As with any operating system, it is important to always keep your macOS software up to date. Apple periodically releases updates for vulnerabilities, improving the performance and stability of the platform. Keeping macOS up to date has other benefits, such as accessing the latest features, performance improvements, and app updates. Apple uses automatic updates to roll out new features and security patches, while you can also manually install updates on macOS....

The situation is certainly a blow for Cloudflare. The content delivery network offers enhanced cloud security and performance. Such a flaw is problematic considering the nature of the product, and the company’s supported 5 million websites were all at risk. A serious software bug caused private data like cookies, authentication tokens, and passwords to leak. They spilled into public in plaintext format. It is worth noting that this was not a security breach, but simply an error in Cloudflare’s software....

That means if the computing giant does sell to the company, it would be among the largest reverse mergers in history. Dell is believed to want to return to being a public company. Its board of directors will meet in February to discuss ongoing strategy. A reverse merger is among the subjects that will be addressed. Dell transitioned from a publically-traded company to privately owned in 2013. Founder Michael Dell, alongside Microsoft and several other investors bought the company for $24....

GitHub’s own employees had previously protested the company’s involvement with ICE, which involves a $200,000 contract. Now software developers say the agreement should be terminated immediately. The letter has gained over 170 developers offering support. “Open source is about inverting power structures and creating access and opportunities for everyone,” the letter argues. “We, the undersigned, cannot see how to reconcile our ethics with GitHub’s continued support of ICE. Moreover, your lack of transparency around the ethical standards you use for conducting business is also concerning to a community that is focused around doing everything out in the open....

A report by the Sydney Morning Herald says the social network will soon implement changes into how its live streaming service functions. The terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand last month shocked the world and was described by the country’s Prime Minister as New Zealand’s darkest hour. During the attack, a man livestreamed his rampage on Facebook Live as he claimed the lives of 49 people. Worse was to come as Facebook could not act quickly enough to remove the video once the broadcast was over....

“GitHub is excited to partner with Google to make CI for cloud-native application development painless. The ability to use Cloud Build for CI as a part of the GitHub workflow is just the start of this partnership and we look forward to building more in the future with Google” Jason Warner, SVP of Technology at GitHub. Before getting into the details of the collaboration, there is an interesting side narrative here....

In a strange case of a malvertising campaign somehow infiltrating the largest ad network in the world, the GIMP lookalike website was the base for a phishing campaign. It would attempt to fool users into installing a malicious Setup.exe. Users were thinking they were installing a new GIMP tool on Windows, but really they were getting served malware. False domains have been spotted by users, including Reddit user ZachIngram04, and outlets like BleepingComputer....

1 Data Set2 Beating Humans UK-based DeepMind believes Agent57 could help to further the decision-making capabilities of AI. The company says the model could be used to provide more ability to make a decision. The ability of AI to make decisions is increasingly important for companies looking to leverage the technology for automated roles. DeepMind says Agent57 has achieved a first of its kind: “With Agent57, we have succeeded in building a more generally intelligent agent that has above-human performance on all tasks in the Atari57 benchmark,” wrote the study’s coauthors....

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 or Google Glass 2 has passed through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). If you are unfamiliar with the FCC, it is the regulatory body that passes devices for launch in the United States. Typically, when a device makes it through the FCC, it is close to reaching consumers. However, Google has asked for 180 days of confidentiality on some of the features. The file certification started yesterday, so 180 days should mean we see Google Glass 2 early in 2019....

Comparatively, Skype for Business supports up to 250 video participants, with one able to share video at a time. The same applies to Microsoft Team’s ‘meetings’, though only 20 can participate in a ‘private chat’. Either way, it’s a large upgrade from Meet’s previous limit of 50, and may actually see some use. Calls of over 100 people are rare, so it’s unlikely users will run any issues with the new limit....

Google has been telling employees it would be shuffling divisions for months. A new report from The Information suggests while the company is making staff cuts, it is also adding to its hardware division. However, the additions will not be external but rather from the Google Assistant team. The report points to Google’s belief that it has an opportunity to boost hardware sales. Samsung losing market share to Apple allows Google to believe its Pixel devices can compete with both giants....

How exactly Google calculates those accuracy percentages or which breakthroughs are responsible is unclear. After all, there are degrees of accuracy with translation, where they may be literally correct, but don’t carry the same sentiment or grammatical nuance. Whatever the case, users should notice a difference in some scenarios, and the improvements extend to transliteration. For the unfamiliar, transliteration refers to the practice of displaying a phrase from one alphabet in a user’s native one....

Protecting students’ online privacy is something very significant for every single educational institution, as well as students themselves. In times when everything can be easily hacked, broken, and stolen on the Internet, it is a crucial period to try to keep reliable information out of the intruders’ sight. Students are visiting online websites of many different contents regularly and that way they expose their private data. A piece of simple information like an email address is enough to get your privacy harmed....

1 How to Add Check Boxes in Word via the Developer Tools2 How to Create a Checklist in Word for Printed Documents3 Extra: How to use Double Spacing in Word4 Extra: How to Customize the Ribbon in Microsoft Word Inserting a checkbox in Word is still possible! Though Microsoft has tucked the Word check box feature away, it is entirely functional and works great. When sent the document, users will be able to view the checklist in Word, tick any boxes that apply to them, and save the changes to the document....

1 How to Add Page Numbers in Word2 How to Format Page Numbers in Word3 How to Start Page Numbers over in Word (Restart Numbering)4 How to Skip the First Page Number in Word5 How to Change Types of Page Numbering in Word6 How to Leave the Header and Footer or Design Bar7 Extra: How to Add Line Numbers in Word8 Extra: How to Add a Page Border in Microsoft Word...

1 How to Backup Sticky Notes via File Explorer2 How to Recover Sticky Notes in Windows 103 How to use File History or Backup the Windows Registry Though it may not be a major deal for some, this ability can be incredibly useful for those changing account (as cloud sync only works if you log in) or people who need the extra data security. Today we’re going to show you how to backup Sticky Notes, and then how to restore Sticky Notes should you need to....

1 How to Change Computer Name via Settings2 How to Change Computer Name in Windows 10 via Control Panel3 How to Change Computer Name via CMD4 How to Change Computer Name in PowerShell The good news is that to rename a computer in Windows 10 is incredibly easy and there are multiple ways to do it. Doing so shouldn’t have any negative effect on your system or network and is easily reversible....

1 How to Cleanup WinSxS in Windows 10 with Task Scheduler2 How to Cleanup WinSxS with the StartComponentCleanup Command3 How to Clean up the Component Store and Delete All Old Component Versions4 How to Clear Service Pack Backup Components via DISM5 How to Perform an Extended Disk Cleanup to Free Up More Space What is WinSxS? The WinSxS folder, also known as the component store, holds all essential Windows components. Though you may see such components elsewhere in Windows 10, in reality, they’re just links back to WinSxS, which handles the heavy lifting....

1 How to Show the Ribbon in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook2 How to Customize the Ribbon in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Outlook3 How to Customize Ribbon Tab Groups in Microsoft Office4 How to Customize Group Commands in the Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, or Word Ribbon What is the ribbon in Word? Before we show you how to use the Office ribbon editor to achieve this customization, let’s quickly cover what the ribbon is, how it works, and why you might want to change things up....

1 How to install Windows 11 without TPM 2.0 / TPM 1.22 How to auto-create a Windows 11-ISO without TPM-check for installation3 How to upgrade to Windows 11 with unsupported CPU / without TPM 1.24 How to upgrade to Windows 11 without any TPM (TPM 2.0 / TPM 1.2) 5 Windows 11 supported Intel processors6 Windows 11 supported AMD processors The upgrade or installation of Windows 11 also fails on other unsupported hardware such as certain older CPUs....