Version 20 will ship without any snap packages, snapd daemon The developers of Linux Mint have expressed concern with Canonical’s Snap Store and the way it is forced on Ubuntu users who try to install popular packages like the Chromium web browser.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

When looking through existing Arduino drum kit projects, [joekutz] noticed that most of them just used the microcontroller as an input for an existing MIDI device. That’s fine if you’re just looking to build your own hardware interface, but he wondered if it would be possible to forgo the MIDI device completely and actually generate…

The breach exposed usernames and passwords of an undisclosed number of program members. …read more Source:: DarkReading

schwit1 shares a report: Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately,” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.” But behind…

Unlike Twitter, Facebook didn’t take any action against a post that employees say could incite violence. …read more Source:: CNet

Astroboffins say Deimos’s wonky orbit suggests slow-burning ring-moon cycle Like the gas giants in the outer region of the Solar System, Mars may have been circled by a ring of debris over three billion years ago.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Services like Google Translate support only 100 languages, give or take. What about the thousands of other languages — spoken by people just as vulnerable to this crisis? From a report: If we want to avoid a pandemic spreading to all the humans in the world, this information also has to reach all the humans…

Those of you with an eye to classic cinema will remember 1985’s Back To The Future, and particularly its scientist character Dr. Emmett Brown. When the protagonist Marty McFly finds himself in 1955, on his first meeting with they younger Dr. Brown the latter is wearing an experimental helmet designed to read thoughts. It doesn’t…

ThinkReality? We’d prefer to think about anything but reality right now, thanks Lenovo has whipped the covers off its latest take on VR-for-biz in the form of the Android-powered Mirage VR S3 headset with ThinkReality.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

India is offering financial incentives and plug-and-play facilities with an outlay of about 500 billion rupees ($6.6 billion) to attract investments from global companies in the manufacture of mobile phones and related components. From a report: The government will initially target five global suppliers and extend a financial incentive of as much as 6% on…