As it will likely do for weeks to come, COVID-19 is dominating the news. You’ll find a number of related stories below, including several that will help you to improve your work at home environment. Sadly the hackers haven’t stopped infecting and attacking computers. Learn about the latest threats and protect yourself. Yes, there are some fun stories this week to give you something to enjoy. Click on the headlines to read the full story.
Electronics
- Hallelujah! The MacBook Air will finally get the Magic Keyboard
- Monitor, keyboard and mouse sales jump as coronavirus forces remote working
- The iPad Pro 2020: Working at home with a trackpad, AR and more
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Privacy and Security
- Thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created on a daily basis
- Ring’s work with police lacks solid evidence of reducing crime
- As coronavirus crisis worsens, hacking is increasing, security experts say
- Microsoft warns of Windows zero-day exploited in the wild
- Working from home makes you vulnerable to hackers. Here’s how to stay safe
- Apple updates Safari on iOS and Mac to block third-party cookies
- Tupperware website hacked and infected with payment card skimmer
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has advice for getting through quarantine
- COVID-19: Everything you need to know to stay healthy and entertained while stuck at home
- Working from home: Lessons learned over 20+ years
- Coronavirus transforms peak internet usage into the new normal
- Sixteen supercomputers tackle coronavirus cures in US
- Google launches coronavirus site with health information, local resources
- Coronavirus lockdowns: Can you go outside, to the gym, on a drive and other answers
- Sex and social distancing: How the coronavirus crisis is changing intimacy
- Microsoft postpones end of support for some Windows 10 1709 versions
- How to get Microsoft Office 365 for free
- Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge ‘pause’ updates because of coronavirus
- How to change your Zoom background like everyone else is doing right now
- Microsoft will pause optional Windows 10 cumulative updates for testing purposes starting in May
- Amazon struggles to be the everything store during the coronavirus crisis
- How to improve TV streaming quality on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more
- The Ars Technica semi-scientific guide to Wi-Fi Access Point placement
- Microsoft: This is how coronavirus home-working is changing our developers’ habits
- Mirror your Android device on a TV in 3 easy steps
- How Android 11 will better protect your phone from robocall spam
- FCC opens up more spectrum to keep mobile phones working during coronavirus pandemic
- This year should have been huge for phones. Now Samsung, Apple are at a crossroads
- The Archaeology of Those Weird Metal Things That Open Your Soda Can
- NASA Curiosity rover took a gorgeous Mars selfie to mark a daring climb
- How to Win a Hair-Freezing Contest in Northern Canada
- How to Stream the Animal Kingdom From Your Sofa
- How to Help Librarians and Archivists From Your Living Room
- Internet Archive’s ‘national emergency library’ has over a million books to read right now
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