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Another sign of how fundamentally screwed the economics underlying the app economy are: It is possible to take advantage of exploitative food delivery platform DoorDash’s efforts to sign up restaurants without their consent to engage de facto “pizza arbitrage,” according to a report by Margins.Read more...

A new Facebook survey of small- and medium-sized businesses has found that, among those who have shut down amid the global covid-19 health crisis, only 45 percent plan to rehire the same employees when they reopen.Read more...

With most of the U.S. quarantined and many people working at home, Verizon has officially finalized its acquisition of video conferencing platform BlueJeans. Read more...

A work-from-home sale on Branch premium office furniture, a Sega Genesis Mini gaming console, a 5.6qt Magic Chef air fryer, and a Garmin Forerunner 645 Music smartwatch round out Monday’s best deals.Read more...

A developer showed how to use the Raspberry Pi for 3D modeling with Blender.

China-based chipmaker SMIC will step up now that the U.S. has blocked TSMC from doing further business with Huawei.

The Kingston KC2500 is an NVMe PCIe SSD designed for those looking to add next-gen performance to their machines. Featuring the common M.2 2280 form factor, the KC2500 uses 96-layer 3D TLC NAND and is available in a range of capacities from 250GB to 2TB. With its high endurance and performance capabilities, the KC2500 is ideal for workstations, desktops, and high-performance computing systems. (more…)

As bloody, curse-laden, and generally bawdy as DC Universe’s Harley Quinn show is, it’s always displayed a surprising level of emotional intelligence in the way that it’s handled the complicated, interpersonal relationships that have shaped the lives of its characters. Read more...

Unemployment claims are reaching record highs, taxing each state’s digital systems like never before. But in at least one state, a laggy site or unreachable offices aren’t the only issues that resident are facing while trying to file for benefits. Read more...

Even under normal economic conditions, labor arbitrage racket and venture capitalist money pit Uber barely made sense; during an economically devastating global pandemic, the company looks to be flailing. Read more...