“Update, Dec. 16, 2024: Following reader requests, this story, originally published Dec. 14, now includes detailed mitigation information regarding how Gmail users can best protect their accounts against each reported threat.”
Gmail Account Deletion Warning—Act Now To Save Your Email In 2025
“Update, Dec. 15, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 14 now includes additional in-depth advice on how to securely recover a forgotten username and password to an inactive Gmail account to prevent deletion in 2025 while avoiding hacker scams. With more than 1.”
New Warning For 2 Billion iPhone, iPad, Mac Users—Your Apple ID Is Suspended
“Update, Nov. 27, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 25 now includes information about a second Apple ID phishing scam and more expert advice for iPhone, iPad and MacBook users on how to best avoid falling victim to Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams.”
Apple Issues New Warning For Millions Of MacBook Users
“Apple is warning billions of Mac and MacBook users worldwide to update macOS as a matter of priority. The latest version of macOS Sequoia was released earlier this week as macOS 15.1.1. It comes less than a month after the major 15.”
Apple is finally letting green bubbles send message reactions
“Apple is showing some love to Android users by finally displaying their message reactions correctly.”
Microsoft just learned its lesson about overcharging for AI features
“Apple is just getting started with building AI into its various software platforms. However, one of its chief competitors, Microsoft, just learned an important lesson the company could take to heart: most consumers aren’t willing to pay very much for AI features.”
YouTube rolling out playback speed redesign on Android, iOS
“Last month, YouTube announced a host of new features. After the new miniplayer and settings revamp, YouTube is rolling out the fine-tunable redesign of playback speed controls in the Android and iOS app. “
Apple will let you share lost AirTag info with an airline
“Apple will be introducing a new feature to its Find My app that allows you to temporarily share the location of a lost AirTag with “an airline or a trusted person,” according to MacRumors, which is testing the second developer beta release of iOS 18.2.”
Gmail 2FA Cyber Attacks—Open Another Account Before It’s Too Late
“Update, Nov. 04, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 03, now includes step-by-step details regarding the use of Google’s Advanced Protection Program, which can help keep all your Gmail accounts more secure.”
Apple Is Charging The Exact Same Price For A Single Base M4 Mac mini If Buyers Want To Double The Existing Unified RAM And Internal Storage
“The pricing of the M4 Mac mini was nailed to absolute perfection because Apple not only continues to sell the base model for $599, it has topped it out by offering 16GB RAM as standard instead of 8GB RAM that shipped with the previous-generation models, along with 256GB of internal storage.”
