Computer America

Both Segments: Scott Schober, Cyber Security Expert, Author
Scott N. Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a forty-six-year-old New Jersey-based privately held company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Schober also invented BVS’s cell phone detection tools, used to enforce a “no cell phone policy” in prisons and secure government facilities. Scott is a highly sought-after subject expert on the topic of cybersecurity.

Topics:
“Hacked Again” Softcover Book by Scott Schober

Media Tweets by Scott Schober (@ScottBVS) / Twitter

Security Awareness Training | KnowBe4

USA 2020 – Cybersecurity Conference | RSA Conference | RSA Conference

IT Security News & Blog | The State of Security | Tripwire

What Is PIPEDA? And How Does It Protect You and Your Privacy?

Robert Herjavec: Phish Takes A $400K Bite Out Of Shark Barbara Corcoran’s Company

DoD Agency Suffers Data Breach, Potentially Compromising SSNs | Military.com

Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth: Theresa Payton: 9781538133507: Amazon.com: Books

Skim Scan (Official Music Video) for instant card skimmer detection – YouTube
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First Segment: Melissa Andresko, Chief Brand Ambassador for Lutron, Caseta.
Lutron designs and manufactures automated light and shade controls for homes and commercial applications. Our story began with the control of electric light in the late 1950s, in a makeshift lab in New York City. There, Joel Spira a young physicist fascinated by the aesthetic manipulation of light, took over the spare bedroom in the apartment that he shared with his wife, Ruth, and set out to invent a solid-state device that would enable people to vary the intensity of the lights in their homes. The result? The world’s first solid state dimmer-and the birth of the lighting control industry.

Since then, Lutron has been busy innovating. We hold over 2,700 worldwide patents and were the first company to create a system of dimmer and motorized window shades for controlling both electric light and daylight.

Topics:
Caséta by Lutron | Smart Home Switches, Lighting Controls & Dimmers

Serena Shades Smart Home System – Remote Control Shades | Lutron Caseta

Geneva Motor Show canceled over coronavirus fears | Engadget

BMW Concept i4 previews 523-horsepower Tesla Model 3 rival

Microsoft won’t be at GDC because of coronavirus | Engadget

Vivo’s new concept phone comes with a ‘gimbal camera’ | Engadget

The latest Timex smartwatch has 25-day battery life | Engadget

The Raspberry Pi 4 gets a RAM upgrade: The 2GB version is now $35 | Ars Technica

OnlyFans says it wasn’t hacked after hundreds of performers’ videos leak online – The Verge

Horror story subreddit goes dark to protest Youtubers ripping off writers – The Verge

Senate unanimously approves bill to ban purchase of Huawei equipment with federal funds | TheHill
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Smart Cities Council, Philip Bane, Managing Director
We envision a world where digital technology and intelligent design have been harnessed to create smart, sustainable cities with high-quality living and high-quality jobs. To tap into the transformative power of smart technologies, cities need a trusted, neutral advisor. The Smart Cities Council provides that help. We are a network of leading companies advised by top universities, laboratories and standards bodies.

We promote cities that embody our three core values:

Livability: Cities that provide clean, healthy living conditions without pollution and congestion. With a digital infrastructure that makes city services instantly and conveniently available anytime, anywhere.
Workability: Cities that provide the enabling infrastructure — energy, connectivity, computing, essential services — to compete globally for high-quality jobs.
Sustainability: Cities that provide services without stealing from future generations.
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Parade Technologies, VESA Board Member, Craig Wiley
Topics:
DisplayPort | High Performance Digital Technology

VESA Publishes DisplayPort™ 2.0 Video Standard Enabling Support for Beyond-8K Resolutions, Higher Refresh Rates for 4K/HDR and Virtual Reality Applications – DisplayPort

Products Archive – Parade Technologies, Ltd.

Performance Criteria 1.1 – VESA Certified DisplayHDR™

Vesa Certified DisplayHDR™

IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland | Fox Business

A new world record for the conversion of solar energy to electricity using quantum dots

Mars breakthrough: UK-build, plasma-powered rocket could halve journey times to Red Planet | Science | News | Express.co.uk

US Navy orders AMD, Nvidia-powered supercomputer with 590TB of RAM – TechSpot
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Dariush Derakhshani, CGI Expert.
Topics:

See how ‘The Mandalorian’ used Unreal Engine for its real-time digital sets | Engadget

Google is disappointing the Stadia community | Engadget

Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ & S20 Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 confirmed for GeForce Now, will have ray tracing via the cloud | Ars Technica

Oculus Quest: All-in-One VR Headset | Oculus

Samsung’s 2020 TV lineup forces high-end buyers to go 8K whether they want it or not | Ars Technica

Product Overview – DropLabs

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Star Trek collide in uncanny deepfake – CNET

QLED 8K TV – Introducing 8k resolution TV | Samsung US

Home & SOHO | QNAP (US)

MikroTik Routers and Wireless – Products: CCR1036-8G-2S+EM

VESA Publishes DisplayPort™ 2.0 Video Standard Enabling Support for Beyond-8K Resolutions, Higher Refresh Rates for 4K/HDR and Virtual Reality Applications – VESA – Interface Standards for The Display Industry
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Clario , Alun Baker, CEO.
Our lives have become increasingly digital. At the same time, cybercrime is rocketing, according to Cybersecurity Ventures the estimated cost will grow to $6 trillion by 2021. Software alone is clearly not enough and the industry, large corporates, and governments have failed to address what is a globally endemic problem. Clario is going to help people take control with a next-generation digital privacy and security solution with a human touch.

We believe that everyone has the right to digital security and privacy. Our purpose is to make things better: simple, safe, and more accessible. By creating awareness we drive change. By empowering people, we put them in control.

Topics:
Google: Oops, we may have sent your private Google Photos videos to strangers
…Google has recently notified Google Photos users that due to a “technical issue,” in Google Photos, some users’ private videos were “incorrectly exported to unrelated users’ archives,” 9to5Google reported Monday…

Scientists Sue FCC for Ignoring Cell Phone Radiation Risk | Law & Crime
…”The FCC has for years failed to protect public health by relying on 24-year-old safety tests designed when phones were the size of a shoe and used by few,” Davis told Law&Crime via email. ”We filed this appeal in order to insist that the agency take full measure of the U.S. government and other scientific evidence that cellphone radiation can be harmful.” …

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Bellhops, Kyle Miller, Director of Brand and Communications.
There’s a moment during each move when Bellhops customers realize everything is going to go well. They relax, smile more, start thinking about dinner. We exist to get people to that moment of relief and satisfaction, that moment when they know they’re home.

This is a sincere expression of how we view our role in customers’ lives: as guides and partners during a period of change. And to deliver this experience, we find movers and drivers who elevate their service through care and hospitality.

At the core of all our values is the desire to continually transform the experience of moving into something that people can rely on to be simple and enjoyable, and every facet of our company—our team, our process, and our services—has been designed to accomplish that mission.


Topics:
Grubhub is faking which restaurants it actually partners with – The Verge
…Grubhub has a new “growth hacking” strategy that includes creating a restaurant listing on its platform for places it doesn’t even partner with. According to a new report by the San Francisco Chronicleand tweets by restaurant owner Pim Techamuanvivit, Grubhub has been allowing customers to order food from its websites from restaurants that haven’t technically signed up to be on Grubhub or its subsidiaries’ platforms. (Disclosure: my parents own a restaurant that partners with Grubhub.)…

Apple and its wifi chip company Broadcom ordered to pay $1.1bn to university over iPhone patents | Science & Tech News | Sky News
… Apple and the wifi chip company it uses for iPhones have been ordered to pay $1.1bn (£840.5m) to a university for infringing patents. A jury handed down the verdict in favour of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) which claims the Broadcom wifi chips used in hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones infringed four of its data transmission patents…

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Rembrandt Labs, Ray Imblum, President/Engineer
Say goodbye to muddy acoustics and uneven Tone. Say hello to the Model V by Rembrandt Labs. Powerful enough to wake the whole neighborhood without losing any of the precision sound that turns your music into a multi-sensory experience. With a +35db Amplifier, fill your entire home with stunningly clear sound using a smart phone, iPod or MP3 player. No other speaker matches the one-of-a-kind sound engineering of the Model V.

Place it on almost any surface, in any room. The Model V doesn’t compromise on sound quality. The Helmholtz Chamber and Transducer disk fills the room with rich, detailed sound. Take your listening experience from “good” to “unmissable”.

Topics:
FiLMiC’s multi-camera video tech comes to the iPhone 11 | Engadget
…They were the first to show off simultaneous video recording using multiple iPhone cameras (at the iPhone 11 launch event, no less), and now they’re making that functionality available in a free new app called DoubleTake…

Verizon brings 5G to the Super Bowl—for part of the stadium, anyway | Ars Technica
..With Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami scheduled for February 2, Verizon emailed a media alert to Ars and other news outlets on Wednesday last week, bragging that it will “power the first Super Bowl featuring 5G.” Notably missing from the news alert was any indication of how many fans will be able to use the 5G network from their seats during the game…

Karma Automotive to build electric truck and SUV from Fisker’s ashes – The Verge
…Karma Automotive, the automaker previously known as Fisker Automotive, is working on an electric pickup truck and SUV, Bloomberg reports. The company plans to show off a concept version of the pickup before the end of the year, and eventually sell it with a starting price that’s less than its $135,000 Karma Revero. Both vehicles will be based around a new all-wheel-drive platform which will be built at the automaker’s factory in Southern California…

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Piano In A Flash, Scott Houston, Founder
No matter how they are designed, people still want to play pianos. And today in 2020, learning to play is easier than you might think. Check out 6X Emmy Winner Scott “The Piano Guy” Houston is just waiting to show you a few cool things. So what’s stopping you? Come on, the kids are grown, career is done and it’s YOUR time now. It’s YOUR turn to play!

With Piano in a Flash, you can…

Practice at your own pace
Learn from the comfort of your home
Play tunes you know and love
Have fun playing for friends and family
Finally be able to call yourself a piano player
Links:
The Piano Guy Blog

About Us – ScottHouston.com

Lead sheet – Wikipedia
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