A federal district court in New York ruled last week that U.S. border agents must obtain a search warrant before going through travelers’ electronic devices at the border.
U.S. border officials had long asserted that they have broad authority to conduct warrantless searches of travelers’ devices.
“As the court recognizes, warrantless searches of electronic devices at the border are an unjustified intrusion into travelers’ private expres
Several French fiber optic cables were cut overnight in what appears to be a coordinated sabotage effort, service providers and officials said. It’s the second attack on key French infrastructure in recent days, putting a spotlight on the country’s security as the nation hosts scores of athletes and fans for the Paris Olympic Games.
The telecommunications operators were hit by the “major sabotage” around 2:15 a.m. local time, Nicolas Guillaume, the CEO of service provider Ne
A video that uses an artificial intelligence voice-cloning tool to mimic the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of
Nearly 12 years after releasing Apple Maps on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Apple has launched a web version that works in most desktop browsers.
Currently in beta at beta.maps.apple.com, the Apple Maps website offers basic driving and walking directions, local business listings with tie-ins to sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor, and a “Guides” feature with curated area recommendations. It’s a slick-looking site and a solid foun
Dinosaurs may not be roaming the earth, but dinosaur obsessives are very much alive and have been stomping around the Sotheby’s auction house. On July 17th, the 11-foot-tall skeleton of a Stegosaurus nicknamed “Apex”—which was estimated to bring a piddling $4 million to $6 million dollars—was gaveled down at an eye-watering $45 million.
This was a histor
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This week Apple brought Apple Maps to the web in beta, bringing it one step closer to parity with Google Maps, which has long been available via web browsers.
Of course, iPhone owners will still turn to the app versions of their preferred mapping service when away from the desktop. Both the Apple Maps app and Google Maps app have always had their strengths and weaknesses, but in recent year
Man alive, these humble web browsers of ours sure have come a long way.
But for all the progress we’ve seen in the past several years, somehow, Chrome and most other modern browsers still fall short in one critically important area—and that’s what they show you when you first open ’em.
The standard browser new tab page, to put it bluntly, is a complete waste of space. It’s prime real estate—something you summon and glance upon countless times throughout the day—and yet, what’s there i
Apple’s iPhones are losing their appeal in China while local competitors are advancing, according to market tracker IDC.
iPhone shipments in the country dropped 3.1% year-over-year in the second quarter, the International Data Corporation (IDC) report said, despite China’s smartphone shipments gaining 8.9% overall. The decline pushed Apple out of the top five handset makers in China for the first time in fo