SB Computer Club Tech Cafe
February 2, 2021
Tuesday
9:00AM (Zoom Only, Virtual Meeting)
Note: This is an encrypted session.
1a: Robotics and AI
1b: What’s Ahead for Manufacturing AI (Bob H.): https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/article/22027583/whats-ahead-for-manufacturing-ai
1c: Boston Dynamics; Do You Love Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw
1d: Designing customized ‘brains’ for robots: https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-customized-brains-robots.html
2: How Devices Use Wi-Fi to Determine Your Physical Location:
https://www.howtogeek.com/708500/how-devices-use-wi-fi-to-determine-your-physical-location/
3a: How to delete yourself from people search sites: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2020/09/26/how-protect-your-privacy-deleting-data-people-search-sites/5860692002/
3b: Consumer Reports, How to Delete Your Information From People-Search Sites: https://www.consumerreports.org/personal-information/how-to-delete-your-information-from-people-search-sites/
3c: 8 ways to stop your phone from tracking you: https://www.komando.com/smartphones-gadgets/stop-your-phone-from-tracking-you/543526/
4: How to Record Desktop Screen Using PowerPoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T020-TI_3U
5a: Microsoft Rolls Out Password Monitor Feature on Edge Browser (v 88) (Bill R.): https://in.pcmag.com/browsers/140454/microsoft-rolls-out-password-monitor-feature-on-edge-browser
5b: Homomorphic Encryption explained: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/homomorphic-encryption/ and https://medium.com/privacy-preserving-natural-language-processing/homomorphic-encryption-for-beginners-a-practical-guide-part-1-b8f26d03a98a
5c: Protect your online accounts using Password Monitor: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/protect-your-online-accounts-using-password-monitor-6f660aae-65aa-476c-871a-7fe2bcb0c4c1
Interwebs or news around the tubes
Breakthrough Allows Inexpensive Electric Vehicle Battery to Charge in Just 10 Minutes: https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-allows-inexpensive-electric-vehicle-battery-to-charge-in-just-10-minutes/
Search Milestone Gives DuckDuckGo Something to Quack About: https://www.technewsworld.com/story/Search-Milestone-Gives-DuckDuckGo-Something-to-Quack-About-86986.html
3Mbps uploads still fast enough for US homes, Ajit Pai says in final report: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/3mbps-uploads-still-fast-enough-for-us-homes-ajit-pai-says-in-final-report/
Better than the best password: How to use 2FA to improve your security: https://www.zdnet.com/article/better-than-the-best-password-how-to-use-2fa-to-improve-your-security/
Security firm Malwarebytes was infected by same hackers who hit SolarWinds: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/security-firm-malwarebytes-was-infected-by-same-hackers-who-hit-solarwinds/
Steve, this might be interesting to discuss at the next tech breakfast…David
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/27/the-fcc-is-going-to-war-over-set-top-boxes/
Steve, this looks like the ultimate in a secure OS…David
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/27/edward-snowdens-os-of-choice-gets-a-major-update/
Steve, have you played with Google’s Cardboard VR? It’s really quite amazing. I have the VR headset and can show it at a tech breakfast sometime. Here’s a recent VR article.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/27/google-cardboard-5-million-users/
Did I send this earlier? These “compute sticks” are starting to look interesting.
Intel Compute Stick
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/22/intel-compute-stick-2016-review/
Lenovo Ideacentre Stick 300 review
Steve check this out.
Google keeps you safe from sneaky download buttons on the web.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/04/google-safe-browsing-fake-download-buttons/