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DC Debuts Smartphone-Based Covid-19 Exposure Alert System

The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system, a joint Google-Apple venture that delivers alerts to people’s phones, notifying them that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

US SPACECRAFT TOUCHES ASTEROID SURFACE FOR RARE RUBBLE GRAB

A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.

AN ELECTRIC HUMMER? BATTERY POWERED TRUCKS HEAD TO SHOWROOMS

General Motors is among them, and this week its GMC brand introduced a new electric Hummer pickup, with a high-end version due in showrooms sometime in the fall of next year.

DC DEBUTS SMARTPHONE-BASED COVID-19 EXPOSURE ALERT SYSTEM

The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system, a joint GoogleApple venture that delivers alerts to people’s phones, notifying them that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

HOMEPOD MINI: HUGE COMPUTATIONAL AUDIO IN A LITTLE PACKAGE

HomePod was introduced to much fanfare in 2018, but it was a smaller, more affordable smart device that consumers were crying out for.

‘SESAME STREET' LAUNCHES A PODCAST TO HELP EDUCATE KIDS

What has more letters than the alphabet? That’s easy: The post office.

NETFLIX REPORTS A SUMMER SLUMP IN SUBSCRIBER GROWTH

Netflix’s subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer months after surging in the spring fueled by pandemic lockdowns that corralled millions of people in their homes.

HOW GOOGLE EVOLVED FROM ‘CUDDLY' STARTUP TO ANTITRUST TARGET

In Google’s infancy, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reviled Microsoft as a technological bully that ruthlessly abused its dominance of the personal computer software market to choke off competition that could spawn better products.

FORTUNES OF CHINA'S INTERNET TYCOONS SOAR AMID PANDEMIC

Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, held onto his status as China’s richest tycoon this year as surging demand for online shopping and other services during the coronavirus pandemic swelled the fortunes of internet entrepreneurs, according to a survey released this week.

Wanted: Your Cloud Computing Skills

Employers need cloud computing expertise, but demand is outstripping supply

The Job Before Your First Job

An IT internship can be your strong first step toward a rewarding professional career

Professionalizing the CLOUD

A conversation with the exam architect behind the hottest certification in cloud security

SETTING HIS SIGHTS ON SUCCESS

Ohio IT student has mastered computer repair, cybersecurity, and certification

The Typist Who Became a Technologist

Long time Utah IT educator got her first exposure to computers in high school

Pick a Cloud, Any Cloud

Which cloud computing models best support business aims — and which ones should you learn?

Here, There, and Everywhere

Distributed cloud computing is bringing the cloud closer to all of us

Master of Efficiency

A skilled operations analyst fine tunes processes to help organizations flourish

Learn Smarter, Not Harder

Everyone is doing online learning now — but that doesn’t mean they’re doing it right

From Horizon to Horizon

No matter where you look, cloud technology is blanketing the IT industry

Eat. Sleep. Robinhood. Repeat.

The broker that merged trading and entertainment is banking on its customers growing up and trusting it with their financial lives

Australian Says Watchdog Considers Its Own Google Antitrust Case

Australia’s competition watchdog will consider its own antitrust case against Google, the commission chairman said this week after the U.S. Justice Department sued the company for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising.

Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System

I’m all about simplicity so I welcomed The Fives with open arms.

VICTORIAN MEETS MODERN TECH

A Toronto manor gets outfitted with state-of-the-art automation, multiroom A/V, and a high-end home cinema

LG SN8YG 3.1.2 Atmos Soundbar

Atmos Made Easy

Affordable Nirvana

For a single person who just wants to head out and have fun, then maybe.

A Smarter Soundbar

Today, some 15 years after its founding by tech entrepreneur/billionaire Bob Madonna, Savant continues to expand its Mac-based smart home solution, and with some recent acquisitions, to broaden its market reach.

Beryllium Dreams

Revel Performabe surround speaker system

Parallels Desktop 16.0.0

Run almost any operating system — macOS, Windows, Linux — as a guest on an Intel Mac

LaCie 1big Dock

All–in–one desktop drive and Thunderbolt dock

JBL 104–BT

Affordable high–quality desktop speakers $179 From JBL, jblpro.com