Woodstock Wire: Tech Tickler

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - Robotic process automation came with the promise of unlocking new enterprise value and efficiency. While it's delivered on that promise, there is room for advancement in automation use cases within the enterprise and public sector. UiPath...

Life -- Lifehacker - At this point, wireless charging is a staple feature we expect from smartphones. Whether you have an iPhone or Android, you know you can plop your dying device on a Qi charger and see slow and steady results. However, it seems Google accidentally...

Tech -- NY Times Technology - His deal to buy the company is back on. Here are six predictions about Twitter under Musk's control, if it happens.

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Yesterday, Google announced that the monthly software update for October 2022 is now rolling out to all supported Pixel devices running Android 13. This does not include devices running the QPR1 Beta builds, as those get released quarterly...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - There's an oft-repeated quip in business circles that says, "If you've managed to survive this long, you're probably going to last."

While more than half of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) surveyed for the most recent edition of...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Drug store chain Walgreens is expanding a system of huge fulfillment centers - some as large as a city block - where robots package prescriptions for patients, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Oct. 2).

The system cuts the workload...

Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - Ham College episode 93 is now available for download.

Extra Class Exam Questions - Part 31.

E7B Amplifiers:(part 1 of 2) Class of operation, vacuum tube and solid-state circuits, distortion and intermodulation, spurious and parasitic...

TMCnet -- Brand reputation is something that can't be built overnight. It requires consistency and the willingness to devote time and attention to the right factors. A brand needs to be aware of the various on-page and off-page SEO factors that will help it achieve...

TMCnet -- There's no doubt that businesses should invest in search engine optimization (SEO), particularly as so much of the world moves online. The definition of SEO is the process of improving the ranking of a website on search engines. The higher the ranking,...

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - New research from Akamai Technologies Inc. has found that about 20% of all new domain names registered, some 79 million, were registered for malicious purposes in the first half of the year. The research was based on queries through Akamai...

PR Newswire -- GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that is helping entrepreneurs thrive, announced today that its Venture Forward research...

Think -- MIT Technology Review - Amazon announced Wednesday that its home robot, Astro, will be getting a slew of major updates aimed at further embedding it within homes-and in our everyday lives.



Broadly speaking, the new features offer more home monitoring....

Globe Newswire -- Technology - TrueCommerce solutions help automate and streamline the automotive supply chain TrueCommerce solutions help automate and streamline the automotive supply chain

Infosec -- Cloudflare - The Internet is a living organism. Technology changes, shifts in human behavior, social events, intentional disruptions, and other occurrences change the Internet in unpredictable ways, even to the trained eye.Cloudflare Radar has long been...

Tech -- Digital Trends - With hurricane Ian having moved past Florida, NASA has confirmed that its SLS rocket was not damaged and has set a new date for the next launch attempt.

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Californians will be able to choose a blockchain-based delivery of vital records due to a new law making the technology an integral part of state recordkeeping.

The state has been looking over numerous cryptocurrency proposals. Gov. Gavin...

Tech -- Wareable - The wearables market is expected to experience turbulence as a result of the global economic downturn. That's according to the latest market forecast published by industry analysts CCS Insight, indicating that overall sales of smartwatches...

Tech -- ExtremeTech - The DALL-E image-generating AI made waves when it debuted earlier this year. The engine offers creepily accurate renderings of almost any description imaginable, and you can now access it free and without waiting through a queue. It's not...

Life -- Neuroscience News - Orbit, an interactive robot, helps teach children on the autism spectrum to develop social appropriateness and emotion via storytelling, physical interaction, and visual communication.

Business Wire -- NASA might have rovers on Mars, but T-Mobile is working on something closer to home. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the Un-carrier is working with InDro Robotics, the leading Canadian air and ground robotics research and development company,...

Tech -- ExtremeTech - Mortal Kombat 11 was one of the big AAA launch titles for Stadia, but it hasn't gotten many since then.



Stadia exploded onto the gaming scene in 2019 with some big promises and veteran gaming executives on board. Google said...

Tech -- Wareable - Oura has released the Ring Gen 3 Horizon - its first fully circular smart ring design. A year on from the launch of the standard Oura Ring Gen 3 Heritage model, the Finnish company has now introduced a tweaked design that rids the wearable...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - New Chromebooks aren't the only thing on the way from Google's ever-expanding hardware ecosystem. In less than two weeks, Google is set to announce the latest Pixel phone, a Pixel Watch and we believe a few products are being added to...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Presently, as powerful Hurricane Ian continues its track toward Florida, many residents are scrambling to find the most up-to-date information in order to stay safe. The simplest way of staying in the know is by registering to get local...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Recently, I've been added to several group chats that I did ask to be a part of but have since changed my mind on. Another chat I'm somehow in I most certainly did not ask to be included, yet I am anyway. Google Messages is a wonderful...

Tech -- Liliputing - It's been years since Google released an Android tablet, but that's set to change in 2023 with the launch of the first Google Pixel Tablet. While the company hasn't said much about the upcoming tablet other than that it exists and has a Google...

Tech -- The Verge - Apple plans to release new MacBook models in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a new report from DigiTimes. DigiTimes also reported...

gizmag -- Around this time last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) joined forces with Saildrone to chase hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean using sensor-packed unmanned surface vehicles. Now the partnership is back, and one of the Explorer...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - The best walkie-talkies can now sync with a smartphone app, have privacy codes, NOAA alerts, and ranges up to 35 miles. With this in mind, ZDNET found the top options to stay in communication. For Halloween activities especially, walkie-talkies...

Enterprise -- The Register - But a median of 60Mbps is not to be sniffed at when you're out in the sticks

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband service has seen a decline in download speeds around the world as more and more subscribers sign up, perhaps making the...

PR Newswire -- Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). HACM is a...

Life -- NASA Image of the day - Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 spacewalk.

Life -- Phys.org - Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Apple MacBook sales have been relatively stable compared to Wintel notebooks, according to industry sources. With the new MacBook Pro series slated to hit market shelves in the fourth quarter, Apple may see its notebook market share hit a...

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gizmag -- The recent turnabout in Ukraine that saw the Ukrainian forces unexpectedly recapturing a claimed 6,000 km2 (2,317 miles2) of territory as the Russian lines collapsed shows that this is a war full of surprises. Not the least of these is that the conflict...

Aspencore -- IoT Times - MVNOs will need to quickly add support for embedded SIMs as Apple has eliminated the traditional SIM slot in the new iPhones.

For the consumers that will receive the new iPhone 14 series*, it won't be possible to swap the SIM card from their...

Media -- USATODAY - Tech Top Stories - Our robot vacuum expert has been testing them for more than 10 years. The best ones to buy are from Ecovacs, Eufy and iRobot.

Tech -- The Verge - Kitty Hawk, the ambitious "flying car" startup funded by Google co-founder Larry Page, is winding down, which the company confirmed in a brief post on LinkedIn earlier...

Enterprise -- IT World Canada - When Windows 11 launched last year, Microsoft announced that, unlike Windows 10, which received two feature updates per year, it would only get one major update annually, with other features added from time to time. On Tuesday the company...

Media -- USATODAY - Tech Top Stories - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed a 1976 Apple I motherboard he built decades ago. The video captured in 2021 went viral again on TikTok.

Life -- Phys.org - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant...

Life -- Washington Post - Airlines including United, Mesa and Air Canada have started putting orders in for Heart Aerospace ES-30, a battery-operated plane that seats up to 30 people.

Media -- PYMNTS.com - For international businesses, gaining a foothold in the fragmented European market can be an uphill battle - but for those willing to put in the work, the rewards can be huge, according to Philippe Peyresaubes, general manager for France...

Enterprise -- SiliconANGLE - American Airlines Group Inc. has suffered a data breach in which personal details of customers and employees were potentially stolen. Disclosed by AA in a letter to victims on Sept. 16, the breach is described as involving an authorized...

Aspencore -- EETimes - If you haven't yet heard, the world is on the cusp of what might be called "Headphones 3.0"-and with it comes a multitude of electronics engineering needs and opportunities. The headphones coming down the pike are better defined as "ear-worn...

Life -- Lifehacker - Unless your Android phone is always on silent or Do Not Disturb mode, chances are you get tons of daily notifications, most of which you don't actually care about. I'm sure I don't have to explain how irritating the constant barrage of alerts...

Infosec -- Verisign - Today, we released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2022 closed with 351.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 1.0 million domain name registrations,...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Since the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were pre-announced at the Google I/O event earlier this year with a "Fall" release date, we had been wondering when exactly this date would be. Now that the "Made by Google launch event has been officially...

Media -- The Next Web - You've got a brand new MacBook? Perfect. Now's the time for you to completely ruin its battery, to ensure it only lasts for minutes when you're out and about. I mean, what's the point in your laptop being portable? As far as I'm concerned,...