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Hacker News
- Microsoft: Cloud services demand up 775 percent; prioritization rules in place
- AWS Ground Station
- How to burn the most money with a single click in Azure
- ZipGrow: Vertical farming/urban agriculture system
- Grab your crayons, it’s coloring time
- Sorting 1M 8-digit numbers in 1 MB of RAM (2012)
- Show HN: Colors.lol – Overly descriptive color palettes
- Show HN: From Markdown to Video
- DIY electronic leadscrew for metalworking lathe [video]
- Israeli doctor in Italy says innovative treatments offering hopes of recovery
- Chromatron Wi-Fi Pixel Controller
- Hyman Rickover on Nuclear Reactor Designs (1957) [pdf]
- People built bone circles at the edge of ice sheets
- The Design and Evaluation of a High Performance Smalltalk System [pdf]
- Krzysztof Penderecki has died
- Three-Domain System
- High-speed microscope captures fleeting brain signals
- Radical Solutions
- Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?
- PostgreSQL Schema Design
- Visual CSS Editor – Grab'n Go
- Show HN: ConvTools – generates Python code of conversions, aggregations, joins
- Show HN: Write.md – a shareable distraction-free Markdown editor
- Radio-Astronomical Imaging: FPGAs vs. GPUs (2019) [pdf]
- Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US
- Show HN: Fdir – Faster Node.js glob alternative
- Maza – Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system
- Show HN: Molecule – Streaming, zero-allocation protobuf decoding in Go
- Ask HN: Why aren't there many credible online bachelors programs?
- Rolesia – Virtual Macroeconomic Simulator Game
Reddit: Technology
- Startups Are Eager to Push At-Home COVID-19 Testing for Profit
- The U.S.'s $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Has a Toilet Problem
- Revealed: Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US
- ISPs Raise Speeds, Suspend Data Caps
- Google is using AI to design chips that will accelerate AI
- MIT Will Post Free Plans Online for an Emergency Ventilator That Can Be Built for $100
- How to Live Without Google: Alternatives That Protect Your Privacy
- Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last
- Google Gboard may be blocking 'Chinese virus,' similar terms from appearing in autocomplete results
- Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans
- LEO Satellite Broadband Firm OneWeb Files for Bankruptcy
- Researchers Develop Faster Way to Replace Bad Data With Accurate Information
- Steam hit its all-time concurrent user peak over the weekend
- Next-gen Ryzen mobile outperforms desktop hardware in online benchmarks - At half the power consumption
- Apple inserts a laughable trick into its new privacy policy
- The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.
- Citizen Scientists Are Helping Researchers Design New Drugs to Combat COVID-19
- How Russia’s Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election
- Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro X have 90-day free trials for a limited time
- UK broadband providers lift data caps during coronavirus crisis
- Doctrinal Confusion and Cultural Dysfunction in the Pentagon Over Information and Cyber Operations
- 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
- 5 cyber issues the coronavirus lays bare
- Why Fort Collins Connexion has been so quiet on the municipal broadband buildout
Tech blogs
Techcrunch
- The Station: Bird and Lime layoffs, pivots in a COVID-19 era and a $2.2 trillion deal
- Saudi spies tracked phones using flaws the FCC failed to fix for years
- White House extends social distancing guidelines to April 30
- Divesting from one facial recognition startup, Microsoft ends outside investments in the tech
- Fauci: US can expect more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, millions of cases
- Elizabeth Warren for President open-sources its 2020 campaign tech
- Test and trace with Apple and Google
- Detroit Auto Show canceled in preparation for FEMA to turn venue into field hospital
- Startups Weekly: A new era for consumer tech
- This Week in Apps: Apple launches a COVID-19 app, the outbreak’s impact on social and video apps and more
Engadget
- Microsoft disables Xbox gamerpic uploads to help its moderators
- Elizabeth Warren campaign open sources its organizing tools
- Classic action RPG 'NieR Replicant' is coming to PC and modern consoles
- Court finds algorithm bias studies don't violate US anti-hacking law
- UK internet providers will lift data caps during COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020 Detroit Auto Show canceled as venue becomes a field hospital
- After Math: Can't stop, won't stop talking coronavirus coverage
- Dropbox beta for Mac can finally sync your desktop
- Russia busts card fraud ring that included an infamous hacker
- Lab-in-a-box test can detect COVID-19 in 5 minutes
ZDNet
- Myer continues to operate online as all stores close
- Coronavirus will end tech conferences and events as we know them
- LG V60, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Moto G8 Power, Google Podcasts (Phones Show Chat #544)
- Microsoft: Cloud services demand up 775 percent; prioritization rules in place due to COVID-19
- Coronavirus: Making us love Facebook and Google all over again
- Source code of Dharma ransomware pops up for sale on hacking forums
- In artificial intelligence, enterprises still not minding their data
- Apple inserts a laughable trick into its new privacy policy
- A mysterious hacker group is eavesdropping on corporate email and FTP traffic
- Network of fake QR code generators will steal your Bitcoin
Wired Magazine
- A Rest Stop Where Flying Cars Can Recharge
- A Hospital Train, DIY Face Shields, and More Car News This Week
- Collective Cabin Fever Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup
- Where Did Plants Come From? This Ancient Algae Offers Clues
- This Is the ‘Cozy Catastrophe’ Americans Have Always Wanted
- How Decades of Offshoring Led to a Mask Shortage in a Pandemic
- 14 Apps and Tools to Stave Off Cabin Fever
- ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Fancy Sheets, and the Meaning of Home
- Business as Usual Is On Hold—Even at the EPA
- Space Photos of the Week: Rovers Taking Selfies—for Science
VentureBeat
- 4 things you need to understand about edge computing
- Apple recommends mobile games for players stuck at home
- Spaces app enables folks to attend Zoom meetings in VR
- Google’s Tilt Brush finally hits PlayStation VR
- WHO and game companies launch #PlayApartTogether to promote physical distancing
- Candor: 267 companies have frozen hiring, 44 had layoffs, 36 rescinded offers, 111 are hiring
- Ashley Madison: Affairs in the time of coronavirus
- Our post-coronavirus world: How tech is influencing which new habits will stick
- How coronavirus is boosting booze, weed, and other vice industries
- Valve, Microsoft, and HP are working on a ‘next generation’ SteamVR headset
Gizmodo
- Federal Officials Are Using Your Cellphone Data to Respond to the Outbreak: Report
- The Original Voice Behind Jem From Jem and the Holograms Made an In-Character Coronavirus PSA
- No, the CDC is Not Recommending That All Americans Wear Face Masks in Everyday Life
- Rick and Morty Just Released a Short Samurai Film and It's Awesome
- This Fan Film Reimagines Avatar: the Last Airbender's Final Agni Kai
- Ryan Gosling Is in Talks to Produce and Star in the Adaptation of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary
- The CW Is Out of New Shows, So it's Re-Running Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Sunday's Best Deals: Kindle Credit, $52 Office Chair, B2G1 Video Games, and More
- This Is What Climate Change Looks Like in an Era of Covid-19
- Spend $20 in eBooks, Get $5 Credit to Spend on More eBooks
Techmeme
- Report: CDC, state and local authorities in the US have started using anonymized location data from mobile ads to help plan their response to the pandemic
- Microsoft says that there has been a 775% increase in use of its cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders
- Crowdsourced data from Candor shows 267 tech companies have frozen hiring, 44 had layoffs, 36 rescinded offers, while 111, like Zoom and Twitter, are hiring
- Apple and Google should add contact tracing functionality, similar to Singapore's TraceTogether app, in a privacy-respecting way to iOS and Android
- China proposes an internet architecture called New IP to UN's ITU; critics say its top-down design would give governments granular control over the internet
- Sources: production ramp-up for 5G iPhones at some of Apple's suppliers has been postponed; one key display supplier mulls lowering production targets by 17%+
- HQ Trivia, which laid off its entire staff and shut down in February, has been acquired by an undisclosed investor and is returning tonight with a new show
- As the Authors Guild voices its opposition to Internet Archive's National Emergency Library, a look at the legal issues related to digital book lending
- Data from a whistleblower appears to show Saudi Arabia tracking the location of its citizens in the US by exploiting flaws in the SS7 phone network protocol
- UK's NHS says it is working with Microsoft, Google, Palantir, and Faculty AI to plan its response to COVID-19; Source: Amazon is making a material contribution
The Verge
- HQ Trivia is back less than two months after the app was shut down
- Instacart made in-house hand sanitizer for shoppers who are about to walk off the job
- Latest OnePlus 8 leaks reveal “Interstellar Glow” and other colors
- Cuomo announces NY primary will move to June 23rd
- FDA approves Battelle’s process to decontaminate N95 face masks but limits it to 10,000 per day
- Microsoft tweaks Xbox and Teams services during 775 percent surge in cloud demand
- Kana Quest is a great puzzle game that just so happens to also teach you Japanese
- Detroit auto show canceled as FEMA prepares venue to be a field hospital for COVID-19
- From The Strategist: The 8 best coffee makers
- US government officials using mobile ad location data to study coronavirus spread
TNW
- 3 critical App Store Optimization mistakes you’re overlooking
- What will we do when diseases reach space?
- The distorted idea of ‘cool’ brain research is stifling psychotherapy
- Comet Atlas could be the brightest comet in decades
- How chronic stress changes the brain — and what you can do to reverse the damage
- In one hour, you could be ready to be a certified AWS cloud services professional
- What designers can learn from Candy Crush’s brilliant UX
- Slack wants to let you call Microsoft Teams users (yes, you read that right)
- Sony is slowing PlayStation downloads in Europe and US
- Apple launches a COVID-19 information tool for the US
Slashdot
- America's FDA Eases Restrictions on Mask-Sterilizing Technology Amid Coronavirus Shortages
- Black Hole Photo May Also Have Captured Light From Around the Universe
- Could Robots Help Us Fight Infectious Diseases?
- Ambitious Project Seeks to Re-Create Every Structure on Earth in Minecraft
- After 5 Years of Construction, 'Space Fence' Finally Declared Operational
- Is Uranus Losing Its Atmosphere?
- Bay Area Group Pushes $1,000 Universal Basic Income For Everyone
- Remote City Council Meeting Interrupted By Pornographic Videos
- Whatever Happened to Ashley Madison? Affairs in the Time of Coronavirus
- Zoom Removes Code That Sends Data to Facebook
ArsTechnica
- 28 years later, a no-disc version of the Sega CD exists—and it rocks [Updated]
- Insert Coin, the arcade documentary worth feeding all your quarters into
- Bogus coronavirus claims lead Google Play to finally give Infowars the boot
- Review: Elegiac Star Trek: Picard brings all the feels in bittersweet finale
- >4,000 Android apps silently access your installed software
- MacBook Air 2020 review: The most boring Mac is among the best
- Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online
- A Twitch streamer is exposing coronavirus scams live
- Real learning in a virtual classroom is difficult
- Killing Eve S3 trailer drops; new season will debut two weeks early
CNET
- T-Mobile adds new $15 Connect plan, free YouTube Premium amid coronavirus
- Microsoft pulls out of facial recognition startup AnyVision
- 9 great reads from CNET this week
- Coronavirus lockdowns have lots of people playing video games
- How to volunteer from home during the coronavirus pandemic video
- Prime Video Cinema unveiled, next iPhone might be delayed video
- Amid coronavirus, April Fools' Day jokes risk being tone deaf
- Lyft partners with Amazon on package and grocery deliveries
- Coronavirus cancellations and delays: Tokyo Olympics, Disney and more
- Google pledges $800 million to coronavirus relief, mostly in free ads
Flipboard: Tech
- Why Ethereum Should Go Mobile
- Facebook, Google and Twitter Struggle to Handle November’s Election
- Microsoft divests from Israeli facial recognition firm AnyVision
- All things Kubernetes: What you're missing at KubeCon this week - SiliconANGLE
- Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates
- Coronavirus will end tech conferences and events as we know them | ZDNet
- Build A Smarter Home: 8 Tech Gadgets To Upgrade Your Space
- Apple VR Headset and One-Hand Controller Could Be On the Way
- Virginia Tech Football Offers 2022 Four-Star RB Tevin White
- The Tech Guy 1681 Saturday, March 28, 2020 | TWiT.TV
The Register
- UK Information Commissioner okays use of phone data to track Coronavirus
- Microsoft reveals 775 percent Azure surge, quotas on some resources and ‘significant new capacity’ coming ASAP
- Infosys fires employee who Facebooked ‘let’s hold hands and share coronavirus’
- Drones intone 'you must stay home,' eliciting moans from those in the zone: Flying gizmos corral Brits amid coronavirus lockdown
- Remember that clinical trial, promoted by President Trump, of a possible COVID-19 cure? So, so, so many questions...
- Gresecurity maker finally coughs up $300k to foot open-source pioneer Bruce Perens' legal bill in row over GPL
- Yeah, that Zoom app you're trusting with work chatter? It lives with 'vampires feeding on the blood of human data'
- Could WFH web traffic topple a Brit telco? Pfff, scoff operators. This has nothing on Liverpool v Everton streaming
- Capita cuts projects, furloughs workers due to 'unpredictable level of disruption' from COVID-19
- Exchange some currency you want to? Guess the BIOS setup keyboard combination first you must, young Padawan
Medium: Technology
- Coronavirus and the redefinition of the social contract
- I Might Be The First Apple Fanboy That Doesn’t Own Any Apple Products
- Stream Learning in Energy IoT Systems
- Vulnerability in the Age of Technology
- Social Distancing is Teaching Us How to Create Digital Intimacy
- What Would a Feminist Alexa Look, or Rather Sound, Like?
- This Startup 3D-Printed 100 Life-Saving Valves for Only $1
- Apple Offers Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X Free for 90 Days
- Hundreds of Volunteers Are Working to Create Open-Source Ventilators to Fight Coronavirus
- The Science Behind Coronavirus Testing, and Where the U.S. Went Wrong
Vox: Recode
- The people running the world’s biggest companies have no idea what’s going to happen, either
- Trump is finally using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators. But that might not solve the problem.
- Mark Zuckerberg is teaming up with Bill Gates to try to find a drug to treat coronavirus
- This social network for churches is thriving in the coronavirus pandemic
- Amazon says it unintentionally hid some competitors’ faster delivery options
- Elon Musk’s coronavirus journey: A timeline
- Not everyone is laying off workers because of coronavirus. These are the most in-demand jobs right now.
- Like it or not, tech companies can use your phone location data to map social distancing
- A Silicon Valley firm said it could give its own investors expedited coronavirus tests — but then said it was just “boasting”
ReadWrite
- 20 of the Top Virtual Keynote Speakers
- How to Provide Customer Support on Social Media Faster
- 4 Video Lead Generation Strategies for More Engagement
- New Privacy and Security Laws of States Explained – How to Get Your Business Ready
- Top 11 High-Tech Kitchen Gadgets You Need in 2020
- The Modern Workplace Demands Better Visibility
- 10 Ways Blockchain is Impacting Real Estate Investing
- There’s No Such Thing as Time Management, Only Self-Management
- How to Create Top-Performing Content on Google According to Science
- COSTWAY Ultrasonic 4.5L Warm and Cool Mist Humidifier: Creating a Comfortable Home Environment
MIT Technology Review
- How 3D printing could save lives in the coronavirus outbreak
- A debate between AI experts shows a battle over the technology’s future
- Why the US can’t go back to work by Easter
- Google is using AI to design chips that will accelerate AI
- The Covid-19 pandemic in two animated charts
- The official jobless numbers are horrifying. The real situation is even worse.
- We just glimpsed how a “digital dollar” might work, thanks to coronavirus
- How coronavirus is transforming online dating and sex
- A new app might help researchers monitor the spread of coronavirus
- Radio Corona: so what about climate change?
Mainstream media
NYTimes: Tech
- How Russia’s Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election
- Facebook, Google and Twitter Struggle to Handle November’s Election
- At Two Fashion Resale Warehouses, Workers Fear for Their Safety
- The Week in Tech: We’re Testing How Much the Internet Can Handle
- GoFundMe Confronts Coronavirus Demand
- A.I. Versus the Coronavirus
- Neighbors Are Reaching Out on Nextdoor
- Lawmakers Question Start-Ups on At-Home Kits for Coronavirus Testing
- How to Look Your Best on a Webcam
- ‘A Week of Snow Days’? Ha! Families Deal With Cabin Fever
WSJ: Tech
- Two Best Friends and the Global Treasure Hunt for Coronavirus Supplies
- Old Laptop, Tablet or Phone? Here's How They Can Help You Right Now
- Government Tracking How People Move Around in Pandemic
- ICUs Leverage Remote Doctors and Telemedicine to Manage Coronavirus Deluge
- Microsoft Alters Policy on Facial-Recognition Investments
- One Business Winner Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns: the Cloud
- Working From Home Hasn't Broken Internet
- MIT Researchers Launch Coronavirus Location-Tracking Effort
- Online Grocers Are Getting a Preview of Their Future
- U.S. Moving Forward With Rule to Limit Chips to Huawei
Washington Post: Technology
- While the Bay Area shelters in place, construction on mansions and luxury condos continues
- So you want to be a gamer. Here’s how you can start.
- Instacart’s workers will strike for safety protections and hazard pay. A lifeline of groceries could be caught in the middle.
- Suddenly Nextdoor is filled with kind neighbors. But also new kinds of shaming.
- Overwatch League teams face a reset after pandemic spoils its grand plans
- Why the coronavirus pandemic is a test Facebook can’t afford to fail
- The Technology 202: Here’s how tech is keeping us sane while we stay home
- Local co-op in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a huge disappointment
- Stuck at home with an Xbox or PC? Here are the best Game Pass titles available now
- The Technology 202: State and local governments are asking technologists to aid coronavirus response
Guardian: Tech UK
- Bosses speed up automation as virus keeps workers home
- James McAvoy donates £275,000 to NHS medics’ PPE crowdfunding appeal
- The best chat apps for your coronavirus quarantine – ranked!
- Amid our fear, we’re rediscovering utopian hopes of a connected world
- 20 learning apps for stir-crazy kids
- Trolls exploit Zoom privacy settings as app gains popularity
- What’s the best tablet for video calling grandma?
- Half-Life: Alyx review – a spectacular immersive experience
- Zoom: the $29bn video-call app you’d never heard of until coronavirus
- Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: the best Windows 10 tablet PC you can buy
BBC: Tech UK
- Coronavirus: Fake news crackdown by UK government
- Manufacturers cast doubt on ventilator target
- Coronavirus: YouTube stars urge fans to stay at home
- Coronavirus: NHS turns to big tech to tackle Covid-19 hot spots
- Coronavirus lockdown: Clubbers go online for music
- A 3D-printed ventilator designed for Spain's coronavirus patients
- The cello playing robot and other tech news
- Coronavirus: Tesla donates hundreds of ventilators to New York
- Food wholesalers offer online orders to sell stock
- Coronavirus: Vodafone offers 30 days free mobile data
Computing UK
- Coronavirus latest: Ministry of Defence denies claims it has dumped Zoom over security fears
- Flaws in Diameter signalling protocol make all 4G networks prone to denial-of-service attacks
- Starschema fights COVID-19 with single source of truth for infection data
- South Korean APT uses five zero-day flaws to turn the tables on North Korea
- Maze ransomware group claims to have encrypted Chubb cyber insurer's systems
- HP tells shareholders: Takeover by Xerox amid coronavirus crisis could be disastrous
- Internet Archive opens up its 1.4 million book digital lending library for the Covid-19 crisis
- Cyber security experts collaborate to block coronavirus-related cyber campaigns
- How Hillarys responded to the coronavirus outbreak
- Tupperware accused of ignoring warnings over ecommerce website compromised by web-skimming JavaScript
BleepingComputer
- How to Replace Windows 10 System Programs With Non-Microsoft Apps
- Phishing Attack Says You're Exposed to Coronavirus, Spreads Malware
- Microsoft's Windows 10 Dockable 'News Bar' Now In Beta
- FTC Warns VoIP Providers to Stop Facilitating Coronavirus Scams
- The Week in Ransomware - March 27th 2020 - Don't Attack Hospitals!
- US Small Business Administration Grants Used as Phishing Bait
- FBI: Hackers Sending Malicious USB Drives & Teddy Bears via USPS
- Google Advises Against Disabling Sites During the Pandemic
- Actively Exploited Windows Font Parsing Bugs Get Temporary Fix
- Russian-Speaking Hackers Attack Pharma, Manufacturing Companies in Europe
Reuters: Technology News
- UK broadband providers lift data caps during coronavirus crisis
- Exclusive: Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay
- Microsoft to divest AnyVision stake, end face recognition investing
- Apple's factories are running, but suppliers wary about iPhone demand
- Google-parent Alphabet to donate $800 million in response to coronavirus crisis
- Aging tech means raises for some Americans who lose jobs in coronavirus crisis
- Apple works with White House to release 'COVID-19' app, website
- Exclusive: U.S. prepares crackdown on Huawei's global chip supply - sources
- Cognizant ups salaries by 25% for some India employees amid lockdown
- China's Didi Chuxing restarts evening Hitch service