Washington’s state government reported a data breach on Monday that could affect over 1.6 million people. The breach is connected to Accellion, a contractor involved with the state auditor’s office. During the week of January 25, 2021, Accellion con…
Lees meerApple has released macOS Big Sur 11.2. The latest version of the Mac operating system includes a number of bug fixes. macOS Big Sur 11.2 is Here You will probably get a notification alerting you to the update. You can also go to Settings > Softwar…
Lees meerApple landed the first big deal of the Sundance festival over the weekend. It spent over $25 million on the worldwide rights to coming-of-age drama Coda, reported Deadline. Apple Wins Rights to CODA at Sundance With $25 Million Bid The film from w…
Lees meerApple launched a new webpage for its 'Racial Equity and Justice Initiative' on Monday, MacRumors spotted. The page highlights the company's recently announced pledges. Apple Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Webpage The Apple Racial Equity and …
Lees meerApple has released the iOS 14.5 beta and with it comes new features for Apple Card customers (via 9To5Mac). iOS 14.5 iOS Wallet First, Apple Card customers could get a featured codenamed “FinHealth.” It sounds like it will give people automated bu…
Lees meerApple is introducing a new technology called Private Click Measurement to iOS 14.5. It’s an attempt to give online advertisers a way to measure ads privately. Private Click Measurement The system tries to find a balance between tracking users via …
Lees meerThe EU believes that judges used "contradictory reasoning" when granting Apple's victory in a landmark tax case. The bloc's determination to oveturn the ruling was revealed in documents that emerged Monday, reported Bloomberg News. The EU said that …
Lees meerApple has officially released its iCloud Keychain password feature for Google Chrome on Windows, AppleInsider reported. The new extension means that when using the new Chrome browser users will be able to sync their passwords across devices running…
Lees meerIn response to an iOS 14 feature that makes developers ask user consent to use their data, Facebook wants to remind people just how beleaguered it really is. In the post, Facebook says that if users accept the prompts for Facebook and Instagram, the…
Lees meerFor Data Privacy Day 2021, companies with private products like Tresorit, ProtonMail, Threema, and Tutanota, have issued a joint statement about proposed laws about backdoored encryption. [...] encryption is an absolute, data is either encrypted or …
Lees meerJudge Thomas Hixon has ordered [PDF] Tim Cook to appear in a seven hour deposition in the lawsuit with Epic Games (via Gizmodo). Tim Cook Deposition Epic Games originally wanted Mr. Cook’s deposition to be eight hours. Apple tried and failed to di…
Lees meerAndrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the latest Media Monday news, and a couple of tips for the Music apps.
Lees meerApple announced Tuesday that to celebrate Black History Month, it has commissioned over 30 Black photographers to capture and share their hometowns. All the photographers used an iPhone 12 Pro to take a variety of shots of their hometown. 'Hometown…
Lees meerThis wasn’t included in iOS 14.4 release notes but I assume it was added in the most recent release because I’ve never seen it before. I was listening to music the other day and noticed a new infinity icon inside the music queue. It’s a feature call…
Lees meerPractices inspired by Apple TV+ show Stillwater are now available in the Calm app. They can be found in the Meditations section. Apple itself released videos recently in which the Panda is guides viewers through moments of mindfulness. Calm is avail…
Lees meerWhat’s your spam workflow? How do you know if your favorite podcast is selling your data? Want to hear about some Cool Stuff Found? Good news, your two favorite geeks talk through all this and more! Listen as John and Dave answer your questions and …
Lees meerApple has highlighted Fares Ksebati and his app MySwimPro in its Developer Spotlight. It provides aquatic workout videos for athletes. What do you know now that you wish you’d known when you started? That it's really important to be consistent, that…
Lees meerGoogle announced Friday that beginning on March 1st, 2021, the company would allow gambling apps on its Google Play store. Apps will be limited to companies with valid gambling licenses for the geographic areas they want to offer the app, and the mo…
Lees meerTim Cook has written a letter [PDF] on behalf of Business Roundtable to President Biden thanking him for working to preserve DACA. DACA Back in 2017, former President Trump tried to suspend an Obama-era immigration program called Deferred Action f…
Lees meerA new endless runner game has debuted on Apple Arcade today. It’s called Populus Run and you control an entire crowd of characters. Apple Arcade - Populus Run Populus Run The goal of the game is the reach the end of the race with at least one cha…
Lees meerWe have a deal on an Asus AC1900 T-Mobile Unlocked Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router. This is a new, open box model, and it supports dual-band data rates of up to 1900Mbps, 3x faster than standard 802.11n routers. It also has 5 Gigabit Ethernet ports, a…
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