Day: April 21, 2020

Facebook shines spotlight on groups at virtual coronavirus event – CNET

The social network wants to show it’s a force for good, but coronavirus misinformation is still a problem. …read more Source:: CNet


UK’s House of Commons agrees to allow Zoom app in Parliament, but MPs will still have to dress smartly

How long till this gets hacked? The UK’s House of Commons today approved so-called “hybrid sessions” – MPs participating in Parliament in person and via video conferencing – marking arguably the biggest change in parliamentary procedure in centuries.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


The Many Languages Missing From the Internet

Imagine your favourite social media platform does not let you post in English. Now think of a keyboard that won’t allow you to type in your own words. You would have two options: either switch to another language or remain digitally silent. This is the reality for most people that speak indigenous languages and dialects….


Jane Goodall says coronavirus arose from our disrespect for nature – CNET

But the famed activist, subject of a new National Geographic documentary premiering on Earth Day, also believes the pandemic has a lot to teach us about hope and resiliency. …read more Source:: CNet


New Part Day: An Open Source Ethernet Switch in the Palm of Your Hand

When you can get a WiFi-enabled microcontroller for $3, it’s little surprise that many of the projects we see these days have ditched Ethernet. But the days of wired networking are far from over, and there’s still plenty of hardware out there that can benefit from being plugged in. But putting an Ethernet network into…


Watch live online: Build the next iteration of your business using power of hybrid cloud

It’s time to strengthen your enterprise apps with the help of Nutanix Webcast You are still trying to decide whether public cloud computing is right or wrong for you. Maybe the snag is regulation, maybe it’s GDPR, maybe you fear the loss of control and ballooning management costs, or maybe your applications just work better…


Samsung Smart TVs get 6 new fitness apps – CNET

Barre3, Calm, Echelon, Fitplan, Jillian Michaels Fitness and Obé Fitness apps are now available for free. …read more Source:: CNet


The Last Dance is a perfect distraction in a world without sports – CNET

Right now The Last Dance is the closest thing we have to a sporting event. …read more Source:: CNet


Investors splash £100m on robotic process automation vendor in hopes RPA holds up in wake of COVID-19

Cash-flingers see dollars through a Blue Prism Purveyor of software robots, Blue Prism, has hired a new CEO and bagged £100m in funding, proof of market confidence in the technology concept in the face of strong economic headwinds.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


New Contest Puts PSoC Boards in the Hands of 50 Entries

Today marks the beginning of the PSoC IoT design contest. Show us your idea for an interesting Internet-connected thing and we’ll send you a dev kit to actually build it. With the help of Cypress, Digi-Key, and AWS IoT we’ll be sending out your choice of PSoC 6 WiFi-BT Pioneer kit or Prototyping Kit to…