The popular Audacity music editing app for Windows, Linux and Mac OS, which was acquired by Muse Group has uploaded a new privacy policy that is considered by some to be…audacious? The policy mentions that data will be collected from users and shared with their offices in multiple countries, including WSM Group in Russia. Russia…
Overall, the Tesla Model 3 is now the best selling vehicle in the United Kingdom. Not the best selling EV or best selling sedan, but the best selling vehicle. Sales of the Tesla Model 3, which have increased 9.5% since June 2020 reached 5,468 units. Overall U.K. automobile sales in June were 186,000 units. This…
Apple has reportedly caught some app vendors trying to circumvent customers’ anti-tracking settings via a tracking system called CAID. Apple blocked updates that implemented CAID. CAID is an system that allows participating app vendors to track users’ activity across apps, even if they declined permission to be tracked on their iPhones. It was introduced by…
There is another security vulnerability affecting Western Digital Network Access Storage (NAS) systems, and it allows the remote installation of firmware on the NAS devices. This means that malicious hackers could use a low-privileged user with a blank password to execute harmful code that could brick your device, among other things. This is called a…
Now removed by Google, there were 9 apps in the Google Play app store that stole users’ Facebook passwords. The apps were downloaded more than 5.8 million times and were called: Rubbish Cleaner. Inwell Fitness. Horoscope Daily. App Lock Keep. Lockit Master. Horoscope Pi. App Lock Manager. A clear trend here is apps that require…
Samsung, one of the largest phone manufacturers will start offering 5 years of security updates for some of its Android phones. The supported models are the Galaxy Enterprise phones. This could (and should) be the norm for Android phones, but sadly it isn’t. The industry (like many others) has been driving customers to buy new…
SpaceX has launched 1,500 satellites for the Starlink Internet service so far and has operations in a dozen countries. The satellite Internet service has promised to outperform the previous (and spotty) attempts at implementing satellite Internet by other companies. This journey has been a very costly one. However, Starlink’s improved approach gives it a greater…