Hackers can mimic iPhone reboots and keep iOS malware installed
If only there was a phone with good security
The Tame Apple Press is reeling after a security firm announced it was possible to block and simulate an iOS restart operation.
Meta’s top spinner flees the building
Too many fires to put out
Meta's Vice President of Global Communications John Pinette has told colleagues that he is leaving the company, just as the company has several key PR disasters to handle.
Open source developer burns own libraries
Protesting against not giving back to the community
Popular open-source libraries colors and faker were defaced by their creator as the open saucey equivalent of a suicide bombing.
Apple thinks annoying teens will get them to switch from Android
How to make your users even more annoying by turning them into bullies
Fruity cargo cult Apple thinks that its colour coding of SMS messages will force teens to switch from Android to Apple.
Apple can't get sensors to go on watch
Blood Pressure and glycose testing were vapourware
The Tame Apple Press has been claiming that Apple’s watch will soon be able to measure the wearer’s glucose levels in a noninvasive manner and check their blood pressure.
Texas judge orders the FDA to release the Pfizer vaccine data "early"
We can’t wait 75 years because of lack of bandwidth
A federal judge in Texas ordered the Food and Drug Administration to publicise the data it relied on to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine,
US Cyber Command takes first offensive action
Not saying who it attacked
US Cyber Command task force executed what is being described as its “first offensive cyber effect operation” against real-world cyber threats.
Python was the programming language of the year
Four points to Slytherin
TIOBE Index has named Python as the programming language of 2021.
Salesforce forces two factor ID on customers
It is for your own good
Customer management platform Salesforce said that customers must have multi-factor authentication (MFA) turned on starting next month, or they won’t be able to access their accounts.
Tim Cook makes 1,447 times more than average Apple employee
Nearly $100 million a year
Apple boss Tim Cook's pay in 2021 was 1,447 times that of the average employee at the tech giant, thanks mostly to stock awards that helped him earn a total of nearly $100 million.