Tech's Role in the Future of Health and Public Safety
Digital technologies can help shift health and public safety agencies from a "detect and respond" approach to a "predict and prevent" stratagem. If leveraged through a managed, pay-as-you-go approach, these technologies optimize costs while assisting organizations in delivering a high-quality service.
John McAfee Emerges With Private Cell Phone Data Service
The Ghost Cell Phone Data Service is part of a larger ecosystem which includes McAfee's Ghost cryptocurrency and GhostX Exchange for private cryptocurrency exchange. "The Ghost brand will encompass a range of practical, real world tools for people to protect our rights and take back our privacy," McAfee said. "Privacy is a human right."
The tool, entitled "Estimated Airborne Decay of SARS-CoV-2," accounts for the ambient temperature, relative humidity, and UV index in an outdoor environment to determine how much exposure time is required to "inactivate" certain proportions of aerosolized coronavirus.
Women in Tech: 20 Trailblazers Share Their Journeys
Successful women in the tech trenches share their insights and tackle subjects ranging from how to search out a strong mentor to how to be one -- from how to advance in a large company to how to start your own firm.
This book is an excellent guide for students considering STEM courses, graduates pondering job choices, and career changers at any stage in life. It's also a useful tool for school and career counselors, recruiters, and HR pros eager to diversify their workplaces.
Mercedes + Nvidia Could Catch Tesla and Create a Truly Smart Car
The potential for Mercedes and Nvidia to change the very nature of personal transportation is carried within this partnership. This combination could be magical, both in terms of creating a better alternative to Tesla, and a deeper relationship between you and the company providing your car as a service.
BYOD has brought about a situation where containment of data is a must. After all, many in our workforce do not have access to firm-provisioned laptops or mobile devices. This means that to keep the organization functioning we've had to allow BYOD access in situations where we would not have done so in the past.
Tricentis and three survey project collaborators recently published findings that provide new insights on global trends in open-source testing. The results revealed that a lack of technical skills is the major roadblock to open-source tool adoption.
Self-serve advertisers that viewed billing information on ads.twitter.com or analytics.twitter.com were affected when Twitter updated instructions it sends to browser caches to prevent this from happening.
Teen Inventors Tackle Viability of Commercial Drones
Welcome to the world of four Naperville North High School students in a western suburb of Chicago. Their entrepreneurial and technical skills earned them the Pete Conrad Scholar award for their invention of Airlyft, a versatile drone....
The University of Cincinnati online program is ranked 10th in the country by U.S. News & World Report (2020). Enjoy the flexibility of a schedule built for working professionals. Learn from educators with decades of experience in the field of IT.
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While it's almost impossible to escape hands-free Alexa devices in our homes, the assistant is still push-to-talk on iOS and Android. Now, an update enables hands-free use — as long as you have the app already open.
Amazon
That's probably much better for privacy, but it feels a bit inconvenient. So far, I still prefer pressing buttons and typing commands to make things happen, but maybe voice control really is the future — even if Logitech doesn't think so.
— Richard
Intel details its new Thunderbolt 4 standard
It's all about better minimum specifications.
Intel
Intel's new Thunderbolt 4 connection isn't technically faster than Thunderbolt 3, at least when it comes to overall throughput — both offer up to 40 gigabit per second speeds. But the company is justifying the new version in a number other ways: namely, by cranking up the minimum requirements for systems with the new connection.
Thunderbolt 4 PCs will be able to connect to at least two 4K displays, whereas the previous requirement was just one. Additionally, the new connection supports PCIe data speeds up to 32 Gb/s, twice as fast as before. So you can expect to see incredibly fast Thunderbolt 4 external drives, eventually. And you can rest assured that at least one of your Thunderbolt 4 ports will support laptop charging.
Intel says it plans to ship Thunderbolt 4 controllers to manufacturers later this year, and you can expect to see it on Project Athena notebooks around the same time. Continue reading.
12 Sims players will compete for $100,000 on a TBS game show
'The Sims Spark'd' will premiere on July 17th.
TBS
In The Sims Spark'd, set to debut on TBS next week, competitors will tackle several timed creative tasks, with the aim of forging "the most unique characters, worlds and stories."
Some of the contestants should be familiar to folks who watch Sims streamers, as they include the likes of Doctor Ashley and Xmiramira. The judges are Sims voice actor and singer-songwriter Tayla Parx, creator and BuzzFeed producer Kelsey Impicciche and Dave Miotke (aka SimGuruNinja) from franchise developer Maxis.
Starting the same day as the show debuts, The Sims 4 has in-game tasks players can tackle as part of the Spark'd Challenge Program. The top creators could win themselves an invitation to a future season of The Sims Spark'd. Continue reading.
Facebook fails its own audit over civil rights and hate speech decisions
The company committed to making some but not all the changes suggested in the report.
The report noted that the site doesn't enable free speech the way Zuckerberg has repeatedly preached it does. "When it means that powerful politicians do not have to abide by the same rules that everyone else does, a hierarchy of speech is created that privileges certain voices over less powerful voices," it found. Continue reading.
Engadget's 2020 Back-to-School Guide: The best gadgets for school under $50
Study smart with these affordable supplies.
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Will Lipman Photography
This guide is shorthand for 'things you forgot to buy before term began'. Fortunately, they all ring in at under 50 bucks, encompassing decently priced earbuds and power banks for keeping your phone juiced. Continue reading.
