Laptops with USB-C ports are now almost ubiquitous, as the world moves away from slower USB-A ports to this faster, more versatile connection standard. Some laptops only have USB-C connections—which means a USB-C hub is essential if you want to connect a wired USB-A mouse or keyboard, or an older wired printer. Of course, it’s …
Microsoft 365 (M365), formerly called Office 365 (O365), is Microsoft’s cloud strategy flagship product with major changes ahead, such as the deprecation of their legacy authentication protocols. Often stored on or saved to the device, Basic Authentication protocols rely on sending usernames and passwords with every request, increasing the risk of attackers capturing users’ credentials, …
Consumers around the world consistently turn to Apple for their products’ sleek, modern design and reliably high performance. However, constant changes in technology can sometimes make using devices to consume things like media difficult (think watching a DVD in the streaming era). Thankfully, this high-powered software trio makes managing your media a breeze. The MacX Media …
12 people have been detained as part of an international law enforcement operation for orchestrating ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure and large organizations that hit over 1,800 victims across 71 countries since 2019, marking the latest action against cybercrime groups. The arrests were made earlier this week on October 26 in Ukraine and Switzerland, resulting …
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed details of a new vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions in macOS and take complete control of the device to perform arbitrary operations on the device without getting flagged by traditional security solutions. Dubbed “Shrootless” and tracked as CVE-2021-30892, the “vulnerability lies in how Apple-signed packages with …
The results are in and it looks like there are two ways to deal with Apple’s massive processor announcements last week and they’re both a form of denial. First of all, you can deny they even happened. “In worst Apple event ever, the tech giant becomes a parody of itself.” (Tip o’ the antlers to …
How much are you paying for your phone bill right now? The average phone bill for Americans is actually a monstrous $127 a month. But, today a Boost Mobile Prepaid 12 Months Unlimited Talk & Text + 2GB LTE Data plus a VPN Unlimited Lifetime Subscription, is on sale for just $110 altogether (reg. $393). That’s less …
In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Mark Hachman, and Adam Patrick Murray talk the long-awaited Intel 12th-gen Alder Lake CPU, its features as well as XMP 3.0, and break down the MacBook Pro reviews. The Full Nerd crew kicks off this week’s podcast discussing the 12th-gen Alder Lake chip that …
Getty Images Microsoft regained its crown as the most valuable publicly listed company in the world on Friday from Apple, whose shares slumped following a weak quarterly earnings update from the maker of iPhones and Mac computers. Microsoft’s 2.2 percent gain on Friday lifted its market valuation to $2.49 trillion. Apple slid 1.9 percent, taking …
Enlarge / The 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro stacked on top of the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro. Samuel Axon (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.) Apple has long offered an application called Time Machine that lets you revert the software on your computer to the state it …