{"id":404369,"date":"2021-07-01T08:49:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=404369"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T07:01:20","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-tech-today-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/404369-5-important-things-happening-in-tech-today-17.html","title":{"rendered":"5 important things happening in tech today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple sold 100 million iPhone 12 devices in the first 7 months after launch.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has failed to repair a flaw in Windows 10 that allows hackers to take full control of a target computer or server.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook says Instagram will be established as a more video-centric platform.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung will be releasing a new budget device with seriously impressive specs.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Orbit launches seven satellites from a Boeing-747 in mid-flight.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what is happening in the tech world today:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>iPhone 12 surpasses 100 million sales<\/strong>: New data released by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpointresearch.com\/iphone-12-series-sales-cross-100-million-mark-within-7-months-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Counterpoint Research<\/a><\/strong> shows the iPhone 12 has surpassed the 100 million mark across all its models. It reached this milestone in a similar timeframe to the iPhone 6 after its initial launch. This is significant as the iPhone 5 is Apple&#8217;s best-selling phone of all time. 29% of all sales were from the iPhone 12 Pro Max, and the US made up 40% of global sales of the most expensive iPhone 12 model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fatal flaw in Windows 10<\/strong>: Microsoft announced earlier in June that it has released a patch addressing a Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw in Windows 10. The flaw has been dubbed PrinterNightmare, as it is found in the Windows Printing System. First classified as low-risk and easily fixed, the flaw that allows hackers to control a device has now been classified as high-risk by the company, reported by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/akgj5z\/microsoft-tries-fails-to-patch-critical-windows-vulnerability-chaos-ensues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice<\/a><\/strong>. A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdormann\/status\/1410220445513752577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter thread<\/a><\/strong> from yesterday shows multiple researchers have found the flaw to be still exploitable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instagram to take on TikTok and YouTube<\/strong>: Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mosseri\/status\/1410297743285829632?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter video<\/a><\/strong> yesterday that Instagram is looking to &#8220;embrace video more broadly&#8221; and that the company is no longer simply a photo-sharing app. He specifically mentioned showing full-screen videos in user feeds, similar to what Facebook allows. Mosseri also specifically mentioned TikTok and YouTube as serious competition to Instagram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samsung to release the F22 budget phone<\/strong>: One of India&#8217;s biggest electronics retailers, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flipkart.com\/samsung-galaxy-f22-coming-soon-7995ool9-store?&amp;affid=digitalindia&amp;affExtParam1=ouroffers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flipkart<\/a><\/strong>, has released a page featuring the new F22 Samsung, previously referred to as the A22. The new phone will have a 90Hz refresh rate on its Super AMOLED display and a 6,000mAh battery \u2014 1000 mAh more than the S21 Ultra. It will also feature a 48MP main camera as part of a quad-camera setup. According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-galaxy-f22-launch-specs-price-availability-1636966\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android Authority<\/a><\/strong>, the phone is expected to cost under $200 in the US. This will see them competing with more traditionally budget releases from Xiaomi, Oppo and Huawei.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites<\/strong>: In its first-ever official mission, Virgin Orbit launched seven satellites from a Boeing-747 yesterday, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/space\/virgin-orbit-sends-satellites-orbit-air-launched-rocket-n1272715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a><\/strong> reported. The satellites, from the United States, Poland and the Netherlands, deployed in a single rocket dropping from under the aircraft&#8217;s wings around an hour after take-off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/404205-africa-coast-to-europe-cable-launched-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Africa Coast to Europe cable launched in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPhone 12 reaches 100 million sales; Security flaw exposed in Windows 10 that Microsoft thought it patched; Seven satellites launched from a Boeing-747; Samsung to release a budget device with flagship specs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341065,"featured_media":326835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,17934,16],"tags":[605,161,10424,1125,645],"class_list":["post-404369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-smartphones","category-software","tag-apple","tag-facebook","tag-instagram","tag-iphone","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341065"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404397,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404369\/revisions\/404397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}