Gadget Review on MSNOpinion

Windows 11 has a hidden tracker – here's how to limit it

Windows 11 assigns every PC a hidden Global Device Identifier you cannot disable - here is how to limit what gets tied to it.
ADTmag

Java Ecosystem Advances with Strict Field Initialization JEP Amid Cross-Platform Malware Threats

The global Java development ecosystem experienced significant structural changes this week following the introduction of a new OpenJDK enhancement draft alongside warnings from cybersecurity ...

A hacker’s arrest just revealed how Microsoft can track your Windows device

A hacker used a VPN to stay anonymous. Microsoft's Windows Global Device Identifier logged his activity anyway and handed it ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A magnitude 5.6 quake hit near Trenggalek on Indonesia’s island of Java

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 114 km south-southwest of Trenggalek on Indonesia’s island of Java at 07:47 UTC on June 27, 2026, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The event, centered ...
Wired

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition. The agency is ...
Stars and Stripes

Air Force brings back duty identifier patches a year after discarding them

Air Force duty identifier patches — the shoulder patches bearing abbreviated career field descriptions like MX, PA and PJ and relegated to the dust bin a year ago — are back. Chief of Staff Gen. Ken ...
techtimes

A Beginner’s Guide to Decentralized Identity and Digital Wallets

Beginner’s guide to decentralized identity wallets: understand Self-sovereign identity blockchain, decentralized identifiers DIDs, verifiable credentials digital, and Web3 identity management, plus ...
Health Affairs

Insurers Should Use Standardized Identifiers For Provider Networks To Empower Consumers

Industry and HHS should collaborate to develop a voluntary standardized identifier for provider networks that is consistent across all segments of the health insurance markets. Industry and HHS should ...
AppleInsider

Apple A19, C2, M5 chip identifiers all leaked in early iOS 18 code

Several unreleased Apple Silicon chips recently surfaced in an internal build of iOS 18, including A19, M5, and C2, according to exclusive information provided to AppleInsider. This makes sense, as ...
9to5Mac

New Mac models through 2026 revealed in leaked Apple identifiers

Apple still has plenty of new product launches coming through the rest of the year, including at least two Macs. But today, a new report has outlined Mac models coming not only in 2025, but even those ...
AppleInsider

Apple Product identifiers have leaked every Mac release through 2026

Apple is developing many new M5 and M6 Mac configurations, and we now have exclusive details on exactly what the company is developing. Through our own data and information shared with us, ...