First impressions of the iPhone XR

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It might be easy to overlook Apple's third iPhone release for 2018, the colourful iPhone XR in the wake of the popular and luxurious iPhone XS and the large and lavish iPhone XS Max. The truth is that the iPhone XR is possibly the most interesting iPhone release in years and will appeal to the sensitivities and budgets for the most amount of users.

Apple doesn't do budget iPhones. In the past, it would simply leave the previous year's release at a lower price while it promoted the flagship devices. The iPhone 5C, was a bit of an outlier in that it offered the same iPhone experience but with cheaper materials and a range of loud and lovely colours that attracted a wide gamut of users.

The good news is that the colours are back for the iPhone Xr, which comes to stores tomorrow. Unlike the iPhone 5C the colours for iPhone XR are not a plastic polycarbonate case, but this time on a reinforced glass enclosure. iPhone XR comes in black, white, blue, yellow, coral and (PRODUCT)RED colours. The iPhone XR, with the largest LCD display Apple has ever done at 6.1-inches, is slightly larger then the iPhone XS but is still dwarfed by the statuesque iPhone XS Max.

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Peloton opens second Canadian retail showroom at Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Peloton is reinventing fitness by bringing live and on-demand boutique-style studio classes to the convenience and comfort of your own home. The company is now in Canada and offers Canadians an entirely new way to work out, without ever leaving their homes. The brand, which has quickly become the go to fitness regime of high profile celebrities, CEOs and busy parents who need a more convenient way to exercise, has created an entirely new category of fitness by bringing thousands of live and on-demand boutique studio classes to the convenience and comfort of the home environment.

On October 25, 2018, Peloton will open its second Canadian retail showroom at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, unveiling the ultimate cycling experience, where the public will get to test ride the Peloton Bike, get a personalized tutorial and learn more about the Peloton experience. 

It’s easier to clear out your Google search history

You probably already know that Google has a record of everything you search on Google.com. And while you can clear your local browser history, you couldn’t do the same for what’s stored on Google’s servers. But now, in a move to make Google users more aware of the control they have in their account, it’s easier to access settings to delete your search history. Through this link, you can choose to delete your search activity from the last hour or all your searches. From there you can even get access to control likes disabling ad personalization or stopping Google sites from saving activity.

These changes are coming first to desktop and mobile web with iOS and Android updates to come in the following weeks. The company has plans to expand these changes in the coming year to services like Maps as the company tries to overhaul its privacy controls. It comes at a time when giant tech companies are under scrutiny for what they’re doing to protect user data.

Source: The Verge

Cathay Pacific suffers data breach, up to 9.4 million passengers data have been stolen

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Major international airline Cathay Pacific suffered a massive data breach in March and just revealed today that as many as 9.4 million passengers had their data stolen. Passport information, including identity card numbers, names, dates of birth, and postal addresses, may have all been compromised. Details such has where each passenger had traveled and any comments made by customer service representatives might have been taken as well. The amount of data accessed varied among passengers. Cathay Pacific said 403 expired credit card numbers were accessed and so were 27 credit card numbers with no CVV numbers attached. It wasn’t said yet how many credit cards with CVVs that aren’t expired have been accessed. However, no passwords were said to be compromised.

In a statement on Wednesday, the airline said, “The company has no evidence that any personal information has been misused. The IT systems affected are totally separate from its flight operations systems, and there is no impact on flight safety.” The airline said its working with local police in Hong Kong and other relevant authorities and customers who think they’ve been affected should visit this link or call or email the airline directly.

Source: The Verge