms of flagship features.

The same thing will happen in the coming months when the Pixel 4a delivers a less impressive set of specifications than those of the Pixel 4 that was launched in October. But, more disturbingly, the Pixel 5 might be the first Pixel series not to sport the same kind of hardware as the other top Android flagships of the year. But thanks to a new report, we might at least know why this is the case.

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Coronavirus pandemic forces SpaceX launch delay

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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SpaceX, which has proven resilient in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, finally felt the impact after its planned launch of a SAOCOM satellite was delayed.
The delay comes as Vandenberg Air Force Base is locking down and limiting operations, including rocket launches.
The launch would have sent a Falcon 9 skyward to deliver a satellite into orbit, but it will now be rescheduled for a later date.
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NASA has already had to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in a number of ways. SpaceX, on the other hand, had remained largely unaffected by the outbreak, but you knew it couldn’t stay that way forever. Now, as TechCrunch reports, the company is facing its first coronavirus-related delay, with the planned launch of a SAOCOM satellite being pushed back indefinitely.

The delay comes as California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, where the launch was supposed to take place, issues a lockdown to prevent the virus from spreading. There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on the base right now, but the Air Force is taking a proactive approach here and hoping to keep it that way.

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The US is about to be the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Authcom

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The novel coronavirus outbreak is continuing to generate new confirmed cases at a fast clip in the US, which the World Health Organization estimates is on track to soon become the epicenter of the global pandemic.
The WHO’s latest data shows that 85 percent of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide over the last 24 hours were from Europe and the US. Forty percent of that total was attributable to new US cases, where a growing number of states and cities are dealing with lockdowns, business shutdowns, and citizens ordered to stay at home as much as possible.
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You’d be forgiven for trying to keep up with the news related to the novel coronavirus outbreak around the US today and feeling a little confused about the state of things in the country.

On the one hand, the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus cases stemming from the pandemic is multiplying to such a degree in the US that we’re about to become the new epicenter of the virus (thanks to a “very large acceleration,” per WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris). The outbreak here is not only very large, she told reporters today, but it “is increasing in intensity.” Meanwhile, President Trump is pressing to get the country’s business reopened and the economy coming back to life — as soon as by Easter, he said during a Fox town hall Tuesday, never mind the objections of the health care community.

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