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Vint Cerf, who helped create the internet, has the coronavirus

Huawei warns China will strike back against new U.S. restrictions

iPad Pro teardown basically finds 2018’s iPad Pro with a lidar sensor

Amazon warehouse workers walk out in rising tide of COVID-19 protests

Medtronic Shares Ventilation Design Specifications to Accelerate Efforts to Increase Global Ventilator Production | Medtronic

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf has COVID-19, points to criticism of US response

Marriott hit by second data breach exposing “up to” 5.2 million people

Zoom is being sued for allegedly handing over data to Facebook

The most popular scams lately

Coronavirus Ended the Screen-Time Debate. Screens Won.

Elon Musk is hosting a ‘super fun’ AI hackathon at his house

Zoom Meetings Aren't End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing

Remembering Aaron Swartz’s legacy in light of JSTOR opening access

Zoom is under scrutiny from the New York Attorney General for its privacy practices

Kodachrome was the Instagram of its time

MIT researchers invent a technology to charge smartphones and laptops via Wi-Fi signals

Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US. Whistleblower’s data suggests millions of tracking requests sent over four-month period.

Facebook deletes Brazil President’s coronavirus misinfo post

Medtronic Reveals Ventilator Open Source Manufacturing guide for one of its Ventilators

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Divest from Chinese tech companies over Uyghur killings, NGOs tell Norway

Amazon Worker Who Led Strike Over Virus Says Company Fired Him

Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Tests Positive For Covid-19

Renewable energy and 100% clean power targets: The missing puzzle piece

Senator Contact List for EARN IT Bill. Call/email your Senator today!

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A premium 5G phone with a physical slide-out keyboard 🤤

Emergency Ventilator Prototype Created In Less Than A Week Undergoes Testing In Illinois As Srate's Coronavirus Cases Surge

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Snowden warns government surveillance amid COVID-19 could be long lasting

The US is using mobile ad data to track people's movements during coronavirus lockdown

How to Build a Car Trading Marketplace: Core Features

Researchers Are Dusting Off WoW's Corrupted Blood Plague to Understand Coronavirus Infections

EARN IT bill is aiming at destroying encryption. We must take action now.

US govt tracking citizens through mobile ads to study coronavirus spread

Coronavirus testing facility suffers maze ransomware attack

The untold origin story of the N95 mask

Introduction to K-nearest neighbour algorithm using Examples

Amazon Care to pick up and deliver at-home coronavirus tests

Coronavirus has led to a 775 percent increase in usage of Microsoft Azure cloud services

Google Will Make a Coronavirus Site—but Not Like Trump Said

Saudi spies tracked U.S. phones using flaws the FCC failed to fix for years

Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by an always-on video service to ensure they're actually working — and the service is seeing a rapid expansion since the coronavirus outbreak

Walmart selling more shirts than trousers as people gear up for Zoom and Skype calls — ‘These behaviours are going to continue to change and evolve as people get accustomed to this new lifestyle’

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HQ Trivia back after two months thanks to anonymous investor

You can’t screenshot or record any video on Netflix, it just shows a blank screen.

Help keep coronavirus off your phone: How to disinfect your device without damaging it

Startups Are Eager to Push At-Home COVID-19 Testing for Profit

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5 cyber issues the coronavirus lays bare

Edward Snowden says COVID-19 could give governments invasive new data-collection powers that could last long after the pandemic

ISPs Raise Speeds, Suspend Data Caps

How to Live Without Google: Alternatives That Protect Your Privacy

Tuesday is World Backup Day. Coronavirus bound? A perfect weekend project: Backup your data.

Google is using AI to design chips that will accelerate AI

UK broadband providers lift data caps during coronavirus crisis

The U.S.'s $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Has a Toilet Problem

Google Gboard may be blocking 'Chinese virus,' similar terms from appearing in autocomplete results

Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans

Researchers Develop Faster Way to Replace Bad Data With Accurate Information

Doctrinal Confusion and Cultural Dysfunction in the Pentagon Over Information and Cyber Operations

Citizen Scientists Are Helping Researchers Design New Drugs to Combat COVID-19

How countries are using technology to fight coronavirus

How Huawei is dividing Western nations: The U.S., U.K. and Australia take different approaches to the Chinese telecom giant, with vast consequences for the future of national security

Apple inserts a laughable trick into its new privacy policy

Google Confirms 40,000 Nation-State Cyber Attack Warnings Issued

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GameStop to employees: wrap your hands in plastic bags and go back to work - The Boston Globe

Need search term: Landline phone's local extensions much louder than remote caller.

TikTok, a Chinese soft-power time bomb in US living rooms?

Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer: "Absolutely Mission Impossible"

How Quickly Can Ventilator Production Begin By Companies Who Normally Don't Make Them?

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AI Can Help Find Scientists Find a Covid-19 Vaccine

Chinese Hacking Surges Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Crowdsourcing vs. coronavirus: Inside the global push to 3D-print masks and ventilator parts

‘Misinformation kills’: The link between coronavirus conspiracies and climate denial

OnePlus 8 Pro will finally add wireless charging, IP68 water-resistance

Look how the media is trying to turn “encryption” in to a dirty word... never mind that all major messaging apps including iMessage and WhatsApp are also encrypted...

Sony is slowing PlayStation downloads in Europe and US

Someone's built the entire Earth in Minecraft - to scale

Zoom Removes Code That Sends Data to Facebook

A new FDA-authorized COVID-19 test doesn't need a lab and can produce results in just 5 minutes

Unlike Google-Verily, Apple's Coronavirus Screening Site Requires No Personal Info in order to use

Jeff Bezos sold $3.4bn of Amazon stock just before Covid-19 collapse| As trillions of dollars were wiped off stock markets some of the world’s richest got lucky

Got a tech question or want to discuss tech? Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread

Members of Congress Once Again Urge ICANN to Save Dot Org

Microsoft to divest AnyVision stake, end face recognition investing

Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy

EFF Asks California AG to Close Loopholes, Respect "Do Not Track" With Regulations

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5 innovative solutions to combat Coronavirus developed by creative companies

Climate change: 'Gob-smacking' vision for future UK transport

Streaming service Hooq files for liquidation

A Twitch Streamer Is Exposing Coronavirus Scams Live

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Wifi extender.

Google warns against disabling websites during Coronavirus pandemic

Awesome COVID19 - Github

UK police officers are using drones to 'lockdown shame' people for walking their dogs in remote areas during the coronavirus outbreak

Facebook and Google see surge in online activity, still expected to see combined ad revenue hit of $44 billion

California Approves Goal to Double Green Energy

WolkAbout is offering it's IoT Platform for free to all organisations fighting #COVID19 pandemic, from healthcare providers and EMS to law enforcement and NPOs!

A.I. Versus the Coronavirus

School quits video calls after naked man ‘guessed’ the meeting link

The World Health Organization is working on a coronavirus app for both iOS and Android.

Coronavirus pushes Folding@Home’s crowdsourced molecular science to exaflop levels

Amazon has been hiding product listings with faster delivery speeds

Yelp to stop auto-creating fundraisers after outrage from business owners

Corona Virus (Covid 19) BASH Tracking CLI | Open Source | 100% BASH Software

'League' of cybersecurity professionals band together to help hospitals

The return of slow courtship to American dating: Under quarantine, video courtship replaces hookup culture

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The Biggest Distance-Learning Experiment In History: Week One

Folding@Home Reaches Exascale: 1,500,000,000,000,000,000 Operations Per Second for COVID-19

Nintendo Donates Thousands Of Respirator Masks To Fire And Rescue Teams In The United States

Privacy International Tracks Privacy Impact of Response to COVID-19. A resource to track the privacy implications of the various responses to the Coronavirus by tech companies, governments, and international agencies.

Facebook’s Portal TV video chat device was mocked — now it’s completely sold out

Multi Matrix Deep Learning with GPUs- its role in artificial intelligence

Coronavirus: Britons saying final goodbyes to dying relatives by videolink - Restrictions on visits to patients with Covid-19 mean such farewells are increasingly necessary

Discreet gamer notebook?

Tupperware website has been compromised with a payment card skimmer

AMD responds to Navi GPU source code packet leak

Will the coronavirus change the way we watch films?

Are robot doctors the way forward?

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How China, the US, and Europe are using robots to replace and help humans fight coronavirus by delivering groceries, sanitizing hospitals, and monitoring patients

Archive.org announces the creation of a National Emergency Library to provide digitized books to students and the public

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Snowden warns: The surveillance states we’re creating now will outlast the coronavirus

Android lets advertisers get a list of all your apps -- and this API feature is broadly used

Tim Cook: Apple has purchased 10 million N95 masks for the United States, and donated hundreds of thousands more to Europe

Silicon Valley VC firm offers to expedite coronavirus tests to its investors

EFF Joins Coalition Urging Judicial Transparency During the COVID-19 Emergency

Twitter Deletes Post From The Federalist Proposing ‘Chickenpox Parties’ to Deliberately Spread Coronavirus

Tupperware Website Hacked to Steal Credit Card Numbers

Trudeau leaves door open to using smartphone data to track Canadians' compliance with pandemic rules

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When Tech Cafeterias Close, the Internet Gets Weird With Food - From “social distance baking” to online conferences about engineering and food, tech workers adapt to the new normal

Never-before-seen attackers are targeting Mideast industrial organizations

Why YouTube Videos May Look Ugly for the Next Month

Over 50 Android Apps for Kids on Google Play Store Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme

What's the best app/solution to help Covid-19 patients make a videocall with their families through a tablet

Coronavirus hackers face the wrath of the cybersecurity community

The Dos and Don’ts of Online Video Meetings

WHO Targeted in Espionage Attempt, COVID-19 Cyberattacks Spike

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The U.S. Navy's Big Beautiful New Carrier Has Hilariously Messed Up Toilets

YouTube is reducing its default video quality to standard definition for the next month

CoreJS project is dead after maintainer is sentenced to 1.5 years jail

How Volunteers From Tech Companies Built a Coronavirus-Tracking Site in Six Days - Looking for 100K Users

Google Play’s malicious app problem infects 1.7 million more devices

HPE Warns of New Bug That Kills SSD Drives After 40,000 Hours

Coronavirus misinformation makes neutrality a distant memory for tech companies

Oracle Providing White House With Software to Study Unproven Coronavirus Drugs | The online platform could allow physicians to upload patient data on how malaria drugs perform on coronavirus patients.

Windows 10 Outperforming Linux On A ~$5000 Laptop, Ubuntu Beating Clear Linux

Amazon workers test positive for covid-19 at six U.S. warehouses

Akamai to slow down video game downloads during COVID-19 outbreak

The US Army Corps of Engineers Deploys Against Coronavirus

Letter regarding this year's Commencement, Hooding, and Tech Reunion celebrations

Those who own the data own the future as said by Yuval Noah Harrari. How?

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PlayStation is lowering download speeds in Europe

New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill In Congress Creates U.S. Digital Dollar and Digital Dollar Wallets

Snopes forced to scale back fact-checking in face of overwhelming COVID-19 misinformation

YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month

Google Is Rewarding Users for Sharing Coronavirus Symptoms

Sony Interactive Entertainment is working with internet service providers in Europe to help preserve access for the entire internet community

Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aware of

Uber wants Congress to include protections for drivers in coronavirus stimulus package

Try our latest Test Pilot, Firefox for a Better Web, offering privacy and faster access to great content

UPS partners with Wingcopter to develop new multipurpose drone delivery fleet

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vs. Clear Linux On The Intel Core i9 9900KS, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Data breach at online guitar lesson platform may have exposed user credit card information

Google Removes Adware-Laced Kids' Apps From Play Store

The 'Ugly' Truth Behind TikTok Revealed

Netflix to crunch streaming bandwidth to ease broadband congestion

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HP teases 'next gen' VR headset made with Microsoft and Valve's help

Start-Ups Jump the Gun on Home Kits for Coronavirus Testing

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European mobile operators share data for coronavirus fight

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Help spread the word: hackathon against covid-19

Modernizing Meat Production Will Help Us Avoid Pandemics

'A worldwide hackathon': Hospitals turn to crowdsourcing and 3D printing amid equipment shortages

PostmarketOS gets ANBOX. will run android apps natively

As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets

An Official WHO Coronavirus App Will Be a “Waze for COVID-19”

COVID-19 High-Performance Computing Consortium

Singapore, Australia leaders hold virtual meeting, agree to keep markets open amid COVID-19 outbreak

Synthetic Voices Study: How Do You Feel About an Artificial Announcer with an Accent?

Is wearable Technology Saving Lives? - Benefits of Wearable devices

1197768 - Disable Microsoft Telemetry for Windows 10 testers

Why Is Secure and Private Messaging Important?

Ford, GM, Tesla given the ‘go ahead’ to produce ventilators, Trump says.

Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days

I'm confused of what OS is and why is it so necessary, I understand it is but don't I have to update it too? and how do I update it?

NYSE readies itself for first ever all-electronic trading day

Hacker selling data of 538 million Weibo users.

What is the best videoconferencing platform for virtual happy hours?

Did Xfinity lie to me?

Nord vpn or express vpn

Windows Defender Bug in Windows 10 Skips Files During Scans

Which would you say would be the best HDR, 4K, 49'' or 50'' TV and with either game mode or already a very low latency?

A Helpers Guide: Understanding actionable problems related to COVID-19

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Google launches highly anticipated coronavirus website

News: Police in Multiple Countries Using Drones to Yell at People Going Outdoors

How to Avoid the Worst Online Scams