Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed

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 October 31, 2018  Mohit Kumar Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that "at some extent" will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations. Apple's custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the MacBook's built-in microphone whenever the user closes the lid, the company revealed yesterday at its event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Though the new T2 chip is already present in the 2018 MacBook Pro models launched earlier this year, this new feature got unveiled when Apple launched the new Retina MacBook Air and published a full security guide for T2 Chip yesterday. "This disconnect is implemented in hardware alone, and therefore prevents any software, even with root or kernel privileges in macOS, and even the software on the T2 chip, from engaging the microphone when the lid is closed,&qu

Garmin Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker with built-in GPS launched in India: Price, specifications

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Garmin Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker with built-in GPS launched in India: Price, specifications


Garmin Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker has been launched in India at a price of Rs 15,990.

Garmin Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker features an advanced heart rate monitor and built-in GPS.
Garmin Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker has been launched in India, featuring an advanced heart rate monitor and built-in GPS. The new fitness-focused smart activity tracker, priced at Rs 15,990, is available in a slate colour option. Users will be able to buy Garmin’s latest activity tracker from Amazon India and selected stores of Croma, Reliance Digital, Helios and Garmin Kiosks in Delhi-NCR.
Made for fitness junkies, the Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker is water-resistant, so swimmers don’t have to worry leaving it on their wrists in a pool. The Vivosport is also one of the first activity tracker with built-in GPS, claims the company.  Garmin says the activity tracker has a battery life of 7 days, which is something exceptional about the Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker. Also, like many activity trackers, the Vivosport Smart Activity Tracker too comes with the heart rate monitor. It has also got a touchscreen display and there are no buttons anywhere.
In addition to the standard tracking abilities (calories burned, distance, speed, steps and all-day stress levels), it also keeps a track on all your activities such as walking, running, strength training, and cardio workouts. Not just that, the activity tracker doubles as a notifier when connected to a companion smartphone via a stable Bluetooth connectivity.The fitness tracker  pairs with the Garmin connected app available for Android and iOS.
Garmin’s new Vivosport activity tracker competes against the Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro, a GPS-enabled advanced fitness tracker. The latter activity tracker is armed with a number of fitness-oriented features, along with a curved Super AMOLED display. Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro costs Rs 13,590 in the Indian market.

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