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Apple will settle butterfly keyboard lawsuit for $50 million
Apple has agreed to pay out $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit that said the company knew about flaws with the butterfly keyboard switches it built into several MacBook models (via Reuters). The keyboards, introduced with the 2015 MacBook, were notoriously unreliable; basically any sort of grime, crumb,…
Read MoreGoogle plans to test AR prototypes in public starting next month
Google is planning to test augmented reality (AR) prototypes in public beginning next month, the company announced Tuesday. Google has been exploring concepts like AR glasses that show translations in real time, but the company wants to take its ideas from the lab into the real world. The Verge previously…
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This devious attack turns a SATA cable into a data-stealing antenna
Audio player loading… A newly discovered method of stealing files may have put every Mission: Impossible movie to shame. Cybersecurity researcher Mordechai Guri, from the University of the Negev, Israel, has demonstrated how to steal sensitive files from a completely airgapped system (disconnected from all networks and devoid of all…
Read MoreUK heatwave breaks records as Brits roast in 40 C temperatures
The UK recorded temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in its 350 years of climate records. The searing heatwave is unprecedented in a country that’s used to much cooler summer weather and is a bellwether of more extremes to come. The heat is…
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This creepy macOS backdoor spies on you without you noticing
Audio player loading… A newly discovered macOS malware has been spying (opens in new tab) on users, and using the public cloud as its command & control (C2) server. According to researchers from ESET, the goal of the campaign is to exfiltrate as much data from the targets as possible.…
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Namecheap introduces vault-like domain security protection tool
Audio player loading… Domain registrar and web hosting company Namecheap has released a new domain security and protection product aimed at keeping your websites safe. Available now with a 30-day free trial on offer, Domain Vault merges several key safety tools to protect against domain hijacking, cyber threats, and other…
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