Departure from Apple’s usual iron-fist approach to iPhone software With the launch of iOS 15, Apple will give users the option to upgrade to the latest software or stick with iOS 14 while continuing to receive crucial security updates.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: With increased demand from the pandemic, Canalys reports that U.S. PC shipments were up 73% over the same period last year. That added up to a total of 34 million units sold. While Apple had a good quarter with sales up 36%, it was surpassed by HP,…

Bret Arsenault explains changes he implemented along the way as Microsoft’s workforce went from 20% to 97% remote. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Last year, Lamborghini and Lego released a 1:8 scale version of the supercar. This year, it wanted to go bigger — literally. …read more Source:: CNet

The agency says people should be fully vaccinated before traveling. …read more Source:: CNet

Google’s June security bulletin addresses 90+ bugs in Android and Pixel devices. …read more Source:: Threatpost

As retirement fund balances grow, cybercriminals are becoming more brazen in their efforts to deplete people’s savings. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform and intercepted secret messages between criminal gang members from all over the world for more than three years. From a report: Named Operation Ironside (AFP) / Trojan Shield (FBI, Interpol) on Monday, law enforcement agencies from Australia, Europe, and the US conducted house searches…

We’re gonna need a bigger rolled-up newspaper Threats to humanity’s dominance on Earth are oft-featured here at The Register, with aspiring usurpers ranging from dancing robots to peckish rats.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

For seven months, [Bernardo Kastrup] at [TheByteAttic] has been realizing his childhood dream of building his own computer. It was this dream that steered him into the field of computer design at the age of 17. After thirty years in the industry, he finally has some time to design the computer he dreamt about as…