The big picture: Facebook has seen the demand for real-time video skyrocket in recent weeks as more and more people are turning to technology to remain connected while practicing social distancing. Between Messenger and WhatsApp, the company said more than 700 million accounts are participating in calls every day.

To help people feel more like they are together when video chatting (and let’s be honest – to help fend off competitors like Zoom and Houseparty ), Facebook is rolling out a new feature called Messenger Rooms .

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Forward-looking: Nvidia will commence the leading keynote of their annual Graphics Technology Conference (GTC) on May 14. A “get amped” byline suggests the inclusion of the long-rumored Ampere architecture, which will power a new generation of GPUs.

The keynote -- delivered, presumably, to an empty room -- will be led by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, pictured above. It will cover the “latest innovations in AI, high-performance computing, data science, autonomous machines, healthcare and graphics

In context: Apple cultivates the image of a company that takes security and privacy very seriously, which is why it's no surprise to see it downplaying every independent report that might suggest the software security protections on iPhone and iPad can't keep hackers away 100 percent of the time.

Recently, news broke that the default Mail app on iOS has two severe vulnerabilities that have existed for eight years and make it easier for someone to get full control over your iPhone or iPad. The security research group that

Bottom line: For its part, CES organizers told APM Reports that they aren’t aware of any confirmed cases of Covid-19 from the conference. A single antibody test result isn’t enough to conclude that Covid-19 was indeed present at CES. It is plausible that the person in question contracted the virus afterwards but didn’t show any symptoms. Perhaps his post-CES sickness was just another type of illness – conference crud, as it is commonly called.

APM Reports has published evidence

Bottom line: If you smashed your Pixel or Galaxy smartphone jumping out of your ambulance or running to your nurse's station, Samsung and Google want you to know they've got your back. On Friday, both Samsung and Google began offering free phone repairs to healthcare workers and first responders. The two companies have formed a partnership with repair service uBreakiFix, to fix the broken phones of those handling the coronavirus crisis.

Samsung's "Free Repairs for the Frontline" program will fix any Samsung phone at no

In brief: AT&T on Friday announced that longtime CEO Randall Stephenson is retiring this summer. Stephenson joined AT&T as chief operating officer in 2005 through an acquisition of Southwestern Bell. Two years later, he took over as CEO for the outgoing Edward Whitacre and has held the position ever since.

During his tenure, Stephenson oversaw AT&T’s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV as well as its mega merger with Time Warner.

AT&T said that effective July 1

PSA: Apple devices are facing another test-based bug similar to chaiOS and others. A specific string of characters received in a notification from Messages, Mail, and various other apps can cause iPhones, iPads, Macs, or Apple watches to lock up.

The characters causing the problem consists of the italian flag emoji and characters from the Sindhi language. MacRumors notes that bug seems to only occur through notifications containing the string. So just getting a text message with it has no effect, but a notification popup will crash