In March, a software bug threatened to derail large swaths of the web. XZ utils, an open-source compression tool embedded in myriad software products and operating systems, was found to have been implanted with a backdoor. The backdoor—a surreptitious entry point into the software—would have allowed a person with the requisite code to hijack the …
How to create a scene, layer emojis on your iPhone Take your emoji game up a notch and create some more lavish pictures in your iMessages. Problem Solved Some iPhone users who have overslept when their alarm goes off are turning to Apple for answers. iPhone users have turned to social media with complaints of …
How to add driver’s license to iPhone wallet Some states allow you to put your driver’s license on your phone. Here’s how to do it. Problem Solved If you use Apple Wallet, you know it’s an easy place to quickly access things like plane tickets, Apple Pay, insurance cards and your Starbucks card. For some …
The creators of DBOS have recently introduced DBOS Cloud, a transactional serverless application platform tailored for TypeScript developers. With all state information stored in a highly available DBMS, this new platform assures transactional serverless computing, offering reliable execution alongside so-called “time travel” capabilities. Dubbed as “the world’s first cloud-native operating system” and a “database alternative …
How to turn on Apple’s stolen iPhone tool Turn on Apple’s Stolen Device Protection for an added layer of security. Problem Solved Dara Weinstein remembers the fateful moment like it was yesterday. She had just finished filming a video on someone else’s phone and was turning a celebratory somersault when her iPhone 11 came loose …
Major cellular carriers like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are reporting significant outages Thursday morning, which created some confusion for iPhone users whose phones were in SOS mode. What does it mean when your iPhone says SOS? Apple Support says if you see “No Service” or “Searching” in the status bar on your iPhone or iPad, …
That urban myth of sticking your wet smartphone into rice to dry it is just that, a myth. There’s better ways to dry it. Apple passed Samsung as world’s top phone maker in 2023 Apple’s iPhone has dethroned Samsung devices to become the best-selling smartphone series over the course of 2023. Bloomberg For more than …
Samsung has launched its Galaxy S24 line of phones at the “Galaxy Unpacked 2024” event in northern California on Wednesday. The product launch in San Jose centered around the integration of artificial intelligence into the line of phones in partnership with Google. The move is an effort to create features that improve the user experience, …
Artificial intelligence is set to be a cornerstone of Samsung’s “Galaxy Unpacked 2024” launch event on Wednesday. The company says the event, focused on the release of “Galaxy AI,” will usher in “the next era of mobile technology.” Details about “Galaxy AI” have been scant but the company describe it as, “a comprehensive mobile AI …
Google introduced its new Google AI SDK to simplify integrating Gemini Pro, its best-performing model to date, in Android apps. Using this SDK, developers need not build and manage their own backend infrastructure. According to Google, Gemini Pro is their best model with features for a wide range of text and image reasoning tasks. Gemini …