What happened to the Apple Watch Series X?
Once upon a time, rumors of an overhauled Apple Watch with a flat design circled the web around the time the Series 7 was due to arrive. Despite that rumor’s persistence, it never materialized, and…
5 things GIMP can do that Adobe Photoshop can’t
GIMP (short for GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a very capable open-source image editing app akin to Adobe Photoshop. It’s been around since 1998 and it’s still in active development to this day. Sure, the…
Macworld Podcast: iPhone 16 early impressions
The iPhone 16 and 16 Pro are here! On this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about the new phones and what it’s like to use them! Get all the details coming up on…
How To Cool Down A Hot iPhone
When smartphones get too hot they start to misbehave and may suffer long-term damage. There have even been a few cases where phones have exploded or burst into flame, although in these cases heat is…
Cloudflare Warns of India-Linked Hackers Targeting South and East Asian Entities
Sep 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Espionage An advanced threat actor with an India nexus has been observed using multiple cloud service providers to facilitate credential harvesting, malware delivery, and command-and-control (C2). Web infrastructure…
Chinese Hackers Infiltrate U.S. Internet Providers in Cyber Espionage Campaign
Sep 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Hacking Nation-state threat actors backed by Beijing broke into a “handful” of U.S. internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign orchestrated to glean sensitive information,…
NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules
Getty Images The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for governmental agencies, standards organizations, and private companies, has proposed barring some of the most vexing and nonsensical…
OpenAI’s Murati shocks with sudden departure announcement
Enlarge / Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 17, 2023. On Wednesday, OpenAI Chief Technical Officer Mira Murati…
Talking to ChatGPT for the first time is a surreal experience
Enlarge / Putting the “chat” in ChatGPT Getty Images In May, when OpenAI first demonstrated ChatGPT-4o’s coming audio conversation capabilities, I wrote that it felt like we were “on the verge of something… like a…
Best early deals on standing desks and office chairs for October Prime Day 2024
Ergonomics are important, but standing desks and comfortable office chairs can feel like expensive luxuries. Fortunately, Amazon’s Prime Big Deals Days event is just around the corner, and like during the July Prime Day sales,…