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10+ min |
October 2022
Techlife News
FTC ACCUSES DATA BROKER OF SELLING SENSITIVE LOCATION DATA
Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information that can be used to identify people and track their movements to and from sensitive locations, including reproductive health clinics, homeless shelters and places of worship.
2 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
TAIWAN FORCES FIRE AT DRONES LYING OVER ISLAND NEAR CHINA
Taiwan’s military fired warning shots at drones from China flying over its outposts just off the Chinese coastline, underscoring heightened tensions and the self-ruled island’s resolve to respond to new provocations.
3 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
TWITTER READIES EDIT FEATURE FOR PREMIUM USERS
Permanently misspelled tweets might soon be a thing of the past.
2 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
EQUITY IS GOAL, NOT MANDATE, IN CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC CAR RULE
Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and drive as it phases out the sale of gas-powered cars.
4 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
MICRON TO INVEST $15 BILLION ON MEMORY CHIP PLANT IN BOISE
Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs.
1 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
GROUNDBREAKING ADVANCES EMERGING VEHICLE BATTERY PRODUCTION
Kentucky reached another stage in developing an electric vehicle battery sector, with groundbreaking for a $2 billion plant by a Japanese company that will create 2,000 full-time jobs.
3 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
China Demands US Drop Tech Export Curbs After Nvidia Warning
The Chinese government called on Washington to repeal its technology export curbs after California-based chip designer Nvidia said a new product might be delayed and some work might be moved out of China.
2 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
California Lawmakers Ok Bills Aimed at Social Media Content
California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom two groundbreaking bills intended to limit the downside of social media, as they faulted Congress for failing to act on the problem.
3 min |
September 09, 2022
Techlife News
2023 Nissan Leaf VS. 2023 Chevy Bolt EV
Shopper interest in electric vehicles, or EVs, is rising. According to data from the Pew Research Center in 2021, 40% of non-EV owners are very or somewhat likely to purchase an EV as their next vehicle. But many of the latest models are also pricey; a Rivian R1T pickup, for example, starts at more than $70,000 and can easily cost more than $90,000.
3 min |
September 09, 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Cat-and-Mouse With Pyongyang's Hackers
South Korean experts track cyberattacks coming from their northern neighbor
4 min |
September 05 - 12, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
YouTube's Free Radicals
Google’s video site cracked down on Muslim extremism. White nationalism, not so much. An excerpt from Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination
10+ min |
September 05 - 12, 2022 (Double Issue)
Linux Magazine
Don’t Know Much About History - Enhancing efficiency with history
The versatile Bash history command can save you time and effort at the command line.
5 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
Getting Small - Roll your own IoT Linux with Buildroot
Whether you need a tiny OS for 1MB of flash memory or a complex Linux with a graphical stack, you can quickly set up a working operating system using Buildroot.
8 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
Scripted drawing with ImageMagick Silhouette
ImageMagick can do more than just edit existing images. The free software can even be scripted to create simple drawings.
4 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
Trust Tools
Fake information is experiencing a boom, but given the right tools, you can reliably separate the wheat from the chaff.
9 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
Favorite Recipe - How the Yocto framework brings Linux to IoT devices
The Yocto project gives you all the tools you’ll need to build a custom Linux for IoT device.
10 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
The Clash of Community and Corporation - The Red Hat extended family
Red Hat has spawned an outgrowth of corporate and community-based distributions. Here's how these distributions are related and how they differ.
6 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
Answering the Call - Rocky Linux looks for a place in the enterprise
Rocky Linux emerges as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
8 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Linux Magazine
MakerSpace Access the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO Pig Pen
The wiringPi library, which many Raspberry Pi fans have grown attached to over the years, is no longer under maintenance by its developer. An alternative, in the form of Pigpio, has arrived just in time.
5 min |
#263/Ocober 2022: Build an IoT Linux
Techlife News
JOBS' APPLE-1 COMPUTER PROTOTYPE AUCTIONED FOR NEARLY $700K
An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000.
1 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS RAISE TALK OF TRADE WAR
A new tax credit for U.S. buyers of qualifying electric vehicles made in North America has ignited the specter of a trade war as a domestic imperative of the Biden administration and Democrats collides with the complex realities of globalization.
4 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
DON'T DAWDLE WITH LATEST iPHONE UPDATE. HERE'S WHY AND HOW
Apple regularly issues updates to the software powering the iPhone, and sometimes it’s OK to dawdle when it comes to installing them.
3 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
FIVE CARS THAT WON'T BE AROUND FOR 2023
The collection of new vehicles on sale is constantly changing with all of the latest introductions and discontinuations.
4 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
‘PRE-BUNKING' SHOWS PROMISE IN FIGHT AGAINST MISINFORMATION
Soon after the Russian invasion, the hoaxes began. Ukrainian refugees were taking jobs, committing crimes and abusing handouts.
4 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
CALIFORNIA POISED TO PHASE OUT SALE OF NEW GAS-POWERED CARS
California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, an ambitious step that will reshape the U.S. car market by speeding the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles.
4 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
Arcade : New games breathe new life into subscription service
It’s been almost three years since Apple launched Arcade, its $4.99/month subscription service for iOS and macOS games.
4 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
BUDGETING CAN BE A CHALLENGE. HERE ARE 5 TIPS TO GET STARTED
Budgeting is key to managing your finances, whether you’re trying to pay off debt, start a rainy day fund or deal with the consequences of inflation.
6 min |
August 27, 2022
Techlife News
AMAZON TESTING TIKTOK-STYLE FEED ON ITS APP, AI FIRM SAYS
Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform.
2 min |
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Techlife News
AMERICAN AIRLINES PLACES DEPOSIT ON 20 SUPERSONIC PLANES
American Airlines has agreed to buy up to 20 supersonic jets and put down a non-refundable deposit on the planes that are still on the drawing board and years away from flying.
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