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YouTube is rolling out a redesigned Home interface for the iOS and Android app. The new design is cleaner and simpler, but also takes advantage of deep neural networks to better recommend videos for users to watch. The refreshed Home tab might not look new to some users as YouTube has been A/B testing the design for a while now. Home features large, high resolution thumbnails and prominent icons that highlight the creator for each video....

One of Apple’s spring education announcements was iOS remote support for teachers in Apple Classroom. Remote support on iOS is something I never thought I’d see, but a global pandemic changed many plans for everyone. With many schools still virtual across the US, remote support is something that all schools need. On macOS, remote support is a solved problem with multiple solutions. On iOS, though, it was previously another story. In situations where I needed to give someone on iOS remote support, I had even resorted to using FaceTime on one device to view the screen of another....

So, you’ve successfully migrated a few Virtual Servers Guests to Windows Server 2008 running Hyper-V, but now you want to manage the Hyper-V Server remotely from another Windows Server 2008 or Vista box. Is it possible? Today at work I had that very question, and found that it is possible and easy to configure a Windows Vista Client OR a Windows Server 2008 box to remotely manage a Microsoft Hyper-V Server....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXKqIr4cjyo] A series of reports from Israeli publication Calcalist.co.il claims PrimeSense, the company behind the original Microsoft Kinect’s technology, is in acquisition talks with Apple, somewhere near a valuation in the $280-300M range. According to the report, a delegation of PrimeSense senior executives visited Apple’s engineering offices in recent days. The purchase would bolster Apple’s living room TV interface offerings and allow Apple to add controls with body movements and hand gestures to its products....

Alongside the iPhone 7 earlier this month, Apple introduced a new lineup of Beats products, including the Solo3, Powerbeats 3, Beats X, and Beats Ep. Noticeably missing from the refresh, though, were the Beats Studio Wireless. Coming in near the top of the Beats lineup, the Studio Wireless offer an over-ear design and improved noise-canceling compared to the company’s other offerings. If you were holding out for a refresh of the Beats Studio Wireless, perhaps for the holiday season, you’re going to be waiting for a while, according to a new report from CNET....

Unfortunately, the transition has not always been easy. Current approaches to developing and delivering training and awareness are not a guaranteed antidote to achieve enduring changes in security behaviors and culture. Podcast host and author of “Rethinking the Human Factor,” Bruce Hallas joined the Infosec Inspire Cyber Skills Summit to share a new view — based on behavioral science, data and real-world successes surrounding us — to meet the challenge of empowering the human factor....

Are you a Realme C20 user and looking for the update list or want to install stock firmware? If yes, then check out the full guide below along with the Realme C20 Software Update Tracker. Realme has recently released a first-ever software update for the Realme C20 model that bumps up a new software version RMX3061_11.A.33 based on Android 10. It also comes with Android Security Patch Level that fixes a major security vulnerability in the system component that could enable a remote attacker to harm your device system and data....

Reality TV’s first transgender star, Miriam Rivera, has died. She rose to fame during the early 2000s, starring in two reality shows. Rivera was best known for her role on a British reality television show, There’s Something About Miriam, which aired back in 2004 on Sky 1, as well as her guest appearance on Big Brother Australia’s fourth season. There’s Something About Miriam’s production company, Endemol, was sued by contestants for conspiracy to commit sexual assault, defamation, and for having suffered from psychological injury....

Take the sarcastic, whiskey drinking female hero of Jessica Jones, the demon hunting siblings from Supernatural, add in the old west feeling of Westworld, stir - and you’ve got Wynonna Earp. Sounds pretty great, right? The show’s first season premiered on Syfy last April and quickly earned praise from both critics and fans alike for its strong characters and sharp scripts. From showrunner Emily Andras (Killjoys and Lost Girl), Wynonna Earp is an action-packed fantasy drama about a woman, named Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) who just happens to be the great-granddaughter of Wyatt Earp....

After the launch of OnePlus 7, Redmi congratulated OnePlus in a rather sarcastic way. Manu Jain, Global VP of Xiaomi and MD of Xiaomi India tweeted: “Congratulations OnePlus team! There’s a new flagship in the town. Flagship Killer 2.0: coming soon.. Hold my dragon!” Later, official social handles of Xiaomi and Redmi posted this too. And now, you can see this ad all over the internet. Congratulations @OnePlus team! 👏 There’s a new flagship in town....

Screen Time was one of the headline features of iOS 12, intended to help us monitor the amount of time we spend using our iPhones, and to set limits for ourselves. The latest 12.2 beta allows even greater control. But reducing screen time, and other approaches to so-called digital detoxing, don’t seem to be very effective … A survey of more than a thousand people reveals that cutting back on screen time doesn’t last, reports CNET....

Bloomberg reports this evening that Apple is getting an extension on its Tuesday deadline to make a decision and respond to the court order asking them to aid the government in retrieving data off of an iPhone 5c used by one of the gunmen involved in the fatal San Bernardino shootings last December. Apple now has until February 26th to respond to the request in court. Following the order from the court, Apple CEO Tim Cook replied with an open-letter saying that the request is an “unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers....

Facebook is reportedly planning to take its long-running battle with Apple to the courts. The Information reports that Facebook has been working with outside legal counsel to prepare an antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company “abused its power in the smartphone market by forcing app developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple’s own apps don’t have to follow.” Citing people familiar with the matter, the report explains that Facebook’s lawsuit is likely to focus in part on the changes Apple introduced in iOS 14....

Today, The Information disputes these claims. It says that Apple spent about $370 million across 2018 (roughly $30m per month) but that is actually down compared to the year previously. In fact, Apple reportedly paid $775 million for AWS in 2017, which means 2018’s numbers represent a 50% drop … The Information article indicates that Apple is aggressively transitioning its iCloud services to running on its own in-house servers. The report says this dates back to a data loss incident that Apple experienced a few years ago with customer information stored on Google servers....

After first showing off the latest Mac Pro at WWDC 2013 and launching the professional-class desktop computer last December, Apple’s certified refurbished online store is now carrying discounted models for the first time. The 2013 Mac Pro, which is the only Mac computer manufactured in the United States, ordinarily starts at $2,999 for the base model configuration, but customers looking to save on that cost can now get the same configuration for $450 less at $2,549....

A standalone iOS app for Apple’s HomeKit platform could finally arrive in iOS 10 as a new report claims an Apple employee on the company’s marketing team revealed plans for the launch in an online review. MacRumors found the mention (pasted below) within a product review related to HomeKit and says it confirmed the person that left the comment was indeed an Apple employee. Apple has had plans for a HomeKit app on your iPhone’s home screen for quite a while as it’s developed the platform that currently only allows control of supported home automation accessories through Siri or third-party apps....

Intel reportedly did not disclose Meltdown or Spectre security flaws to U.S. cyber security officials after being notified of the flaws because hackers had not exploited the vulnerabilities yet, Reuters reports. The company did not disclose the information to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, better known as US-CERT, until January 3. This was after the details of the vulnerabilities had leaked online. Letters from the big tech giants such as Apple, Alphabet, and Intel indicate when these vulnerabilities were found....

Following the release of the new iPad mini with Retina display this morning, a user of the device conducted a benchmark test via GeekBench. The results indicate that the processor speed is clocked at 1.29 GHz, and this almost the same speed as the iPhone 5s, which comes in at 1.30GHz. For comparison, the pricier, larger iPad Air comes in at 1.39 GHz. In real world usage, it is unlikely that users will notice difference in speed between the new two new Apple tablets, but the difference is interesting in light of both products including the same 64-bit A7 architecture....

Realme announced its next successor of the mid-range segment, the Realme 6 series in late May this year. The series includes Realme 6, Realme 6s, and Realme 6 Pro. These are mid-range smartphones with a bunch of great specifications. One of them is the operating system, the devices came out of the box with the latest Android 10 update on the top of their modified skin, the Realme UI. Since Google recently announced the final beta update of its Android 11 and pushed the update to the Pixel devices....

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple will utilize its acquisition of Texture to launch its own paid subscription service, incorporating magazines from a variety of publishers. The new service would be exposed to customers through an upgraded Apple News app, mirroring Apple’s integration of its $9.99 Apple Music subscription inside the Music app. Apple already offers subscriptions through Apple News app on a publication-per-publication basis. It is possible to pay and subscribe today inside the app, but each payment represents a separate subscription to the corresponding news provider....