Tech / Product News & Reviews
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra hits the FCC, confirms S-Pen and Wi-Fi 6E support
The phone is due out earlier than ever, in mid-January.
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Let’s Encrypt comes up with workaround for abandonware Android devices
When you haven't been updated since 2016, expiring certificates are a problem.
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Firefox continues cracking down on tracking with cache partitioning
Mozilla follows Apple's and Google's leads on partitioning, then one-ups them.
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Zero-click iMessage zero-day used to hack the iPhones of 36 journalists
Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords.
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After riots, iPhone manufacturer says it “deeply regrets” exploiting workers
Apple flags Wistron for "violations of our Supplier Code of Conduct."
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Microsoft may be developing its own in-house ARM CPU designs
Bloomberg's unconfirmed report relies on confidential sources within Microsoft.
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Some Big Sur users are unable to update macOS due to an MDM bug
A bug in Mobile Device Management is causing major headaches for some users.
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Microsoft president calls SolarWinds hack an “act of recklessness”
Of 18,000 backdoored servers, hackers followed up on only a few dozen.
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Microsoft is reportedly added to the growing list of victims in SolarWinds hack
Other reported victims include the Energy Department nuke security administration.
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SolarWinds hack that breached gov networks poses a “grave risk” to the nation
Nuclear weapons agency among those breached by state-sponsored hackers.
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Twitter repeals retweet roadblocks, Facebook follows suit
Both Twitter and Facebook are winding down some temporary emergency measures.
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Google kills Android Things, its IoT OS, in January
Google promised three years of updates at launch but stopped updates after one year.
War Stories: How Nintendo sold the NES to a skeptical country
Convincing the public to love home video games again after Atari's dramatic fall.
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“Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks
Scale of operation is unlike anything researchers had seen before.
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Qualcomm promises three years of Android updates for its entire SoC lineup
The new plan is three years of major OS updates and four years of security updates.
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Google bought CloudReady, the largest ChromiumOS distribution
Google says it will continue to offer the free-as-in-beer Home edition.
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Up to 3 million devices infected by malware-laced Chrome and Edge add-ons
Security firm identifies 28 malicious extensions hosted by Google and Microsoft.
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Google sees major services outages two days in a row
Some users are still reporting problems, especially if they use a third-party client.
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Apple’s watchOS 7.2 is out, offers new health and fitness metrics
Apple's health-monitoring claims go far beyond those from typical fitness gear.
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iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages
Dramatic video shows employees smashing windows in response to pay disputes.
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The Google Home Max is dead—Google shuts down production
The Home Max was $400. It weighed 12 pounds. It was probably too expensive.
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SolarWinds hackers have a clever way to bypass multi-factor authentication
Hackers who hit SolarWinds compromised a think tank three separate times.
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~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers
Russia-backed hackers use supply chain attack to infect public and private organizations.
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Get your first look at a OnePlus 9 prototype
Even the cheaper OnePlus 9 will have a 120Hz display this year.
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The Ars Technica ultimate holiday gift guide 2020
We propose some last-minute tech gift ideas for the various people in your life.
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Russian hackers hit US government using widespread supply chain attack
Russia’s Cozy Bear is trojanizing business software to infect organizations worldwide.
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Stroll down memory lane with this 1996 instructional video on How to Internet
Everything You Need to Know About... Introduction to the Internet is on the Internet Archive.
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Zodiac Killer cipher is cracked after eluding sleuths for 51 years
Northern California serial murderer sent encoded messages that went uncracked until now.
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Apple is full-steam ahead on replacing Qualcomm modems with its own
SVP Johny Srouji told Apple employees that development kicked off this year.
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Where do I go now that CentOS Linux is gone? Check our list
CentOS was the most famous “RHEL rebuild” by far—but there are others.
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Facebook says hackers backed by Vietnam’s government are linked to IT firm
Group is known for its robust, custom-made malware. IT firm says the link is a mistake.
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Boston Dynamics sells to Hyundai Motor Group in $1.1 billion deal
Boston Dynamics gets access to Hyundai's serious manufacturing supply chain.
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“Mass Effect Will Return:” Teaser trailer sets a new (old) direction for the sequel
Players are not going all the way out to Andromeda this time.
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Wormable code-execution flaw in Cisco Jabber has a severity rating of 9.9 out of 10
The company failed to adequately fix the vulnerability before, so it’s trying again.
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4 major browsers are getting hit in widespread malware attacks
Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex are all affected in widespread ad-injection campaign.
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Ex-Apple employees say company ignored China labor-law violations
A dispatch-worker law led to studies, debate within Apple—but not enough action.
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Google breaks SMS on many Android phones, is rolling back changes now
Android’s Carrier Services app, which has over a billion downloads, is on the fritz.