While the current Apple fanfare is focused on the welcome updates to the MacBook Air and entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro, it was easy to miss that Apple has also dropped the neglected 12-inch MacBook at the same time. While somewhat unexpected, it did make for a peculiar line up where the 12-inch model, while smaller […]
Joining a new Wi-Fi network is a task we do surprisingly often. At coffee shops or restaurants, at friends or neighbor’s houses, on flights… given how common it is, it’s sort of surprising that Apple waited until iOS 13 to make the task easier. Instead of opening the Settings app and Wi-Fi menu, you can […]
Virgin Orbit has gotten the thumbs up to conduct the LauncherOne system’s first drop test, and it can happen “in the very near future.” The Virgin Group’s launch services company has successfully completed its final captive carry flight test, almost eight months after the first time its carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl flew with a 70-foot-long […]
After initially defending their decision to install insecure local web servers on Mac users’ machines that posed a major security risk and could be hijacked by attackers, teleconferencing app Zoom has backtracked and has said it will quickly remove the “feature.” News of the exploit first came via security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh, who published a […]
When you explicitly tell an Android app, “No, you don’t have permission to track my phone,” you probably expect that it won’t have abilities that let it do that. But researchers say that thousands of apps have found ways to cheat Android’s permissions system, phoning home your device’s unique identifier and enough data to potentially […]
Spotify is launching the lighter version of its Android app today — dubbed Spotify Lite — that’s designed for people with smaller data plans and older devices. The 10MB app (the main Spotify app can require 100MB) ships with one major new feature: the ability to set a data limit and receive a notification when […]
One of the best video games we never got (or was it) was a Nintendo Entertainment System version of The Terminator by Sunsoft. When you talk about an NES version of The Terminator, most think of the 1992 game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Mindscape and Bethesda Softworks. And the general consensus is […]
Sling TV has made some tweaks to its interface on Apple TV and Roku devices that should make for a better viewing experience. The company says the updates are in response to customer feedback, and should make it easier to sift through shows and movies. The changes are rolling out to Roku users starting today, […]
Gordon Kelly of Forbes is at it again, pushing his unique blend of scary words about Windows 10, mixed with an absolutely overwhelming lack of knowledge about the underlying technologies. I thought we had seen the last of Gordon three years ago, when he slinked away after credulously hyping some gibberish about Windows 10 telemetry […]
Google has been operating an MVNO using broadband from T-Mobile, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular since 2015. Following a rebrand to Google Fi late last year, the wireless service is targeting more customers than ever with expanded Android and iOS support. A new report today claims that “Google is in talks to help create a fourth […]
The iCloud website is handy when you want to check info from an unfamiliar device or just prefer to use a browser, but the need to enter your password could be enough of a pain that you might just pull out your phone instead. Soon, though, it could be relatively effortless. The company is testing […]
When a rocket carrying the first module of the International Space Station blasted off from Kazakhstan in November of 1998, NASA officials said that the station would serve as an orbiting home for astronauts and cosmonauts for at least 15 years. It’s now been over 18 years that the station has been continuously occupied by […]
