ScottTheGeek 

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The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’

As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

The Guardian

Facebook used spyware to access user activities on rival platforms, including Snapchat and YouTube

https://observer.com/2024/03/meta-facebook-compete-snapchat-class-action-document/

#Facebook #Meta #Snapchat #Yahoo #privacy #malware #dataprivacy

How Meta Competed Against Snapchat and YouTube: Unsealed Documents

Meta used a spyware to access user activities on rival platforms, including Snapchat and YouTube, according to newly unsealed documents from a class action suit.

Observer
Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance.

Ars Technica
macOS Sonoma 14.4 Bug 'Destroys Saved Versions in iCloud Drive'

Apple's latest macOS Sonoma 14.4 software update appears to be guilty of another bug, this time affecting saved versions in iCloud Drive. ...

MacRumors
How Trump is Following Hitler's Playbook | Robert Reich

YouTube
Automakers tracking drivers, sharing data with car insurance companies

Automakers are using vehicles' internet-connection capabilities to track consumers' driving behavior and sharing the data with insurance companies, a new...

Yahoo Finance

A History of Mac Viruses (and Why People Thought They Didn't Exist)
Apple computers aren't as virus-proof as you might think.

https://lifehacker.com/tech/mac-virus-history

#Apple #MacOS #Macintosh #Mac #virus #malware

A History of Mac Viruses (and Why People Thought They Didn't Exist)

Is your Mac virus proof? What are the most dangerous Mac viruses? We'll explain why you don't need antivirus software on macOS.

Lifehacker
Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros

The return window for the very first Apple Vision Pro buyers is fast approaching — and some have taken to social media to explain why they won’t be keeping their headsets.

The Verge

FCC commissioner wants to investigate Apple for possible violations of FCC rules related to messaging service accessibility and usability

https://www.androidpolice.com/beeper-mini-saga-possible-fcc-investigation/

#FCC #Apple #iPhone #iMiessage #legal #antitrust #Beeper #BeeperMini