It’s two steps forward and one step back with manufacturing, production, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Full-on COVID-19 precautions have been reinstated back at Apple supplier Foxconn, at the request of the city government in Shenzhen, China. The company has been asked to return to closed-loop production, wherein workers live in dormitory accommodation on the campus, […]
Apple on Friday announced that it will partner with Google on a contact tracing technology that can be used to slow and contain the spread of diseases. Contact tracing is the process of trying to identify people who may have come into contact with an infected person. By tracing these contacts, testing them for infections, and […]
It ok to occasionally wipe down your iOS devices. In fact, Apple now recommends it. Apple on Monday updated its support document on cleaning its products, stating that it’s ok to use a 70 percent isopropyl alcohol wipe or Clorox Disinfecting Wipes for the purpose of cleaning germs from your devices. Prior to this, Apple’s […]
Ok, guys, it’s time to update your Mac and help bring down the Flashback trojan malware infection rate. Per CNET, following an effort to estimate how many Macs remain infected with the Flashback malware, the data from these monitoring efforts have suggested that despite early reports of the malware levels sinking rapidly from efforts by […]
This too shall pass. Per the cool cats at Ars Technica, Flashback infections have plummeted since Apple released a tool to stop the Trojan, but a security firm has cautioned that more malware could be on the horizon. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab held a press conference Thursday morning in which they revealed that the number […]