AirPop introduced AirPop Active+, the world’s first smart air wearable mask, at Pepcom’s Digital Experience! at CES 2021.
Yale Introduces Smart Delivery Box to Protect and Secure Your Deliveries
In this age of increased contactless deliveries, the Yale Smart Delivery Box offers security and convenience for securely receiving deliveries.
Binatone Combines Mask Filtration and Quality Audio with MaskFone
Binatone showed MaskFone, which combines a quality mask with multiple filtrations options with wireless audio, at Pepcom’s Digital Experience! at CES 2020.
iOS Encryption Isn’t as Secure as it Could be, Researchers Discover
Security researchers at John Hopkins University studied the security measures of Android and iOS, specifically encryption.
Apple to Produce ‘Kitbag’ With Joaquin Phoenix for Apple TV+
Apple Studios will finance and produce a Napoleon Bonaparte film called “Kitbag” for Apple TV+. It will be directed by Ridley Scott and star Joaquin Phoenix.
BMW iX Will Receive Digital Key Plus for iPhone Drivers
On Thursday BMW announced that its Digital Key Plus based on ultra wideband (UWB) technology will arrive with the BMW iX vehicle.
Apple REJI Program Lead Alisha Johnson Discusses Latests Announcements
On Wednesday, Apple announced new programs and investments as part of its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI). Program lead Alisha Johnson talked to Bustle about how efforts fit within the company.
When we looked at REJI as an effort, we had this great model to follow. And it was the environment work that Apple’s been steeped in for over a decade, where in order to ensure this work is sustained and that it’s far-reaching and affects every part of our operations. We have employees in every part of our operations who are looking at ways to already start to focus this work in their daily roles… We talked to our content team, Apple Music, and Apple TV+, and they’re already looking at ways that they can ensure they’re elevating Black voices, that their programming is focused on educating customers. As we were having internal conversations within Apple around launching REJI, there were teams that were already deploying education moments for customers. They weren’t waiting for our green light. We had a Siri team that was already put together in response to the question, “Do all lives matter?” so people could really understand the importance of saying Black lives matter.
Microsoft 365 Upload File Size Limit Increasing to 250 GB
The upload file size limit in Microsoft 365 is set to increase from 100 GB to 250 GB, with roll-out starting in January 2021.
CES 2021: BIWIN Launches New Biwintech Brand of Storage Products
Storage product manufacturer BIWIN used CES 2021 to announce that it is launching a new performance-based memory and SSD brand – Biwintech.
Apple Apps No Longer Bypass macOS Big Sur Firewalls
In macOS Big Sur, Apple deprecated third-party kernel extensions including Network Kernel Extensions (NKEs). NKEs are used by apps like firewalls to monitor network traffic. Apple’s new user-mode Network Extension Framework had a side-effect: Apple’s own apps wouldn’t be routed through it and thus could bypass third-party firewalls. But now that has changed.
I of course also wondered if malware could abuse these “excluded” items to generate network traffic that could surreptitiously bypass any socket filter firewall. Unfortunately the answer was yes! It was (unsurprisingly) trivial to find a way to abuse these items, and generate undetected network traffic.