Someday, perhaps, Nintendo will give us a Zelda game where the princess steals into a castle to rescue Link. In the meantime, though, we can act out a similar scenario with Apple Arcade’s new Kings of the Castle. Here, a dragon named Zantorian has locked away the poor Prince Rupert in a castle and she …
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle. Charter is killing its home-security service and telling customers that security devices they’ve purchased will stop working once the service is shut down on February 5. The impending shutdown and customers’ anger at Charter—a cable company also known by the brand name “Spectrum”—has been widely reported over the past month. …
The more things change, the more they stay the same, the saying goes. That couldn’t be more true for our review candidate today, Check Point’s ZoneAlarm Extreme Security. We reviewed this software nearly six years ago, and in that time the Windows interface has not changed. Sure, some features have disappeared and others have taken …
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it dozens of times: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” When it comes to its corporate acquisitions, Cupertino likes to play its cards very close to its chest. Of course, that doesn’t stop industry watchers …
You can put away your Texas Instruments graphing calculators, kids. Microsoft’s bringing that capability to the Calculator app within Windows 10, as part of a new Insider build. Windows 10 Build 19546 includes a special Graphing Mode for Windows Calculator, as well as a new Indexer Diagnostics app for delving a bit deeper into what …
The 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro. Samuel Axon A full view of the reduced bezels and tweaked keyboard. Samuel Axon It still comes with four Thunderbolt ports and one headphone jack—no more, no less. Samuel Axon The Touch ID button is now separated from the Touch Bar. Samuel Axon Arrow keys now have an inverted T …
The front and back of the PinePhone. This photo has side views. A real picture of the PinePhone in its shipping box. The PinePhone with the back peeled off. Here you can see the six gold pogo pins at the top, along with the six dip switches. A factory full of PinePhones. This crazy adapter …
Great news for iOS users! You can now use your iPhone or iPad, running iOS 10 or later, as a physical security key for securely logging into your Google account as part of the Advanced Protection Program for two-factor authentication. Android users have had this feature on their smartphones since last year, but now Apple …
Not all that long ago, the spring of 2020 seemed like a golden age of wonders. We complained there would be too many games—Watch Dogs Legion, Dying Light 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, Baldur’s Gate III, and the crown jewel Cyberpunk 2077. Now uh…maybe none of them will release in the spring. Most were already delayed or simply absent, …
Penetration tests have long been known as a critical security tool that exposes security weaknesses through simulated attacks on an organization’s IT environments. These test results can help prioritize weaknesses, providing a road-map towards remediation. However, the results are also capable of doing even more. They identify and quantify security risk, and can be used …