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Enable End-to-End Encryption for Your iCloud Backups

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Enable End-to-End Encryption for Your iCloud Backups Apple’s Advanced Data Protection for iCloud feature uses end-to-end encryption to provide the highest level of cloud data security that Apple offers. Here’s everything you need to know about enabling it on your devices. The encrypted security feature gives you the choice to further protect your important iCloud data, including iCloud Backup, Ph…

Mac Rumors 772 2025-02-08

Acer’s new Predator Helios Neo gaming laptops offer RTX 5070 Ti GPUs and lots of ports

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Acer’s new Predator Helios Neo gaming laptops offer RTX 5070 Ti GPUs and lots of ports Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080 desktop GPUs sort of launched last month, but on the laptop front, we’re still awaiting the avalanche of 50-series notebooks to come crashing in, starting with these hefty new mid-rangers from Acer. The (deep breath) Predator Helios Neo 16 AI and Predator Helios Neo 18 AI can be configured with

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Microsoft Edge now has an AI-powered scareware blocker

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Microsoft Edge now has an AI-powered scareware blocker Microsoft has started rolling out a new scareware blocker in its Edge browser this week. The AI-powered feature runs on Windows PCs and can identify and block existing scams, and even detect new and emerging ones thanks to a local machine learning model. “Scareware blocker adds a new, first line of defense to help protect

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How to enable end-to-end encryption for your iCloud backups

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How to enable end-to-end encryption for your iCloud backups Apple has advanced security features that you can enable to protect more of your data. Among other things, it includes highly secure end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups under the name Advanced Data Protection. This means that essentially only you can access the data stored in your iCloud device backup — Apple doesn’t have the key

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Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying

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Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was

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PS Plus members can score nearly 20 percent off a PlayStation Portal right now

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PS Plus members can score nearly 20 percent off a PlayStation Portal right now Sony can be somewhat stingy about offering discounts on first-party accessories like the PlayStation Portal, which is why the latest PlayStation sale is worth checking out. Now through February 19th, PlayStation Plus members can buy two PlayStation 5 accessories and get 20 percent off purchases over $100. If you aren’t a PS Plus member, you

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I tested ChatGPT’s deep research with the most misunderstood law on the internet

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I tested ChatGPT’s deep research with the most misunderstood law on the internet In the vast number of fields where generative AI has been tested, law is perhaps its most glaring point of failure. Tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have gotten lawyers sanctioned and experts publicly embarrassed, producing briefs based on made-up cases and nonexistent research citations. So when my colleague Kylie Robison got access to ChatGPT’s new…

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Elon Musk’s computer coup

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Elon Musk’s computer coup Elon Musk and the team at the Department of Government Efficiency figured out one thing really fast: if you control the computers, you control everything. And so Musk and his merry band of engineers have spent the last week or so parading into various US government agencies and taking control of their systems. There’s so

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Amazon will pay $4 million to settle driver tip theft lawsuit

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Amazon will pay $4 million to settle driver tip theft lawsuit Amazon has agreed to pay the District of Columbia $3.95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the retail giant had stolen more than $60 million in tips intended for its Flex delivery drivers. DC Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced the settlement today, which includes $2.45 million in penalties and requires Amazon to clearly

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Any reccs for low minimum order quantity 3PL services within the EU?

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Any reccs for low minimum order quantity 3PL services within the EU? Have a client running UK ecom business who is looking to expand to EU Is looking for a fulfilment provider based in EU, but given this is early days, needs a provider that have a “starter level” that is lower than the 500 orders a month that most have Appreciate that per order it will be more expensive with these numbers, and so a provider that …

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How to customize POD orders

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How to customize POD orders Hi! I’m the owner of a Wall art ecommerce. I have spent a ton of time trying to find a quality POD. Now I have found it but they don’t offer package customization, so my product is brandless. I really want to improve the experience of my customers. Has anyone faced this? If so, are you offering any digital freebie or solved it in any other way? …

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I Thought Cheap Prices Would Bring More Customers But I Was Wrong

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I Thought Cheap Prices Would Bring More Customers But I Was Wrong I used to think lowering my prices would make people buy more but it didn’t. People don’t always want the cheapest option. They want something that feels worth it. When I finally raised my prices I actually got more sales. Has this ever happened to you? submitted by /u/Key_Low4771

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Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor

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Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor The British government has secretly demanded that Apple give it blanket access to all encrypted user content uploaded to the cloud, reports The Washington Post. The undisclosed order is said to have been issued last month, and requires that Apple creates a back door that allows UK security officials unencumbered access to encrypted user data wo…

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