Stories of the week:

1. Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US https://buff.ly/2D1CKzo
2. Here's a recap of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' congressional testimony
3. https://youtu.be/84C1-NiWvQE Big Tech’s big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight https://buff.ly/30f2lNZ
4. Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you. https://buff.ly/3169Iqh
5. Why people should stop designing prosthetics that look realistic—and start designing ones that work https://buff.ly/2PiCRsN

“Speed” Round:

• GIMP is Quietly Working On Its Own Version of "Smart Objects" - And Its Just as Good as Photoshop's  https://buff.ly/2XfewIv
• Pandemic gets Japan's automated delivery services on the road https://buff.ly/3g1eBHq by @JapanToday
• San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast as tech companies embrace remote work and unemployment rises https://buff.ly/3gk6INr
• Flying Cars Are Legal, Says Newly-Passed New Hampshire Law https://buff.ly/2Xhi6C7 by @IntEngineering

Tips of the Week:

• Gimp https://www.gimp.org/
• NAS Update with Social Greg

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Stories of the week:

Pentagon Has 'A Lot More' Classified UFO Videos, Ex Head of https://buff.ly/3g4mCLK

Source code leaked from exposed repos of many companies, including Nintendo, Microsoft, Adobe, Lenovo, AMD, Qualcomm; it's unclear how much of it is proprietary https://buff.ly/30SL9g6

Face masks are thwarting even the best facial recognition algorithms, study finds      https://buff.ly/2X1quFI

Some people might already be immune to coronavirus thanks to the common cold https://buff.ly/3g5Tl3d

“Speed” Round:

Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests https://buff.ly/30IRBGE

Alexa Echo snooping-blocker from MSCHF could protect your privacy https://buff.ly/3g0Nv33

Google will let employees work from home until at least next summer  https://buff.ly/3jKxLn6

It’s easier to manage four people than one person https://buff.ly/3hIFY9G

Tips of the Week:

Clean Your Dirty Microwave With a Lemon https://buff.ly/3f2UyXD

Teach Your Kids to Take a Meditative 'Snow Break' https://buff.ly/30RIu6H 

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Stories of the week:

Russian spies 'target coronavirus vaccine' https://buff.ly/2DJcFot

Bill Gates and Elon Musk Didn’t Get Hacked—Twitter Did by https://www.reviewgeek.com/47803/bill-gates-and-elon-musk-didnt-get-hacked-twitter-did/

Attorney General Barr accuses Hollywood, Big Tech of collaborating with China https://buff.ly/32lZcgR

A San Francisco Exec Is Building a City-Wide Surveillance Network https://buff.ly/3fAQTBG Thanks to subscriber Tom Pinkowski for this

“Speed” Round:

How to Start Your Own Learning 'Co-Op' at Home https://buff.ly/3fCpvmL

Roomba gets supersized https://buff.ly/304g8Wn

If You're Working Remotely, Do It in Barbados https://buff.ly/32oyVyr

Amazon’s new ‘smart’ shopping cart uses sensors to enable cashier-less stores https://buff.ly/2CA9fnw

Tips of the Week:

New Microsoft Edge https://buff.ly/2Tr2lYg

How to Make Your PC Automatically Turn On on a Schedule https://buff.ly/393AzqE

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Stories of the week

• Michael Lofthouse of Solid8 is a piece of sh1t https://buff.ly/2Zd3vZE
• The Micromobility Revolution: How Bikes And Scooters Are Shaking Up Urban Transport Worldwide” https://buff.ly/2ZbrR6c
• Elon Musk says a Neuralink update is coming in August https://buff.ly/2W488DA
• Microsoft’s solution to Zoom fatigue is to trick your brain https://buff.ly/38SpHfb
• Feds give Ghislaine Maxwell paper clothes due to fear she might kill herself https://buff.ly/3iP7G5E

“Speed” Round:

• In an ominous sign for the economy, 32% of US fell short on July housing payments  https://buff.ly/3ffhi7z
• What is the AVIF Image Format... Chrome and Firefox is getting it https://buff.ly/2DqUoMK
• Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game  https://buff.ly/2ZgxRe5
• Giants commit to cardboard cut-outs instead of fans for 2020 season https://buff.ly/2Ognxw1

Tips of the Week:

• First new “The Far Side” cartoons from Gary Larson since 1995 https://buff.ly/3izZCG5
• 7 Tips to Make the Web More Readable on an iPhone https://buff.ly/2ZSvgpR

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Stories of the week

• Walmart will soon open drive-in movie theaters https://buff.ly/38mCtSB
• What America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible https://buff.ly/2NEdUHo by @jpinsk via @TheAtlantic
• I just canceled my Dropbox subscription.
• What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work https://bbc.in/2D4iJI2 by @WhatKatieBWrote via @BBC_Worklife

“Speed” Round:

• UFC Confirmed To Host 9 Events In Las Vegas In August https://buff.ly/3ipYIf5
• Update. California University Pays Million-Dollar Crypto Ransom  https://bit.ly/2VDWQpu via @cointelegraph
• The Smart Way To Come Back To Jiu-Jitsu After A Long Time Off https://buff.ly/3ijQy89
• Drones take on the wings: @DeuceDrones to deliver chicken wings The drone startup signed a deal with @BWWings franchisee Potter Wings Mobile for drone deliveries by @JasonPReagan via @drone_life https://bit.ly/2BYcwNa

Tips of the Week:

• You Should Mute Your Smart Speaker's Mic More Often https://buff.ly/2ZB67j2
• Google collects a frightening amount of data about you. You can find and delete it now https://buff.ly/2NFyIhG

Stories of the week

• San Francisco Tenants Break Leases At Alarming Rates https://buff.ly/2NuIymn
• TikTok Users, K-Pop Fans Take Credit for Inflating Expectations to Trump Tulsa Rally https://buff.ly/2Ys3lNU
• Work-life balance was never going to work https://buff.ly/2B1HdBa
• Where Will We Pee When We're Out in Our Half-Reopened States? https://buff.ly/2BxXSMy

“Speed” Round:

• Quora goes permanently remote-first Link
• Olympus is giving up on camera https://buff.ly/2VuJSub
• Robot actress to star in big-budget sci-fi movie https://buff.ly/3g0mCvA
• There’s a Wire Above Manhattan That You’ve Probably Never Noticed https://buff.ly/2VgGy5z

Tips of the Week:

• Keeping your private information private https://buff.ly/2CDiYtn
• Now you can think longer about recalling that email in Gmail https://buff.ly/2V4ols2

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Stories of the week

• I sent an email to IDEO about the long-standing racism in the design industry and they wrote me back.
• eBay Execs Thought Sending Dead Pigs, Live Spiders To Small News Website Was A Good Idea https://buff.ly/2YIEtQC
• Tech company Buffer is adopting a 4-day workweek https://buff.ly/3dcSZ8O
• In defense on working at the office https://t.co/qJlZefNbo5?amp=1

“Speed” Round:

• The FBI used a Philly protester’s Etsy profile, LinkedIn, and other internet history to charge her with setting police cars ablaze https://buff.ly/2YIzM9z
• Now any US business can buy Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot for $74,500 https://buff.ly/3foihlE
• Colin Kaepernick joins board of Medium https://buff.ly/30UFCrl
• Silicon Valley's elite wants yet again to abandon land and live on floating cities in the middle of the ocean that operate outside of existing governments https://buff.ly/2BfQy80

Tips of the Week:

• Bed Specs Laying down Book/Phone Reading Periscope Eyeglasses https://is.gd/BRhPgT
• How to Always Show Full URLs in Google Chrome https://buff.ly/2N6h0U4

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Stories of the week

• Pentagon Documents Reveal The U.S. Has Planned For A Bitcoin Rebellion https://buff.ly/3fiVDLF
• IBM is exiting the face recognition business https://buff.ly/37bJ5Tg and so is Amazon
• Electric Blockaloo: Minecraft's virtual music festival with Deadmau5 and Steve Aoki is going to be utterly bonkers https://buff.ly/3dVnrFk
• Would You Enjoy Having Your Own Enclosed Office “Cubicle” Pod with AirPurifier? “Pods each have automatic doors that operate with FacialRecognition, so there’s no need to touch and contaminate them.” https://is.gd/pTQIgO

“Speed” Round:

• Aqua-Fi could bring Wi-Fi-like tech to the underwater world https://buff.ly/2AhCWsY
• Imagine an 'Android Pro' subscription https://buff.ly/37ttoqZ
• Apple Shares WWDC Details Including Keynote Time, Developer Forums, 1-on-1 Developer Labs, and More https://buff.ly/2Ap2C6I
• Designer envisions a detachable camera module for phones, and it’s pretty cool https://buff.ly/3040OKO

Tips of the Week:

5 tips to brush up on your Docs, Sheets and Slides skills https://buff.ly/2XSmGYh

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• PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week

• The current state of things.
• Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it https://buff.ly/2B6079x 
• Revolut staff claim they’ve been told to quit their jobs or be fired https://t.co/v0gwZ9YKz3
• “There has never been a better time to quit Facebook” https://buff.ly/36Xz8ca

“Speed” Round:

• Low omega-3 and children https://buff.ly/3cymb9C
• Why the Upwork CEO believes the pandemic will lead to more work with freelancers https://t.co/WdKmfuqhoV?amp=1
• Throw a ‘Welcome to Summer’ Party for Your Kids https://buff.ly/306JXak
• Project brings cinema to backyards https://buff.ly/30f8Mki

Tips of the Week:

• Blur Tools for Signal https://buff.ly/2XxvgM0
• Google Maps makes it easier to use and send Plus Codes https://buff.ly/2XVYfIn

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Stories of the week

• Minecraft Dungeons is the low-stress family hackathon we need right now https://buff.ly/3guyK9i
• Twitter's Fact-Checking Failures Reveal Serious Shortcomings https://buff.ly/2XaLKJv
• Apple reportedly nabs Scorsese film starring DiCaprio and De Niro https://buff.ly/3dhw0u8
• How Can You Become a 10xer? https://buff.ly/2Wy9TJI

“Speed” Round:

• Funerals in space https://buff.ly/2XHcAs1
• "Roquefort-Like Cheese?" USTR takes swipe at EU food name restrictions https://buff.ly/2WY89tv
• What to Do If You See a 'COVID-19 Surcharge' on Your Receipt https://buff.ly/3etGyGB
• Japan is going to covering half of your travel expenses. https://is.gd/28UlFV

Tips of the Week:

• Color in your favorite hard rockers with these Kerrang! cover coloring books  https://buff.ly/2ZNxecq
• 6 hidden Google Maps tricks you need to know https://buff.ly/2Xrf2Tj

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Stories of the week

1. Spotify acquires Joe Rogan Podcast https://buff.ly/3bQa9bt
   
2. DoorDash 'Pizza Arbitrage' Shows the FUBAR Economics of Delivery Apps https://buff.ly/2zMZy3K
   
3. Tesla quietly adds bidirectional charging capability for game-changing new features - Electrek https://buff.ly/3bHoR4p
   
4. 5 Tips to Reduce Screen Time While You’re WFH https://buff.ly/2LwUSl7
   

“Speed” Round:

1. Dolphins at popular spot miss tourists https://buff.ly/3e0Omzg
   
2. These New Plant-Based Bottles Degrade in Only a Year – And Could Herald the End of Plastic https://buff.ly/2WDYI2c
   
3. SEG tech generates electricity using shadows and light https://buff.ly/2LOEcpm
   
4. Zoom is Now Worth More Than the World’s 7 Biggest Airlines https://buff.ly/2zCaSQ9
   

Tips of the Week:

1. SEO Cheat Sheet https://buff.ly/3cN1g3N
2. Google Chrome Is Finally Letting You ‘Marie Kondo’ Tabs To Keep Them Organized https://buff.ly/2y7G8pV

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Stories of the week

1. The Office Is Dead, Get ready for the commercial real estate apocalypse https://buff.ly/3cofVSR
2. How to Keep Remote Employees on Task Without Spying On Them https://buff.ly/2WK2KoB
3. Zoom, but in VR: Spatial https://buff.ly/2Lr9hPW
4. Ask Adolfo: 10 Most Important Work Skills to List in a Resume https://buff.ly/2Wvk8NO

“Speed” Round:

1. Self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting alternative to Google search https://buff.ly/2YQFh7O
2. New solar panels suck water from air to cool themselves down https://buff.ly/3dvwT1E
3. Facebook must pay content moderators' for mental health issues https://buff.ly/2zvPRGO
4. Announcing Virtually Maker Faire https://buff.ly/3dfAsZJ 

Tips of the Week:

1. Artbreeder https://buff.ly/3dFdzPQ
2. Dictate Your Messages Using This Mac Keyboard Shortcut https://buff.ly/35KX02a
3. How to Create a Looping Video of Yourself for Your Virtual Meetings https://buff.ly/2wAfKUH

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1. Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker
   

Stories of the week

1. Companies are turning to intrusive monitoring of work-from-home employees https://buff.ly/3bUDqT6
   
2. Nearly half (47%) of Americans working from home aren’t always wearing pants https://bit.ly/2YKOezA
   
3. Drive-in movie theaters reopen in Bay Area with new rules amid coronavirus pandemic https://buff.ly/3biZXYY
   
4. What things do you miss? https://bit.ly/35GqEW5
   

“Speed” Round:

1. Swapabee https://buff.ly/2YyAXtK
   
2. IKEA Releases Free Design For Garden Sphere That Feeds Entire Neighborhood. https://is.gd/zBURyH
   
3. What’s trending: understanding rising consumer interests https://buff.ly/2LfvmAB
   
4. The more new and unexpected things we experience, the more memories we form. https://is.gd/qUViy8
   

Tips of the Week:

1. How to connect multiple Amazon accounts on the same Echo device https://buff.ly/2L5TFB4
   
2. How to Copy Your Photos from Facebook to Google Photos https://buff.ly/2SCvtuq
   
3. Learn SQL while solving crimes! https://buff.ly/2WkAQiQ
   

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1. Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker
   

Stories of the week

1. Restaurants Across the US Turn Parking Lots Into Drive-In Movie Theaters https://is.gd/ae2Vq9
   
2. A novel solution to curb phone use by drivers https://buff.ly/2YhECwb
   
3. Microsoft will narrow its focus to software developers at this year's virtual Build conference https://buff.ly/3d6Y4zP
   
4. 20 Easy Home Office Organization Ideas to Boost Your Productivity https://buff.ly/3cQLjt0
   

“Speed” Round:

1. iOS 13.5 makes it “easier” to use Face ID while wearing a face mask https://buff.ly/3bQ22fX
   
2. Google is Making Meet Free for Everyone https://buff.ly/2YgibY3
   
3. Condoms sales https://buff.ly/35nL7iu
   
4. Learn How to Draw From Disney Animators Through These Free Videos https://buff.ly/3eWIh8f
   

Tips of the Week:

1. Gallery of 200 database schema diagrams of open-source packages https://is.gd/X8WOtF
   
2. Facebook’s Music section is an easy way to make your profile stand out. https://bit.ly/3falqq0
   

Sponsor/Partners/Events:

1. Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker
   

Stories of the week

1. Send Packages with Uber connect. https://is.gd/pOFEY5
   
2. Is this the tipping point for delivery by robot? https://buff.ly/3bA5Ku9 by @gcnichs via  @ZDNet #Robotics
   
3. Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog helps doctors assess coronavirus patients https://is.gd/ykdEhE
   
4. 7 Tips To Getting Rid Of A Creative Block https://buff.ly/3aqhm1g by @bitrebels
   

“Speed” Round:

1. Nextdoor and Walmart partner on a new neighborly assistance program https://is.gd/8TNWO9
   
2. "Pendulum Thinking": How Reimagining Design Roles Can Transform the Product Development Process https://buff.ly/2UOu70V by @Takram via @core77
   
3. Why we can’t build https://is.gd/JPJZ18
   
4. 19 Projects To Do Outdoors While You Need The Distraction by @calebkraft https://buff.ly/2zpNGEJ from @make
   

Tips of the Week:

1. Battery cycle count.
   
2. Tip - Daniel Bennett @DanielBennettNY Apr 20 DIY “de-corking.” Because everyone assumes you got the ‘Rona when you knock on their door at midnight. 7 Ways To Open A Bottle Of Wine Without A Corkscrew
   

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Stories of the week

1. Weekly Recap & Cobol never dies it just multiplies, Gov Tech sucks.
   
2. We Need a New CCC for Recovery — the Civic Response Corps buff.ly/2UWdW0w by @dalepd via @make
   
3. Death to the Open Office https://www.fastcompany.com/90488060/our-offices-will-never-be-the-same-after-covid-19-heres-what-they-could-look-like
   
4. Jazz musician Daniel Bennett: This virus will die, but our cultural renaissance has just begun! buff.ly/2K4uX3v by @DanielBennettNY from @bandzoogle
   

“Speed” Round:

1. College is dead.
   
2. How to Grow Vegetables From Kitchen Scraps buff.ly/3ae4qeB from @lifehacker
   
3. Specialized Gives Bikes to Essential Workers. https://coolhunting.com/culture/specialized-gives-bikes-to-essential-workers/
   
4. 10 Alarm Clocks to Wake You Up Creatively buff.ly/2yT9iZK from @hongkiat
   
5. Planned obsolescence: the outrage of our electronic waste mountain
   

Tips of the Week:

1. Want to learn more faster? Watch YouTube videos faster.
   
2. Tip - How to automatically request a desktop version of a website on iOS buff.ly/3ccJ2I5  from @appleinsider
   

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Stories of the week

1. Car Insurance does it still make sense? https://is.gd/5HdCoI
   
2. When Can We Lift the Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions? Not Before Taking These Steps https://buff.ly/3aP1FS7 via @sciam
   
3. What i’m watching/listening to: Kevin Rose Show https://podcast.kevinrose.com/, Making Sense with Sam Harris https://samharris.org/podcast/, Meta-Cast https://www.meta-cast.com/.
   
4. RT @jobhuntorg: RT @jacobshare: 15 Ideas For Job Seekers To Do While Lonely in #Coronavirus Quarantine buff.ly/2vImmjp (Phylis Mufson)
   

“Speed” Round:

1. A: Fed is estimating 32% unemployment we are currently at 17%, additional 6.6 million unemployment filings just yesterday.
   
2. G: Check out Brain Sharper (www.brain-sharper.com)
   Apparently, this is not how we’re meant to be using these everyday items https://www.brain-sharper.com/social/everyday-items-using-wrong-tw/ 

Everyday Items We’ve Been Using Wrong The Whole Time www.brain-sharper.com @sharper_brain

1. I’m not going to grocery stores any more (especially small or big ones).
   
2. Criterion Collection & Janus Films Launch Arthouse Relief Fund for Theaters https://buff.ly/2JGOEhv from @slashfilm
   

Tips of the Week:

1. Template for printing a paper mask at home https://is.gd/7cQOUe
   
2. I’m learning to play piano thanks to https://chordify.net/
   
3. Jitsy an Open Source and Secure alternative to Zoom https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/
   

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Stories of the week

Guy derails train https://youtu.be/n63ckV17cHw

Format announces a Photographer Fund to help those impacted by COVID-19 by Jose Antunes - ProVideo Coalition https://buff.ly/2xGqpgE

Preppers - City Prepping https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmb2...

Canadian Prepper - https://www.youtube.com/user/Canadian...

Full Spectrum Survival - https://www.youtube.com/user/FullSpec...

Coronavirus may permanently change how we buy our food

“Speed” Round:

BJJ instructor accidentally puts student to sleep live online.

This List of 50 Low-cost Hobbies Will Excite You https://buff.ly/2Mfiwp5 by @avjohnson92 via @lifehackorg

Podcasts I’m listening to: Scrum Master Toolbox - https://scrum-master-toolbox.org/, The GTD Podcast - https://gettingthingsdone.com/categor...

Updated regularly (Over 130 Resources) - Free Resources for Schools During #COVID19 Outbreak https://buff.ly/2X5iapr via @THE_Journal 

Tips of the Week:

Ginger Tea https://youtu.be/9BFPaEtV370

We are back with our first coverage and thoughts on the coronavirus Covid-19 situation and how it is impacting us and others.