British 5G towers are being set on fire because of coronavirus conspiracy theories

A 5G cell tower | Photo by Mikhail Pochuyev\TASS via Getty Images 5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK, after online conspiracy t...

Pandemic Shutdowns Will Help the Economy, Too

nut (Slashdot reader #19,435) writes: A study by economists Sergio Correia, Stephan Luck and Emil Verner suggests that the best way to save ...

Tech supply chains are still a complete mess

Last week , we made the case that tech manufacturing was uniquely vulnerable to pandemic problems, from a combination of just-in-time manuf...

Not Just 'The Death of IT'. Cringely Also Predicts Layoffs For Many IT Contractors

Last week long-time tech pundit Robert Cringely predicted "the death of IT" in 2020 due to the widespread adoption of SD-WAN and S...

Y Combinator Company 'Flexport' Is Shipping PPE To Frontline Responders

The Y Combinator company Flexport is a San Francisco-based freight-forwarding and customs brokerage company. (Its investors include Google V...

Save on a Sling TV subscription and discounted gadgets this weekend

Welcome to the weekend. The best deals you can currently get on tech are a mix of new offers and ones that we’ve collected during the past ...

9 new trailers you should watch this week

One of the few small upsides to the current global mess is that a bunch of movies are hitting streaming services and rental platforms earli...