The average rate fell to 6.89% from 6.95% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, it averaged 5.9%, Freddie Mac said. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including how the bond market reacts to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions.

Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.89%, third straight weekly decline

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The newly introduced legislation applies to all products with network or internet connectivity and forbids manufacturers from setting easily guessable passwords

UK Prohibits '12345' Passwords in Smart Device Security Overhaul

Apple has its own way of gaining eyeballs, and this time it's the beta release of iOS 16. While the recently launched iOS version is gaining all the attention, reactions are mixed, with some still wondering whether iOS 16 is worth getting or not. To address the same, I wanted to share an in-depth analysis of newly introduced features and usability. 

Is iOS 16 Really Worth Getting? 

I have some mobile tech stories to share with our slogging folks, hope you will like them. 

Cool Mobile Tech Stories 2021

In the world of today, personal data like our names, phone numbers, Internet history, geodata, and much more is very valuable to the corporations who harvest and sell it. I shouldn’t remind you about Cambridge Analytica, right? But in case you need a refresher, here’s a brief overview of the increasing privacy problem by NewsBTC:

What’s the Best Smartphone for keeping your Conversations Private?

Let us dive into a topic every techie loves and loves to hate and hates to love: Android vs. iOS. Now this has been done a million times, so what could I possibly add to it? Some thoughts on one of the new IT battlegrounds: mobility.

On Android Automotive and why Android will “win” while Apple makes all the money in the world

Last night a coworker of mine, <a href="https://medium.com/@SoCohesive">Sonam Dhingra</a>, gave a great talk about some of the basics of ARKit, and touched on some of the more advanced topics like touch handling on 3D objects and blend shapes. Having done AR in production for the past year at Nike (see <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/23/nike-snkrs-ios-app-augmented-reality-exclusive/">https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/23/nike-snkrs-ios-app-augmented-reality-exclusive/</a> and <a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/outdoors/inside-s23nyc-the-digital-studio-keeping-nikes-tech-relevant/">https://www.digitaltrends.com/outdoors/inside-s23nyc-the-digital-studio-keeping-nikes-tech-relevant/</a>), a lot of people came up to us last night after the talk to ask about some of the pain points in working with ARKit and SceneKit and whether a 3D engine like Unity is better suited for their purposes. I made a mental note of some of those questions and decided to write about how I reach a decision about which framework to&nbsp;use.

The Match-up: SceneKit or Unity for ARKit?

A decade after the release of iPhone, our ways of communication changes significantly. Instead of talking face to face, we send message to each other and we identify where the message comes from by letting our phone tells us who the sender is. What if I told you that your trusted device can betray you and act on your behalf? What if anyone can be “you?”

What if anyone can be you?

TL;DR — Apple built a super secure door, left the key on the door and forgot to build the wall around the door.

Your home was not so secure after all

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