Category Archives: Mac Tips

Google’s upcoming privacy changes won’t match Apple’s initiatives

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Google is set to announce new privacy initiatives during Google I/O, but it appears that the Android changes will stop short of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency and other programs.Google I/O is set to take place from May 18 to May 20, and is used by the search giant to announce new products and updates. A big element is in alterations to Android, with new privacy controls anticipated to be revealed.The changes will apparently include making it easier for users to access settings menus to restrict the permissions of apps, such as access to a camera or its location, according to a …

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Apple Music announces Lossless Audio, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has revealed that its long-rumored lossless audio streaming feature for Apple Music plus Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is coming in June, at no additional cost to subscribers.Apple Music Lossless will provide users with high-bitrate versions of tracks currently available on the service. The Lossless versions preserve almost all of the detail of the original music recording, which can give listeners a more immersive and generally better experience.”Apple Music is making its biggest advancement ever in sound quality,” Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats Oliver Schusser said. “Listening to a song in Dolby Atmos is like magic. The music comes from all around you and sounds incredible. Now we are bringing this truly innovative and immersive experience to our listeners with music from their favorite artists like J Balvin, Gustavo Dudamel, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Kacey Musgraves, The Weeknd, and so many more.”…

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Eufy owners privacy breached as app shows wrong cameras

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) In a major security and privacy lapse, users of Eufy cameras are not just discovering cameras owned by other users are viewable in their app instead of their own, but settings can be changed by those granted bogus access as well.Many connected cameras bought for security offer app-based viewing and playback of video feeds for convenience. On Monday, it appears that there’s a problem with the app, in that it shows feeds of cameras that aren’t owned by users.Initially spotted …

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