Cloudflare launches Workers Unbound, the next evolution of its serverless platform

Like | TechCrunch | Jul 30, 2020 | Technology | Tags: Amazon Web Services, aws lambda, cloud, cloud computing, cloud infrastructure, cloudflare, computing, Developer, financial services, firewall, Google, internet security, Matthew Prince, Microsoft, Portland, Prince, Python, serverless computing, TC, virginia, zscaler

Source: Cloudflare launches Workers Unbound, the next evolution of its serverless platform Cloudflare today announced the private beta launch of Workers Unbound, the latest step in its efforts to offer a serverless platform that can compete with the likes of AWS Lambda. The company first launched its Workers edge computing platform in late 2017. Today it has “hundreds of thousands of developers” who use it and in the last quarter alone, more than 20,000 developers built applications based on the service, according to the company. Cloudflare also uses Workers to power many of its own services, but the first iteration ...

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Microsoft’s new Family Safety app offers parental controls across phones, PCs and Xbox

Like | TechCrunch | Jul 26, 2020 | Technology | Tags: Apps, children, family, family safety, kids, Microsoft, parental controls, parents

Source: Microsoft’s new Family Safety app offers parental controls across phones, PCs and Xbox Microsoft’s new screen time and parental controls app, Microsoft Family Safety, is today launching publicly on iOS and Android, following a preview of the experience which had arrived earlier this spring. The app is designed to help parents better understand children’s use of screen time, set limits and create screen time schedules, configure boundaries around web access, and track family members’ location, among other things. The app competes with other parental control technologies, including those built into iOS and Android — the latter of which is ...

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As ADA turns 30, tech is just getting started helping people with disabilities

Like | TechCrunch | Jul 21, 2020 | Technology | Tags: accessibility, Apple, Developer, Disabilities, facebook, gallaudet university, Google, Microsoft, TC

Source: As ADA turns 30, tech is just getting started helping people with disabilities The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 paved the way for decades of incremental changes to the way buildings, businesses, and laws accommodate people with a wide variety of disabilities. At 30 years old this week, the law’s effect on tech has been profound, but there’s still a lot of work to do. The ADA originally applied mainly to things like buildings and government resources, but over the years (and with improvements and amendments) came to be much broader than that. As home computers, the web, ...

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Logitech’s new Mac-specific mouse and keyboards are the new best choices for Mac input devices

Like | gragsdale | Jul 16, 2020 | Technology | Tags: Apple, apple inc, apple keyboard, Bluetooth, Computer Mouse, computing, Gadgets, hardware, Input Devices, iPad, iPads, iPhone, laser, Logitech, mac, options, paint job, Reviews, TC, USB, wireless

Source: Logitech’s new Mac-specific mouse and keyboards are the new best choices for Mac input devices Logitech has released new versions of its MX peripherals in Mac-friendly finishes, as well as a new K380 wireless Bluetooth keyboard designed for Apple devices. These aren’t dramatically different devices from the existing versions that Logitech offers – but that’s a good thing in this case, and it elevates what were already amazing peripherals to no-brainer default choices for Mac users. MX Master 3 for Mac Image Credits: Darrell Etherington The MX Master 3 for Mac is a very slightly altered twist on the ...

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Microsoft launches Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service for building autonomous systems

Like | TechCrunch | May 29, 2020 | Technology | Tags: articles, Artificial Intelligence, autonomous systems, bonsai, cloud, cybernetics, Developer, Enterprise, machine learning, Microsoft, microsoft build 2020, robot, robotics, simulation, TC, Technology

Source: Microsoft launches Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service for building autonomous systems At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service, is now in public preview. If that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you remember that Microsoft acquired Bonsai, a company that focuses on machine teaching, back in 2018. Bonsai combined simulation tools with different machine learning techniques to build a general-purpose deep reinforcement learning platform, with a focus on industrial control systems. It’s maybe no surprise then that Project Bonsai, too, has a similar focus on helping businesses teach ...

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DIY Smithsonian Mini Exhibits August 12, 2020
The Smithsonian Learning Lab is an excellent resource for social studies and language arts teachers. I've been using and recommending it for years. One of its many features is an option to create and share collections of artifacts from the Smithsonian and external sources. And every month the Smithsonian Learning Lab sends out an email […]
Two Ways to Quickly Create Transcripts of YouTube Videos August 12, 2020
About a week ago I hosted a webinar for an organization that hired me this summer and in the summer of 2018. The webinar was about improving the accessibility of online resources that we share with our students. One of the things that I covered in that webinar was how to improve the accessibility of […]
New Google Classroom and Google Meet Updates to Note August 12, 2020
This afternoon Google announced the launch of some helpful new Google Classroom features. Some of these were teased back in June. A couple of the new features will require some work by your domain administrator while others are available right now to all teachers. Here's an overview of the new Google Classroom features that I […]