Woodstock Wire: Tech Tickler

Enterprise -- Proofpoint Blog -

Tech -- The Verge - Police offers in one district will be given Samsung smartphones which can be docked in their cars.

Tech -- About Chromebooks - Google introduced a Password Checkup extension in February, and flagged 315,000 passwords as unsafe due to data breaches...

Tech -- Digital Trends - According to a new report from the Chicago Tribune, many new smartphone models exceed federal safety limits for radio frequency...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Apple is getting ready for its usual fall iPhone launch event, which is rumored to be happening September 10, though the event hasn't...

Enterprise -- The Register - Google's little-known Auto Update Expiration D-Day leaves users bereft of auto software refreshes and more - here's how to check...

Tech -- Digital Trends - Smart home configurations require fast and consistent Wi-Fi signals throughout the house, especially in any area with smart...

Tech -- BGR - NASA's Mars 2020 mission is inching toward its eventual launch in July of next year, but it's not the only rover that has an upcoming date...

Tech -- ExtremeTech - The new, barely changed Nintendo Switch has finally hit the market. It hasn't been clear what benefits end-users could expect from...

Tech -- BGR - Apple is widely expected to unveil the iPhone 11 series on September 10th, with the three new iPhones expected to hit stores some 10 day...

Tech -- BGR - Samsung's new Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ hit store shelves this Friday and Apple's big iPhone 11 announcement is set to take place...

Tech -- BGR - A few months ago, it really seemed like 2019 would be the year of the foldable smartphones. Samsung and Huawei had just unveiled the Galaxy...

EE -- Raspberry Pi Blog - Take your Raspberry Pi outside for some fun outdoor making with The MagPi magazine's summer projects feature, available to...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Sales of smartphone in the China market increased 22.4% sequentially to 93.4 million units in the second quarter of 2019 as local...

Business Wire -- Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced the general availability of the YubiKey 5Ci, the...

Life -- Phys.org - NASA recently doubled the rate at which data from the International Space Station returns to Earth, paving the way for similar future...

Electronics -- NVIDIA Newsroom -

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Windows is great for some things, but for many users, a Chromebook is better.

Enterprise -- Computerworld - The WebKit project - the open-source initiative that generates code for Apple's Safari browser - quietly announced last week...

Tech -- TechCrunch - DoorDash has been on an acquisition tear of late with Scotty Labs as its latest target. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but...

Tech -- The Verge - Services like Grammarly are trying to up the quality of your email copy, but now Google is taking...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - While we are extremely confident that Samsung is currently working on their next flagship Chromebook and I would wager a cup...

Tech -- Liliputing - Chrome OS tablets have been a thing since last year, but there still aren't all that many of them. Acer, Asus, CTL, and Google have...

Tech -- Digital Trends - Smart plugs can make even the dumbest appliance controllable through an app on your phone or through voice commands using Amazon...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Half a year after launching its managed PostgreSQL service, upstart hosting and cloud services platform DigitalOcean today announced...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Microsoft today launched the first beta builds of its new, Chromium-based Edge browser for Windows and Mac. The new beta channel,...

Infosec -- Krebs on Security - Cybercrooks increasingly are anonymizing their malicious traffic by routing it through residential broadband and wireless...

Life -- Phys.org - A new case study demonstrates the steps being taken by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) to make it easier for...

Globe Newswire -- Technology - Nationwide sub franchise digitally transforms mobile app to improve user experience Nationwide sub franchise digitally transforms...

EE -- Hackaday - On August 8th, an experimental nuclear device exploded at a military test facility in Nyonoksa, Russia. Thirty kilometers away, radiation...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Almost two months after it was first announced, Yubico has launched the YubiKey 5Ci, a security key with dual support for both...

Electronics -- NXP Blog - Home security is an increasing concern as crime rates continue to rise around the world. The smart lock market is projected to grow...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - We talk a lot about Chrome OS upgrades and how the never-ending stream of new software features can improve your Chromebook experience,...

Enterprise -- UiPath - In How Robotic Process Automation Empowers Today's Legal Teams, and How Robotic Process Automation Powers Bulletproof Legal Compliance,...

Tech -- The Verge - US aerospace startup Astrobotic - a company that wants to establish a delivery service to the Moon - says it will fly its very first...

Tech -- About Chromebooks - While the new Virtual Desks feature of Chrome OS landed with version 76, the keyboard shortcuts to use them on a Chromebook...

Tech -- The Verge - Microsoft has created an SMS Organizer app for Android .that's designed to automatically sort messages. The software giant originally...

Tech -- GeekWire - Seismic stations monitor earthquake activity in the Pacific Northwest.

Tech -- Liliputing - Chrome OS started out as a browser-based operating system that could run web apps only. Eventually Google added support for Android...

Tech -- GeekWire - Rocket Lab's Electron rocket lifts off from its launch pad in New Zealand.

Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites...

EE -- Raspberry Pi Blog - A Raspberry Pi Zero W, Pimoroni HyperPixel screen, and Raspberry Pi IR Camera Module are all you need to build this homemade...

Tech -- NY Times Technology - The chip could improve how quickly artificial intelligence systems can learn tasks. But its complexity and size (as big...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - "KernelNext" is the name of the project. The purpose? To update the Linux kernel on select, older Chromebooks so that they...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Roku's home entertainment hub, The Roku Channel, is expanding into kids' programming. The company this morning announced plans to...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Ikea is going deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT), furthering its investment in smart home technology and products, TechCrunch...

Tech -- Digital Trends - Starman and his Tesla Roadster, sent by SpaceX to outer space last year, have completed their first orbit around the sun. The...

Enterprise -- OMG! Ubuntu! - Linux on DeX is an Android app for select Samsung phones and tablets that allows users to run a full desktop Ubuntu experience...

Media -- Fox - Tech - The Navy has begun building new weapons to massively increase attack options for its Virginia-class attack submarine, a move that...

Infosec -- Naked Security - The bug's in Firefox, but our advice is worth reading whether you use Firefox or not.

Tech -- Popular Science - Simple projects like this winking rabbit are a great way to start kids off with electrical-sewing projects. (Ji Sun Lee/)If...