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 »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 …
Read More »Apple joins tech companies in announcing H-1B visa suspensions
Apple has joined a long list of tech companies in submitting an amicus letter, one claiming that closing an executive order for foreign work visas such as the H-1B visa is more damaging to U.S. workers and the economy than good. In June, President Donald Trump signed an executive order …
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