Big battle still raging between Apple, Google, Amazon Roku streaming devices will now support Apple’s AirPlay2 streaming and HomeKit smart home protocols.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Off the coast of Australia, a ghostly apparition with long tentacles drifts through the deep. …read more Source:: CNet

Gordon Mah Ung, writing at PC World: Let me just say it outloud, OK? Apple is full of it. I’m referring to Apple’s claim that its fanless, Arm-based MacBook Air is “faster than 98 percent of PC laptops.” Yes, you read that correctly: Apple officials literally claimed that the new MacBook Air using Apple’s custom…

Sending codes over the insecure public telephone network isn’t the way to go Microsoft on Tuesday advised internet users to embrace multi-factor authentication (MFA)… except where publicly switched telephone networks are involved.… …read more Source:: Register

When marketing opts for “extra-departmental IT,” coordination and communication are required to keep things secured. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Three security vulnerabilities can be chained to enable unauthenticated remote code execution. …read more Source:: Threatpost

McDonald has announced plans to introduce its own plant-based burger option to the menu in select markets as soon as next year. From a report: The company made its plans public this week at an investor meeting. The McPlant — the McPlant! — uses a fake-meat amalgamation of McDonald’s own creation, rather than partnering with…

Upgrade now on Azure App Service, if you can tolerate a ‘cold start’ Microsoft has released ASP.NET Core 5.0 as part of the general availability of .NET 5 this week, with new features and substantial performance improvements but also some breaking changes.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A host of handset alternatives and accessories …read more Source:: ZDNet

During the color’s original four-year run, only 88 cars were ordered in it. …read more Source:: CNet