Zen, Ultra-running and the Art of Suffering

April 9th, 2020 08:00 AM

This piece is dedicated to the memory of Keihland Haft and Sammy Collins. If you or anyone you know is contemplating suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. Avery Collins was two hours into a 100-mile race in the steamy Hawaiian jungle when he heard about the missiles. As he pulled into an aid station, a man with a thick Russian accent started yelling at him in an excited voice that Collins couldn’t understand. Looking for an explanation, Collins...

Ahead of earnings, SaaS stocks show resilience

April 9th, 2020 07:25 AM

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. This morning we’re taking a brief look at SaaS stocks ahead of earnings, making note of their recent movements (and recovery), and what those somewhat violent movements could mean for SaaS startups as we head into the new economic world. Investors generally expect churn (revenue loss) to rise at SaaS firms. For modern software startups that need to raise new capital, more...

Making 'PPE' at home: Families use 3D printers to address coronavirus shortages

April 9th, 2020 04:04 AM

In basements and garages across America, a cottage industry of 3D printing is gaining steam to address PPE shortages amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Microsoft thinks coronavirus will forever change the way we work and learn

April 9th, 2020 08:00 AM

Microsoft says people’s habits are already changing Continue reading…

English Football League: Season 'can be finished in 56 days'

April 9th, 2020 07:38 AM

The EFL season can be completed in 56 days when it is safe to resume following the coronavirus pandemic, clubs are told.

How to Get Health Insurance During the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 9th, 2020 08:00 AM

Recent world events may have led you to believe that this would be a bad time to not have health insurance right now. And while we can’t judge your individual need for insurance, we can probably say that in general, you should think about getting coverage.

It's A Good Day For A Final Fantasy VII Electronic Dance Album

April 9th, 2020 07:30 AM

Here are three things to do while waiting for tomorrow’s official release of the Final Fantasy VII Remake. Dance, dance, dance. From RoboRob, producer of last year’s Billboard-charting Kingdom Heartbeats, One-Beat Angel is an album that transforms Final Fantasy VII’s most iconic music into danceable electronic tracks.…

Meet dark_nexus, quite possibly the most potent IoT botnet ever

April 9th, 2020 06:52 AM

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) A newly discovered botnet that preys on home routers, video recorders, and other network-connected devices is one of the most advanced Internet-of-things platforms ever seen, researchers said on Wednesday. Its list of advanced features includes the ability to disguise malicious traffic as benign, maintain persistence, and infect devices that run on at least 12 different CPUs. Researchers from antivirus provider Bitdefender described the so-called dark_nexus...

Coronavirus Preys on the Disabled in N.Y.: Live Updates

April 9th, 2020 07:03 AM

The death rate for people in group homes for people with special needs is more than double the rate in the state overall.

Here's Everything You Get With a Microsoft 365 Subscription

April 9th, 2020 07:45 AM

Microsoft 365 is, as its name suggests, the new subscription bundle from Microsoft that replaces Office 365. It takes the emphasis away from Microsoft’s office suite just a little bit, but it’s tough to tell at first glance if this is a service designed for everyone or if it’s just for small business operators and…

U.S. weekly jobless claims top 6 million for second straight week

April 9th, 2020 07:40 AM

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits in the last three weeks has topped 15 million, as weekly new claims topped 6 million for the second straight time last week as tough measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak abruptly ground the country to halt.

Fed rolls out fresh stimulus as US jobless claims surge by 6.6m - business live

April 9th, 2020 07:58 AM

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news as the US reports another 6.6 million in jobless claims amid the coronavirus lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 1.58pm BST Cumulative jobless claims for the past three weeks are now above 16 million. Politico’s chief economic correspondent Ben White notes that it puts the US unemployment at around 14%: The claims number over the last three weeks suggest the unemployment rate is RIGHT NOW at about 14%,...

Four Animal Crossing improvements we’d love to see

April 8th, 2020 04:42 PM

Image: Nintendo via Polygon We’ve prepared a list of demands Continue reading…