| | Tech News Flash April 17, 2020 | | Zoom Boosts Security With Pick-Your-Route Feature | | | | Zoom's paying customers will be able to choose the region they want to use for their virtual meetings, the company announced Monday. Starting Saturday, April 18, paying customers can opt in or out of a specific data center region, although they won't be able to change their default region, which for most customers is the United States. | | Apple Offers 'Good Enough' iPhone SE at Attractive Price | | | | Apple on Wednesday introduced the second-generation iPhone SE, based on its A13 Bionic processor. The phone has the best single-camera system in an iPhone, according to the company. The device is offered in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB versions. Pricing begins at $399. | | GitHub Expands Free Feature Access, Slices Other Costs | | | | GitHub has lowered its pricing plans drastically and made its core features free for everyone, even for private development. The new structure allows access to GitHub's private repositories with unlimited collaborators for all GitHub accounts. | | Contact Tracing Phone Apps: Health vs. Privacy | | | | Google, Apple and MIT have made headlines with announcements of contact tracing mobile apps in the wings. Their purpose is to identify contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19 so appropriate actions can be taken to stem its spread. However, a Cambridge University professor threw some cold water on those apps. | | MakuluLinux Flash 2020 Could Be an Xfce Desktop Game-Changer | | | | Software developer Jacgue Montague Raymer released his second Linux distro upgrade of the year on March 31, following the upgrade of LinDoz two months earlier. Lightning fast MakuluLinux Flash 2020 does not disappoint. | | From the Moon to the Earth: Changing Perspectives | | | | More than 50 years after Commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to ever step on the surface of the Moon, the next Moon landings are being prepared with the goal of landing the first woman on the Moon by 2024. This shows that we are still eager to explore the unknown. | | Enderle: How BlackBerry Could Make Voting From Smartphones Secure | | | | Some states, including Colorado and Oregon, where I live, defaulted to mail-in ballots some time ago, and their elections are unconstrained by the pandemic. However, in many parts of the U.S. the prevailing attitude is that the Web lacks enough security for elections. That strikes me as odd. | | TRENDING ON TECHNEWSWORLD | | COVID-19 Outbreak: Thoughts From the Stay-at-Home Front Steps can be taken to mitigate the threat of spreading the coronavirus to folks who are sheltering at home. In many cases delivery drivers don't seem to have any protection, and if it's necessary to sign for something, customers are expected to... Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | Crowdsourcing App Takes Aim at COVID-19 COVID-19 researchers have a new source of distributed computing power: crowdsourcing. Usually crowdsourcing involves information or opinion gathering, but in this case it involves computing power. By installing the Folding@home software program,... Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | Understanding the differing Privileged Access Management solutions can be a challenge, especially for Linux or UNIX environments. Learn how to create a more comprehensive security approach by examining the different approaches of password vaults and privilege management during this webinar. | | Get the day's top e-business and technology news from ECT News Network delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today. | | We welcome your feedback. To share your thoughts or ideas, please use our online form. | | This newsletter was sent in response to your request on an ECT News Network website. To update your settings, or to receive other newsletters from ECT News Network: Manage My Subscriptions. | | To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department (818) 461-9700 or follow these links:
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