Tech giants including Facebook and Razer restrict workers from traveling to China as more Coronavirus cases appear

What just happened? More companies are taking precautions against the Coronavirus by restricting travel to China. Facebook and Razer have stopped all non-essential travel to the country, while LG has introduced a complete ban.

With more than 4,000 people infected across the world and the death doll having surpassed 100, the United States has advised Americans to “reconsider” visiting all of China—most cases have been in the city of Wuhan. Following the warning, Facebook asked employees to halt non-essential

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This ridiculous new gadget displays time using sequins

From out in left field: Sometimes a gadget comes along that seemingly has no real purpose other than just to serve as the product of one's creativity. The Sequino is just such a contraption. Technically it's an Arduino-powered clock, but only if you don't mind being four minutes late to everything in your life.

Surely you are aware of the recent fad that uses sequins to change the color or design of fabric. Called “flip sequins,” the material changes color when rubbed one

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The DOJ may team up with state attorneys general to investigate Google over antitrust concerns

In context: Google is currently facing down numerous antitrust investigations from federal regulators and a coalition of 48 state attorneys general. However, these separate investigations might soon combine into one giant, legal threat against Google, if upcoming talks between the DOJ and the coalition in question pan out.

For a bit of context, the investigations in question weren't started over any single potential infraction; they're a bit more general in nature. The DOJ's investigation, which was launched in July of 201

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Konami reportedly has at least one Silent Hill game in development

Rumor mill: Get your salt shaker ready because you are going to need an extra dose of salt to take with the rumor that the Silent Hill franchise might be making a comeback. Konami reportedly has not one but two games in the works.

AestheticGamer "leaked" on Twitter that Konami could be working on two games in the Silent Hill franchise. The first is a "soft-reboot," and the second is an episodic narrative-style game similar to Telltale games or Supermassive's Until Dawn.

The series

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Atari to break ground on first video game-themed hotel later this year

The big picture: Such a concept may have seemed narrow-minded even just a decade ago but today, it’s not as far-fetched as it may initially seem. Gaming has become a cultural phenomenon that appeals to people of all ages and of course, themed resorts are big business – just ask Disney. While this isn’t on the same scale as that, it could still be lucrative.

Atari, an early pioneer in the electronic entertainment industry, is hoping its latest business venture will conjure up

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iOS 14 is said to support almost all iOS 13 devices, including iPhone SE

Why it matters: Apple is expected to announce the next version of iOS and iPadOS at its annual WWDC conference in June, and that means some people are keen to know whether their devices are going to be supported for an OS upgrade. After a somewhat buggy iOS 13 release, Apple may have decided to continue supporting almost all of the devices that received the last update for at least one more major OS upgrade cycle.

According to a report from French website iPhoneSoft, many owners of older generations of iPhone and iPad

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Apple could be planning to build a Mac using a single piece of glass

In context: Folding displays are all the rage these days, and we've seen many tech companies release or announce their own gadgets that utilize the technology. There's Lenovo's new ThinkPad, Samsung's Galaxy Fold, and Huawei's Mate X, to name a few. However, folding displays alone aren't radical enough for some of Apple's engineers.

A recent patent filed by Apple reveals a design for a curved Mac, built from a single sheet of glass. The device

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GM is investing $3 billion to build electric vehicles in Detroit

What just happened? General Motors on Monday moved one step closer to making its vision of an all-electric future a reality with the announcement of a substantial investment at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant.

The automaker is setting aside $2.2 billion to convert the facility into its first dedicated entirely to building electric vehicles. At present, the Detroit-Hamtramck plant employs around 900 people who build the Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac CT6. It’ll go idle at the end of February as the renovations

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Nintendo to end Wii repair requests in two months

PSA: If you have been putting off getting your 13-year-old Wii console repaired, you’d better dust it off and get it to Nintendo. You have just over two months before the company closes shop on the device.

On its Japanese support pages, Nintendo announced it can no longer take repair requests on Wii consoles (model RVL-001) after March 31, 2020. Parts to fix the aging devices are no longer produced and are getting hard to find

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Eve promises its new Spectrum gaming monitors will ship on time

In a nutshell: All three use panels from LG Display and offer an HDMI port, two DisplayPort connections, two USB Type-C connections, three USB Type-A connections, a USB Type-B connection and a 3.5mm jack.

Eve, makers of the crowdfunded Surface Pro competitor we reviewed back in 2017, is now accepting pre-orders for a new line of gaming monitors.

The Eve Spectrum is a 27-inch gaming monitor that’s being offered in three flavors

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