Apple Announced Free Coding Courses Apple has today announced to offer free online courses for teachers and parents, to its native coding platforms like Swift. This is to support them amidst Coronavirus breakout and make their home time productive by learning things and in turn help their kids too. This includes access to Develop in Swift, Xcode for macOS development and Everyone can Code learning course. These are aimed at US students ranging between grades 4 to 8 and delivered through online mode....

The list of countries the refurbished pieces are available includes the US, Canada, and a few European nations. And the configurations available are – one with an M1 Max chip and the other with an M1 Ultra chip, both varying in CPU and GPU capabilities. Both these variants come with Apple’s one-year limited warranty and are eligible for AppleCare+ coverage. Sales of Refurbished Mac Studio Launched in March 2022, the new age Mac Studio is Apple’s most capable computer based on benchmark scores....

As reported by the FingerprintJS researchers, Safari browser v15 using the WebKit on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS are affected by this. Also, Chrome, Brave, and other browsers using the same browser engine are affected by this. As the issue isn’t resolved by Apple yet, researchers stated few mitigation procedures until then. Safari Bug in iOS As browsers are the gateway to the internet, their makers use a variety of tools in their code to store information and process data that satisfy each other’s needs....

Apple Warns of Using Webcam Covers in MacBooks! People covering webcams with some cover is now a new normal since everyone has started believing they’re being snooped. This started when Facebook’s Zuckerberg seen covering his laptop’s webcam in 2016, and also through various hints from cyber movies about hackers. But, this practice may sometimes damage the device if being improper, says Apple. Apple asked the community not to close their MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with covers on their camera since this could damage the screen it didn’t set properly....

This was previously touted to come in the Apple Watch Series 7 but was dumped since the feature’s algorithm didn’t qualify before the EVT stage. Hoping that they work on the new generation of Apple Watch, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the body temperature measurement may be available in Watch series 8. Body Temperature Measurement in Apple Watch The Apple Watch series is one of the premium offerings from Apple, which contain a lot of health tracking and connectivity features to ease our lives....

This flaw majorly impacts Linux based OS, but attackers can use the vulnerability to attack other users. Here is a partial list of all such OS – Ubuntu 19.10 (systemd) Fedora (systemd) Debian 10.2 (systemd) Arch 2019.05 (systemd) Manjaro 18.1.1 (systemd) Devuan (sysV init) MX Linux 19 (Mepis+antiX) Void Linux (runit) Slackware 14.2 (rc.d) Deepin (rc.d) FreeBSD (rc.d) OpenBSD (rc.d) How do attackers use this flaw? This security flaw allows a network adjacent attacker to know if another user is connected to the same VPN server....

The Belgium bank is already having its credit cards based on Visa and Mastercard networks, on Apple Pay. This new addition will bring more people to the platform, considering Bancontact’s popularity in Belgium. Bancontact Cards on Apple Pay Months after 9to5Mac broke that Bancontact is secretly working with Apple to make its cards available on Apple Pay, Belgium’s Belfius bank confirmed that it’s adding its Bancontact cards and Maestro debit cards to Apple Pay, later this year....

Bill Gates Prefers Android Over iOS Though the debate between Android and iOS is unending, occasional incidents popup to ally on each other’s side and make the war tough and interesting. One such latest development comes from Microsoft’s co-founder, Bill Gates, who recently revealed that he prefers Android over iOS since it gives him more flexibility. This is true in sense, as Android is open-source and iOS isn’t. Apple intentionally restricts every basic move in iOS in the name of privacy....

If you have ever used a VPN before, you will know just how useful it can be when traveling or in other situations where you may experience poor connectivity. For instance, if you travel outside your home country, it can be difficult to access WiFi due to the risk of data breaches and privacy issues. However, you may not be aware of the fact that a VPN can actually help you get rid of the packet loss problems on your internet connection....

Maze Ransomware Hacked Canon Canon is one of the finest players in the imaging field. The US wing of the company was attacked by a ransomware group in August this year and had been investigating the incident since then. While it didn’t specially mention a ransomware attack then, the Maze group claimed the attack through its site. This began when users of Canon started complaining about the (image.canon) service. It’s a cloud platform from Canon to let users store their photos and videos upto 10TB....

The alleged sites are related to one group and are streaming copyrighted content like Olympics, NBA matches, NFL games, etc for free. The plaintiffs are now asking the court for a permanent injunction, and compensation for their violations. Pirates Sites Streaming Sports From Sling TV The US-based DISH Network and its subsidiary Sling TV have filed a lawsuit against four streaming sites in Texas court, alleging them for illegal transmission of copyrighted content without authorization....

Not The App, But Its Additional Service! This vulnerability was first discovered by security researcher Chris Danielle and Decoder on zero-day and has informed Dropbox to fix it. Since September 18 (informed date), the company has recognized this flaw but not yet released any patch to date. To say, the actual application Dropbox isn’t vulnerable, but it’s alongside service application as Dropbox Updater is vulnerable enough to let hackers exploit the host....

Now You Can’t Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin. As if creating waves in the Dogecoin world isn’t enough, Elon Musk now falls on Bitcoin and pretty much everything on the cryptocurrency market! He just announced that his EV company, Tesla, will not accept Bitcoin for vehicles since it adversely impacts the environment. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2021 Bitcoin, created through a hardware-intensive mining process, uses large amounts of energy....

He further stated that no account reinstatement or major decisions related to content would be taken unless the council convenes. Earlier, Musk clearly stated that he isn’t happy with Twitter’s policies for content moderation. Twitter Content Moderation Council As hundreds of thousands of celebrities and officials use Twitter as their second formal means of communication, the platform is subject to controversies most of the time. And with this stance, Twitter gets to moderate content that’s deemed harmful and against basic laws....

According to it, over 2,300 public and private organizations in the US have been hit in 2021. These include local government offices, schools, and healthcare organizations. Among them, about 118 incidents have been seen leaking the senstive data of people resulting in data breaches. Ransomware Attacks in 2021 Over the years, ransomware actors have grown with sophisticated tools to hit high targets and earn lucrative deals. And in the last couple of years, this activity has grown sharply due to lockdowns and work-from-home concepts....

Facebook Users Data Leaked First seen by Alon Gal, CTO of a cybercrime intelligence firm named Hudson Rock, the database was listed for sale in a popular hacker forum mid-last year. It’s reported that the dump was actually from 2019, where a hacker has stolen it from Facebook after exploiting a vulnerability in its ‘Add Friend’ feature. This means that if you have a Facebook account, it is extremely likely the phone number used for the account was leaked....

They’ve seen ISO images and installer files named Windows 11 and have malware in them. Unsuspicious users installing these files by ignoring warnings will have their system infected and hacked. Malware Spreading through Fake Windows 11 Files Microsoft bumping the hardware requirements for supporting Windows 11 has hit the budget community hard. The maker has increased the requirements to be at least Intel’s 8th-gen or AMD Zen 2 core chips and support security protocols like TPM and Secure Boot....

In the letter, the FCC commissioner stated that TikTok is surveillance spyware from China, and thus could be used as a counterintelligence tool in critical times. How Apple and Google respond to this is yet to be seen. FCC Commissioner Calls TikTok a Spyware The drama we’ve seen regarding TikTok in the Trump period is now rising again. Back then, in the pursuit of thumping China in all ways possible, the Trump administration enforced banning TikTok in the US citing several security reasons....

Well, currently, there’s no perfect reason why this issue occurs. Still, this is probably a simple temporary bug that can be removed just by following some simple and easy methods that we have described below. So, let’s get started. Also Read- FIX – Unable To Answer Calls on Android Phone Methods To Fix Mobile Data Not Working on Android If you are bothered due to this kind of error on your android device, then make sure to perform these fixes to permanently fix the mobile data not working error on your Android device....

Google Chrome v89 New Features Though Chrome has hundreds of features in the pipeline, Google has announced a few of them in its latest version 89, which rolled out yesterday. Some of the interesting ones are the Profile, Reading Lists, support to external devices, and WebNFC. Here are they in detail; Google Chrome v89 New FeaturesProfileReading ListsWebHIDWebNFC Profile Google has made it easy for users to make their profiles distinguishable among many in one Chrome browser....