Tim Cook is dropping hints about Apple’s AR headset

This week in Hard Refresh: Tech we review two new cyber laws, TikTok privacy, the state of crypto, & more!

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Millennium Communications

2 min readJun 23, 2022

President Biden signed two bipartisan cyber bills into law this week, that will enhance federal, state, and local cybersecurity measures. That’s what we like to see.
Microsoft’s cybersecurity tool, Defender, was always available for businesses, but as of this week it’s now available on all platforms for the general public. Cybersecurity should be accessible to all!
Two new hacking campaigns were disclosed by Ukrainian cybersecurity officials this week, involving a phony tax collection document and a malicious document detailing threat of nuclear war with Russia.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation spoke out this week about privacy concerns in daycare apps.
Privacy concerns are still lingering over TikTok and Oracle’s partnership, with reports showing China had access to U.S. users’ data.
Edward Snowden raised concern’s this week over Bitcoin’s “disastrous” privacy.

Apple’s Tim Cook is dropping heavy handed hints about an augmented reality headset coming soon from the tech giant. What a tease.
Speaking of Apple, the company recently released mightily impressive augmented reality room-mapping tools.
A new augmented reality app from Ikea allows you to delete your existing furniture for a truly immersive experience.

Russian researchers are suggesting a gold-backed stablecoin issued by the Russian government to circumvent sanctions.
Tim Berners-Lee is speaking out on a blockchain-based internet, expressing his doubts about its chance of success.

Updated security policy for Drupal core Composer dependencies.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome could allow for arbitrary code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution in the context of the logged on user.
Security update available for Adobe Animate.