Woodstock Wire: Tech Tickler

Business Wire -- The Beechcraft Denali made its first flight Tuesday, beginning the important flight test program for this clean-sheet design aircraft.

Infosec -- Malwarebytes Unpacked - Apple's reputation on security has been taking a beating lately. As mentioned in some of our previous coverage, security researcher Joshua Long recently shone a light on problems with Apple's security patching strategy. His findings...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - In a boost to accessible technology, people with disabilities such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Motor neurone disease (MND), cerebral palsy, or spinal cord injury can now control their iPads using only their eyes and a newly...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - After almost two years of working from home, the writing is on the wall for office arrangements: Remote work in some permutation is here to stay.

But the home-work environment continues to be muddled with challenges. It...

Think -- MIT Technology Review - The draining 996 work schedule-named for the expectation that employees work 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week-has persisted in Chinese companies for years despite ongoing public outcry. Even Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma once called...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - We're only two weeks away from the landmark release of Chrome OS 96 that will bring the Chrome browser and the Chrome operating system back into parity of release schedules. After the release of Chrome OS 96 in late November, the browser...

Tech -- The Verge - Starting with watchOS 8, Apple introduced a new accessibility feature called Assistive Touch. The cool thing about this feature...

Tech -- About Chromebooks - Earlier this month, Chrome Story reported a new Chrome OS experimental flag would add custom virtual desk templates. The idea is for Chromebook users to save virtual desk workspaces with apps and browser tabs of their choosing. This...

Life -- Lifehacker - Malware is no fun (some would say it bytes, if they were very funny). If installed on your Android device, malware can steal data, mess with functionality, and, on top of it all, trick your phone into installing more malware. Nobody intentionally...

Life -- Lifehacker - So, someone in your life wants an iPad. Sounds simple enough, until you take a look at Apple's website and realize the company currently sells five different iPads, one of which is just called "iPad." With iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad Pro, and...

Business Wire -- Cavallo, the only technology provider to deliver on-premises and cloud solutions specifically for mid-market distributors, today announced its integration with Magento, a platform offering omnichannel solutions including in-store, retail-associate, and...

Business Wire -- Ball Aerospace selected Blue Canyon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corporation, to build a X-SAT Venus microsatellite bus.

Infosec -- ProtonMail - With so much of your life spent on the internet, an organized inbox isn't just a matter of being tidy - it's about being productive and focusing your attention on tasks that really matter. The average office worker receives around 121 emails...

Media -- The Next Web - The dramatic rise of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has spotlit concerns about the role of technology in exam surveillance - and also in student cheating. Some universities have reported more cheating during the pandemic,...

Enterprise -- The Register - Meanwhile, next crew of astronauts all set to launch on Thursday

The International Space Station performed a short engine burn on Wednesday to avoid potentially hitting a chunk of space junk....

Enterprise -- Channel Partner Insight - After five quarters of growth driven by accelerated buying for remote work and learning, global shipments of Chromebooks and tablets recorded their first decline since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.

Chromebook...

Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - AmateurLogic.TV Episode 162 is now available for download.

George explains AM & FM Broadcast Signals and decodes HD Radio on an SDRPlay receiver. Mike cooks up some tasty Android Pi. Is this the Pi OS we've been waiting for? Tommy builds...

Tech -- Liliputing - The CutiePi tablet with a built-in handle, a Raspberry Pi for brains, and Linux-based software is nearing release. Twitter is charging people willing to pay for an Undo Tweet button (and a few other perks). Google hopes YouTube might be a...

Tech -- Liliputing - It would be easy to mistake Axiomtek's KIWI310 for a Raspberry Pi Model B. Both devices are single-board computers that measure 85mm x 56mm and both have built-in USB, HDMI, and Ethernet ports plus onboard memory and a 40-pin GPIO interface.

But...

Tech -- The Verge - Microsoft has created a new edition of Windows 11 designed for students and schools. Windows 11 SE will ship exclusively on low-cost laptops that are built for...

U.S. News -- You.com, a startup looking to challenge Alphabet Inc's Google by developing a more customizable search engine, announced...

PR Newswire -- NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, along with fellow veteran astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Scott Kelly, were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2021 on Saturday, Nov. 13. Their induction ceremony, held at NASA's...

Life -- Phys.org - SpaceX expanded its constellation of low Earth orbit satellites on Saturday with the launch of 53 Starlink satellites from Florida.

Life -- Phys.org - ESA's latest CubeSat-RadCube, for surveying space weather in low-Earth orbit-has completed its rigorous commissioning phase, culminating in the extension of a magnetometer boom longer than the miniature satellite itself.

Globe Newswire -- Technology - WISeKey announced its IoT Picosatellites WISeSat-1 and WISeSat-2 are tested and ready to launch onboard of SpaceX Falcon 9 in January 2022

Business Wire -- Ahead of First Hover Flight, Maker Aircraft Receives FAA COA and Relocates from Development Lab to Flight Test Facility.

Business Wire -- UiPath is launching a worldwide series of automation conferences with TOGETHER Amsterdam, the largest automation gathering in the Benelux region.

Media -- Fox - Science - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode yet again.

Enterprise -- The Register - Why are some of Moz's axed projects bigger than its flagship?

Comment As Firefox's share of the browser market continues to slide, the Waterfox Project shows some of the ways that Mozilla is failing to listen to its users - and it's far...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - Chromebooks may be all about simplicity, but don't be fooled: Beneath their intuitive outer layer lies a web of advanced options. And you don't have to be a power user to embrace it.Make your way through this massive collection of next-level...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Earlier this year, after roughly three years, Google finally lifted the "Beta" label from the Crostini project that brought a Linux development environment to Chromebooks. While many may feel that the Linux side of Chrome OS is only...

Tech -- About Chromebooks - I've been running Linux containers on Chromebooks since the feature first appeared in beta about 3 years ago and it has changed the way I use my Chromebook. With this feature, I was able to use a Chromebook for undergraduate Computer...

Enterprise -- ZDNet Blogs - Linux is officially no longer a beta on Chromebooks, and more functionality is coming.

Tech -- The Verge - Toronto-based smart home thermostat startup Ecobee is being acquired by Generac Holdings for $770 million, the companies announced Monday.

The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter....

Media -- DIGITIMES - Global smartphone shipments delivered by Chinese brands grew 9.8% sequentially, but slipped 7.8% on year to come to 175 million units in the third quarter of 2021, according to the latest figures from Digitimes Research's Smartphone Tracker.

Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - Ham College episode 82 is now available for download.

Extra Class Exam Questions - Part 20.

E5A Resonance and Q: characteristics of resonant circuits: series and parallel resonance, definitions and effects of Q, half-power bandwidth,...

Enterprise -- OMG! Ubuntu! - "It's alive! It's aliiiiiive!" Alright, I'm not exactly Dr Frankenstein, but I did exhume the corpse of a forgotten Chromebook from its eternal resting place (my bookcase) to enact a macabre ritual. My goal? To bring it back to life. Thankfully...

Tech -- ExtremeTech - Microsoft is no stranger to frustrating OS updates after years of rolling out unblockable OTAs for Windows 10. Now there's a new update rolling out, and this one adds a new app to your machine. Don't want it? Tough, you're getting the Microsoft...

Media -- Makezine - Raspberry Pi's CEO talks with Make: about custom silicon, the Pico microcontroller, their new Pi Zero 2 W, and lots more.

Aspencore -- EDN - Built on the same form factor as all of its Raspberry Pi Zero predecessors, the Zero 2 W is up to five times as fast as the original Zero. The Zero 2 W boasts a quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 processor running at 1 GHz accompanied by 512 Mbytes...

Life -- Phys.org - NASA has selected the CubeSat Imaging X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS), led by Southwest Research Institute, to measure the elemental composition of hot, multimillion-degree plasmas in the Sun's corona-its outermost atmosphere. The nanosatellite...

Media -- New Electronics - 42 Technology (42T) has helped the Australian IoT company, Titan Class, to develop a faster and easier way to roll-out its smart agricultural monitoring systems.

Tech -- The Verge - General Motors will start making Chevy Bolts again on November 1st, after shutting down production in late August following a global recall of the electric vehicle due to battery fire...

Life -- Phys.org - A latest platform, developed by Prof. Jiang Changlong's research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has realized visual detection analysis for lung cancer and ketosis/diabetes via different...

Tech -- Digital Trends - If you've ever wondered what it's like to float through the International Space Station, then check out this 360-degree video from astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Demand for education-use Chromebooks has waned significantly in most markets except for the US, but overall Chromebook shipments are expected to maintain a stronger momentum than the entire PC industry as such notebooks are being shifted to...

Media -- Makezine - Makerspaces are becoming a fixture on college and university campuses. In fact, there are often multiple makerspaces on campus. At the University of Maryland, College Park, the growth of makerspaces followed a pattern I've seen elsewhere....

Think -- Gartner Blog Network - B2B marketing leaders indicate that digital commerce is a critical go-to-market channel for the future performance of their business. In fact, 71% of B2B CMOs expect to increase total marketing expense budget allocated to digital...

Tech -- The Verge - In response to supply chain issues, particularly around semiconductors, Raspberry Pi is increasing the price of the version of the Raspberry Pi 4 sold with 2GB of RAM. The increase,...

TMCnet -- Radio is a broadcast medium that we take for granted. In the home or the car, we tune in to our favorite station and enjoy the show. But that's professional radio. In this article, we're looking at amateur radio, ham radio, and CB radio. We'll talk about...