17 Apr 2020

This Week In Tech: 04172020

Article

Headline	Link 1	Link 2	Link 3	Press Release
Possible upgraded Steam Controller	PC Gamer
Virgin Orbit completes final test flight	The Verge	Space.com	TechCrunch	Press Release
Google rumored to be making custom processors	TechCrunch	The Verge	Ars Technica
OnePlus Hardware Event	Android Central	9to5Google
New iPhone SE	iMore	The Verge	The Next Web	Press Release
Microsoft and NBA sign partnership deal	Thurrott	Engadget		Press Release

Other News

Headline	Link 1	Link 2	Link 3
ESRB adds loot box warning label	The Verge	PC Gamer	N/A
Twitter, YouTube TV UWPs on Chromebook Play Store	N/A	N/A	N/A
Samsung kills S Voice	N/A	N/A	N/A
YouTube testing chapters	The Next Web	N/A	N/A
Minecraft Ray Tracing out now	PC Gamer	Engadget	N/A
SpaceX DM-2 set for May 27	N/A	N/A	N/A

Interesting Thing of the Week

How Adobe shifted a Las Vegas conference to executives’ living rooms in less than 30 days
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/13/how-adobe-shifted-a-las-vegas-conference-to-executives-living-rooms-in-less-than-30-days/
Scientists measured wind speeds on a brown dwarf 34 light-years away — here’s how they did it
- https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2020/04/15/scientists-measured-wind-speeds-on-a-brown-dwarf-34-light-years-away-heres-how-they-did-it/
How to check is you ISP uses basic security measures
- https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-bgp-routing-safe-yet/

Cuts

Headline	Link 1	Link 2
Virginia passes clean energy legislation	electrek	earther.gizmodo
Wiper Malware	bleepingcomputer	N/A

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