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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its oversight board that will decide what controversial content is allowed on Facebook and Instagram. The "supreme court"-style body will make rulings over what controversial content will be allowed on the social network.Tesla is reportedly preparing to restart operations at its California factory in possible violation of local shelter-in-place orders. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to coronavirus lockdowns, calling them "fascist" during a call with investors.An Amazon VP hit back at former colleague Tim Bray, who quit in protest after the company fired workers who raised safety concerns. Brad Porter, a vice president and engineer at Amazon,




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The show CAN'T go on: How coronavirus is laying waste to entertainment - just when we need it most

ALISON BOSHOFF: Coronation Street and EastEnders have stopped filming, the Great British Bake Off has been postponed, and even Strictly, due to start filming in July, is under threat.




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6 tired cliches in your resume you need to get rid of NOW!

You may think your resume is already tip-top, but put yourself in the shoes of a recruiter. Hiring managers receive dozens - sometimes hundreds - of resumes for any given opening. They don't have the time or resources to review each one closely, so they spend approximately six seconds on their initial "fit/no fit" decision. To them, most look exactly like all the other nondescript resumes in their pile. If you’re using the same tired phrases as everyone else, you’re not as exciting—or as hirable—as you thought you were. You may be perfect for the job, but just one typo, if it's formatted poorly, or you use the wrong font, could get them to say a NO. So, here prepare to not face such a situation at all: 1. Avoid meaningless adjectives A resume can fail to make the impact with




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Need inspiration for a new resume? This Super Mario-inspired interactive CV will pump you up

NYC-based Robby Leonardi received overnight fame when he launched an awesome Super Mario-inspired interactive resume website on October 10, 2013. He does graphic design, animation, illustration and even programming, and wanted a unique resume so it would stand out from the crowd. Image Source Imagine a resume where a brightly-dressed cartoon character standing in front of bright blue sky runs across grassy hills, and showcases his talent, like a Mario game? Who won’t love that? Made using HTML, CSS and Javascript, the website uses JQuery and JQuery UI for the animations. Leonardi says he avoided Flash since he wanted his website on Apple mobile devices too. Image Source Since the resume was picked up by social media, Leonardi had won a slew of awards for his work. Disclaimer: Don’t try




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There is at least one frontline worker in every 10 COVID-19 cases in US—and that's why we need to respect and protect them

This is an excerpt of an article originally published in the Observer Research Foundation. Viral load matters.Although there’s plenty we still don’t know about all the ways coronavirus ravages the human body, data are telling us at least this much: More than 10 in 100 frontline healthcare workers in the US are getting infected with COVID19.Frontline health care workers who are typically in closest proximity with confirmed COVID19 patients account for 11% per cent of US COVID19 cases according to the first national level data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).7551518275516736Doctors on the cutting edge of COVID19 research have been urging policy makers to factor viral dose and its relationship to severity. This CDC report based on data between February 12–April




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The EufyCam 2C home security camera is more affordable than its competitors, and you don't need a paid subscription to access its best features

When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more.The EufyCam 2C wireless home security camera system offers affordable coverage for your home inside and out with water-resistant, IP67-rated cameras.Camera footage quality is excellent at 1080p in full color, and there's a black and white night mode as well as a spotlight so you can see in any lighting conditions.Each EufyCam 2C camera also offers crystal clear two-way audio and six-month battery life.At $219.99 for the two-camera kit with no monthly subscription required, the EufyCam 2C system is a compelling option for anyone seeking home security on a budget.You can also check out our guide to the best home security cameras for more options.Home security cameras used to be an expensive project that




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Scarlett Johansson reveals Black Widow movie 'brought a closure to me that I needed' on talk show

The 34-year-old actress vowed that her Marvel character Black Widow is really and truly dead Monday during a visit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.




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Reno Rumble's Dane is sent to hospital needing three stitches after renovating

The hunky star - who appears on the show with his mother Leanne - cut his hand when he was smashing a ceramic bathroom basin, causing him to later say: ' I thought I was going to pass out.'




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Shameless season 9: Everything you need to know

The ninth season of the hit TV show Shameless has just premiered. Here's everything you need to know, including its premiere date, how to watch, plot and cast details and more.




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Wine businesses and smaller restaurants are getting creative to stay afloat, according to a master sommelier — but even as alcohol purchases boom the industry needs our support

Jonathan Ross is one of the 300 master sommeliers in the world: He is an educator for the Guild of Sommeliers, an examiner for the Court of Master Sommeliers, and sits on multiple wine investment advisory boards, as well as founded Micro Wines.He says that although the alcohol industry is booming for large retailers, small businesses are struggling to find ways to stay afloat.Many smaller retailers and restaurants are turning to creative ways of staying open, including virtual tastings, delivery, and designer happy hours.Support your local restaurants and wine sellers now if you want them to survive this lockdown period.Click here for more BI Prime stories.With a substantial amount of lockdown time under our belts, people around the world have found creative ways to remain social, active,




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Vivid Sydney: Everything you need to know

The Vivid Sydney switch will be flicked on at 6pm on Friday and then for 23 consecutive nights. Featuring 250 events, the 2017 program is expected to attract 2.31 million visitors.




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Coronavirus: Rugby shutdown will leave the game on a knife-edge... clubs need contingency plans

CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: Very few sports have the monetary resilience to withstand this crisis and rugby certainly isn't one of them.




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Billy Vunipola on his Lions and World Cup dreams... and why Saracens need to be humble

EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS FOY: Vunipola is glad Jones will continue to provoke trepidation and inspiration among players because he believes the Australian can lead them to World Cup glory.




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Rugby needs a radical shake-up and Gus Pichot is perfect bundle of energy needed to revamp the game

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Professional rugby's financial vulnerability has been cruelly exposed and, frankly, it has always been built on shifting sands.




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Boy, 14, left unable to urinate for three days after shoving a NEEDLE into his penis

Doctors from La Rabta Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia, had to use forceps to pull out the 9cm (3.5ins) long needle from the boy's urethra in what they called a 'very rare' medical case.




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"Europe needs a break": EU plots to restart travel and...

By Gabriela BaczynskaBRUSSELS, May 9 (Reuters) - EU states should guarantee vouchers for travel cancelled during the coronavirus pandemic and start lifting...




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Adam Gemili: Whether it's athletics or a career, you need to have patience

ADAM GEMILI: I met Jamal Edwards, the founder of SB.TV, recently when we both visited my old college to talk to the students there and he said something that really stuck with me.




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Manchester City will need a stirring Pep talk if they are to chase down Liverpool

There was an excellent moment three months ago, when the problem which now threatens the notion of a Premier League title race was characterised by Pep Guardiola as a test of his cognitive skills.




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COVID-19 will change how companies report earnings – these are the top 20 things execs need to keep in mind

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued an advisory on the factors that companies should keep in mind while reporting earnings for FY 2019-20.The advisory covers 20 key items spread across five categories.Given that this is an advisory, the nature and extent of items to be considered will differ between companies.The COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse impact on all aspects of the economy, be it earnings, supply chains, operational efficiencies and the stock markets.Since the financial year ends on March 31, 2020 in India, it falls amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This will have an impact on the way companies report their earnings for the financial year 2019-20. To deal with the accounting issues caused due to the volatility, financial uncertainty and fluctuating valuations,




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The way we shop is transforming as consumers embrace contactless payments and curbside pickup. Here's everything you need to know.

The coronavirus has been a catalyst for big changes in the way consumers spend and pay.Ongoing trends like contactless payments and buy now, pay later are accelerating.New trends are emerging, like consumers' preference toward buy online, pick up in-store.Here's how banks, credit card companies, fintechs, and investors are thinking about the new norms in how we shop and pay.Click here for more BI Prime stories.From banks to credit card companies to retailers, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every player in the payments industry.Ongoing trends, like buy now, pay later and contactless payments, have been accelerated. And new norms in the way we shop, like buy online, pick up in-store, are emerging.We've spoken with execs across the payments ecosystem to understand what's changing,




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I've been delivering 1,000 meals a week to quarantined families in Atlanta - here's why hunger is an issue that needs national attention

Jasmine Crowe is the founder and CEO of Goodr, an Atlanta-based company that fights food waste and food insecurity by picking up surplus foods from local restaurants and stores and delivering them to hungry families.Goodr also organizes pop-up groceries stores that allow people in need to shop for fresh produce and other items, free of charge.Crowe's team has recently been delivering 250 boxes of groceries to people every day since the coronavirus pandemic caused mass unemployment and panic food-buying in the US, leaving many with empty wallets and limited access to food. But despite all their efforts, Crowe knows that millions more across the US are still going hungry, and is calling on government leaders for national reform to fix our food-waste problem. Visit Business Insider's homepage




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Understaffed hospitals in California are suspending nurses just when they need them most - and volunteers aren't being deployed

At least two hospitals in California have suspended nurses for calling out inadequate access to protective gear such as airborne-resistant masks. Nurses at these hospitals - Providence Saint John's in Santa Monica and West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles - said there aren't enough caregivers to treat coronavirus patients.Nearly 90,000 volunteer nurses and healthcare workers have signed up to help short-staffed California hospitals, but the state hasn't deployed any of them yet.If you are a nurse in a short-staffed hospital, email aakhtar@businessinsider.com. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Jacob Childs used to work alongside his brother as registered nurses in the designated coronavirus floor at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California - until his




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Federal relief loans for small businesses just dried up. Here's what to do if you need $1 million dollars or more to stay afloat

Getty ImagesAll of the PPP loan funds have been committed, but new Fed-backed loans could help some businesses come back after the crisis.Less than two weeks after launch, all of the $349 billion allocated to small businesses in the CARES Act has been committed.Lending could now come to a grinding halt as banks won't have the guarantee of the US Treasury to back up more loans.Business owners who still need financing greater than $1 million can take advantage of the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending program, which will support additional loans from banks.The Fed's program backs four-year loans with payments and interest deferred for the first year.Visit BI Prime for more stories.Just 12 days after the launch of the Payroll Protection Program, all $350 billion in loans have been approved,




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Mama June's been shedding for the wedding but needs groom

June 'Mama June' Shannon managed to fit into her dream wedding dress after her weight loss transformation. But there's only one catch - she doesn't have a groom.




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Elon Musk says the 'fighter jet era has passed' and the US needs autonomous war drones to compete

Elon Musk believes the era of fighter jets is over and future warfare will be done by autonomous drones. Musk also said the Chinese will surpass the US by at least two-fold with new innovations.




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New York 'army' of tracers needed to reopen economy have not been hired yet

As of Tuesday morning, neither New York State Health Department officials nor Mayor Bill de Blasio's office could not provide any numbers for how many people had actually been hired.




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Mack Horton says swimmers need to step in when doping system fails

Australian star Mack Horton believes swimming's doping system has 'gone wrong' and it's now up to the athletes to stand up for a clean sport, as he did when refusing to share the podium with Sun




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We need to probe Alberto Salazar's four-year stint at UK Athletics, says British Olympian Jo Pavey

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: British Olympian Pavey has called for greater scrutiny of Salazar's involvement at UK Athletics from his four years as consultant with the organisation.




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Paul Ince reveals what Liverpool need to do to become one of the best in the Premier League era

Klopp's grand plan started reaping its rewards after the Reds became champions of Europe last summer and are now within touching distance of winning their first ever Premier League title.




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Trump jokes that he needs to nominate Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court

Trump claimed the 'fake news media', as he called it on Monday night, would only investigate Clinton if he nominated her. He called Kavanaugh a 'fine man' and asked: 'Can you imagine Hillary up there?'




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Election Day 2018: How and where to vote, documents needed and more details

Election Day 2018 is just days away. Here's all you need to know, including when it is, where and how to vote, early voting information, needed documents, how to register to vote and more.




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Barack Obama takes a jab at Trump and says America needs 'leaders who will bring people together'

Barack Obama shared a video from Joe Biden and claimed only he could help Americans through the pandemic




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Sadiq Khan reavels 14 TfL staff have died from coronavirus, but say's they don't need PPE

The London Mayor has come under fire from transport workers who say they are working in dirty conditions while 90 per cent of the capital's buses and more than half of Tube services continue to run.




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Boris Becker insists young male tennis stars need to up their game to catch Rafael Nadal

The continuing failure of the younger generation in men's tennis to properly lay a glove on the dominant thirtysomethings is beginning to attract the wrath of past legends of the game such as Becker.




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Donald Trump implies Meghan Markle needs to toughen up to deal with 'unfair' press coverage 

The US President said he had watched interviews of the Duchess of Sussex complaining about her treatment from the tabloid Press and realised she had taken the criticism 'very personally'.




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World Cup 2018 - Spain vs Russia: All you need to know

Spain will play Russia in the knockout stages of the World Cup 2018 and the last-16 clash is already proving to be controversial. Here is all you need to know about the knockout stage clash.




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What is the minimal amount of exercise you need to stay healthy during lockdown?

With Australian gyms remaining closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more important than ever to maintain your fitness at home.




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The best-selling mum jeans you NEED in isolation this autumn

The 'Criss Cross' jeans from Los Angeles label Agolde sold out just four days after launching in Australia, but one site has three sizes left in stock - and its still shipping Down Under during COVID-19.




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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Keira Knightley's new rom-com needs a hunky Brit

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Keira Knightley is to star in a film about how the British spend Christmas. Her screen son will be played by 12-year-old Roman Griffin Davis.




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Midterms 2018: All you need to know about the November elections

The 2018 midterm elections will soon get underway as Democrats look to deliver a rebuke to President Donald Trump. Here's all you need to know about them, including predictions.




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'Saw what I needed to see': Jorge Masvidal's message to Conor McGregor

The 'Notorious' dismantled his opponent within just 40 seconds in Las Vegas, and has been heavily tipped to take on Masvidal next in a highly-anticipated showdown.




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UFC's Fight Island: All you need to know about Dana White bringing the Octagon to the beach

White has already organised four shows to take place in the United States this month, with the rescheduled UFC 249 kicking things off behind-closed-doors in Jacksonville, Florida.




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Pub that was patronised by Ned Kelly after he saved the owners' son is given a much-needed revamp 

One lucky couple are slowly renovating the four-bedroom house linked to Ned Kelly (pictured) on 26 Henry St in Avenel in central Victoria after buying it in the mid-$400,000 range.




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How will our lives change after Brexit? Everything you need to know

From commemorative 50p coins to predicted increases in the value of the average home, here's how our lives will change when Britain leaves the European Union on January 31.




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Celebrity makeup artist reveals the five beauty myths you need to stop believing

Celebrity makeup artist Amanda Ramsay revealed the beauty myths you should stop believing - including the idea that you should smile when you apply blush and you can't wear shimmer over 40.




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Coronavirus US: Graphs show lockdown may need to last til July

A new study from the University of Notre Dame has found that maintaining a high level of social distancing until summer 2020 allowed for tapering of control of the virus later on.




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Arthritis drug may prevent severely ill coronavirus patients from needing life support

A small French study has found that severely ill coronavirus patients given tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, were less likely to be put on life support and less likely to die.




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High levels of protein in the blood could predict which coronavirus patients will need ventilators

A new study from Rush University Medical Center looked at the protein, known as suPAR, is a marker of disease severity and aggressiveness as well as activating of the immune system.




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Being obese may DOUBLE the risk of needing hospital treatment for the life-threatening coronavirus

Scientists in Glasgow trawled over data for more than 428,000 people who were part of the UK Biobank. Some 340 of those had recently tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital.




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Jose Mourinho needs Dele Alli back firing ahead of Tottenham's season-defining run of games

THE NUMBERS GAME - JORDAN SEWARD: Dele Alli is statistically Tottenham's biggest goal threat right now with Kane and Son injured. Mourinho needs him firing ahead of important run of games.