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,...

How to automatically repeat YouTube videos

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YouTubeOn a computer YouTube allows you to automatically repeat your a video and there are also plenty of third-party services that can assist you with repeating videos. The following steps will teach you how to put any YouTube on repeat.

Loop a video within YouTube

YouTube now allows you to loop any video on a computer by right-clicking on the video or the play button and clicking the Loop option.

How to put a YouTube video on repeat

First, you'll need to browse to the video you'd like to repeat. Then, you will edit the URL in the address bar, in the manner shown above below.
Note: The video you choose doesn't matter, the URL below is one we've chosen as an example to illustrate the process.
YouTube Repeat
Editing Steps
  1. Erase everything in front of youtube. In the example above, "https://www" is the part that is deleted.
  2. After youtube, type repeat to make the URL look like the one shown below, and then press Enter.
youtuberepeat.com/watch/?v=dD40VXFkusw
  1. After pressing Enter, your browser will open a page with a URL similar to the one shown here: http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=dD40VXFkusw
  2. This page will repeat your video until it is closed.
Tip: This page also has a counter to let you know how many times the video has been repeated.