A strange and potentially intricate fencing operation seems to have surfaced with a customer purchasing a new MacBook Pro from a Best Buy location, the computer launching the Remote Management screen upon initial boot and stating that the computer was owned by finance company American Express. Per Reddit: “Sorry if this isn’t the right group! […]
Following up on Apple’s disclosure of employee salaries, Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, was recently required to disclose employee salary offers in order to stay in compliance with the U.S. Office of Foreign Labor Certification where work-visa applications are concerned. The results were fairly surprising, and even after recent layoffs, the highest base […]
This is why firmware updates exist. A flaw has been discovered within certain Intel chips that allow an attacker with physical access to the computer, known as an “evil maid attack,” install malicious firmware onto the chip. The flaw was noted by Mark Ermolov, Dmitry Sklyarov (both from Positive Technologies) and Maxim Goryachy (an independent […]
Apple on Wednesday released its macOS Catalina 10.15.6 update, which should definitely come in handy. The update, roughly a 2.86 gigabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: Apple News– Local news in your Today feed provides extensive coverage of San Francisco, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City– More stories available […]
It came from the depths of Rumorville, but there tends to be a nugget of truth to be had there. Per a new supply chain report published on Tuesday, Apple is said to be redesigning chargers and related interface for its next-generation iPhone and iPad devices, and will likely have its 2019 series of iPhones […]