Bill Gates has had massive influence on the tech industry for the last forty years. Some people love what he has done and some are not so thrilled. Lately he has been the subject of a number of conspiracy theories. I’ve included the headlines to stories debunking those theories. Facebook portal makes a pandemic comeback. WiFi is about to get a huge upgrade. A missile silo in New Jersey can be yours. These are just a few of the headlines below. Click on a headline to get the full story.
Electronics
- How Apple Watch went from fashion accessory to fitness must-have
***** Get Apple Watch at Amazon ***** - Facebook Portal is finally a hit, thanks to a pandemic and your grandparents
***** Get Facebook Portal on Amazon ***** - Samsung Galaxy Watches will add blood-pressure monitoring app
***** Get Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 on Amazon ***** - Logitech’s touchpad case turns your iPad into a laptop, for a lot less than Apple’s Magic Keyboard
Privacy and Security
- Linksys asks users to reset passwords after hackers hijacked home routers last month
- Academics steal data from air-gapped systems using PC fan vibrations
- Windows Defender crashes: Microsoft fixes bug causing full scans to fail
- Here’s a list of all the ransomware gangs who will steal and leak your data if you don’t pay
- New phishing hotline sent 5,000 suspicious emails in just one day
- Mail app on iPhone may be vulnerable to email hack, report says
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- 5 things not to do when coronavirus lockdown, quarantine end
- When this pandemic is over, will you want to leave your home office?
- Bill Gates draws intense fire in coronavirus conspiracy theories
- Are Bill Gates and the ID2020 Coalition Using COVID-19 To Build Global Surveillance State?
- Coronavirus could push Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook deeper into our wallets
- Payment distancing: Apple and Google, we need our cashless society even more in pandemic times
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Software
- Your Zoom videos could live on in the cloud even after you delete them
- 10 free Zoom alternative apps for video chats
- How to do Zoom meetings like a pro from your iPad
- Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions now available for purchase
- Windows 10 turns five: Don’t get too comfortable, the rules will change again
- Google Hangouts vs. Zoom: Which video-chat app is better during quarantine?
- Government by Zoom: Freezes, lags and weird backgrounds on parliament’s first day of remote working
Technology
- Here’s an unprecedented look at Apollo 13’s damaged service module
- IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states
- Apple’s new Mac Pro Wheels Kit is utterly mind-boggling
- 10 great ways to stream TV and movies for free (legally)
- HBO Max: Launch date (finally), prices, shows and movies to expect
- Google wants to make it easier to analyse health data in the cloud
- Wi-Fi is getting its biggest upgrade in 20 years
Phones
- Apple’s new iPhone SE has one BIG problem
- This iPhone SE alternative from Samsung has 4 cameras and double the storage
- The best camera phones in 2020
- T-Mobile’s 5G network will get a boost from Sprint spectrum
- Motorola enters flagship smartphone fray, launches Moto Edge, Edge Plus at $999
Fun Stories
- Hobbies to Hone While Hunkering Down, With Help From Public TV
- James Bond movies ranked: The best and worst of 007
- Palmanova Star Fort
- The Mystery of a Medieval Blue Ink Has Been Solved
- Venomous snake species named after the perfect Harry Potter character
- Prolonged Isolation Can Lead to the Creation of New Accents
- For Sale: An Abandoned Cold War Missile Launch Site by the Side of the Road
- Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom
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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