Woodstock Wire: Tech Tickler

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - Biotech firm Moderna Inc. said today it has selected Amazon Web Services Inc. as its "preferred" cloud computing provider. Under the partnership, Moderna said, it will use Amazon's cloud platform as its standard for data analytics and...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - Mozilla today announced a new defense against advanced tracking tactics that it will be switching on in Firefox 79 starting immediately and pushing out to the remaining user base during the next few weeks.Calling the improved technologies...

Enterprise -- ChannelPro - The rare increase is due to a rise in demand for low-budget remote working equipment, Canalys claims



Worldwide tablet PC shipments increased by more than a quarter (26%)...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - Ah, Chrome OS. How far you've come.I found myself contemplating the state of Google's Chromebook platform this week as I read over a new interview detailing some of the specifics of the upcoming Chrome OS Windows app support system - and...

Aspencore -- EETimes - What are the connected car business models-current and emerging?

What car data and content has value to customers in automotive and other industries?

What...

Life -- EurekAlert - Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and their colleagues at Stanford School of Medicine have demonstrated that drug levels inside the body can be tracked in real time using a custom smartwatch that analyzes the chemicals found...

Life -- The Wirecutter - If you don't want to give your kid a smartphone but do want them to have a way to communicate as they become more independent, a smartwatch or a flip phone could be your answer. After testing eight of these devices with our own tween-age...

U.S. News -- Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Some people have difficulty navigating airports, specifically elderly travelers and those with disabilities. We propose a solution that embodies several technological trends, namely apps that assist with navigation, and the use of autonomous...

Business Wire -- Through the innovative use of blockchain technology, For The Record secures the highest level of recording integrity for courts & government.

Electronics -- IEEE Spectrum - THE INSTITUTE A team of researchers at Thailand's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, part of the country's National Science and Technology Development Agency, in Pathumthani, has built a temperature-screening...

Life -- Lifehacker - Google finally announced the long-rumored (and often-leaked) Pixel 4a smartphone Monday. While the new mid-range handset shared the stage with its more powerful Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G counterparts, we still don't much about either of those...

Globe Newswire -- DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC) today announced that DISH has chosen Tucows as a technology partner for its retail wireless business. With a history of digital innovation, Tucows has made the strategic decision...

Life -- Phys.org - NASA's Lucy mission, led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has achieved an important milestone by passing its System Integration Review and clearing the way for spacecraft assembly. This NASA Discovery Program class mission will be the...

Life -- Phys.org - Virgin Orbit said Monday it has determined what caused the failure of its debut rocket launch and is working toward a second flight that will carry small satellites for NASA.

Life -- Phys.org - When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida later this summer, an innovative experiment will ride along: the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Ingenuity may weigh only about 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms),...

Life -- Lifehacker - iOS 14 and Android 11 will add new "back tap" gesture controls when they roll out later this year, but you can get the feature early on any Android device running Android 7.0 or higher right now. (iPhone users can install the iOS 14 beta...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Atlassian today announced a number of updates to both its Confluence workspace and its Trello collaboration and project management tool. the focus here, the company says, is on supporting "the next phase of remote work." Trello alone saw...

Tech -- The Verge - Amazon has begun sending emails out to owners of its Echo Buds true wireless earbuds, cautioning those customers to update the device firmware as soon as possible to avoid a "potential safety risk."

"We...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could eliminate Bixby, the virtual voice assistant, and the Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices under a deal with Alphabet Inc's Google, Reuters reported.

It is the latest effort by Google to convince Samsung...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - The combination of a smaller, less-expensive smartphone and an entry-level tablet makes more sense for returning students who need an equipment upgrade in the fall of 2020.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Not everyone needs a MacBook or a Windows 10 laptop. These Chromebook laptops feature low prices and long battery lives.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Tasks in Teams is currently being rolled out to a small number desktop users, which will continue through September.

Enterprise -- OMG! Ubuntu! - Mozilla Firefox 79 is available to download for Windows, macOS and Linux. The new build makes adds tab page tweaks, better tracking protection, and more.

Enterprise -- Network World News - Experts differ on whether older connected medical devices or newer ones are more to blame for making healthcare networks more vulnerable to cyberattack.The classic narrative of insecure IoT centers on the integration of older devices...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Python programming language is once again the most popular choice, according to IEEE Spectrum.

Enterprise -- Silicon Republic - One of the most important remote working tools in your arsenal will be your file storage system. Where many of your files may have once been stored on a physical server, many businesses will have had to navigate fully to cloud storage...

PR Newswire -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) developed the technology behind the aeroshell that will protect NASA's newest Mars rover, Perseverance, and deploy the first-ever Mars helicopter. The Mars 2020 spacecraft with its Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch...

Life -- Phys.org - China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System and significantly boost China's security and geopolitical clout.

Life -- Live Science - A spacecraft is only as strong as its power source, which is why when NASA was designing its Perseverance Mars rover, the agency turned to radioactive plutonium.

Life -- Phys.org - Mars 2020, the spaceship carrying NASA's new rover Perseverance to the Red Planet, is experiencing technical difficulties and is running on essential systems only, the agency said Thursday.

Life -- Phys.org - After its long journey to Mars beginning this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will be powered across the planet's surface in part by plutonium produced at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Life -- Phys.org - On July 30, a two-week window of opportunity opens for Perseverance-the newest Mars rover, forged in the spirit of human curiosity-to begin its journey toward the Red Planet with a launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Launch Center on the eastern...

Life -- EurekAlert - Penn Medicine researchers have shown that an approach called federated learning is successful in the context of brain imaging, by being able to analyze magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of brain tumor patients and distinguish healthy...

Life -- The Wirecutter - An outdoor security camera is a powerful deterrent to mischief makers and a convenient way to determine whether that thing going bump in the night is a friend, foe, or furry creature. We recommend the Google Nest Cam Outdoor for the job....

Life -- Phys.org - NASA on Monday gave its latest Mars rover Perseverance the all clear to launch later this week on a mission to seek out signs of ancient microbial life.

Life -- Phys.org - When NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars next year, it will be equipped with some of the most precise maps of Mars ever created, courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Not only are the new maps essential for a safe landing on...

Life -- Phys.org - With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover.

Life -- Live Science - An observatory affiliated with NASA's quest to identify potentially dangerous asteroids spotted something equally speedy but not quite as natural: a spacecraft bound for Mars.

Tech -- TechCrunch - A handful of Silicon Valley's notable figures are backing a software startup looking to challenge Google Chrome's dominance.

The startup, called The Browser Company, is led by Joshua Miller, who previously served as the Obama White House's...

Tech -- BGR - NASA needs a lot of money if it hopes to achieve a crewed mission to the Moon by 2024, but lawmakers aren't giving in.



A budget proposal for NASA asked for nearly $5 billion but was cleared for just over $1.5 billion, making a Moon return impossible

NASA...

Tech -- GeekWire - White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios speaks at the Center for Democracy and Technology's Tech Prom in 2018.



White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios ⁠- who enlisted Amazon, Microsoft...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - We've been excited to see the recent, rapid growth of PWAs in the past few months and, as this trend continues, the continuing expansion of PWAs in the Google Play Store. Google has had methods for developers to wrap their PWAs for...

Enterprise -- OMG! Ubuntu! - Learn how to enable WebRender in Firefox on Linux. This new tech can deliver a major performance boost by using your system's GPU to render web content.

Tech -- ExtremeTech - Speculation has been rampant as rumored release dates for the Google Pixel 4a have come and gone without a word. Now, we might finally know what Google's planning for its 2020 phone releases, but not because it told anyone. Strings in the...

Tech -- Mashable - Anyone who's gone to school in the past decade or so understands that a three-ring binder and some notebooks alone don't cut it anymore. With a new age of remote learning upon us, student-friendly Chromebooks are going to be more important...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - From what we can tell at this point in 2020, there is little standing in the way of continued Chromebook development. More and more boards continue being piled on as we move through the year and it seems that, pandemic or no, new Chromebooks...

Tech -- Liliputing - Now that there are a handful of smartphones designed to run GNU/Linux distributions, there are a growing number of developers creating phone-friendly operating systems. One of the latest is called Mobian, and while it's not exactly a brand...

Tech -- Liliputing - The CutiePi is a Linux tablet with a built-in handle, a custom user interface, and a Raspberry Pi single-board computer at its heart. Set to begin shipping in November, the CutiePi is up for pre-order through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign....

Tech -- ExtremeTech - The Pixel 3a will be one of the first phones to get Android 11.



The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many businesses into disarray, and Google has been particularly hard hit. It had to delay the Pixel 4a launch, and it's not even...