iPhone 12, HomePod Mini, Nest Thermostat, Trickbot botnet, home eye exams, Zoom upgrades, Borat and Buffalo Bill’s house. These are just a few of the many stories this week filled with Apple announcements. Check out all the headlines below and click on a headline to read the full story.
Electronics
- AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900X is its first Zen 3 CPU
- Dell’s first mini-LED monitor is bright, accurate and $5,000
- Google’s $130 Nest Thermostat features an all-new touch-based design
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- Apple unveils $99 HomePod Mini smart speaker launching next month
- Beats Flex earbuds offer 12 hours of listening for just $50
Privacy and Security
- Privacy push could stop some annoying website pop-ups and online tracking
- Encrypted messages don’t always stay private. Here’s what that means for you
- German tech giant Software AG down after ransomware attack
- Microsoft helped disrupt the infamous Trickbot botnet
- Microsoft takes down hacking network with potential to disrupt election
- Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently
- Eye exams at home: A safe way to update your eyeglass Rx in the age of COVID-19
- Research finds coronavirus can survive on phone screens for 28 days
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Software
- Microsoft Office 2010 and 2016 for Mac are no longer supported
- Microsoft October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 87 vulnerabilities
- Zoom launches Zapps, OnZoom as it builds out its ecosystem for developers, content creators
- Zoom is getting into ticketed online events
Technology
- Can Microsoft’s Bing-Edge shopping tools make a dent in Google’s search monopoly?
- Go Google free: We pick privacy-friendly alternatives to every Google service
- 4 Amazon Echo features only Prime members can use
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- How to delete 99.9%* of your digital footprint
Phones
- Android’s new Sound Notifications will alert you to ‘critical sounds’ around you
- You won’t regret using this new iPhone feature in iOS 14
- Has iOS 14 killed your iPhone’s battery life? Here’s what to do.
- Every iPhone 12 model from mini to Pro Max: Prices, specs, and availability
- Apple solves iPhone’s wireless charging hit-n-miss with MagSafe
- iPhone 12 Mini: Apple finally brings back the small phone
- 6 new Android 11 features you can use today
- iPhone 12 has 5G, but Apple still has us questioning why we need it
- Apple iPhone 12 Pro’s four cameras aim at serious photographers
Fun Stories
- The Real-Life Origins of 15 Urban Legends
- Sold: 53 Letters Deciphered by a Groundbreaking English Codebreaker
- 15 Very Nice Facts About Borat
- This 311-Piece LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Features Darth Vader in an Ugly Christmas Sweater
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- The Art of Digging a Buried Building Out of Maine’s Desert Dunes
- How Drones Help Archaeologists Peer Into the Earth
- The Story Behind Eva Perón’s Secret Lobotomy
- Buffalo Bill’s House From The Silence of the Lambs Is Up for Sale
- See What New York City Looked Like in the 1940s With This Interactive Street Map
- Could a Tree Help Find a Decaying Corpse Nearby?
- Pandemic Quiet Means We Can Eavesdrop on Rare Australian Dolphins
- Machu Picchu Reopened for One Japanese Tourist Who Had Been Stranded in Peru for Seven Months
- Behind the Walls of a Sports Bar, Remnants of Florida’s Early Years
- The Spectacular Science of the Great Lakes’ Glowing Rocks
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