Technology Buzz

A Cultivating Change LLC curated collection of cutting edge technology blogs, articles, and books. www.cultivatingchange.com

By Michael Hartley CFP®

Bose
Google Assistant rolling out to Bose smart speakers and soundbars
9to5Google - Abner Li
After launching on the Sonos One and Beam last week, Google Assistant is coming to the Bose lineup of smart speakers and soundbars. An upcoming update will essentially turn the new Bose Home Speaker 300
IBM
Ancient IBM mainframe rescued from abandoned building
boingboing.net - Rob Beschizza
Adam Bradley and Chris Blackburn noticed an unusual, mislabeled eBay listing for a rare beauty: an IBM System/360 in Nuremberg for peanuts. So they …
Tech Trends
These Mind-Boggling Images Are a Reminder of How Far Technology Has Come
ScienceAlert - FIONA MACDONALD
Sometimes, while waiting for quantum computers to become a thing, or complaining that your stupid laptop keeps dying on 5 percent battery, it's easy …
Linksys
>20,000 Linksys routers leak historic record of every device ever connected
Ars Technica - Dan Goodin
Linksys said it fixed flaw in 2014. Researcher Troy Mursch disagrees. This post has been updated to add comments Linksys made online, which says …
Technology
Experts warn 5G could interfere with weather forecasts, reducing accuracy by 30%
Digital Trends
Experts and officials have warned that interference from 5G wireless radios could seriously compromise the ability to forecast weather, including the …
Technology
Purdue’s robotic hummingbird is nearly as nimble as the real thing
Digital Trends
In West Lafayette, Indiana, the renowned ornithologist Xinyan Deng stretches out her hand to serve as a platform for a magnificent turquoise and dark …
Japan
Japan tests world's fastest bullet train
CNN - By Rob Picheta, CNN
(CNN) — Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train -- capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour (249 mph) -- as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of travel . The ALFA-X version
Science
Scientists Created a Display With Pixels a Million Times Smaller Than Those on a Smartphone
Gizmodo - Andrew Liszewski
Smartphone makers might soon not have much to brag about when it comes to the number of pixels they can fit on a pocket-sized screen. Researchers at …
Fourth Industrial Revolution
This ‘wonder material’ could herald a new age in electronics
weforum.org - Chris Howard
Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists trying to solve a …
Google Photos
Google Assistant 2.0 isn’t just a minor evolution; it’s a game-changing upgrade
Digital Trends
Folding devices like the Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X represent the next major alteration in phone design, but what about the next, next? What will …
7 Nanometer
Intel will ramp up 10nm CPU production in June, 7nm in 2021
Engadget - Jon Fingas
Intel is nearly ready to ship 10-nanometer processors in large volumes -- no, for real this time. After years of delays, the semiconductor giant has announced that its 10nm mobile Ice Lake processors start
Linux
Enemies No More: Microsoft Brings the Linux Kernel to Windows
WIRED - Klint Finley
For decades, Microsoft Windows and the open source Linux operating system were polar opposites. Windows was developed by the biggest software company …
3D Printing
The Next Generation of 3-D Printing - MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
Greg Mark on the potential for 3D printing to reach industrial scale, and the implcations for the future of manufacturing. Greg Mark is the founder …
Russia
Putin Signs 'Russian Internet Law' To Disconnect Russia From The World Wide Web
Forbes - Zak Doffman
As reported by Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday, “Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the law on providing stable operation of the Russian Internet (Runet) in case it is disconnected from
Technology
This map showing the fastest and slowest internet speeds in the US could predict the path of a Silicon Valley startup exodus
Business Insider - Megan Hernbroth
Founders hoping to build a runaway success like video game Fortnite might want to think twice about where they set up shop, according to a new report from HighSpeedInternet.com. Epic Games, makers of massively
This Tic-Tac-Sized Computer Can Turn Almost Anything Into a Smart Device
Inverse - By Danny Paez
"We’re building a new kind of computer, an invisible computer." Screens and touch displays are how we access information and connect with loved ones …
Cornell University
Cornell scientists create 'living' machines that eat, grow, and evolve
TNW - Tristan Greene
The field of robotics is going through a renaissance thanks to advances in machine learning and sensor technology. Each generation of robot is engineered with greater mechanical complexity and smarter
Google hit by global login outage affecting Gmail and Google Docs
The Guardian - Kate Lyons
Google experienced a global outage affecting users as they try to log in to the company’s many applications, including Gmail and Google Docs and any site that allows access via a Google account. The problem
Employment
Robot startups are making a play for the U.S. food industry
Axios - Kaveh Waddell
Edging beyond the gimmicky demos of years past, robot startups are mounting a play for the more than $5.7 trillion U.S. food industry, launching …
To amp up solar cells, scientists ditch silicon
sciencemag.org - Robert F. Service
Silicon dominates the world of solar power. Even the newest solar cell designs, tandem devices that have a silicon solar cell below a cell made of a …
How Google is building the fastest internet cable to cross the Atlantic
Popular Science - By Rob Verger
It involves armadillos. Data flows under the oceans. To get from the US to Europe, for example, internet traffic doesn’t beam by satellite—it rushes through subsea cables. There are about 378 of these
Graphene
Borophene: The most exciting new material you’ve never heard of
Fast Company - By Katharine Schwab
Borophene, a single-atom layer of the element boron, is super-strong and super-flexible–plus it’s a superconductor. For years, the material graphene has entranced the scientific world because of its incredible
Mercifully, the GPS 'millennium bug' was a massive letdown
TNW - Matthew Hughes
A little-known bug on GPS receivers saw many devices set the clock back to 1999 this weekend. This event, which takes place every 19.7 years, has the potential to disrupt any system that relies upon GPS
Internet
Governments are rushing to regulate the internet. Users could end up paying the price
CNN - Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN
(CNN) — In early 1996, John Perry Barlow -- founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and one-time member of the Grateful Dead -- declared the internet to be independent of national governments. "I
Technology
Britain Proposes Broad New Powers to Regulate Internet Content
The New York Times - By ADAM SATARIANO
LONDON — Britain proposed sweeping new government powers to regulate the internet to combat the spread of violent and extremist content, false information and harmful material aimed at children. The proposal,
Microsoft's Azure vs. Amazon's AWS: Which One Should You Bet On?
TheStreet - Michael Wiggins De Oliveira
The cloud is sector is becoming increasingly fragmented. While the big players target a one-size-fits-all service offering, I argue that if investors …
'Spaceplane' that flies 25 times faster than the speed of sound passes crucial test
Fox News - The Sun
A 'spaceplane' that flies 25 times faster than the speed of sound has successfully passed a crucial testing milestone. The hypersonic plane is so fast it could jet from London to New York in less than
Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner
Forbes - Louis Columbus
• Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud service market will grow from $182.4B in 2018 to $331.2B in 2022, attaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6%. • Spending on Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Military
How the Army plans to use Microsoft's high-tech HoloLens goggles on the battlefield
CNBC - Todd Haselton
I'm inside a Black Hawk helicopter flying from the Pentagon to Fort Pickett, Virginia. I'm flying with Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy and …