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 make Windows programs open as maximized

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Image result for windowsBy default, Windows opens its programs in a "Normal" window size, meaning its dimensions won't fill the entire screen. While users may easily maximize the window's size by clicking the middle icon The maximize icon in windows. in the upper right-hand corner, many don't like having to repeat the action every time they start a program. To force Windows to open a program in maximized mode, go through the steps in both sections below.
Disclaimer: The following steps only work for a Windows program shortcut. It will not work for a non-shortcut icon.

Accessing the properties menu

Before you can force programs to open maximized, you must access the Properties Window for that program. This process varies slightly based on where the shortcut icon is located.
Desktop shortcut icon: Right-click the shortcut icon and select Properties from the drop-down menu that appears.
The properties selector in Windows.
Taskbar shortcut icon: Forcing these applications to open as maximized requires an additional step.
  1. Right-click the shortcut icon in the Windows taskbar, then right-click the program itself.
The menu that appears when users right-click a taskbar shortcut.
  1. In the menu that appears, select Properties.
The properties selector in Windows 10.

Maximizing the program on launch

  1. In the Properties window, click the Shortcut tab (A).
  2. Locate the Run: section, and then click the down arrow on the right-hand side (Red circle).
  3. In the drop-down menu that appears, choose Maximized (B).
  4. Click Apply (C), and then OK (D).
Open shortcut window as maximized in Windows