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Read moreApple fixes bug that undermined iOS privacy feature for years
Apple has fixed a years-old vulnerability in its iPhone and iPad software that undermined a privacy feature since it first debuted. Back in 2020, Apple announced a new feature in iOS 14 that would prevent nearby wireless routers and access points from gathering an Apple device’s unique MAC address. Tracking
Read moreX to take on newswire services with new product, XWire
As Instagram Threads is leaning away from news, according to statements made by Instagram head Adam Mosseri, its competitor X appears to be doubling down. Executives at the company formerly known as Twitter, spoke during yesterday’s all-hands internal meeting of their desire to create a new wire service called XWire,
Read moreInternet access in Gaza is collapsing as ISPs fall offline
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches its third week, internet connectivity in Gaza is getting worse. On Thursday, internet monitoring firm NetBlocks wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the Palestinian internet service provider NetStream “has collapsed days after the operator notified subscribers that service would end due to
Read moreAI is going to make Big Tech even bigger, and richer
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Read moreEssentials about Suspense and Error Boundaries
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Read moreElon Musk’s Twitter, one year later
Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images It’s been a year of personal grudges, harebrained rebrands, and jolting policy shifts. And those aren’t even the worst parts. Elon Musk has now owned the company formerly known as Twitter for an entire year. It’s been
Read moreHow To Spot a Short-Sighted Developer
A list of clues to identifying themHackerman — A popular Internet Meme (I really don’t know where it came from)Hi there, fellow coders! We’re all on a quest to level up our programming skills, right?So, how do we become coding wizards? Well, here’s what people generally do:Scouring through other people’s code — because we all know
Read moreDowntown Toronto hospital investigating ‘data security incident’
A major downtown Toronto hospital is investigating what it calls a data security incident. Michael Garron Hospital, part of a group of healthcare institutions called the Toronto East Health Network, said on its website that it learned of the incident earlier this week. “We are actively investigating and assessing the
Read moreMulti-Collection Updates and ACID Compliance Using Context and Transactions in MongoDB Using Go
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