MONDAY, 13 JULY 2020, 00:09
The Wall Street Journal’s senior personal tech columnist just published an article urging readers to “quit Chrome. Safari and Edge are just better browsers.” It begins with the reporter pretending to break up with Chrome, adding “I’d say I’ll remember the good times — your speed, your superb handling of Gmail — but your RAM hoovering, battery draining and privacy disregarding make it easy...
Uber and Lyft hailed a Cornell paper’s conclusion that their drivers make solid wages. But others have questioned the researchers’ approach.
Jupiter is at its closest to Earth and directly opposite the sun – so will be conspicuous for its brightness
On 14 July at 09:00 BST, Jupiter will be directly opposite the sun in the sky. Known as opposition, it marks the middle of the weeks when the planet is at its best for observing because it is closest to Earth. From Jupiter’s perspective, our world will be at inferior conjunction,...
The New York Times ran a detailed piece (with some neat interactive graphics) arguing “cities need to plan for a future of fewer cars, a future in which owning an automobile, even an electric one, is neither the only way nor the best way to get around town…” It asks us to imagine a world where there’s suddenly more room for two-way bike lanes, wider sidewalks, and car-free bus lanes. But also...
Today I learned that Microsoft “has been providing support for the development and building of the PHP programming language on Windows,” according to Bleeping Computer. “This support includes developing security patches for PHP and creating native Windows builds.” But that’s going to change:Microsoft has announced that it will not offer support in ‘any capacity’ for PHP for Windows 8.0 when it...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced several changes to regulations which form part of South Africa’s COVID-19 alert level 3 restrictions – including an immediate ban on alcohol.
“Linux creator Linus Torvalds had some choice words today on Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) found on select Intel processors,” reports Phoronix:In a mailing list discussion stemming from the Phoronix article this week on the compiler instructions Intel is enabling for Alder Lake (and Sapphire Rapids), Linus Torvalds chimed in. The Alder Lake instructions being flipped on in GCC right...
There are worrying trends about long-term damage, even in those with milder symptoms
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There are a lot of unknowns about Covid-19. This makes sense, because despite six months of the most amazing scientific effort of our lifetimes, the coronavirus is a novel...
Eskom has announced it will continue to implement stage 2 load-shedding on Monday 13 July.
“Microsoft’s LinkedIn was sued by a New York-based iPhone user on Friday for allegedly reading and diverting users’ sensitive content from Apple Inc’s Universal Clipboard application,” reports Reuters.According to Apple’s website, Universal Clipboard allows users to copy text, images, photos, and videos on one Apple device and then paste the content onto another Apple device. According to the...
Exclusive: King’s College London team found steep drops in patients’ antibody levels three months after infection
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People who have recovered from Covid-19 may lose their immunity to the disease within months, according to research suggesting the virus could reinfect people year after year, like common colds.
In the first longitudinal...
Any inquiry into the handling of the crisis must be led by a biomedical expert not a judge, says Tony Mayer, while Alan Marsden thinks the remit should include the actions of previous Tory leaders. Plus Tony Wright calls for a parliamentary commission to be set up urgently
Gaby Hinsliff hits the nail on the head (Boris Johnson’s blame-shifting shows the need for a coronavirus inquiry right...
“It might be the next best thing to a coronavirus vaccine,” writes the Los Angeles Times. “Scientists have devised a way to use the antibody-rich blood plasma of Covid-19 survivors for an upper-arm injection that they say could inoculate people against the virus for months.”Using technology that’s been proven effective in preventing other diseases such as hepatitis A, the injections would be...
South Africa’s top experts answer COVID-19 questions from citizens, including new information about the transmission of the virus and the true effect on the body.
Photographer Alberto Bernasconi donned full protective gear to capture the scene of “guests” isolating in the four-star hotel.
Four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis and psychological scientist Julia Shaw explain how to boost your memory skills.
An anonymous reader quotes Engadget:Wells Fargo does not want TikTok on its employees’ phones. According to The Information, the financial institution sent its employees a note, telling them to remove the app from corporate devices immediately… A Wells Fargo spokesperson confirmed the company’s move to The Information, explaining that it came to the decision due to concerns about TikTok’s...
South African bank customers should ensure they only download banking apps from official app stores.
Close that newsfeed for a while. These Android and iPhone videogames are a great distraction.
Post-pandemic, many companies plan to allow employees to work from home and a main office. But trying to do both ensures neither experience is good.
Dyson’s Airwrap does all the heavy lifting for you, for a price.