April 16, 20214 yr comment_502709 7 hours ago, Noeller said: Intriguing, anyhow....curious to see if that takes off. Hey, tech related thing......... what all are you guys doing for smart watches these days? I'm an Android-only guy, and want to get a new smart watch for the usual stuff...sleep tracking, fitness monitoring, and I like the idea of being able to receive texts and stuff on it. I think @17to85you've got a Samsung, right? What's everyone else doing? Are they all in around that $250 mark -ish? I got the active 2. it. I got a used one of kijiji for like 125 i think? it's a hidden feature, but I actually enabled it to measure blood pressure. There's youtube videos on how to do it. In korea it's approved but in NA the blood pressure monitor is not FDA approved so it doesn't come pre-installed. waterproof, tracking workouts, walks, bpm all work well. phone functions well worth every penny Edited April 16, 20214 yr by Dr Zaius
April 20, 20214 yr comment_502884 https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-event-2021-new-apple-tv-4k-purple-iphone-12-apple-airtags-and-more/
April 23, 20214 yr comment_503114 Looking for webcam for conference room at work. Want to have entire room on camera during calls not just the person at the laptop. Camera will be positioned about 20 feet from laptop. So I guess I would need some sort of WIFI setup. Any suggestions?
April 24, 20214 yr comment_503161 13 hours ago, Jpan85 said: Looking for webcam for conference room at work. Want to have entire room on camera during calls not just the person at the laptop. Camera will be positioned about 20 feet from laptop. So I guess I would need some sort of WIFI setup. Any suggestions? It all comes down to budget.... most high end systems that I've used at places that I've worked are in the tens of thousands of dollars and are hard wired and come with a standalone system. The middle ground I've usually seen rooms that have a podium or else the main table has ports to plug your equipment in and the wiring is ran under the carpet towards all of the equipment. Usually they also have good microphones which can be daisy chained if the table stretches out really long. On the lowest ends I've also seen places that hook up a computer to a tv and a web cam and then use a wireless keyboard and mouse from the table to conference.
May 8, 20214 yr comment_504199 https://www.displaydaily.com/article/display-daily/hisense-finally-introduces-dual-cell-tv-in-the-us
May 20, 20214 yr comment_505045 1 hour ago, iHeart said: to be fair edge is no better I like the Opera browser.
May 28, 20214 yr comment_505732 https://openmedia.org/press/item/todays-crtc-ruling-on-wholesale-internet-rates-most-anti-consumer-decision-on-record
June 2, 20214 yr comment_506194 56 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: Post of the year candidate here! Snu-snu?
June 29, 20214 yr comment_508207 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/
July 4, 20214 yr comment_508482 Ransomware Attack Before Holiday Leaves Companies Scrambling. At least 200 U.S. businesses were hit, according to a cybersecurity firm that believes Russians are behind the attack. Businesses around the world rushed Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed their computer networks, a situation complicated in the U.S. by offices lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. It’s not yet known how many organizations have been hit by demands that they pay a ransom in order to get their systems working again. But some cybersecurity researchers predict the attack targeting customers of software supplier Kaseya could be one of the broadest ransomware attacks on record — even after a scourge of headline-grabbing attacks over recent months. “The number of victims here is already over a thousand and will likely reach into the tens of thousands,” said cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch of the Silverado Policy Accelerator think tank. “No other ransomware campaign comes even close in terms of impact.” The cybersecurity firm ESET says there are victims in least 17 countries, including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada, Argentina, Mexico and Spain. In Sweden, most of the grocery chain Coop’s 800 stores were unable to open because their cash registers weren’t working, according to SVT, the country’s public broadcaster. The Swedish State Railways and a major local pharmacy chain were also affected. Cybersecurity experts say the REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack that targeted the software company Kaseya, using its network-management package as a conduit to spread the ransomware through cloud-service providers. Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola said in a statement that the company believes it has identified the source of the vulnerability and will “release that patch as quickly as possible to get our customers back up and running.” Voccola said fewer than 40 of Kaseya’s customers were known to be affected, but experts said the ransomware could still be affecting hundreds more companies that rely on Kaseya’s clients that provide broader IT services. John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs said he was aware of a number of managed-services providers — companies that host IT infrastructure for multiple customers — being hit by the ransomware, which encrypts networks until the victims pay off attackers. “It’s reasonable to think this could potentially be impacting thousands of small businesses,” said Hammond, basing his estimate on the service providers reaching out to his company for assistance and comments on Reddit showing how others are responding. At least some victims appeared to be getting ransoms set at $45,000, considered a small demand but one that could quickly add up when sought from thousands of victims, said Brett Callow, a ransomware expert at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft. Callow said it’s not uncommon for sophisticated ransomware gangs to perform an audit after stealing a victim’s financial records to see what they can really pay, but that won’t be possible at this scale. “They just pitched the demand amount at a level most companies will be willing to pay,” he said. Ransomware Attack Before Holiday Leaves Companies Scrambling | HuffPost
July 12, 20213 yr comment_509153 https://www.howtogeek.com/739100/how-to-install-windows-31-on-an-ipad/
July 14, 20213 yr comment_509341 https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-announces-windows-365-version-windows-you-can-stream-cloud
July 28, 20213 yr comment_510518 ENGINEER BUILDS VOICE-CONTROLLED EXOSKELETON SO HIS SON COULD WALK "DAD, YOU'RE A ROBOTICS ENGINEER, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE A ROBOT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO WALK?" In order to help his son get around without a wheelchair, a French robotics engineer named Jean-Louis Constanza built a robotic exoskeleton that lets his son stand up and walk around by issuing voice commands. “My son Oscar, one day he said to me ‘Dad, you’re a robotics engineer, why don’t you make a robot that would allow us to walk?'” Constanza sad in a video interview with the BBC, as translated by the publication. So he did just that, cofounding the company Wandercraft to develop and manufacture assistive robotic devices that can grant extra mobility to wheelchair users, according to the BBC. For now, the exoskeleton is too heavy and clunky for consumer use, but the company has sold a few dozen to hospitals in multiple countries at about $178,000 each. All his son, Oscar, has to do is strap in to the exoskeleton while sitting then say “Robot, stand up” and the machine will help him stand and balance as he walks. While there are plenty of robot exoskeletons out there, the voice input is a useful trick for making sure the machine actually does what it’s supposed to at the right time. “This is new for me because before to walk, I’ve always had assistance,” Oscar Constanza told the BBC. “And now I no longer need assistance so I feel independent.”
August 30, 20213 yr comment_518010 https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-6-launch-date-2744441
August 31, 20213 yr comment_518210 good / bad news story https://www.africanews.com/2021/08/31/colrerd-nkosi-the-malawian-self-taught-electrician-who-powered-up-his-village/ we are so spoiled.
September 1, 20213 yr comment_518226 3 hours ago, Mark F said: good / bad news story https://www.africanews.com/2021/08/31/colrerd-nkosi-the-malawian-self-taught-electrician-who-powered-up-his-village/ we are so spoiled. A friend who retired recently at MB Hydro tells me that the organization has been under orders for the past four years to not upgrade the system or make any substantial equipment purchases, The probable thinking is to cripple the services to the point where there will be so much dissatisfaction by consumers that the PCS can justify selling it off. MLCC is next on the block, though.
September 1, 20213 yr comment_518231 38 minutes ago, Tracker said: A friend who retired recently at MB Hydro tells me that the organization has been under orders for the past four years to not upgrade the system or make any substantial equipment purchases, The probable thinking is to cripple the services to the point where there will be so much dissatisfaction by consumers that the PCS can justify selling it off. MLCC is next on the block, though. of course. cons have been drooling over that forever. Edited September 1, 20213 yr by Mark F
September 1, 20213 yr comment_518233 1 hour ago, Tracker said: A friend who retired recently at MB Hydro tells me that the organization has been under orders for the past four years to not upgrade the system or make any substantial equipment purchases, The probable thinking is to cripple the services to the point where there will be so much dissatisfaction by consumers that the PCS can justify selling it off. MLCC is next on the block, though. And if the NDP gets in and goes ahead with the needed upgrades/purchases, the PC's can criticize the spending increases. Win-win for them. Same play book they use for Healthcare.
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