It’s time for Apple to hit this reset button
In the interest of an abundance of safety, the Macalope believes it’s time to shut down the App Store until we can figure out what’s going on. It is the year 2024. The Bell Riots…
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This 34-inch Samsung ultrawide monitor just hit its best-ever price
Everyone deserves a great monitor, and these days that means an ultrawide monitor that improves gaming and boosts productivity. The Samsung ViewFinity S5 is a superb choice, especially now that it’s available for just $230…
Microsoft says 8.5M systems hit by CrowdStrike BSOD, releases USB recovery tool
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. CrowdStrike By Monday morning, many of the major disruptions from the flawed CrowdStrike security update late last week…
The Apple Watch Series 9 just hit its lowest price ever
If you’re looking for a new smartwatch, you can’t do much better than the Apple Watch Series 9, especially when you can get one at a discount. And today it’s cheaper than it’s ever been:…
How the Kaspersky ban will hit resellers in the US
Last week, the U.S. government announced an unprecedented ban on selling in the United States any software made by the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Just days after the ban’s announcement, some American companies that are…
Snapdragon X Elite-powered Copilot+ laptops hit retail, sans Recall
PC sales have been struggling this year, and giving the “Copilot+” label to laptops equipped with newer hardware and the latest Microsoft AI features was supposed to give them a shot in the arm. The…
Samsung’s 4TB portable SSD just hit its lowest price ever
Cloud storage is cool and all, but what are you going to do when your internet is down? Or your account gets hacked? Or your cloud service shuts down and leaves you high and dry?…
VisionOS could be the sleeper hit of WWDC (but probably won’t)
Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a…
Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach
U.S. cell carrier Patriot Mobile experienced a data breach that included subscribers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses, home zip codes, and account PINs, TechCrunch has learned. Patriot Mobile, which reportedly has fewer than…
US think tank Heritage Foundation hit by cyberattack
Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation said on Friday that it experienced a cyberattack earlier this week. A person with knowledge of the cyberattack told TechCrunch that efforts at Heritage were underway to remediate the…