The top 50 people who shaped Apple, ranked
Macworld April 1 marks Apple’s 50th anniversary, a milestone it couldn’t reach without the help of some very talented people. So we decided to put together a list of the 50 people who made Apple…
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Ookla’s C1X report’s most shocking result? People are buying iPhone Air
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that Ookla’s Q4 2025 Speedtest data reveals the iPhone Air has achieved unexpected popularity, generating double the test samples of the iPhone 16 Plus despite…
Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack
Marquis, a technology company used by hundreds of banks to analyze and visualize their customers’ data, says hundreds of thousands of people had their personal and sensitive financial information stolen in a ransomware attack last…
Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people
The spillover from a ransomware attack on one of the largest government contractors in the United States keeps getting bigger: more than 25 million people have now had personal data stolen in the hack. Conduent…
Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein
Def Con, one of the largest and longest running hacking conferences in the world, announced on Wednesday that three people linked to Jeffrey Epstein are no longer allowed to attend. The conference justified adding Pablos…
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
“We argue that these attacks are straightforward to test, verify, and execute at scale,” the researchers, from the universities of New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, and the firm Circle, wrote. “The threat model can be realized…
US insurance giant Aflac says hackers stole personal and health data of 22.6 million people
In June, U.S. insurance giant Aflac disclosed a data breach where hackers stole customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, without saying how many victims were affected. On Tuesday, the company confirmed…
Five people plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US companies as ‘remote IT workers’
Five people have pleaded guilty to helping North Koreans defraud U.S. companies by posing as remote IT workers, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday. The five people are accused of working as “facilitators”…
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, makers of government spyware have defended themselves from criticism by saying that their surveillance technology is intended to be used only against serious criminals and terrorists, and only in limited…
I’m an IT expert. Here are the 6 most common backup mistakes people make
Feature Avoid these pitfalls when backing up your data! Australian Editor, PCWorld Sep 25, 2025 6:00 am PDT Image: Pexels: Jakob Zerdzicki Backing up your files can be a lifesaver when data gets corrupted, or…