• New Apple Watch data shows the average person takes 334 days to walk/run a marathon

    I can’t run a marathon (and I don’t plan on trying), but new data from the Apple Heart and Movement Study offers some insight into the training habits of people who do. Published by Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Friday, the data reveals that more than 1,500 participants of the Apple Heart and Movement Study ran an estimated 2,623 marathons over the course of the study period (November 2019 – January 2024). more

  • Apple's Siri vs Siri Plus (Video)

    In this article, we look at how Apple’s Siri compares to a Jailbroken version called Siri Plus. In the ever-evolving world of technology, virtual assistants have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. They provide us with information, and entertainment, and help manage our schedules. Apple’s Siri has been at the forefront of this […]

  • Should Apple Kill Siri and Start Over?

    Few features have promised to revolutionize the way we interact with our Apple devices as much as Siri, the company's ubiquitous virtual assistant. Launched in 2011, Siri was introduced as heralding a new era in human-computer interaction, offering an intuitive voice-controlled interface for accessing information, scheduling appointments, sending messages, and much more. The vision was grand: A personal assistant in your pocket, capable of understanding and acting upon a wide array of voice...

  • How To Make Tennis Your Whole Personality (Without Ever Playing)

    10 'Challengers'-inspired fashion & beauty picks to make you look like a tennis pro, including a Serena-approved lipstick, a chic skort, and stylish sneakers.

  • Person shot during a possible party at a home in Apple Valley

    APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (VVNG.com) — Sheriff’s officials confirmed one person was struck by gunfire during a shooting outside of a home Friday evening in the Town of Apple Valley. On April 19, 2024, at about 5:45 p.m., Sheriff’s Dispatch began receiving calls about gunshots being heard in the area of Kasota Road, near Siskiyiou Road.

  • UnitedHealth Paid Ransom to Cyberhackers After Patients' Personal Data Was Compromised

    UnitedHealth confirmed that it paid ransom to cyberhackers who stole sensitive patient information during a massive data breach in February.

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    How to reinstall Windows 11 without losing your data using Windows Update

    Are you facing some issues with Windows 11 and want to fix it but fear data loss? Here's a simple trick that will help you reinstall Windows 11 with Windows Update without losing your data.

  • Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn't use personal data

    Cape will be focus on providing eSIMs to users, which would be sold essentially on a prepaid format to avoid the data that a contract might entail.

  • Apple makes it really hard for users to completely stop it from collecting data

    Apple's default apps are collecting user data even if users try disabling them, research from Aalto University claims, with it being an almost impossible task to properly accomplish. Apple's Advanced Data Protection feature Apple prides itself on making privacy a key reason to own an iPhone and its other products. It has privacy policies like App Tracking Transparency that can limit the amount of data collected by third-party apps installed by users. However, a study by Aalto...

  • To help win an iPhone antitrust suit, Apple is again demanding commission data from Valve

    Apple says it needs business records from Valve in order to contest an ongoing consumer antitrust case about the App Store, and has turned to the courts to get it. App Store icon Game developer Valve is not involved in the antitrust case that consumers have brought against Apple. However, Apple has now filed a subpoena request asking a federal judge to compel Valve to provide data that it says is "core" to its defense. Apple is accused in a class-action suit of forcing up app prices...

  • House passes bill to limit personal data purchases by law enforcement, intelligence agencies

    The bill’s passage was cheered by privacy advocates, but it faces an uncertain future in the Senate and with a White House that has objected to the legislation.

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    DuckDuckGo's Privacy Pro bundles a VPN with personal data removal and identity theft restoration

    DuckDuckGo, the internet browser that specializes in online privacy, is launching several new tools aimed at making sure online data brokers can't get access to your personal information.Also: The best secure browsers to protect your privacy onlineThe new set of tools, called Privacy Pro, combines three things: an anonymous VPN that secures up to five devices at a time, a personal information removal service that finds and removes your details from data broker sites, and an identity theft...