Apple Announces New Mac Mini with Apple M1 Chip At its special event tonight, Apple has launched three new Macs with the new Apple M1 chip. Thenew MacBook Airand the newMacBook Pro, and then there’s the new MacBook Mini which also gets the M1 treatment. As expected, the M1 chip brings considerable improvements to the performance you’d expect from the Mac Mini. In fact, Apple is claiming that the Mac Mini now performsthree times faster as far as the CPU is considered and has six times faster graphicswhen compared to the previous generation quad core Mac Mini....

Apple Announces New MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip The day is finally here. After teasing it way back in June atWWDC 2020, Apple has today unveiled its first Mac with its own, in-house Apple Silicon — the MacBook Air with Apple M1 SoC. The new laptop looks exactly like the MacBook Air looks today, with the same 13-inch Retina display, but it brings upgrades under the hood thanks to the new Apple M1 chipset....

Apple Will Release macOS Big Sur on November 12 Apple will release the stable version of macOS Big Sur tomorrow, November 12th. The company made the announcement Tuesday night at its ‘One More Thing’ virtual event where it launched itslatest line of MacBooksand anupgraded Mac Minipowered by its in-house M1 processor. The update will be rolled out to iMacs and MacBooks dating back to 2013, bringing a refreshed user interface, new features and performance improvements....

CERT-In Details Vulnerabilities in WhatsApp for iOS; Advises Immediate Update The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned about multiple vulnerabilities in the iOS versions ofWhatsAppandWhatsApp Business. According to the agency, the flaws include an Improper Access Control vulnerability and a Use-After-Free vulnerability. The severity level for both has been marked as ‘High’ by WhatsApp in its November security advisory. According to WhatsApp, the Improper Access Control vulnerability can allow hackers to access private user data even if the device is locked....

Garmin Launches the New Venu SQ Smartwatch Garmin has today launched its new Venu SQ smartwatch in India aimed at fitness enthusiasts, as most of Garmin’s products usually are. The new smartwatch comes with a color display, and packs all of its internals in a sleek looking design. Since the watch is aimed at fitness enthusiasts, there are a ton of features tailored for that. The watch comes with 20 built-in indoor and outdoor sport tracking features including support for yoga, pilates, swimming, running, golf, and more....

Google Travel Now Shows COVID-Related Health and Safety Precautions Google has been adding new COVID-related features to its products includingSearchandMaps. The software giant has now addedadditional health and safety precautions on hotel and vacation rental listingsto help you make informed decisions during the holiday season. The new health and safety precautions sectionappears on the About tab when you search and view hotels onGoogle Travel,the company’s travel booking service. Through this section, you can see the precautions property or hotel owners are taking to contain the spread of coronavirus....

Google, Facebook, and Amazon to Set up NPCI Rival: Report Tech giantsGoogle,Facebook, andAmazonare reportedly planning to team up with local players to set up a rival to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). According to a new report onEconomic Timesciting sources familiar with the matter,Google and Facebook are said to be in talks with Reliance Jioto set up the body. Amazon, on the other hand, is allegedly still exploring other options....