Reflecting on Apple’s Smart Home Ecosystem for Smart Home Day
November 3 is Smart Home Day, a day to ponder about the “smart” devices and technologies that simplify modern...
Which search engine is the most private? Google & Bing vs. Brave, DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Mojeek, Qwant
A privacy-focused search engine can help limit the amount of data that big companies like Google and Microsoft collect about you. Learn everything you need to know about four privacy-centric search engines—Brave, DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Mojeek, and Qwant—and how you can use them to improve your privacy.
Urgent: macOS Sequoia 15.4.1, iOS 18.4.1 address 2 zero-day vulnerabilities
Apple has just released critically urgent security updates—macOS Sequoia 15.4.1, iOS 18.4.1, and iPadOS 18.4.1—to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been actively exploited...
Everything you can connect to an iPhone or iPad
You can connect a surprising variety of things to iPhones and iPads via their USB-C (or Lightning) ports, including storage devices, SD card readers,...
Should you delete your 23andMe account data? Bankruptcy and privacy concerns
23andMe, the popular DNA ancestry and traits service, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Should you tell the company to delete your data and...
Are file converter sites safe? How to convert files safely on your Mac
File converter sites claim to solve a common problem—but some may steal sensitive information, or may even infect your computer with malware. Here is everything you need to know about how to convert files safely on a Mac so...
