Month: April 2024
Seagate Game Drive for Xbox – CNET
2TB w/ built-in green LED bar , Xbox certified.
2TB w/ built-in green LED bar , Xbox certified.
iOS 17.5 Includes ‘Repair State’ Option That Doesn’t Require Turning Off Find My for Service
With iOS 17.5, Apple is adding a “Repair State” feature that is designed to allow an iPhone to be sent in for service without deactivating Find My and Activation Lock. The fourth iOS 17.5 beta that came out today adds a “Remove This Device” option for all devices in Find My, and using it with an iPhone puts that iPhone into the new Repair State.
Right now, sending an iPhone to Apple to be repaired requires turning off Find My, and Apple says that it “might not” be able to repair devices that have Find My activated. Turning off Find My disables Activation Lock, an important anti-theft security feature that prevents an iPhone from being used with another Apple ID.
Apple currently uses Find My and Activation Lock as a way to ensure that a person sending a device in for repair actually owns that device, and that it’s not stolen. An iPhone sent in for repair with Find My disabled cannot be tracked, and it is not protected from theft, so if it is lost or stolen at some point in transit during the repair process, there is no recovery method available. Removing Find My also has a hitch with Stolen Device Protection, as there is an hour wait when turning off Find My, which can be inconvenient for repair purposes.
The new repair state leaves Find My turned on, so Activation Lock remains enabled, and the iPhone continues to be trackable with the Find My app while it is being repaired. When enabled, the device in the repair state has a “Ready for Repair” label. “This device remains fully functional in the repair state,” reads the text.
In the list of devices, an iPhone put into a repair state has a small stethoscope icon, and it can be marked as lost. While in repair state, the iPhone is fully functional.
As of right now, using the “Remove This Device” option in Find My to enable a repair state appears to be limited to the iPhone. Using it on other devices like an iPhone, Mac, or Apple Watch shows a warning that the feature will remove the device from the Apple ID account, allowing it to be used by someone else. Note that an iPhone must be online and trackable through Find My for the repair state option to pop up. An iPhone that is offline will display the standard removal text. It is also worth noting that repair state cannot be disabled at the current time.
Repair state is a feature that is still in development, so it might work with other devices when iOS 17.5 and its sister updates launch in May.Related Roundups: iOS 17, iPadOS 17Related Forums: iOS 17, iPadOS 17This article, “iOS 17.5 Includes ‘Repair State’ Option That Doesn’t Require Turning Off Find My for Service” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
With iOS 17.5, Apple is adding a “Repair State” feature that is designed to allow an iPhone to be sent in for service without deactivating Find My and Activation Lock. The fourth iOS 17.5 beta that came out today adds a “Remove This Device” option for all devices in Find My, and using it with an iPhone puts that iPhone into the new Repair State.
Right now, sending an iPhone to Apple to be repaired requires turning off Find My, and Apple says that it “might not” be able to repair devices that have Find My activated. Turning off Find My disables Activation Lock, an important anti-theft security feature that prevents an iPhone from being used with another Apple ID.
Apple currently uses Find My and Activation Lock as a way to ensure that a person sending a device in for repair actually owns that device, and that it’s not stolen. An iPhone sent in for repair with Find My disabled cannot be tracked, and it is not protected from theft, so if it is lost or stolen at some point in transit during the repair process, there is no recovery method available. Removing Find My also has a hitch with Stolen Device Protection, as there is an hour wait when turning off Find My, which can be inconvenient for repair purposes.
The new repair state leaves Find My turned on, so Activation Lock remains enabled, and the iPhone continues to be trackable with the Find My app while it is being repaired. When enabled, the device in the repair state has a “Ready for Repair” label. “This device remains fully functional in the repair state,” reads the text.
In the list of devices, an iPhone put into a repair state has a small stethoscope icon, and it can be marked as lost. While in repair state, the iPhone is fully functional.
As of right now, using the “Remove This Device” option in Find My to enable a repair state appears to be limited to the iPhone. Using it on other devices like an iPhone, Mac, or Apple Watch shows a warning that the feature will remove the device from the Apple ID account, allowing it to be used by someone else. Note that an iPhone must be online and trackable through Find My for the repair state option to pop up. An iPhone that is offline will display the standard removal text. It is also worth noting that repair state cannot be disabled at the current time.
Repair state is a feature that is still in development, so it might work with other devices when iOS 17.5 and its sister updates launch in May.
This article, “iOS 17.5 Includes ‘Repair State’ Option That Doesn’t Require Turning Off Find My for Service” first appeared on MacRumors.com
Discuss this article in our forums
Joint US/India operation busts $360 million crypto-funded drugs ring
A collaboration among law enforcement in India and the United States has led to the discovery of a cryptocurrency drug… Continue reading Joint US/India operation busts $360 million crypto-funded drugs ring
The post Joint US/India operation busts $360 million crypto-funded drugs ring appeared first on ReadWrite.
A collaboration among law enforcement in India and the United States has led to the discovery of a cryptocurrency drug ring worth $360 million.
The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation and India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) teamed up for a search operation in India’s Uttarakhand state back in August 2023. India’s Enforcement Directorate made the arrests after a tip-off from the FBI.
Two suspects flagged by the US authorities were already known to be involved in drug trafficking, with links to a major international drug trafficking operation. The April 27 raid recovered digital currency worth more than $300 million.
The role of crypto in the Indian drug ring scam
Two men, Parvinder Singh and Banmeet Singh from Haldwani, Uttarakhand are said to have used common usernames on dark web marketplaces such as Silk Road 1, AlphaBay, and Hansa.
Those involved in the illicit drug sales are said to have utilized freely available online ads and dark web vendor marketplaces to grow their operation. This led to an organized system of distributors and sales channels, where cryptocurrency was used to pay for the drugs as well as launder the proceeds.
India is an emerging cryptocurrency market where government regulation is still playing catch-up. The investigation in Uttarakhand is only one of many examples of crypto-focused organized crime that is prevalent across the vast Asian country.
Image credit: Still Pixels/Pexels
The post Joint US/India operation busts $360 million crypto-funded drugs ring appeared first on ReadWrite.
Extreme Heat Continues To Scorch Large Parts of Asia
Large swathes of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines and forced millions of children to stay home from school. From a report: In India, record temperatures have triggered a deadly heatwave and concerns about voter turnout in the nation’s marathon election. Extreme heat has also forced Bangladesh to close all schools across the country. Extreme temperatures have also been recorded in Myanmar and Thailand, while huge areas of the Philippines are suffering from a drought. Experts say climate change has made heatwaves more frequent, longer and more intense, while the El Nino weather phenomenon is also driving this year’s exceptionally warm weather.
Approximate voter turnout data after polls closed on April 26 in India — when stage two of the nation’s seven-stage general election took place — put voter turnout at 61 per cent. This was lower than the 65 per cent in the first phase, and 68 per cent in the second phase five years ago. Among the states that headed to the polls last week was Kerala in the south, where media reports on April 29 said that at least two people — a 90-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man — were suspected to have died of heatstroke. Temperatures in Kerala soared to 41.9 deg C, nearly 5.5 deg C above normal temperatures. At least two people have also died in India’s eastern state of Odisha, where temperatures hit 44.9 deg C on April 28 — the highest recorded in April. In neighbouring Bangladesh, students will continue to stay home this week, after schools across the country were ordered shut on April 29. A two-judge bench of the country’s High Court passed an order directing all primary and secondary schools and madrasahs (Islamic schools) nationwide to remain closed till May 5, affecting an estimated 32 million students.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Large swathes of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines and forced millions of children to stay home from school. From a report: In India, record temperatures have triggered a deadly heatwave and concerns about voter turnout in the nation’s marathon election. Extreme heat has also forced Bangladesh to close all schools across the country. Extreme temperatures have also been recorded in Myanmar and Thailand, while huge areas of the Philippines are suffering from a drought. Experts say climate change has made heatwaves more frequent, longer and more intense, while the El Nino weather phenomenon is also driving this year’s exceptionally warm weather.
Approximate voter turnout data after polls closed on April 26 in India — when stage two of the nation’s seven-stage general election took place — put voter turnout at 61 per cent. This was lower than the 65 per cent in the first phase, and 68 per cent in the second phase five years ago. Among the states that headed to the polls last week was Kerala in the south, where media reports on April 29 said that at least two people — a 90-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man — were suspected to have died of heatstroke. Temperatures in Kerala soared to 41.9 deg C, nearly 5.5 deg C above normal temperatures. At least two people have also died in India’s eastern state of Odisha, where temperatures hit 44.9 deg C on April 28 — the highest recorded in April. In neighbouring Bangladesh, students will continue to stay home this week, after schools across the country were ordered shut on April 29. A two-judge bench of the country’s High Court passed an order directing all primary and secondary schools and madrasahs (Islamic schools) nationwide to remain closed till May 5, affecting an estimated 32 million students.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
FCC Fines Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T $200 Million for Sharing Customer Location Data – CNET
The agency issued penalties to the carriers for selling customer data to third parties without consent.
The agency issued penalties to the carriers for selling customer data to third parties without consent.
Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it
Bacterial spores strengthen the plastic, then revive to digest it in landfills.
Enlarge (credit: Han Sol Kim)
One reason plastic waste persists in the environment is because there’s not much that can eat it. The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that bacteria didn’t have enzymes that could digest them. Evolution has started to change that situation, though, and a number of strains have been identified that can digest some common plastics.
An international team of researchers has decided to take advantage of those strains and bundle plastic-eating bacteria into the plastic. To keep them from eating it while it’s in use, the bacteria is mixed in as inactive spores that should (mostly—more on this below) only start digesting the plastic once it’s released into the environment. To get this to work, the researchers had to evolve a bacterial strain that could tolerate the manufacturing process. It turns out that the evolved bacteria made the plastic even stronger.
Bacteria meet plastics
Plastics are formed of polymers, long chains of identical molecules linked together by chemical bonds. While they can be broken down chemically, the process is often energy-intensive and doesn’t leave useful chemicals behind. One alternative is to get bacteria to do it for us. If they’ve got an enzyme that breaks the chemical bonds of a polymer, they can often use the resulting small molecules as an energy source.
Web Hosting vs Domain – CNET
Web hosting and domains are both essential to publishing a website. Learn how they work – and how they work together.
Web hosting and domains are both essential to publishing a website. Learn how they work – and how they work together.
Google fired a software engineer over an anti-war demonstration — he says he wasn’t even protesting / In an NLRB complaint filed today, more than 50 other employees have alleged unlawful retaliation and are asking for their jobs back.
submitted by /u/MarvelsGrantMan136 [link] [comments]
submitted by /u/MarvelsGrantMan136
[link] [comments]