Coronavirus is all over the news and it has certainly disrupted the tech world in a big way. We’ve got a few headlines below about how it has affected the industry. Ransomware needs to die, but people are still getting infected and paying. Alphabet is looking deep into the ocean. Toilets, yes we’ve got them covered this week. Read all of the headlines below and click a headline to read the full story.
Electronics
- Yes, you can use your Amazon Echo in the bathroom. Here’s how
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- How to buy a TV: Spring 2020 update
Privacy and Security
- FCC issues wrist-slap fines to carriers that sold your phone-location data
- Ransomware victims are paying out millions a month. One particular version has cost them the most.
- Meet the white-hat group fighting Emotet, the world’s most dangerous malware
- Seven hackers have now made a million dollars each from bug bounties, says HackerOne
- Phishing scams: Big jump in complaints about phoney calls and texts
- These are the first passwords hackers will try when attacking your device
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Software
- Windows 10 hacks: 11 hidden tricks to master after you upgrade
- Google Earth now works in browsers beyond Chrome
- Four steps you should take to secure your Gmail account right now
- Apple Maps has a new look. Here’s how to use all of its new features
- Moving from Windows 7 to Windows 10: Everything you need to know
- Microsoft Edge privacy settings to change right away
- Microsoft’s PowerShell 7 is generally available
Technology
- The strange, thorny and sometimes sleazy origins of 11 tech terms you hear every day
- Intel fixed 236 bugs in 2019 and only 5% (11 bugs) were CPU vulnerabilities
- Amazon now operates seven different kinds of physical stores. Here’s why
- How coronavirus may accelerate the future of work
- What’s going on under the ocean? Alphabet’s X has a plan to find out
- Coronavirus and COVID-19: All your questions answered
- There’s an $80 million driving simulator in Iowa, and we tried it out
- Alphabet’s moonshot to save the oceans starts with a fish cam
- Amazon starts offering same-day deliveries that will arrive overnight
- Overcharged by a tech company? New service could help get your money back
- Free video conferencing: Coronavirus spurs special deals from WebEx, Google, others
- Amazon employee at Seattle headquarters tests positive for coronavirus
- Goodyear ReCharge concept tire regrows tread by taking a pill
- SETI@home to shut down after two decades of crowdsourced alien hunting
- General Motors announces new battery platform, claims $100/kWh soon
- Data shows who was reading “fake news” before 2016 US election
Phones
- Apple doesn’t let movie villains use iPhones, director Rian Johnson says
- Galaxy S20 Ultra review: Camera is amazing but battery life and design aren’t
- Sorry, Razr and Galaxy Z Flip: Foldable phones still need a win
- Dirty iPhone? Here’s one flu and coronavirus safeguard: Clean your device now
- Apple agrees to pay $500 million to settle ‘Batterygate’ claims
- After years of owning a flip phone, Warren Buffett finally has an iPhone
- Apple will pay up to $500 million in iPhone throttling settlement
- After you use dark mode in these 13 Android apps, you won’t ever go back
- WhatsApp dark mode comes to iOS, Android devices
- iPhone 11 Pro vs. Galaxy S20 Ultra camera comparison: Which phone is best?
- Google Assistant on Android can now read entire web pages to you
- Use these 12 apps to show off iOS 13’s new dark mode
Fun Stories
- The spread of the coronavirus couldn’t have come at a worse time for Corona beer
- Why America Is Losing The Toilet Race
- HBO Max: Launch dates, prices, shows and movies to expect
- How to effectively wash your hands to protect against coronavirus
- Melting glacier triggers deadly flood at the foot of Machu Picchu
- How an Abandoned Modernist Cinema Became a Revolutionary Symbol in Lebanon
- Terraforming Mars might be impossible… for now
- Revisiting a Classic Photo Compendium of Giant Roadside Curios
- Tokyo Olympics dates could shift amid coronavirus worries, report says
- Antarctica’s Pretty Pink Snow Is Brought to You By Algae and Penguin Poop
- For Sale: Sir Thomas More’s Utopian Alphabet
- The Batman director shares first images of new Batmobile
- 12 Natural Wonders You Can Visit Via Public Transportation
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