As U.S. Passes a Quarter Million Dead, Response Remains Disjointed
New York City schools close on Thursday. A U.N. agency finds that closing classrooms to children does little to slow spread of the virus.
Google for Education: CS First @codeorg #HourOfCode
Google is celebrating Computer Science Education Week and providing educational resources that can be accessed online or off.Celebrate Computer Science Education Week this year with flexible one-hour coding activities that can be completed online with a devic…
Computer Science Education Week: More help for more students
Recent research shows that only 45 percent of U.S. schools offer computer science (CS) courses, and that Black, Latinx and Female students especially lack equitable access to a CS education. So I beat the odds: I am a Black, female, computer engineer at Goog…
Nigel Slater’s recipes for halibut, and baked apples
A zesty fish dish and the sweet scent of baking applesIn a wretched year, brief moments of joy are to be cherished all the more. Today, cold, damp and dealing with a blanket of sodden leaves in the garden, I catch the smell of baking apples coming through the…
Chef Daniel Boulud's secret ingredient for 2020? Creativity - Reuters
Restaurants are testing new recipes for the nouvelle normal extending through 2021, with ingredients for safe dining and comfort vibes.
Zojirushi’s Newest Toaster Oven Excels at All the Basics
It’s nothing fancy (and there are better ways to make toast), but this countertop device will roast, bake, or reheat just about anything you want for dinner.
The Moley robotic kitchen can make you meals and do your dishes — Strictly Robots
The Moley robotic kitchen cooks full recipes with its robotic arms, sensors, and optical cameras. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Robot, Robot Arm, Kitchen, and Kitchen Gadget
This Cranberry Tarte Tatin Couldn't Be Easier
The ideal Pandemic Thanksgiving dessert is fancy enough to feel special while remaining as low-effort—and delicious—as humanly possible. This year, more than ever, you deserve freedom from complicated recipes that yield underwhelming results. You deserve a cr…
Make Stuffed Mushrooms With Your Leftovers
If you search for “stuffed mushrooms” on this wide web of the world, you will find many recipes. That’s great for those of us who love recipes, but stuffed mushrooms are one of the easiest appetizers to make without a recipe. You just stuff things in a mushro…
This Beautiful 360-Degree Camera Needs Its Software to Catch Up
Although they enjoyed a surge in popularity when products like Google Cardboard made VR more accessible, 360-degree cameras have always been a niche product, if only because viewing and sharing 360-degree imagery is a challenge. Vecnos wants to change that wi…
How to Send Nintendo Switch Screenshots to Your PC or Phone
The latest Nintendo Switch software update, version 11.0.0, makes it much easier to transfer screenshots and gameplay videos to your smartphone or PC. The new methods are miles better than the unintuitive post-to-social-media-then-delete workaround we’ve been…
YC-backed BuildBuddy raises $3.15M to help developers build software more quickly
BuildBuddy, whose software helps developers compile and test code quickly using a blend of open-source technology and proprietary tools, announced a funding round today worth $3.15 million. The company was part of the Winter 2020 Y Combinator batch, which sa…
How to Use a PlayStation 5 Controller With Steam
Windows: PlayStation 5 owners can now use their PS5’s DualSense controllers to play PC games on Steam. Valve’s most recent Steam beta adds full compatibility for the DualSense in all controller-enabled games by default—no extra software to necessary, and no s…
More voting software FUD falls flat after Trump highlights dubious data
Reports that Dominion Software, which provides voting tabulation tools to about half the states in the U.S., “deleted” millions of votes have been soundly rebuffed after outgoing President Trump parroted numbers from a random internet forum. Tweeting Thursday…
Koan raises $1M more as it adds a free tier to its OKR software
This week Koan, a startup that provides objectives-and-key-results (OKR) and status-tracking software, announced that it has raised an additional $1 million, added a free tier to its service, and acquired a design firm that it has worked with. Koan, which rai…