Twitter test lets you reword potentially offensive replies
Twitter is testing a new feature with select users that offers the chance to reword a reply if it uses language that has the potential to cause offense.
Tom Cruise and SpaceX may be planning a movie shoot in space
A project involving Tom Cruise and SpaceX making a movie in space is reported to be in the early stages. And the idea may not be as crazy as it sounds.
Mavic Air 2 has an advanced feature not seen on other consumer drones
In a first for consumer drones, DJI's new Mavic Air 2 drone comes with a safety feature that should give pilots more peace of mind when flying their birds.
WhatsApp effort to disrupt the spread of misinformation bears fruit
The company recently took action after becoming concerned about the growing amount of bogus coronavirus content circulating on the popular messaging service.
Dyson racks up $25M in costs after building unwanted coronavirus ventilator
Dyson designed the machine in response to a call from the U.K. government to help hospitals battling the coronavirus, but now it says they're not needed.
Pandemic drone fails to get off the ground in Connecticut
Following protests from residents, police in Connecticut have ditched a plan to use a special drone as part of efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Did the world’s biggest tech show propel U.S. coronavirus infections?
A report suggests that January's CES tech show in Vegas may have been an incubator for COVID-19, with possible cases weeks before the first recorded U.S. death.
NASA makes unusual plea to public ahead of historic SpaceX launch
NASA has asked people not to travel to Florida next month to watch a historic SpaceX launch, as it fears doing so could increase the spread of the coronavirus.
Google Meet now looks more like Zoom after more participants added
An update for Google Meet now lets you have up to 16 people in a meeting, a big improvement on the previous version which only allowed a maximum of four.
Netflix added way more subscribers than it expected in first quarter
Netflix added nearly double the number of subscribers than it expected in the first quarter of 2020, with pandemic-related lockdowns driving the new signups.
Aussie airline Qantas shows how it hibernates its jets during pandemic
Much work is needed to prepare a commercial jet for a lengthy hibernation, and there's a fair bit of maintenance work to carry out while it's parked up, too.
