PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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How to Lock Down Your iPhone App Permissions
You don’t want to worry about an app unnecessarily having access to other parts of your phone, and you can control this by limiting its permissions. This means you can change settings that specify what the app is and isn’t allowed to do in terms of finding your location, recording video and audio, and so…
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Apple Hits Pause on Controversial CSAM Detection Feature
Early last month, Apple announced it would introduce a new set of tools to help detect known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in photos stored on iPhones. The feature was criticised by security experts as a violation of user privacy, and what followed was a public relations nightmare for Apple. Now, in a rare move,…
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Apple Will Tweak App Store Rules for Content Apps Like Spotify, Netflix
As part of a settlement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Apple announced today that it would tweak its App Store rules to allow certain app developers to include a link to an external website to set up or manage accounts. This will be rolled out globally beginning in early 2022 and essentially allows developers…
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Microsoft Will Take the Wraps Off Windows 11 Hardware This September
We already know Microsoft is launching Windows 11 on October 5, but what would a new operating system be without new hardware to showcase it? Microsoft is having what many have pegged as a Surface hardware event on September 23, at 1 a.m. AEST. It’s all virtual, of course, and there’s a link available if…