From the iPhone 12 to the Galaxy Fold 2. 13 phones we still expect to see this spring and summer. …read more Source:: CNet

Why does Taiwan have less than 400 confirmed cases of Covid-19? Taiwan’s experience with the 2003 SARS outbreak “helped many parts of the region react faster to the current coronavirus outbreak and take the danger more seriously than in other parts of the world,” reports CNN, “both at a governmental and societal level, with border…

It should be a feature of every device powered by a lithium-ion battery, that it has a protection chip on board that automatically disconnects it should it go out of its safe voltage range. A chip most often used for this purpose in single-cell applications is the Fortune Semiconductor DW01, and [Oliver] shares a tip…

Huge surge in applications for financial assistance show Governor Phil Murphy the ugly side of technical debt The governor of New Jersey has asked COBOL-capable coders to volunteer their skills as the State’s mainframe computers have struggled to cope with a surge of requests for benefits to help citizens through the coronavirus crisis.… …read more…

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: With the CDC now recommending wearing cloth face coverings in public settings, Etsy has called in the cavalry, encouraging additional sellers on its platform to start creating and offering face masks to help meet an already significant demand for fabric face masks. “We believe that the Etsy community is uniquely…

For reasons that most rational consumers can’t fathom, a not inconsiderable segment of the population believes the key to their continued survival during a pandemic unprecedented in modern times is to stockpile toilet paper. This leaves those of us not compelled to act based on the whims of our bowels looking at bare racks in…

We break down the differences in specs, cameras and batteries of OnePlus’s 7T line of phones. …read more Source:: CNet

“In December, security researchers noticed an uptick in brute-force attacks against publicly exposed Microsoft SQL servers,” reports CSOnline. “It turns out the attacks go as far back as May 2018 and infect on average a couple thousand database servers every day with remote access Trojans and cryptominers.” Slashdot reader itwbennett writes: While the primary goal…

Hackers breach Docker clusters via administrative API ports left exposed online without a password. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The strangest WrestleMania ever — and it’s not even close. …read more Source:: CNet