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NASA has instructed all of its employees nationwide to work from home if possible as part of measures to protect the workforce and slow the spread of the coronavirus, formally known as COVID-19. The move was announced on Wednesday, March 18, and follows a growing number of businesses across the U.S. and beyond who are requesting employees to work remotely if practicably possible. NASA had recentlystarted to send workers homeat sites in California and Alabama after workers there were tested positive for the virus, but Wednesday’s order includes all NASA centers and facilities across the country....

Summary Xbox Game Passis already looking to have a stacked July but the month may get even better if a new report is to be believed. When it comes to shooters, Microsoft’s subscription service is packed with gems for those who enjoy the thrill of dashing around with some powerful weaponry; the entireDoomfranchise and all of the modernWolfensteingames are just some of what’s on offer. Having said that,Game Pass could be on the verge of adding what many have described as one of the most innovative shooters of the last decade....

TheSamsung Galaxy S23 Ultrahas a whopping 200-megapixel camera on the back, and it’s one of the major differentiators between it and the otherwise fairly similarGalaxy S22 Ultra. But in normal, everyday use, the camera defaults to taking 12MP photographs. Due to its clever pixel-binning technology, this ensures you get great photos that quickly exploit the massive sensor’s true ability, before wrapping the results up in a sensibly sized file. However, you can activate a 200MP photo mode and take pictures at full resolution....

Leslie Knope and the gang fromParks and Recreationare back. NBC has announced that the cast for the sitcom will reunite for a half-hour scripted special, with the goal of raising money for the fight against coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19. A large majority of the original cast members of the show are set to be a part of the special, including Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir, and Retta....

For a large portion of gamers out there, Pokémon was their first introduction to RPGs. The simple nature of the early games, the handheld nature, and iconic characters all created a perfect storm for the Pokémon franchise to explode in popularity like almost no other RPG ever had, or ever would. The first games introduced the rock-paper-scissors style of type advantages and weakness, with just a few other wrinkles a player needed to worry about to enjoy the game....

Apple is finally kicking off the transition of Mac computers to its own ARM-based processors, starting with thenew MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini. All three feature Apple’s new M1 chip, which has eight cores, a relatively powerful integrated GPU, and more. It is, effectively, a beefed-up and tweaked iPad chipset. Now that the entry-level $999MacBook Air has an ARM-based processor, you might be wondering whether it blurs the line further between the Mac and the iPad....

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and that means three things: Turkey, cranberry sauce, andBlack Friday deals. While the thought of dealing with the traffic and crowds in a tryptophan-induced haze might sound like a nightmare, there are plenty of deals available online, too. If you want to add more smart home tech to your surroundings, now is the time to start searching. Here is a list of some of the best deals, both online and off, on smart home products for Black Friday 2018....

While many of us are on vacation this week between Christmas and New Year, the Curiosity rover on Mars is getting back to work after taking time off last month. In November, NASA’s Mars missions paused for two weeks during an event called theMars solar conjunction, when the sun is directly between Earth and Mars. That means that any communications signals passing between the two planets would have to pass close to the harsh solar environment, where they would likely be degraded....

Smash pro Hungrybox borrows controller to win CEO 2025 after his exploded Smash Bros legend Juan ‘Hungrybox’ Debiedma had to lend a controller in his Grand Finals match of CEO 2025, and it turned out to be a pretty nice replacement for him. When it comes to Smash, however, things can get a little weirder. Players have used Guitar Hero guitars, Donkey Kong bongo drums, and keyboards against the usual GameCube controllers and fight sticks....

Sony, a company that has historically made very capable but very expensivetrue wireless earbuds, is now heading into more affordable territory with the $100WF-C500, a set of earbuds that compete with Jabra’s $80Elite 3. Sony’s previous lowest-priced earbuds were the $130WF-XB700. It also announced its latest full-sizenoise-canceling wireless headphones, the $250WH-XB910N. Both models are available for pre-order today at Sony.com, Amazon, and Best Buy. Compared to Sony’s other true wireless offerings like theWF-1000XM3,WF-1000XM4, andWF-SP800N, all of which possess advanced features like active noise cancellation (ANC), transparency mode, in-ear detection, built-in Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, and in the case of the XM4, wireless charging, the C500 are relatively bare-bones....

When it comes to high-end video options for your living room, most folks find themselves deciding between a high-resolution big screen TV — perhaps Samsung’s$15,000 85-inch 8K QLED, or LG’s$29,999 88-inch 8K OLED— or a serious home theater projector, likeSony’s $60,000 4K SXRDthat can throw a superbly bright image up to 150 inches in size. But these options now pale in comparison to Sony’s latest announcement that itwill start selling its MicroLED-based Crystal LED screens to consumers....

Superman movies ranked by Rotten Tomatoes scores With a newSuperman movieswooping into cinemas courtesy of writer-director James Gunn, here’s how all the Man of Steel features fared with critics. George Reeves was the first big-screen Superman, playing theDC heroin 1951’s Superman and the Mole Men. Since then, we’ve had the Christopher Reeve era, which re-invented thesuperhero moviethrough a huge budget and stars, though ultimately experienced diminishing returns. Brandon Routh got a brief bite at the cherry when the character returned, while Henry Cavill had a stop-start Superman career, until theDCEUbecame the DCU....

This March, viewers will get to enjoy Gotham City a little longer than usual.Deadlinerevealed today thatThe Batman, Matt Reeves’ gritty take on the Dark Knight, will clock in at 167 minutes. That’s the longest Batman film yet, with Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight Risesthe previous record holder at 165 minutes. Starring Robert Pattinson as the titular hero,The Batmanwill need every minute it can get as it serves as a new beginning for the DC hero after years of false starts and relatively unimpressive DC Extended Universe appearances....