Day: April 20, 2020

A lot of startups have answered the call for more personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essentials to support healthcare workers in their efforts to curb the spread and impact of COVID-19. One of those is direct-to-consumer 3D-printed eyewear brand Fitz, which is employing its […]

Three months into the global coronavirus pandemic, there are growing signs that the long marriage between China and the US—indeed between China and the developed world—is coming apart. The virus shut Chinese factories in January and February; then it exposed how dependent the US and […]

Facebook confirmed this week that it will be pulling down a number of posts promoting stay-at-home protests. CNN was the first to report the news, which finds the social media giant pulling down events in a variety of different states, including California, Nebraska and New […]

BERGAMO – Non si vedono più le barelle con le bombole di ossigeno. Le file di pazienti in pietosa attesa o già ricoverati si sono finalmente dissolte e le scene simbolo dello tsunami – con il reparto affollato di malati, lo sfinimento di medici e […]

Cloudflare has introduced a new tool to help improve BGP security which can hold ISPs accountable for their BGP safety measures. In a recent blog post, the cloud services provider said that Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) security issues such as leaks and hijacks have “been […]

After being forced to quickly shift plans and stage a remote demo day last month following the outbreak of COVID-19 stateside, Y Combinator announced today that they will officially be fully moving their next batch to a remote format. In a post today on Y […]

When confronted with a calamity that demands we stay home the majority of the time, it’s only natural that many of us have resorted to reading the news. Wired UK This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. Throughout March, we watched and surfed ceaselessly. The […]

This week in space was pretty active, with some startup news – including timing for a historic first – as well as scientific discoveries and innovation in the time of lockdown. Who better than NASA to demonstrate how science can get done remotely, since the […]

Hello, and welcome to a new edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. This time around we have a few more updates on how the coronavirus is impacting the culture landscape, from Netflix to Comic-Con International. Let’s get started. Lady Gaga’s Together at Home […]