When it comes to making spreadsheets, there are different tiers of users. At the bottom is data entry. This is having enough knowledge to organize your information in a table for record keeping. One step up from this are the users that can perform basic manipulations on that data, such as finding sums and averages.
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Earlier this year, Apple patched one of the most breathtaking iPhone vulnerabilities ever: a memory corruption bug in the iOS kernel that gave attackers remote access to the entire device—over Wi-Fi, with no user interaction required at all. Oh, and exploits were wormable—meaning radio-proximity exploits could spread from one nearby device to another, once again, with no user interaction needed.
This Wi-Fi packet of death exploit was devised by Ian Beer, a researcher at Project Zero, Google’s vulnerability research arm. In a 30,000-word post published on Tuesday afternoon, Beer described the vulnerability and the proof-of-concept exploit he spent six months developing single-handedly. Almost immediately, fellow security researchers took notice.
Beware of dodgy Wi-Fi packets
“This is a fantastic piece of work,” Chris Evans, a semi-retired security researcher and executive and the founder of Project Zero, said in an interview. “It really is pretty serious. The fact you don’t have to really interact with your phone for this to be set off on you is really quite scary. This attack is just you’re walking along, the phone is in your pocket, and over Wi-Fi someone just worms in with some dodgy Wi-Fi packets.”
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You'll soon be able to voice-control third-party networking equipment
These days, you can control most of your smart home using only your voice — Google Assistant lets you adjust your bed, mow the lawn, open your closets,start your Xbox, control your TV, and so much more. Routers and networks are the latest new addition to the Assistant's library of natively supported actions, allowing for things like reboots, software updates, and parental controls on third-party networking devices.
On top of these, you also have access to more advanced functions such as "enabling the guest network and reporting network-specific information such as the current internet throughput rates." While it's fairly obvious what routers are, Google defines networks as "a group of router nodes or a mesh network controlled as one entity rather than as individual devices," so in essence, you can control the same set of options on both routers and networks.
Wall Street analysts forecast that Apple will report $61.5 billion revenue, above the midpoint of its guidance, and earnings per share of $2.78, according to 32 estimates averaged by Yahoo Finance.
Key Takeaways and What to Look For
iPhone unit sales of around 47.5 million, according to a FactSet estimate. Apple began accepting iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max pre-orders September 14, just over two weeks before Apple's fourth quarter ended. Apple sold 46.7 million iPhones in the year-ago quarter.
Apple doesn't break out iPhone sales on a model-by-model basis, but the iPhone's average selling price should reveal whether customers are leaning towards higher-priced iPhones such as the iPhone XS Max. iPhone ASP was $617.99 in the year-ago quarter.
Mac unit sales should be boosted by 2018 MacBook Pro models, released on July 12, nearly two weeks into the quarter. Apple sold 3.72 million Macs last quarter, its fewest in any single quarter since the third quarter of 2010, due to seasonality and a largely outdated lineup. Mac sales totaled 5.39 million in the year-ago quarter.
Apple's guidance for its first quarter of fiscal 2019, which began September 30 and encompasses the launch of the iPhone XR and the new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini models. Analysts expect record revenue of $92.9 billion, based on 31 estimates averaged by Yahoo Finance.
Continued growth of Apple's Services category, including the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, iTunes, Apple Pay, and AppleCare. Last quarter, Apple's services brought in a record $9.5 billion revenue. Apple said it is still on target to double its fiscal 2016 services revenue by fiscal 2020.
Continued growth of Apple's Other Products category, including the Apple Watch, Apple TV, HomePod, AirPods, Beats, iPod touch, and accessories, as Apple diversifies revenue beyond the iPhone.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri will discuss the company's earnings results on a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time today. MacRumors will loosely transcribe the one-hour call as it occurs live.
To round off last year’s excellent collaboration with Soulland for the “FRI.day part 0.2″ project, Nike SB is going to release a new Zoom Dunk High Pro inspired by Kevin Bradley. White/white tumbled leather upper on icy red sole. Quickstrike. Available from Thursday February 8 through select Nike SB reatilers and online.
Duke's newest Blue Devil Zion Williamson has been taking over the basketball world by storm highlight after highlight. Following his recent commitment to Duke University, the 2018 McDonald's All-American is gearing up to take the next step on his NBA journey and Park Stories has shared an inside look at his personal life in addition to a small look at his dedication to the game of basketball.
In the wake of the recent ban on Russia from participating in the Olympic games after a major doping scandal came to light, the Olympic National Committee has announced that a new nation will be replacing Russia in the upcoming games.
The proud nation of Westeros has put aside their differences for the sake of sport.
With Jeezy's upcoming Pressure album looming on the horizon, Atlanta's beloved Snowman teams up with Harlem's Bad Boy for a new set of visuals for "Bottles Up." In this lavish video, you'll find Jeezy and Puff show us all how to ball like young entrepreneurs while staying true to their roots. Aside from the fleet of luxury vehicles, wads of cash, and beautiful women that surround them, the successful rap bosses find themselves at the bodega pairing up Slim Jims with some Circoc and Avion.
Press play to watch above and stay tuned for Jeezy’s upcoming album, Pressure, which is set also feature Kodak Black, Rick Ross, YG, 2 Chainz, and Trey Songz, amongst others. The project arrives on December 15.
Apple is set to report its earnings results for the fourth quarter of its 2018 fiscal year at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time today.
AppSync Unified 30.0 released on Cydia, and is compatible with iOS 11.4 Electra jailbreak. Here's everything you need to know about it.
