Woodstock Wire: Tech Tickler

Life -- Live Science - Speaking on the BBC show 'Panorama,' Microsoft's Brad Smith warned that unless checks are put in place, artificial intelligence could lead to a dystopian future

Life -- NASA Image of the day - NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei works on an investigation of how gravity affects immune response.

Life -- Lifehacker - If you've updated to Chrome OS 91, there are a few hidden features you can turn on, including a new trash can folder and a more convenient interface for progressive web apps. There's also a way to manually enable Chrome OS's Live Captions...

Business Wire -- SAIC announces a $126 million task order to provide research and development in support of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command.

Business Wire -- WP Engine announced the results of new research study examining the combined global economy for WordPress, estimated at $596.7 billion in 2020.

Business Wire -- Curtiss-Wright's selection is representative of our technology leadership in Modular Open System Approach (MOSA)-based rugged COTS modules

Business Wire -- UiPath was named a Leader and a Star Performer in Everest Group's Process Mining Products PEAK Matrix(r) Assessment 2021.

Business Wire -- Newegg unveils details of its upcoming annual FantasTech Sale

Business Wire -- Blue Origin announces that Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark will join the auction winner on New Shepard's first human flight on July 20th, 2021

Media -- Time - Science - The U.S. Navy pilots flying maneuvers in their F/A-18 Super Hornets in 2015 did not have to wait for yesterday's leak of the classified government report on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)-better known as UFOs-to know that they were...

Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - A test environment for Windows that protects your PC against potentially dangerous programs you might need to run.

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Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - The Cheap Old Man wants to "Automate Your Pi".

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Tech -- BGR - Since the arrival of the Apple Watch six years ago, we've seen countless stories about the wearable saving someone's life. The smartwatch features various health sensors, the most useful of which is the heart rate sensor that passively monitors...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Unlike last month's delayed release of Chrome OS 90, version 91 of the OS looks to be rolling out swiftly following the official announcement yesteday afternoon. With Chrome OS getting regular updates every 6 weeks, the announcement...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - In a new APK Insights teardown of the latest Google TV app for Android (v 1.0.370), 9to5Google has discovered what looks to be the multi-user profile support the new Chromecast should have been shipped with. While their Insights are...

Infosec -- Verisign - Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2021 closed with 363.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 2.8 million domain name...

Aspencore -- IoT Times - By George Kramb - Every business owner knows (or at least should know) that their customers, and the ways their customers experience their brand, are vital to their business's success. In more recent years, a growing number of businesses, brands,...

Life -- Live Science - SpaceX launched its 17th rocket of the year today (June 3), sending a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station before nailing a landing at sea.

Life -- Phys.org - Two Russian cosmonauts ventured for more than 7 hours outside the International Space Station to prepare for the arrival of a new Russian module.

Business Wire -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) announced that it has awarded Oshkosh Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), a $942.9M contract to integrate a 30MM Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) onto...

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - This is the sixth in a series of articles that take us in the realms of quantum physics.



Having an in-depth knowledge of the physics of a problem, for example the atomic structure of a material, offers the opportunity to apply concepts...

Tech -- Digital Trends - Version 89 of Mozilla's web browser is now rolling out, and it delivers a clean new look to take on Chrome with a simplified browsing experience.

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - A new Chrome Canary flag first discovered by Chrome Story called Strict Extension Isolation seeks to make your extensions more secure by keeping them from hanging out with each other. Basically, the current state of extensions is that...

Tech -- TechCrunch - A technical system underpinning the European Union's plan for a pan-EU 'digital pass' for verifying COVID-19 vaccination or test status across the region has gone live today, with a handful of EU Member States connected to the gateway and...

Enterprise -- Computerworld - It's been over 10 years now since Chrome OS redefined the desktop operating system. While virtual desktops have been around since the days we used VT-102 terminals to run Unix shells from distant mainframes and minicomputers, Google's...

Tech -- Liliputing - When the Raspberry Pi Foundation launched the RP2040 microcontroller earlier this year, the cheapest way to get your hands on one was to buy a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico board or a similar module powered by the MCU. Now you can buy the microcontroller...

Tech -- Addictive Tips - Online meeting tools compete for users but most of them incorporate Outlook and Google Calendar invites since these two apps are two of the most commonly used calendar tools. Google Calendar doesn't have a desktop app which is why the...

Media -- ELE Times - An exoskeleton designed by Queen's Engineering researchers that improves walking efficiency is the subject of a new study featured in the leading academic journal Science.

The science of walking is taking its next big step with the aid of...

Tech -- Liliputing - In addition to launching two new 11th-gen Core U-series chips, Intel used its Computex press event to preview a couple of upcoming products. One is the next-gen NUC Extreme compact computer, code-named Beast Canyon. Powered by up to an Intel...

Enterprise -- TechCentral.ie - Android and iOS are the two most widely used mobile phone operating systems with their respective users normally tied into these platforms and reliant on them for everything. The flagship Google smartphone OS is the most popular in the...

Think -- Big Think - The following article was originally published by our sister site, Big Think Edge.Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies-to say nothing of understanding...

Life -- Phys.org - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced on its website that the agency has plans to put a Transformable Lunar Robot on the moon. In their announcement, they note that the goal of the robot deployment is to learn more about...

Life -- Phys.org - A three-member crew of male astronauts will blast off next month for a three-month mission on China's new space station, according to a space official who was the country's first astronaut in orbit.

Tech -- AmateurLogic.TV - Ham College episode 77 is now available for download.

Extra Class Exam Questions - Part 15.

E4A Test equipment: analog and digital instruments, spectrum analyzers, antenna analyzers, oscilloscopes, RF measurements, computer-aided measurements.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Raspberry Pi released everything from cameras to computers in 2020, even as COVID squeezed supply chains and demand for its hardware skyrocketed. Time for a break? Not quite.

Enterprise -- The Register - Homegrown code spotted in the wild

Google's Fuchsia operating system has started winging its way to real-life devices, with owners of the company's 2018 Nest Hub the first to get the upgrade....

EE -- Circuit Cellar - The GardenPi Project There are many advantages to growing your own food. Embedded technology can help manage the process. With that in mind, Richard shares how he crafted a system to manage and monitor his garden, worm farm, irrigation...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - Automation technologies can offer considerable value to organizations, but only if they are implemented strategically, on a large scale, and in support of business goals. They also require the businesses using them to actively...

Infosec -- Security Affairs - The FBI is going to share compromised passwords discovered during investigations with Have I Been Pwned (HIBP)'s 'Pwned Passwords' service.



The FBI will share compromised passwords that were discovered during investigations with...

Tech -- Mashable - We're happy you're safe, Ingenuity.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flipped like a coin in the air after venturing out on its sixth flight above the Red Planet. The unexpectedly turbulent flight happened on May 22, but NASA just released information...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - With the release of Chrome 91, the development team for Google's browser has taken to the Chromium Blog to discuss the enhancements to its performance. As with the last handful of updates, specifically Chrome 87's speed, and battery...

Tech -- Wareable - Fitbit is set to add snoring detection to its devices, in a massive update to its fitness tracker range. 9to5Google has spotted the addition to the Google APK for Android, and it seems the new feature will soon roll out across its devices....

Tech -- TechCrunch - Bird is rolling out a next-generation scooter with a bigger, longer-range battery and a diagnostic monitoring system to New York and Berlin this summer, as the micromobility startup seeks out ways to improve its margins and ultimately become...

Tech -- Addictive Tips - A man's home is his kingdom, and his front yard is a reflection of his personality, so it's no wonder that anyone that has a house might want to have it looking perfectly at all times.

The only problem is that when it comes to grooming...

Tech -- Addictive Tips - Zoom allows users to start an ad-hoc meeting and it has the option to schedule a meeting days, weeks, and even months in advance. For meetings that are recurring, the meeting room that's created is kept until the meeting no longer needs...

Tech -- Mashable - As the laptop market has grown over the last few years, Chromebooks have too often been shoved into a niche as a cheaper device that isn't quite a full featured laptop but gives you a little more juice than a tablet. Well, guess what? Chromebooks...

Tech -- Addictive Tips - For anyone that can afford an RV but doesn't know what it is, it is the perfect blend between living at home and being on a road, being the perfect choice for anyone that can't decide whether they love travelling or settling.

Tech -- The Verge - A company illustration shows astronauts staring at a fleet of conceptual lunar rovers.



Lockheed Martin and General Motors unveiled plans on Wednesday to build an autonomous buggy-like vehicle that future astronauts...

Electronics -- IEEE Spectrum - Ingenuity's sixth flight on Mars took place this week, and we've just heard details from JPL on an "in-flight anomaly." The little robotic helicopter did manage to land safely, more or less where it was aiming for, but the software glitch...

Media -- The Next Web - In September 1977, Voyager 1 was launched to space on a journey to visit Jupiter and Saturn, before heading out to the stars. NASA's robotic explorer reached the heliopause - leaving the solar system (by one major standard) - in 2012. Now,...