Apple M1, best WiFi routers, strong passwords, macOS Big Sur, Google Pay, electrified wingsuit, explosive whale and Pedro Lascuráin. With Black Friday a week away, we’ve got a lot of news and some sales to pass along. Read through all of the headlines below and click to read the full story.
Electronics
- Ring’s Mailbox Sensor monitors your mail for you: We go hands-on
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- Apple M1 speed tests: New Arm MacBook Air blows away Intel-based MacBook Pro
- Give the gift of a better and faster Wi-Fi router for 2020
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- Dell’s UltraSharp U2720Q 4K monitor is a welcome addition to my WFH setup
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Privacy and Security
- Rules for strong passwords don’t work, researchers find. Here’s what does
- DNS cache poisoning poised for a comeback: Sad DNS
- Android and iPhones are all about privacy now, but startup OSOM thinks it can do better
- New Zoom feature can alert room owners of possible Zoombombing disruptions
- Apple assures Mac users its anti-malware feature isn’t spying on them
- Microsoft’s Pluton chip upgrades the hardware security of Windows PCs
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Software
- macOS 11.0 Big Sur: The Ars Technica review
- Apple releases MacOS 11 Big Sur with a new design and Apple Silicon compatibility
- MacOS Big Sur review: The other half of the Mac’s 2020 rebirth
- Zoom will lift its 40-minute limit on free meetings for Thanksgiving
- macOS Big Sur is here – but users aren’t loving the new look
- macOS Big Sur update is bricking some older MacBook Pros
- What does your video call background say about you?
- L’Oreal debuts ‘virtual makeup’ for work from home video meetings
- Chrome 87 released with fix for NAT Slipstream attacks, broader FTP deprecation
- Flash on Firefox will die completely in 55 days
- Google says Chrome 87 has the biggest performance boost in years
- Google Photos is ending unlimited free storage. Here’s what you need to know
- Google Pay revamps with new focus on managing bank accounts and finances
Technology
- Apple’s M1 processor spotlights Intel’s chip challenges
- Honda claims it’ll be the first to mass produce level 3 self-driving cars
- Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope
- Harley-Davidson’s pricey Serial 1 e-bikes are up for pre-order
- The world’s fastest supercomputers are still getting faster, but it’s taking them longer
- Amazon Pharmacy will deliver your prescription medications
- Watch: BMW Made the World’s First Electrified Wingsuit. It Reached 186 MPH on Its First Flight.
- A history of Intel vs. AMD desktop performance, with CPU charts galore
- How SpaceX Starlink broadband will envelop Earth and transform the sky
- Alexa Routines now work with Amazon Fire TV
Phones
- You’ll spend 9 years of your life on your phone, study says
- Follow the iPhone 12 Pro Max on a rugged Lost Coast photography adventure
- iPhone 12 Mini drop test: Ceramic shield seems indestructible
- After you use dark mode in these 14 Android apps, you won’t ever go back
- Apple to pay $113M settlement over its iPhone ‘batterygate’ slowdowns
Fun Stories
- California Is Named for a Griffin-Riding Black Warrior Queen
- 26 Real Animals That Shouldn’t Exist, But Do Anyway
- Lego creates largest set ever: Rome’s Colosseum with 9,036 pieces
- Why Do Birds Sing at Dawn?
- Blubber Boom: Reliving the Disastrous Tale of Oregon’s Exploding Whale—50 Years Later
- Japanese ‘Love Hotels’ Are Kind of Perfect for Pandemics
- The 30 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
- Don’t Miss Saturn And Jupiter’s Great Conjunction on the Winter Solstice
- The Fossils That Get Away (From Scientists)
- Bremont’s New Stephen Hawking Watch Contains Pieces of the Late Scientist’s Desk
- The Power of a South Pole Sunrise After Six Months of Darkness
- Pedro Lascuráin: The Man Who Was Mexico’s President for Only 45 Minutes
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