Day: October 16, 2020

2021 Bentley Flying Spur V8 is less powerful but still a stunner – Roadshow

Bentley’s flagship luxury sedan gets a new V8 engine option to slot below the existing W12. …read more Source:: CNet


The best Apple AirPods Pro deal right now: $199 – CNET

Apple’s true wireless noise-canceling earbuds are selling for close to their best price ever. …read more Source:: CNet


You Can Now Install Microsoft Windows Calculator on Linux

An anonymous reader shares a report: Earlier, Microsoft released the source for Windows Calculator. And now, that calculator app has been ported to Linux by Uno Platform. Best of all, it’s insanely easy to install as it is packaged in Snap format. “The good folks in the Uno Platform community have ported the open-source Windows…


Group Files ‘Largest FOIA of All Time’

Reclaim the Records — a group of activist genealogists, historians, journalists, teachers — has filed what may be the largest Freedom Of Information Act Request of all time. The group wants the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to release billions of digital images and their associated metadata to the public. From a report: NARA…


US surpasses 8 million coronavirus cases – CNET

More than one out of every 50 people in the US are known to have or have had COVID-19. …read more Source:: CNet


Best laptop deals still available from Prime Day: $200 off Microsoft Surface, Samsung Galaxy Book S for $750 – CNET

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 is $200 down, so is the Samsung Galaxy Book S, and they’re not the only Prime Day laptop deals still happening. …read more Source:: CNet


Judge orders DOJ to determine intent of Trump’s tweets ‘declassifying’ Russia docs – CNET

DOJ attorneys say that Trump’s tweets shouldn’t be considered orders. …read more Source:: CNet


Phishing Lures Shift from COVID-19 to Job Opportunities

Fortinet researchers are seeing a pivot in the spear-phishing and phishing lures used by cybercriminals, to entice potential job candidates as businesses open up. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Oracle aims high-end cloudy database release at existing customers in ‘defensive’ move

Large existing install base that’s pondering move to cloud will be reluctant to ditch ‘existing investments’ opines analyst Oracle has brought out a new Exadata Cloud Service based on the Exadata X8M platform, bringing its high-end persistent memory feature to the cloud. Well, Oracle’s cloud at least.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Microsoft, Cisco, and Zoom are now ‘The Big Three’ for video

According to a new survey from Vyopta video meetings are here to stay as many enterprises plan to reduce office space due to the coronavirus pandemic. …read more Source:: ZDNet