Scott Schoeller @sschoellerSTEM@noc.social

Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India.

In India, a handful of hospitals are using robots to assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/11/tech/robots-india-covid-spc-intl/index.html

Apple won’t give Siri a female-sounding voice by default anymore - Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeApple will remove the female voice as the default for its... - https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/31/22360502/apple-siri-female-voice-default-new-voices-ios-14-5

Virgin Galactic unveils mirror-coated space plane known as 'Spaceship III'.

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm that hopes to send its first customers to space next year, unveiled a new spacecraft design on Tuesday. The sleek new space plane has a reflective coating that the company calls "mirror-like," and says will add to space tourists' experience.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/tech/virgin-galactic-spaceship-3-scn/index.html

#Ransomware: Why we're now facing a perfect storm

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-why-were-now-facing-a-perfect-storm/

Silicon Valley is starting to bring workers back to the office.

After years of building huge modern offices and a work culture that many industries have emulated, Silicon Valley was among the first to shutter those offices and go fully remote when the coronavirus pandemic began.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/tech/silicon-valley-office-return-uber-facebook/index.html

Spring ahead: US adds most jobs in six months as COVID curbs ease https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/31/spring-ahead-us-adds-most-jobs-in-six-months-as-covid-curbs-ease #News

Apple pushes over 110 manufacturing partners into renewable energy - CNET - The reduction in carbon emissions will be the equivalent of taking more than 3.4 million cars off ... - https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-pushes-over-110-manufacturing-partners-into-renewable-energy/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Distrowatch News: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Beta Red Hat has published a beta for the upcoming release of version 8.4. The new beta offers updated development and more useful data visualization tools. The company's release announcement reads: "More powerful data visualization features that can create simpler views of complex system performance data thanks to the.... http://distrowatch.com/11203

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in adolescents - Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective in... - https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/31/22359883/covid-vaccine-pfizer-adolescents-effective

Package Release: 03/31 qt 6.0.3 Qt: a C++ application framework for writing graphical applications http://qt-project.org/

US: Suspect in NYC attack on Asian American woman arrested https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/31/us-suspect-in-nyc-attack-on-asian-american-woman-arrested #News

Apple Supports Independent Artists With New Investment - The tech giant teams up with artist-services company UnitedMasters, an alternative to the major la... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-supports-independent-artists-with-new-investment-11617184804?mod=rss_Technology #paid

Facebook is giving you more control over what you see in your News Feed - CNET - You'll be able to choose whether content appears chronologically or algorithmically, or whether yo... - https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-is-giving-you-more-control-over-what-you-see-in-your-news-feed/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Package Release: 03/31 curl 7.76.0 cURL: a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax https://curl.se/

M87's Central Black Hole in Polarized Light

Image Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration; Text: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba)

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210331.html #APoD

Turing Award Goes to Creators of Computer Programming Building Blocks - Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho developed many of the fundamental concepts that researchers use when... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/technology/turing-award-aho-ullman.html #awardsdecorationsandhonors #assnforcomputingmachinery #computersandtheinternet #belllaboratories #ullmanjeffrey #turingaward #ahoalfred

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines 80% effective at preventing COVID-19 after one shot, CDC says - CNET - Two shots showed 90% effectiveness. - https://www.cnet.com/health/pfizer-and-moderna-vaccines-80-effective-at-preventing-covid-19-after-one-shot-cdc-says/#ftag=CAD590a51e

US official warns of ‘impending doom’ amid rise in COVID cases https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/29/us-official-warns-impending-doom-rise-covid-cases #News

Coronavirus: More than 30 million in United Kingdom receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3127373/coronavirus-more-30-million-united-kingdom-receive-first-dose