While most Americans enjoy either high-speed broadband or fiber internet services, some less fortunate areas are still being served by antiquated Dial-Up internet services even to this day – particularly certain rural areas that are too far from civilization for telecommunications companies to invest in the infrastructure.
Dropbox Passwords, a password manager solution provided by popular cross-platform cloud storage company Dropbox, will be fully discontinued on October 28th, 2025 following a phased discontinuation schedule, according to an announcement shared this week by the company.
Google’s Chrome web browser remains one of the most popular in the world, being used on more than half and just under three-quarters of all devices worldwide, and that includes Mac users.
Back in December of 2024, Apple acquired a popular iCloud Passwords extension that enabled iCloud Keychain auto-fill capabilities in the Mozilla Firefox web browser. This allowed even Firefox users to enjoy one of the conveniences enjoyed by users of Apple’s first party Safari web browser.
Security researcher @wh1te4ever shared a particularly interesting tidbit via their 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) social media account this weekend of what appears to be a WebKit-based re-jailbreak demonstration for iOS 12 devices.
Virtual machines have long been used by Mac owners to run non-native operating systems or several instances of macOS on their workstation. Likewise, Docker containers have often been used in conjunction with virtual machines to enhance security, improve migration, and offer a more user-configurable environment.
When you perform a search using the search bar in the mobile Safari web browser, you’ll be presented with potential search results in real time (called Quick Search), which tends to include your recent web searches along with other recommendations.
What if you could have all the freedom in the world to create customized automation scripts on your iPhone or iPad? Well… wonder no longer, because it’s a reality with the release of a new jailbreak tweak called CatScript by iOS developer 0x530c.
As someone who has been using the Mozilla Firefox web browser on their Mac and Windows computers for nearly two decades, I’ve never been able to comfortably switch to Apple’s Safari web browser on my Mac. This is, in part, because of the higher quality extensions available for Firefox. But one gripe that I’ll admit is Safari’s deep integration with Apple’s Passwords app makes entering logins a breeze.
Apple just this week pushed a somewhat major update to its iCloud.com website – the one place on the internet where Apple device users can access their iCloud data and information even when they aren’t using an Apple device at that very moment.
While perusing the /r/jailbreak boards this weekend, I was reminded about a website that once existed for the specific purpose of passing APT repositories through a URL using the ‘?source=’ parameter, which would then present the end user with buttons to add that particular repository to all available package manager apps that the user might have installed on their jailbroken device.
While the Safari app on iPhones and iPads allows for file downloading, one area where it falls short is the ability to download embedded video files from websites.