Apple reported record September-quarter results on Monday, November 2, then warned that surging memory costs will weigh on its holiday-quarter profit margin. It was John Ternus’s first earnings call as CEO, MacRumors notes, after he took over from Tim Cook on September 1. The stock fell on the news. Quartz reports that shares dropped about 4% in premarket trading…
Google says a certified Android device maker deliberately infected its own products and sold access to criminals. On Monday, November 2, Google announced that it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes, according to Krebs on Security. The botnet is called XCPE, and Google has cut…
Researchers at Socket say a network of 319 chrome extensions has been quietly redirecting people’s web searches. According to a report from Cyber Security News on Socket’s investigation, published October 29, the extensions are linked to search hijacking affecting roughly 13.4 million users over a decade. One caution applies. The headline figure combines findings across years,…
A critical flaw nicknamed Node2Shell is now under active attack. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 27, according to Help Net Security. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-111497, and it is in Google’s widely used Brotli compression library. If you run Node.js servers, update…
Most of us have tapped “remind me later” on an update alert. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says that is worth a second thought. Many software updates are created to fix security risks, and keeping software up to date is an easy way to stay safer online. This guide explains why software…
Data breaches are now a routine part of online life. Companies you have never thought about may hold your email address, your password or more, and any of them can be hacked. You cannot undo a breach, but you can limit the damage. This guide shows how to check if your data was breached, and…
Mobile data costs money, and a plan can disappear faster than you expect. Apps refresh in the background, videos stream in high quality, and cloud services sync without asking. The good news is that both Apple and Google built tools to help. Here is how to save mobile data on iPhone and Android in eight…
iFixit has published its teardown of the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable, and it may have found a clue to the screen cracks some owners are reporting. In its teardown, the repair specialists give the phone a provisional 5 out of 10 for repairability, the highest score they have given a foldable. The key word is…
Ramp, the expense management company, announced on October 15 that it had raised $1.85 billion in a funding round that values it at $60 billion. TechCrunch reports that this comes just four months after Ramp raised $750 million at a $44 billion valuation. The round is still one of the biggest startup stories of the month. It…
Apple has announced the first iPad mini with an OLED display, and calls it the tablet’s biggest update ever. MacRumors reports that pre-orders open on Wednesday, October 28, at 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time, and the first units arrive on Friday, November 6. In the US, it starts at $699. It is the first of a series of…
Passwords are hard to remember, easy to reuse and easy to steal. Passkeys offer a safer alternative. At CYBERUK 2026, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) announced that it will begin recommending passkeys wherever a service supports them, and two-step verification where it does not. This guide explains what passkeys are and how to use them,…
Companies from Microsoft to Barclays have announced layoffs this year that they link to AI, according to a Reuters factbox. In its latest update on October 22, Reuters lists AI-linked layoffs announced since October 2025, with job losses emerging in the sectors most exposed to automation.Reuters does not print a total. Adding the 31 entries that…
Phishing is when criminals try to get you to open harmful links, emails or attachments that ask for your personal information or infect your device. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) explains in its phishing guide that these messages can arrive by email, text, social media message or phone call. They are usually designed…