Since May 7th, US city Baltimore is under ransomware attack, reports The Verge. It affected government services like its e-mail systems and systems for other government services. According to security experts, hackers used EternalBlue, a “technology” developed by NSA for high-profile cyberattacks, which was stolen from NSA in April 2017 by hacker group The ShadowBrokers. NSA was reportedly… Read More »
Only a week and a half passed and Apple issued a bug fix update of iOS. No significant features were found. According to Apple’s release notes, this bug-fix update addresses a handful of bugs related to the Messages app and VoLTE calls. Apple did not offer betatest, because this update addressed only a very few targeted areas. As… Read More »
It’s nothing unusual that big social networks’ websites are regularly under attacks. Many users give to social networks many personal data like real name, e-mail addresses, phone numbers or even home address. Also on social networks are shared many personal data like personal photos and videos and people also communicate via social networks – like Facebook’s Messenger. Instagram,… Read More »
Some Macs feature a security T2 chip, a custom silicon for Mac. As Apple said “By redesigning and integrating several controllers found in other Mac computers – such as the System Management Controller, image signal processor, audio controller, and SSD controller – the T2 chip delivers new capabilities to your Mac.” In short, T2 chip secures some features… Read More »
Yesterday Apple released new 13.3-inch and 15.4-inch MacBooks Pro. Apple continues its “the best Mac notebook display ever” campaign with 500 nits of brightness, P3 wide color gamut, and True Tone technology. It is equipped with Apple’s T2 security chip, Thunderbolt 3 ports, and immersive stereo speakers like prior machines. As for butterfly keyboard in prior models, which… Read More »
I can’t imagine working on my iMac without music. I does not matter, if I’m blogging or just browsing web, if I’m not working on video or watching YouTube, it’s high chance I’m listening to music played in background. For music, I use iTunes. While on macOS is iTunes great, on Windows it’s a garbage. Please do not… Read More »
Here are many freemium games with in-app purchases for additional content, especially on mobile platforms. I play only one such game – Real Racing 3. Many cars cost over 600 gold and upgrades – which you need to pass to next races – can multiply the gold you needed for initial car purchase. With in-app purchases, you can… Read More »
ProMotion is a technology from Apple, that allows 120 Hz refresh rate on LCD screens. It’s not only about refresh rate, it also lowers Apple Pencil latency. ProMotion technology is available on iPads Pro from 2017 and iPads Pro from 2018. If you once got 120 Hz refresh rate display, you probably won’t want to return back to… Read More »
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is present everywhere, even if we don’t recognize it. Our smartphones feature smart assistants like Google Assistant, Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri. Some of the high-end mobile SoCs already include neural network accelerator, like Neural Engine in A12 chip found in iPhone Xs (including Xs Max and Xr) or AI engine in Snapdragon… Read More »
Instagram is a photo-sharing social network owned by Facebook. As “home” social network “facebook.com” got its own mobile chat app – Messenger, so was planned for Instagram. It’s pretty interesting, that Facebook company got many mobile apps – main “Facebook” app, “Messenger”, “Facebook Pages Manager”, “WhatsApp” and “Instagram” and planned “Direct”. It’s something like big social network separated… Read More »
Since iOS 10, iPhones got a long awaited feature – blocking calls. Nobody loves telemarketing or spam calls. On the App Store, there are many call blocking services. I tried Truecaller, but it did not work – no activation SMS arrived – so I was finding somewhere else. And I found “Zdvihnúť to?” by Ján Čislinský. It’s a… Read More »
New macOS Mojave version was released. This update is focused on performance improvements and bug fixes. No new major functions were found, but some users still suffer issues with Bluetooth mice, but I had never issues with my Bluetooth Magic Mouse 2. It’s true, that I had problems with 3rd party Bluetooth mice, including mice from Microsoft and… Read More »
