Month: May 2019

Apple officially opens Apple Park and pays tribute to Steve Jobs

CompuScoop Staff May 18, 2019 0

“Apple yesterday held its formal opening of Apple Park, including a concert on the rainbow stage at the center of the campus,” Chance Miller reports for 9to5Mac. “Lady Gaga performed at the event, with Apple Park employees taking to Twitter and Instagram to share photos and videos.”

“The event was described as a ‘celebration’ of Apple Park’s official opening and a tribute to Steve Jobs,” Miller reports. “Tim Cook took to Twitter to express his love for Steve Jobs. He thanked Lady Gaga for her performance in a separate tweet. ‘We came together today, in the home you imagined for us, and celebrated your spirit. We love you, Steve,’ Cook wrote.”

Read more in the full article here.

The Trump Administration May scale back trade restrictions on Huawei to help current customers

CompuScoop Staff May 18, 2019 0

“The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it may soon scale back restrictions on Huawei Technologies after this week’s blacklisting would have made it nearly impossible for the Chinese company to service its existing customers,” Karen Freifeld reports for Reuters. “The Commerce Department, which had effectively halted Huawei’s ability to buy American-made parts and components, is considering issuing a temporary general license to ‘prevent the interruption of existing network operations and equipment,’ a spokeswoman said.”

“Potential beneficiaries of the license could, for example, include internet access and mobile phone service providers in thinly populated places such as Wyoming and eastern Oregon that purchased network equipment from Huawei in recent years,” Freifeld reports. “In effect, the Commerce Department would allow Huawei to purchase U.S. goods so it can help existing customers maintain the reliability of networks and equipment, but the Chinese firm still would not be allowed to buy American parts and components to manufacture new products.”

Freifeld reports, “The United States believes Huawei’s smartphones and network equipment could be used by China to spy on Americans, allegations the company has repeatedly denied.”

Students in Texas will have a chance to speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard the ISS

NASA Gov May 17, 2019 0

Students in Texas will have an opportunity next week to speak with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA television and the agency’s website.

Nick Hague will answer questions from students from three schools in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) — Davila Elementary, Deady Middle School and Milby High School — at 12:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 22. The district has partnered with the Office of STEM Engagement at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, under a U.S. Department of Education Magnet School Assistance Program grant.

The event will take place at Milby High School, 1601 Broadway St., Houston. Media interested in covering should contact Alex Gregoire at agregoir@houstonisd.org or 713-928-7401.

Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides unique, authentic experiences designed to enhance student learning, performance and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Astronauts living in space on the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Space Network’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites.

Follow the astronauts on social media at:

https://www.twitter.com/NASA_astronauts

See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station at:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

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Internet sensation Grumpy Cat dead at 7 years old

Dan Uff May 17, 2019 0

A well known celebrity died today. One of the first Internet Sensations, Grumpy Cat, died earlier today from complications of a long illness. She was 7 years old.

Grumpy Cat came onto the Internet with her familiar frown face along with a funny negative saying. First coming on social media, she then grew into the fabric of the American concise.

With sayings such as “Roses are red, violets are blue, go away” and others, she will be in our minds and hearts for a long time to come.

No word on what she died from.

May you RIP Little one.