Woodstock Wire: Tech Tickler

Life -- Phys.org - With the search for new antibiotics becoming increasingly urgent, artificial intelligence offers valuable help. Smart software developed by Leiden Ph.D. candidate Alexander Kloosterman searched genomes of bacteria and found clusters of DNA...

Tech -- GeekWire - Virgin Orbit's modified Boeing 747 jet, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port with its LauncherOne rocket slung beneath its wing. (Virgin Orbit Photo)Eight months after an unsuccessful first attempt, Virgin Orbit finally...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - What's ahead for low-code: merging with collaboration platforms, pushing automation to new levels.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - The four-year journey to take the Raspberry Pi 4 from a sketch to a full product.

Enterprise -- Silicon Republic - Due to Government restrictions to help minimise the spread of Covid-19, many students are starting back in school remotely this week. To help teachers and parents manage their education from home, Microsoft Ireland has announced a number...

Enterprise -- The Register - Er, we mean 'distinguished', 'seasoned', 'battle-tested'

Smartphones have a finite usefulness before they're stuffed in a drawer, or shipped to a recycling facility where they're disassembled and melted down for raw materials. Hoping to...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - Android may be Google's highest profile platform, but Chrome OS is the arguably the place where the fastest and most exciting progress tends to go down these days.Every year as of late, we see leaps and bounds being made in how Chromebooks...

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - Workflow automation startup airSlate Inc., which sells a "no-code" platform that helps office workers automate various business processes, said today it has closed on $40 million in additional investment. The funding, which comes from...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Apple's HomeKit has seen its share of updates over the years, and I recently decided that it's going to be my smart home platform of choice. Here's what I've done, what I need to do, and what the experience has been like so far.

EE -- Raspberry Pi Blog - Did you get Raspberry Pi 400 as a home learning or working device? We hope you've been getting on well with our affordable all-in-one computing solution.



If you're a new user, here are some tips for you to get the most out of your...

U.S. News -- Are you considering a password manager from 1Password or LastPass? Read our comparison to find out which one would best suite your needs and your budget.

U.S. News -- Are you considering a password manager from Dashlane or LastPass? Read our comparison to find out which one would best suite your needs and your budget.

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - At CES 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland based Leman Micro Devices (LMD) announced a standalone pocket keyfob sized device that claims to deliver clinically accurate personal blood pressure measurements, as well as other vital signs, displayed...

Aspencore -- EETimes - CES 2021 has clarified an emerging theme among automakers: first comes in-cabin AI, followed by software-defined cars. Mercedes-Benz is typifying that trend by integrating in-cabin AI into its upcoming EV model with a user interface that qualifies...

Media -- ProPublica

Mark Mosher -- My good friend Dino J.A. Deane just give me a heads up on this video from Sensel on their new haptic touchpad they revealed at CES 2021. Here is the press release Sensel Unveils Groundbreaking Haptic Touchpad At CES 2021 (prnewswire.com). Sensel's Haptic...

Think -- Big Think - Jimmy Carter was U.S. president and Elvis Presley was still alive in 1977, the year Voyager 1 was launched.Back in 1990, Voyager 1's last picture showed Earth as nothing more than a 'Pale Blue Dot'.Voyager 1 is now traversing interstellar...

Life -- Phys.org - The University of Minnesota aims to become a hub of bioindustrial manufacturing through a new multimillion dollar partnership partially funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Life -- NASA Image of the day - Inside star cluster NGC 602, a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, bright, blue, newly formed stars are blowing a cavity in this nebula.

Life -- Reader's Digest - Do you know all the privacy and security features the iCloud has? If you haven't paid much attention, you may want to rethink how you use the iCloud. Understanding how this digital storage space works will give you a better idea of what...

Life -- Phys.org - A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring.

Life -- Lifehacker - If you've been keeping up on your Windows updates, odds are good that you installed Microsoft's October 2020 series of tweaks and fixes-assuming you weren't blocked from doing so. One big change that power users likely noticed is the removal...

Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - AmateurLogic.TV Episode 152 is now available for download.

This month we've got three great topics to start 2021 out right. George give his first impressions of the Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kit and it's a keeper. Mike introduces...

Tech -- ExtremeTech - We've been tracking the rise of RISC-V since the ISA debuted nearly a decade ago. While the highest-performing RISC-V CPUs are still far behind their x86 or ARM equivalents, the absolute level of performance you can get from a RISC-V core...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Amazon is selling access to the underlying technology stack of Alexa to let companies - starting with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles - build their own intelligent assistants with unique voices, skills and wake words.

The new Alexa Custom Assistant...

Tech -- The Verge - Apple is planning a major MacBook Pro redesign for the third quarter of 2021, according to a research note written by TF International Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo and reported on by...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Consumers love options. It's just a fact and it's what makes our buying decisions as unique and diverse as we are. For Chromebook users, the Google ecosystem is likely the first stop when it comes to finding and using applications on...

Tech -- Liliputing - As expected, the newest members of Intel's NUC line of small form-factor computers are powered by 11th-gen Intel Core U-series "Tiger Lake" processors. The new Intel NUC 11 Performance and NUC 11 Pro are compact desktop PCs that measure as...

Tech -- Liliputing - Since the first Raspberry Pi launched almost a decade ago, there's been an explosion of small, inexpensive single-board computers with ARM-based processors and support for Linux-based operating systems. The new BeagleV is a little different....

Tech -- Digital Trends - The ISS will soon take delivery of new solar arrays after NASA discovered the existing ones are starting to degrade.

Infosec -- CyberScoop - 2021 has so far been a chaotic year, and now Signal is bearing the brunt of it.



Signal users around the world began reporting issues sending messages in the mobile application Friday morning. Some users, including the author of this article,...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Well, it seems that 2021 is shaping up to be the year of "mass exodus" to and from various tech platforms. I'll save the politics for other websites but we are here to help users get the most out of Chromebooks and that has spurred this...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Now that Chrome OS is offering an official Windows Desktop via Parallels, Enterprise customers have a fully-supported and very viable way to access legacy applications while still embracing the cloud. That's all fine and well for companies...

Business Wire -- Raspberry Pi(r) Voltage Measurement HAT from Measurement Computing

Infosec -- CyberScoop - Ring will begin protecting the data that travels through its cameras with end-to-end encryption.



The Amazon-owned home security firm announced its intentions to roll out end-to-end encryption, which will protect videos from being seen...

Media -- The Next Web - After big tech firms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube, banned Donald Trump, the outgoing president and his supporters flocked Parler, a social network favored by the alt-right. However, that network ran into...

Infosec -- WeLiveSecurity - New mesh Wi-Fi routers may be the answer to your wireless signal woes, but how about your privacy and security?

Media -- DIGITIMES - Global smartphone shipments suffered an annual 8.8% decline to 1.24 billion units in 2020, as the rampage of the coronavirus pandemic crippled handset demand and shipments, Digitimes Research has found.

Tech -- Liliputing - Asus has quietly added a new Chromebox to its line of small form-factor desktop computers powered by Google's Chrome OS operating system. The new Asus Fanless Chromebox is a 8.14″ x 5.83″ x 1.26″ computer with an extruded...

Business Wire -- Hudson, a travel experience leader with more than 1,000 stores in airports, commuter hubs, landmarks and tourist destinations across North America, today announced the next phase in its digital transformation journey with an agreement to use Amazon's...

Business Wire -- "The Dallara-built IAC racecar, unveiled at CES 2021, is the most advanced, fastest autonomous vehicle ever developed," Paul Mitchell, ESN CEO

Business Wire -- TP-Link(r), a leading global provider of networking and smart home products, today unveiled a new suite of TP- Link Kasa products designed to make the smart home more convenient, accessible and secure. TP-Link will showcase its newest Kasa solutions during...

Media -- FierceElectronics - Look out for slick auto tech in coming vehicles using AI

Media -- Electronics360 - The device includes a built-in microphone and medical grade N95 filter.

Infosec -- Office of Inadequate Security - Lawrence Abrams reports: Networking device maker Ubiquiti has announced a security incident that may have exposed its customers' data. Ubiquiti is a very popular networking device manufacturer best known for its UniFi line...

U.S. News -- Domestic smartphone shipments in China in 2020 fell 20.4% from the previous year, government data released on Monday showed,as...

Life -- Phys.org - As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, the agency's quest to seek answers about our solar system and beyond continues to inform those efforts and generate new discoveries. The agency has extended the missions of...

Electronics -- IEEE Spectrum - The FBI is still trying to identify some of the hundreds of people who launched a deadly attack on the U.S. Congress last week. "We have deployed our full investigative resources and are working closely with our federal, state, and local...

Business Wire -- Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced it's now delivering 4TB* portable SSDs across its consumer brand portfolio. Giving consumers and professionals more space to create, the new drives are built to keep up with today's high-quality content...

Electronics -- ARM Graphics - Arm Mobile Studio 2020.3, our suite of application profiling tools for Android development, delivers the final piece in a set of quality-of-life improvements we have been talking about since launching at GDC 2019.(read more)