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HomePod to arrive in Canada, France, and Germany on June 18th

Apple will finally release its HomePod smart speaker in Canada, France, and Germany on June 18th per an official announcement on Tuesday. The HomePod is currently available only in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Apple hasn’t said what pricing in the new regions will be. The HomePod will arrive loaded with iOS 11.4 and multi-room […]

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FBI warns users to reboot their wireless routers to disable Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware

The FBI itself has issued a warning and you might want to follow their advice. The FBI recently issued a security notice warning that all home and small office routers should be rebooted after Cisco’s Talon group discovered sophisticated Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware infecting at least 500,000 networking devices. Per the warning, the malware is described […]

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Apple releases iOS 11.4, HomePod 11.4, tvOS 11.4, watchOS 4.3.1 and iTunes 12.7.5 updates

Today was the day that Apple updated just about everything under the sun. Leading off, Apple released iOS 11.4 for its iOS devices. The update offers the following fixes and changes: – AirPlay 2 – Multi-room speaker support

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Apple explores “living hinge” design for next-gen MacBooks

Apple is apparently working on a new hinge type for its devices. Per documents published through the European Patent Office, the company is working on a flexible hinge design for its MacBook notebooks. The hinge, sometimes referred to as a “Living Hinge”, could be created “from a single rigid material” and sounds similar to the […]

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Apple will begin reporting App Store removal requests posed by the government

This is a decent step towards the transparency you might want to see in a company. Apple released its semiannual Report on Government and Private Party Requests for Customer Information for the end of 2017 on Friday. One of the chief revelations in the report is that Apple will begin reporting government App Store removal […]