Apple has now released an update to iOS on the iPhone and iPad to address the FaceTime vulnerability that was discovered by an Arizona teenager last month. Users need to grab this update as soon as possible so they can safely reactivate the FaceTime service on their devices.
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Respawn’s Apex Legends is the latest addition to the increasingly crowded Battel Royale genre of games and its arrival surprised everyone. There were a couple of leaks this past weekend but until those happened there was no indication of Respawn offering their own version of Battle Royale. Initial reception of the new title has been positive thus far.
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This site has gone through many iterations over its nearly 24 years of existence. It first went live at GeoCities.com in the Silicon Valley neighborhood of Heights back in August of 1995. Over those years, it’s name has morphed from “Another Windows 95 Links and Resources Page” to “AnotherWin95.com” and now to “WindowsObserver.com”. Today it’s legacy receives an update in the form of its first ever unique and original logo designs.
Read MoreIt is Super Bowl Sunday here in the U.S. and I have a Super edition of Observed Tech for you because there was a lot of news this past week across a broad range of subjects. Windows Insiders received a new Fast Ring build for Windows 10 (19H1) and with the opening of the Skip Ahead ring testers got to opt into the prerelease branch to get the first development build of Windows 10 (19H2). I explain how things will work moving forward with a Fast and Skip Ahead Ring now receiving builds. Of course we also have information about financial results for the latest quarter from Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon and all continue to make progress in their own unique approaches. As always scattered throughout the show is news about apps, services, gaming, and security so stay tuned from start to finish to catch everything.
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Microsoft gave Windows Insiders a surprise for the weekend when they released Windows 10 Build 18329.1 for testers in the Fast and Skip Ahead Rings. We do a little catching up on our continued monitoring of Reserved Storage space and check out a new search UI related enhancement.
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