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Firefox 86 introduces Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, prevents cookies from being shared between websites

This is pretty nifty. Firefox 86, which was recently released by Mozilla, has added a new Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, which works as follows: Total Cookie Protection works by maintaining a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in […]

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Some M1 Mac users report alarming warnings as to their solid state drive usage/potential life span

This could be a bit of a warning sign for some M1 Mac users. A number of M1 Mac owners have begun to highlight hard drive health reports that could potentially indicate life span issues for the solid state drives within their machines. iMore offered the following comments: The issue of ‘TBW’, or total bytes […]

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Netflix denies reports that company is testing spatial audio support for AirPod units

Following up on a previous story about Netflix purportedly testing spatial audio support for Apple’s AirPods Pro and AirPods Max systems with an intended rollout for the spring, Netflix has confirmed that the company is not testing this feature for the AirPods units. Per a Netflix spokesperson, Netflix is not currently testing spatial audio support, […]

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“Silver Sparrow” malware in the wild, M1-native version available, overall purpose remains unknown

The Silver Sparrow malware is out in the wild. And no one quite seems to know what it does. Over the weekend, news surfaced of a mysterious new pieced of malware called “Silver Sparrow” that had infected 30,000 computers to date. There’s also a version of it built for the new M1-based Macs. To date, […]

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Apple won’t hold “AirTags/updated iPad” media event on March 16 after rumors debunked

You may have to wait a little longer for an Apple hardware event regarding AirTags and an updated iPad Pro. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, rumors of a special Apple hardware media event supposedly scheduled for March 16 have been pushed back, in spite of what the rumor mill was circulating. Last week, Twitter accounts “LeaksApplePro” […]