This Week in Tech 763

This week's stories:

•  Study proves that using CarPlay and Android Auto is worse than driving drunk
•  Focus on security - cybercriminals are taking advantage of coronavirus
•  Sam Abuelsamid explains LiDAR
•  What to expect from Apple's AR future
•  "Your next computer is not a computer" Apple's iPad Pro vs MacBook Air
•  MacBook Air - useable keyboard, updated processors
•  Steven Sinofsky on the iPad - "part of convergent evolution of PC hardware"
•  Microsoft Neo and Windows 10X: a much-needed rethinking of Windows
•  Google I/O is canceled
•  How to set up Zoom to prevent "ZoomBombing"
•  Video conferencing solutions for work-from-home
•  Netflix drops video quality in Europe, but not America - here's why
•  YouTube launches new online education resources
•  Google launches distance learning fund
•  Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty to one charge of theft of a trade secret
•  Amazon wants to hire 100,000 people; Walmart wants 150,000, but both are facing product shortages
•  Facebook donates masks and gloves to health professionals
•  Pwn2Own hackers beat Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, and more
•  Department of Justice wants to wave habeas corpus and kill encryption
•  Italians 3D print $11,000 ventilator valve for $1 - original manufacturer threatens to sue
•  Audible offers free audiobooks for kids, and so does your public library
•  Gamestop finally closes California stores
•  Sonic the Hedgehog and other movies stream instead of airing in theaters
•  PS5 vs Xbox Series X
•  Pixar founders win $1 Million Turing prize
•  Self-driving taxis need a disinfectant system

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Links

• The Joy of Tech: ‘Pandemic Priorities’
• Apple iPad Pro and MacBook Air (2020): Specs, Features, Price
• Yes, Apple just announced a keyboard that costs more than an Xbox One X
• [Thread] Trackpad support for iPads is not Apple's capitulation
• Here’s how the iPad’s new trackpad actually works
• Apple will keep its retail stores outside China closed indefinitely
• Google won't hold a virtual I/O this year
• Google and YouTube launch new resources to help teachers and families educate students
• Briefing: Former Google and Uber Self-Driving Car Engineer Pleads Guilty
• Facebook donates 720k medical masks, 1.5M gloves
• Reject the Graham-Blumenthal Bill EFF made this easy tool so you can tell your senators
• Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, VirtualBox fall at Pwn2Own hacking contest | ZDNet
• US waives potential health privacy penalties during coronavirus crisis - CNET
• Coronavirus: Israel enables emergency spy powers - BBC News
• Location data gathered by Facebook, Google, other tech companies could be used to battle coronavirus spread
• Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive
• Beware of ‘ZoomBombing:’ screensharing filth to video calls | TechCrunch
• Free to stream Audible Stories
• GameStop closes California stores despite earlier defiance
• Sonic the Hedgehog movie will be released digitally on March 31st
• Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime Video all limit streaming quality in Europe
• Netflix Creates $100 Million Fund to Aid Hollywood Labor Force
• With Movie Theater Shutdown, Universal Pictures to Stream New Release Films on Prime Video, iTunes, & More – The Streamable
• Robotaxis Need Disinfectant Systems
• Sony clarifies that PS5 will support ‘overwhelming majority’ of PS4 games
• PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: a complicated battle of SSD and GPU speeds
• Pixar Pioneers Win $1 Million Turing Award - The New York Times
• Apple CarPlay, Android Auto distract drivers more than pot, alcohol, says study
• What your business can do about the coronavirus right now
• Chatterbox
• Lexon Oblio
• Elgan
• Navigant Research
• TWIET