Last year, the U.S. government got serious about snuffing out robocalls. Effective 30 June 2021, the FCC mandated that phone providers verify all callers’ IDs with a cryptography-based protocol called STIR/SHAKEN. Anyone expecting robocalls to vanish in a puff of regulation will be disappointed. But relief may be coming, gradually. The technology to block robocalls is improving, and … Read more
The evolution of social media has been fueled by the human impulse to communicate and by advances in digital technology. It is a story about establishing and nurturing personal connections at scale. According to Merriam-Webster, social media is defined as “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create … Read more
Set to launch later this year, the iPhone 12 could be Apple’s most secure device ever. Anticipation is building around Apple’s iPhone 12, with a number of leaks already revealing a host of exciting new features. Most interesting for security enthusiasts is the news that Apple’s next iPhone will probably include both face scanning technology … Read more
A pair of reports this week detail Apple’s ongoing struggles in India, but also note a point of hope for the company. The Economic Times reports that iPhone sales continue to fall in India, but that India regulators are looking to ease local sourcing rules – which could help Apple’s efforts to open retail stores in the country. … Read more
Overheating batteries are no laughing matter, so this may be urgent: Apple has just issued a recall for the 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display, saying its batteries “may pose a fire safety risk.” The company says there are a “limited number” of affected units, sold between September 2015 and February 2017. That could easily be quite … Read more
For long considered an “anti-biosignature,” the presence of carbon monoxide may now be compatible with a photosynthetic biosphere around a rocky planet, like this one orbiting Proxima Centauri (artist’s depiction).NASA, ESA, G. BACON (STSC) How do astronomers look for signs of life away from Earth? They study the chemical composition of the atmospheres of planets outside … Read more
It’s no secret that handset manufacturers are looking to foldable phones as the next big evolution in smartphone design, with upcoming devices like the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X doing a great job of showing consumers what the future has in store for them. Now, it appears that Apple is getting ready to join the folding phone revolution, with … Read more
It has a long time since iPod was one of the most important gadgets in Apple’s books. The company discontinued its iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano nearly two years back in 2017, leaving the iPod Touch the sole living decendent of its trendsetting music player. The 6th generation of iPod Touch was released in 2015 … Read more
As Apple is expected to do away with the physical Home button in its upcoming iPhone flagship, a developer has suggested that the Sleep/ Wake button in the soon-to-be-released device might activate Apple’s digital assistant Siri. In its iPhone models released till now, users could long press the iconic Home button to activate Siri. However, with … Read more
According to recent reports, Apple is going to replace Touch ID with facial-recognition technology on the iPhone, and it might start things off with the iPhone 8. The thing is, it’s not exactly as reliable as fingerprint security, which is evidenced by the workarounds to the Samsung Galaxy S8’s iris scanner. For what it’s worth, Apple’s technology won’t … Read more