Apple Confirms Unencrypted Kernel in iOS 10 Beta is Intentional and other top stories.

• Apple Confirms Unencrypted Kernel in iOS 10 Beta is Intentional

  

  Yesterday it was discovered that iOS 10 does not feature an encrypted kernel, allowing users and researchers access to the core of the operating system and its inner workings. It was unclear at the time whether the lack of encryption was an accident or intentional, but today Apple confirmed to TechCrunch that the company did not encrypt the kernel for a reason. “The kernel cache doesn’t contain any user info, and by unencrypting it we’re able to optimize the operating system’s performance wi..

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• macOS Sierra preview: Siri is just the beginning

  

  Later this fall, Apple will release its latest desktop operating system to the world, but it won't be called OS X. Instead, it's now "macOS" and this one is codenamed "Sierra." Introducing it on stage at WWDC, Apple exec Craig Federighi said the name was "obvious," probably because it has some consonance with the headline feature: Siri.Yes, having Siri on your Mac is nice and perhaps even a Big Deal — but to me, it's much less important than some other features that Apple is introducing with..

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• Want to develop an app but have no expertise? Google now has a course for you

  

  Udacity/Google Apps can be monumental business, with industry leaders like Snapchat making billions in just a matter of years. Now, Google is hoping to help the average Joe and Joanna make the next big thing.The company on Wednesday launched an app-development course alongside Udacity, aimed specifically at the building of apps for its Android operating system. The difference between this and other Google-approv..

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• Instagram will soon automatically translate foreign languages in-app

  

  Instagram Fresh off hitting 500 million users, Instagram has announced that user bios, comments and captions posted in foreign languages will be automatically translated to the user's native language. Now, we can better enjoy the snaps of breakfast, dogs and memes posted by our brothers and sisters abroad (and the occasional photo featuring actual humans, too). "The Instagram community has grown faster and becom..

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• Tripping Down a Virtual Reality Rabbit Hole

  

  “I’m a real proponent of being careful how we use it, because immersion is not free,” said Jeremy Bailenson, the director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, a research center for virtual reality experiences. “Immersion comes at a cost. It takes you out of your environment, it’s perceptually taxing at times, and it’s not something that we can use the way we use other media, for hours and hours and hours a day.”Part of the problem is that the technology still isn’t good enough. People a..

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• Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Consider It, Too.

  

  Photo A Palestinian hacker who said he had breached Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook profile showed the page in 2013. Credit Hazem Bader/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most powerful men in the world because billions of people give Facebook, which he founded, free access to their personal data. In return, users receive carefully curated snapshots of his life: baby photos, mundane office tours and the occasional 5K.On Tuesday, observers were r..

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