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Turn Your iPhone into a Powerful Webcam with Camo
GLENN FLEISHMAN 24 July 202015 comments Some of us have been living in videoconferencing sessions for months, which has presented many challenges. (“Kids, can you stop singing ‘Baby Shark’? I’m in a meeting” “Bill, can you grab the cat?”) One of them is the...
Surprise! Fujitsu Releases 64-Bit ScanSnap Manager for Older Scanners
DAVE KITABJIAN 27 July 202026 comments Many of you have been following our coverage of Fujitsu’s decision to effectively drop support for some of its older but still popular ScanSnap scanners by not updating the ScanSnap Manager software to 64-bit so it could run in...
Five Homeschooling Apps for Young Children
JOSH CENTERS 17 July 20201 comment Even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many schools are preparing to open, some no matter what. But many parents and teachers don’t think school reopenings in their areas are safe. A USA Today poll found that one in five teachers...
Feeling Paranoid? Micro Snitch Tells You If Your Mac Is Spying on You
JOSH CENTERS 22 July 20207 comments Our reporting on Apple’s warning against closing a MacBook with a webcam cover installed (see “Don’t Close Your MacBook with a Webcam Cover Attached,” 14 July 2020) sparked an interesting TidBITS Talk discussion about Mac webcam...
Don’t Close Your MacBook with a Webcam Cover Attached
JOSH CENTERS 14 July 202015 comments Apple has published a support article that warns against closing the lid of a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro if you have a webcam cover installed because it could cause expensive damage to your computer. That should be...
Apple Releases Dedicated Security Research Device
RICH MOGULL 23 July 20205 comments Apple has announced that it is releasing a special version of the iPhone to approved security researchers as part of a new Apple Security Research Device Program (SRD). The SRD, which was originally announced during last year’s...
Apple Opens Public Betas for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14
JOSH CENTERS 9 July 20205 comments The big day is here, and public betas are now available for some of Apple’s next round of operating systems: iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 (the public betas for macOS 11 Big Sur and watchOS 7 are listed as coming soon; you can...