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• Coronavirus: 'Not smart' memo shows Amazon's union stance - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  The firm's lawyer says his comments were personal, spoken out of emotional frustration.
  
• Zoom 'unsuitable' for government secrets, researchers say - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  The meeting app used by Cabinet has odd encryption and sends data through China, researchers say.
  
• Huawei signs non-aggression patent pact with membership of Open Invention Network - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  El Reg: Chinese giant plays nice with open source

  
  
• Troubleshoot using the proc filesystem on Linux - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  Important files in proc give information about running processes that will help in debugging and troubleshooting.

  
  
• Scheduling tasks on Linux using the at command - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  NetworkWorld: The at command makes it easy to schedule LInux tasks to be run at any time or date you choose.

  
  
• GNU Guix Wants To Replace The Linux-Libre Kernel With The Hurd Micro-Kernel - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  Phoronix: The GNU Guix developers responsible for their package manager and operating system are actually working to replace their Linux (GNU Linux-libre to be exact) kernel with GNU Hurd.

  
  
• How to Use rsync and scp Commands in Reverse Mode on Linux - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  2DayGeek: Learn how to use the rsync and scp commands in reverse mode on Linux.

  
  
• GNOME 3.36 Desktop Environment Gets First Point Release - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  9to5Linux: The GNOME 3.36 Gresik desktop environment brings numerous new features and performance enhancements

  
  
• The robot car enforcing lockdown and other news - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  BBC Click's Omar Mehtab looks at the best of the week's technology stories.
  
• How To Create A Montage From Images In Linux - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  ostechnix: This guide explains how to create a montage from images in Linux using Imagemagick suite.

  
  
• An introduction to the diff command - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  

  Explore the diff command to compare file content in different ways.

  
  
• Hubble captures unique ‘cannibal’ galaxy in amazing image - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning image of galaxy that's hiding a secret.
  
• 10 largest meat-eating dinosaurs - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  There’s been an ongoing dispute over what was the world’s largest carnivorous dinosaur.
  
• Coronavirus could worsen the US childhood obesity crisis - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  Public health experts believe one impact of the school closures mandated by the coronavirus pandemic will be an increase in childhood obesity across the United States.
  
• Hidden footage from secret WWII code-breaking base discovered - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  Hidden wartime footage of a secret World War II code-breaking site in Southern England has been discovered.
  
• Wild animals have taken over the streets in major cities because of the coronavirus pandemic - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  The coronavirus pandemic has left most of the world's major cities, including London, New York and others, empty. As humans hunker down, with shelter-in-place measures around the world enacted, wild animals have started to take over.
  
• Flush with lid down: COVID-19 can be transmitted via 'aerosolized feces,' study warns - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  Scientists are still learning a great deal about COVID-19 and how it spreads, but they have learned it can be transmitted via "aerosolized feces," according to a new study.
  
• Coronavirus may be most infectious when symptoms are mildest, small study finds - FOX News
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  People infected with the novel coronavirus shed large quantities of the virus early in their illness and likely become less infectious as the disease wears on, according to a small study.
  
• Coronavirus: Google reveals travel habits during the pandemic - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  It will regularly provide updates as to what types of places people are going to during the outbreak.
  
• Coronavirus: Garden centres switch to virtual personal shopping - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  Plants are being sold via livestreams, emails and social media as lockdown forces traders to close.
  
• Robot brings Hastings gallery art into people's homes - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 03 Apr 2020
  The Hastings Contemporary is offering virtual tours during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
• Bafta Games Awards: Outer Wilds wins Best Game - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  Outer Wilds and Disco Elysium both win three golden masks at this year's Bafta Games Awards.
  
• 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.
  
• Google uses AI to enhance video call audio - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  The new system realistically fills short gaps in conversations where drops previously occurred.
  
• 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.
  
• Coronavirus threatens the next generation of smartphones - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  The latest smartphones might be delayed due to disrupted supply chains and shoppers staying at home.
  
• Demand for N95 respirators is 17 times higher than normal, survey reveals - FOX News
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  As cases of coronavirus continue to exponentially increase in the United States, a new survey reveals how a shortage of critical supplies combined with massive demand to fuel the growing public health crisis.
  
• OpenDaylight Magnesium Advances Open Source Software Defined Networking - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  

  EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: 12th major release of the Linux Foundation's core SDN project brings new projects and features.

  
  
• Stunning NASA image shows Rosetta Nebula giving birth to stars - FOX News
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  NASA released a stunning image of the Rosetta Nebula today.
  
• Evidence of ancient rainforest in Antarctica point to warmer prehistoric world - FOX News
  Thu, 02 Apr 2020
  Rainforests near the South Pole? It may sound far-fetched, but new research indicates the Antarctic climate was much warmer some 90 million years ago.
  
• 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.
  
• 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?
  
• 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.
  
• '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: 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.