MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Britain should be proud. Now let’s find a way out of lockdown 

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Britain should be proud. Now let’s find a way out of lockdown By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 00:43 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 01:13 BST, 5 April 2020 Our hearts go out to the frontline staff in the NHS who – as we see by … Read more

Apple lets its credit card holders defer April payments amid the coronavirus

Apple lets its credit card holders defer April payments without penalty because of financial hardships caused by coronavirus Apple said customers can forego payments on interest for the month of April It cited financial hardships created by the coronavirus pandemic To activate the offer, customers will have to contact customers support  Apple rolled out the … Read more

Facebook lets users offer or request assistance from neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic 

Facebook has introduced a new tool that lets people offer or request help from neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic. Called Community Help, the online hub allows users to volunteer their services or ask those in their area to donate money to assist them during this hard time. Users are shown posts and fundraisers within a … Read more

Let’s go to celeb school! Stars are willing to coach your little ones online

School is out and a nation of parents are grappling with the conundrum of how to keep their children fit, happy and educated during the coronavirus lockdown.  More than 800,000 people tuned in to YouTube on Monday to watch celebrity exercise guru Joe Wicks — AKA The Body Coach — as he launched himself as … Read more

DIY soap dispenser lets users time their hand-washing to the tune their favorite Spotify tracks

DIY soap dispenser lets users time their hand-washing to the tune their favorite Spotify tracks The project shows people how to build their own musical soap dispenser When completed it plays a track off of one’s Spotify for 20 seconds The gadget is meant to replace the ‘Happy Birthday Song’ as a timer It can … Read more

Instagram rolls out ‘Co-Watching’ that lets users scroll through their feeds together via video chat

ALABAMA Gov. Kay Ivey issued statewide shutdowns of all beaches, child care facilities, dine-in restaurants and other services effective 5pm March 19.  All public schools are closed until April 6.  This extended previous rules closing day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining across six counties and banning public gatherings of more than 25 people … Read more

Madonna sings ‘let’s go eat some fried fish’ as she changes the lyrics to Vogue

Around the world, people are self-isolating to limit the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. And they are finding creative ways to stay busy. Madonna took to Instagram on Friday and shared a silly video of herself singing a social distancing version of her hit song Vogue into a hairbrush. The 61-year-old Queen of Pop … Read more

MDMA reopens a ‘window in the brain’ that lets PTSD victims form new bonds

The popular party drug MDMA – or ecstasy – may ‘reopen’ narrow windows in the brain that allows us to re-learn better social behaviors, new research suggests.  MDMA has been given breakthrough therapy status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has shown such promise for treating PTSD.  Scientists have observed the way … Read more

Iran lets out 85,000 prisoners on temporary release over coronavirus fears

Iran has temporarily freed around 85,000 prisoners including political detainees in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, the government said today.  It comes as deaths in the Islamic Republic spike by 135 – a 13% rise.  The coronavirus has killed 135 more people in Iran, officials said on Tuesday, which has raised the death … Read more

Apple lets credit card holders skip March payments due to financial hardships caused by coronavirus

Apple lets its credit card holders skip March payments because of financial hardships caused by coronavirus Apple said customers can forego payments on interest for the month of March It cited financial hardships created by the coronavirus pandemic To activate the offer, customers will have to contact customers support  Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and … Read more