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,...

Your first 5G phone could come from OnePlus

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At the moment, there are many people eagerly awaiting the arrival of the OnePlus 6T later this month. But looking further ahead, OnePlus has plans for a 5G handset.
The smartphone manufacturer has already hinted at the release of a 5G handset in 2019, but now this has been confirmed. Joining the president of Qualcomm on stage at the company's 4G/5G summit at Hong Kong, OnePlus' Carl Pei said that a 5G phone is definitely coming next year.

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Speaking at the summit, Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon said that that we can expect "at least two waves of major flagships" with 5G support next year. The first batch is due in the first half of the year.
Shortly after this announcement, as shared by Engadget, the co-founder of OnePlus, Carl Pei took to the stage to say that his company will be among the first -- and very possibly the first -- to release a 5G handset. He added that OnePlus has already conducted 5G tests at Qualcomm's San Diego headquarters this year.
He tweeted about the summit:
With OnePlus frequently an early-adopter of new technology, and the self-confessed producer of flagship killing phones, that the company should be at the forefront of 5G will come as little surprise to its followers.