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Amazon’s Kindle and Echo team now working on the company’s COVID-19 testing project
Amazon’s Lab126, the hardware group responsible for developing the company’s Kindle e-reader and its Echo smart speaker, is hiring engineers to work on its COVID-19 testing initiative, according to job listings first reported by GeekWire on Monday. As of right now, Amazon is contracting with existing labs to process nasal…
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Linux chief says he’s picking AMD over Intel
Linux overseer Linus Torvalds has revealed he has replaced the Intel processor on his PC with the 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970x. Furthermore, he dropped hints that he hopes to someday have an ARM-powered system. In his weekly State of the Kernel blog post, Torvalds announced that the development process…
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Go read this incredible history of the SimCity studio’s forgotten business games division
Popular “simulation games” like SimCity aren’t literally training players to run something like a city. But what would happen if they did? In the 1990s, SimCity studio Maxis tried to find out. In an exhaustively researched essay at The Obscuritory, librarian and writer Phil Salvador recounts the fascinating history of…
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The OnePlus rivals to the Apple AirPods could be called Buds
Such has been the runaway success of the Apple AirPods, it’s perhaps no surprise that everyone else is bringing out AirPod clones of their own – even HTC. OnePlus could be next to join the party, with wireless earphones that are now being tipped to be called the OnePlus Buds.…
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Zoom has temporarily removed Giphy from its chat feature
Zoom has temporarily disabled the integration of GIF platform Giphy in its chat feature, the company said in a blog post. “Once additional technical and security measures have been deployed, we will re-enable the feature.” Zoom didn’t offer any specifics beyond that on Giphy’s removal. The company mentioned the change…
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Wikimedia is writing new policies to fight Wikipedia harassment
Wikipedia plans to crack down on harassment and other “toxic” behavior with a new code of conduct. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees Wikipedia among other projects, voted on Friday to adopt a more formal moderation process. The foundation will draft the details of that process by the…
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