A number of vulnerabilities have been revealed in Amazon’s Alexa, highlighting the need for smart home platform providers, such as Apple’s HomeKit, to maintain security as part of the service. The concept of a smart home is appealing, but the dream of ordering a virtual assistant to automate household chores …
Read More »Intel sends back concerns about its chipmaking technology
Text size David Becker / Getty Images Intel fights back against growing consensus picture that delays in manufacturing caused the 52-year-old chipmaker behind rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices. Over the course of nearly three hours, Intel (ticker: INTC) engineers from various business departments talked in depth about various lines …
Read More »Apple rumored to announce ‘iPhone 12’ in October, Apple Watch and iPad in September
Serial leaker Jon Prosser on Wednesday late launching the expected Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad products to near-exact dates, saying the company will break with tradition and announce changes to at least two major product lines in a September press release . In a tweetje, Prosser announced Apple plans to …
Read More »Parallels Desktop 16 has been upgraded to run Windows faster on macOS Big Sur
The developer says 25 years of work was needed to bring Parallels to Big Sur, but will not comment on whether Windows will support Apple Silicon. Parallels is the virtualization app that allows users to run alternative operating systems alongside Apple’s macOS, and in practice that means typically Windows. Now …
Read More »US WeChat ban could cut iPhone shipments worldwide by 30%, says Ming-Chi Kuo
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has warned investors that the administration’s decision to ban U.S. companies from entering into business relationships with companies including WeChat could have a significant impact on Apple’s sales worldwide. In a research note seen by AppleInsider, Kuo warns that the ban means that WeChat will be removed …
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