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Read MoreWelcome to the weekend. The best deals you can currently get on tech are a mix of new offers and ones that we’ve collected during the past week. All of them should hopefully make your self-isolation time a little more enjoyable. Sling TV is offering a free 14-day trial to Sling Blue, the tier of
Read MoreWe ran an article on Solid this week, a project that aims to do nothing less than change the privacy and security aspects of the Internet as we use it today. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who invented the World Wide Web as a side project at work, is behind it, and it’s got a
Read MoreNew York Times: Analysis: thousands of people are organizing via private group chats, message boards, Twitter, Instagram, more to execute coordinated “Zoombombing” campaigns — Zoom, the videoconferencing app, has become a target for harassment and abuse coordinated in private off-platform chats. Analysis: thousands of people are organizing via private group chats, message boards, Twitter, Instagram,
Read MoreWhile travel is out of the question right now, Puerto Rico is offering would-be travelers a way to take a virtual trip to the island with a celebrity tour guide: Lin-Manuel Miranda. Read more… Visit Puerto Rico From Your Couch With Lin-Manuel Miranda Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJim Waterson / The Guardian: Telecom engineers, considered essential workers in the UK, are facing harassment from anti-5G conspiracy mongers, linking the deployment of 5G to coronavirus — EE suspects telephone mast engulfed by fire in Birmingham was an arson attack as celebrities claim Covid-19 caused by new network Telecom engineers, considered essential workers in
Read MoreEven though many sporting events are on hold, there are still ways to play. 12 sports games to play on iOS while live sports are benched – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 2020 census is underway in the US. For the first time, census takers will say goodbye to paper and clipboards and hello to iPhone apps. Census 2020: Armed with the iPhone 8, canvassers are going modern – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere are our top-rated picks in ultraportables, two-in-ones and laptops for creatives and gamers and even our favorite budget-friendly options. Best laptops of 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can get the broad overview training needed to break into this lucrative field with the instruction in The Complete Introduction to Software Engineering Bundle. It’s on sale now from TNW Deals for just $59.99, hundreds of dollars off the regular price. If you’re at a professional crossroads, this software engineering training might help. Source:
Read MoreIn times like these, we all need to look beyond ourselves. This project might help: OnStep is an open-source telescope controller, a device that controls a telescope to point at something interesting in the sky. Want to take a look at M31? Use an app on a PC or smartphone, select the object and the
Read MoreIn the glory days of AOL Instant Messenger, back when screen names and away messages were serious literary pursuits, a mysterious chat maverick strode about the dial-up frontier and schooled legions of uncouth adolescents in the art of conversation. Who was this rogue wordsmith, this tireless vexer of pre-teen millennials? Surely no mortal could generate
Read MoreWe dig the sharp style, the comfortable ride and most of the bells and whistles, but the new XT6 exists alongside stiff competition. 2020 Cadillac XT6 Sport Platinum: Easy to look at, tough to recommend – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJane Zhang / South China Morning Post: 4Paradigm, a China-based startup providing AI-powered real-time data analytics, raises $230M from Cisco, Lenovo, and others, at a post-money valuation of ~$2B — The funding round has attracted new strategic investors including American technology conglomerate Cisco and the world’s largest … 4Paradigm, a China-based startup providing AI-powered real-time
Read More{$inline_image} The LES-5 spacecraft Regular followers of space news will know that when satellites or space probes reach the end of their life, they either are de-orbited in a fiery re-entry, or they stay lifeless in orbit, often in a safe graveyard orbit where they are unlikely to harm other craft. Sometimes these deactivated satellites
Read MoreAngel Au-Yeung / Forbes: Profile of Larry Ellison, who has turned the Hawaiian island of Lanai into a data-powered wellness lab and is building a COVID-19 database for the White House — As Larry Ellison sits in one of several idyllic bubbles he has created for himself, a lush 249-acre estate in Rancho Mirage …
Read MoreAugmented reality saw a huge boom a few years ago, where an image of the real world has some virtual element layer displayed on top of it. To get this effect to work, however, you don’t need a suite of software and smart devices. [elad] was able to augment a microscope with the output from
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Zoom apologizes for routing some calls made in N. America through China, says it “mistakenly” allowed Chinese data centers to accept calls due to traffic spike — Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China … Zoom apologizes for routing some calls made
Read More{$inline_image} David McCabe / New York Times: A look at how tech’s lobbying efforts in the US are quietly pushing for long-held goals in the frantic political and economic environment amid COVID-19 outbreak — Silicon Valley hasn’t suffered from the same financial devastation as other industries. Tech companies still have an agenda to push. A
Read MoreRyan Gallagher / Bloomberg: UK researchers are using Google’s mobile location data collected from apps like Google Maps to help track and predict the spread of COVID-19 across Europe — – Data is anonymized and aggregated, can’t track individuals — Effort is one of many to use mobile phone data to track virus UK researchers
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Zoom will require passwords to enter calls via Meeting ID and will turn on Waiting Rooms by default to prevent trolls from disrupting calls, starting April 5 — Zoom is making some drastic changes to prevent rampant abuse as trolls attack publicly shared video calls. Zoom will require passwords to enter
Read MoreAerogel — that mixture of air and silica — is one of those materials that seems like a miracle. It is almost not there since the material is 99% air. [NileRed] wanted to make his own and he documented his work in a recent video you can see below. If you decide to replicate his
Read MorePhoto by Scott Heins/Getty Images An employee at Peloton’s New York City-based production studio has tested positive for COVID-19, the company said in a Facebook message to members late Friday night. The studio will be temporarily closed for a cleaning, though the message says production will pick back up on Tuesday, April 7th with “a
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: US federal law enforcement warns that invading Zoom meetings to broadcast “disruptive content” will result in fines or possible imprisonment — Hacking into a conference call seems like a fun prank — until you get arrested — Federal prosecutors are now warning pranksters … US federal law enforcement warns that
Read MoreBut medical-grade N95 masks, which are in short supply, should be reserved for health workers. And don’t stop social distancing or hand washing. CDC says we all should wear face coverings to avoid spreading coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
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