Monthly Archives: August 2022

Apple’s quest to kill off the password is heading in the right direction

Apple has made public new figures that suggest its bid to eliminate passwords once and for all is heading in the right direction. In conversation with 9to5Mac, Apple revealed that 95% of iCloud users have already enabled two-factor authentication (2FA), a prerequisite for the adoption of its new passwordless authentication standard. The data suggests that…

‘Reality One’ might be Apple’s AR headgear moniker

New filings spotted by Bloomberg News might point to a possible set of trademarks for Apple’s rumored augmented reality line of headgear – even though Apple itself hasn’t actually filed anything. It’s only fitting that news of Apple’s potential augmented reality headgear is full of speculation (and basically about as real as anything in augmented…

Windows 11 is getting an update that IT admins will celebrate

An update for Windows 11 is offering a new SMB compression feature that could make file transfers  much smoother for IT admins. SMB compression allows an administrator, user, or application to request compression of files as they transfer over the network. This removes the effort involved in manually compressing and decompressing a file, causes less…

European natural gas prices plunge 21% in their steepest decline since March as latest rally ‘overshot fundamentals’

Ken Jack/Getty Images Europe Dutch natural gas prices plunged as much as 21% on Monday as Europe builds up supplies for the winter.The price decline erased one week of price gains, highlighting just how far the commodity has run in recent months.Goldman Sachs said European natural gas prices overshot their fundamentals in recent weeks. Dutch…