We still have a while to wait before Apple unveils the long-rumored iPhone 17 Air. However, the latest reports make me believe that if Cupertino plans to make this device a reality, it might end up being a flop. Even though Apple customers have been anxiously awaiting a major change in the iPhone lineup, I…
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Apple is developing foldable devices, or so say rumors and leaks that drop routinely. Some claim a foldable MacBook/iPad will be launched before the foldable iPhone. Others mention development delays, as Apple is waiting for specific technology innovations, like Samsung manufacturing foldable screens that do not crease in the middle.The gist of those rumors is…
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The iPhone 16 Plus is the first Plus-sized iPhone I’ve ever bought. It’s also the first non-Pro iPhone I’ve owned since Apple introduced the iPhone X, which effectively spawned the Pro series. I’d usually look at Pro iPhones before even considering a non-Pro model. The iPhone 14 Pro actually made things clear to me: I…
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Switzerland’s national postal service is targeting one million Swiss residents to join its ePost encrypted communications service by the end of 2025. Swiss Post, faced with the prospect of annual falls in demand for traditional postal services, is betting that its ePost mobile app will fill the gap left by the declining use of traditional…
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An independent inquiry into the mobile browser market has recommended that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) consider investigating Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystem activities. However, the inquiry also recommended that no further action needs to be taken on cloud gaming. The provisional findings of the inquiry concluded that the mobile browser market is not working…
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IT leaders should address their internal processes to minimise their organisations’ IT security risk exposure and attack surface. This becomes ever more complex as business IT environments evolve. Leaders not only need to consider which employees and job roles require access to which IT systems, but also non-human access controls where either an internal or…
Recorded ransomware attack volumes rose by 19% during October 2024 to a total of 468 incidents worldwide, a significant number of them in the US, where the controversial presidential election likely emboldened Russian-speaking threat actors to strike, according to NCC Group’s latest monthly Threat pulse report. Although the full-scale of attempted Russian state interference in…
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We learned that Meta was testing voice message transcription support for WhatsApp this summer, and we got the gist of how this incredibly useful functionality would work.The best part about the whole thing is that voice transcription happens on-device, and everything continues to be end-to-end encrypted. You don’t have to agree to send your messages…
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Microsoft president Brad Smith has called on United States president-elect Donald Trump not to break step with his predecessor’s work on cyber security, saying that threat actors working on behalf of China, Iran and Russia present an ever greater threat to American and global security. Speaking to the Financial Times, Smith praised president Joe Biden’s…
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Intel’s Arc B580 GPU has been leaked via a Geekbench resultThe score itself is meaningless, but it provides key spec detailsB580’s core count could be lower than A580, but other specs might balance that outIntel’s Battlemage graphics cards are supposedly set to launch in December if the rumors are right, and we’ve got another nugget…
