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Mores specifically, Greenpeace gives Apple an A- in its energy efforts, a B in chemicals, and a C in resources. The organization praises Apple for its supply chain work and push towards renewable energy: Further building on supply chain praise, Greenpeace points to Apple’s promise of closing the supply chain as an example of progress being made in using secondary materials: Apple has now succeeded in getting 14 suppliers to make near-term commitments to become 100% renewably powered for the Apple-related portion of the supplier’s energy demand....

Data from the (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Report reveals that the landscape of women in cybersecurity is complex and — at least in some ways — evolving: Women make up 24% of the cybersecurity workforce — a major increase from 11% in 2017 Women earn more degrees and cybersecurity certifications on average More women than men hold leadership roles like IT Director, CISO and CIO Seeing these numbers on the rise is exciting and encouraging....

Halide launched as a gorgeous, gesture-based iPhone app almost one year ago, and the camera app continues to receive major updates and new features. Today’s Halide 1.7 release includes an advanced portrait mode feature, an AR depth viewer, and much more. Halide’s support for portrait mode photography uses a combination of facial detection and objection recognition to focus on the right subject and snap a depth shot instantly — which Halide calls a first for App Store apps....

We’ve seen a variety of CAD renders and cases for the upcoming iPhone 11 and now we’ve got a hands-on look at some iPhone 11 Max clones. They are running an iOS skinned version of Android and include the new square camera bump that we’re expecting Apple to implement with this year’s iPhone lineup. Spotted by Ben Geskin, YouTuber Amazing Unboxing shared the video today going hands-on with the iPhone 11 Max clones in space gray, silver, and gold....

Formed back in 1998 by Blur-frontman Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the man behind the Tank Girl comic, Gorillaz were ahead of their time. A fictional, cartoon band as the front for a diverse music project that paired Albarn with producers, rappers, and instrumentalists, the Gorillaz entered public consciousness in 2001 with the release of their self-titled album and a spate of videos showing of their unique style. Since then, Albarn and Hewlett have continued churning out music along with books and short videos detailing the life and adventures of the band....

A power button is supremo uno on a smartphone as it is one of the three physical buttons that you can spot on a phone. Well, we are discussing the prospects of what you are going to do if you are observing Koolnee power button not working problem. Note that there are a number of reasons why a power button could go rogue or out of work which weighs much when compared to the functionalities that a power button portrays on a phone....

With the launch of the new Gmail earlier this year, many questioned the future of Inbox, the company’s experimental email client. Today, Google announced that Inbox by Gmail will be discontinued next year. According to Fast Company, Inbox will shut down by March 2019. Google has since confirmed, adding that it’s taking a “more focused approach” with just one email solution for all users. This is in contrast to what Google said just this past April, following the unveil of a revamped Gmail....

Earlier today during Re/code’s Mobile Code conference, Apple’s Greg Joswiak took the stage to talk about several recent announcements from the Cupertino company, including the botched rollout of iOS 8.0.1 and the Apple Watch. During the interview, Joz also talked about stores that have opted against supporting Apple Pay, Apple’s market share, and much more. Video from the interview (though not the entire thing at the moment, it seems to be coming in pieces) is now available from Re/code, and we’ve embedded it for your convenience:...

After launching for a limited amount of users back in June, Guardian Firewall + VPN for iOS has now been made available to the public. The popular app features both intelligent firewall and VPN functionality, gives alerts when companies try to track you, and more. If you’d like to test out the app before paying for a subscription, there’s also a free lite version. Guardian announced the public launch in a press release today:...

Popular iOS camera apps Halide and Spectre have been updated today with a mix of small new features and have made the move to Swift 5. Halide announced the news today, with co-founder Ben Sandofsky noting that both Halide and Spectre are running on Swift 5, which notably cut down their app sizes by 50% for devices running iOS 12.2. Halide now features Siri Shortcut settings in the app, a 3D Touch shortcut, an Apple Watch fix, and more:...

Logitech has today announced the latest generation of its popular MX Master mice alongside an intriguing software feature called Flow. The MX Master and Anywhere 2S introduce a handful of hardware upgrades in a familiar package. I was a huge fan of the previous generation models, so I was anxious to go hands-on with the latest rendition. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been able to spend some time using both new models and the Flow feature as a part of my daily routine....

Graphical Network Simulator (GNS3) is an open source project that allows you to download the source code and read it for any kind of educational purposes and / or contribution purposes. It works for multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X), and the most beautiful thing is that GNS3 now is integrated to both VMware and Virtualbox. All versions before 0.8 don’t support Virtualbox, so take care about which version you will use if you deal with Virtualbox....

In the aftermath of GT Advanced filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the sapphire maker reached a $439 million settlement with Apple in which the supplier will repay the iPhone maker up to $290,000 per furnace sold. GT Advanced creditors aren’t happy with the proposed settlement, however, arguing that the sapphire company may have received too little in the deal. Reuters reports that “holders of GT Advanced’s notes, including Aristeia Capital and an affiliate of Wolverine Asset Management, said in court papers that the ‘extraordinary allegations against Apple … call into question the adequacy of the settlement agreement....

You need at least a bar on the network icon on your phone to make calls or send messages but what if the phone is facing lost network issue or if the network is too weak that it can’t establish the basic functionality of a phone. It could be difficult if the network is lost since most of our tasks in day-to-day life happen when we are connected to the carrier/operator....

The cybersecurity company said it discovered the effort in October, finding hackers taking over prominent accounts and demanding a ransom. The people behind the attack start by sending a message pretending to be Instagram, notifying Instagram users of a purported instance of copyright infringement. There is a link in the message that takes victims to a website controlled by the hackers. From there, the user is asked to enter their Instagram login information, giving the attackers full access to their accounts....

In this tutorial, you will learn- What is a Join in MapReduce? Types of Join How to Join two DataSets: MapReduce Example What is Counter in MapReduce? Types of MapReduce Counters Counters Example Types of Join Depending upon the place where the actual join is performed, joins in Hadoop are classified into- Map-side join – When the join is performed by the mapper, it is called as map-side join. In this type, the join is performed before data is actually consumed by the map function....

Halide has been gaining a ton of momentum in 2018 with constant and aggressive updates to the popular camera app over the year. Today, Halide is starting a special donation campaign. As announced on the company’s blog, starting from today through December 26, 10% of all sales from Halide will be going to charity. The company has decided it will be splitting that 10% evenly between three charities: App Camp for Girls, the American Red Cross, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation or EFF....

If you’re looking for something to entertain kids aged 8-12 over the summer, and the chance for them to learn some useful tech skills into the bargain, you may want to register them for this year’s Apple Camp. Apple holds annual workshops at its retail stores intended to help kids make creative use of technology. This year’s workshops are focused on coding & robotics, movie-making and story-telling. Campers can work with visual blocks and solve puzzles while programming Sphero robots....

Grand Theft Auto 3, the 10 Year Anniversary edition, for iPhone and iPad gets a nice update today that brings iPhone 5 widescreen support, as well as the ability to save games using iCloud so you can pick up playing where you left off on any device. The update also now lets users create a custom playlist by simply titling an iTunes playlist “GTA3”. What’s New in Version 1.30 iPhone 5 widescreen support iCloud save game support for seamless progression across all your iOS devices....

There are many reasons to love Grey’s Anatomy. The compulsively watchable show features impossibly quotable dialogue, epic romances and insane medical cases set to an awesome soundtrack. Currently wrapping up its 15th season, the series was recently renewed for two more, so fans won’t have to say goodbye any time soon. One of the defining characteristics of Grey’s Anatomy has become its revolving cast of characters. The doctors that populated Seattle Grace in the pilot are now almost completely different, with very few mainstays....