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Apple settles with Countries for about $113M over iPhone battery throttling

Expand / / An iPhone 6. (charge: Getty Images | NurPhoto) The attorneys general for 33 states and the District of Columbia have attained a $113 million settlement with Apple over allegations the iPhone manufacturer throttled operation in a number of generations of the unit to hide a design flaw in the batterylife. The states […]

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FCC adds 45MHz into Wi-Fi, Assuring”supersize” networks on 5GHz Group

Expand (charge: Getty Images | Kittichai Boonpong | EyeEm) Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission today voted to include 45MHz of spectrum into Wi-Fi at a somewhat controversial choice that takes away the spectrum from a little-used automobile-safety tech. The range from 5.850GHz to 5.925GHz continues, for approximately 20 decades, been put apart for Dedicated Short […]

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Cisco rolls out fix for Webex flaws that let hackers eavesdrop on meetings

Enlarge (credit: Cisco) Cisco is rolling out fixes for three vulnerabilities in its Webex video-conference software that made it possible for interlopers to eavesdrop on meetings as a “ghost,” meaning being able to view, listen, and more without being seen by the organizer or any of the attendees. The vulnerabilities were discovered by IBM Research […]

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Apple lets some Big Sur network traffic bypass firewalls

Enlarge (credit: Patrick Wardle) Firewalls aren’t just for corporate networks. Large numbers of security- or privacy-conscious people also use them to filter or redirect traffic flowing in and out of their computers. Apple recently made a major change to macOS that frustrates these efforts. Beginning with Big Sur released last week, some 50 Apple-specific apps […]

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Hulu Increases Live TV Cost to $65, Fitting YouTube TV’s Most Current price Increase

Expand (credit: Getty Imagers | Chesnot ) Hulu is increasing the monthly cost of its live-TV streaming bundle at $54.99 to $64.99 beginning on December 18, continuing a series of price climbs by online movie services offering an alternative to satellite and cable TV. The increase will apply to new and existing subscribers. Hulu + […]

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Voting security Specialists refute Trump Promises of voting machine hacking

Since President Trump proceeds to create unfounded claims of widespread election fraud, 59 of this planet’s leading experts on electronic votes have been hitting back, stating the recent allegations of real voting system hacking”have been {} incoherent.” Monday’s letter arrived after two weeks of baseless and unfounded claims from Trump along with also a number […]

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Mac Certification Test stokes fears that Apple logs Each Program you Operate

Expand (charge: Getty Images) Last Thursday afternoon, Mac users anyplace started complaining of a crippling downturn when launching apps. The reason: online certification checks Apple performs every time a person opens an program not downloaded in your App Store. The mass update to Big Sur, it appears, led to the Apple servers accountable for these […]

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US gov’s CISO takes Abandon to Assist Trump Look for Elections fraud

Expand / All these Trump allies are a part of a team searching for voter fraud. From left to right, Thomas Baptiste, Matthew Braynard, Camilo Sandoval, along with Witold Chrabaszcz on November 14, 2020 at Vienna, Virginia. The Washington Post) The US administration’s chief information security officer (CISO) is now taking off time from his […]

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Rethinking corporate-issued hardware at a work-from-home Universe

Expand / / Pick your own firearms. (charge: Aurich Lawson / / Getty Images) With many businesses today with a substantial part of employees working remotely–and since you’re looking, this will be the longterm fact –the older version of how businesses encourage a”cellular” workforce isn’t just holding up nicely. I have already covered several of […]

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Hackers May Utilize just-fixed Intel bugs to Put in malicious firmware on PCs

Since the quantity of sensitive information stored on computers has exploded within the last ten years, hardware and software manufacturers have spent increasing amounts of funds in securing apparatus contrary to physical attacks at the event {} stolen, lost, or confiscated. Before this week, Intel mended a collection of bugs which made it possible for […]