Woodstock Wire: NewsTidBits

Infosec -- TripWire - The State of Security - Unknown individuals temporarily defaced the official campaign website of President Donald Trump with a cryptocurrency scam. Twitter user Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler was among the first to spot the defacement, which is...

Business Wire -- Largest 5G network? Check. Blazing fast speeds customers can actually find? Check. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced it has nearly doubled the number of cities and towns that get supercharged mid-band 5G, adding even more capacity and superfast...

Media -- The Next Web - Apple took an unpopular decision this year by removing the wall charging brick from the iPhone 12 and new Apple Watches citing environmental reasons. Now Samsung, after mocking its rival, is set to follow the same course. Citing a report...

Media -- FierceElectronics - Short film shows frantic work by engineers to test ventilators last spring

Media -- PYMNTS.com - The team at Moxie had big plans for 2020. It was going to be the year that the on-demand fitness platform broke into the technology categories of blockchain and micro-transactions. Then February and COVID-19 happened, and self-described serial...

Justmeans -- NDC announces the Top CTO/CIO Award as part of the 2020 National Diversity & Leadership Conference on Oct. 27-28 & Nov. 4-5. The virtual event features keynote speakers Donna Brazile, Anne Chow, Tony Plana, Carly Fiorina...

Tech -- GeekWire - Employees at Membrion in Seattle work on a new product that can be sprayed onto cloth face masks. (Membrion Photo)Membrion, the Seattle startup that spun out of the University of Washington four years ago, is working on new technology that...

Tech -- The Verge - Microsoft is bringing mouse and trackpad support to its Office for iPad apps today. The software maker promised it would update its Office iPadOS apps earlier this year, and the updates are now live in...

Tech -- TechCrunch - A new startup, Mailman, recently launched an email assistant that helps Gmail users to get better control over their inbox. Unlike many email startups, which require users to switch to a new platform or even adopt a new email address, Mailman...

Tech -- BGR - Researchers tested a cancer drug called plitidepsin as a coronavirus therapy and discovered it can block the virus's ability to replicate.

The use of plitidepsin reduced viral loads after just seven days and improved blood test markers for inflammation.

Nearly...

Media -- eeNews Europe - imec in Belgium is developing a PCR test that can identify Covid-19 in breath in under five minutes.

The research lab in Leuven has been given a grant of €2 million by the Flemish government and is teaming up with UZ Leuven...

Media -- The Next Web - The dating game may never be the same again, that's right: the iPhone 12 Pro can measure people's height. One of the new features on Apple's most recent premium handset was the introduction of a LiDAR sensor. If you're uncertain of what...

Justmeans -- TMobile increases its commitment to @LittleLeague, donating $10,000 per home run hit during the World Series to the T-Mobile Little League Call Up Grant Program, which ensures kids can participate in local Little League...

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - A year ago, most knowledge workers commuted to an office. Today, they work from home. As communication goes digital, companies are faced with new challenges and new pressures on their network infrastructure. "Every day we are running something...

Media -- CNBC - Tech - Chromebooks have been around since 2011, but the coronavirus has made them suddenly more popular in schools and businesses.

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - One of Chrome's newer features on mobile is the addition of the tab grid switcher. Most of the phones I've had lately (yeah, I go through quite a few devices) have all had the newer tab grid view that presents your open tabs in a grid...

Media -- The Next Web - TLDR: With the Omvana Meditation app, users get help beyond calming anxiety to actually prompt real growth and improved results in your daily life. Most meditation courses and programs have the same basic purpose: to help you relax, center...

Enterprise -- ZDNet Blogs - It's been five years since the first Apple Watch was released, and it is clear that Apple's wearable is the best smartwatch available today. It requires an iPhone, though, so others are better for Android phone owners and those looking for...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Apple recently revealed four new iPhone 12 models, but last-generation models are also worth considering at a more affordable price in 2020.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - With remote working and video calls becoming the 'new normal', now is a good time to upgrade your wi-fi with the latest mesh networking systems for improved coverage.

U.S. News -- According to the Mayo Clinic, a brisk walk helps maintain a healthy weight, manages conditions from high blood pressure to diabetes, strengthens bones and muscles, and improves one's physical coordination.

Media -- USATODAY - News Top Stories - The rise in COVID-19 cases continues unabated, while there were more than 900 additional deaths Saturday. Hospitalizations reached a 2-month high.

Media -- CNBC - Business - Pressed on why the U.S. can't make efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic, Meadows said: ""Because it is a contagious virus just like the flu."

Tech -- BGR - Researchers discovered that a delicate dance between two proteins in our cells helps them replicate safely without dying.

By altering this process, the scientists say we could potentially attack cancer cells and prevent them from reliably replicating....

Tech -- BGR - A new antiviral drug that might become the first oral medicine for the novel coronavirus is currently being tested, as Atea Pharmaceuticals has announced a deal with Swiss giant Roche for development and distribution.

The drug is called AT-527 and...

Tech -- BGR - Dr. Fauci recently said that trusting public health agencies is crucial if we ever want to defeat the coronavirus.

Some agencies, like the CDC, have unfortunately modified statements and safety guidelines in response to pressure from White House...

Life -- EurekAlert - * A new model that incorporates a type of artificial intelligence can accurately predict which individuals with chronic kidney disease face a high risk of developing atrial fibrillation.* Results from the study will be presented online...

U.S. News -- Active older adults -- cancer survivors included -- are in better...

U.S. News -- Italian fitness-equipment maker Technogym is working to supply more of its exercise machines and virtual...

U.S. News -- Consumers have been snapping up everything from disinfectant wipes and robot vacuum cleaners to Barbie dolls and motorhomes over the...

Think -- MIT Technology Review - NASA confirmed that the OSIRIS-REx mission picked up enough material from asteroid Bennu during its sample collection attempt on Tuesday. In fact, the spacecraft's collection chamber is now too full to close all the way, leading...

Life -- Kiplinger - Even if you've spent your entire career stashing away money to pay for retirement, you may still be worried the nest egg you've worked so hard to build will not last as long as you need it to.

Life -- EurekAlert - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new mechanism by which clumps of tau protein are created in the brain, killing brain cells and causing Alzheimer's disease. A specific mutation to an enzyme called MARK4 changed...

Life -- Psychology Today - An underappreciated lifestyle?

Life -- Gallup Headlines - While Pope Francis' comments supporting same sex civil unions were a drastic shift in Catholic church guidance, U.S. Catholics have supported gay marriage for about a decade.

Life -- The Wirecutter - Not a year passes without someone asking me if they should sign up for an "identity theft protection service" like IdentityForce, IDShield, or LifeLock. These types of services are good at marketing-seeking to sell an expensive monthly...

Life -- Psychology Today - October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Here are some practical tips from a breast cancer survivor on how to cope with hair loss due to chemotherapy.

Life -- Gallup Headlines - Most pollsters define seniors as those 65 and older, but analysis shows there are significant political differences within this broad group.

Life -- NASA Image of the day - In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the center of the galaxy NGC 2798 (on the right).

Life -- Kiplinger - Roth IRAs are a hot topic these days. I get multiple media inquiries every week regarding the pros and cons of Roth conversions. But while they can be a great proposition for some people, for others they just aren't a good idea.

A little...

Life -- Kiplinger - For many retirees and soon-to-be retirees, if there's one nagging worry that tops all others, it's that they might run out of money someday.

Their fear is not unfounded. Americans are living longer. The number of employers offering pensions...

Tech -- Mashable - In case you missed the news, NASA pulled off a pretty complicated maneuver: It collected dust from the asteroid Bennu, a rock speeding through space some 200 million miles from Earth.

In fact, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft did the job so well...

Tech -- Mashable - Remember "murder hornets"? You know, the two-inch long wasps that stoked unreasonable fear in people all around the United States.

Well, scientists in the U.S. have located the first nest of the invasive species in Blaine, Wash. and they...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Now that Google Chat is trying to clean up the mess that Hangouts left, we learned that it would begin by killing off support for Google Fi users to text, call and check voicemail through the Hangouts app itself. Back in May of this...

Tech -- BGR - Physicians have learned better ways to treat COVID-19 patients and save more lives than in the early months of the pandemic, but the coronavirus is still killing people every day.

A doctor explains that the most dangerous coronavirus complication...

Tech -- BGR - The first coronavirus vaccines might be ready for emergency use in late 2020, with a wide rollout expected for the first half of next year.



Health experts warn that the virus is likely to become endemic just like the flu, regardless of whether or...

Tech -- BGR - Researchers may have discovered a previously unknown step involved in the mechanism that allows the novel coronavirus to infect cells.

Scientists have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 binds to a receptor called neuropilin-1, which is found in various...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Google is ramping up its efforts to help companies effectively move to Chrome OS and life in the cloud. The recent announcement of Parallels Desktop for Chromebooks will allow enterprise customers to make the shift to the security and...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Holiday shopping in 2020 is just as bizarre as everything else that happened this year. Prime Day was late and Black Friday is kicking off weeks ahead of schedule with deal scattered here and there from most major retailers. To kick...

Media -- The Next Web - Are women better astronauts than men? This question will become central to the selection of crews to the Moon, Mars, and beyond as we undertake the colonization of space. In the struggle for gender equality, women have already proven they...