Books by Marilyn Wolf

InSight has successfully landed on Mars.  More information is available at nasa.gov.

CNBC reports here on suggestions from several sources on possible targets for cyber attacks.  The article is divided into three major categories: services and utilities; financial services; and data integrity.

The Wall Street Journal reports here on the recent Lion Air 737 crash and the existence of an undisclosed feature of the 737 MAX that may have contributed to the crash. Aviation Week reports here on the 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system and insufficient documentation of the feature.

I noticed this round connector as part of my AV display on a recent flight.  It seems to be a DIN connector but I’m not sure that the arrangement of leads is common.  It doesn’t seem to be a PS/2 connector.  I have no idea why the aircraft designers thought this connector was a good use of weight on their airplane.  Did anyone ever use this thing?

Chip Rebel reports here on a teardown of the Huawei Mate 20.  Thanks to AnandTech for the pointer to Chip Rebel.