Phone companies must now block traffic from voice service providers that don’t comply with new FCC robocall rules.
Specifically, phone companies must block traffic from other “voice service providers that have neither certified to implementation of STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication standards nor filed a detailed robocall mitigation plan with the FCC.”
On Thursday OWC has announced Thunderbolt Dual DisplayPort Adapter. It lets you add up to two 4K or one 8K external display for your Mac.
People are reporting seeing a Mac device support update on Thursday. The update doesn’t share a lot of details.
Visa has announced a Layer 2 project for cryptocurrency that aims to be a universal exchange hub for stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDC).
The idea is to create a digital currency equivalent of the existing international payment experience—one that lets you pay for something in another country with a debit or credit card that draws funds from an account in your home country.
Also: “Visa, for instance, says the proposed base layer for its universal payments channel is Ethereum.”
We haven’t seen him properly for a while, but Jon Stewart has made his return on Apple TV+, with the first episode of his new show out now.
Unannounced by Apple, it appears the iPhone 13 Pro Max charges at up to 27W. Of course, the device needs a 30W charger to accomplish it.
Starting today, Twitch will let streamers require their viewers to verify their phone number via SMS before they can start chatting.
Twitch’s approach so far has been to offer streamers more control over who can and can’t chat. Streamers already have the option to make their chats subscriber-only, or slow down their chat so moderators can approve messages. There’s also the option to force all chatters to verify their email on Twitch. That hasn’t been enough, though.
An Italian regulatory agency that raised prior complaints about Apple has found that some of the iCloud terms and conditions are illegal.
Charlotte Henry joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss their favorite features (so far) in iOS 15, and a small bit of media news.
FinSpy, a well-known piece of spyware from German company FinFisher, is good at hiding. Researchers at Kaspersky have reverse-engineered the malware.
In addition to a four-layer obfuscation method, the spyware also now employs a UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootkit for infecting its targets, and it also encrypts the malware in memory, according to the researchers. The Kaspersky team’s research began in 2019, and they are finally sharing their findings today at Kaspersky’s online Security Analyst Summit.
The Federal Trade Commission is weighing options to strengthen online privacy rules, especially with regard to protecting children.
iOttie has released a line of iPhone 13 accessories that work with MagSafe. The Velox line gives off a luxurious experience.
A security researcher found a zero-day bug with AirTag that could let an attacker potentially steal your Apple ID.
Apple’s “Lost Mode” allows a user to mark their Airtag as missing if they have misplaced it. This generates a unique https://found.apple.com page, which contains the Airtag’s serial number, and the phone number and personal message of the Airtag owner.
Apple is always keen to tout its environmental credentials. However, Adam Oram at iMore makes a really good point. If the company wanted to really improve the impact it has on the environment further, it would stop using leather.
One aspect of Apple’s product lineup no one appears to be looking at, though, is the use of leather. Environmentally, leather is extremely damaging, and it’s surprising to me that Apple has not pursued more eco-friendly alternatives. Apple has a long history with leather, having made a variety of accessories. Right now, in Apple’s product lineup, it has several leather items, including iPhone cases, folios, and sleeves, Apple Watch bands, iPad Smart Covers, MacBook sleeves, MagSafe wallets, and AirTag key rings. These are all supplementary to its hero products, but they are often sold as add-ons when picking up a new phone or tablet.
Some iPhone 13 owners are reporting that they’re unable to get 5G Ultra Wideband. PCMag found three solutions that may help.
Totallee is known for making super-thin cases for smartphones. Its newest case, Hybrid, is still super-thin but it has added protection.
David Shuttleworth wrote a nice write-up to explain decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO). These are blockchain-related entities where power is shared by everyone.
Ultimately, a DAO is governed entirely by its individual members who collectively make critical decisions about the future of the project, such as technical upgrades and treasury allocations.
Apple TV+ has announced a series order for ‘Amber Brown’, a show based on the best-selling books by Paula Danziger.
Apple and Google have been told to submit their compliance plans with a new App Store payments law in South Korea by the middle of October.
If you have a Sierra Blue iPhone 13 Pro, you might be interested in learning the unique finishing process Apple uses to produce the color.
Anybody paying for extra iCloud storage space, as well as Apple One subscribers, have a new service. Jeff Butts walks you through the additional features and benefits that come with iCloud+.
As of iOS 15, those who pay for extra iCloud storage also get access to the iCloud+ service. One of its features is the Hide My Email option. Jeff Butts walks through its benefits and usage.
A new trailer for animated short ‘Blush’, which will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, October 1, has been released.
Microsoft announced an update to its new Microsoft Store for Windows policies on Tuesday. From October 5, third-party storefront apps will be allowed. One of those in at the start is Epic Games, the maker of ‘Fortnite‘ with who Apple is involved in a major legal battle.
In that spirit, today we’re announcing another significant update to our Microsoft Store on Windows policies, which will allow third-party storefront apps to be discoverable in the Microsoft Store on Windows. Just like any other app, third-party storefront apps will have a product detail page that can be found via search or by browsing – so that users can easily find and install it with the same confidence as any other app in the Microsoft Store on Windows. Today, we are sharing that Amazon and Epic Games will bring their storefront apps to the Microsoft Store over the next few months, and we look forward to welcoming other stores as well in the future.
