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Microsoft's Skype struggles have created Zoom and Houseparty moments - Interest overview on Skype's involvement since Microsoft bought it

Raspberry Pi Network Monitor Tracks Your Internet Performance (DNS, Speed, Bandwidth, Latency, Local LAN)

Professional Ventilator Design Open Sourced Today By Medtronic and Virgin Orbit Will Start To Manufacture A New Bridge Ventilator

Audible is giving away hundreds of stories for kids — and there's no catch - you don't even have to register or log in

We’re in the midst of a massive work-from-home experiment. What if it works? What if this is our chance to prove remote work, well, works?

Video conferencing app Zoom to stop sending data to Facebook - Maybe login with an e-mail address instead

420 Free Kindle eBooks including Sesame Street books and a Nikola Tesla biography

How to Make a Raspberry Pi Smart Doorbell that works with open source Jitsi Meet video conferencing

Preview and more information on the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 multiplayer modes

Best Single Edge Razor Blades

INDYCAR iRacing Challenge at Watkins Glen with over 10,000 watching live

The Ultimate Quaran-team! Leyton Orient start huge 128-team FIFA 20 tournament between football clubs while leagues around the world are suspended due to coronavirus

Where to Take Free Online Classes While You’re Stuck at Home - Not just Tech but also Music, Design, Chicken behaviour, and Well-being

Technologists Are Crowdsourcing an online 'Coronavirus Tech Handbook' to Track Resources and Advice

My body may be trapped in #lockdown but my mind remains as free as a bird!

Fox will broadcast NASCAR’s substitute sim racing ‘season’ on television - Bad news is they bought exclusive broadcast rights so no live-streaming to YouTube or TwitchTV!

How open source software is fighting COVID-19 including Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics and City of Tokyo's COVID-19 task force website

Why a government should rather collaborate around open source software vs just paying to use proprietary software

History shows us that the Spanish Flu was named because of the highest 'known' number of infections there, not where it originated from - this is why we don't name by countries, cultures or l

Turn Your Regular TV into a Smart TV With KDE Plasma Bigscreen and a Raspberry Pi Computer

9 Classic Board Games You Can Play Online Via Mobile Apps

New rules for all co.za websites and ISPs during coronavirus outbreak

NOW is the time activity trackers should all have had temperature and respiratory sensors in

An open-source ventilator design by MIT researchers has been submitted for fast-track approval - automatically compresses widely available bag valve masks

Tested out Zoom myself today and was quite impressed - Can see why so many like it

Singapore’s Government Technology Agency is contributing the source codes of the BlueTrace protocol that powers its contact-tracing app for COVID-19

Meet the Chinese operating system that’s trying to shift the country off Windows - recruiting 5,000 people to work on it and using Chinese-made chips

How to join an online meeting: Google Hangouts, Zoom, and Skype - Only Skype requires you to have an account already

$125 Open Source Ventilator-ish Device - NEVER to be used in preference to proper a medical device or in delaying professional medical care

How to change the Zoom video conferencing background

New study aims to use health data from a smart ring to identify coronavirus symptoms - More than 2,000 medical workers in SF will wear Oura Rings as part of the study

How to Go Live on YouTube to Broadcast Public or Unlisted to an Unlimited size Audience

Select Kids movies and TV shows are now free to stream (no membership required) on Prime Video during COVID-19 outbreak

South Africa Announces National Lockdown From Thursday

Video Games Are Being Played At Record Levels As The Coronavirus Keeps People Indoors - Steam had over 20 million concurrent users on Sunday

Are Food Deliveries, Groceries Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic? Virus not likely to be transmitted by food itself, said Dr. Ian Williams, chief of the Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch

What is an eSIM and why would you need one?

Houseparty - an app that let's you know when your friends are 'in the house' and ready to chat (…because rejected calls are so last year)

Government of Poland launches own Minecraft server so young people can stay inside and game during coronavirus

Hackaday: More on how your computer helps medical research on Coronavirus through Folding@Home

Short sample video of live motor esport racing on YouTube channel THE RACE complete with commentary

Best Shavette: Top Brands Compared & Reviewed In 2020, and How Shavettes Differ From Straight Razors

F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar racers are doing esports races this weekend - Big names are taking part with races on YouTube, Twitch, and broadcast TV

Elon Musk: Should Have 1000 Ventilators Next Week, + 250,000 N95 Masks For Hospitals Tomorrow - Some people just get things done

iFixit is building a repair database for medical equipment, and it needs your help - A call for service manuals

This Risky Hack Could Double Access to Ventilators as Coronavirus Peaks - The Neyman/Babcock method would allow more than one patient to use the same ventilator, but only if administered corr

The complexities of perpetual vs per-user proprietary licensing for remote workers... avoid by using completely free LibreOffice, Jitsi, Openswan VPN, etc

Sample video of a musician live-streaming with her audience on Twitch TV to get around lock-down

Google launches Camera Go for Android Go powered phones - 100 million low-end phones will gain a camera app with smart features