Long-time Slashdot reader Bismillah quotes iTnews: A software engineer in Melbourne is whiling away the city’s lockdown by creating a tool that DOS users so far have lacked: an integrated Linux environment similar to what Windows 10 users enjoy… “I first started out just seeing if I could get Linux booting from the DOS command…

Very nearly half the price of AirPods Pro, they have noise cancellation and some people find they fit better. …read more Source:: CNet

Elon Musk’s company shares footage of some really hot stuff. …read more Source:: CNet

“Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have agreed on first steps to curb harmful content online, big advertisers announced on Wednesday, following boycotts of social media platforms accused of tolerating hate speech,” Reuters reports: Under the deal, announced by the World Federation of Advertisers, common definitions would be adopted for forms of harmful content such as hate…

Here are the latest details on where you can buy the red-hot $300 console online. …read more Source:: CNet

You can also get a 65-inch Sceptre smart TV with Android for $398. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s easy to dismiss the original Nintendo Entertainment System as just, well, an entertainment system. But in reality the 6502 based console wasn’t so far removed from early home computers like the Apple II and Commodore 64, and Nintendo even briefly flirted with creating software and accessories geared towards general purpose computing. Though in the…

In early 2019, Martin Gottesfeld of Anonymous was sentenced under America’s “Computer Fraud and Abuse Act” to 10 years in federal prison for his alleged role in the 2014 DDoS attacks on healthcare and treatment facilities around Boston. (Gottesfeld was sentenced by the same judge who oversaw the Aaron Swartz case.) Gottesfeld has just filed…

Here are the best places to buy tires near you. You can choose from the best selection, online ordering and even retailers that will install your tires at your home. …read more Source:: CNet

Newsweek reports: Pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson announced Friday that early trials of a COVID-19 vaccine showed a 98 percent success rate in showing a boost in the immune system. According to research from Johnson & Johnson, the vaccine enabled 98 percent of those who took it to create antibodies that fight off the coronavirus…