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The warning applies to customers who use Apple’s iCloud Keychain to store their passwords for apps and websites on iPhone.
Known password leaks are scanned by Apple and warnings are issued if one of your saved passwords has been compromised.
Apple explained, “When you create and store your own passwords for websites and apps, iPhone automatically identifies common weaknesses (for example, if they’re easily guessed or used multiple times).
“iPhone can also securely monitor your passwords and alert you if they appear in known data leaks.”
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A NATIONWIDE test of the UK’s emergency alert service will take place at 3pm on Sunday April 23.
The government said it would only be used in “lifethreatening emergencies”, including extreme weather events like the wildfires and flooding seen last year.
Messages will pop up on mobile phones across the UK, along with a sound and vibration that will automatically stop after 10 seconds.
Minister Oliver Dowden said the alert service could one day “be the sound that saves your life.”
The government has worked with emergency services and other entities, including the Football Association, to ensure it has minimal impact on major events for the test later in April.
It will coincide with some Premier League football matches and the London Marathon.
The government said the test was important as it will ensure people can recognise a real alert providing clear instructions about how to respond in an emergency.
The alerts are expected to be sent very rarely, only when there is an immediate threat to life, so it may be months or even years before you receive one.
Headache for The Crown
PRODUCERS of the highly acclaimed and controversial Netflix series The Crown have not succeeded in getting US actress Gillian Anderson to reprise her role as PM Margaret Thatcher, said a news source on Saturday April 8.
Gillian Anderson, 54, was praised for her portrayal of ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher, winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her part in series four.
Anderson’s noshow has created a headache for Crown producers to rewrite the script after it was planned for Maggie to return in an episode about the golden wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip.
The highly anticipated sixth series has already come under fire as to how it will handle the death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997.
A spokesperson for the show said, ‘Gillian’s portrayal of Thatcher was met with global critical acclaim and she was a huge asset to The Crown.
‘It had been hoped she would be able to make an appearance in scenes around the golden wedding but sadly that has not been the case due to scheduling issues.
CORONAVIRUS measures were finally lifted on Saturday, April 8, in Germany’s last federal state. As of April 8, there was no longer a requirement to wear masks nationwide, but, restrictions such as masks can still be imposed by the administration of health facilities if they deem them necessary, as reported by a news source.
The news was welcomed by Marco Buschmann, the 45yearold German Justice Minister. “The Corona measures massively interfered with ev eryday life and people’s basic rights,” he told the news outlet. “After the long period of restrictions in everyday life for people in Germany, freedom is now the rule again.”
Now that the country has managed to successfully cope with the epidemic, the minister advocated the annulment of amendments to the Infection Protection Act that allowed restrictions on rights and freedoms in connection with the epidemiological situation.
However, the 60yearold
