Tag Archives: macOS

Getty Images I’m a big advocate of using VPNs, especially when on the go and connected to networks you aren’t confident you can trust. When you use a VPN, all the data that leaves your machine is encrypted and anonymized.  Adding a VPN is especially important when you’re transmitting sensitive data and don’t want a third party to intercept that information and use it against you. I’ve been using the Google One VPN on Android since its release and have been exceptionally pleased with the… Source link

A previously unknown macOS backdoor, called CloudMensis, gathers information from victims by exfiltrating documents, keystrokes and screen captures from compromised Macs. The backdoor was discovered by ESET researchers in April and disclosed on Tuesday. Researchers don’t know how the malware is initially distributed or who the targets are, but its “limited distribution” – with 51 victims observed between February and April – suggests it may be used as part of a very… Source link

At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of Flutter 3, the latest version of its open source, multiplatform UI development framework for building natively compiled applications. It’s been about four years since the company first launched a beta of Flutter 1.0. At the time, the team’s focus was mostly on helping developers build cross-platform mobile apps. Since then, it started adding web and desktop support, too, and now, with version 3, the team is… Source link

Version 100 of Google Chrome will launch within the next few weeks, but even after all of this time, there’s still some room for speeding up the browser. As Google announced today, version 99 of Chrome on macOS manages to score 300 points on the Speedometer benchmark, which was originally developed by Apple’s WebKit team. This, Google points out, is the fastest performance of any browser yet. Speedometer 2.0 tests for responsiveness, which makes it a good proxy for user experience…. Source link