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Microsoft’s response to maintenance tools like CCleaner is PC Manager, which offers one-click system optimization, file cleanup, process auditing, and virus scanning.
The researcher, Noah Roskin-Frazee, was accused alongside a co-conspirator obtaining over $3 million in products and services through more than two dozen fraudulent orders. That included around $2.5 million in gift cards and over $100,000 in “products and services.”
While Apple is not explicitly named in the court records, an unnamed “Company A” is located in Cupertino, California, and is clearly Apple. The court mentions that one of the perpetrators used gift cards to “purchase Final Cut Pro on Company A’s App Store,” and Apple is the only company that sells the software.
In 2019, Frazee and his accomplice used a password reset tool to gain access to an employee account that belonged to an unnamed “Company B,” which does customer support for Apple. That account led to access to additional employee credentials, and Frazee accessed Company B’s VPN servers. From there, Frazee was able to get into Apple’s systems, placing fraudulent orders for Apple products.
He used Apple’s “Toolbox” program that could be used to edit orders after they were placed, and he changed order values to zero, added products to orders, and extended AppleCare contracts. He abused Apple’s program from January to March 2019.
The defendants remoted into computers located in India and Costa Rica as part of the scheme, the indictment adds. The scam itself involved changing order monetary values to zero, adding products to existing orders without cost such as phones and laptops, and extending existing service contracts, the indictment adds. That included extending a customer service contract that was associated with one of the defendants and his family for an extra two years without paying.
Apple thanked Frazee for in a January support document for finding several bugs in macOS Sonoma, and the document was published less than two weeks after he was arrested. “We would like to acknowledge Noah Roskin-Frazee and Prof. J. (ZeroClicks.ai Lab) for their assistance,” reads Apple’s page in reference to a Wi-Fi vulnerability.
Frazee has been charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, and intentional damage to a protected computer. He will be required to forfeit all of the stolen goods, and he could be sentenced to more than 20 years in jail if convicted.
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Apple researchers released a new model that lets users describe in plain language what they want to change in a photo without ever touching photo editing software.
The MGIE model, which Apple worked on with the University of California, Santa Barbara, can crop, resize, flip, and add filters to images all through text prompts.
MGIE, which stands for MLLM-Guided Image Editing, can be applied to simple and more complex image editing tasks like modifying specific objects in a photo to make them a different shape or come off brighter. The model blends two different uses of multimodal language models. First, it learns how to interpret user prompts. Then it “imagines” what the edit would look like (asking for a bluer sky in a photo becomes…
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DYSON is back with a new hair tool that is set to change the game – again.
The new Airstrait is a wet-to-dry straightener that is here to revolutionise your mornings, here’s everything you need to know.
Dyson have launched the Airstrait, a wet-to-dry straightener[/caption]
The new Dyson Airstrait is a wet-to-dry straightener tool that styles, straightens, and dries your hair in one go with no hot plates or heat damage.
Priced at $499.99, it’s not cheap, but is set to be one of Dyson’s most popular products yet.
Available now from dyson.com, the Airstrait is available in the USA, Canada, and Mexico from May 11, with a UK launch date and UK price to be announced soon.
Following years of research and development, the new Airstrait straightener uses powerful focused airflow to dry and straighten your hair simultaneously from wet.
With fast, smooth, and shiny results it’s a beauty must-have, and a game-changer for those looking for speedy, swish, sleek hair.
The new tool looks incredible[/caption]
It’s been engineered for multiple hair types, and the stylers can achieve a naturally straight style, with body and movement, without pulling and damaging hair.
The Airstrait uses a hair tress which is contained by two arms, from which a “precisely angled high-pressure blade of air is forced downwards and into the hair, both simultaneously drying and straight styling, with one machine”.
James Dyson, Founder and Chief Engineer said “Having a strong understanding of how to manipulate and realise the potential of powerful airflow is fundamental to the performance of the Dyson Airstrait straightener.
“This expertise, which we’ve gained over the last 25 years, is what has enabled us to deliver our first wet-to-dry straightener, with no hot plates, and no heat damage. Delivering the ease-of-use that people love about straighteners but with high-velocity air blades, saves time, maintains hair strength and achieves an everyday natural straight style.”
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The Airstrait’s secret weapon is their precision air jets.
Placed along the arms of the machine are two 1.5mm apertures, they create two high-velocity downward blades of air, which are projected at a 45° angle.
This causes them to converge and created one focused jet of air, and create a downward force to straighten hair as it dries – this directional airflow helps to align the hair strands, leaving you with a smooth and shiny finish.
But how does it do all this without damaging your hair?
Dyson has researched the science of style for over a decade, looking at everything from “the structure of hair, to airflow dynamics whilst understanding thermal, mechanical and chemical damage” – and the subsequent effects on hair health.
It can be used on wet and dry hair[/caption]
To change and style your hair, hydrogen bonds within hair strands must be broken and reset to hold a new shape – which is done with heat or moisture.
However high heat can damage your hair, and so styling with powerful airflow from wet, results in less need for high heat, creating less frizz and flyaways (and adds shine).
As when your hair is wet, these bonds are weaker, so you can reset them as your hair dries – which reduces the need for extreme temperatures.
By using an optimum level of heat, and controlled airflow, there’s less damage to the hair, but also helps maintain volume and movement.
The Airstrait has two styling modes, ‘Wet’ and ‘Dry’ styling modes, and a ‘Cool’ mode to set the style.
In Wet mode, beauty fans can choose between, three heat settings of 80°C, 110°C and 140°C, and in ‘Dry’ mode, choose between 120°C, or 140°C, or a top-up “boost” – as well as two airflow controls, low and high.
And to ensure your hair stays in its best condition, it also uses intelligent heat sensors, to measure the temperature of airflow 30 times per second to prevent heat damage and protect hair’s natural shine.
There’s also a cold shot, root drying mode, and sensors which will automatically turn it off when not in use.
A release date is set to be announced in due course, and we can’t wait to get our hands on one – we’ll be updating this page with more information when we know more.
The Dyson Airstrait will arrive in store on May 11, but only in the US, Canada and Mexico.
A UK release date is expected very soon but hasn’t been revealed just yet.
The Dyson Airstrait will be available from Dyson.co.uk following its launch in the UK.
It’s likely to be available exclusively from Dyson’s website before becoming available from other concessions, including John Lewis, Currys, Boots and Amazon.
Currently, only US prices have been released. Priced at $499.99, UK prices will be announced alongside a UK release date.
This won’t be long, but we’ll update this page when we know more.
Yes, the Dyson Airstrait can be used on dry hair.
The Dyson Airstrait can be used in ‘Dry’ mode, with heat temperatures of 120°C, or 140°C to straighten hair.
It’ll still straighten your hair, and leave you with a sleek result, however, for best results it’s recommended with damp hair.
We haven’t tried this yet! As the Dyson Airstrait is designed for straightening hair, it’s not the tool of choice.
We’d recommend that Airwrap is used for curls.
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The automated convenience of a robot vacuum is undeniably sweet, but for some, a Roomba just can’t compare to the rush or attention to detail of manual vacuuming. That’s where Dyson comes in. Shop this week’s deals on Dyson vacuums below. For help comparing models, check out our guide to Dyson’s current stick, ball, canister, and handheld vacs.
Dyson’s largest and most in charge-est cordless vacuum rarely sees a discount, but Best Buy will sneak you $100 off compared to the regular MSRP at Dyson’s website. The Outsize Absolute+ features Dyson’s iconic laser to scope out microscopic dust on hard floors and digs into carpet with some of Dyson’s strongest cyclonic suction. The half-gallon dust bin and 120-minute battery life double that of Dyson’s other powerhouse, the V15.
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