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watchOS 11 beta 4 now available with improvements to health features

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A week after releasing the watchOS 11 public beta, Apple has now seeded beta 4 to developers. While this version isn’t as packed as watchOS 10 was, it still brings important features.With watchOS 11 beta 4, Apple finally lets users customize their Activity Rings. Thanks to this change, the Activity Rings will understand planned rest days, injuries, or…

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visionOS 2 beta 4 now available as the testing cycle continues

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A week after seeding the third beta of visionOS 2, Apple is now releasing the fourth testing version of this upcoming software for its spatial computer. While this update doesn’t bring many new features, it addresses several lacking functions users were waiting for in Apple Vision Pro.That said, this is what you should expect from visionOS…

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IT sustainability: Why we’re still waiting for quantified emissions reductions

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That’s even though seemingly straightforward proxy metrics such as energy consumption exist – and it’s not for want of trying. Precision down to the kilowatt-hour (kWh) or megajoule (MJ) is possible, converting thereafter to CO2 in metric tonnes (mt), but things rarely play out that way in reality, he says. And, even when they do,…

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Why did CrowdStrike cause the Windows Blue Screen?

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David William Plummer, a former Microsoft software engineer who developed Windows Task Manager, has posted a video describing how the CrowdStrike update could have caused Windows to halt.  He described CrowdStrike Falcon as anti-malware for Windows servers, which “proactively detects new attacks” and analyses application behaviour. To do this, CrowdStrike needs to run as a…

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5 features that make these new Beats Solo 4 headphones special

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Released in May, Beats Solo 4 is the latest headphones model by Beats. Mixing excellent sound quality with a classic design, the Apple-owned company recently partnered with Minecraft for a special edition of its most famous headphones brand. The Beats x Minecraft Solo 4 headphones edition is available exclusively from Target online in the US,…

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These companies use AI to ‘resurrect’ your dead family members

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An AI company may have gone too far this time. Silicon Intelligence has now created an AI capable of “resurrecting” your dead loved ones. At least, that’s what the company claims. The truth is that the company can create an AI-powered avatar of your loved one, allowing you to chat with them like you would…

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Hybrid multicloud storage: Pros, cons and key workloads

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Hybrid multicloud storage is intended to create the best of all worlds. By mixing on-premise technology with multiple public cloud resources, enterprises hope to optimise the attributes of each with regard to pricing, capacity, performance, features, security and resilience. The challenge is to create a coherent storage architecture out of multiple technologies rather than a…

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Apple is taking inspiration from professional cameras for this upcoming iPhone 17 feature

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With the iPhone 16 release just around the corner, it seems the attention is now turning to the upcoming iPhone 17. Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard several rumors about camera upgrades, bigger sizes, and even a sketchy iPhone 17 Slim.In the same report where The Information detailed a foldable iPhone coming in 2026,…

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ChatGPT told me Kamala is still campaigning for re-election alongside Biden, and that Trump wasn’t shot

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President Biden is still running for re-election, President Trump hasn’t been shot, and Kamala Harris is not a contender for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.Those are some of the wacky misstatements that ChatGPT shared with me yesterday and today, prompted by my questions to it about the dizzying array of major news developments we’ve been…

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Enhancing mobile app security with behaviour-based biometrics

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It’s estimated that 75% of security vulnerabilities go undiscovered. Much of this has to do simply with ease of access – for a long time, mobile security has relied on biometric authentication, such as fingerprint scans and facial recognition.  However, as cyber threats evolve, these methods are no longer sufficient to counter the sophisticated tactics…

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