Tech News Weekly 125

• Dan Moren from SixColors walks through all the new hardware announced by Apple including an updated Macbook Air and an iPad Pro with LiDAR.
• Alfred Ng from CNET covers a multitude of COVID-19 hoaxes, the effect of the pandemic on the US primaries, and how privacy could be impacted long term.
• The European Union is asking online streaming services to throttle its content quality in an effort to save the broadband networks they run on.
• Movie theaters are getting creative in a time where people are limiting their exposure to COVID-19 by avoiding cinemas entirely.

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Links

• Apple updates MacBook Air with new processors, keyboard, and boosts Mac mini storage
• Apple’s brand new iPad Pro has LiDAR and a trackpad
• With Coronavirus hoaxes flooding social media, governments scramble to fight misinformation
• COVID-19 tracking efforts pose a privacy risk, senator says
• Elections amid Coronavirus: How officials aim to keep voters safe
• Coronavirus Lockdown: EU Looks to Manage Broadband Strain
• To save the economy we must reduce video bandwidth use — now
• Movie Crowds Stay Away. Theaters Hope It’s Not for Good.
• Universal, banking on home audiences, to stream movie releases
• https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/18/sling-tv-rolls-out-free-streaming-to-u-s-consumers-stuck-at-home/