Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. The CEO of the high-performance Italian motorcycle manufacturer offered that point of optimism, as her Modena based EV company remains closed by government decree. The coronavirus pandemic has forced Energica to hit the brakes on production of its battery […]

Cybersecurity officials say state-backed hackers taking advantage of pandemic Cybersecurity officials are warning that state-backed hackers and online criminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak.

MIT announces Bluetooth breakthrough in coronavirus-tracing app for Android and iOS The Private Kit: Safe Paths app for coronavirus tracking may soon incorporate Bluetooth for tracking close proximity between people.

Commercial real estate could be in big trouble — even after this is all over Commercial real estate owners, brokers, and landlords have collectively made many hundreds of billions of dollars a year in recent years as the economy zipped along. Now, they’re getting clobbered by the pandemic-fueled economic crisis. Worse, their industry may be forever changed by it. To state the obvious, extracting rent from nearly anyone right now […]

WeWork Can't Pay the Rent WeWork has bailed on April rent on some of its locations as the beleaguered coworking space company goes into a financial spiral amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Bloomberg.Read more...

Facebook and Samsung donate thousands of devices to NHS Samsung will donate 2,000 smartphones, while Facebook is offering its video-calling screen Portal.

Coronavirus: Call for apps to get fake Covid-19 news button Campaign for Countering Digital Hate says social networks are "missing a trick" combating the issue.

Outrunning COVID-19 twice Editor’s note: Our writer Rita’s journey from China to the US and back again was planned months before the coronavirus pandemic descended on the world. That descent ended up turning a simple trip home into a kind of epic journey. The changes in her location — which we reference, but do not dwell on, to […]

The US Hitches Its Final Ride to Space From Russia—for Now Thursday’s launch to the space station will mark the end of America’s dependence on Russia for human spaceflight, but NASA may buy more seats on Soyuz rockets. 

How to make group video calls without logins or downloads Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Video calling is more important now than it’s ever been. To avoid getting sick, more and more of us are working from home, and we’re avoiding in-person tete-a-tetes with friends and family. I’m sure there are a number of you who have taken to socialization-via-vidcall like ducks to water. But not everyone wants (or needs) to become a Zoom or Google Hangouts expert. And creating accounts for a bunch of new video conferencing software can… This story continues at The Next Web

After coronavirus, AI could be central to our new normal When we came out of the financial crisis of 2008, cloud computing kicked into high gear. The current crisis could do the same for AI.

Amazon extends return windows so you don’t have to go outside during the lockdown With people in many parts of the world required to stay home due to coronavirus, shopping online is the most sensible way to get your hands on many purchases. Problem is, if you have to return a defective product, you might not want to go outside to your local courier — or perhaps you just have other priorities. Thankfully Amazon has temporarily extended its return policy to provide some peace of mind  – and hopefully minimize the burden on overworked warehouse employees. In the US and Canada, anything purchased on March 1 or later can be returned until May 31.… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Windows,Amazon

Google quietly expands Duplex to the U.K., Australia, and Canada Google Duplex, Google's AI voice reservation system, has seemingly expanded beyond the U.S. to the U.K., Australia, and Canada .

This Freaky Spiral Thing Is Alive More than 2,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, an otherworldly, 50-foot-wide marine organism floats... and feeds.Read more...

Deliveroo, Graphcore and other big UK startups say they’re being cut out of COVID-19 lending relief The UK government, like a number of other countries around the world such as the US, has stepped up its pace in providing relief in the form of loans for businesses being impacted by the coronavirus health crisis and the related shutdown that we’ve seen across the economy and life as we knew it. But […]