After statements to the contrary, Spotify confirmed in its support forum that it will, in fact, support AirPlay 2.
Apple Seeds Fifth Developer Betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and tvOS 15
Apple released the fifth developer betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and tvOS 15 to those enrolled in the program.
FEMA to Test Emergency Alert System on August 11, 2021
On Wednesday, August 11, 2021 FEMA will test its Emergency Alert System as well as the Wireless Emergency Alerts system. It will happen at 2:20 ET.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, runs the test every year or two to ensure the system is working properly. It’s no small task: A national emergency alert system that can broadcast a message to potentially hundreds of millions of people at any given time is fraught with technological hurdles that require close co-operation from the cell carriers and broadcast networks.
On the iPhone you can see if you have these alerts enabled in Settings > Notifications, and scrolling down to the bottom.
‘Non-Standalone’ 5G Exposes Phones to Stingray Police Surveillance
5G that uses “non-standalone architecture” is rife with security issues and doesn’t protect people from Stingray police surveillance.
Borgaonkar and fellow researcher Altaf Shaik, a senior research scientist at TU Berlin, found that major carriers in Norway and Germany are still putting out 5G in non-standalone mode, which means that those connections are still susceptible to stingrays. The two presented at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas last week.
Secure Chat App ‘Signal’ Announces Default Disappearing Messages
Signal, a messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption, introduced a feature to let you have all of your messages disappear by default.
Until now, disappearing messages had to be enabled on a per-conversation basis, but for those who want to take ephemerality to the fullest, Signal now supports the ability to preconfigure all conversations you initiate with a default timer.
We’ve also added the ability to set custom timer durations on your conversations, so that some content can be gone in 60 seconds and others can exist for 18 minutes or 4 weeks.
Crypto Cash Back, iPhone 13 – TMO Daily Observations 2021-08-10
Bryan Chaffin and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss new ways to buy cryptocurrency and the latest round of iPhone rumo(u)rs.
Google Introduces New Safety Features for Kids and Teens
Google on Tuesday announced new safety features for minors across YouTube, Google Search, Google Play Store, and more.
In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce a new policy that enables anyone under the age of 18, or their parent or guardian, to request the removal of their images from Google Image results. Of course, removing an image from Search doesn’t remove it from the web, but we believe this change will help give young people more control of their images online.
The Later Case Review – It's SO THIN
We got the chance to review the LaterCase in Mac Geek Gab 883! It’s SO THIN.
Parallels 17 is First macOS Monterey Virtual Machine Running on Apple Silicon
Parallels 17, the latest version of the software that allows users to work with Apple and Windows operating systems on the same device, is out now. 9to5 Mac has a good breakdown of the latest features.
Software doesn’t stand still and neither do the operating systems. macOS Monterey and Windows 11 will be coming sooner than later and Parallels 17 is ready for them both as a host and a guest. If you need to start testing macOS Monterey for your job but are not ready to run it full time, Parallels 17 lets you run it in a virtual machine today. Parallels worked closely with Apple to optimize the experience of running macOS Monterey in a virtual machine. Parallels 17 shows noticeable speed improvements across the board. Resuming an OS is now 38% faster and OpenGL performs up to six times faster. Apple Silicon Macs report over a 20% performance boost with Windows 10 boot time, improved disk performance, and enhanced DirectX11 support.
Salesforce Joining The Streaming Wars With Service Focussed on Business Users
The latest entrant into the streaming wars is Salesforce. The company’s chief marketing officer Sarah Franklin told Axios about the forthcoming service, which is called…
Salesforce+, which will debut globally during Salesforce’s annual mega-conference Dreamforce in September, is a free service that will feature original programming from Salesforce and eventually, content created by its clients. The content will be available on-demand 24/7, but it will also feature live event programming, starting with Dreamforce. The company has hired around 50 editorial leads to help launch the service, including script writers and broadcast producers. It plans to fill many more editorial roles in the months to come as it builds up its programming slate…For now, Franklin says the company has no plans to sell ads around the content or charge for it. “We’ll measure success by free subscribers and viewership,” she says. It will launch with a sizable amount of paid promotion in September.
