Month: October 2024
Did Qualcomm just kill the ring light? Future Android phones could let you add a virtual, moveable light source to video calls
Picture the scene: you jump on an important work call, fresh-faced and ready to confidently deliver your trademark “nothing from me” line, only to discover that the light (or lack thereof) in your work-from-home office has left you looking less like a serious businessperson and more like a seedy Omegle…
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Nintendo Alarmo review: Charming, yet frustrating
Alarmo is the quintessential Nintendo product: It’s a fun and quirky spin on a bedside alarm clock (with a motion sensor!) that mines your love for everything Nintendo. It’s a $100 device entirely meant to surprise and delight you. But there are also usability issues that make me think the…
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One-third of DHS’s border surveillance cameras don’t even work
The House Committee on Homeland Security is looking into Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) surveillance network in the wake of a report that nearly one-third of the agency’s cameras along the US-Mexico border don’t work. Privacy advocates say this is just the latest instance of expensive border surveillance infrastructure not…
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Voicemeeter app sets off Blue Screen of Death woes — here’s what you need to know
Microsoft might have debuted its major Windows 11 24H2 update only recently, but it’s already becoming infamous due to its habit of appearing in headlines for causing user issues. This time, there have been reports of a bug that causes devices to crash and show the blue screen of death…
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Several top E2EE cloud storage providers have serious security flaws
Some cloud storage providers offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE) are largely operating a broken ecosystem which could, in very realistic theory, allow threat actors to tamper with the files in a way that should not be possible, experts have claimed. In an in-depth analysis, recently published on the brokencloudstorage.info website, cybersecurity…
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Apple Intelligence releases next week with iOS 18.1 – here are all the AI features you can try at launch
Apple Intelligence is set to release next week, as Apple has confirmed that iOS 18.1 and AirPods Pro 2′ hearing health features will begin rolling out next week at some point. Apple confirmed in a press release that the AirPods Pro 2 hearing aid upgrade, which requires iOS 18.1, iPadOS…
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