The big picture: Lucid Motors, Inc. CEO Peter Rawlinson has confirmed that the debut of its first luxury electric sedan is being pushed back to later this year due to Covid-19. A formal introduction will now take place when larger world events allow for it.

The electric automaker originally planned to showcase a production model of the Lucid Air at the New York International Auto Show. That event was to run from April 10 through April 19 but coordinators earlier this month postponed it until late August due to

Why it matters: If there’s one piece of software that has held up remarkably well over several decades, it’s Microsoft’s Office suite of productivity apps. From business to personal life, the applications in Office have proven their value time and time again to people all over the world. Perhaps because of that, Microsoft has used Office as a means to push forward the definition of what software is, how it should be delivered, how it should be sold, what platforms it should run on,

In context: Covid-19 has forced many people inside due to stay-at-home mandates and other regulations meant to keep the virus at bay. Niantic is hoping to adapt its games meant for outdoor use for your home instead.

Concerns over Covid-19 have led to numerous shelter-in-place mandates and calls to exercise social distancing to limit the spread of the virus. This has the unfortunate side effect of limiting activities that encourage being around people such as Pokémon Go. The game

The big picture: Comcast this week said network traffic is starting to plateau in some of the first cities that issued stay at home orders such as San Francisco and Seattle but still remains at highly elevated levels. Fortunately, the network has been able to remain stable thus far.

Weekday usage of VoIP and video conferencing applications is up 212 percent while VPN traffic has increased roughly 40 percent, the result of more people moving to work and learn from home environments. This has also shifted peak download time from 9

What just happened? The US ban on Huawei is starting to have an effect on the Chinese giant’s bottom line. The company reported a 5.6 percent rise in profit last year, its smallest increase in three years, and warned that 2020 would be its most difficult year yet. Huawei also predicted that the Chinese government could hit back against the US.

In its annual report, Huawei revealed that its net profit for 2019 was 62.7 billion yuan (around $

Editor's take: It’s anyone’s guess as to how much longer this whole ordeal will last but it’s almost a guarantee that it’ll leave a lasting scar on society and how we go about things moving forward. For example, I wouldn’t be surprised if massive gatherings like tech conferences turn increasingly digital and working from home becomes a bit more commonplace.

Business-focused and video conferencing apps are seeing record growth as work from home policies, social distancing measures and government mandated lockdowns

What just happened? Amidst declining demand and oversupply, Samsung Display has announced that it will be ending production of all LCD panels at the company's South Korean and Chinese factories by this year's end.

Following in the footsteps of its home rival, LG, Samsung Display will also be ending LCD production by the year's end, the company announced recently. The development comes after waning consumer interest in LCDs, with Samsung pushing for its Quantum Dot display technology as the next big industry trend.

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What just happened? If you’re looking to save money by purchasing an older smartphone, finding a Pixel 3 and 3 XL just got a little more difficult after Google discontinued them. A company spokesperson confirmed that the Google Store has sold out of its inventory of Pixel 3 handsets, though they are still available from other retailers.

Android Police reports that Google has sold the remaining Pixel 3 phones it had in stock. The product listing now redirects to the store homepage, and the devices are shown as “ out of

What just happened? In an effort to reduce strain on the internet and help gamers manage their home bandwidth during the ongoing pandemic, Steam has announced some changes to its game auto-update schedule, which will now kick in normally for only those games that you've played within the last 3 days, while content for others would be downloaded during your next off-peak local time period.

Steam generates a considerable amount of internet traffic, and with the service setting new concurrent user records almost every week , it too