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Apple patent details potential counter-measures to Apple Store retail thefts

Apple Store retail location robberies, where thieves grab display devices from the tables and run, have become a cost of doing business for the company. A recently published patent describes how Apple could fight back. First, Apple uses special software images which render them useless the moment they leave the store location: A source tells […]

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T-Mobile states iOS 15.2 bug led to iCloud Private Relay feature being disabled for some users

Following the recent revelation that Apple’s iCloud Private Relay appears to have been disabled by wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile, T-Mobile offered the following statement to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, in which it stated that iOS 15.2 device settings that default to the feature being toggled off, and that Apple has been contacted. T-Mobile explicitly says […]

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T-Mobile/Sprint begin blocking iCloud Private Relay feature for iPhone users

On Monday, a report indicated that some European wireless carriers had begun blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view the websites that they visit.  In addition to the European carriers, it seems that T-Mobile/Sprint […]

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Kensington announces MagPro privacy screens for 2021 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks with notch

This could come in handy. As part of CES 2022, accessory maker Kensington on Tuesday that the company will be introducing a line of MagPro privacy screens for the latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. Kensington said the new privacy screens attach to the MacBook Pro with magnets and narrow the field of vision […]

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Classic BlackBerry devices will lose access to crucial features on January 4th

It’s the end of an era. BlackBerry has announced that a number of its classic devices running BlackBerry software will will access to crucial features tomorrow. The company announced the end of life of features like calling, texting, and data on classic BlackBerry devices — such as those running BlackBerry OS 7.1 or earlier, or […]