Newslinx

• Zoom boss apologises for security issues and promises fixes - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  The firm will freeze all new feature development to concentrate on fixing security and privacy issues.
  
• Amazon Prime allows in-app purchases for Apple users - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  The changes will apply to users in the US, UK, and Germany.
  
• How Bafta is hosting games awards in lockdown - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  The Bafta Games Awards will be the first major awards to take place during social distancing rules.
  
• Don't send rainbow pictures to Nightingale hospital, NHS says - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  Despite a social media shout-out for rainbow artwork, the NHS has asked people to share their pictures online only
  
• Amazon wins trademark battle over Davidoff perfume - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  European Court judges that Amazon is not responsible for a Marketplace seller's trademark infringement.
  
• Should you wear a face mask to prevent COVID-19? Experts disagree. - FOX News
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  The public doesn't need to wear heavy-duty respirators, but it's a smart idea to don a face mask or wrap a clean scarf around your nose and mouth if you're going into a crowded place during the COVID-19 outbreak, an infectious disease doctor told Live Science.
  
• How to Remove Linux User from a Group - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  

  Linoxide: Learn how to remove a user from a group in Linux.

  
  
• Coronavirus: How China's using surveillance to tackle outbreak - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  China is using its high tech system to tackle the outbreak, but is the state interference justified?
  
• Coronavirus: Should the UK use drones to disinfect public spaces? - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  A group is calling for a change in regulation so drones can spray disinfectant in public places
  
• Coronavirus: Moscow rolls out patient-tracking app - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  An effort is also under way to help European countries deploy virus-alert apps by mid-April.
  
• How robots have joined the battle against coronavirus - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  From taking temperatures remotely to helping with hand washing, robots are helping with healthcare.
  
• Linux Mint 20 Codenamed Ulyana, Will Be Based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  The Linux Mint project continues the tradition of naming new Linux Mint releases alphabetically

  
  
• Mounting and mapping shares between Windows and Linux with Samba - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  Create an air of interoperability in your network with Samba.

  
  
• Running a quick NMAP scan to inventory my network - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  Use Nmap, the open source network mapper tool, to better understand what's happening in your network.

  
  
• How To Make Linux System To Run Faster On Intel CPUs - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

   ostechnix: This brief guide explains how to make Linux system to run faster on Intel CPUs by turning off the Spectre and Meltdown mitigations.

  
  
• Idaho earthquake measured at magnitude 6.5; state's largest in nearly 40 years - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  A magnitude-6.5 earthquake  – Idaho’s largest in nearly 40 years – hit the state Tuesday evening
  
• Easily Load, Unload And Blacklist Kernel Modules With kmon (TUI) - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  LinuxUprising: kmon is a new command line kernel manager and activity monitor written in Rust.

  
  
• Pixelorama - Open Source Editor for Pixel Art - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  Pixelorama is an open-source application designed for creating pixel art.

  
  
• Rambox is an All-in-one Messenger for Linux - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  itsFOSS: Rambox is an all-in-one messenger that lets you use multiple services

  
  
• Social distancing may negatively impact mental health, experts warn - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  More than 280 million Americans in 35 states and Washington, D.C. are under stay-at-home orders that restrict their movement to the bare essentials to slow the spread of coronavirus. Although the topic of has not been studied widely, experts believe social distancing can negatively impact mental health.
  
• Advancements in breathing devices for WWII fighter pilots paved way for modern ventilator - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  Before World War II, the iron lung was the most common type of mechanical ventilator, but advancements in breathing devices for fighter pilots near the end of the war paved the way for the modern ventilator. 
  
• Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' may be helping river ecosystems in Colombia - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  Hippos that were brought to Colombia decades ago by Pablo Escobar, the notorious cocaine kingpin, are now thriving in the country's river ecosystems. Scientists even suspect that river habitats may benefit from the presence of these non-native hippos, with the large herbivores filling an ecological niche that has been vacant in the region for thousands of years.
  
• Elephants in Thailand face starvation as coronavirus severely impacts tourism - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  Over 1,000 elephants in Thailand could be facing starvation as the coronavirus pandemic has greatly impacted revenue generated from tourism in the country.
  
• Mysterious Maine shipwreck is from before the Revolutionary War, experts discover - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  A mysterious shipwreck that appeared every 20 years on a Maine beach has been dated to before the Revolutionary War.
  
• Obarun - An Arch Based Linux Distro Without Systemd - LinuxToday News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  

  Systemd, as we all know, has always been criticized by a lot of developers and Linux users.

  
  
• NASA finds 'cosmic homicide' in deep space - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  Astronomers have discovered an "intermediate-mass" black hole that they believe is the "best evidence" of a "cosmic homicide."
  
• China’s coronavirus lockdown may have prevented 700,000 deaths, scientists say - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  China’s coronavirus lockdown may have prevented 700,000 deaths from COVID-19, says an international team of researchers.
  
• Nazi concentration camp Sylt on island of Alderney revealed by archaeologists - FOX News
  Wed, 01 Apr 2020
  For for the first time since its destruction at the conclustion of World War II, a concentration camp on the island of Alderney has been studied by archaeologists -- revealing new information about the site where Nazi soldiers committed atrocities against prisoners.
  
• Houseparty: How safe is Epic Games' video chat app? - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020
  Security experts back owner's assertion that chat app is not hacking other products.
  
• Coronavirus: Racist 'zoombombing' at virtual synagogue - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020
  Hackers hijacking Zoom meetings to shout abuse is on the rise as more people talk virtually.
  
• Coronavirus: What are ventilators and why are they important? - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020
  The lives of some Covid-19 patients may depend upon medical ventilators - here are the basics of how they work.
  
• 'The phone slipped into the bath': Conference call tales - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020
  How to avoid some of the pitfalls of teleconferencing and how it is changing the way we meet and do business.
  
• Coronavirus lockdown: Clubbers go online for music - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020
  With the coronavirus lockdown bringing normal nightlife to an end, some enterprising DJs are going online.
  
• Coronavirus: Here's how you can stop bad information from going viral - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 27 Mar 2020
  Experts are calling on the public to practise ‘information hygiene’ to help stop the spread of falsehoods online.
  
• The cello playing robot and other tech news - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 27 Mar 2020
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the best tech stories of the week.
  
• Huawei P40 Pro: Hands-on with the new flagship - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 26 Mar 2020
  Huawei reveals its new smartphones - but they lack Google's apps and services.
  
• Coronavirus: The sports turning to gaming during lockdown - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 26 Mar 2020
  From boxing to Formula 1, sports are reinventing the way they are played during coronavirus pandemic.
  
• Coronavirus: Frozen birthday party saved by Zoom video chat app - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 23 Mar 2020
  Thirty children took part in a virtual video chat celebration for a self-isolated four-year-old.
  
• Step-by-step guide: How to video call your family - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020
  This guide will show you how to make and receive video calls on a variety of devices.