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ProTruckDriverModerator

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iOS 15.1 & iPadOS 15.1 Update Available to Download with SharePlay, Vaccine Cards, Bug Fixes, etc

iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 have been released for iPhone and iPad, the updates include SharePlay screen sharing through FaceTime, the addition of Live Text support in the iPad camera app, ProRes video capture for iPhone 13 Pro users, the inclusion of Covid-19 vaccination card pass in the Wallet app, along with bug fixes and security enhancements for the iPhone and iPad.Full Article

1 year ago

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The new MacBooks Pro: Why did Apple backtrack on everything?

Apple's new models of MacBook Pro have detoured away from the trend of becoming lighter and more minimal, and toward being thicker, heavier, and packed with more connection options. Why did Apple change course?The latest MacBook Pro models have reversed many of the decisions Apple made with the design and functionality of the 2016 version, much to the delight of its users. Gone is the Touch Bar, replaced by a row of full-sized function keys and a dedicated Touch IDbutton on the right-hand side. 🍎🍏 Full Article 🍏🍎

1 year ago

Jasper_The_RasperModerator

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CEO told to hand back 757,000 fraudulently obtained IP addresses

[img]https://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/shutterstock_2348349-1-compressor.jpg?w=780&h=408&crop=1[/img] [b]May 20, 2019, By John E Dunn[/b] A company accused of fraudulently obtaining 757,000 IPv4 addresses has been [url=https://www.arin.net/vault/about_us/corp_docs/20190506_arbitration_award_and_order.pdf]ordered to hand them back[/url] after the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) won a landmark judgment against it. The dispute began in late 2018 when ARIN, which allocates IPv4 addresses in the US, Canada and parts of the Caribbean on a non-profit basis, discovered that a company called Micfo and its owner Amir Golestan had fraudulently tricked it into handing over the IP blocks. IPv4 addresses are in incredibly short supply (see below), which means that getting hold of them involves waiting lists. Scarcity also makes them valuable on resale – between $13 and $19 each. That would make the IP addresses Micfo obtained worth between $9.8 million and

4 years ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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How to Select Email for New iMessage Conversations on Mac

Do you want to hide your phone number for new iMessage conversations started from the Mac? This is something that a lot of users may wish to do for privacy reasons. Well, you’ll be pleased to know that you can easily do this on your Mac.🍎 ** Full Article ** 🍎

1 year ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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How to Use Your iPhone As a Webcam

How to Use Your iPhone As a WebcamNov 17, 2021Did you know you can use an iPhone as a webcam for a Mac or Windows PC? If you don’t have a webcam to use for online meetings, classrooms, and gatherings, or find the quality is too low to be usable, that’s no big deal, you can use your iPhone (or iPad) for this purpose thanks to some third party apps. It’s pretty easy to set up and use too. Video calling has become a norm in the past year or so since more people have been working from home. Of course, you could make video calls directly from your iPhone or iPad, but in a professional work environment, you’d ideally be using a computer. A lot of desktop users still don’t have a webcam, and the integrated camera on laptops are often mediocre at best.By using your iPhone as a webcam, you don’t have to shell out cash on additional hardware or worry about its quality. ★★ Full Article ★★

1 year ago

Jasper_The_RasperModerator

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Now it’s Office’s turn to have a load of patches pulled

[h2][b]Two patches pulled altogether; another is known to cause crashes but should be used anyway.[/b][/h2]  [b][img]https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/trash-fire-800x534.jpg[/img][/b]   [b][url=https://arstechnica.com/author/peter-bright/]Peter Bright[/url] - 11/20/2018[/b]   After endless difficulties with the Windows 10 October 2018 update—[url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/windows-10-october-2018-update-is-back-this-time-without-deleting-your-data/]finally re-released this month with the data-loss bug fixed[/url]—it seems that now it's the Office team's turn to release some updates that need to be un-released.   On November's Patch Tuesday two weeks ago, Microsoft released a bunch of updates for Office to update its Japanese calendars. In December 2017, Emperor Akihito announced that he would abdicate and that his son Naruhito would take his role as emperor. Each emperor has a corresponding era name, and calendars must be updated to

4 years ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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How to Stop Apps from Using Cellular Data on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to prevent certain apps installed on your iPhone or iPad from accessing your cellular data? Many people have limited cellular data plans, so it’s easy to see why you might want to limit or throttle some apps cellular data usage. Or perhaps you just want to prevent an apps cellular data access for privacy reason. Fortunately Apple makes the process pretty easy for its users, and you can completely block cellular data access for apps on iOS and iPadOS. ➡️ Full Article ⬅️

1 year ago

TripleHelixModerator

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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18329 Fast Ring

February 1, 2019 2:02 pm By [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/author/dona-sarkar/]Dona Sarkar[/url] and [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/author/brandonleblanc/]Brandon LeBlanc[/url] Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview [b]Build 18329 (19H1)[/b] to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This build won’t be available for these Windows 10 editions in the following languages: [list] [*][b]Windows 10 Home[/b]: RO-RO, SK-SK, SL-SI, SR-LATN-RS, TH-TH, UK-UA [*][b]Windows 10 Home N[/b]: RO-RO, SK-SK, SL-SI [*][b]Windows 10 Pro:[/b] FR-CA, IT-IT, JA-JP, KO-KR, NL-NL, PL-PL, SR-LATN-RS [*][b]Windows 10 Pro N:[/b] RO-RO, SK-SK [/list][b]The 19H1[/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgniK63tyo&feature=youtu.be][b]Bug Bash[/b][/url][b] has continues to run until February 3rd, 2019.[/b] Make sure you head over to [url=http://aka.ms/fbhquests]Feedback Hub[/url] for Quests to try out. If you missed Tuesday’s special editio

4 years ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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How to use Safari's Privacy Report in macOS Monterey

While you browse, macOS Monterey's Safari is fighting off trackers and malware for you. Here's how to see just how much it's doing with its built-in privacy report.There are few options in Apple's Privacy Report feature in on macOS Monterey, but there is a lot of detail that can help you feel secure browsing.Apple's Privacy Report in Safari, introduced in macOS Big Sur, is a feature that you will use constantly — and yet rarely ever look at. Simply by using Safari in macOS Monterey, you get the benefits of this feature and it will improve your browsing experience.It aims to do this specifically so that companies who attempt to uniquely identify your Mac, and so track your web usage. Every site you visit requests some information — such as which browser you're using — but that's to give you an optimized web page.Safari's Privacy Report, and previous features including Intelligent Tracking Protection, blocks everything.You can ignore it all, you can choose to never even click on the Pri

1 year ago

Jasper_The_RasperModerator

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Cryptography is the Bombe: Britain's Enigma-cracker on display in new home

[h2][b]Replica war-winner now in Bletchley Park's historic Block H[/b][/h2] [b]By [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/Author/Gareth-Corfield]Gareth Corfield[/url] 19 Jun 2018[/b] [img]https://regmedia.co.uk/2015/05/15/alan_turing.jpg?x=442&y=293&crop=1[/img][i]Legendary codebreaker Alan Turing was one of the people who worked on the Bombe during the Second World War[/i] The UK National Museum of Computing will open its new Bombe gallery this weekend at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes after a successful crowdfunding campaign to put the WWII code-breaking machines on display.   "We even hope to have a Colossus operator veteran present so that they can exchange notes – something they could never do during the war!" said the museum in a statement.   [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/19/tnmoc_bombe_gallery_opening/]Full Article.[/url]

4 years ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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Apple Watch credited with saving woman's life after detecting serious heart condition

A Missouri woman is crediting Apple Watch with saving her life after the wearable's low heart rate detection feature was triggered twice in as many weeks, revealing an underlying cardiac condition.Oakville resident Patti Sohn, 68, has been working to close her rings — Move, Exercise and Stand — since receiving Apple Watch as a gift from her son for Mother's Day, reports local NBC affiliate KSDK. A few months ago, the retired nurse practitioner was surprised to receive a low heart rate alert from the device, a feature she did not know existed. "My watch buzzed my wrist and read something like your heart rate has been below 43 for the last 10 minutes and I thought, What, that can't be right,'" Sohn told the outlet.She took her pulse manually and double-checked the reading with a blood pressure monitor. Her heart rate was between 39 and 40 beats per minute. ❤️❤️ Full Article ❤️❤️

1 year ago

TripleHelixModerator

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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18860 Skip Ahead

March 20, 2019 10:02 am By [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/author/dona-sarkar/]Dona Sarkar[/url] and [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/author/brandonleblanc/]Brandon LeBlanc[/url] Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing [b]20H1 Build 18860[/b] to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. [i]Remember[/i] – these builds are from the 20H1 development branch. Some things we are working on in 20H1 require a longer lead time. We will begin releasing 19H2 bits to Insiders later this spring after we get 19H1 nearly finished and ready; once 19H1 is “nearly finished and ready” we’ll also use the Release Preview ring for previews of drivers and quality updates on 19H1. [i]IMPORTANT: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, these builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If you take this flight, you won’t be able to switch back to the Fast or Slow rings without doing a clean-install on your PC and starting over.[/i]

4 years ago

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An update on disabling VBScript in Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

July 7, 2017 10:30 am[h1][url=https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/07/07/update-disabling-vbscript-internet-explorer-11/]An update on disabling VBScript in Internet Explorer 11[/url][/h1]By [url=https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/author/msedgeteam/]Microsoft Edge Team[/url]Beginning in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we intend to disable VBScript execution in IE 11 for websites in the Internet Zone and the Restricted Sites Zone by default, to provide a more secure experience. This change was initially announced in [url=https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/04/12/disabling-vbscript-execution-in-internet-explorer-11/]a blog post in April[/url]. The new default behavior can be previewed beginning with [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/07/07/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-16237-pc/]today’s Windows Insider Preview release, build 16237[/url]. For customers on previous versions of Windows, we intend to include this change in future cumulative secu

5 years ago

Jasper_The_RasperModerator

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Comcast admits “widespread” outage as tens of thousands of users report problems

Large outages reported in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and San Francisco.JON BRODKIN - 11/9/2021 There appears to be a widespread Comcast outage affecting customers in multiple parts of the country this morning. News reports have described large outages in Chicago, Philadelphia, and southern New Jersey. "Xfinity's own outage tracker is currently down, displaying the error message: 'We are experiencing abnormal traffic to our network or… the service or servers on it are not currently available,'" The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote.There were also reports of a large Comcast outage in the San Francisco Bay Area last night, leading to a message from the Marin County Sheriff's office that said, "Please do not call 911 to ask why your Internet is out. Call your Internet service provider." That outage may be resolved, as "Comcast tells NBC Bay Area late Monday its systems show Xfinity services are starting to come back online following widespread Internet outages across the Bay Area," the

1 year ago

TripleHelixModerator

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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18850 Skip Ahead

March 6, 2019 10:02 am By [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/author/dona-sarkar/]Dona Sarkar[/url] and [url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/author/brandonleblanc/]Brandon LeBlanc[/url] Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing [b]20H1 Build 18850[/b] to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. [i]Remember[/i] – these builds are from the 20H1 development branch. Some things we are working on in 20H1 require a longer lead time. We will begin releasing 19H2 bits to Insiders later this spring after we get 19H1 nearly finished and ready; once 19H1 is “nearly finished and ready” we’ll also use the Release Preview ring for previews of drivers and quality updates on 19H1. [i]IMPORTANT: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, these builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If you take this flight, you won’t be able to switch back to the Fast or Slow rings without doing a clean-install on your PC and starting over.[/i] I

4 years ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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macOS Monterey: version 12.1 developer beta 2 is now available

.Apple has released to developers the 12.1 beta 2 of macOS Monterey. It lets iCloud+ subscribers access and use Hide My Email directly from the Mail app. It also has bug fixes.macOS Monterey will launch without one of its most interesting new features, Universal Control. It’s still in beta mode, though Apple isn’t allowing users to test it yet.Apple users often switch between devices, and with Universal Control, you can now use a single mouse and keyboard between your Mac and iPad. If you’re using a MacBook, its keyboard and trackpad can be used with the iPad. You can even drag and drop files between devices and perform gestures on the MacBook trackpad to navigate the iPad. 🍎🍏 Full Article 🍏🍎

1 year ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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Apple Pay not working on a Touch ID Mac? Here are the security settings to check

One of the joys of Touch ID on a Mac laptop is using Apple Pay without needing an iPhone or iPad at hand to validate a secure credit or debit card transaction. This was extended to M1 Macs with the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, which allows an iMac or Mac mini to add Touch ID through a special wireless connection to an M1 Mac’s Secure Enclave module. ★★ Full Article ★★

1 year ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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How to hide the notch on the new MacBook Pro

The new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro has a new feature that everyone is talking about. No, it’s not the blazing processor speed, it’s the notch at the top of the display. Some people don’t like how it looks, even though it doesn’t take away from the workable space of the screen.Apple made the bezels on the laptop super thin in an effort to provide the user as much screen space as possible. But there is a module that cuts into the screen to house the 1080p FaceTime camera, thus the notch. It’s important to point out that the notch doesn’t infringe on the screen area—you still get a 16-by-10 screen below the notch, so the notch area is “extra” screen space compared to the older MacBook Pro. ★★ Full Article ★★

1 year ago

Jasper_The_RasperModerator

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Despite clear warnings, Europe is out of IP addresses—again

Last year, RIPE ran out of new IPs—but this week, the used ones are gone, too. Jim Salter - 11/26/2019 Monday afternoon, RIPE—Réseaux IP Européens—or the regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia—announced that it's out of IPv4 addresses. What this means is that the organization has handed out its last available /22 (1,022 address) netblock. If you need European public IP addresses of your very own, you must get on a waiting list and hope for some other company to die on the vine and relinquish its address space when it does. Full Article.

3 years ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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How to Check Privacy Data for Apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac, & PC

Have you ever wanted to check the kind of personal data that’s collected by a particular app during usage? Specifically, the data that’s used to track you or link to your identity? Apple makes it easy and straightforward for its users, putting people’s privacy at the forefront. Apple has brought some major changes to privacy and stepped up its security measures to protect user data. The company has made it mandatory to have App Privacy labels for the apps that are published on the App Store. This makes it easier for normal users to figure out all the kinds of data that’ll be used by a particular app before they proceed to install it.This is a feature that privacy buffs would really appreciate. Let’s check out how this privacy data feature for App Store apps works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Windows PCs. ★★ Full Article ★★

1 year ago

ProTruckDriverModerator

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Things You Can Change with Your Mac’s Mouse and Trackpad Setting

It’s easy to fall into a routine of using the Mac’s Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad without taking full advantage of their features. Following are some things you can try to speed up your workflow with these peripherals. ★★ Full Article ★★

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