This week Python’s core developer blog announced the very last production release of Python 2.7. Hackaday reports: The intention was for it to coincide with PyCon 2020, but just like so many of the events planned for the first half of the year, the in-person conference had to be canceled in favor of a virtual…

Originally $600, that’s the biggest discount to date on one of the top-rated robo-vacs. …read more Source:: CNet

Celebrate everyone’s favorite acid (deoxyribonucleic, of course) with big savings on DNA test kits. …read more Source:: CNet

CNET reports on new research from a threat-intelligence company into the more than 540 domain names registered this month with the word “reopen” in their URL. While hundreds of them are “designed to lend credibility to anti-lockdown protests,” and 98 more were purchased to thwart that effort, there’s still many other domains that “come from…

The OpenScan project has been updated quite a bit since its inception. OpenScan is an open source, Arduino or Raspberry Pi-based 3D scanner for small objects that uses 3D printed hardware and some common electronic components to create 3D scans using photogrammetry; a process by which a series of still images from different angles are…

Looking for a set of true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation? There are more options than just Apple’s AirPods Pro. …read more Source:: CNet

sciencehabit writes: Although tales of people being killed by meteorite impacts date back to biblical times, few have been documented until the past decade or so. Now, Turkish researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence that a meteorite killed one man and paralyzed another when it slammed into a hilltop in what is now Iraq in…

The disruptors are being disrupted, and the rush is on to digitally transform everything, in two weeks’ time. It’s time for IT professionals to step up, urge calm, and lead organizations through turbulent times — once more. …read more Source:: ZDNet

“Confirmed coronavirus cases world-wide Friday exceeded 2.7 million, with more than 190,000 dead,” reports the Wall Street Journal, citing data from Johns Hopkins University. While America has just 4.3% of the world’s population, “The U.S. accounted for nearly a third of the cases, exceeding 869,000, and more than a quarter of the deaths, at 49,963.”…

Facebook is challenging Zoom with the introduction of “Messenger Rooms,” a group messaging service that allows Facebook users to host group calls of up to 50 people that anyone can join. Engadget reports: Instead of inviting people individually, Facebook users can post links in their News Feed or in Groups or event pages. And unlike…