Month: April 2020
YouTube sellers found touting bogus coronavirus vaccines and masks
YouTube has been criticized for continuing to host coronavirus disinformation on its video sharing platform during a global health emergency. Two US advocacy groups which campaign for online safety undertook an 18-day investigation of the video sharing platform in March — finding what they say were “dozens” of examples of…
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Intel could have a bad 2020 as PC sales slump, and AMD piles on pressure with its killer Ryzen laptop CPUs
Intel is set for a rough ride throughout 2020, at least according to one analyst who has predicted doom and gloom in terms of slumping PC sales, increasing unemployment, and additional pressure from AMD’s excellent Ryzen CPUs. Gus Richard, a senior research analyst at Northland Securities, penned a research note…
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Android is losing the Dark Sky weather app, now what?
When Amazon bought Eero just over a year ago, I wrote that the whole thing felt disappointing. It was a small, independent company that made a tech product people loved in part because it was made by a small, independent company. But it got purchased by a big tech company…
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13 Best Galaxy S20 Cases (40+ Cases Tested)
It doesn’t matter if you have the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, or S20 Ultra—a case to protect your new phone is a good idea. Source
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Operation Covid-19 will allow self-reporting of cases, to get ahead of official figures
The Canadian founder of a startup who caught Covid-19 from Justin Trudeau’s wife has launched an initiative to allow anyone to self-report their own case of the disease and publish the results, helping authorities to get ahead of the pandemic. Operation Covid-19 will visualize both official and suspected cases of…
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Millions of Marriott customers exposed in massive data breach
The Marriott hotel chain has experienced yet another large-scale data breach, with the details of about 5.2 million guests exposed by hackers. According to a statement issued by the company, details including names, addresses, birthdays, preferences, emails, phone numbers and loyalty reward program numbers have been compromised. While the incident…
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