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Apple Passwords App Vulnerability Exposed Users for Months
Apple’s Passwords app, designed to enhance security for iOS users, ironically left them vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months. Security researchers recently revealed that the flaw exposed sensitive information, raising concerns about cybersecurity risks — even with trusted software. The vulnerability explained Researchers at Mysk identified the flaw, which stemmed from the app’s use of unencrypted HTTP connections…
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Need Help Making Business Choices? This AI App Lets You Test Strategies before Deciding
Welcome. Tell us a little bit about you. This will help us provide you with customized content. First Name Last Name Job Title Company Name Company Size Select a size 1 – 4 5 – 9 10 – 24 25 – 49 50 – 99 100 – 249 250 – 499 500 – 999 1000 – 4999 5000 – 9999…
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Fake “Security Alert” issues on GitHub use OAuth app to hijack accounts
A widespread phishing campaign has targeted nearly 12,000 GitHub repositories with fake “Security Alert” issues, tricking developers into authorizing a malicious OAuth app that grants attackers full control over their accounts and code. “Security Alert: Unusual Access Attempt We have detected a login attempt on your GitHub account that appears to be from a new location or device,” reads the…
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Why Microsoft Is Phasing Out Their Remote Desktop App (and What to Use Instead)
Microsoft has announced that it’s pulling the old Microsoft Remote Desktop tool that you could get in the Microsoft Store. The company is advising users to move over to the shiny new Windows App instead, which takes care of a lot of the same functions—including connecting to PCs remotely, and accessing Windows 365 computers in the cloud. The Windows App…
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The Sonos app fiasco: how a great audio brand nearly ruined its reputation
In May 2024, Sonos released a completely rebuilt and overhauled mobile app for Android and iOS. The new software was meant to improve performance, make the app feel more customizable, and allow for new features in the future. But customers immediately complained about countless bugs, degraded Sonos speaker system performance, and features that had gone missing. The controversy effectively torpedoed…
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Android’s Find My Device app can now show you where people are, too
Google is rolling out a Find My Device app feature update that shows a map of your friends and the family members who share their location with you, 9to5Google reports. The new feature was announced in the Android March feature update last week and is now available for more users. There’s already a way for friends and family to see…
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Notepad app gets Recent files and Summarize AI features on Windows 11
Notepad is getting an update that includes two new features, including Recent files and Summarize. Microsoft is now testing these features for devices enrolled in the Dev and Canary Channels of the Windows Insider Program. Recent files for Notepad The “Recent” feature is a simple entry in the “File” menu that allows you to reopen recently closed files without having…
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How to install Perplexity AI app on Windows 11, 10
On Windows 11 (and 10), you can install Perplexity to access the AI search engine, and in this guide, I’ll teach you how to complete this task. Perplexity AI is a search and answer engine that uses large language models (LLMs) to provide direct answers to your queries, complete with citations. Although Perplexity is easily accessible from the web, you…
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Microsoft is ending support for the Remote Desktop app – here are three alternatives you can try instead
Microsoft has announced plans to end support for its Remote Desktop application in just over two months, according to a recent post on the firm’s blog. The tool will reach end of life (EOL) on May 27 2025, at which point it will no longer be supported or available to download and install from the Microsoft store. Users must migrate…
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The Microsoft Windows App Lets You Access PCs Remotely and in the Cloud
The Windows app, on Windows. Credit: Microsoft There’s more than one way to use Windows now. As well as sitting down in front of a locally installed copy of Windows, running on a hard drive inside your desktop or laptop, you can also fire up the Microsoft Windows app—a one-stop central hub for managing connections to remote PCs and Windows…
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