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First, Row and Cell-Level Security for Lake Formation “puts the right data in the hands of the right people,” AWS CEO Adam Selipsky said during his AWS re:Invent keynote address. Lake Formation already enables customers to move data into S3 data lakes, clean, and classify it using machine learning and secure access to sensitive data. The new tool now lets customers enforce access controls for individual rows and cells. Instead of creating multiple tables for each user and managing data pipelines, a customer can define a set of policies for specific rows for specific users....

The original Echo Show, introduced almost exactly four years ago, had a 7-inch 1024x600 screen. The first generation Echo Show 8, introduced in November of 2019, had an 8-inch 1280x800 screen. Technically, the screen on that first generation Echo Show 8 was a bit bigger, and the resolution a bit better than the original Echo Show, but if you look at the one that lives on top of our water heater in the laundry room and then look at the one that lives on top of our microwave, the only way you’d be able to tell is take out a ruler and measure it....

It’s brought your shopping to your door, so that you don’t have to move. It’s put a camera on your doorbell, so that you can become a passive police officer. Why, it’s even happy to see its last CEO being sent up into space, just so that he can coldly look down on his subjects from an even greater height. Oh, but it’s never enough in the tech world, is it?...

Both Intel and AMD have their fans, but beyond brand loyalty, are there any differences between the processors? The faster the processor, the faster the PC will usually be. Well, yes… and no. Let’s start with that no. At the time of writing, the fastest desktop processor is the 64-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX. But this is a high-end desktop (HEDT) processor aimed at workstations running heavy workloads. They’ll both run Windows 11....

This may, at least partly, be because four big airlines own more than 80% of all America’s seats. It may also be because these four airlines tend to run their businesses with very little room for maneuver when things go awry. Still, one of the raunchiest debates currently is whether business travel will ever return. Or should that be “return”? Some believe Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex and their brethren have become so ingrained in our business lives that they now masquerade as natural behavior....

Tell us about Amida. How did you get involved with data management, interoperability and security? My most recent job was an appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs and there I saw the problems they were having with health data interoperability. There were so many smart people and so much money being spent on downstream apps – machine learning tools and the like – for care management and/or for predictive analysis....

It’s because everyone on the street has them, and you’ll be darned if you’re going to be left behind in the surveillance game. Yes, you might be helping the police along the way, but you’ll also be able to see who comes to your door from miles away. And haven’t we always wanted to do that? I was uplifted to thoughts of taking a smiling selfie, therefore, when I saw how a smaller video doorbell rival was approaching its marketing....

One or two people might suggest that, with the current pandemic, this idea was mere madness. We, though, wanted to see what traveling abroad and working abroad truly meant right now. The first step was booking flights. We chose Lisbon simply because we love Lisbon. (It’s that rare example of peaceful, decent civilization in a world gone twisted.) Not so long ago, the Portuguese national airline, TAP, instituted direct flights from San Francisco to Lisbon....

But sometimes this goes too far. For example, I’ve come across several Android smartphones where the USB-C port is too small to accept regular cables. To make use of the port, you have to use the included cable. Lose that and you either have to buy another extended tip low-profile cable or extender adapter, or hack at the connector of a regular USB-C cable and hope you don’t destroy it in the process....

“Australian universities have a critical role in designing a prosperous Australian future – something we always need to remember – and part of that is ensuring a diverse and well-skilled Australian space workforce, noting that we’re expected to deliver roughly 20,000 jobs by 2030 … and if we work in a zero-sum mentality, we will fail,” warned Schmidt, speaking at the Airbus Team Maier event on Monday evening. “So, each of us need to work as part of the ‘Team Australia’ ecosystem....

Fast forward to 2021, and Apple’s AirPods have spurred the creation of completely wireless buds from nearly every major tech company – and even smaller ones. For its part, Apple has released the AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and, more recently, the 3rd generation AirPods. The newest model boasts a completely new design and new features that were once reserved for its more expensive AirPods. At $179, the base model AirPods saw a small price increase, with Apple keeping the 2nd generation AirPods in the lineup at $129....

The feature simply refused to turn on, forcing you to enter your PIN code when out in public constantly. After updating to iOS 15, some users started to see prompts stating their iPhone’s storage was nearly full when they had plenty of space left. According to the release notes, that’s been fixed as well. Here’s the full changelog from iOS 15.0.1: Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch may not work on iPhone 13 modelsSettings app may incorrectly display an alert that storage is fullAudio meditations could unexpectedly start a workout on Apple Watch for some Fitness+ subscribers...

The update for my iPhone 13 Pro Max wasn’t very big – coming in at 385MB. Without more details in the changelog than call performance improvements, I don’t expect there to be any other notable tweaks or changes. Maybe some performance and bug fixes that weren’t worth mentioning, but that’s about it. It actually appears that the update is only available for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13. I personally haven’t had any issues with dropped calls on the iPhone 12 Pro or my iPhone 13 Pro Max since upgrading....

CVE-2021-30869 is an XNU vulnerability found in macOS, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch that allows malicious applications to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple said there are reports that an exploit for the vulnerability exists and said it was addressed “with improved state handling,” noting that it was discovered by Google Threat Analysis Group members Erye Hernandez and Clément Lecigne as well as Ian Beer of Google Project Zero....

Phone case maker Burga crunched the numbers and worked out that Apple will lose about $3 million a day in iPhone sales alone. This means some $1.1 billion over a year. A drop in the ocean for Apple, a company that generated revenues of $123.9 billion last quarter alone. But it’s important to remember that there’s more at stake here than iPhone sales. First, consider growth. Smartphone sales, and in parallel, iPhone sales, have been rising steadily in Russia over the past few years, growing some 200% between 2014 and 2021....

As ZDNet’s David Gewirtz related last month, speculation has been running hot for a long time now that Apple is going to offer some sort of VR, or augmented reality, or “mixed reality” headsets or goggles, rumored to be “Apple Glass.” The three patent applications describe, respectively, ways to detect which way a person is looking when wearing a headset using infrared light; adjusting the resolution of an image a person sees to mimick the eye’s “foveation”; and a system for compensating motion sickness when a person is riding in a car looking into a VR screen....

Compared to the Apple Watch Series 7, released last October, Apple Watch Series 8 comes with a new design and improved health and fitness tracking technology. Overall, Apple Watch Series 8’s design will be similar to Series 7. Apple added menstrual cycle tracking to the Watch three years ago. Now, the Series 8 comes with a suite of advanced cycle tracking features, including valuable, secure information about ovulation – a critical aspect of women’s health....

Founded in 2012, Wandercraft, based in Paris, has been around for a while, but it’s less known in the U.S. than rival Ekso Bionics, long the marquee player in the space. Like Ekso, Wandercraft was founded to create a mobility device to supplant wheelchairs for people suffering mobility issues. Also like Ekso, Wandercraft narrowed its focus with its first commercial product and is targeting the therapeutic healthcare market (Ekso has since branched into industrial markets, including auto manufacturing)....

AT&T breaks the gig barrier for home internet On Monday, AT&T broke the gig barrier when it announced its fiber customers can now get multi-gigabyte (GB) internet speeds, as the carrier doubles down on fiber in its broadband infrastructure. AT&T will offer symmetric 2.5GB and 5GB speed options beginning this week. AT&T is also rolling out simpler pricing for its fiber portfolio without additional equipment fees, annual contracts, and data caps....

Starting with these new devices, Samsung said it plans to incorporate repurposed ocean-bound plastics into its entire mobile product lineup. The new product design is part of Samsung’s ongoing effort to eliminate single-use plastics and expand the use of other eco-conscious materials, such as recycled post-consumer material (PCM) and recycled paper. It falls under Samsung’s Galaxy for the Planet initiative, which is focused on reducing the company’s environmental footprint and supporting sustainable lifestyles....