The next time you leave your Mac unattended, make sure to turn it off. A well-known hacker has created a cheap tool that can steal data off of locked computers in minutes. The clever new device called PoisonTap is created using a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero and some open source code. Attackers can plug PoisonTap…
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Apple’s New Macbook Pro With Touchbar
Apple’s long-awaited MacBook Pro refresh is finally here and it’s… well, pretty much what we expected. That’s Apple’s fault, partially, after a recent macOS update revealed details about the laptop’s OLED touch strip — now known as the “Touch Bar” — and Touch ID. Instead of having the usual function and hardware control keys at…
Inside The New Touchbar For Apple’s Macbook Pro
The crown jewel of Apple’s live event today is the brand new Macbook Pro—their first big update to the product line since 2012. It’s thin, light, and sports a massive trackpad, but the flashiest change by far is the new MacBook Pro Touchbar. What You Can Do With The Touchbar Replacing the function keys, Touchbar…
Microsoft Ads keeps mocking the MacBooks
Both Microsoft and Apple are preparing to launch new laptops this year, but it’s only the Redmond-based company that’s making a big fuss about its existing lineup. In a hilarious attack on the Mac, Microsoft says – well, sings – that the Macs are less useful, just like as a hat for your cat. The…
Xiaomi Launches The MacBook Air Competitor Of China
After years of rumors, Xiaomi today launched its first notebook, the Mi Notebook Air. The company will be offering the laptop in two different screen sizes: 13.3-inch and 12.5-inch. As if the name was not a clear indicator, Xiaomi is taking on Apple’s MacBook Air with its first laptop. The company made direct comparisons to…
Apple has to be impressed with Xiaomi’s Mi Notebook Air
[UPDATE] Xiaomi Already Launched The New Mi Notebook Air Xiaomi has finally delivered its first laptop, and just as expected, it wants to battle the MacBook Air head-on. Its new Mi Notebook Air is thinner, lighter, and more powerful than Apple’s machine — and yet it’s still kinder on your wallet. Despite its somewhat silly…
How To Add External Graphics to Your Laptop
Universal Serial Bus, or now more commonly known as USB ports, have become a necessity on almost all the gadgets. What modifications could you expect in a humble USB? Well, a lot to be honest.The new USB Type-C is an upgrade in the ports which can charge your laptop, deliver 4K video, and transfer loads…
New Dangerous Mac malware affects OS X
Apple’s Mac systems have been exposed to a dangerous new piece of malware that allows attackers to take full control of OS X. The new malware, dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor by security researchers, provides attackers with a backdoor into OS X systems by embedding a script into a fake file converter application that’s found on many reputable…
Apple to sue the man who uploaded MacBook repair videos
If its affecting Apple then free speech be damned seems to the motto of iPhone and MacBook maker. Apple has always been against free stuff on Internet teaching its users how to repair iPhones, MacBooks etc for free fearing loss of lucrative after sales service business which forms a major part of its balance sheet….
Leaks: Xiaomi Mi Notebook (MacBook clone)
Xiaomi already sells smartphones, tablet, smart TVs, fitness trackers, hoverboards and more, but there’s still no laptop in the Chinese company’s expansive lineup. Now it looks like the long-rumored Mi Notebook may finally be ready to launch with the first leaked photo unexpectedly hitting the web on Friday. The Mi Notebook pictured above looks a lot…
WTF of the week: Worst analyst ever suggests Apple should spin off its Mac business
Is John C. Dvorak is trying to cement his position as the worst industry “analyst” of all-time? It’s entirely possible because Dvorak’s latest article for PC Mag is one of the most peculiar and inane pieces we’ve seen from the man who in 1984 famously predicted that no one would want to use a mouse and who,…
WWDC’16 Summary
Holy moly, Apple fans… that was a wild ride. The huge WWDC 2016 keynote was packed full of announcements spanning nearly every single one of Apple’s product lines. Software was clearly the star of the show — this is, after all, a developer conference first and foremost — and we all know where everyone’s focus…