Frustrated by scarce supplies and a chaotic marketplace amid the coronavirus outbreak, some U.S. governors are seeking to bolster their home-state production of vital medical and protective equipment to ensure a reliable long-term source for state stockpiles. The efforts come as states have been competing against each other, the federal government, hospitals, emergency responders and even other countries to get items such as N95 masks, gloves, medical gowns and hand sanitizer — often paying higher-than-usual prices because of the high demand. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. got much of its medical supplies from China.

Form requires sensitive data, including driver’s license and voided check scan.

ZFS gets more accessible, security becomes a bigger priority, and Ubuntu speeds up overall.

Pandemic disrupts broadband progress as cities halt construction.

Because the airline industry can monetize literally anything, apparently.

FCC accuses military of “baseless fear-mongering” in fight over Ligado network.

Canada's chief public health officer Theresa Tam was quick to shut down the approach during the daily ministerial update on Monday.

These are trying times, not least because corporate life needs to go on, which for millions of businesses means delivering compute resources…

From lost jobs to empty buses to a craving for pets, statistics show how the pandemic has transformed our lives. 

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US say they fear long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit could also be used to launch nuclear warheads

Covid-19 could be 'antidote to complacency' among those on the fence about vaccines, scientists say

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'Nothing like waking up to a fake article on your death,' tweets Elisa Granato

'This type of natural manipulation in ecosystems ... has barely been researched to date, but holds tremendous potential,' says researcher

Meltwater caused a 500-metre slab of ice to cascade down an Alaskan valley — and researchers say warmer summers are making similar events more likely

Enigmatic marsupial has previously been thought to absorb almost all its moisture from eating leaves

Extremely high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to 'read' rocks on planet surface

The company has submitted an application to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority "authorising it to generate electricity"

First and last names, email addresses, gender and sexual orientation, and credit card information of models and users was left on an insecure server

The social media site says it has removed over 4.5 million reblogs in an attempt to rid the site of hateful content on the platform.

Experts believe they are more closely related to crocodiles and dinosaurs and birds than they are to lizards and snakes

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