When Apple launched the first Face ID device, the iPhone X, I said it was the start of a world where seamless, perpetual, passive authentication would change the way we use Apple computers and software.Then, Apple brought Face ID to the iPad but not to the Mac, where I always thought it could be very…
Face ID could give Apple the best video doorbell on the planet Read More »
It’s been quite the half-decade. In fact, it’s hard to know where to start when reflecting on it. The Covid-19 pandemic saw a (forced) mass shift towards hybrid working models, leaving security teams with a new and complex attack surface to secure quickly. Charges made against the CISOs of SolarWinds and Uber set a precedent…
Look to the future: How the threat landscape may evolve next Read More »
OpenAI ended its “12 Days of ChatGPT” announcements on Friday with a bang. The company unveiled the next-gen reasoning model that will power ChatGPT, which is called o3. A ChatGPT o3-mini will also be available to users.According to OpenAI’s presentation, the o3 models will deliver big performance boosts over their predecessors. OpenAI also revealed that…
ChatGPT o3 is coming in January, but there’s still no word on GPT-5 Read More »
Nvidia experienced a memorable 2024 in some ways, and certainly CEO Jensen Huang won’t forget the year in which his company finally outdid Apple as the most valuable firm in the world.We also received a clutch of powerful new GeForce GPUs from Team Green, along with a huge move on the software front too, and,…
Apple upgraded several Macs to the M4 chip a few weeks ago, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini. The former is easily the most exciting of the three, as Apple gave fans a much-needed upgrade. The M4 MacBook Pro comes with 16GB of RAM instead of 8GB, effectively reducing the laptop’s price for…
M4 MacBook Air to launch before iPhone SE 4 and iPad 11 Read More »
The year 2024 threw up another diverse crop of stories in the world of cyber security, with much to pay attention to, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), which continued to dominate the headlines. This year, we steer away from AI fear, uncertainty and doubt to focus on some of the other big…
The first thing worth knowing about the first ever ransomware locker is that its use was apparently motivated by revenge rather than outright criminality. The second thing worth knowing is that there was not a Russian speaker in sight. In fact, its author, Joseph Popp, grew up in Ohio and was educated at Harvard University.…
The Security Interviews: Martin Lee, Cisco Talos Read More »
With 2024 winding down, there’s no question that the Nintendo Switch 2 console is one of the most talked about gadgets set to debut next year. We’ve witnessed an increasing number of leaks in recent weeks, including a dummy Switch 2 unit that gave us a good look at the console’s purported design.We know Nintendo…
The Nintendo Switch 2 launch event might be just a few weeks away Read More »
Artificial intelligence (AI) has hit the headlines and the datacentres, but with it comes a range of performance and operating considerations that impact storage as much as any other IT discipline. In this review, we look at the key demands of AI processing on data storage, the type of storage AI requires, and the suitability…
We’re nearing the iPhone’s twentieth anniversary in 2027, a device that should be called iPhone 19 according to the current naming scheme. Blame Apple’s marketing department for that. They decided that iPhone XS/XR was a good name for a device that would have had to be called iPhone 11. Apple could always fix it like…
iPhone 19 with a zero-bezel display sounds amazing, but here’s why I don’t want one Read More »
