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Italy is currently in lockdown where residents are told to stay at home. This is due to the coronavirus outbreak in which social distancing seems to be the only way to keep the outbreak under control without putting too much strain on an already-taxed healthcare system.

While the virus has been wreaking havoc on humanity, mother nature on the other hand appears to be flourishing. Due to Italy being on lockdown, it means that the canals of Venice, which would have otherwise been populated with locals and tourists on gondolas, are now empty. As a result, the waters are looking clearer (due to the sediment not being stirred up by gondolas), and swans and even dolphins are starting to appear in the city’s waters.

Venice hasn’t seen clear canal water in a very long time. Dolphins showing up too. Nature just hit the reset button on us pic.twitter.com/RzqOq8ftCj

— Gianluca De Santis (@b8taFPS) March 17, 2020

These changes don’t really come as much of a surprise. This is because other parts of the world are also seeing improvements to the environment in general. Take for example over in China, where the virus is said to have originated from, due to the lockdown in Wuhan, satellite images showed how the air pollution levels have dropped drastically during this period of time.

since there’s no boat’s traffic in venice’s canals, white swans came back 😭 this is precious pic.twitter.com/xJOFKL8Dal

— …?? ㅠ_ㅠ (@fiIterjm) March 13, 2020

A similar effect is also taking place in Italy where footage from the European Space Agency shows a drop in nitrogen dioxide in the past two months.

Dolphins And Swans Are Returning To Venice’s Canals Following Coronavirus Lockdown

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Updates are generally welcome since they usually introduce new features, improvements, and bug fixes. However, there have been times when updates actually cause more problems than they solve, and in more severe instances, have been known to cause software to stop working entirely and even brick devices.

Given that a lot of the world is now working and studying from home to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, it seems that Google will be temporarily hitting the pause button on Chrome and Chrome OS updates. In a post made on Twitter, the company announced that this is being done in a bid to help ensure that current software remains as stable as possible, to prevent any potential disruptions.

This makes a ton of sense since how would people be expected to study or work efficiently if software that they are using suddenly stops working as intended, or like we said, potentially bricks their hardware as well. Granted, there hasn’t been any reported cases of Chrome or Chrome OS updates bricking hardware to date, but in this critical point in time, why chance it, right?

Due to adjusted work schedules, we’re pausing upcoming Chrome & Chrome OS releases. Our goal is to ensure they continue to be stable, secure, & reliable for anyone who depends on them. We’ll prioritize updates related to security, which will be included in Chrome 80. Stay tuned.

— Chrome Developers (@ChromiumDev) March 18, 2020

Google does note that they will still be prioritizing software updates that are related to security, so there’s that, just don’t expect to see other types of updates anytime soon.

Google To Temporarily Pause Chrome And Chrome OS Updates

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