Are You Noise Sensitive? Here’s How to Tell

The sympathetic nervous system kicks in, boosting your heart rate, increasing your blood pressure, and triggering the body to produce inflammatory cells. Over time, these changes can lead to chronic inflammation, high blood pressure, and plaque buildup on your arterial walls. To complicate matters, when you begin to lose your ability to hear at a […]

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iOS 17.2 to Expand Sensitive Content Warnings on iPhone

Starting with iOS 17.2, which is currently in beta and is expected to be released in December, Apple’s opt-in Sensitive Content Warning feature will work with Contact Posters in both the Contacts and Phone apps, as well as stickers in the Messages app. When turned on, the Sensitive Content Warning feature uses on-device machine learning […]

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Google Photos for iOS Gets ‘Locked Folder’ for Sensitive Snaps

Google Photos users on iPhone can now lock their most sensitive images and videos in a special passcode-protected folder, thanks to a new feature rolling out to the iOS app. Previously only available on Android phones, the privacy-oriented Locked Folder feature allows users to save photos and videos in the app within a separate space […]

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iOS 17 Can Automatically Block Unsolicited Nude Photos With ‘Sensitive Content Warnings’

Apple in iOS 17 is adding a new feature to iOS that is designed to automatically block incoming messages and files that may have sensitive content like nudity. Opt-in blurring can be applied to sensitive images sent in Messages, AirDrop, Contact Posters for the Phone app, FaceTime messages, and third-party apps. The feature will prevent […]

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Microsoft Office on Android and iOS now supports co-authoring sensitive files

What you need to know Microsoft Office for Android and iOS now supports co-authoring documents that are protected with Microsoft Purview Information Protection. Users can now collaborate and co-edit documents in real-time, even if those documents are marked with sensitivity labels. The capability was already available for Office on Windows, macOS, and the web, but […]

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Samsung’s new ‘Repair Mode’ will keep sensitive data safe while your phone being serviced

It’s standard practice to reset your phone when dropping it off at the service center for repairs – otherwise you risk sensitive data (photos, accounts, etc.) getting into the wrong hands. This creates an additional hassle of having to back up your data first and restoring it after. Samsung has introduced a solution to this […]

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