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,...

India comes out on top in improving broadband speeds in 2017: Ookla

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India comes out on top in improving broadband speeds in 2017: Ookla


India has been ranked among the top in terms of improving broadband download speed this year, as per Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index 2017. India’s average broadband speeds have seen an annual growth of 76.9 per cent, more than China and the US.
The mobile data download speed in India grew this year by 42.4 per cent, bringing the download speed to 8.8Mbps. Among the populous countries, Pakistan registered the maximum year-on-year download speed growth, by registering a 56.2 per cent increase. Ookla also compiled results on global net speeds, as the Speedtest Global Index 2017 has seen a 30 per cent rise in global internet speeds.
Meanwhile, mobile downloads were recorded worldwide at a mean speed of 20.28Mbps, with a 30.1 per cent increase in mobile downloads, and a 38.9 per cent increase in mobile uploads. Rankings release by Ookla for November had placed India at the 109th position for the speed of mobile internet. According to the November ratings, India was placed 76th in the world for fixed broadband speeds.
“Mobile and broadband internet speeds in India have certainly evolved in last couple of years. India still has a long way to go to catch up with countries that have top speeds around the world, however, we at Ookla are highly optimistic about the capacity for growth that is available in the Indian market,” said Mr Doug Suttles, Co-Founder and General Manager at Ookla