v US shopping centres re-open: 'This is the best day ever' By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:16:45 GMT In states like Texas, malls can operate at a 25% capacity and for some, it's a reason to get out of the house. Full Article
v Atletico Ottawa - how the Canadian club conceived in Spain is preparing to make its debut By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:00:49 GMT Fan clubs, players from all over the world and a former Spain international in charge, Atletico Madrid's Canadian venture is currently on pause. Full Article
v 'B' teams or partner clubs back on the agenda? Clubs may have to 'share resources' to survive By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:35:48 GMT The controversial concept of B teams may be back on the agenda as football tries to navigate a way through Covid-19, Brighton technical director Dan Ashworth says. Full Article
v Souza out of UFC 249 after testing positive for coronavirus By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:09:35 GMT UFC middleweight Jacaré Souza tests positive for Covid-19 and will no longer compete at the controversial UFC 49 show. Full Article
v Watford third team to oppose Premier League neutral venue proposals By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:28:18 GMT Watford become the third team to publicly oppose the use of neutral venues when Premier League football returns. Full Article
v How Florian Schneider and Kraftwerk influenced five decades of music By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:39:52 GMT The band's influence can be heard in everything from art-rock and hip-hop to trance and house. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Seed sales soar as more of us become budding gardeners By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:25:38 GMT The lockdown has led to huge growth in the number of people buying garden seeds. Full Article
v India coronavirus: Why celebrating Covid-19 'success models' is dangerous By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:02:05 GMT Experts tell the BBC that euphoria over success models runs the risk of people becoming complacent. Full Article
v Coronavirus lockdown sends solo sailor on Pacific odyssey By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 02:25:37 GMT One man's dream sailing trip nearly ended in disaster as island nations began closing their borders. Full Article
v Dateci Voce: Italian women demand voice in Covid-19 fight By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:04:59 GMT Women post selfies demanding more representation in official bodies dealing with Covid-19. Full Article
v Coronavirus: How is Suffolk's Little America coping in lockdown? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:14:20 GMT How are the communities that rely so heavily on the US airbases coping under lockdown? Full Article
v Coronavirus: Belarus WW2 parade defies pandemic and upstages Putin By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:04:00 GMT Belarus goes ahead with a Victory Day parade but in Russia coronavirus forced its cancellation. Full Article
v Coronavirus: How they tried to curb Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:24:18 GMT Face masks, fresh air and porridge - how people tried to curb a deadly flu pandemic in 1918. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Tesla ordered to keep main US plant closed By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:15:35 GMT It reportedly planned to re-open on Friday, but authorities say this could lead to more virus cases. Full Article
v US Vice-President Mike Pence's aide tests positive for coronavirus By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:56:53 GMT The diagnosis comes one day after Trump's personal valet tested positive for the virus. Full Article
v Slovenia cyclists hold anti-government protest By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:42:28 GMT Thousands accused PM Janez Jansa of using the coronavirus crisis as a pretext to restrict freedoms. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Andy Serkis reads entire Hobbit live online for charity By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:35:59 GMT More than 650,000 watch the Gollum actor narrate Tolkien's fantasy classic in one 11-hour sitting. Full Article
v Magician Roy Horn dies after catching coronavirus By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 04:59:58 GMT He and his stage partner Siegfried Fischbacher were one of the longest-running acts in Las Vegas. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Russia marks WW2 Victory Day with subdued celebrations By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:21:31 GMT Footage of last year's Red Square military parade play on TV as the pandemic mutes celebrations. Full Article
v Coronavirus: China offers to help North Korea fight pandemic By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:55:51 GMT President Xi Jinping expresses concern about the threat to its neighbour, and offers to help. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Far-right spreads Covid-19 'infodemic' on Facebook By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 05:33:16 GMT An investigation details how extremists are trying to exploit the pandemic via the social network. Full Article
v Love Bug's creator tracked down to repair shop in Manila By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 00:07:48 GMT Two decades after the world's first major computer virus, an author finds the perpetrator in Manila. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Can live-streaming save China's economy? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 23:17:27 GMT In China, the live-streaming industry has become an important platform for economic recovery. Full Article
v Coronavirus: How does contact tracing work and is my data safe? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:59:55 GMT Millions in the UK will soon be asked to download an app that helps to limit coronavirus spreading. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Will offices be safe for a return to work? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:23:22 GMT Here's a look at some of the technology that might help monitor the health of employees. Full Article
v Coronavirus: 'Phone apps helped me spend time with my dying mum' By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:48:09 GMT Andrew's mother was dying in hospital under lockdown, so he used technology to spend time with her. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Ghana's dancing pallbearers become Covid-19 meme By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 23:02:16 GMT Social media users have adopted the troupe as a dark-humoured symbol of death in the time of Covid-19. Full Article
v Covid-19: Investigating the spread of fake coronavirus news By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 05:33:14 GMT In a joint investigation BBC Click investigates the groups behind fake news about the pandemic. Full Article
v Couples get married in virtual wedding ceremonies By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 06:37:09 GMT Video calling technology is helping people share their special day with others during lockdown. Full Article
v Facebook update crashes TikTok and other rivals By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:10:53 GMT The social network apologised after a software update affects several popular apps on iPhones. Full Article
v Coronavirus contact-tracing: World split between two types of app By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:18:34 GMT The UK is testing its own design but a Google-Apple initiative is winning over many other nations. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Scam sites selling masks and fake cures taken down By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:19:56 GMT More than 160,000 suspicious emails have been reported to a new scam-busting service in two weeks. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:25:34 GMT Sister firm Sidewalk Labs cites Covid-19 as the reason for stepping back from its ambitious plan. Full Article
v Uber says 'no sacred cows' amid coronavirus crisis By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:55:54 GMT The firm has already announced job cuts affecting 14% of its staff, but more measures may be needed. Full Article
v Xbox: Microsoft reveals first games for Series X console By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:13:25 GMT The Xbox team shows off new footage of the highly anticipated Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Full Article
v Coronavirus: NHS reveals source code behind contact-tracing app By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:09:47 GMT More than 40,000 people have downloaded the contact tracing app so far, ahead of a wider release. Full Article
v Coronavirus: 'Plandemic' virus conspiracy video spreads across social media By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:26:57 GMT A slickly-produced "documentary" has exploded across social media, peddling medical misinformation. Full Article
v RTX Voice: Noise-destroying tech put to the test By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:50:01 GMT Two noise-cancelling AI systems - Nvidia RTX Voice and Krisp - are put to the test. Full Article
v Things that more developers should know about databases By dbweekly.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 #301 — April 24, 2020 Read on the Web Database Weekly 'Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases' — A Google engineer (whose name may be familiar to those Go developers amongst you) shares 17 insights about databases she’s picked up over the years. I strongly recommend this piece and I identify with lots of the points myself.. Jaana B. Dogan Lambda Store: A New 'Serverless Redis' Service — This seems a neat idea. Claiming to not be just another Redis cloud service, Lambda Store applies a serverless-style pricing model which opens up a variety of neat use cases for the popular data structure server (serverless caching, for starters). The underlying system appears to be a custom clone of Redis rather than the real deal, however. Sven Anderson ???? AWS, GCP, & Azure Punch Back at the 2020 Cloud Report — AWS, GCP, & Azure each responded to the Cockroach Labs 2020 Cloud Report with instructions on how to tune their respective clouds for optimal performance. Cockroach Labs sponsor How io_uring and eBPF Will Revolutionize Programming in Linux — Even more exciting times are coming for development on Linux thanks to these technologies. A good overview from an engineer at ScyllaDB. Glauber Costa kvrocks: An Open Source, RocksDB-based, Redis-compatible Database — You know Redis’s API is good when so many projects continue to implement it for themselves. kvrocks brings the Redis API (with pretty good support) together with the RocksDB persistent key-value store. Written in C++. Bit Leak Mireo SpaceTime: An Absurdly Fast Spatiotemporal Database? — The SpaceTime database provides unprecedented analytical tools speed, sometimes outperforming other state-of-the-art solutions by three orders of magnitude. Miljen Mikić Cloud GPUs Aimed at Data Scientists — Core Scientific, an AI and cloud infrastructure vendor, is teaming with GPU-accelerated analytics specialist SQream Technologies to deliver a “GPU Cloud for Data Scientists.” Datanami An Easy Postgres 12 and pgAdmin 4 Setup with Docker — Docker provides an easy and loosely coupled way to get things set up in a development environment. Jonathan S. Katz Why We Index Everything — Tired of constantly managing indexes to speed up queries? Learn about how Rockset automatically indexes every field in a row-based store, column-based store, and search index. Rockset sponsor Redis Labs Moving RedisJSON to a New Codebase Written in Rust — RedisJSON provides a JSON data type to Redis and it’s been ported from C to Rust for better safety and developer experience. Gavrie Philipson (Redis Labs) Replicate Multiple Postgres Servers to a Single MongoDB Server using Logical Decoding Output Plugin David Zhang xsv: A Fast CSV Command Line Toolkit Written in Rust — Another ‘Swiss Army knife’ for your slightly structured data. Andrew Gallant ???? Jobs DevOps Engineer at X-Team (Remote) — Join the most energizing community for developers. Work from anywhere with the world's leading brands. X-Team Data Engineer (Remote - USA Only) — Help us architect and design “big data” systems which require queries returning within sub-second response times. Social Chorus Full Article
v Belsen 1945: Remembering the medical students who saved lives By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:37:23 GMT Two weeks after liberation, 95 London medical students arrived at Belsen to help care for survivors. Full Article
v Coronavirus: How do you social distance in schools? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 23:00:54 GMT If pupils are allowed to return to school after the lockdown, how would they keep 2m apart? Full Article
v Lockdown homeschooling: The parents who have forgotten what they learned at school By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:04:01 GMT Parents have been turning to Google to help them teach the things they’ve forgotten. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Lockdown life 'a challenge' for vulnerable children By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 19:59:02 GMT Charities warn some children who are missing out on additional support at school are falling into crisis. Full Article
v Coronavirus: ‘The nursery I run may not survive’ By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 23:01:09 GMT Thousands of nurseries and childminders may shut permanently due to the pandemic, research suggests. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Online students face full tuition fees By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 12:24:13 GMT If universities are teaching online next term students will still have to pay full tuition fees. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Teachers warn of early school return 'spike' By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 13:39:06 GMT Teaching unions across UK and Ireland say test and trace measures must be fully operational before reopening. Full Article
v Coronavirus schools return: Can you really keep children 2m apart? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:14:17 GMT What's it like in a school that has re-opened? Denmark and Germany show how it might look. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Concerns for wellbeing of babies born in lockdown By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 01:16:50 GMT New mothers are missing out on support for their babies amidst lockdown restrictions. Full Article
v Coronavirus: 'Humiliation' as school meal vouchers fail at till By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 01:15:34 GMT "We had to leave all our shopping," a mother tells BBC News. Full Article
v Coronavirus: Schools in Wales not reopening on 1 June By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:19:46 GMT The situation for schools in Wales will not change on 1 June, the education minister says. Full Article