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canopic jug writes:Zoom has had a meteoric rise as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Jitsi and other useful teleconferencing tools are not very well known, though still widely used. Nearly all the buzz has been about the newcomer instead, but few have actually evaluated it. One group has. The Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, at the University of Toronto, has investigated Zoom briefly, covering both the technology, especially its lack of encryption, and the company itself:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:'The phone slipped into the bath': Conference call tales:

"exec" writes:Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

This story is a merge of 26 story submissions.[* See Note] 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:Mozilla has released Firefox 74.0.1 and ESR 68.6.1 which include fixes to two exploits which are being used in targeted attacks.The Release Notes, list two security vulnerabilities. The defects have been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures IDs: CVE-2017-6819 and CVE-2020-6819.Mozilla's release notes state:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom - Schneier on Security:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:The FCC sets a vote for expanding Wi-Fi into the 6GHz band:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/04/tesla-beats-expectations-with-strong-first-quarter-delivery-numbers/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:Automated tool can find 100 Zoom meeting IDs per hour:

hubie writes:One of the primary drivers for the distinct lack of a Martian atmosphere is believed to be the loss of atmospheric molecules that are stripped away by the passing solar wind. A strong planetary magnetic field would divert the solar wind around the planet and protect the Martian atmosphere. The MAVEN spacecraft confirmed this is happening, and some interesting ideas have been floated to mitigate the effect.A recent paper published in JGR: Space Physics used Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models to investigate the magnitude of the effect on atmospheric retention that a magnetic field would have on Mars and found a very interesting result. Their models confirmed that the rate of atmospheric loss was six times higher for a planet with no magnetic field compared to a planet with a strong magnetic field; however, they found the highest rate of atmospheric loss was actually when there was a weak magnetic field.

takyon writes:SK Hynix: Up to DDR5-8400 at 1.1 Volts

DannyB writes:SpaceX loses its third Starship prototype during a cryogenic test

DannyB wrote in with a submission which inspired:EU Says That, No, Rental Car Companies Don't Need To Pay A License To Rent Cars With Radios That Might Play Music:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:How to make your own yeast for baking:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.livescience.com/ancient-rainforest-antarctica.html

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:T-Mobile, Sprint took a risk by finishing merger without Calif. approval:

Fnord666 writes:MongoDB's Field-Level Encryption Protects Private Data—Even From DBAs[:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:[Editor's note: SN3 is SpaceX parlance for "Serial Number 3"; Elon Musk is not just working on building rockets, he's building an assembly line and plans to build one Starship a week. This helps explain the use of serial numbers. --martyb]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Google's WaveNetEQ fills in speech gaps during Duo calls:

DannyB writes:NASA brings back its iconic 'worm' logo for upcoming Falcon 9 Crew Dragon launch:

DannyB writes:Apple buys Dark Sky weather app and shuts down the Android version, will also end API access for other apps that use it

DannyB writes:The Register:

DannyB writes:The Dangers of Moving All of Democracy Online:

DannyB writes:Elon Musk's SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concerns-memo

DannyB writes:Open Access to ACM[*] Digital Library During Coronavirus Pandemic:

takyon writes:Samsung to Cease Traditional LCD Production, Move To Quantum Dot OLEDs

takyon writes:Intel Details 10th Gen Comet Lake-H for 45 W Notebooks: Up to 5.3 GHz*

Microsoft Cheers, ACLU Jeers Washington State Law Restricting Use of Facial Recognition Softwareupstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:Microsoft cheers, ACLU jeers law restricting use of facial-recognition technology:

takyon writes:NVIDIA's 2020 Laptop Refresh: Launches GeForce RTX 2080 Super, 2070 Super, & GTX 1650 Ti

Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Againupstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:Authors fume as online library "lends" unlimited free books:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:SpaceX releases a Payload User's Guide for its Starship rocket:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Bubbles go with the flow:

martyb writes:Ars Technica reports FCC requires anti-robocall tech after "voluntary" plan didn't work out:

martyb writes:T-Mobile Closes Sprint Merger after Two-Year Battle:

wirelessduck writes:https://www.barrons.com/articles/xerox-withdraws-hostile-bid-for-hp-citing-impact-of-coronavirus-51585688762Xerox Holdings is withdrawing its hostile bid for HP Inc., the latest example of Covid-19's wide-ranging impact on markets.Xerox (ticker: XRX) said Thursday afternoon that it will pull both its tender offer for HP (HPQ) shares and its proposed slate of directors for the HP board."The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by Covid-19 have created an environment that is not conducive to Xerox continuing to pursue an acquisition of HP Inc.," Xerox said in a statement. "Accordingly, we are withdrawing our tender offer to acquire HP and will no longer seek to nominate our slate of highly qualified candidates to HP's Board of Directors."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

NotSanguine writes:Dan Goodin over at Ars Technica is reporting about an OpenWRT vulnerability in its package manager, opkg.From the article:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:As Volvo goes electric, here's how it's making its batteries top-notch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:In Earth’s largest extinction, land die-offs began long before ocean turnover:

In the beginning there was Project MAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory#Project_MAC

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:Neural implants plus AI turns sentence-length thoughts to text:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:Saudi Arabia may be spying on its citizens via US mobile networks:

DannyB writes:Court: Violating a site's terms of service isn't criminal hacking

DannyB writes:The Eclipse Foundation Releases Eclipse Theia 1.0, a True Open Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

DannyB writes:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Coronavirus bound? A perfect at-home project: Backup your data