Tech Releases

All the little things that add up to make iPadOS productivity a pain

Hard-coded key vulnerability in Logix PLCs has severity score of 10 out of 10

Google’s Smart TV software will have a “dumb TV” mode

Code-execution flaw in VMware has a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10

Paramount+ will carry new Star Trek series Strange New Worlds and Prodigy

Google’s Wear OS neglect has left voice activation broken for months

Framework startup designed a thin, modular, repairable 13-inch laptop

Nvidia RTX 3060 review: A fine $329 GPU, but ho-hum among the 3000 series

Firefox 86 brings multiple Picture-in-Picture, “Total Cookie Protection”

Ukraine says Russia hacked its document portal and planted malicious files

LG enters fray with Google, Amazon, Roku for TV operating system dominance

Google Maps for Android officially gets dark mode support

Android users now have an easy way to check the security of their passwords

Pixel 5a leak shows a headphone jack, flat screen, and a familiar design

Lenovo updates ThinkPad lineup with 16:10 screens and more

The Ars Technica low-end USB storage shootout

Samsung now updates Android for longer than Google does

Chip shortage may threaten PlayStation 5 supplies at Christmas

The bitcoin blockchain is helping keep a botnet from being taken down

$200 Puro Pro hybrid over-the-ear headphones are almost perfect

Huawei’s new $2,800 foldable phone copies Samsung’s Galaxy Fold line

Apple beats Samsung in phone sales for first time since 2016

New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped

What’s new in the first Android 12 Developer Preview

Apple faces development hurdles with MagSafe battery pack accessory

New browser-tracking hack works even when you flush caches or go incognito

Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers stole source code for 3 products

Microsoft Office 2021 is on its way

Apple is already working on developing 6G wireless technology

Google announces the Android 12 Developer Preview

The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore

Google’s older Pixel cameras are failing at an accelerating rate

Apple M1-native malware has already begun to appear

Mobile World Congress will proceed without vaccination requirements

Ex-Stadia developers dish on Google’s mismanagement and poor communication

Microsoft releases new, all-in-one Office app for iPads

“ShareIt” Android app with over a billion downloads is a security nightmare

North Korea may have hacked into Pfizer servers looking for COVID data

Galaxy S21 Ultra—$200 cheaper but still not competitive

New type of supply-chain attack hit Apple, Microsoft and 33 other companies

VLC 4.0 sneak peek—a look at its work-in-progress new interface

Zuckerberg responds to Apple’s privacy policies: “We need to inflict pain”

After the failure of the Facebook Phone, get ready for a Facebook Watch

The $3,000 eVscope makes stargazing easy and fun

Prosecutor charges former phone company employee in SIM-swap scheme

Nvidia wants to buy CPU designer Arm—Qualcomm is not happy about it

Open source video player VLC will get a new UI this year with 4.0 launch