Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg today that the more affordable follow-up to the Apple Vision Pro will “likely” ditch the external display to help it reach an internally-discussed price point between $1,500 and $2.500. Gurman also reiterates what he wrote in June — that the …
Read More »The best apps and systems for tracking movies, music, books, and more
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 10, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, hooray! I’m so happy you’re here, and also, you can catch up on all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) We made it through 10 weeks! It’s …
Read More »X accused of illegally firing employee who criticized Elon’s return-to-work plan
CNBC reports that the National Labor Relations Board alleged, in a complaint filed Friday, that X violated labor law when it fired an employee who criticized the company. Elon Musk bought the company, then known as Twitter, in October and threatened to fire workers who didn’t return to in-person office …
Read More »Caltech ends its Wi-Fi lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom
Caltech wrote in a filing with a US District Court in California that it would drop its claims “with prejudice,” meaning it can’t refile its case, and asked that Broadcom do so as well, stating later that Broadcom “does not oppose this request.” Caltech also writes that it will dismiss …
Read More »Why Israel’s Pegasus spyware was not enough to stop Hamas
When it comes to cutting-edge defense technology, Israel has often been at the forefront, boasting the most sophisticated surveillance software like Pegasus. However, the events of October 7 highlighted a stark reality. Even the most advanced technologies can be caught off-guard. CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY …
Read More »AMD’s Anti-Lag feature is getting gamers banned from Counter-Strike 2
Counter-Strike 2 developers strongly warned players in a post that they’ll be banned if they turn on AMD’s Anti-Lag feature for CS2. According to the post, the features from the most recent driver updates are “implemented by detouring engine dll functions,” adding that when AMD updates the drivers, the team …
Read More »The iPhone 15’s hot mess
Are you one of the people who recently snagged the iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone Pro Max and are now feeling the heat? You’re not alone. Some new owners are still reporting that their iPhone 15 Pro devices overheat after the release of Apple’s fix in iOS 17.0.3. Apple originally …
Read More »Apple’s new video reactions are making therapy incredibly awkward
SimplePractice, a company that offers a telehealth platform, is warning patients about Apple’s new video reactions feature that might let people unintentionally add heart emoji or virtual fireworks during a telehealth video call. Awkward. As shown in a Mastodon post by Matt Haughey — who says he had a friend …
Read More »How stores are spying on you using creepy facial recognition technology without your consent
Have you ever wondered if the stores where you shop are watching you? Not just with security cameras. With something more advanced and creepy. Something that can recognize your face and identify who you are, where you live, what you like and what you buy. Something that can track your …
Read More »Is your X ad revenue sharing payment smaller than you expected?
Now that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has managed to repeatedly send out its ad revenue sharing payments on time without any last-minute delays, engineer Eric Farraro is answering questions from users who still aren’t getting the payments they expect. Reasons include: 1) X users only earn ad …
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