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| | | iOS 13.0 Is Out, But Why? | | The Verge | "iOS 13 is now available to download, and if you’re reading this there’s a good chance you’ve already installed it. But if you haven’t, I encourage you to wait because iOS 13.0 is buggy. Chaim Gartenberg has a review and it’s worth a read, but the headline has it right—iOS 13 review: dark mode, a new Photos app, and bugs," writes Dieter Bohn. | | Thousands of Google Calendars Possibly Leaking Private Information Online | | The Hacker News | "At the time of writing, there are over 8,000 publicly accessible Google Calendars, searchable using Google itself, that allow anyone to not only access sensitive details saved to them but also add new events with maliciously crafted information or links," security researcher Avinash Jain told The Hacker News. "I was able to access public calendars of various organizations leaking sensitive details like their email IDs, location, Zoom meeting links, Google Hangout links, internal presentation links, and much more," Avinash warned. (This simple misconfiguration error can happen easily in the age of SaaS, but BetterCloud can help.) | | Wi-Fi 6 Officially Launches | | 9to5Mac | Wi-Fi 6 officially launched last week. In addition to offering faster speeds, Wi-Fi 6 also offers longer-range, reduced battery consumption and greater security, as well as better management of multiple devices connected to a single Wi-Fi router or hotspot. This latter feature is of particular benefit to enterprise networks. | | Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compensation | | OneZero | Nearly 400 Microsoft employees are sharing their salaries with each other to better determine whether they’re being fairly compensated. The salaries, which are collected in a shared Google spreadsheet, range from $40,000 to $320,000 and reveal key details about how pay works at big tech companies. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: September 16 – September 20 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Last week, Slack rolled out shared channels, a new way to work with people outside your company. Google announced live captions in Hangouts Meet (for Android), plus an easier way to find bots within Hangouts Chat, and more. |
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