A UK watchdog group said on Wednesday that Apple has agreed to clearly notify consumers if future iOS software updates slow down or change the performance of an iPhone. CNBC reports: The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority investigated the issue after Apple said in early 2018 that it had deliberately slowed down processor speeds through a software update on some iPhones…
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Phones Can Now Tell Who Is Carrying Them From Their Users’ Gaits
PolygamousRanchKid shares an excerpt from a report via The Economist: Most online fraud involves identity theft, which is why businesses that operate on the web have a keen interest in distinguishing impersonators from genuine customers. Passwords help. But many can be guessed or are jotted down imprudently. Newer phones, tablets, and laptop and desktop computers often have beefed-up security with fingerprint…
Android and iOS Devices Impacted By New Sensor Calibration Attack
A new device fingerprinting technique can track Android and iOS devices across the Internet by using factory-set sensor calibration details that any app or website can obtain without special permissions. From a report: This new technique — called a calibration fingerprinting attack, or SensorID — works by using calibration details from gyroscope and magnetometer sensors on iOS; and calibration details from…
Apple Tweaks Its Troubled MacBook Keyboard Design Yet Again, Expands Repair Program
Apple is announcing an update to its keyboard repair program today. All MacBooks with the so-called “butterfly mechanism” (that’s pretty much all modern MacBooks) will now be fully eligible for Apple’s Keyboard Service Program. From a report: The expansion means that a few newer models that weren’t previously covered will be able to get repairs. Unfortunately, Apple is not extending how…
Tim Cook Says His Era Has Failed by Over-Debating Climate Change
Tim Cook told graduates at Tulane University that his “generation has failed” them by fighting more than making change on issues including immigration, criminal justice and, pointedly, climate change. From a report: “We’ve been too focused on the fight and not enough on the progress,” the Apple chief executive said Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. “You don’t need…
Microsoft Launches First Edge Preview Builds For Mac Users
Microsoft today announced the launch of a preview or canary build of its Microsoft Edge browser designed for the macOS operating system. Microsoft Edge for macOS can be installed from the Microsoft Edge Insider site on compatible Macs. MacRumors reports: Microsoft says that the initial build available today includes several interface changes to meld the Microsoft design language with the design…
Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells Graduates To ‘Push Back’ Against Belief-Reinforcing Algorithms
CNBC reports:
Apple CEO Tim Cook challenged Gen Z to clean up the messes Baby Boomers have left behind. “In some important ways, my generation has failed you,” Cook said Saturday in his commencement speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. He emphasized climate change, according to the article — though he also shared a memory about…
TikTok is China’s Most Important Export Right Now
Silicon Valley may have begun the era of social media, but its future could be in China. From a report: Tensions between America and China are pushing the world’s two largest economies into an escalating trade war. President Donald Trump continues to threaten a tariff hike on more Chinese goods. So it’s a strange time for one of the most popular…
Steam Link Finally Comes To iOS, One Year After Apple Initially Rejected It
Valve’s Steam Link app, which brings streaming games to your mobile device, is now available as a free download for iOS and Apple TV. The iOS launch comes nearly one year after Apple rejected the app due to “business conflicts.” GameSpot reports: The Steam Link app promises to bring “desktop gaming to your iPhone or iPad.” Users can pair a Steam…
It’s Almost Impossible To Tell If Your iPhone Has Been Hacked
An anonymous reader writes: A recent vulnerability in WhatsApp shows that there’s little defenders can do to detect and analyze iPhone hacks. Some iOS security experts say this is yet another incident that shows iOS is so locked down it’s hard — if not impossible — to figure out if your own iPhone has been hacked. […] “The simple reality is…