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APPLE DISABLES APPLE WATCH FEATURE DUE TO BUG ALLOWING STRANGERS TO SPY ON YOU || DEVELOPERS MINDD Apple has temporarily disabled the Walkie Talkie app on the Apple Watch after it discovered an issue potentially allowing anyone to listen to users without consent. Apple says it’s not aware of any exploits of the bug out in the wild, and says it became aware of it through the company’s own  vulnerability reporting system . Albeit Apple has avoided to provide any specifics on the actual issue, this doesn’t seem to be too easy to reproduce, but the firm just wanted to make sure that all users are protected until a patch is shipped. No signs of eavesdropping just yet “We were just made aware of a vulnerability related to the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch and have disabled the function as we quickly fix the issue. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and will restore the functionality as soon as possible,” Apple told  TechCrunch in a statement. “Altho

THIS IS HOW MICROSOFT EDGE WILL MANAGE ALL YOUR MEDIA SESSIONS FROM ONE SCREEN || DEVELOPERS MINDD As one of the largest contributors to the Chromium engine, Microsoft keeps coming back with improvements and new features that eventually all browsers using this platform could eventually get. But at the same time, the software giant also works on refining Google’s idea, as this is one of the purposes of the Chromium project: work together on the same features for the benefit of everyone. More recently,  Google implemented a new media control key  that sits in the toolbar within your browser, making playback controlling a much easier process. The active session was thus displayed in a simplified UI, technically allowing you to play and pause the playback, skip to the next song or to the previous one with just a couple of clicks and without touching the media keys on your keyboard. Needless to say, Microsoft is interested in this idea as well, only that the software gia

APPLE LAUNCHES GENIUS PRIVACY BILLBOARDS TO PROMOTE THE IPHONE || DEVELOPERS MINDD Apple has always positioned privacy as one of its top priorities, and the company is now trying to capitalize on this strategy with a new set of billboards. The Cupertino-based tech giant thus uses pro-privacy billboards in order to highlight the capabilities of the iPhone, and the first such banners have recently been spotted in Canada. One of the billboards reads that “Privacy is king” and comes with a slogan used on all the other banners that says “That’s iPhone.” “We’re in the business of staying out of yours,” another such billboard reads. “Privacy. That’s iPhone,” it also adds, as  iMore  notes. Others think Apple just uses privacy to sell more iPhones While Apple is pushing so hard for privacy, the company has often been criticized by other tech giants for using it as a selling point. Apple CEO Tim Cook, on the other hand, emphasized that investing in privacy is just a matter of

WINDOWS 1.11 NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD || DEVELOPERS MINDD Microsoft took everyone by surprise earlier this month when it announced the “all-new Windows 1.0,” on Twitter, and while it took everyone a few days to decrypt the message, it all eventually proved to be nothing more than a Stranger Things promo. This clever way of promoting the season 3 of Stranger Things, which is available right now on Netflix, generated quite an excitement in the Windows community, so Microsoft decided to capitalize on it with a dedicated  Windows 1.11 app . In fact, Windows 1.11 is more of an interactive trailer that mixes puzzle games with Stranger Things content, so it’s first and foremost aimed at fans of the show. Support for all Windows 10 versions The description of the app in the Microsoft Store is written in the same cryptic language that invites you to explore more about Windows 1.11. “Experience 1985 nostalgia with a special edition Windows 10 PC app inspired by Windows 1.0—but o

LINUX MINT 20 AND FUTURE RELEASES WILL DROP SUPPORT FOR 32-BIT INSTALLATIONS || DEVELOPERS MINDD The Linux Mint project  announced  today that they have decided to follow Canonical's decision to drop support for 32-bit system in future releases of their Ubuntu operating system. As you might know, Canonical  announced  last month that they plan to drop support for 32-bit systems all together, not only for new installations, but they ended up realizing that some major projects like Wine and  Steam  still need 32-bit libraries, so starting with  Ubuntu  19.10 (Eoan Ermine) they'll  only build select 32-bit packages . Many users were asking if Ubuntu-based distributions will be affected by this major change, which shouldn't be a surprize to  anyone in 2019, so it looks like  Linux Mint , one of the most popular Ubuntu-based operating systems out there will follow on Ubuntu's steps to drop support for 32-bit systems in future releases, starting with Linux Mint 20

APPLE POSSIBLY WORKING ON A CHEAPER iPhone THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO  GET ||  DEVELOPERS MINDD We are only a couple of months away from the moment Apple will take the wraps off its new-generation iPhones, and just like in 2018, the Cupertino-based tech giant is expected to unveil a trio of models. But according to a recent  report , in addition to successors to the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max, Apple could also prepare a cheaper device that would introduce a bunch of significant changes for the iPhone lineup. First of all, this more affordable model would no longer feature Face ID, as the facial recognition system is one of the most expensive parts of the smartphone. Because of this, Apple reportedly wants to ditch it, which should help substantially reduce the price of the new iPhone. As a result, this model could come with a fingerprint sensor, so Touch ID would be making a comeback. However, the cited source claims Apple is exploring two different opti

MICROSOFT RELEASES WINDOWS 10 BUILD 18932 (20H1) || DEVELOPERS MINDD Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 10 20H1 for Fast ring insiders, and the most notable change is the addition of Eye Control refinements. “One of the most requested features, performing mouse drag-and-drop, is now implemented in Eye Control. When turned on from within Eye Control’s settings screen, the precise mouse control tool now allows mouse drag operations, as well as the ability to combine clicks and drags with Shift and Ctrl modifier keys,” Microsoft explains. There are also other refinements for the pause experience, switch support, as well as an improved settings page that lets you enable the new features and configure the existing one in a more straightforward manner. Windows 10 build 18932 also introduces changes to the notifications that you get on the desktop, including an option that lets turn off notifications for a specific app right from the popup. New notification opt

DEBIAN GNU/LINUX 10 "BUSTER" ISOs IS NOW READY FOR TESTING AHEAD OF JULY 6TH LAUNCH || DEVELOPERS MINDD The Debian Project has put out a call for help from the Linux community to test the release images of the forthcoming Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system series. Scheduled for release on Saturday, July 6th, 2019, the  Debian  GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system has been in development for the past few years and it is shaping up to be a great release with cool new features and improvements, along with more update components compared to the current release, Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch." But, before it hits the streets later this week, the Debian Project is looking at the community to help them download, install, and test the release images of Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" and report any issues they might encounter during the installations, etc., to ensure the final release is bug-free and rock-stable. "If y

GOOGLE RELEASES JULY 2019'S ANDROID SECURITY PATCH TO FIX OVER 30 SECURITY FLAWS || DEVELOPERS MINDD Google has released today the Android Security Patch for July 2019 for all supported Pixel devices to address the latest security issues, fix bugs, and add various improvements. Consisting of the 2019-07-01 and 2019-07-05 security patch levels, July 2019's Android Security Patch is here to address a total of 33 security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices, which were discovered in the Android system, framework, library, media framework, as well as Qualcomm components, including closed-source ones. The most critical flaw was discovered in Android's Media framework. "The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in Media framework that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vu

MICROSOFT SAYS LINUX SURPASSED WINDOWS ON AZURE || DEVELOPERS MINDD Microsoft loves Linux” is something that we hear every once in a while, especially from Microsofties who try to get the software giant more involved into this world that they once hated. But it’s this love the one that skyrocketed the adoption of Linux on Microsoft Azure, so the open-source platform grew so much that it eventually managed to overtake Windows Server. The confirmation comes from nobody else than Microsoft Linux kernel developer Sasha Levin, who  revealed  (via  ZDNet ) that the Linux usage on Microsoft cloud services surpassed Windows, essentially becoming the number one choice for customers. While this might sound surprising at first, it’s certainly not, especially as Microsoft itself has pushed very hard to get closer to Linux in the last few years. Rapid growth for Linux on Azure And as the cited source notes, it all started several years ago when Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO, revealed t

OPENSUSE LEAP 42.3 LINUX OD REACHED END OF LIFE, UPGRADE TO OPENSUSE LEAP 15.1 || BY DEVELOPERS MINDD The openSUSE Leap 42.3 Linux-powered operating system has reached end of life on June 30th, 2019, which means that it will no longer receive software and security updates. Released two years ago, on July 26th, 2017, the  OpenSuSE Leap 42.3 operating system was the third maintenance update to the openSUSE Leap 42 series, which is also the last to be based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 12 operating system series. openSUSE Leap 42.3  was based on the packages from SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 3 and was powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel series. It was initially supposed to be supported until January 2019, but the openSUSE and SUSE projects decided to give users more time to upgrade to the major openSUSE Leap 15 series. Today, six months later, that upgrade window is over and openSUSE Leap 42.3 officially reached end of life, meaning that the open

ALLEGED iPhone XI MAX, AND iPhoneXIR CAD's LEAKED || BY DEVELOPERS MINDD New CADs claiming to show the upcoming iPhone models launching in September made their way to the web, providing us with an early look at what Apple’s next-generation smartphone could look like. These designs, which reveal all three iPhones debuting this year, namely the iPhone XI, iPhone XI Max, and iPhone XIR, corroborate all the existing information on the new smartphones. For example, the trio comes with a square camera bump on the back, with the iPhone XI and iPhone XI Max being upgraded from two cameras on the existing generation to three different cameras. At the same time, iPhone XIR boasts two cameras, up from a single lens on the original iPhone XR. No change in notch dimensions The bad news is that the notch appears to be at least as large as on the iPhone X and iPhone XS, so there’s no improvement in this regard. In fact, aside from the square camera bump on the back, there’s littl

HOW TO RESTORE AUTOMATIC REGISTRY BACKUPS IN WINDOWS 10 || BY DEVELOPERS MINDD A silent change that Microsoft implemented in Windows 10 version 1803, or April 2018 Update, made many believe that Windows 10 version 1809, often referred to as the October 2018 Update, came with another bug. And given how buggy the October update actually was at the time of its launch, it’s pretty easy to see why many believed this was just another issue in the OS. Microsoft disabled the automatic Windows registry backups in Windows 10 version 1803 for a reason that does make sense now when the software giant talks about it. The company says it wanted to reduce the amount of storage Windows eats up on the drive, so this feature was removed in the operating system. The registry backups were performed with automatic task in the Task Scheduler. But beginning with Windows 10 version 1803, despite the actual task still being listed in the Task Schedule, no backup is performed, with the typical fi