Dr Mac joins Kelly to chat about troubleshooting your Mac: Where to start, what to look for, and when to call in backup (or your backups).
AWS is Bringing M1 Mac Instances to EC2 Cloud
Amazon announced on Thursday that it’s bringing M1 Mac mini instances to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
Planned Parenthood Hack Leaked Data for 400,000 Patients
In October, a Planned Parenthood facility in Los Angeles suffered a data breach. It affected about 400,000 patients.
Letters from PPLA to affected patients warned that “we identified files that contained your name and one or more of the following: address, insurance information, date of birth, and clinical information, such as diagnosis, procedure, and/or prescription information.”
Facebook Requires More At-Risk Accounts to Use Two-Factor Authentication
Wired writes that Facebook will require at-risk accounts to secure with two-factor authentication, an important security measure for users.
Facebook Protect started as a pilot project in the United States ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and expanded leading up to the 2020 presidential election. Facebook enrolls some prominent public figures in the program automatically, but the company has also been creating mechanisms for people to nominate themselves for inclusion, like enrolling whole newsrooms. Once users join Facebook Protect, they can’t opt out.
Apple Warns Suppliers of Slowing iPhone 13 Demand
Apple has warned component suppliers of weakening iPhone 13 demand, having already reduced its production targets.
Members of Hacking Group 'The Community' Sentenced for Stealing Cryptocurrency
A sixth member of international hacking group The Community has been sentenced in late November. The group stole millions in cryptocurrency.
Apple Loses Another Senior Member of Apple Car Program
A former Tesla executive who joined Apple’s Project Titan has left. It’s one more in a long string of departures from the Apple Car program.
Apple Opens New Retail Store in Berlin
A new Apple Store in Berlin has opened. Apple Rosenthaler Straße is the first Apple Store in the Mitte borough of the German capital.
iFixit Partners With Library Futures to Donate 100 Toolkits to Libraries
iFixit is partnering with Library Futures, a nonprofit library advocacy group. The company will donate 100 toolkits to libraries.
Debt Collectors Can Now Email, Text, and Message You on Social Media
On Tuesday, new rules went into effect that allow debt collectors you DM you on social media, email, and text you.