An anonymous reader quotes VentureBeat: Ashley Madison’s tagline has taken on a new ring amid the COVID-19 pandemic — “Life’s short. Have an affair.” And the “married dating” site, used to conduct clandestine affairs, has found itself in the midst of a boom. Despite the fact that it’s harder than ever to physically meet up…

Discounted to $200, Microsoft’s high-tech noise-canceling headphones are more tempting. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes Motherboard: On Friday video-conferencing software Zoom issued an update to its iOS app which stops it sending certain pieces of data to Facebook. The move comes after a Motherboard analysis of the app found it sent information such as when a user opened the app, their timezone, city, and device details…

Due to social distancing, gym rats throughout the world are turning everyday objects into exercise equipment to keep up the routine without actually hitting the gym. A particularly pleasing version of this are these concrete dumbbells whipped up by the unfortunately named hacker [ShitnamiTidalWave]. If you happen to have half a bag of concrete —…

Iwastheone quotes Science News: Astronomers have long known that the brightest part of the Milky Way, the pancake-shaped disk of stars that houses the sun, is some 120,000 light-years across. Beyond this stellar disk is a disk of gas. A vast halo of dark matter, presumably full of invisible particles, engulfs both disks and stretches…

Weeks or months of social distancing and amped-up hygiene might change our behavior for a long time to come, social scientists say. …read more Source:: CNet

As we’re stuck indoors, tech companies are suddenly our sword and our shield. But should we suddenly trust them again? …read more Source:: ZDNet

Over 130 years of Mercedes history at this incredible museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Here’s a look inside. …read more Source:: CNet

Check out 130-plus years of Mercedes motoring at this incredible museum. …read more Source:: CNet

Chairs, spokes on a wheel, bridges, and all kinds of other load-bearing objects are designed such that material is only present where it is needed. There’s a process by which the decisions about how much material to put and where is determined by computer, and illustrating this is [Adam Bender]’s short primer on how to…