JustAnotherOldGuy shares a tale for our time: “I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime,” said Zachary McCoy. Yep, that’s all it took. Google’s legal investigations support team emailed him to let him know that local police…

Ars Technica’s senior space editor visited SpaceX’s South Texas Launch Site for a long profile of Elon Musk (who was wearing an “Occupy Mars” t-shirt). Just two weeks ago Musk had called an all-hands meeting at 1 a.m. which led to a massive hiring spree of 252 people, doubling the site’s workforce, within the next…

Our picks for devices that record and stream free, live over-the-air television from an antenna. …read more Source:: CNet

We’re lucky to live in an age of rapid technological advancement, lucky in more ways than one because as well as receiving a constant supply of new things, we have the benefit of the older tech that once we lusted over, at knock-down prices. [Luke Baker] spent his youth as a skateboarder, and the cameras…

An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet: Python is tying with Java as the second most popular programming language behind JavaScript, according to developer analyst RedMonk’s latest ranking. The second spot for Python is the highest position it’s ever attained in RedMonk’s list of top programming languages, which is based on an analysis of GitHub and Stack…

Here’s the latest on the COVID-19 outbreak. …read more Source:: CNet

The company temporarily halts ads and commerce listings for the masks. eBay and Amazon have also taken steps against certain COVID-19 listings. …read more Source:: CNet

“At its Financial Analyst Day, AMD disclosed additional details regarding its next generation CPU and GPU architectures,” writes Slashdot reader MojoKid: – While the company isn’t ready to disclose concrete details yet, AMD is promising that Navi 2X will arrive this year and deliver “enthusiast-class” performance, excellent power efficiency, and “top-of-stack” GPUs with “uncompromising 4K…

Ready to go keyless in 2020? These smart locks are our best bets for bringing your front door online. …read more Source:: CNet