Life has changed drastically for many of us in the past week. Yes, many of you are stuck at home instead of going to work or your favorite hangouts. Included this week are several upgrades you can make to your home, including one that reduces the need for toilet paper. Yes, there is still other technology news though it has slowed greatly in the past week. Click on the headlines below for the full story.
Electronics
- Asus ZenWiFi AX review: This Wi-Fi 6 mesh router hits the sweet spot
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- Welcome to Hacks@Home: CNET’s guide to the easiest smart home upgrades
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Privacy and Security
- Hackers target US health agency during coronavirus crisis
- Intel CPUs vulnerable to new ‘Snoop’ attack
- Working from home: Cybersecurity tips for remote workers
- Nasty phishing scams aim to exploit coronavirus fears
- Best security keys in 2020: Hardware-based two-factor authentication for online protection
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Coronavirus / COVID-19
- Online coronavirus scams are here, watch out for these red flags
- Amazon limiting shipments to certain types of products due to COVID-19 pandemic
- With coronavirus hoaxes flooding social media, governments scramble to fight misinformation
- 6 coronavirus health myths, fact checked
- Coronavirus vaccines and treatment: Everything you need to know
- Coronavirus alerts: How to get news updates on your phone right now
- 10 ways to help avoid coronavirus when you need to leave the house
- Microsoft Plots the End of Visual Basic
- Microsoft: WSL2’s Linux kernel will be delivered to Windows 10 users via Windows Update
- 7 free videoconferencing apps: FaceTime, Skype, Zoom and more compared
- Microsoft buys JavaScript developer platform npm; plans to integrate it with GitHub
- Working from home: This invaluable Google Docs setting keeps you from losing your work
- How to stay sane and productive when working from home
- Amazon announces four new projects to make its data centers greener
- Amazon hiring 100,000 new distribution workers to keep up with online shopping surge caused by coronavirus
- Apple explains how to return and repair devices while stores are closed globally
- CO2-based vodka startup Air Co. fully redirects its tech to making hand sanitizer for donation
- Intel is teaching a computer chip to smell
- Amazon shifts priority to medical supplies, household basics amid coronavirus pandemic
- Amazon struggles to be the everything store during the coronavirus crisis
- Alexa and Google Assistant could be more helpful during a pandemic. Here’s how
- My family hasn’t watched Disney Plus in months: No prestige, nothing to binge
- Carriers are suspending internet data caps during coronavirus
- Internet and wireless providers will waive late fees and keep Americans connected
- Now you can transcribe speech with Google Translate
- Google Pay: Here’s how to set it up on your Android phone
- Smallest dinosaur found trapped in 100-million-year-old amber
- Lego Super Mario looks like a brick-building video game come to life
- Stop hoarding toilet paper. Make your own bidet starting at $20
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- This LA taco spot is selling Emergency Taco Kits, complete with 4 toilet paper rolls and 30 eggs
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If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.
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Foster D. Coburn III is author of 13 best-selling books on CorelDRAW and has been a contributor to numerous technology and graphics-related magazines. Foster has taken many projects, including this Web site, from the early design stage through to a finished piece. He has been a featured speaker at many graphics conferences. His first Web site was built in 1995 and he has been working exclusively in WordPress since 2013.
