Month: March 2020

Nokia 8.3 5G coming this summer for $640 (Global network support & Zeiss optics)

HMD’s first 5G smartphone is coming this summer, and true to the company’s history, it’ll be much more affordable than most modern flagships. The Nokia 8.3 5G packs a 6.81 inch display, quad cameras with Zeiss optics, and support for…

HMD’s first 5G smartphone is coming this summer, and true to the company’s history, it’ll be much more affordable than most modern flagships. The Nokia 8.3 5G packs a 6.81 inch display, quad cameras with Zeiss optics, and support for global 5G wireless networks. But with a starting price of 599 Euros (about $640), it’ll be […]

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Microsoft: DirectX 12 Ultimate macht’s flotter und hübscher

Prangt das Logo von DirectX 12 Ultimate auf einer künftigen Grafikkarte, werden schnelleres Raytracing, höhere Bildraten, schönere Distanzdarstellung und besseres Textur-Streaming unterstützt. Ein Bericht von Marc Sauter (DirectX-12, Microsoft)

Prangt das Logo von DirectX 12 Ultimate auf einer künftigen Grafikkarte, werden schnelleres Raytracing, höhere Bildraten, schönere Distanzdarstellung und besseres Textur-Streaming unterstützt. Ein Bericht von Marc Sauter (DirectX-12, Microsoft)

Daily Deals (3-19-2020)

Stuck at home and looking for something to do? The Epic Games Store is giving away The Stanley Parable and Watch Dogs for free. GOG has a whopping 27 free games at the moment. And KORG and Moog are giving away mobile synthesizer apps for Android and iO…

Stuck at home and looking for something to do? The Epic Games Store is giving away The Stanley Parable and Watch Dogs for free. GOG has a whopping 27 free games at the moment. And KORG and Moog are giving away mobile synthesizer apps for Android and iOS, respectively. Here are some of the day’s […]

American Amazon warehouse worker gets COVID-19

The Queens warehouse is operating again after a deep cleaning, Amazon says.

Worker at an Amazon warehouse.

Enlarge (credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

An Amazon worker at a warehouse in Queens, New York, has been infected by the coronavirus, Amazon acknowledged in an email to Ars Technica. "We are supporting the individual who is now in quarantine," a spokesperson wrote.

This appears to be the first Amazon warehouse worker to contract the virus in the United States. Multiple workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in Europe.

Amazon says that after learning about the infected worker, the company sent employees home with pay and performed a deep cleaning of the facility. The warehouse has now been re-opened.

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Comcast aggressively moves to work-from-home during pandemic

Comcast embraces remote work while Charter resists employee complaints.

A pedestrian walking by a Comcast retail store.

Enlarge / A Comcast Xfinity retail store on January 23, 2020 in San Mateo, California. (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan)

Comcast says it is shifting large portions of its cable-division workforce out of offices and call centers in an effort to dramatically boost work-from-home numbers during the coronavirus pandemic.

"We've asked every employee that is able to work from home to do so, in every office across the country," Comcast said in a statement to Ars. "In addition, we have been transitioning thousands of customer service representatives across the country to work from home. We have teams working around the clock to help our call-center teams make this transition to work from home while continuing to support our customers."

It's not clear just how extensive Comcast's work-from-home shift is. Comcast said it's keeping most retail stores open and did not give us any information about contractors, for example. But it's clear that Comcast is doing more than Charter, which is facing employee complaints over its rigid rules against working at home. Comcast is the biggest cable company in the US and Charter is the second biggest.

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Google Play Games may let Android gamers “Play Together”

The Google Play Games app for Android lets you create a gamer profile, record and share clips of your gaming experience, and save your progress to the cloud so you can pick up where you left off on a different device. Soon the app may get a particularl…

The Google Play Games app for Android lets you create a gamer profile, record and share clips of your gaming experience, and save your progress to the cloud so you can pick up where you left off on a different device. Soon the app may get a particularly timely feature — “play together” support that […]