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The top 7 bestselling phone models of 2023 are all iPhones.

Every currently sold iPhone makes the top seven, except the iPhone SE. Counterpoint has a new report on the top-selling phone models of 2023, and for the first time, the top seven sold models for the year are all iPhones. The report tracks worldwide sales of individual smartphone models, and while hundreds of new phones areContinue reading “The top 7 bestselling phone models of 2023 are all iPhones.”

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching.

If you bought a new smart TV during any of the holiday sales, there’s likely to be an uninvited guest watching along with you. The most popular smart TVs sold today use automatic content recognition (ACR), a kind of ad surveillance technology that collects data on everything you view and sends it to a proprietaryContinue reading “Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching.”

Critical ‘LogoFAIL’ Bugs Offer Secure Boot Bypass for Millions of PCs.

Hundreds of consumer and enterprise-grade x86 and ARM models from various vendors, including Intel, Acer, and Lenovo, are potentially vulnerable to bootkits and takeover. Researchers have uncovered “LogoFAIL,” a set of critical vulnerabilities present in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) ecosystem for PCs. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities nullify essential endpoint security measures and provide attackers withContinue reading “Critical ‘LogoFAIL’ Bugs Offer Secure Boot Bypass for Millions of PCs.”

Samsung Galaxy S24 leaks suggest a titanium build, flattened screen, and more.

Leaked info on Samsung’s inevitable new S24 devices also backs rumors of a flattened screen on the Ultra and includes new real-time AI translations in messaging apps. This is the time of year when Samsung unwillingly has major details of its flagship Galaxy S line of phones leaked out months before they launch. So itContinue reading “Samsung Galaxy S24 leaks suggest a titanium build, flattened screen, and more.”

New Samsung data breach impacts UK store customers.

Samsung Electronics is notifying some of its customers of a data breach that exposed their personal information to an unauthorized individual. The company says that the cyberattack impacted only customers who made purchases from the Samsung UK online store between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. Hacker exploits bug in third-party app Samsung discovered theContinue reading “New Samsung data breach impacts UK store customers.”