How to Schedule a Zoom Meeting
Keeping a schedule is a surefire way of ensuring you’re never late for a meeting. With Zoom, you can schedule a one-time or recurring video call...
Facebook Unveils 50-person Video Chat on Messenger and WhatsApp Beta
After a short two-week wait, Facebook is launching its anticipated Messenger Rooms video client. The free chatting platform, which can accommodate up to 50 people, is...
Finding Meaning in Death with Akwaeke Emezi
“The world is always ending somewhere,” Akwaeke Emezi says over the phone from their home in New Orleans, where they’ve been quarantined since March. “It just...
Weekly Review: New JEPs, Gradle 6.4, Eclipse Theia explained & more
JEP 380: Unix-domain socket channels Last week, we saw yet another JEP arrive. The goal of JEP 380 is to introduce support for Unix-domain socket features...
How ‘Jakarta’ Became the Codeword for US-Backed Mass Killing
What happened in Brazil in 1964 and Indonesia in 1965 may have been the most important victories of the cold war for the side that ultimately...
“CASL is an isomorphic JavaScript permission management library”
JAXenter: Hi Sergii, you are the developer of CASL, so could you tell us what it is and who should be using it? CASL is an...
The rise of logical data fabrics – knit a virtual view of all enterprise data
We are all familiar with fabrics – a cloth produced by weaving or knitting textile fibers. Why not apply that to data as well? Like the...
Learn From Mike Wesch How to Create Better Videos for Students
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed school leaders, teachers, students and parents in the United States to respond in different ways to “shelter in place / shelter...
Old Nukes, Hot Dog Toasters, and Dr. Phil: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
As we all try to adjust to our current new reality, I have some thoughts to share with you all. I have come to realize that...
FDA Issues Emergency Authorization for Coronavirus At-Home Sample Collection Kit
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday announced that it had issued an emergency use authorization for an at-home coronavirus sample collection kit. The kit...
