Miscellaneous Tech News
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Alphabet’s Wing drones get FAA approval to make deliveries in the US
A commercial service will launch in Virginia in the coming months
Wing, the Alphabet-owned startup, has become the first drone delivery company to gain the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to make commercial deliveries in the US. -
https://www.wired.com/story/supply-chain-hackers-videogames-asus-ccleaner/
Just weeks after revealing the Asus incident—in which hackers hijacked the computer company's software update process to silently infect customers with malicious code—Kaspersky researchers have connected it to another set of breaches. The same hackers appear to have corrupted versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio development tool, which three different videogame companies then used in their own development.
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Guidemaster: The best Qi wireless charging pads for your smartphone
Wireless charging can be tricky to understand—these devices make it a no-brainer.
Wireless charging has a long way to go before it replaces wired charging, but the technology has advanced dramatically in the past few years. -
Crap artists rejoice! MS Paint is getting a last-minute reprieve
Microsoft abandons plan to take Paint out of Windows and put it in the Store.
Long, long ago, Microsoft quietly announced that it was going to remove the venerable mspaint.exe from Windows 10. -
Intel puts 8 cores, 16 threads, and a 5GHz turbo option in a laptop processor
Intel announces new 45W mobile parts and a full range of desktop chips.
The first processors to include Intel's ninth-generation Core branding came out last year with a limited line-up: just a handful of high-end desktop processors in the Coffee Lake family. -
Azure Monitor Now Displays Azure Active Directory Activity Logs Info
The Activity Logs feature of Azure Active Directory is now integrated with Azure Monitor, according to a Microsoft announcement on Tuesday.
The ability to access those logs in Azure Monitor is now at the "general availability" stage, meaning that it's deemed ready for commercial use by Microsoft. -
Windows 10 May 2019 update blocked for anyone using USB or SD storage
If you really want to install the update now, you'll have to unplug your drives.
While it's not officially out yet, the Windows 10 May 2019 update is available to Windows Insiders on the Release Preview distribution channel (and also to MSDN subscribers). -
'Exhilarating' implant turns thoughts to speech
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can read people's minds and turn their thoughts to speech.
The team at the University of California, San Francisco says the technology is "exhilarating". -
How To Create a Windows Deployment Image, Part 1
Although there are various methods for creating custom Windows deployment images, the process has gained a reputation for being somewhat tedious and convoluted.
That being the case, I wanted to take the opportunity to show you the method that I use
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AT&T will reveal its premium WarnerMedia streaming service in early fall
The video service will be centered on HBO
Disney just pulled off an impressive preview of its Disney+ subscription video service. -
When can we finally get rid of passwords?
The tech exists to replace them, but adoption is lagging behind
On February 25th, Google introduced a new feature to Android that could have huge implications for our online security. -
Bumble’s ‘private detector’ AI will automatically detect and blur lewd images
Lewd photos shared in chats will come with a warning
Bumble is launching a “private detector” feature that can automatically detect lewd images with AI and warn users about the photo before they open it. -
AT&T CEO says 5G phone plans might be tiered and priced based on data speeds
If you want gigabit speeds on your phone, get ready to pay up
We’re still several years away from 5G blanketing the US in coverage and delivering on all the promises of breakneck speeds and low latency we’ve been hearing about. -
Dick Barnes, pioneer behind oldest working computer, dies
One of the co-designers of a machine later recognised as the world's oldest working digital computer has died.
Richard "Dick" Barnes helped to create the Harwell Dekatron, which was first put to use in 1951 by Britain's fledgling nuclear research establishment. -
Anker’s new 60W USB-C GaN charger looks like the one we’ve been waiting for
The prince that was promised?
Anker’s first gallium nitride (GaN) charger — the 30W PowerPort Atom PD 1 — was interesting, largely due to its size, but it was less practical due to its low power and single USB-C port. -
Wyze April Newsletter in my email today.
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Wyze April Newsletter in my email today.
[Microsoft 3Q19 revenue up 14% on the back of strong cloud and, uh, Windows?](
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/microsoft-3q19-revenue-up-14-on-the-back-of-strong-cloud-and-uh-windows/)
The PC market declined, but the Windows market did not.
In the third quarter of its 2019 financial year, which ran up until March 31, 2019, Microsoft's revenue was $30.6 billion, up 14 percent year on year. -
Microsoft Adding SharePoint News Enhancements This Month
Microsoft described coming additions to its News pages in SharePoint Online that will be arriving this month or the next.
News pages and SharePoint Online pages will be getting the option to target various audiences via an "Audience Targeting" toggle switch that's coming to Office 365 tenancies via a "late April" update.
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Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module Now Commercially Available
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module reached the "general availability" release stage.
The Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module lets IT pros do things like provision a new team or convert an existing group to a team. -
Adobe Illustrator’s latest experimental feature lets you emulate your mood boards
Capture the colors on your mood board
Sign back into your Pinterest and grab those mood boards, because they’re about to come in handy.
