Daily deals Nov. 29: Apple Watch Series 8 $279, 51% off 27″ iMac, 27% off Ember Smart Mug 2, more

By news@appleinsider.com (Jess Pingrey) Today’s hottest deals include 52% off a Klipsch Reference 5.0 home theater system, 57% off Sennheiser Momentum 3 Bluetooth earbuds, 34% off an iPhone 15 silicone case with MagSafe, a 2020 M1 MacBook Air for $800, and more.Get a 27-inch iMac for $980The AppleInsider crew combs the web for unbeatable deals at online retailers to develop a list of stellar bargains on popular tech gadgets, including Apple hardware, TVs, accessories, and other products. We post our top finds daily to help you stretch your dollar. …

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New Bluetooth flaws could let an attacker steal wireless communications

By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) Apple users could be affected by newly discovered Bluetooth flaws, allowing attackers to impersonate devices — even those with the newest version of Bluetooth.Researchers find new Bluetooth flawsA team at Eurecom, a research institution, has discovered a series of security weaknesses in Bluetooth technology named “BLUFFS”, or Bluetooth Forward and Future Secrecy. These weaknesses are found in the Bluetooth wireless protocol and could affect billions of devices like laptops, smartphones, and other portable gadgets. …

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Microsoft’s .NET 8 with Aspire cloud-ready tools for Mac is out

By news@appleinsider.com (Chip Loder) The .NET framework allows cross-platform development on Windows and Mac, and Microsoft released version 8 for both in November. Here’s what that means to developers.In the late 1990s, Microsoft began work on a new framework, languages, and runtime support for desktop and web development called .NET (pronounced “dot-net”). The new languages included C# (a derivative of C), F#, and the inclusion of a new version of Microsoft’s Visual Basic called Visual Basic.NET or simply “VB.NET”.Microsoft announced the official release of C# at its developer conference in 2000. …

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