Bloomberg: Apple continues work on new HomePod, Apple TV, iMac, and more for 2020

A new report from Bloomberg today dives deeper into the new work from home culture at Apple throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The report details how Apple is adapting to the remote work environment, and that several new products are still in development.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/30/apple-coronavirus-work-from-home-story/?source=Snapzu

ISPs Need to Just Kill Data Caps Already

Internet usage has peaked as more folks stay at home to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus—and in the UK, all major telecom companies this weekend struck a deal with the government to lift all data caps on fixed broadband services. That’s in addition to the companies introducing generous mobile and landline packages, on top of offering alternative forms of communication for vulnerable customers who may be self-isolating if repairs can’t be carried out.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/isps-need-to-just-kill-data-caps-already-1842557581?source=Snapzu

TV pilots, a big employer in L.A., are in limbo. How the coronavirus could change the industry

This year’s batch of TV pilots included some ominous names: “Triage,” “Wreckage” and “Housebroken.” Now, those show titles also describe network TV’s pilot season, which has been upended by the coronavirus outbreak. Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW were gearing up to employ thousands of workers in Los Angeles; Vancouver, Canada; New York and beyond when film and TV production shut down two weeks ago.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-03-29/television-pilot-season-coronavirus-fallout-los-angeles-filming?source=Snapzu

Revealed: Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US

Exclusive: Whistleblower’s data suggests millions of tracking requests sent over four-month period
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/revealed-saudis-suspected-of-phone-spying-campaign-in-us?source=Snapzu

Over 1,200 people attend Louisiana church service, defying coronavirus ban: "We will continue"

More than 1,200 people attended services at a Louisiana church, again defying the governor's coronavirus ban against more than 50 people gathering. Tony Spell has continued to hold services all month at Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge – even as the coronavirus spreads throughout the United States.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-ban-1200-people-attend-louisiana-church-service-defying-governor?source=Snapzu

Rumor: A New Resident Evil Game In Development, Releasing In 2021

Capcom has been slaying recently. With Resident Evil 3 Remake on the horizon, fans are really looking forward to how the franchise progresses in the coming generation of video games. Speaking of Resident Evil, the next installment in the franchise is in the works for 2021 according to the new rumor on Twitter.
Read more: https://www.thegamepost.com/2020/03/30/resident-evil-game-2021/?source=Snapzu

It's Time To Switch From Google Chrome

Since its debut, Chrome has grown in popularity, though its once-stellar reputation has taken a bit of a hit as of late. Examples of Chrome-only sites are more and more common, reminiscent of the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominated the web browser market. It's been shown to be a massive memory hog as well, slowing down machines as users create more and more tabs. And then there's the impending removal of ad-blocking.
Read more: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/03/why-you-should-switch-from-google-chrome-to-firefox/?source=Snapzu

General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand to Make Ventilators

On Monday, General Electric factory workers launched two separate protests demanding that the company convert its jet engine factories to make ventilators. At GE's Lynn, Massachusetts aviation facility, workers held a silent protest, standing six feet apart. Union members at the company’s Boston headquarters also marched six feet apart, calling on the company to use its factories to help the country close its ventilator shortage amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mjxg/general-electric-workers-walk-off-the-job-demand-to-make-ventilators?source=Snapzu

Oil Price Crash Opens A Window Of Opportunity For Renewables

Just a month ago, companies and investors had a financial incentive to continue investing in new oil and gas projects despite the societal and environmentalist backlash against fossil fuels. Not anymore. In just a couple of weeks, the oil price crash made investments in renewable energy starting to look more attractive. Or at least as attractive as investment in oil and gas.
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Oil-Price-Crash-Opens-A-Window-Of-Opportunity-For-Renewables.amp.html?source=Snapzu

WhatsApp speeds up experience on iOS 13 with share sheet contact suggestions

WhatsApp has received a little update today that puts your contacts from the messaging app into the share sheet suggestions across iOS on your iPhone and iPad for a smoother experience. The update makes it more seamless to share content directly with your contacts in WhatsApp from the web, apps, and everywhere else you can pull up the Share Sheet in iOS. There was previously the option to share to WhatsApp from the share sheet, but this update means you’ll get automatic suggestions for WhatsApp contacts like Apple’s Messages app does for an even faster user experience.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/30/whatsapp-speeds-up-experience-on-ios-13-with-share-sheet-contact-suggestions/?source=Snapzu

Oil drops more than 6% to 18-year low as global demand evaporates

U.S. oil dropped to an 18-year low on Monday as demand continues to evaporate, and as Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ nations prepare to ramp up production. With much of the world in lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, demand for oil has fallen off a cliff. People aren’t travelling and business has slowed, reducing the need for jet fuel and gasoline.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/oil-falls-to-back-to-18-year-lows-below-20-as-global-demand-evaporates.html?source=Snapzu

In Wake Of Social Distancing, People Are Hosting Virtual Parties In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released last week on Nintendo Switch and it has been the top-selling video game in the UK. With the COVID-19 global pandemic and social distancing being a real serious concern in the whole world, gamers taking advantage of the hangout feature in New Horizons and hosting surprise wedding and birthday parties.
Read more: https://www.thegamepost.com/2020/03/27/virtual-parties-animal-crossing-new-horizons/?source=Snapzu

What the Coronavirus Curve Teaches Us About Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic—sadly—has introduced or reintroduced many people to the concept of an exponential curve, in which a quantity grows at an increasing rate over time, as the number of people contracting the virus currently is doing. It is this curve that so many of us are trying to “flatten” through social distancing and other mitigating measures, small and large.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/26/what-the-coronavirus-curve-teaches-us-about-climate-change-148318?source=Snapzu

Christian pastor who thought COVID-19 is just ‘mass hysteria’ among the first in Virginia to die from virus

One of the first deaths of a Virginian from coronavirus was a 66-year-old Christian “musical evangelist” who fell ill while on a trip to New Orleans with his wife. As the Friendly Atheist’s Bo Gardiner points out, Landon Spradlin had previously shared opinions that the pandemic was the result of “mass hysteria” from the media.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/christian-pastor-who-thought-covid-19-is-just-mass-hysteria-is-among-the-first-in-virginia-to-die-from-virus?source=Snapzu

Linux's WireGuard VPN is here and ready to protect you

In the newly released Linux 5.6 kernel, you'll finally find the long anticipated open-source Virtual Private Network, WireGuard.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxs-wireguard-vpn-is-here-and-ready-to-protect-you/?source=Snapzu

Texas Lt. Gov. Ripped For Saying Seniors May Be Willing To Die For The Economy

Twitter users say Dan Patrick thinks older Americans want to "die for the Dow."
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dan-patrick-sacrifice-grandparents_n_5e796dd8c5b6f5b7c549df25?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Monday

Newfoundland has recorded its first death from coronavirus, while an Ontario care facility for seniors continues to be hard hit. Elsewhere, Spain has joined Italy and the United States as the only countries in the world to exceed China's recorded count of COVID-19 cases. Get the latest on what's happening around the world and in Canada.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid19-march30-canada-world-1.5514485?source=Snapzu

Whatever You Do During a Pandemic, Don’t Get Hurt Doing Dumb Stuff

Remember the Darwin Awards story about the poor guy who threw a lit stick of dynamite only to have his Labrador retriever go fetch it? Whether he’s mythical or not, I’ve always felt that we were too hard on him. Did he really do anything all that stupid? Throwing the dynamite seems smarter than holding onto it. Let anyone who hasn’t done something stupid step forward.
Read more: https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-household-injuries.html?source=Snapzu

Uranus is leaking gas

It’s been several decades since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft reached the chilly planet Uranus. The probe cruised past the frigid world at a distance of around 50,000 miles, sending back a wealth of data for scientists to dig through. Now, 34 years after it visited Uranus, the data that Voyager 2 sent back has revealed something entirely new.
Read more: https://bgr.com/2020/03/26/uranus-gas-leak-voyager-2-mission/?source=Snapzu

WHO says play video games as healthy social pastime during coronavirus pandemic

The World Health Organization is recommending video games as a good way to stay socially active, but safe, during the coronavirus crisis.
Read more: https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2932976001?source=Snapzu

The untold origin story of the N95 mask

It’s hard to think of a symbol of COVID-19 more fraught than the N95 respirator. The mask fits tightly around the face and is capable of filtering 95% of airborne particles, such as viruses, from the air, which other protective equipment (such as surgical masks) can’t do. It’s a life-saving device that is now in dangerously short supply. As such, it has come to represent the extreme challenges of the global response to COVID-19.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90479846/the-untold-origin-story-of-the-n95-mask?source=Snapzu

People built bone circles at the edge of ice sheets, and we don’t know why

As the last Ice Age tightened its hold on Europe, a group of people living near the Don River piled dozens of mammoth bones into a 12.5m (30ft) wide circle. They may have lived in the shelter of the mammoth bones for a while, huddling around fragrant fires of conifer wood and mammoth bone and making stone tools. But the traces they left are so light that it seems they didn’t stay long—or maybe they only visited occasionally.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/enigmatic-circles-of-mammoth-bones-in-eastern-europe-date-to-ice-age/?source=Snapzu

The ozone layer is healing, new study finds

The ozone layer is continuing to heal and has the potential to fully recover, according to a new study. A scientific paper, published in Nature, heralds a rare success in the reversal of environmental damage and shows that orchestrated global action can make a difference.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ozone-layer-healing-coronavirus-climate-sun-uv-rays-a9429341.html?source=Snapzu

Wordpress can rescue your local business from coronavirus epidemic crisis

The coronavirus situation is severely hitting local businesses. Rescue seems to be moving to a virus-free Internet. The global situation related to the epidemic is well known to everyone, so we will focus on adapting our activities to new habits, requirements, and economic situation. Aiming not only to save your business but to develop it. I hope this article will help you survive the COVID-19 pandemic and quickly get back on business feet in a new reality.
Read more: https://codenest.co/knowledge-center/wordpress-local-business-coronavirus-epidemic/?source=Snapzu

Banking Collapse of 2008: Three weeks that changed the world

It was the year the neo-liberal economic orthodoxy that ran the world for 30 years suffered a heart attack of epic proportions. Not since 1929 has the financial community witnessed 12 months like it. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. Merrill Lynch, AIG, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bradford & Bingley, Fortis, Hypo and Alliance & Leicester all came within a whisker of doing so and had to be rescued.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/dec/28/markets-credit-crunch-banking-2008?source=Snapzu

The BBC Is Using ’The Thick Of It’ To Get People To Stay The F*ck At Home

London, where the British Broadcasting Corporation is located, is under lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped people (fools) from sun bathing and mass gathering. It’s the same problem that many cities around the globe are facing — I’m based in Austin, Texas, where the public parks looked like this on day one of a shelter-in-place order — so to help curtail the issue, the BBC is using clips from its classic shows to tell people to, as Malcolm Tucker might put it, stay the f*ck at home:
Read more: https://uproxx.com/tv/bbc-stay-at-home-the-thick-of-it/?source=Snapzu

'A game changer': FDA authorizes Abbott Labs' portable, 5-minute coronavirus test the size of a toaster

A five-minute, point-of-care coronavirus test could be coming to urgent care clinics next week, and experts say it could be "game-changing." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued Emergency Use Authorization to Illinois-based medical device maker Abbott Labs on Friday for a coronavirus test that delivers positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes, the company said.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/28/coronavirus-fda-authorizes-abbott-labs-fast-portable-covid-test/2932766001/?source=Snapzu

The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to transform the way we live

I'm sure in today's COVID-19 lockdown, despite all of the technologies we have to occupy us, computers, television, cellphones, many of us are feeling profound isolation, loneliness and boredom. But this big slowdown gives me time every day to play with my grandchildren who are isolated with me, to read and to think about what has mattered most in my life, what has given me the greatest joy and satisfaction, and where I hope the world might go after I'm gone.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/the-covid-19-pandemic-may-be-an-opportunity-to-transform-the-way-we-live-1.5512241?source=Snapzu

Apple inserts a laughable trick into its new privacy policy | ZDNet

Buried deep within Apple's latest privacy policy for its Card is a clause that may incite simultaneous laughter and tears. Tears for fears, even.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-inserts-a-laughable-trick-into-its-new-privacy-policy/?source=Snapzu

StubHub said they’d refund canceled tickets, but now they’re taking that back

StubHub is here for you. Unless you want a refund.
Read more: https://www.sbnation.com/2020/3/28/21198101/stubhub-refunds-canceled-event-ticket-nhl-nba-concerts??source=Snapzu

Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online

Massive online library project is venturing into uncharted legal waters.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/internet-archive-offers-thousands-of-copyrighted-books-for-free-online/?source=Snapzu

Why stargazing is the perfect spiritual practice during the Coronavirus lockdown

If nothing else, the global pandemic of the Coronavirus has slowed the world down and in effect, our minds too. In our socially-distanced states, we are bound to be thinking more about what we are doing in our lives, where we are heading, and what our futures will entail, both collectively as a planet and as individuals.
Read more: https://www.astronism.com/post/why-stargazing-is-the-perfect-spiritual-practice-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown?source=Snapzu

White House suspends environmental protection, citing coronavirus

2020 has a new motto: "Cancelled due to the coronavirus." Businesses, schools, sports, travel, film, and TV production, conferences, meetings, and basically any and all business as usual has been suspended in the US as individuals and institutions try to slow the spread of COVID-19. We have, at least, had outdoor space to go to—staying at least six feet away from others as we do—when we need a break from the four walls of our homes.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/white-house-suspends-environmental-protection-citing-coronavirus/?source=Snapzu

Sony is slowing PlayStation downloads in Europe and US

Sony today announced it was making a change to its PlayStation downloads in the US, mirroring a similar change in Europe earlier this week. Namely, it’s going to slow down or delay gameplay downloads in an attempt to help manage traffic during this time of social isolation. Since we’re all spending more time inside, working from …
Read more: https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2020/03/27/sony-is-slowing-playstation-downloads-in-europe-and-us/?source=Snapzu

Venezuela's only telecoms satellite is lost in space

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela's only telecommunications satellite has veered off its orbit and stopped working, creating a logistical headache for the cash-strapped South American nation.
Read more: https://www.newstribune.com/news/international/story/2020/mar/28/venezuelas-only-telecoms-satellite-is-lost-in-space/822340/?source=Snapzu

How a starfish egg is like a quantum system

Some cellular proteins move across a cell’s membrane in rippling waves, displaying patterns of turbulence that resemble those seen throughout the physical world. When bound to a cell membrane, the signalling protein Rho-GTP plays a part in the multistep process that leads a cell to divide. Proteins similar to Rho-GTP are found in a vast number of organisms, including vertebrates.
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00881-0?source=Snapzu

UK space company blames coronavirus for collapse

OneWeb, the high-profile London-based satellite start-up, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. The firm, which has been building a network to deliver broadband across the globe, blamed the Covid-19 crisis for its inability to secure new investment.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52070949?source=Snapzu

Stimulus package will remain half-baked unless local governments get more of the dough

Lawmakers are pinning their hopes on a US$2 trillion package to prop up the U.S. economy and provide relief to individuals and business ravaged by the coronavirus. The stimulus is expected to pump $150 billion in aid to state and local governments. But with nearly 40,000 local governments across all 50 states, the money will be stretched thin and is likely to run out quickly. Many local officials are already bracing for severe budget shortfalls and mid-year cuts.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/stimulus-package-will-remain-half-baked-unless-local-governments-get-more-of-the-dough-134763?source=Snapzu

'Some may even die, I don't know': Former Wells Fargo CEO wants people to go back to work and 'see what happens'

The coronavirus crisis in the United States is only just beginning. But it's not too early for some Americans to flout social distancing and isolation guidelines and return to work, according to some executives. Dick Kovacevich, the former CEO and chairman of Wells Fargo, told Bloomberg News that healthy workers under the age of 55 should return to work in April if the outbreak is controlled, saying that "some may even die" with his plan.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/richard-kovacevich-former-wells-fargo-ceo-work-die-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-3?source=Snapzu

Johnny Depp Allowed to Pursue Defamation Suit Against Amber Heard

A Virginia judge on Friday refused to dismiss Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against Amber Heard, allowing him to proceed with a claim that she defamed him in a Washington Post opinion piece. In the piece, published in December 2018, Heard alluded to her previous claims that Depp had assaulted her during their marriage, though she did not identify him by name.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/johnny-depp-allowed-to-pursue-defamation-suit-amber-heard-1203547471/amp/?__twitter_impression=true?source=Snapzu

Internet Archive makes 1.4 million books available for free online amid the coronavirus crisis

Non-profit organisation the Internet Archive has this week announced the launch of the ‘National Emergency Library’, an initiative which will allow the general public to have access to a wide range of literary sources after millions of educational institutions were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/internet-archive-free-books-online/?source=Snapzu

Fox Business parts ways with Trish Regan, host who dismissed coronavirus as 'impeachment scam'

The Fox Business Network announced on Friday that it had parted ways with Trish Regan, the conservative news host who ignited controversy earlier this month when she dismissed the coronavirus pandemic as a conspiracy to throw President Trump out of office.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/media/trish-regan-fox-news/index.html?source=Snapzu

Texas Republican Says COVID-19 Saves Lives Because Abortion Clinics Have Closed

Some Republicans say it’s God’s punishment for a sinful society. Others say it’s an anti-Trump hoax. But here’s a take you’ve probably never heard before: COVID-19 saves lives. That’s the claim made by Kathaleen Wall, a Texas Republican running for Congress in 2020, in a particularly ill-advised Facebook post thanking Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton for declaring abortions non-essential medical care, effectively shutting down abortion clinics across the entire state.
Read more: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/28/texas-republican-says-covid-19-saves-lives-because-abortion-clinics-have-closed/?source=Snapzu

Unemployment is so high over coronavirus that N.Y. has to hire more workers to handle jobless claims

The job-killing coronavirus pandemic sent nearly 3.3 million Americans to the unemployment line last week, shattering a nearly 40-year old record, while forcing New York to hire more workers to handle the jobless claims. With even more layoffs looming, the list of industries hit by the relentless global viral outbreak reads like a list of fallen soldiers.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-unemployment-coronavirus-hospitality-20200326-pxsosgaxxzaftczsmujx5h376a-story.html?source=Snapzu

Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims

Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/google-bans-infowars-android-app-alex-jones-coronavirus/?source=Snapzu

Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic

A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic down but uses it as food to power the process. The bacterium, which was found at a waste site where plastic had been dumped, is the first that is known to attack polyurethane. Millions of tonnes of the plastic is produced every year to use in items such as sports shoes, nappies, kitchen sponges and as foam insulation, but it is mostly sent to landfill because it it too tough to recycle.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/scientists-find-bug-that-feasts-on-toxic-plastic?source=Snapzu

Fed’s “infinite amount of cash” is biggest argument for Bitcoin yet

The United States Federal Reserve has suggested it could print unlimited money. Here’s what that means for Bitcoin. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, said that the Federal Reserve has an “infinite amount of cash” — in response to worries over the stock market collapse.
Read more: https://medium.com/@decryptmedia/feds-infinite-amount-of-cash-is-biggest-argument-for-bitcoin-yet-d2d8e58b32f0?sk=cd15e0c8b07ebe9933fc383d96d6caa4?source=Snapzu

MLB uniform maker switches to producing medical masks, gowns

The Bryce Harper jersey that could have been worn this baseball season by the biggest Philadelphia Phillies fan is now a protective mask in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Fanatics, the company that manufactures uniforms for Major League Baseball, has suspended production on jerseys and is instead using the polyester mesh fabric to make masks and gowns for hospitals in Pennsylvania and nearby states.
Read more: https://www.wkbn.com/sports/mlb-uniform-maker-switches-to-producing-medical-masks-gowns/?source=Snapzu

Social distancing can’t last forever. Here’s what should come next.

Scientists are explaining the moonshot effort needed to end social distancing and this pandemic. Will leaders listen?
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/26/21192211/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-end?source=Snapzu

How to Earn Money from Google Online Jobs with Simple Steps - bitcoinprivatekey’s blog

I can swear… Google online jobs comes on the top of my list for genuine online jobs. I have been making money from Google from the last 10+ years. You won’t believe but I have made millions from Google. Millions of people around the world who work for Google online jobs trust the company blindly. As…
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