Apple last year updated its iCloud Utility for Windows with a password manager for the first time, so that users can access and manage their passwords stored in iCloud Keychain from a Windows PC. Now the iCloud Utility has been updated with support for two-factor authentication (2FA) code generator. more… The post iCloud Passwords for […]
Day: July 25, 2022
Pottery Barn Launches 150-Piece Furniture Collection Designed for People With Disabilities
Pottery Barn Launches 150-Piece Furniture Collection Designed for People With Disabilities For those with a disability, design dramatically affects how they interact with the world. Seemingly small choices can improve quality of life. Take the height of a sink, for instance. For a person using a wheelchair, the height and construction of a vanity can […]
Here’s how the new Lockdown Mode in iOS 16 restricts web browsing
One of the new features of iOS 16 is Lockdown Mode, which helps users protect themselves against targeted cyber attacks by disabling multiple device features. Among everything Lockdown Mode changes, it also restricts web browsing – and now software engineer Alexis Lours details how exactly that happens. more… The post Here’s how the new Lockdown […]
Apple and other companies reportedly bought gold from illegal miners in Brazil
Natural resources such as gold and copper are fundamental in the manufacturing process of electronic products. And since these resources are so valuable, there are many illegal mining companies around the world. Unfortunately, it seems that Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have been buying gold illegally mined in Brazil for their products. more… The post […]
New hypothesis emerges to explain mysterious hepatitis cases in kids
Enlarge / Liver lesions in patient with chronic active hepatitis C. (credit: Getty | BSIP) Researchers in the United Kingdom have come up with the most detailed, complex hypothesis yet to explain the burst of mysterious cases of liver inflammation—aka hepatitis—in young children, which has troubled medical experts worldwide for several months. The cases first […]
New Poll Finds Most Americans Support NASA’s $10B Investment in James Webb Space Telescope
New Poll Finds Most Americans Support NASA’s $10B Investment in James Webb Space Telescope “Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula (Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) Were you enamored by the James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the glistening Carina Nebula? How about the revisiting of Hubble’s old stomping grounds? If your answer is yes, consider […]
Best Buy is testing a tiny digital-first store that opens its doors Tuesday
Best Buy’s first digital-first location will open on Tuesday, July 26th, in Charlotte, North Carolina. | Image: Best Buy Best Buy is opening a digital-first, small-format store on Tuesday in Monroe, North Carolina, that takes a very different approach than most of its “big box” retail locations. The 5,000-square-foot location is only about 15 percent […]
Dell is getting out of the phone syncing game
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Remember when everyone wanted to own your phone and your laptop? Dell’s finally tossing in the towel (via Windows Central). On a support page, Dell announced that it’s discontinuing Mobile Connect, the program that syncs your phone’s texts, calls, and notifications to your computer. While Dell is […]
Amazon’s best-selling new charcoal grill is… the Pixel Buds Pro?
Pixel Buds Pro. | Image: Google Prepping for a summer cookout? If you head over to Amazon right now, you can pre-order the retailer’s hottest new charcoal grill: the Google Pixel Buds Pro. Yes, that sentence you just read didn’t make a lot of sense, but Amazon’s search engine thinks it does! The algorithm has […]
2K relents to fans, turns servers back on for abandoned “4v1” online game
Enlarge / Evolve‘s unique 4v1 battling is now back online—and while access is limited, we still count this as a victory for game history preservation. (credit: 2K Games / Turtle Rock) From a preservation standpoint, the modern shift to “always-online” video games has been a disaster. We’ve seen it repeatedly: A developer stops “supporting” an […]