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Chase adds limited-time Sapphire benefits to help grounded travelers

29 5 月, 2020 ThePointsGuy 0

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While some TPG readers are considering booking trips down the line — in some cases, even this summer — many continue to stay close to home, with outings limited to restaurant pick-ups and unavoidable grocery store runs. All the while, credit card annual fees become due, leaving customers to question whether or not it makes sense to continue paying them, especially for premium perks they can’t use.

Earlier this month, American Express added a slew of limited-time benefits aimed at making the issuer’s lineup more appealing for would-be travelers currently stuck at home. These included very generous statement credit options available with certain cards, including The Hilton Honors American Express A…

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Google’s new experimental AR app helps you socially distance properly

29 5 月, 2020 Michael Allison 0

Staying apart by two meters is a social good. It’s also hard to gauge.

What you need to know

Google has launched Sodar, an app that encourages effective social distancing.
Making use of augmented reality, it is intended to help users visualize a two-meter or six feet radius around themselves.
It’s available as a web-app on Chrome for Android.

Google has launched a new experimental web-app, Sodar. Built to work with Chrome on Android, it’s an AR app that’s intended to help you keep two meters (or six feet) apart.

For a quick recap, as part of state and public health measures to contain the spread of the novel-coronavirus, it has been recommended that individuals going out in public stay two meters apart from each other. This has been dubbed social distancing (the WHO prefers the term physical distancing). Sodar is intended to help you estimate just how far away two meters is by using AR on your environment.

Sodar – use WebXR to help visualise social distancing guidelines in you…

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中國環球電視網稱有責任表達中國觀點 對英國裁決失望

英國通訊管理局日前的報告指出,中央電視台旗下的中國環球電視網去年報道香港反修例示威時,涉嫌違反英國廣播條例,未有保持中立及公正。

中國環球電視網發表聲明,對英國通訊管局的裁決感到失望,強調公司一直重視及遵守落地國家的法規,期望繼續與英國當局進行公正、公平及透明的合作。

聲明表示,香港的反修例示威所引發的頻繁暴力事件,嚴重影響香港的社會穩定、經濟發展及居民的生命財產安全,引起國際社會廣泛關注,但有些媒體對暴力抗議活動的報道並不客觀,中國環球電視網認為有責任向全球觀眾提供事件的全貌,又指公司…

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Gaming monitor deals of the week – 29th May 2020

29 5 月, 2020 Katharine Castle 0

We probably sound like a broken record at this point, but it nonetheless remains true: coronavirus has disrupted supply chains, and monitors deals are in pretty short supply right now. Generally they’re still pretty expensive as a rule, but there are exceptions, and we’ve rounded up the best and cheapest gaming monitor deals on all of […]