Apple has updated the AirPods, removing the 3rd and 2nd generation AirPods from the line-up and introducing AirPods 4 in two formats: with and without ANC (Active Noise Cancellation). The 2024 AirPods feature a new…
Apple’s big iPhone 16 launch weekend wasn’t quite all it could be, because of one major missing feature: Apple Intelligence. While new features such as Camera Control and personalized Photographic Styles gave users plenty to…
Sep 23, 2024The Hacker NewsPassword Management / Data Breach Password resets can be frustrating for end users. Nobody likes being interrupted by the ‘time to change your password’ notification – and they like it even…
I’ll be the first one to admit to not practicing the best battery habits, especially where my laptop is concerned. Most days I leave my laptop plugged in for far too long, which can deteriorate…
For anyone trying to keep their personal information secure, recent headlines have been a grim kick in the pants. The harshest came last month when the National Public Data breach was disclosed—the source of a…
All in all, Apple’s Glowtime event earlier this month was mildly disappointing. The new iPhones are yet another cautious iteration on a product with nowhere interesting left to go; the new AirPods didn’t do the…
Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework (ASF) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as…
Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Data Protection Popular social messaging platform Discord has announced that it’s rolling out a new custom end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) protocol to secure audio and video calls. The protocol has been…
Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Supply Chain Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed using poisoned Python packages as a way to deliver a new malware called PondRAT as part of…
Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A suspected advanced persistent threat (APT) originating from China targeted a government organization in Taiwan, and possibly other countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, by exploiting a recently…