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Apple clarifies security update policy: Only the latest OSes are fully patched

Enlarge / The default wallpaper for macOS 11 Big Sur. (credit: Apple) Earlier this week, Apple released a document clarifying its terminology and policies around software upgrades and updates. Most of the information…

Redditor acquires decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage

Enlarge / An Open Connect Appliance server from around 2013 that a Redditor acquired. (credit: PoisonWaffle3 / Reddit) A Reddit user named PoisonWaffe3 recently acquired a 2013-era Netflix cache server that had been…

Feds say Ukrainian man running malware service amassed 50M unique credentials

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Charles O'Rear) Federal prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old Ukrainian national with operating a malware service that was responsible for stealing sensitive data from more than 2 million individuals…

“Too much and too soon”—Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later

Enlarge / A billboard showing Windows 8 in Times Square in New York at the Microsoft Store in October 2012. (credit: Personal photo from Steven Sinofsky) On October 26, 2012, Microsoft released Windows…

Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

Enlarge (credit: Gertty Images) For years, Big Tech has insisted that the death of the password is right around the corner. For years, those assurances have been little more than empty promises. The…

Apple releases patch for iPhone and iPad 0-day reported by anonymous source

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Apple on Monday patched a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that gives attackers the ability to remotely execute malicious code that runs with the highest privileges inside the operating system kernel…

Shutterstock partners with OpenAI to sell AI-generated artwork, compensate artists

Enlarge / The Shutterstock logo over an image generated by DALL-E. (credit: Shutterstock / OpenAI) Today, Shutterstock announced that it has partnered with OpenAI to provide AI image synthesis services using the DALL-E…

Company that makes rent-setting software for landlords sued for collusion

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images/Getty) ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Renters filed a lawsuit this week…

Comcast’s new higher upload speeds require $25-per-month xFi Complete add-on

Enlarge / Comcast's xFi Advanced Gateway with Wi-Fi 6E. (credit: Comcast) For Comcast Internet customers frustrated by the cable service's slow upload speeds, there have been some welcome announcements recently. But the availability…

How Vice Society got away with a global ransomware spree

Enlarge (credit: Suebsiri Srithanyarat / EyeEm / Getty Images) A ransomware attack on the Los Angeles Unified School District in the first week of September crippled digital operations across the system, which includes…