USB Restricted mode rejects USB connections through the Lightning port if the iPhone has not been unlocked in the last hour. At its core, this means hackers, data thieves, authorities cannot unlock a device by connecting it to a PC. While debuted as a key feature on iOS 12, the feature is also available on iOS 11.4.1. The main ability of Restricted mode to protect people from law enforcement and thieves....

According to Serocu, the two men have been arrested due to suspicions of an unauthorized infiltration of Microsoft’s networks. It’s said that several attempts were made between January and March of this year. The suspects are a 22-year old from Lincolnshire and a 25-year old from Bracknell. Authorities say they may be part of a group of cybercriminals specifically targeting Microsoft. “This group is spread around the world and therefore the investigation is being coordinated with our various partners....

Firstly, the awaited spell check feature debuted with v76.0.1440. This addition has been highly awaited by many, who rely on spellchecking to catch errors in messages and documents. Though free alternatives like Grammarly exist, they’re a little overkill for the average person. Microsoft’s solution is lightweight, yet offers several different correction options. Once enabled, you can also add words to your dictionary, reducing the number of false positives for slang or technical terms....

Initially, the new Microsoft Edge started expanding to normal Windows 10 versions last month. Now, Microsoft has plans to start bringing it to education and business users. This will happen next month, with Microsoft pointing to after July 20, 2020. Redmond confirmed the update through a blog post this week: “Beginning no earlier than July 30, 2020, Microsoft will update Microsoft Edge Legacy to the new Microsoft Edge browser by Windows Update on Windows 10 devices in education and business....

The command-line tool can be used by organizations in an on-premises situation to scan systems for activity of Solarigate. It will find instances of exploits against SolarWinds apps. Called the CISA Hunt and Incident Response Program (Chirp), the tool is available now: “CHIRP scans for signs of APT compromise within an on-premises environment,” CISA says in the alert. Underpinning CHIRP is a method for finding instances of exploits against eh SolarWinds Orion app....

His latest feat with his engineers has been to build the world’s biggest battery. Impressively, the cell has been built after a challenge to complete it in 100 days. The challenge came from a Twitter bet. Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes said he would front the money and clear the red tap if Elon Musk and his Tesla company could build the battery in 100 days. To show he was serious, Musk said it would be delivered within 100 days or Tesla would pick up the cost....

Known as the “Merge”, this was when the Ethereum Mainnet merged with a blockchain called Beacon Chain to become a single channel. During the confusion of this switch, scammers were able to take advantage of investors and steal $1.2 million. This was a fairly simple attack method. The scammers would tell Ethereum holders that they needed to upgrade their Ether to another blockchain by sending the cryptocurrency to them. Believing these were legit, the victims would then send their crypto to addresses held by the threat actors....

While the announcements may not have been as blockbuster as recent years, Microsoft was quick to point out the Xbox E3 briefing was the largest ever. More than 6,000 people were involved and over 1,000 fans were in attendance. At the Microsoft Theater, the company reconfirmed its commitment to exclusive in-house game development. With that in mind, the company announced 18 Xbox One exclusives. 15 of those were receiving their world premier at E3....

This is not just any warning, it has come from the top. The commissioner says she is losing patience with social media companies and wants them to meet European standards: “I am becoming very impatient,” commissioner V?ra Jourová said at a press briefing today. “In our opinion there are in the terms and conditions of these American companies several very unfavorable conditions for the EU consumer. And if they want to make big business using the benefit of operating in the European market they have to be compliant with the EU consumer protection standards and rules....

The multi-node system will be based on 60GHz technology from Qualcomm, with trials to start mid-2019. It’s expected to a 10 Gbps link rate, low power consumption, and anti-interference capabilities to deliver gigabit internet. “We’re excited to work with Qualcomm Technologies to advance the adoption of pre-802.11ay and 802.11ad 60GHz technologies and build a robust ecosystem of interoperable solutions based on Terragraph,” said Yael Maguire, vice president of connectivity, Facebook....

First up is “Add Yours” stickers on Facebook Reels, giving those reels prompts to users to post their own stories. For example, “Add your vacation videos”. It is worth noting this feature has been available in Meta’s Instagram platform since November 2021. Due to its popularity on Insta, the company is migrating it to Facebook. Elsewhere, the creator studio is making its debut as a tool to give users data information and analytics on videos....

Called the Portal, Portal Mini, and Portal TV, the devices will be shipping over the next two months. Perhaps the Portal TV is the most interesting device here as it pays more than a passing nod to Microsoft’s Kinect. As the name suggests, the Portal TV connects to a TV and allows users to make Messenger and WhatsApp videos called on the big screen. Like WhatsApp in general, video calls on Portal TV will boast end-to-end encryption....

The Bellevue-based company was founded by Anoop Gupta and Aravind Bala. Both were former managers are Microsoft. Gupta worked as a technology assistant to Bill Gates and is a noted scientist, while Bala is a former engineer who was a manager at the company. As a new company, Nextio currently has six employees and has raised $2.2 million from early investment rounds. Microsoft announced last year that Gupta and Bala had left the company to focus on creating a start-up....

Technology makes it easier to work in many industries. For example, satellite pictures of the earth enable to track changes on the earth’s surface and make decisions based on accurate data. In addition, thanks to technology, we can respond to threats on time and take appropriate actions. What is GIS? Geographic information systems allow mapping and analyzing various objects and events on the Earth’s surface. This technology provides opportunities for statistical and geographical analysis and cartographic visualization....

Like last year, the mini development environment (or, depending on your point of view, the extensive source code editor) Visual Studio Code on Github has the most supporters. This is the result of the recently published Github annual statistics. Second and third places are followed by Facebook’s Native React framework and the Javascript package manager NPM. While Java is the front-runner in the TIOBE programming language ranking, Github lists Javascript as the most popular programming language (after pull requests)....

Since then, there have been countless attempts to integrate Google+ into platforms like YouTube, Gmail, and Google Maps, to much outcry. The end result was an exposure of up to 500,000 user’s information between 2015 and 2018. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google discovered a flaw in an app developer API that would let them access user’s private profile information such as name, email, age, and occupation. The company found out about the bug in March but held its disclosure....

The good news is that Cortana has improved significantly, now answering 63.4% of answers correctly. The bad is that it’s still trailing far behind Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa. Last year, Siri answered 66.1% correctly and Google Assistant 74.8%. A test in July 2018 introduced Alexa, which scored 61.4% against new scores of 52.4%, 78.5%, and 85.5% from Cortana, Siri, and Google. This year, Google Assistant has jumped to 87....

A new report from Variety says Manu Gulati has been hired by Google to become chief SoC (system on a chip) architect. Gulati is a former Apple employee who worked in the company’s chip division for nearly eight years. He worked on processing for both iPhone and iPad. Google is said to be eager to move away from using third party silicon. Especially chips driven by Qualcomm technology, which is the dominant CPU brand on the mobile market....

The reason we questioned the value of the acquisition is because it has gone up so fast. GitHub was valued at $2 billion in 2015. Sure, the company has grown over the three years, but it seemed at least another party was challenging Microsoft. Diane Greene, Google’s head of cloud hinted the company was competing with Microsoft: “I wouldn’t have minded buying them, but it’s OK,” Greene claims. While that’s not a clear indication a Google bid was ever made, it seems reasonable considering rumors persisted the company did make an offer....

As of today, that’s changing. You can get Google Earth in most major browsers including Chromium Edge, Firefox, and Opera. The change is thanks to a beta version that utilizes WebAssembly, instead, a W3C effort to bring native coding to the web. “The Earth team found a solution to allow Google Earth to move across multiple browsers—something we’ve been working on for a while now,” explained Google. “Earth first came to the Web about two years ago using Native Client (NaCl), a Chrome-only solution—at the time....