Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple is testing a bunch of new Mac devices with its upcoming M2 chips. The M2 family is the successor of the current M1 family, which contains a vanilla M2, M2 Pro, and an M2 Max. And some of the Mac devices currently being tested include a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and a Mac Mini. It’s unsure when Apple will unveil them, and with what specifications....
To let iPhone users take advantage of the PWAs, Apple is working on enabling push notifications in the Safari browser. This support is seen in iOS 15.4 Beta 1, which has a toggle that doesn’t work yet. While we expect this to be up and running later, there’s also the support for adding PWAs to the home screen in iPhones too. Push notifications for PWAs are available in Safari on Mac as of now....
Apple in a new support page has warned users of sticking covers on webcams of MacBooks. Apple says using camera covers can damage the display and even block sensors like Ambient Light and True Tone. Further, it wants users to trust them by believing in the green camera lights for the camera’s active status and also gives suggestions indefinite usage of covers. Apple Warns of Using Webcam Covers in MacBooks! People covering webcams with some cover is now a new normal since everyone has started believing they’re being snooped....
A renowned analyst has shared a tip, saying that the upcoming Apple Watch Series 8 could come with body temperature measurement support. This was previously touted to come in the Apple Watch Series 7 but was dumped since the feature’s algorithm didn’t qualify before the EVT stage. Hoping that they work on the new generation of Apple Watch, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the body temperature measurement may be available in Watch series 8....
Belden, a network devices manufacturer hit with a cyberattack last year, had released an additional statement yesterday. It now revealed that some healthcare information about its employees and their dependents was also accessed by the unauthorized parties in the cyberattack last year, alongside the PII. More Data Affected in Belden’s Cyberattack Belden is a US-based manufacturer of network devices like firewalls, routers, switches, cables, and connectors. The company was hit with a cyberattack in November last year, where it revealed that some personal information about their current and former employees had been leaked....
Windows 11 is about to make a lot of people feel left behind, but there are many methods that make your PC better and better for new and old hardware. However, as we know, Windows 11 offers a plethora of customization options from the start menu to taskbar color; you are able to change everything. Nevertheless, many users still use Windows 10 but want to upgrade their PC and are unable to do so due to the TPM 2....
Elon Musk took the crown as the richest person on Earth with a net worth of $340 billion last year. However, with the latest update coming our way, Musk has become the first person in history to lose $200 billion from his net worth in a colossal turn of events that has rocked the stock markets. Elon Musk Dethroned from World’s Richest Title Musk reportedly became the first person in recent history to lose $200Bn off his net worth....
Are you those bunch of people who still believe Macs are less security vulnerable than Windows? If yes, change your perception at least now. Macs are as equally vulnerable to any security hack as Windows. New research from Kaspersky reveals that 10% of all Macs are attacked by a new malware called Shlayer . At least 10% were affected macOS Infected by Shlayer Trojan Kaspersky’s Cyberthreat group, Securelist made research that revealed, 1 in every 10 Macs (or 10%) out there were infected with this new trojan called Shlayer....
Responding to the complaint of 48 Attorneys General, the FCC has issued a cease-and-desist again Avid Telecom, that’s irritating people with billions of robocalls. Though Avid Telecom claims that it’s making calls based on indirect consent it received from its call receivers, the attorney’s general slam that they were not clearly informed of this. Thus, FCC sided with them to thump Avid Telecom and asked it to stop making such robocalls further....
Google has added support for letting users resize their Chats and Rooms section in the web version of Gmail. The company hopes this ability would help them to keep up with the most important chats better and access them easily. This is available for all, with slight changes between the enterprise and individual users. Resizing Chats and Rooms in Gmail While we think Google is making us more addicted to their services, we should know that Google is in a never-ending pursuit of making our lives simpler....
Observing the need for adding notes to web pages in its browser, Google is adding support for a native note-adding feature to Chrome. As noted by a Reddit leaker, Google Chrome is testing a new note-adding feature in the Chrome Canary version, which works similarly to Edge’s PDF note-taking support. Once live, this new feature will let users add a note to a selected text/image on a webpage or the bookmarked page in Chrome....
Google Earth Pro is a free Windows, Linux, and macOS tool that allows you to explore 3D imagery and terrains. With 3D images and street views, you can discover every corner of the world. With Google Pro, you can measure the distance between two areas or points. Not only this, you can also check the elevation of the specific area. Google Earth Pro also simulates the sun’s position at different times of the day....
To let users take off any of their personal information from the search results, Google is offering a tool in its Android app – where users can easily request the removal. This can be accessed by going to your three-dot menu aside from the search result and proceeding with the removal request. You may also mention how it’s endangering you, thus better justifying the cause. This is available for a small number of users in the US and Europe, with more regions yet to be added....
Google this week announced a bunch of new features coming to its Photos app – that makes snippets from long videos in your library and shows them as memories to reminisce. Also, Google is adding a subtle zoom effect to the photos, making them look better. And last, there are Styles to add graphic art to Memories automatically, making them look like old scrapbooks. All these are coming to Google Photos on Android first and later to iOS and desktop apps....
As a part of Google’s push in making Android apps suitable for large screen devices, YouTube Music gets a revamped Settings page. The new Settings page is condensed to clean up all the settings into groups and has its sub-settings shown in a side column, similar to the Chrome browser on the desktop. This better makes use of huge space available in large screen devices like tablets and foldables. Revamped Settings For YouTube Music App At this year’s I/O event, Google announced tuning over 20 of its first-party apps to better suit the tablets and foldables – where users are facing difficulties in handling basic functions of apps....
May Google had some internal error in pushing the update, as the Android maker has just rolled the latest Android 11 Beta 1 update to a few Pixel phones! It was first noticed by XDA’s Mishaal Rahman , who received the Android 11 Beta 1 update for his Pixel 4XL. It has several notable features like new icon shapes, power menu, app suggestions on the launcher, etc. Check out. Here is a screenshot a tipster sent me....
Guard.me, a student health insurance company, experienced a data breach incident last week affecting the PII of its customers. The platform realized the unauthorized access by a threat actor on May 12 and took the website offline immediately. After addressing the concerning vulnerability, Guard.me is informing its customers (students) about the incident. Also, it claims to have strengthened security. Guard.me Suffered Data Breach Guard.me, a health insurance carrier for students traveling abroad or staying in other countries for education, disclosed a data breach incident to its customers....
Though RDP service is set up for a crucial purpose of networking communications, most of the users don’t use it, actually, not everyone needs it. Such vulnerabilities of unactivated RDPs are exploited by hackers in stealing malware dumps, cryptocurrency mining, ransomware , etc. Here’s a story of a new group doing all these three activities actively. Leveraging RDS Features Remote Desktop Services (RDP) helps in sharing resources among systems (clients) in a network....
Apple offers a seamless built-in solution for iPhone users to forward texts to other devices like iPhone, iPad, or Mac. This guide will walk you through the process step-by-step, ensuring you can set it up quickly and efficiently. While iPhones don’t natively support forwarding texts to non-Apple devices (like Android phones) without third-party tools, this article focuses on Apple’s ecosystem. It provides clear instructions for automatic text message forwarding between iPhones....
This guide explains how to clear the app cache without deleting the app. I will explain how to clear the app cache on iOS and Android OS. Clearing the app cache has no separate name on the Android operating system; on iOS , it is termed offloading. When you clear the app cache, the temporary information about the app stored in the cache is removed. Usually, when the temporary data stays in the cache for a long time, it may cause the app to malfunction....
