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canopic jug writes:Ross Anderson, a researcher at the Security Group at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, has written aboutcontact tracing in the real world enumerating in detail some of the many shortcomings with and false assumptions about contact tracing as means of fighting a pandemic.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Firefox 75.0 has been released. From the Release Notes:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Company prioritizes $15k ventilators over cheaper model specified in contract:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:What Do the New Remdesivir Data Mean?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Zoom admits data got routed through China - Business Insider:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Looking out at a city with no cars and realizing they were unable to help out directly with the pandemic, some artists at a Detroit advertising agency found another way to help,Originally found here, http://www.autoextremist.com/on-the-table1/2020/4/6/april-8-2020.html:[Ed note: It is a long article and, sadly, there are no anchors to permit a direct link to the quoted text. Scroll down to about the mid-point to find it. Also, emphasis from the original article is retained here. --martyb]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Glowing silicon nanowire reveals how to put optics in your CPU:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:The Latest Hydroxychloroquine Data, As of April 11:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot right now:

An Anonymous Coward writes:China's devious move under cover of virus

acid andy writes:John Horton Conway, mathematician and inventor of Conway's Game of Life has been reported by a colleague to have died from COVID-19 at the age of 82.Conway's death has also been reported (in Italian) by the Italian website "MaddMaths!".From Wikipedia:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Meet dark_nexus, quite possibly the most potent IoT botnet ever:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:People are baiting Instacart workers with huge tips then slashing them to zero:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Citing BGP[*] hijacks and hack attacks, feds want China Telecom out of the US:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Frontier bungles redaction of network audit that it doesn't want you to see:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:COVID-19 tests are going unused due to hospital IT challenges:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Verizon's new tracking tool tells advertisers when you're looking at your email inbox:

Phoenix666 writes:New Atlas:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:We now know the effect of altitude on classic "Diet Coke and Mentos" fountain:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Scientists ponder how jugglers seem to defy limits to human reaction times:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Attackers can bypass fingerprint authentication with an ~80% success rate:

This story is a merge of 28 story submissions. Given that it was well over 18,000 words of original source material (excluding HTML markup!), a great deal of pruning was performed to get it to a manageable size. We strongly encourage folks to read the linked articles for more information.For latest statistics, and finer granularity, see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ or https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Since early 2020 Netflix has cracked down on VPN users by disconnecting sessions at random and terminating SSL connections to their main website. This action is to due to content distributors pressuring Netflix to prevent users from accessing content outside of their geographical zone as they believe this is costing them in terms of profit. The end result is that users who always use a VPN to access the internet are cut from Netflix as collateral damage even if their account is registered in the same country where they connect to a VPN for. While some VPN providers have given up, NordVPN and a few others are battling on to provide their users with peace of mind while accessing services on the internet.Can I get my money back because Netflix is not delivering the service I paid for?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Pandemic hasn't crushed broadband networks:

takyon writes:China Appointed to Influential UN Human Rights Council Panel

DannyB writes:Apple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android

takyon writes:Newly engineered enzyme can break down plastic to raw materials

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Pirate Bay No Longer Uses Cloudflare, Visitors Sent to 'Black Hole' * TorrentFreak:

takyon writes:China reclassifies dogs as pets instead of livestock

takyon writes:New document reveals significant fall from grace for Boeing's space program

"upstart" writes:upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Bacteria in rock deep under sea inspire new search for life on Mars

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:University libraries offer online "lending" of scanned in-copyright books:

PiMuNu writes:Isotropy of the universe is the idea that the universe is the same in all directions, and is a founding principle of the laws of physics. However, that principle has been called into question by observations of galaxy cluster temperatures and luminosities.https://scitechdaily.com/fundamental-principle-of-cosmology-cast-in-doubt-by-compelling-new-study/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Scientists find another hole in the ozone layer, and this one's over the Arctic- Technology News, Firstpost:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:TV advertising's watershed moment: It is finally becoming more like digital - Digiday:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:Bugs that let sites hijack Mac and iPhone cameras fetch $75k bounty:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Cloudflare dumps Google's reCAPTCHA, moves to hCaptcha as free ride ends (and something about privacy):

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:The real reason we're seeing more wildlife during the pandemic:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/china-suffers-its-second-launch-failure-in-less-than-a-month/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:China-backed hacking groups targeting Linux servers for nearly 10 years!:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Anti-Piracy Copyright Lawyer Decides To Abuse Trademarks To Shut Down Pirates:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:Microsoft Brings Linux Files to Windows 10 with New Update:

takyon writes:Rebranded Ethernet Technology Consortium Unveils 800 Gigabit Ethernet

"exec" writes:NASA Reveals Wild Project For Turning a Moon Crater Into a Radio Telescope

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:I was bored, so I watched the movie that astronauts must view before launch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Boeing making new 737 MAX software updates to address computer issue:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8192:NASA sees an "exponential" jump in malware attacks as personnel work from home:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:It's now or never: Visual events have 100 milliseconds to hit brain target or go unnoticed: Mouse study reveals key details about visual processing: